Police have released this heartbreaking image of Elise and Harry Donnison. The youngster's bodies were discovered in a car on Wednesday morning. Their mother, Fiona, 43, has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and is currently in Eastbourne
Lotto winner Mark Gardiner’s nephew has woken up from a coma. The multimillionaire’s 21-year-old nephew, Philip Pain, was left fighting for his life in Mexico after plunging from a seventh-floor hotel balcony on New Year’s Day. At the time Mr Gardiner
The ever-popular girl pop night powers on, with this month’s event dedicated to female cover versions of Beatles tracks. Alongside the usual unique mix of girltastic grooviness from the 1950s to mid-1970s, Da Doo DJs Chris “Da Doo” King and Simon
Founder member Ashley Beedle may have left, but X-Press 2 is still very much a going concern, as their latest collaboration with Moshi Moshi-signed singer-songwriter James Yuill is set to prove. Rocky and Diesel are about to unleash the new track
If you like a bit of a gimmick with your night out, Shades Rave demand sall clubbers turn up wearing their most swish pair of sunglasses for the night. It makes for some amusing photos, at least. Tonight’s edition sees the revered Blah Blah Blah Djs
A treat awaits classic drum ’n’ bass fans at Concorde 2 tomorrow, as Roni Size, Dillinger, Jaydan, Dynamite MC and Fatman D join forces to make the first Devotion night of 2010 one to remember. After breaking through as part of Bristolian drum ’n’
Transforming everything from unassuming sheets of old plastic to fabric found in a skip, a group of artists and makers hope to challenge the perception of recycling and highlight the beauty that can be created from waste. Hove Museum’s latest
Easbourne played a pivotal role in the Claude Debussy tone poem La Mer, which opens this afternoon performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The French composer completed his three symphonic sketches for orchestra while staying in the coastal
Clash-style punk energy meets West African trance rhythms in this BBC World Music Award-winning collaboration. Juldeh Camara plays a single-string violin, called a riti. In his Gambian home he is a celebrated Griot, a preserver of history in song
I have been managing to get out and about a lot lately. Even when the snow was deep and crisp and even. The Pilot [my husband] had been in one of his "I have to be alone" moods and so I bravely accepted invitations as a lonely girl. One
Swedish trio Miike Snow unleashed their combination of electro-sound and a catchy lyric with their single Animal. With the release of their eponymous debut album the trio of Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winneberg have started to surf
Plans to cut library opening times across West Sussex would save council bosses £200,000 a year. About three in four libraries would have reduced hours under proposals put forward by West Sussex County Council. Council chiefs say the plans will create
Amsterdam-based DIY punk stalwarts The Ex have joined forces with the horn section Brass Unbound for this national tour. With more than 30 years on the music scene, The Ex have moved from anarchist punks to exploring fractured noise and Ethiopian grooves
Starting out as a four-track experiment by Icelandic-born Olafur Josephsson in 1999 after his college indie rock band broke up, Stafraen Hakon are now on their sixth album. This is a chance to hear some of the new songs from the album Sanitas, which
Gus Poyet has called on Albion fans to give their unsung grafter the credit he deserves. Poyet has made Alan Navarro a midfield mainstay after the former MK Dons man struggled for a regular spot under Russell Slade’s command. Now the
A woman was trapped in a car after it overturned. Emergency services attended the incident in Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham, near The Green Jacket pub, just after 4.20pm. The road was closed off by police, while firefighters worked to
I just heard on the TV news that Brighton and Hove makes more from parking charges than any other city or town in the South. Obviously there are some finely-tuned financial brains behind this state of affairs. Could it be that income for Brighton
Further to your report on the pay freeze for council workers across Sussex (The Argus, January 23), I will be recommending to the 3,500 Brighton and Hove Council Unison members that they vote for strike action to win a pay increase this year if
The tragic case of Lynn Gilderdale serves to highlight the terrible wastage of human lives caused by ME (The Argus, January 27). I’ve seen the ME suicide rate put as high as two per week. One ME researcher, whose son was diagnosed with the illness
In his excellent article “We need to speak their language” (The Argus, January 9), Richard Cairns questions why, two years after its introduction as a compulsory subject at Brighton College, only one other head teacher in England puts the same prominence
Given the quest to save energy, and the stance taken on the environment by both Brighton and Hove City Council and EDF, could either organisation explain why the street lights in Millcross Road, Portslade, have been on continuously, night and day,
O Emperor’s warm-up set for folk collective Sons of Noel and Adrian began well, with shimmering keyboard melodies, slide guitar and a meandering bass line giving something of a 1960s Californian vibe to the standard indie songs. However,
For Will Self, the nation’s most celebrated arch- miserablist, a profane, dog-eyed scribbler whose pathologically sour wit and literary leanings warm tortured hearts everywhere, the third Monday in January is not Blue, but Lugubrious. Self arrived
The Chief Executive of Brighton and Hove City Council has recently admitted most residents do not hold the authority in the highest awe (The Argus, January 22). What’s more, most employees do not relish saying that they work for it. Such a spirit
Last Saturday, Melting World Festival brought former Nouvelle Vague singer Marina Celeste and Brighton-based four-piece Transformer to the Duke Of York’s cinema. Performing in her trademark fashion – slow, languid dancing, furiously energetic outbursts
The real-life story of a group of Yorkshire WI ladies who decided to produce a nude calendar for charity is one which is now well-known. Anyone who missed the initial news reports ten years ago, which went all over the world, will have since seen the
Police had "previous contact" with a mother and her estranged husband before she allegedly murdered her two young children, it was revealed today. Officers refused to divulge the nature of, or when they had, dealings with Fiona and Paul Donnison
The Argus has teamed up with Theatre Royal Brighton to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of tickets to Moscow City Ballet’s performance of ROMEO & JULIET, one of the world’s most enduring love stories, which follows the story
In his long career he has been an Egyptologist, a memory man, the star of the 1960s show The Robin Hood Club and was down to the last two to play James Bond. And since nobody seems willing to give him the tribute he deserves, the showbiz legend
Six years on from their opening at the Nightingale Theatre above the Grand Central pub, Prodigal Theatre is set to tread the boards there for what could be the last time. Actor-managers Miranda Henderson and Alister O’Loughlin are moving on to new
For anyone whose youth wasn’t misspent poring over comic books, Dave Gibbons is just a man... a man in glasses. But to those whose teenage years were spent sans romance and in the company of Superman, Green Lantern and the cast of the iconic Watchmen
Already a hit in London, the Chortle Award-winning Outside The Box comedy club is making its first trip to the South Coast to launch a new residency at the Ropetackle. Headlining the first night is burger van owner, Brian Gittins’ sidekick and Shooting
When Richard Alston created the two-minute piece Dutiful Ducks, he wanted to challenge his talented new dancer Michael Clark. Now, almost 20 years on, the piece is being recreated, exclusively for Brighton audiences, as part of Rambert Dance Company
A nun drove a minibus full of her sisters into the back of a lorry. Rosary Singharajah had to be cut free from the vehicle following the accident near Lewes in October last year. Six other nuns were taken to hospital after the 40-year-old failed to
Cyclists are being urged to stop using fast-flashing bike lights over fears they could trigger epileptic fits. The Brighton and Hove branch of Epilepsy Action, the group which represents hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from the condition,
Police say burglary has become a significant problem in central Brighton. Paul Knight, the priority crime reduction officer at John Street Police Station, said residents can significantly reduce the risk of their home being targetted by carrying
Two senior members of an influential conservation group face being thrown off its committee after publicly backing the Brighton Marina development. Former Labour councillor Delia Forester and retired hotelier Audrey Simpson have been accused of undermining
Sussex groundsman Andy Mackay is on a mission. He is as fed up with the slow, low-bouncing nature of the Hove wickets as players and spectators alike and is doing something about it. Mackay has begun the process of re-laying the Hove square – all 18
Bird experts say there is a “genuine fear” for bird populations in Sussex after the cold snap. The RSPB is urging more people to take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch to measure the number of species in household gardens and parks to check on their
A highly contagious superbug may be linked to the deaths of more than ten hospital patients over a six month period. Figures obtained by The Argus reveal several patients who died in the county's hospitals had clostridium difficile mentioned on their
Gary Dicker is touch and go for Albion's home game against promotion-chasing Millwall on Saturday. The midfielder missed training today with an ankle injury. Dicker was substituted in the second half of Tuesday's 1-1 draw at his old
A woman said she has no idea where she lives after council bosses changed her address. For 11 years Clare Penfold has lived at 70 Newland Road, Worthing. Then Town Hall pen-pushers decided to rebrand the 37-year-old’s home as 57 Upper High Street
A man suspected of a sick sex attack on a pensioner has been arrested almost ten years after the assault. Forensic evidence led Sussex Police detectives to Scotland at the weekend in an inquiry into an indecent assault on a 78-year-old woman
Ministers today refused to rule out nationalising the Brighton to Bedford line, which has enraged passengers with three months of delays and cancellations. Challenged directly to take First Capital Connect's (FCC) London commuter franchise back into
The Shockwaves NME Awards Tour is returning in February for the fourteenth year, to bring the hottest new musical talent on the planet to your doorstep. Featuring four of the most hotly tipped acts of 2010; the Shockwaves NME Awards Tour will
Michel Kuipers has revealed he had no sympathy for his opposite number as Albion got a bit lucky at Stockport. But the long-serving Seagulls keeper reckons the nature of their goal on Tuesday highlighted what a testing evening it was in Cheshire
A mother from East Sussex cleared of trying to murder her seriously ill daughter has insisted she "never had a moment's regret" about helping her end her life. Kay Gilderdale, 55, said she was following daughter Lynn's own considered wish by helping
More details are now emerging about Fiona Donnison, who is being held by police after her two young children were found dead. Police believe the former City worker killed two-year-old Elise and three-year-old Harry and then tried to kill herself
Albion's bid to sign Cambridge United striker Chris Holroyd is in storage. There has been no contact between the Seagulls and the player since the weekend. A fee has been agreed between the two clubs but Holroyd has not agreed personal terms. The offer
Reserve team boss Charlie Oatway backed young striker George Barker to keep on improving after his stunning strike earned Albion a place in the last eight of the Senior Cup. The 18-year-old youth team forward secured Albion a home tie with
Albion were last night no closer to completing a deal to bring in Chris Holroyd. But boss Gus Poyet insists efforts are continuing to bring in another new face this month. The Seagulls have agreed a fee, believed to be an initial £60,000
Firefighters were called to rubbish fire which is believed to have been started deliberately. A crew from East Sussex Fire and rescue Service went to Avis Road, Newhaven, at 1am today. The bin was near a path and away from nearby houses so little damage
Firefighters were called to a domestic dispute after clothes and a sleeping bag were set alight in a garden. A crew from Worthing was called to the property in Stour Close, Durrington, Worthing, at 11.25pm on Wednesday. They extinguished the blaze at
A fire which damaged a pub is believed to have been started deliberately. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called to the Fisherman's Joy pub, on the corner of Manor Road and East Street, Selsey, at 2.04am today, after a passer by saw
Companies of all shapes and sizes are being invited on board an educational bus. The double-decker Beat Bus was bought by Brighton-based Dv8 Training to deliver creative learning to 14 to 19-year-olds across Sussex. It is kitted out with
A famous Sussex high street name has announced it is back from the brink after investing in its stores. There were fears for the future of British Bookshops and Sussex Stationers last year when the chain was forced to shut branches, slash its
They would rise 295ft out of the sea, be a shade shorter than Sussex Heights and power a city the size of Brighton. The sight of 100 wind turbines off the Sussex coast could become a reality after a key announcement earlier this month. The turbines
by Emma Laurence Ahoy SEE-sters! We know it’s been a while but, fear not, the three of us have been busy getting to grips with the biggest and best new trends for Spring/Summer 2010. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be giving you our top
