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  • Beach Huts

    A number of residents of Saltdean have expressed an interest in improving and developing the current stock of Beach Huts along the seafront. It seems odd that there are a number of beach huts that are never used. While there is nothing that

  • The World's Local Bank To Close

    The only bank in Saltdean, the popular HSBC in Longridge Avenue, is scheduled to close in June. The branch provides a vital community service to local residents and businesses. Its closure will mean an increased risk of crime as customers will

  • Sex and the City: you’re dumped!

    The new Sex and the City movie is upon us at the end of this month and from what I’ve seen from the trailer, I’m begging they don’t make a third. Back in 1999, I snuggled up every Tuesday night in front of my 14 inch screen desperate for my

  • Skipper Armstrong is released

    Eastbourne Borough have released captain Paul Armstrong. Boss Gary Wilson told the midfielder he would not be offered a new deal to bring his four years at Priory Lane to an end. Armstrong made 180 appearances for Borough, scoring 33 goals, after joining

  • An Interview with Guy McKnight of The Eighties Matchbox

    An interview with Guy McKnight, lead singer of Brighton-based rock band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. Guy, who currently lives in Kemp Town, discusses the turbulent ups and downs of life in the rock business as well as his ventures outside

  • It's The Little Things

    Finding time for yourself in such a busy world, cramped by work, childcare, family responsibilities and household chores is hard. It can be impossible, which makes those rare moments of quiet and stillness absolutely precious. Precious enough to

  • Cheer up, it may just happen

    Can’t in all honesty say I’ve missed the commute this past fortnight — I’ve spent much of my time enjoying the delights my home town has to offer. Oh, fellow commuters, wouldn't it be marvellous if we could all spend more time by the seaside? How

  • Overturned lorry causes A27 delays

    A timber lorry travelling east on the A27 near Lewes has overturned. The incident happened shortly before noon today. The driver has been taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital with minor injuries. Traffic on the road is still being controlled

  • Pluck, The Old Market, Hove, May 15

    A tribute to the three musicians who played on as the Titanic went down in 1912, Pluck used a variety of effects and media, including their own silent film and real footage of the ship’s doomed voyage. With icebergs gliding past and a giant porthole

  • Last minute tickets, Monday, May 17

    Of Heaven And Earth – 6pm, St John The Baptist Church (Classical Music) Thick – 7.45pm, The Nightingale Theatre (Theatre and Musicals) Amy, Fate and Me – 8pm, Laughing Horse @ The Temple (Theatre and Musicals) Die Roten

  • Nick Kent, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 16

    When it comes to rock journalists, they don’t come much more legendary than Nick Kent. And it was clear by the Great Escape delegates queued up to hear him speak that he is still held in great renown, which did raise the question why Brighton Festival

  • Reasons For Optimism, Corn Exchange, Brighton, May 16

    Volcanic ash clouds, strike threats, gruelling military entangle-ments abroad, the perceived failure of Copenhagen, looming environmental catastrophe… there is plenty of grist to the pessimist’s mill in the news agenda. For this talk, festival guest

  • Teenager raped on Brighton beach

    A teenager has been raped on Brighton beach. The 18-year-old was attacked at about 4.35am yesterday (Sun) by a man she had met in a nightclub. The woman, had met the man in a King's Road Arches club - which police have not named. She was walking with

  • Mushy Ate My Credit Card, The Old Courtroom, Brighton, May 14

    In September 2003, Sussex Cricket Club won their first County Championship in 164 years and this achievement is celebrated by Mark Brailsford in a one-man show written and performed by him. Brailsford has created and brought to life the character, Sam

  • Bentley abound

    I agree with all that Ann Chrisfield wrote in praise of Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum (Letters, May 12). However, apart from the woods and wildfowl that she mentions there are many other attractions. There is the house and gardens to explore

  • Count not

    I note that no cycle counters have been installed on The Drive or Grand Avenue and suggest this is because the resulting figures would not justify the huge sums spent on the cycle lanes installed on these roads. It must be obvious that the main business

  • The Great Escape: The Big Pink, Digital, Brighton, May 15

    There’s very little opportunity for gazing at shoes in Robbie Furze’s triumphant stage performance. The duo have every reason to be confident; they’ve picked up awards and ticked every box marked ‘band on the way up’ since the release of A Brief History

  • The pillars of strength beneath the Volks

    Responding to Peter Bailey and his letter about the viaduct supporting The Volks Electric Railway (Letters, May 15), many photographs taken by Jack Turley in 1938 confirm the tracks running across sections of beach before the shingle arose to the higher

  • Eddi goes East

    I would like to thank the audience who so generously contributed on May 9 at Hullabaloo Community Quire’s performance in Shoreham. Well over £200 was raised for a project which will help me go to Sri Lanka to use my experience to help teenage

  • Thoughtless

    I am amazed at the sheer irresponsibility of many residents of the Shirley Drive, Woodland Drive, Dyke Road area who place large stones and wooden spikes in the Brighton and Hove City Council-owned verges outside their homes, presumably to stop vehicles

  • The Great Escape: Katzenjammer, The Brighton Coalition, May 15

    Could there have been anything sexier at The Great Escape than four Scandinavian lovelies playing oompah? Katzenjammer – German for a cat’s wail – were greeted with wolf whistles when they first emerged, but left the stage to rapturous applause after

  • A privilege

    I would like to personally like to thank all the voters and other residents who engaged in the election this year. It has been a privilege to be the Labour Party Candidate here in Chichester and the campaign was clean, honest and fought with much enthusiasm

  • Humbled

    I would like to thank everyone involved in my campaign for their dedication and hard work. Being a candidate in an election is an incredibly humbling experience, both from the perspective of those who commit their time and energy for a cause they

  • Election enthusiasm in Liberal Lewes is now a dying tradition

    During election time the people of Lewes put up lots of Liberal Democrat posters supporting Norman Baker. It is a Lewes tradition, a bit like the bunting at street parties, or all those window decorations at Christmas. My household didn’t put posters

  • The Great Escape, The Brighton Coalition, May 14

    Speaking on behalf of all those who lived through the 1980s the first time, it would be great not to have to go through the same music all over again. Unfortunately, judging by the three bands that took over Brighton Coalition on Friday evening, it

  • The Great Escape: Japandroids, Audio, Brighton, May 14

    The name is beyond ghastly, but the Canadian garage rock-duo are a brilliantly frenetic, noisemongering force of nature. Frontman Brian King explained his hopes for a good show after they’d had some technical difficulties the night before... not two

  • The Great Escape: Real Estate, The Freebutt, Brighton, May 14

    Americans seem to have the upper hand when it comes to an effortlessly cool way of doing things. Real Estate are no exception but they also have the songs to warrant looking every bit as gutter-indie as their music. Introduced by XFM's John Kennedy as

  • Singalong Wickerman, The Old Courtroom, Brighton, May 15

    Like Sergeant Howie, the policeman sent to a remote Scottish island in the original 1973 horror flick, the creators of Singalong Wickerman have clearly been cursed. From 2009’s ill-fated Beachdown Festival to last week’s scheduling mix-up at Free

  • Baroque masterpiece saved for the nation

    A Baroque masterpiece valued at more than £9 million has been saved for the nation after an anonymous buyer stepped in to prevent it going overseas, it was announced today. Italian master Domenichino's painting of Saint John the Evangelist, dating back

  • Pedestrian injured in A27 road accident

    A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after an A27 road accident. The incident which invoved a Nissan Micra took place near Sainsbury's in Lyons Farm, Worthing about 9am today. Officers from Sussex Police have closed the dual carriageway

  • Violence at Brighton stag do

    Brighton’s dubious reputation as the stag and hen capital of the south has been thrown into question after weekend violence erupted. Now there are calls for stricter controls on drunken revellers who arrive in big groups from all over the country

  • Knifeman overpowered in Worthing shop raid

    Shop staff and customers overpowered a knife-wielding robber in Worthing last night. A man walked into Allsorts newsagent in Montague Street at 6.35pm. He went to the counter to buy beer but instead produced a knife and demanded cash. A customer caught

  • John Harris and John Niven, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 14

    When Guardian journalist John Harris and novelist and former A&R man John Niven met with former Observer Music Monthly journalist Garry Mulholland to discuss the overlapping worlds of their disciplines, it didn’t take long to realise why their success

  • Woman claws Worthing sex attacker's face

    Police are hunting for a man with a scratched face after a sex attack. The suspect was clawed by his 21-year-old victim after he pounced on her early yesterday. The woman was rugby-tackled to the ground and sexually assaulted off South Street, Tarring

  • Die Roten Punkte

    Pick up your copy of The Argus today for your 2 for 1 ticket offer to comedy Die Roten Punkte at Komedia tonight.

  • Grumpy Mr Watt creator shows his metal

    A grumpy children’s character has been brought to life by a metal worker. Jon Mills, who has created large public artworks across the country, came up with the character of grumpy Mr Watt, who lives in a metal world and makes metal things that

  • Snapshots of life create an archive

    Argus readers helped to make a piece of history by adding snapshots of their daily lives to the county’s Mass Observation archive. In a modern spin on the archive, which recorded ordinary lives in Britain from 1937 onwards, The Argus asked people

  • Davies Vale move looks unlikely

    Micky Adams has praised the work of Albion striker Craig Davies at Port Vale. But the former Seagulls manager admits he could be priced out of making the loan deal more permanent. Davies started 22 games in Vale’s unsuccessful push for a League Two

  • Brighton pub closed by police

    A Brighton pub has been closed by on police orders. The Bevendean Hotel in Hillside, Higher Bevendean, was closed on Saturday. It is expected to remain closed until a review at Brighton Magistrates' Court this week. Police said

  • Woman dies in police cell

    A woman has died in a police cell at Worthing. The 32-year-old woman, who has not yet been formally identified, was found unconscious at Worthing Custody Centre at 1.35pm on Sunday. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead