Werner Herzog's 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' arrives bug-eyed and maniacal in cinemas this weekend, and with it comes - what critics have hailed - a return-to-form performance from Nicolas Cage. Cage plays Terence McDonagh a drug addled
Dave Titmuss has stepped down as head coach of Worthing Thunder. Titmuss, who led Thunder to a first-ever BBL play-off spot, is leaving the club after only one season for personal reasons. Thunder insist he has not left them to coach a
Visitors are flocking to museums across Sussex with council bosses saying this will be a record year. Hundreds of thousands of people visited council-run galleries and exhibitions in the last 12 months. Museum bosses said their figures
Sussex have been knocked off the top of Division Two after suffering their second successive defeat in the LV County Championship. They were beaten by three wickets by Northamptonshire with a day to spare at Northampton today. Sussex were dismissed
Nicky Forster has vowed to carry on playing after missing out on finishing his career with Albion. The 36-year-old striker is on the lookout for his ninth club following Charlton's exit from the League One play-offs on penalties against Swindon
Here are today's Argus 2 for 1 offers Today Marine Parade at The Old Market Tomorrow Beatles and Beyond at St Paul’s Church Saturday Tales of The Afterlives at Brighton Dome Hootenany Heaven at Freerange
Eastbourne are going first class as they make a piece of speedway history. Eagles have teamed up with the Royal Mail to release 100 numbered A4 sheets of ten first-class stamps, legal for postage, depicting the team and riders. This is the first such
The city's decision-making body has undergone a shake-up. Brighton and Hove City Council’s cabinet of ten leading councillors has had three changes prompted by one quitting his post. Councillor Ted Kemble has stood down from his role as cabinet member
It popped up overnight, a fully-formed three-storey hotel in the middle of The Level. Equipped with headphones that offered a "potential narrative", we were invited to gawp in through the windows at the guests moving behind the windows. At each neon-lit
As a past resident of the Elm Grove and Hanover area, I wish them every success in their opposition to the parking scheme. But if past opposition to these schemes is anything to go by, Elm Grove will be on Brighton and Hove City Council
I would like to say how overwhelmed I was at the kind, generous help I received from the EasyJet staff at Malaga Airport when my friend and I checked in on April 15 to find all flights were cancelled, owing to the Icelandic volcano eruption. Our
So it’s upon us again—only two weeks to the next Eurovision Song Contest. Why should I care, you ask? Great music? Certainly not. The chance to watch 30+ nations make fools of themselves? Closer! Well I’m not sure I have a great answer for you
A man subjected to the sound of Art Garfunkel in the early mornings described his ordeal as a “hellish experience.” The residents of Penshurst Palace, Brighton, endured the sound of Bright Eyes throughout the early hours – every day of the week. Neighbours
I read that Rottingdean Village (The Argus, May 13) won the Vernon Wentworth Cup, and it was nice to know this trophy was still being played for. I was running St Barnabas FC in 1940, and because there were so few teams at that time due to the Second
So, Sussex voted for seven Conservative MPs but got 12. It sent two Lib Dems to Parliament though we wanted four, according to Brian Beck’s analysis (Letters, May 17). What happened to that heap of Sussex votes worth three Labour MPs
I quite understand why Paul Kemp of the events company Wild Fruit feels sceptical about handing over the first instalment of a £71,000 fee to the organisers of Brighton Pride for the privilege of running eight bars and a dance tent at this year’s
I read your front-page report about stag and hen parties’ behaviour in Brighton (The Argus, May 17) without even the most minute element of surprise. This is a culture flaw reflected in the usual Friday and Saturday night city centre drunkenness.
A widower jumped to his death because he “could not go on” without his wife. Jack Middleton, 95, leapt from the window of his home in The Leas in Rustington, near Littlehampton, on April 5. His wife Lysbeth was killed on four months earlier after
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A dog’s head was dumped at a children’s nursery. The grim find was made by a volunteer when she turned up to work at the Cherry Tree nursery in Brighton. It is the latest in a string of attacks and incidents of anti-social behaviour
Ben Austin and Jamie Taylor have signed new contracts at Eastbourne Borough for the 2010-11 season. Defender Austin, who joined from Eastbourne Town in June 2000, won the supporters’ and players’ player of the year awards last season and has
The Queen will be urged by city council tenants to change a piece of “bad law” they claim blights the lives of thousands of people across the country. Three dozen of Brighton and Hove’s elected housing representatives will address Her Majesty about a
A body of a 34-year-old man has been recovered from Beachy Head. Police were on routine patrol early yesterday morning when they discovered an abandoned car. Officers checked and traced the owner and a missing persons investigation was carried out for
A hero policeman ignored his own safety and disarmed a gunman he feared was about to go on a killing spree. PC Christian Rohman was confronted by robber Ray Jacklin pointing a black pistol at him with his finger on the trigger. The officer immediately
Three World Cup winners and possibly the trophy itself will be on show at Hove when Sussex launch their defence of the Twenty20 Cup on Tuesday, June 1. Sussex pair Luke Wright and Mike Yardy as well as Somerset’s Craig Kieswetter, who all helped England
Cases of the “silent epidemic” hepatitis C are rising across Sussex. There have already been 122 confirmed new diagnoses of the condition confirmed around the county so far this year. Health bosses believe Sussex is on course to record more than the
Influential leaders have pledged to create a “city of opportunities”. The vow came as private and public sector bosses revealed a new three year vision for Brighton and Hove. The statement of intent, produced by the Brighton and Hove Strategic Partnership
A radical overhaul of a council’s top-level management structure has been revealed. Brighton and Hove City Council chief executive John Barradell has unveiled his vision for the way he wants the authority to be run in the future. He is planning to appoint
George Parris has resigned as joint manager of Whitehawk. Co-boss Darren Freeman will now take sole charge of the team. Parris and Freeman led Hawks to the County League title and the semi-finals of the FA Vase last season, as well as securing
Steve Evans says he has captured his top summer transfer target after landing Michel Kuipers. The former Albion goalkeeper, who was released at the end of the season by Gus Poyet after ten years with the club, has signed a one-year contract and will
The University of Sussex has risen in national rankings from 26th to 19th this year. The university benefited from good student satisfaction scores, spending on academic services such as IT and libraries and student facilities, including sports
Criminals have been banned from helping to clean up a chalk carving in Brighton as part of their community service because the job is "too dangerous". The project to re-carve the hawk on the hill in Whitehawk was instead carried out by children
A police officer has been praised for his bravery after he tackled and arrested an armed robber. Raymond Jacklin, 60, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Hove Crown Court for possession of an imitation firearm in a public place, robbery
Join us from 10.30am for live coverage of the third day's play in the Championship match between Sussex and Northamptonshire at Northampton.
Albion's out-of-contract defender Colin Hawkins is considering a return to Irish football to secure his future. Hawkins has been invited back for pre-season training by Seagulls boss Gus Poyet as he continues his recovery from a long-term Achilles
Matej Zagar produced a superb solo 16-point show for depleted Eastbourne as they were outclassed 63-29 by Elite League leaders Poole last night. The Slovenian stunned a big crowd by scorching to the fastest time of the season at the Dorset bowl in heat
Ever had a craving for a prawn cocktail – but don’t want to pay more than a fiver? How about finding the best deal on a plate of steak and chips? Or discovering who’s offering the most discount for vegetarians? Diners across Brighton and Hove
A new eco-friendly building material is set to dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of housing developments. The green credentials of the Eco-Slab, developed by a Brighton construction company, have already been recognised by Shell, which
It would be hard to find two operas that are more different than Benjamin Britten’s tough seafaring epic Billy Budd and Mozart’s comic tale Cosi Fan Tutte. The pair are running in repertoire at Glyndebourne in the first week of the 2010 season
