The future of Saltdean Bowling Club has been assured by Councillor David Smith, following rumours that Brighton and Hove City Council planned to close local bowling greens. In an email to Deryck Hanchett, Secretary of Saltdean Bowling Club, Councillor
Two women have been rescued from a severe house fire. East Sussex Fire and Rescue crews were called to the blaze at a house in Widdicombe Way in Brighton. Both the ground and first floor were alight when crews arrived shortly after 8pm
As a Valentine's weekend treat I went to the ICA in London and saw Francois Truffaut's debut film The 400 Blows in a pristine print on a pretty big screen. Prior to this the only Truffaut film I'd seen was his masterful adaptation of Raymond Bradbury's
Miles so far: Walking: 24 Bike: 136 Bus: 18 Train: 900 Total: 1078 I got up at 6.30am this morning feeling slightly weary after yesterday's exploits. I packed my smart clothes into the Brompton bag and pedalled off again
Firefighters were called to a blaze in a family home. Crews are investigating how the fire at the house in Silverdale Road, Burgess Hill, began but it is suspected to have been caused by a faulty fridge. The two-storey house suffered smoke and heat
A man has been jailed for 15 years for raping two women. Patrick Mark Geary, 40, of Warwick Mount, Montague Street, Brighton, was sentenced yesterday after being found guilty at a previous hearing of three rapes in Kemp Town, Brighton, in 2007 and 2009
An inquest into the death of a man who was found hanged in a mental health hospital continued yesterday. Oliver Minkley, 35, was discovered by staff in the men’s toilets of Mill View Hospital in Hove on May 2 - less than two days after he was
A top surgeon has warned the government needs to get a grip on obesity before it bankrupts the NHS. Specialist Chris Pring says action needs to be taken now to treat morbidly overweight patients to cut back on the costs of treating the long-term health
FRANK Loesser’s classic musical, based on Damon Runyon’s Broadway stories, is an upbeat story of New York crapshooters and the missionaries trying to reform them. It’s also an enormously challenging show to stage, and director Harry Williams with the
Police have warned that a euthanasia doctor could be acting illegally by advising people on ending their lives. Dr Philip Nitschke was detained by airport officials as he travelled to Britain yesterday, ahead of a workshop in Sussex aimed at showing
Taking on the challenge of running a marathon is a huge feat for anyone. But for multiple sclerosis sufferer Peter Boddy, the Brighton Marathon is even more difficult. Mr Boddy will be joining up to 15,000 other starters for the event on April 10 but
Your article “Drivers just the ticket for wardens” (The Argus, Febraury 10) sums up Brighton. I am surprised so many people visit the city – maybe the word has not really got round. When you get to Brighton you are charged over the top rates to park
Councillor Warren Morgan (The Argus, February 11) implies we deliberately postponed publication of our budget proposals. Coun Morgan suggests that we did so to foreshorten opportunities for the opposition to consider them. “Late reports”
A man who died after he was found lying in the A27 at Hollingbury, Brighton, has been named as 47-year-old Shaun Twiby. Mr Twiby of Westfield Crescent, Patcham, was seriously injured after apparently falling from a bridge over the A27 on January 10.
The proposed development of the Open Market (The Argus, January 22) looks likely to attract fresh vigour to this area of London Road – and it is particularly impressive that this will happen during a recession. The only doubtful part of the plan is the
I am not very good on remembering dates. But the other day I was asked when Brighton and Hove Albion appeared in the Cup Final and was quick to reply 1983. This was a year that I won’t forget as I watched the game from my bed with a broken leg in a full-length
It is good news that Brighton and Hove City Council will not cut support for bus services this year (The Argus, February 11). Thanks are due to Councillor Theobald and other councillors who helped achieve this. Unfortunately the same cannot be said
The police watchdog says it has spoken to “a good number of witnesses” in relation to the shooting of a man in Brighton. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has now removed the cordon from the scene of Michael Fitzpatrick’s death in
A former councillor said he had no regrets about cheating council tax payers out of tens of thousands of pounds. Peter Paffett brazenly told fraud investigators he would not have been able to give his daughter an education without it. He dishonestly
An elderly couple have been found dead at their home in Bexhill. A woman in her late 70s, named locally as Audrey Taylor, was found with a serious head injury in her kitchen by neighbours at Collington Rise at about 10am today. A man
The Argus Appeal is offering two fans the chance to enjoy Crawley Town’s greatest day in luxury. Our charity is offering two fans the chance to see Crawley’s FA Cup clash against Manchester United this weekend in a special auction. The
A charity is offering a prize for innovation. The Aldridge Foundation has put up a £10,000 prize fund to help put into practice the best new idea created at a conference. CityCamp Brighton will bring together businesses, local government
Thousands of pounds worth of equipment has been stolen in a raid on a telephone exchange. Five BT Openreach EXFO testers, valued at £1,600 each, were taken from the exchange in London Road, Ashington, near Pulborough. A computer, a laptop
Activists are considering sending animal bodies for post mortems amid fears that poison is being laid down for wildlife. An increasing number of foxes and badgers have been found dead or seriously ill on a stretch of the South Downs over the last few
This ghost train is no seaside tourist attraction. Nor is it the latest skeleton service laid on for put-upon Sussex commuters. The life-sized locomotive, soon to puff eerily into existence on a disused railway bridge in Brighton’s New England Quarter
Crawley fans will be travelling in a huge coach convoy to Old Trafford for this weekend’s FA Cup clash. The Red Devils’ supporters club has hired 26 coaches to travel to Manchester for the biggest game in the club’s history. More than 7,000 other Crawley
Sussex's Matt Prior top scored as England won their opening warm-up game ahead of the World Cup. Prior hit 78 off 80 balls coming in at No.6 to help rescue England from a precarious position of 86-4 against Canada in Bangladesh. The wicketkeeper enjoyed
A council has put forward a plan to spend more than £1 million scrapping a cycle path while cutting £34 million from its budget. Brighton and Hove City Council revealed the plans to scrap the designated pathway in The Drive, Hove, despite accidents
“The culminating point of my entire musical upbringing” is how George Lewis Jr describes Forget, the debut album by his musical project Twin Shadow. Largely recorded on his own, in hotel rooms using a friend’s G60 laptop, the album features layers of
Burlesque, as Ivy Paige tells you at the start of her show, is all about titillation. And if, by titillated, Ivy means left wanting more, then that could be one way of describing her Brighton performance. A combination of singing her own songs, tongue-in-cheek
She was one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century -- glamorous, strong and with a towering presence that left others flailing in her wake. But what goes up must come down and Master Class is the story of the unravelling of Maria Callas
Police have warned that a euthanasia doctor could be acting illegally by advising people on ending their lives. Dr Philip Nitschke was detained by airport officials as he travelled to Britain yesterday, ahead of a workshop in Sussex aimed at showing
Albion will pocket more than £500,000 if they knock Stoke City out of the FA Cup. That is the bonanza on offer to the Seagulls for getting past the Premier League outfit in Saturday’s fifth round showdown at the Britannia Stadium. They will earn £180,000
Bus services will be disrupted when the Brighton Half Marathon takes place at the weekend. Brighton and Hove Buses will not be able to use Marine Parade, between Roedean Road and the Sea Life Centre from first thing on Sunday morning. Instead they
A con man who raked in more than £200,000 through a worldwide holiday villa fraud has been jailed for four years. Carlo Bulley, 38, formerly of Brunswick Place, Hove, advertised phantom holiday properties and took money by bank transfer or
A Dignity in Care campaigner said a health service ombudsman report underlined the "need for a sea change in attitude" towards the elderly. Actress Amanda Waring, daughter of the late actress Dame Dorothy Tutin, was moved to make the awareness-raising
A halls of residence had to be evacuated after a student smoked a cigarette under a smoke detector. More than 70 people were had to leave Lancaster House in the University of Sussex about 3am today when the fire alarm sounded. Crews
Councillors are to be given the power to block town hall salaries of more than £100,000 under government reforms. Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said he wanted to "democracy proof" the award of "mega" deals for council executives.
A scientist whose inventions included the suitcase on wheels and the radio microphone has died. Reg Moores, 88, of Horton Road, Brighton, came up with many of his simple solutions to enhance his act as a professional ice skater. Friends have paid tribute
For the last decade, on the first Sunday of February, the clans gather to celebrate our seediness with an amazing 1,700 people in Hove Town Hall. We all know the place The concrete jungle: looking like a poor man’s version of Basil Spence’s Sussex
Lewes made it back-to-back wins with a 2-1 victory at fellow strugglers Hampton and Richmond tonight. The Rooks are now unbeaten in four games and have given themselves hope in the battle against relegation from Blue Square Bet south.
Bognor needed a late Luke Nightingale equaliser to salvage a 1-1 draw against struggling Whitstable at Nyewood Lane in Ryman division one south tonight. Burgess Hill's match at home to Faversham Town was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. In the
