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  • Poyet praises patient Albion

    Gus Poyet praised the patience of his Albion side as they ground out another nailbiting win and clean sheet. The Seagulls made it six victories in a row as they saw off stubborn Notts County 1-0 on a tense night at Withdean. Inigo Calderon

  • Reds forced to work for derby win

    Crawley Town extended their lead at the top of Blue Square Bet premier to 12 points but were made to work hard for their 2-1 win at Eastbourne Borough. Charlie Wassmer gave Reds the lead after 25 minutes and a rout looked on the cards when Sergio Torres

  • Reds striker returns following injury

    Crawley striker Craig McAllister returns to rekindle his prolific partnership with Matt Tubbs in the Sussex derby against Eastbourne Borough tonight. McAllister has not featured in the last four games due to an ankle injury but replaces the suspended

  • Full-time: Albion 1 Notts County 0

    Inigo Calderon scored his sixth goal of the season to send Albion to a tense win at Withdean tonight. Here is how it happened.... Pre-game: Albion bring Gary Dicker back into the starting XI while young striker Torbjorn Agdestein is called

  • Dicker starts, Agdestein on bench

    Gary Dicker is back in the starting line-up as Albion chase another home win tonight. The Irish midfielder replaces Radostin Kishishev against Notts County as the only change to the XI which started last Saturday's 1-0 win at Oldham.

  • Libya stance

    ON MARCH 9, Brighton’s MP Caroline Lucas seconded an early day motion (EDM1565) in the House of Commons demanding there should be no external military intervention in Libya. Since then, Colonel Gaddafi’s army has attempted to take the city of Benghazi

  • A sporting chance

    I FEEL I must offer my heartiest congratulations to Mike Legg and Tony Wood for their coverage and extensive display of photographs of our under-12s rugby tournament at Brighton Rugby Club. This appeared in Youth In Action, in The Argus on Wednesday,

  • Toilet trained

    CAN anyone from Southern Railway explain why the company has removed toilets on its coastal route trains? For anyone who wants to travel on a coastal route, as my disabled step-son did recently from Shoreham to Portsmouth (a journey lasting more than

  • Taxing issue

    IT’S NOT usually a letter people look forward to being delivered but, like me, households across Crawley will have now received their council tax bills for the coming year. Council tax bills in England hit a record £1,439 a year for an average Band D

  • It’s worth spending money to make cycle lanes safer for all

    WITH regard to the cycle lane removal fiasco in Brighton and Hove (Letters, March 11), I feel compelled to set the record straight. I think it needs to be drawn to the attention of protestors that this cycle lane was commissioned by a Labour run council

  • Ticket factor

    MY DAUGHTER attended the X-Factor concert at the Brighton Centre on March 16, but lost her ticket on the way home. She is very upset about this as it was her first ever concert and she wanted to put the ticket on her bedroom wall as a souvenir. If

  • Football: Worthing & Horsham Sunday League - March 20, 2011

    Trophyman Cup: Quarter Final: Broadwater Celtic 7, Hillbarn Athletic 1. Semi-Final: Arun View 0, Angmering Sunday 1. Division 1: Horsham Juventus 1, Goring Rangers 4. Division 2: Mashbarn Classic 3, Ajax LA 3; Splash 0, Goring Utd 0. Division

  • Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after Eastbourne crash

    A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital after a crash. The man, who has not been named, collided with a parked car in Devonshire Place, Eastbourne, at 3.10pm today. He was airlifted by Surrey Air Ambulance to Eastbourne District General Hospital

  • Car-jackers strike in Portslade

    Knife-wielding car-jackers attacked a driver and beat him in the street. The gang dragged the 20-year-old out of his car and drove off with it early on Sunday morning. The car was later found nearby and three men were arrested. Police described the

  • Prime sites empty for Brighton Festival Fringe

    Three of the city’s prime sites will remain empty during this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe. Bosses have confirmed nothing will be staged at the Old Steine, St Peter’s Church or The Level in May. In January staff said they were considering plans

  • Poyet ponders options as Barnes is ruled out

    Ashley Barnes will miss Albion’s next two matches and could be ruled out for longer by ankle ligament damage. The 15-goal striker is sidelined against Notts County at Withdean tonight and from Saturday’s home game against Swindon following

  • West Sussex firefighters called in to seperate fighting stags

    Two brawling males had to be separated after battling over a lover. Firefighters were called in after the stags could not unlock their antlers. A crew from West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service went to Deaks Lane, Ansty, at about 4.35pm on Sunday. A

  • Tributes paid to Hailsham crash victim

    A man who was killed in a crash has been named. Michael Ronald Davies, 53, of Bowley Road, Hailsham, died when his Citroen Berlingo van hit a tree on the A27 near Selmeston on Thursday night. Mr Davies was travelling west shortly before 9.30pm when

  • Littlehampton beach huts damaged in arson attack

    Three beach huts were badly damaged in an arson attack. West Sussex Fire and Rescue and Sussex Police were called to the scene near Norfolk Gardens, Littlehampton, at about 3.45am today. Police are now appealing for witnesses to come forward. PC

  • Woman accused of killing Bexhill pensioner faces trial

    A woman accused of murdering a pensioner in a fire at a nursing home is due to stand trial two years after the death. Rebecca Reasbeck, now 20, is accused of killing Irene Herring, 85, at Ancaster Court in Hastings Road, Bexhill, in February 2009. Mother-of-five

  • Tragic Peacehaven soldier will be honoured with hero uncle

    A young father who was fatally wounded in Afghanistan will be honoured alongside his hero uncle on the memorial he inspired. Private Daniel Steven Prior, 27, who died on Friday, was named after his uncle, Stephen Prior, killed at the same age

  • Tubbs won't ease off at Borough

    MATT TUBBS has a warning for Eastbourne Borough ahead of tonight’s clash at Priory Lane – he has no intention of easing back now he has passed 30 league goals for the season. The Crawley hot-shot was on target in Friday’s 3-1 win over AFC

  • Robertsbridge murder suspects bailed until May

    Eleven men arrested after the death of a man in a burglary at his home in Robertsbridge will remain on bail until May. The men, from Kent, were all arrested on suspicion of murdering Julian Gardner at Bush Barn Farm, off the A21, north of Robertsbridge

  • Big Lemon could be crushed by the bus company Goliath

    The Big Lemon’s bright yellow buses have become a familiar sight on the roads between Brighton city centre and universities since 2007. Fuelled by recycled cooking oil from the local restaurants, hotel kitchens and chip shops, the Community Interest

  • Fruitless lemon

    What is the point of bus operator The Big Lemon? When it first started operating its stated aim was to encourage people out of their cars to help the environment. Why then does it only serve an area of the city that probably has one of the highest

  • Under control

    It is not often that I have reason to congratulate Brighton and Hove City Council, but on this occasion thanks are certainly appropriate. Last summer I suffered an unprovoked attack by a dog in Stanmer Park, while acting as a Red Cross volunteer

  • Benefit bias

    We don’t have to worry about housing benefit being reduced for pensioners (The Argus, March 5), as we have to pay in full for everything. It is very galling when you see all pensioners on benefits getting everything paid for them. It would be lovely

  • A happy day

    I am wondering if the poor shop workers have to work on the Royal Wedding Day, even though it has been made a Bank Holiday? It always seems they come off worse than offices and factories etc. Perhaps for once the shops can forget their takings and

  • Paying respect

    I agree with Mr Forman of Newhaven Street, Brighton, about the grand work volunteers do for Patient Transport Service (Letters, March 11). I am 84 years old and if I go to Lewes or Haywards Heath hospital I have to take two buses and then a taxi.

  • Refuse to pay the price for Pride

    I have been to watch the Pride celebrations in Brighton and Hove every year, but when I heard people will have to pay £17.50 to get into the park (The Argus, March 18), I thought – blinking heck! No way am I going to pay that sort of money. Why

  • Brighton woman dies after using mouthwash at dentist

    A young woman collapsed and died after using mouthwash at her dentist. It is believed Sacha Rumaner, 30, suffered a severe allergic reaction while undergoing the routine tooth-cleaning treatment. Yesterday NHS Brighton and Hove confirmed

  • East Grinstead crash victim dies in hospital

    A 22-year-old motorist who crashed his car into a railway bridge has died in hospital. Charles Dickinson, of Lewes Road, East Grinstead, was driving a grey Peugeot 206 when he lost control and collided with a large railway bridge in Turners Hill Road

  • Driver attacks pedestrian as he crosses Hove road

    A motorist jumped out of his car and attacked a pedestrian as he crossed the road on his way home. The 43-year-old man was crossing Clarendon Road, Hove at around 6pm on Friday when a driver started beeping his horn before getting out of his

  • Brighton and Hove City council sets ambitious jobs target

    About 6,000 new jobs need to be created in Brighton and Hove by 2014, according to a new report. Brighton and Hove City Council has set out the ambitious target to maintain existing employment levels of 71.6%. The proposal is set out in

  • Man, 32, fighting for life following Eastbourne attack

    A man has suffered life threatening injuries after being attacked. The man, who has not been named but is from Eastbourne, was assaulted in Langney Road, Eastbourne, at 12.40am today. A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion

  • Kish will end career with Albion

    RADOSTIN Kishishev wants to become a coach or manager in England once he hangs up his boots. That could still be at the end of the season but one thing is certain – the veteran Bulgarian’s playing days will end with Albion. He has no

  • Sussex university staff begin strike

    University staff will begin their first day of strike action in a row over pensions. Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Sussex will today strike in protest at changes to the University Superannuation Scheme (USS) pension

  • Crawley Down in pole position

    CRAWLEY Down are firm favourites to win the County League for the first time after a 2-0 win over title rivals Rye last night. Two first-half goals from striker Tom Burton were reward for a dominant display before the break by Darren Guirey’s side.

  • Spitfires take flight for Princess Anne

    Spitfires will take to the skies today to honour the arrival of a member of the Royal Family. Princess Anne will be visiting the Blond McIndoe Research foundation in East Grinstead to take part in the charity’s 50th birthday celebrations.

  • Hastings council set to force through sale of six unused homes

    A council is to force through the sale of homes that have lain unused for more than a decade. Hastings Borough Council has served compulsory purchase orders on six properties in the town after warning homeowners to use or lose the properties. The buildings

  • Albion Q&A

    The Albion Q&A with Andy Naylor is back today. What do you think about losing Ashley Barnes to injury and the best line-up for tonight's game against Notts County? Join Andy online from 1pm for an hour of Albion chat by clicking on the

  • East Sussex drivers warned to look out for deer

    Motorists are being warned to keep an eye out for deer on the move for food. East Sussex County Council is asking motorists to be extra deer aware this month because the animals are more likely to be spotted crossing roads at the moment as they look

  • University of Sussex staff begin two day strike action

    University lecturers have begun a two day strike. Members of the University and College Union at the University of Sussex are striking over a row over pensions. The staff are taking the action in protest against changes to the Universities