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  • Watch highlights of Crawley's victory over Eastbourne Borough

    Highlights of Crawley's 2-1 win over Eastbourne Borough on Tuesday night - including Charlie Wassmer's delicate finish and George Purcell's stunning free kick - are now available to view. Just click on the video link in the bar above to access them.

  • Woman rescued from house after Hove kitchen fire

    Fire services evacuated a woman from her home this evening after a blaze in the kitchen. East Sussex Fire and Rescue were called at 6.55pm to reports that a female was trapped inside the property in Kingston Close, Hangleton, Hove. The woman was taken

  • Navarro: I must prove myself again

    Alan Navarro today admitted he needs to prove himself all over again as Albion push for the League One title. The Seagulls midfielder battled through his second 90-minute outing for the Reserves yesterday as he recovers from knee ligament damage

  • Retired judge to perform in opera at Lewes Crown Court

    A retired judge’s singing prowess will be put on trial when he returns to the courtroom as part of a theatre troop. Just a few years ago Judge Michael Kennedy QC – at one point Sussex’s highest-ranking civil judge – was dealing with cases on a daily

  • No new striker for Albion

    Albion will not have a new striker in their ranks against Swindon at Withdean on Saturday. The Seagulls were thwarted in their bid to land a big money loan-to-buy target before today's 5pm deadline for temporary transfers. See tomorrow's Argus for the

  • Good partners

    IN RESPONSE to the story in the The Argus (Business, March 15), I would like to make it clear that proposals by Surrey County Council to have an independent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) will not put the Coast To Capital LEP [a partnership

  • Thousands not visiting a dentist in Brighton and Hove

    Thousands of people are putting their health at risk by not visiting a dentist. About 147,000 of Brighton and Hove's 250,000 population are using one of the almost 60 NHS practices in the city. Health bosses admit some parts of the city

  • Give bus drivers credit where due

    A RECENT story in The Daily Telegraph stated that bus drivers were regarded as unhelpful and unfriendly. As a regular visitor to Brighton and Hove all year round, I must disagree. The drivers on Brighton and Hove Bus Company’s number seven route

  • Small print

    MY WIFE bought a DVD recently in a supermarket, using a gift token she’d been given as a birthday present. She chose a film which had won various awards and sounded really promising. We sat down to watch it, but were somewhat dismayed as we couldn

  • Green park

    I WOULD like to refer back to a letter of mine that was printed in The Argus on March 21. It concerns the Friends Of Withdean Park AGM on Tuesday April 5 at 7.30pm and our sixth Lilac Lark fair in Withdean park on Sunday May 8 from 12.30pm until

  • City identity

    HAS anybody noticed that Brighton and Hove City Council has started changing the identity of this city without notice? It started with the council’s website changing its colour scheme from the traditional heritage colours of the two shades of

  • This city’s not big enough for a potential population boom

    THE front page headline in The Argus from March 16 about a potential population explosion in Brighton and Hove makes for worrying reading. But what is more worrying is the predictable reaction from the so-called business community in the city

  • Elderly Eastbourne woman neglected by care staff

    A 91-year-old woman spent her final days freezing and thirsty after being neglected by care home staff. Manor Hall Care Home in Eastbourne has been slammed by an independent panel which said the woman received “passive and delayed” treatment in the run

  • Smart cards introduced on Brighton and Hove buses

    Bus journeys will be revolutionised with the introduction of a new smart card system. Machines accepting the new technology, which is similar to London's Oyster card, have been installed on Brighton and Hove Bus Company's entire fleet. It is hoped the

  • Race to unmask Albion Rocket Man

    The race is on to unmask the Albion Rocket Man. In the past four matches at Withdean Stadium a firework has been let off whenever the Seagulls score. Now with only five home games left before Brighton and Hove Albion move out of the

  • Teenagers arrested for stabbing boy in the back

    Three teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the back with a knife during an attempted robbery yesterday. The victim was taken to Worthing Hospital for treatment to a serious but non life threatening injury.

  • Runners versus cyclists in Brighton and Hove

    With just over two weeks to go until the Brighton Marathon, more people than ever are taking to the city’s streets for their final preparations. As cars, bikes and runners all try to share the same space, there are bound to be some cross words

  • Sussex chief: Counties in peril

    Sussex chairman Jim May believes the changes to the domestic schedule could see two counties go bust. From next year there will be ten rather than 16 Twenty20 games. A decision to reduce the number of one-day matches has been deferred

  • Sussex child abuser jailed by married victims

    A child abuser was caught after a married couple realised they had both fallen prey to the same man. Steven Mizon has been jailed for 11 years for sex assaults on a boy and a girl between 1984 and 1990. The 65-year-old was snared after his victims grew

  • Top ref at Withdean

    Premier League ref Mark Halsey takes charge of Albion's home game against Swindon on Saturday. The Lancastrian has been appointed in the absence of top flight fixtures this weekend, due to the international programnme. Halsey has returned to the middle

  • If the horse is dead...

    Lately, I have been feeling uninspired. Slimming World has proved not to be the wonder cure that they proclaim (surprise surprise…) but rather a restrictive diet that seems to go against its ethos of ‘no measuring, no counting, eat as much as you want

  • Lampart gets green light

    Eastbourne have been told they are in the clear to track Polish reserve Dawid Lampart in the Elite League. Several Polish riders have been ordered by their governing body not to race in countries, including Britain, which are using controversial new

  • Meet The Argus comes to Worthing

    Reporters will be out and about in Sussex to hear the issues you want us to cover. We want you to tell us the campaigns and story ideas that you think we should feature in The Argus. A reporter will on hand tomorrow at a Meet The Argus session at

  • Brighton's Lapland brother could be out of jail in weeks

    The brothers behind the failed Lapland New Forest park could serve only 14 weeks of their 13-month sentence behind bars. Victor and Henry Mears, from Brighton, were jailed on Friday on eight counts each of misleading customers at the site in Dorset in

  • Homeless man set alight in Worthing shelter

    A homeless man had his duvet set alight as he slept. The man, aged in his 40s, was sleeping in a seafront shelter in Marine Parade, Worthing when he woke at around 1am on Thursday to find his duvet on fire. He was taken to Worthing Hospital and treated

  • Car damaged in suspected Worthing arson attack

    A car was set alight in a suspected arson attack. The vehicle parked in a car park off Hawthorn Gardens, Worthing was badly damaged by the blaze at around 2.15am this morning. Firefighters from Worthing fire station attended the blaze.

  • Albion could make loan signing

    Albion boss Gus Poyet has not ruled out a late swoop in the loan market for a striker. The Seagulls have until 5pm to add to their squad. Poyet confirmed no players will be leaving but hinted at a possible new arrival. "I am not

  • Primal Scream Play Screamadelica, Brighton Centre, March 22

    Screamadelica, says Andrew Innes, was never written as an album, more a collection of six-minute songs without obvious tunes but blessed with jaw-gripping hooks made from congas or sirens. Most of all it was a happy accident, a product of its time, made

  • Spamalot, Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, March 22 to March 26

    Spamalot, a parody of a spoof, is full of manic fun and far more than just a rip-off of Monty Python And The Holy Grail. Even non-Python fans should enjoy this zany musical by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, which features superbly silly new lyrics

  • Crystal Stilts, Audio, Brighton, March 24

    It's no surprise Crystal Stilts audiences tend to come from one generation above their own. The sounds the New York-based five-piece make could have been done in the early 1980s by any number of shoegazing noise-pop bands. It’s probably because frontman

  • Update: Police find body in Goodwood woodland

    Police have found a body in woodland near Goodwood. Search teams have been looking for the missing 78-year-old since yesterday afternoon. A spokeswoman confirmed that a body had been found at about 3.30pm today. Detective Chief

  • Eastbourne council claims top award

    A local authority has been named as the leading council in the region. Eastbourne Borough Council took the top award at the 2011 iESE awards for public services in the South East held on Tuesday night. Other winners on the night included outgoing chief

  • Calderon has extra incentive

    Inigo Calderon has revealed his extra motivation for winning League One. The Albion right-back wants to do something special in memory of his first manager in professional football, who died this week. Calderon offered his own tribute to former Alaves

  • Road closed after Eastbourne shed fire

    A road was closed because firefighters feared explosive material was stored in a garden shed that had caught fire. Eastbourne firefighters attended the blaze at a derelict shed in Pevensey Road, Eastbourne at around 9pm last night. Firefighters say

  • Yardy flies home from Cricket World Cup

    Sussex captain Michael Yardy has been flown home from the Cricket World Cup. The England & Wales Cricket Board has announced that Yardy has been withdrawn from England's World Cup squad suffering from depression and has returned to the UK

  • University and college staff strike over pay and pensions

    Teaching staff at colleges and universities across Sussex will be on strike today. University of Brighton and University of Sussex staff will be among those taking part in University and College Union co-ordinated strikes over pension and pay cut issues

  • Kitchen damaged in Brighton flat after toaster catches fire

    A kitchen was damaged when a toaster caught alight. Firefighters from Preston Circus fire station were called to Warleigh Road, Brighton at around 5.45am this morning to tackle the blaze. The two female residents in the flat were able to extinguish

  • Brighton street measures electricity use on the road

    The writing is on the street for bright sparks who have come up with an innovative way to cut their electricity use. Residents in Tidy Street, Brighton, wanted to know how much electricity they used on a daily basis so agreed to take part in

  • Lewes grab glory win

    Lewes produced their performance of the season last night to notch a well deserved 2-1 win over Blue Square Bet south league leaders Braintree Town and keep their relegation fears at bay. Rooks rode the early storm and took a surprise lead in the 28th