I’ve been watching the ridiculous ‘swapping the dead baby’ story on EastEnders recently and of course it has played on my mind a little bit. There have been a few times when after the credits rolled I’ve had to go upstairs and kiss my own little
Sussex's batsmen face a mammoth task to avoid a second heavy defeat against Lancashire in the space of a few weeks. Lancashire piled on the runs to post a first innings total of 590 after resuming on 322-6 this morning before reducing Sussex to 97-4
IN ALL my years of walking around Queen’s Park pond, I have never seen it in the state it’s in now. I went up there on April 15 and counted the geese. There were eight in all. The previous time I counted them, there were ten. Perhaps the fox that
JUST how hypocritical can Councillor David Smith be? I shall refer to his comments (The Argus, April 18): “Look what promotion to the Premiership for Blackpool has done this year – I expect there to be a similar effect in Brighton and Hove. This will
WITH reference to Duncan Hopper’s letter about barbecues in public spaces (The Argus, April 26), I live opposite Hove Lawns and walk past there twice a day. I have noticed the new “NO BBQ” signs which appeared recently and have also seen how little effect
I RECENTLY heard about comments by David Cameron regarding interns. He said he was “relaxed” about giving his and his neighbour’s children an advantage when it comes to opportunities. Clearly, everyone would want to help their children get
Albion boss Gus Poyet has warned about the size of the task facing his League One title winners in the Championship next season. He says it will be crucial to bring in the right type of players in the summer if the Seagulls are to be a force at the next
A mother helped thwart a bank robber by giving him fake notes. Clifford Hellier, 57, had already robbed two banks in a week when a heroic Natwest cashier hought she saw the handle of a gun in his pocket. But despite her terror, NatWest cashier
Unfit police should be thrown out of their force, according to a senior Sussex officer. Chief Inspector Dick Coates, of Sussex Police, has said too many of his colleagues are kept on in backroom jobs because they are unfit for frontline duty. His remarks
Hundreds of people packed a church to pay tributes to a mother-of-three found dead in her home. There was standing room only at Holy Cross Church, in Warren Road, Woodingdean, as mourners remembered Pauline Jenkins yesterday. Dozens of friends and
A son returned home to find his elderly mother trapped in a fire in their home. Winifred Gunton died after she could not escape from the blaze at her home in Ifield Road, Crawley. Paramedics spent several minutes trying to resuscitate 91-year-old Ms
A teenage cancer campaigner has died just months before she was due to compete in a fundraising race. Kirsty Seeley, 18, died on Monday (25) about five months after a brain tumour which she first developed in childhood, returned. Yesterday Kirsty’s
A giant seafront wheel offering panoramic views will be coming to Brighton and Hove in a matter of weeks. Councillors have approved £6 million proposals for the 45-metre high ride known as the Brighton Wheel heralding it an “economic boost”
Kate and William could be expecting twins, The Argus can reveal. But the announcement, which bypassed Palace officials, will not send shock waves through the Royal Family. The happy couple, a pair of Pacific White Spotted Bamboo sharks newly arrived
Many women during pregnancy experience problems with their core stability, back pain and sciatica. Yoga can not only help cope with these issues but also prepare your body for childbirth. Now coming to the end of my second trimester, I am entering
A police helicopter is scouring a coastline for a missing woman. Susan Smith, 55, was last seen at 7.30am today. Ms Smith, described as white, 5ft 2inchs, slim build with shoulder length brown hair, was wearing blue jeans and white '
A former investment banker has turned shopkeeper. Jason Hurwitz is refurbishing a derelict antiques auction house in Upper Gardner Street, Brighton, to create a new local food store and restaurant. His store, Thorne’s Foods, will bring
As James Yuill shuffled on stage in front of a largely empty Concorde, the multi-instrumentalist’s favoured stagewear of skinny tie and jacketless suit – pitched somewhere between a trainee accountant and a nervous 1980s wedding usher – seemed
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr fans were treated to a night of nostalgia by The Rat Pack Is Back! at the Congress Theatre on Sunday. Crooner David Alacey, as Ol’ Blue Eyes, and Des Coleman. as Sammy Davis, repeated the tributes they
Anybody wondering whatever happened to the This Is England generation should have got themselves down to the Brighton Centre on Saturday night. Superannuated skinheads, middle-aged mods, plus the odd teenager who wasn’t even a twinkle in his old man
The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue are the silliest and cleverest slapstick act around as they proved at the Screaming Blue Murder Comedy Club at the Winter Garden, Eastbourne, on Thursday. Amazingly, they hardly spoke, yet had the audience roaring
In separate plays across the Easter weekend, actor James Burke-Dunsmore will be crucified as Jesus five times. “It’s a horrific process. You are suspended, nearly naked, in front of everyone,” explains the actor and director of Brighton’s first ever Passion
With their debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding, Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye seems to have proved the naysayers wrong. “Our Kid” may have been denied a top spot in the album charts by Adele after her record-breaking 11-week run at number one but
David Mellor’s interest in the Bloomsbury Group dates back to his days as a student, when he was taught art history by Vanessa Bell’s son Quentin. “One day Bell asked if we wanted to have tea with Duncan Grant at Charleston [the Sussex farmhouse
The Cartoon Network might not necessarily be the obvious domain for a dance DJ of international renown, but then again, Diplo is no obvious DJ. He has recently joined forces with DJ Switch on a new, futuristic dancehall and reggae side-project
From a bleak north London council estate to a sun-filled LA record label office, N-Dubz have had quite a journey. In just three years the cutting-edge, urban vocal trio have had an unprecedented impact on modern youth culture, introducing a nation to
It's nothing unusual to see madmen walking around Brighton doing strange things claiming it’s all in the name of art. Nor is it surprising to hear they’ve always dreamt of featuring in The Argus. What’s rarer is to discover they’ve actually made
Join me from 10.30am for a live blog of the second day of Sussex's County Championship clash with Lancashire at Hove and have your say as the action unfolds.
Thieves smashed their way into a Budgens store but were forced to flee empty-handed. Polcie were called to reports of burglary at the shop on High Street, Billingshurst, near Horsham, at about 3.50am on Sunday. Three men are believed
A few years ago, Chas and Dave suddenly became cool and there was a good chance of seeing Pete Doherty or Kate Moss making an appearance on stage for one of their impromptu collaborations. But on Friday there was not a single person with skinny jeans
Albion chairman Tony Bloom has revealed to The Argus firm plans to increase the capacity at The Amex. The Seagulls have now sold more than 16,600 season tickets and coporate hospitality tickets for their new 22,500-seater stadium next season. Bloom,
A 14-year-old pedestrian suffered serious head injuries after being struck by a car. The collision took place at about 3.40pm yesterday on Seaside in Eastbourne at the junction with Southbourne Road. Police said the crash involved a
Three men arrested over an air rifle shooting in Hove have been bailed. Police were called to Buckley Close on Sunday night after initial reports a child had been shot in his collarbone. But officers have now say the victim was a 22-
UPDATED April 28: Dozens of Police officers raided addresses in Sussex ahead of the Royal Wedding. The Metropolitan Police, working with Sussex Police and City of London officers, executed warrants at three addresses in Hove just before 8am
Two fishermen had to be rescued after drifting a mile and half out to sea in their dinghy. The men were returned home safely by lifeboat crews but only managed to catch one fish. An RNLI Shoreham lifeboat was called at 2pm yesterday
A pub fence burnt down in a “dubious” fire. Crews from Roedean Fire Station were called to the Freshfield Pub on Freshfield Road, Brighton at about 3.30am. They found part of the fence outside the pub alight and one panel already destroyed
