The hardy Herdwick Cumbrian sheep are a popular sight on the hillsides of Moulsecoomb Wild Park, giving a lovely country ambience to what is essentially a city park. However, the sheep are not just there to make the park more attractive but they
A school building and maintenance programme worth £9.5million has been announced. The funding from West Sussex County Council will benefit 36 schools. This will include work from July 2012 at the Newick House site in Burgess Hill. The second
Two cyclists are riding the length of the country to raise money for a children’s centre. Dave Townsend, 26, from Brighton, and Alex Bryant, 21, from Battle, are hoping to complete the 1,000 mile journey in just two weeks – meaning they will have
Operators of the Newhaven incinerator have apologised for failing to keep residents informed. Veolia Environmental Services has now published a timetable of works after neighbours complained the facility was being tested in secret. The
Ed Joyce admitted revenge was sweet as Sussex thrashed Derbyshire to go top of the table. Joyce top scored with 90 as the Sharks made amends for their six-wicket defeat at Derbyshire in the opening game of the CB40 campaign. The Ireland international
A father whose 15-month-old son died from meningitis is supporting a campaign calling for urgent funding for a vaccine. Toby Berryman's little boy Zach was struck down by meningitis B septicaemia and lost his fight for life within 12 hours. Mr Berryman
I RECENTLY went shopping at Asda in Brighton Marina. Having parked the car, I went to the ticket payment machine, only to find it was out of order. Never mind, I thought, the next one will be OK. But that too was out of order and ,believe it or
HOW sad I was to read that 14-year-old Declan Hubert lost his fight for life following an accident last Friday morning (The Argus, May 10). My wife and I were taking our granddaughter to school at Hove Park when the slip road to Hangleton Road was blocked
FOLLOWING the decision by the local planning authorities to allow the Brighton Wheel project to go ahead, it has been interesting to note various comments from your readers. We think the project will have wide-ranging implications on the appearance of
DEMONSTRATIONS and strikes are the hard-won rights of British people and long may they continue – with reservations. In the early years of trade unions, strikes hit the pockets of the mill owners and not the general public. The huge Chartist demonstration
If you have a clown phobia, or a fear of birds or darkness, it’s probably best not to go to this. Otherwise, this theatrical event is an interactive imaginative journey sure to surprise, as comments in the visitors’ book testify. Not
There were plenty of Brighton’s basement venues in use at this year’s Great Escape - including Audio, where hyped dubstep producer Actress disappointingly failed to make an appearance on Saturday evening - but none can have been more suffocatingly fetid
Eagle-eyed pupils helped to rescue a missing bird of prey. Four girls from Burgess Hill School for Girls spotted Basil the Peregrine Falcon which had flown away from the junior school the day before. Basil had been taking part in a flying
Canada supplied an impressive roster of artists to the Great Escape this year, including art rockers Suuns, soaring electronica trio Young Empires and hip-hop innovator the legendary Buck 65. PS I Love You were another Canadian outfit on display
The interconnecting rooms in the nightclub Life made it a strange choice to house a headlining Great Escape gig. It took a walk through a series of empty spaces to find where the action was - a long arch at the back of the venue, with a bar at one
Many touring bands seem to have forgotten that they are in the entertainment business - content to walk onstage in their everyday clothes to plough through the latest album with barely a nod to their audience. Sufjan Stevens was unique in two respects
There's an other-worldly sound to Thus:Owls, a part-Swedish band adding to a Swedish-themed night at Coalition, headlined by one of the country's most unsung exports, The Radio Department. With a diverse and deep sound, Thus:Owls brought out shades
Last-minute changes to the Alternative Escape programme meant that Brighton band Jumping Ships, a former Argus Download Of The Week, were moved further up the bill, giving room for a three-piece from Glasgow called LightGuides. Their sound is an ambitious
French producer and DJ Frederic Riviere, under the name of Anoraak, last played in Brighton at The Hope for Melting Vinyl's Vive La France festival at the end of January. That performance was notable for stapling a cramped room to the back wall with
Conjuring up a sound somewhere between progressive rock and art house, this Parisian trio embodied a scatterbrain style underpinned with militant drumming and some precise finger-picked bass playing. Over this were oddments of jerky guitar and rhythmic
Police continue to investigate the death of a baby girl from Worthing. The 11-month-old died in a London hospital on Saturday. A 26-year-old man, from Worthing, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and bailed until June. The tot was whisked by
Fairytale-inspired artworks created by 50 artists from Brighton and Hove will be auctioned off in aid of the Argus Appeal. Saturday 4 June will see the JAG open gallery in Madeira Drive transformed into a fairytale extravaganza between 1-8pm
Climate campaigners who set up a camp at a disused school are facing eviction. East Sussex County Council is seeking a court order to regain possession of the land at the former St Anne’s School in Rotten Row, Lewes. Activists set up the climate camp
This was the story of Christiane (Chrissy), waiting at Gare Du Nord station for a ticket to England in January 1945. What followed was her story of why she was there, following the liberation of Paris, to travel to marry the English fiancé that she hadn
Families eh? None are simple, it’s true, but few have to contend with the sort of melee on display in the theatrical production of Festen. Adapted for the stage from its celluloid original, Festen’s feuding family make the Mitchells of Albert Square
A review of parking in Brighton and Hove will be a “priority” of the new council. The newly-elected Green council said it will go ahead with the review that was planned by the previous Conservative administration. However, they have
A former MI6 operative has inspired a new drama. The Brighton-based man was interviewed by writer David Weedall as he was writing his play The Spy and the Femme Fatale. The show will be premiered at this year’s Brighton Festival Fringe
There was something incongruous about The Radio Dept’s appearance at the Great Escape. The merchandise stall at the back was filled with copies of the Swedes’ most recent release, Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010, but the festival is billed
Eastbourne Town defender Ryan James has been told the hard work begins now after being handed a Football League chance. James has signed a six-month contract with League Two outfit Oxford United. The 21-year-old one-time Millwall youngster made a big
Before seeing them live, it’s likely you’ll have an indifferent opinion of Art Brut. I heard their single Formed A Band in my teens and remember thinking it was “just all right”. But when they crashed in with it as their set opener, it triggered a
Bonnie “Prince” Billy seems partly responsible for inspiring the current generation of folk-rockers like Fleet Foxes and Vetiver, as well as the sartorial sense of the bands and their followers. The fashion dictate of this year’s Great Escape apparently
Sexual offences cost Brighton and Hove £61 million a year. New data has revealed the amount spent dealing with the aftermath of violent sexual crimes including rape. The staggering cost is made up of the price of the police investigation
A lorry driver who was more than three times the drink drive limit when he was stopped by police has been jailed. Volodymyr Davydov, a Ukraine national, was arrested after a member of the public reported an articulated heavy goods vehicle swerving
Crawley Town striker Richard Brodie has joined Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan. The Blue Square Bet premier club have paid a substantial five-figure loan fee to take Brodie back north for the 2011-12 campaign. Brodie joined Crawley
Steve Evans has revealed the reasons behind Craig McAllister’s surprise departure from Crawley. The Scottish striker was the shock inclusion when Evans announced on Friday the seven players who were not being offered contracts for next season. McAllister
The number of people visiting accident and emergency departments is continuing to rise despite an NHS campaign urging patients to consider alternatives. Department of Health figures show the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal
A burglary victim whose computer was stolen from his flat was advised by Sussex Police to go online to receive support. Argus reporter James Wallin here gives his first-hand account of becoming a victim of crime and the support he was offered.
A robber is believed to have threatened Bingo hall staff with a knife before taking £1,000 from the tills. Two men walked into Beacon Bingo, in Moulsecoomb Way, Brighton, at about 7.30pm yesterday and stole the cash. The four staff present were
A woman suffered an electric shock on a railway line. The police helicopter was scrambled at 12.07am on Monday after rail company Southern raised the alarm. She was found with a friend on the line off Willowbrook Road, Worthing, near
An electricity box and cooker caught alight in homes just streets apart within hours of each other. Roedean firefighter were first called in Hampstead Road, Saltdean, at 8.30pm yesterday. A cooker had set fire and crews had to put out the blaze.
A car was set alight in a Brighton park. Firefighters on their way back from a false alarm at the University of Sussex noticed the red Vauxhall burning in Wild Park at 1am yesterday (Monday). A firefighter from Preston Circus station said: “It has
The threat of co-ordinated strikes by hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in protest at cuts in jobs, services and pensions looks set to come a step further this week. Delegates at the annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services
An elderly woman was given emergency medical treatment following a blaze at her home. The fire started in the kitchen of her home in Stonehurst Court, Down Terrace, East Brighton. She suffered from smoke inhalation and was administered oxygen at the
A building was gutted by a fire. The derelict prefab was wrecked by fire near Three Bridges Station in Crawley. The blaze broke out at 4am today, a Crawley firefighter said. The firefighter said: ”One pump attended. The blaze
Albion will renew rivalries with West Ham in the Championship next season. Hammers parted company with boss Avram Grant after they let slip a two-goal lead at Wigan to lose 3-2 which means relegation. Albion last met their rivals from the East End in
