Sascha Kindred picked up his 12th Paralympic medal but had to be content with silver in the 200m individual medley. The reigning champion relinquished his crown and his world record to China’s Xu Qing. However, second place made up for the
Murray Goodwin has announced he is to leave Sussex at the end of the season. The 39-year-old’s contract runs out this winter and he will play his final game at Hove tomorrow when Sussex take on Somerset in the County Championship .
WITH VIDEO: Daredevil Paul Lawrence overcame a fear of heights and a ruptured Achilles tendon to abseil down Europe's tallest building. The 42-year-old was among 40 people, including the Duke of York, to take part in today's stunt at the newly-completed
Tomasz Kuszczak's impressive start to his Albion career has earned him an international recall. The former Manchester United keeper has been drafted into Poland's squad for World Cup qualifying games against Montenegro and Moldova. Kuszczak
Thank you to everyone for their hard work in achieving such a fun Brighton Pride for all. My heartfelt thanks go out to the committee which, in the face of defeat a year ago, lifted our spirits and gave us back our gay pride and made us feel proud
Brighton's best known landmark will soon be seen in a different light. Multinational lighting company Phillips is installing exterior lighting to the Royal Pavilion . The new scheme will illuminate the building’s Indo-Saracenic Revival
Two care homes have been given formal warnings by a health watchdog for “failing to protect” vulnerable residents. Poor standards of care were found at Greenways in Southwick and Homewood in Worthing during surprise inspections during the summer
Conservationists hope a community festival could bring in scores more volunteers. Cart rides, morris dancing and kite flying are just some of the activities on offer at the Friends of Telscombe Tye Heritage Fest. The festival starts at 10.30am
Police investigating sex trafficking made two arrests today linked to the disappearance of teenage girls from social services care while living in West Sussex. A 34-year-old British man and a 25-year-old Nigerian woman were detained in Enfield,
A biologist has warned pet owners of the dangers of pesticides after his dog was killed by household slug bait. Candy, a six-year-old West Highland Terrier, died in agony on August 24 after eating just a few tiny blue pellets. The dog’s owners
Parking meters in Brighton and Hove do not accept new 5p and 10p coins – because officials have not bothered telling the devices to take them. Just 50 parking meters in the city accept card payments, meaning motorists have to carry up to £20 in
A railway expansion plan to ease train congestion has “no chance” of ever happening, according to a transport minister. Hundreds of people have backed the Brighton Mainline Two (BML2) proposal, which would see a one and a half mile tunnel built
Love is in the air, as the song goes. But one man decided to take the message to new heights by booking an aeroplane to fly over Palace Pier with his marriage proposal. Romantic Mark Harman, 35, from Seaford, decided to surprise partner
Sam Franklyn From trekking through English woods at night looking for ghosts to filming in the wake of endurance athletes in the Amazon jungle, filmmaker Sam Franklyn has it covered. Franklyn, 24, from Eastbourne, already has his
A 26-year-old man has been charged with the attempted murder of a 31-year-old woman. Jason McLauchlan, of Magdalen Road, St. Leonards, was arrested after police were called to reports a woman had been stabbed in the chest and arms on Thursday,
When a question mark hung over the future of Brighton Pride last year, director Trevor Edwards received a phone message from a man in Eastbourne. He was worried the event wasn’t going to go ahead, so depriving him of the
Natalie Bennett was elected the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales in a ballot of party members today. Ms Bennett replaces Caroline Lucas, who is stepping down to concentrate more on being MP for Brighton Pavilion , amongst other
Tonnes of raw sewage were dumped into the sea yesterday by Southern Water after the company’s pumps became blocked. The firm blamed a “technical error” at its treatment works in Western Road, Worthing, for causing untreated effluent to be pumped
Brighton and Hove has been named as the most dangerous city for cyclists and pedestrians. A total of 191 pedestrians and 157 cyclists were killed or seriously injured on the city’s roads, or one of every 745 people in the city. London came
I live in the area adjoining Hanover which, as stated, has not agreed to the introduction of a controlled parking scheme, as yet. However, I would urge them to do so. My road has just been marked ready for inclusion in the Zone C-controlled parking
With regards to the letters about your most faithful readers (The Argus, August 27 and 31), when I lived in Ruskin Road in Hove, my father had The Argus delivered every day except Saturday, when there was a classified version at about 6pm with all
Before they leave us at the end of summer, I would like to say a big thank you to our lifeguards. Brighton and Hove has great sea-swimming beaches and the lifeguards are the icing on the cake, providing a reassuring presence during the summer months
Tony Mernagh is quite right to point out how convoluted the new system for complaints about “chuggers” is (The Argus, August 28). Now, just nine days after the complaints system began on August 20, it’s made even more confusing by the announcement
Following a super London 2012 Olympics , Mitt Romney, the US equivalent of a Tory hopeful, ought now to eat his words about London’s capabilities. If one counts medals per 10,000 of the population – the UK with some 60,000 to the 300,000 of the
I am intrigued by the cycle lanes which were placed along Old Shoreham Road at great expense and upheaval. After a long time of not being able to travel along it, I am once again using it on a regular basis. What intrigues me is how few cyclists
Albion came within a whisker of losing goal hero Craig Mackail-Smith to Norwich at the end of the transfer window. They now face an anxious wait to see if the Canaries renew their interest and meet the asking price in January. The Seagulls
A new football season is here: the Amex stadium is magnificent and the Albion are starting to play well. It’s a shame, however, about the bus services to and from the stadium – particularly from Rottingdean. We waited for more than an hour
1 - From the roundabout, head west along Turner’s Hill Road for a few yards, turning left on to an enclosed footpath. Descend behind gardens, taking short left and right turns, with a stream on the left. The path can be muddy in places as it crosses
The University of Sussex’s foundation in the early 1960s was one of the biggest events in Brighton during the 20th century. Yet the creation of the University of Brighton , a longer, slower and more complicated process, has had an equally profound
Early last century, one of the most popular cards to be chosen in Brighton did not display people on the beach sunbathing. It would be called Rough Sea at Brighton and was usually pictured on the Albion beach, as this one is. The East Street
A man was seriously injured last night when his car came off the road and smashed into a tree. The accident happened on the B2110 near Handcross at around midnight. The driver had to be cut out of the car by firefighters and was taken
