Stolen sound equipment worth thousands of pounds is on the market in Sussex, police have warned. A single Beresford amplifier worth £2,500 was taken in a raid which took place in Sutherland Avenue, Bexhill, some time between Sunday, August 19,
Police want to speak to this man about the theft of two antique plates from Petworth House, Petworth. Sussex Police detectives say he was seen acting suspiciously at the National Trust country house last month. They want to talk to him about
Murray Goodwin scored only his second half century of the season in his final innings at Hove to put Sussex in control against Somerset. Goodwin finished unbeaten on 51 and received a huge round of applause from the crowd after announcing
Welcome to our daily feature, Looking Back. Every day we will take a look through The Argus archives to see what was making the news in years gone by. It could be a news story, a large event or even a funny feature. We will also select
This picture from 1938 shows a policeman in a white helmet directing traffic outside the White Horse Hotel in Rottingdean. More than 70 years later, the scene remains much the same - although the policeman has been replaced with a traffic
Do you remember this clean up at Hove lagoon in 1937? Were you in Brighton when these armed marksmen took their places for a party conference in 1985? Do you remember this Argus hot air balloon at an event in 1983? If you are one of the
The war against litter was taken underwater by some environmentally friendly divers. A team of 14 divers trawled up a truckload of rubbish during the underwater litter pick on Saturday. The event which took place off Newhaven netted a variety
Council chiefs have apologised after a fountain remained out of action. The Old Steine fountain in Brighton stopped working last month because of a technical problem. Brighton and Hove City Council said then it would be back up and running
Are these your family photos? Police found the pictures on an iPod in a haul of stolen goods they believe came from West Sussex. Officers are trying to reunite the device with its owners after mounting an operation to solve dozens of burglaries
Teenagers helped to raise hundreds of pounds for charity after organising their own family fete. Youngsters working with the National Citizen Service and Albion in the Community held the family fete in Portslade Town Hall on Sunday. They raised
Tom Hopkins and Sarah Monk from Brighton will cycle 1000 miles from Brighton to Barcelona to raise money for the Cedar Centre School. Sarah said: “We'll endure leg ache through the Pyrenees, head winds through the flat plains and all kinds of weather
Police want to speak to this man about criminal damage in Eastbourne. Leigh Peters, 30, is wanted over an incident in which windows were smashed in Beach Road, Eastbourne, on August 26. Police said he has links to Hastings and Eastbourne, and
The owner of an empty Brighton house has been ordered to take down scaffolding which has been kept up for a staggering 14 years. Neighbours of the three-bedroom property in Chester Terrace have been left bemused by the scaffolding as no visible
Racist thugs in high-visibility jackets threw a brick at a family’s car after drunkenly abusing them in the street in Eastbourne. The gang of five men shouted at an Asian woman, her mother and her four-year-old daughter in Beatty Road, Eastbourne
A mother has spoken of her anger that the drunken driver who caused her son’s life-changing injuries has been released early from prison. Aly Richardson said justice had not been done after Anthony Davis, of Rattle Road in Westham, was released
Four people were arrested on suspicion of arson after a house fire in Horsham on Sunday. Firefighters were called to the property in Melksham Close shortly after 8.30pm, where a fire had started around a door. No-one was injured and no-one
Three people arrested over the fire in Uckfield High Street on Sunday night have been released on bail. An 18-year-old man and two 17-year-old boys, all from Uckfield, were arrested yesterday on Tuesday on suspicion of arson with
Boss Richie Barker has challenged Crawley’s fringe players to fight their way into the team or find a new club. Reds progressed to the second round of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy last night with a 3-2 win over Gillingham thanks to a late goal
This is the unusual tattoo Laura Flight has had inked on her arm in tribute to the rescuers who saved her dad’s life. She decided to have the Sussex, Kent and Surrey Air Ambulance logo tattooed on to her arm as a permanent reminder of the team's
A community centre is celebrating after receiving a grant to redevelop its garden. Supermarket giants Sainsbury’s have donated £500 to the Bridge Community Centre in Brighton to allow members to carry out work on their garden. The money has
Brighton's North Street will be closed to traffic for two days for temporary repairs on September 18 and 19. The city council announced it would be undertaking the work last month, but refused to say when - or who is paying .
A mother has spoken of the terrible moment she was told to switch off her baby daughter’s life support machine. Georgina Hummel’s former boyfriend Jerome Edwards is accused of shaking her 11-month-old baby Crystal to death whilst babysitting her
First it was the WI calendar, then it was Nigel Cole’s film, later a successful stage show emerged from Chichester – and now we have the amateur productions. The play has become available for just 18 months from the beginning of September for amateurs
Good morning and welcome to Hove. Sorry for those expecting me here yesterday. I was at the Paralympics and thought my colleague Andy would have been running the blog instead. Probably good job he didn't as the opening day didn't go so well. Sussex
Police have unveiled a new tactic as they try to deal with an increase in protests in Sussex. With the number of protests in the county increasing in recent years, particularly in Brighton and Hove, Sussex Police has announced that two dedicated
Zombies are beginning preparations for a mass invasion of a beach. The Brighton Zombie Parade will go along Brighton seafront between the old paddling pool by the West Pier and finishing at Concorde 2 in Madeira Drive, Brighton on Saturday, October
Brighton Digital Festival 2012 opened with a computerised bang this week with a digital fireworks display. The month-long festival launched on Sunday with a PixelPyro digital fireworks display in Jubilee Square , Brighton. The fireworks
Thousands of pupils face a year of lessons in hundreds of “temporary” classrooms – some of which have been there for nearly 40 years. The revelation comes as tens of thousands of youngsters return to school after the summer break. Figures obtained
I note with interest that Brighton and Hove City Council is introducing enclosed balconies in high-rise blocks, on a trial basis. I do hope there will be full consultation with residents before this work begins. Are many of them even aware this
With six of the seven gull species breeding in the UK on the amber list of Birds of Conservation Concern, and the seventh (the herring gull) on the red-list, this family of birds does indeed need protecting (The Argus, August 25). The overall
Dean Hammond has apologised for the goal celebration which has overshadowed his return to Albion – but insists he is a changed man. Hammond left the Seagulls for Colchester in controversial circumstances at the end of the January 2008 transfer
In adding to the parking debate in Brighton, here in Fiveways we have no regulation. At present, there is a flurry of building work taking place. In the lower section of Waldegrave Road there are about five fairly big schemes in progress. The
Last week I asked people emerging from the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton to sign a petition against privatisation of the National Health Service. A well-suited young man replied that he would sign it. He explained that he wasn’
When Sussex Police received a report of an illegal rave on Saturday evening, a squad car with flashing blue lights was scrambled to the scene. The officer arrived expecting to find revellers dancing to pumping music - and was ready to shut
Three people arrested on suspicion of arson following a major fire in Uckfield High Street on Sunday night have been released on bail. A man aged 18 and two 17-year-old boys, all from Uckfield, were arrested yesterday and questioned. They have
Firefighters have spent the night tackling a major blaze at a scrapyard. Crews were called to Light Brothers in Greystone Quarry, Lewes, just after 10.30pm last night following reports a building was on fire. The blaze had
Transport bosses are planning an inflation-busting rise in online bus fares. Brighton and Hove Bus Company is aiming to increase one day online Saver tickers from £3.20 to £3.50, a rise of 9%. It also intends to increase the £15 seven day
An electrical fault is believed to be the cause of a fire that swept through a house in Hurstpierpoint this morning. Crews were called to the six bedroom, three-storey detached building in College Lane at around 2.45am.
I keep looking at the picture of the young man who was forced to remove the headstone from his mother’s grave by smashing it with a sledgehammer (The Argus, August 20). What a heart-warming task for a grieving family – unbelievable. Perhaps if
A teenage boy was attacked near Palace Pier on Saturday. The 16-year-old was walking along the Lower Promenade, alone when the assault took place at 11.30pm. He received a three-inch laceration to the head which required several stitches
As university students face fees of up to £9,000 a year for their degree courses, baby boomers like me are having to come to terms with the fact that this country’s free-for-all is gradually coming to an end. The austerity years are kicking in
Confidential town hall papers were thrown away in a security breach - after staff forgot to take all the notes out of a filing cabinet before discarding it. The incident was one of 23 potential data protection breaches reported to bosses by Brighton
Seagulls which have been dive-bombing mourners at Eastbourne Crematorium have been brought under control with the help of birds of prey. Specially-trained hawks were used to scatter and scare the gulls away without harming them. Eastbourne
Congratulations to pupils and staff at Hove Park School on some magnificent GCSE results. Three years ago, Hove Park had some of the lowest results in Brighton and Hove, with only 27% of students achieving five GCSEs at A*-C. Recent results
