Sussex lost their captain Ed Joyce but staged an impressive recovery through an unbeaten Mike Yardy century and a career-best 92 by Chris Jordan on the second day of the LV County Championship Division Two match against Derbyshire at Derby. Captain
GUS POYET’S reign as Albion manager seems almost certainly to be over after more than three years at the club after he was suspended tonight. If he does leave The Amex, who would you like to see take the reins? Leave your comments here.
A 41-year-old has been charged with the murder of Charlie Hancock. Walter Brazil, of Collyer Avenue, Bognor, was tonight charged with the killing and remanded in custody to appear at Worthing Magistrates’ Court tomorrow. Police were called to Rowan
ALBION have suspended manager Gus Poyet, his assistant Mauricio Taricco and first team coach Charlie Oatway. The Argus understands Poyet refused to deal with the retained list, announced by the club earlier today, on the basis he could be leaving
I have been watching football since the 1960s and, although I support a Premier League team, I also like to watch Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex. I had a ticket for the team’s game against Crystal Palace on Monday and decided to use the excellent
Work on the next stage of a museum project is under way. Cranes have moved in to lift in sections of the new building at The Engineerium in Nevill Road, Hove. Hove-based business man is turning the Grade II listed former pumping station into
Is anyone checking on road safety where these huge black refuse bins are located in Brighton? Having them on Upper Lewes Road opposite Park Crescent Road on double yellow lines is just one of many examples. It is so dangerous. I don’t doubt
A free app has been launched which offers new mums in East Sussex information and advice about breastfeeding. The app, which has iPhone, iPad and Android versions, has been created as part of an ongoing campaign to encourage and support women to
Brighton's Green MP described Conservative MP David Davies as a “fruitcake” after he embarked on an impassioned speech claiming environmentalists inhabit a “fantasy world”. The Tory MP for Monmouth attacked environmentalists who refuse to support
Shame on Brighton and Hove City Council for even contemplating to negotiate a lower rate of pay with the binmen. Doesn’t the council realise these people are truly the most important workers in the city? They keep our streets clean and take
Brighton is to take a leading role in the UK’s film industry. The British Film Institute (BFI) is to open a “talent centre” in the city as part of a £5million plan to boost the industry across the country, The Argus has learnt. The “unique
Parking charges in a popular park have been altered after complaints from sports teams. Brighton and Hove City Council introduced restrictions in Preston Park after more than 2,200 people said it was rapidly becoming a car park for commuters.
As the lights dim I see the bear obscured in a perspex cube which is the focus of the stage. This film noir based performance was surprisingly deep and enthralling, the story of a solicitor’s clerk Angela Clerkin who is immersed in a murder case. When
Hailsham Town Council showed yet again how arrogantly it treats the residents of its town. The annual town council meeting took place last Monday. All around the town were bright yellow signs advising residents that the meeting was taking place
A mayor has thanked members of the business community for their support on the eve of handing over the reins. Brighton and Hove mayor Bill Randall has attended 800 events during his year as the city’s first citizen. After raising £20,000
My sympathy goes out to Maryon Stewart and to all the other families who have lost children or loved ones due to the alleged use of “legal highs” (The Argus, May 13). As it is generally known that some of these substances can be harmful, can someone
Plans for 46 new homes have been approved in a development which will also preserve two locally listed buildings. The city council’s planning committee agreed the proposals by Guinness Developments, including 18 homes available for rent or part-purchase
UKIP seems to be banging an empty drum over the use of statute miles on road signs (The Argus, May 13) As far as I am aware, there’s no plan to change from the current system, with road traffic acts specifying that these signs show distances in miles
A mum forced to give birth in the back of her car after her nearest hospital maternity unit was downgraded has warned her experience will not be the last. Kirsty Peyton-Lander and her son Archie are now recovering at home following their traumatic
He’s better known for serving up smash hits rather than mash and chips. But superstar DJ Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim is eyeing up a tasty new morsel, a vegan cafe belonging to former model Heather Mills. The chart topper is poised to take over
These golden oldies are back on the road - but only after finding out their drummer wasn't dead after all. The Hustlers split nearly 50 years ago and lost touch but now the band are back together and reliving their misspent youth. They believe
Jobless figures in Brighton and Hove are at their lowest since the start of the financial crisis – with the city bucking the national trend. The digital economy is helping to fuel the city’s jobs boom for graduates while apprenticeship programmes
Further to recent letters about the Clock Tower in Brighton and its purpose during Brighton Festival (Letters, May 10 and 13), I would like to say this: Every one of the garments on the Clock Tower was sewn by people earning very low wages. It
Gordon Greer will still be leading Albion in the Championship next season. The Seagulls have retained the services of their captain and centre-half by implementing their one-year option on his contract. They have done the same with right-back
Action Gran Shirley Price, who has raised thousands of pounds for charity by taking part in a number of hair-raising birthday stunts, has received her MBE from Prince Charles. Mrs Price, from Bodle Street Green, near Hailsham, was named in the
Jobless figures in Brighton and Hove are at their lowest since the start of the financial crisis – with the city bucking the national trend. The digital economy is helping to fuel the city’s jobs boom for graduates while apprenticeship programmes
I am a male exhibitor at one of the Artist’s Open Houses at the County Ground for cricket in Hove. I decided to dress up for the private view. I was wearing an Italian-made grey sports jacket, a black polka-dot shirt, a brown tie with a small
A rape victim who last month saw her attacker jailed for eight years has urged others to come forward – no matter how long ago the abuse was. The now 24-year-old from Brighton and Hove was raped and indecently assaulted when she was just 13 by
In Tuesday’s Argus, Gus Poyet hinted he may leave Brighton and Hove Albion following the team’s defeat to Crystal Palace in the play-offs. Now, one reader writes an open letter to the manager: Gus, you posed the question; no, you have not hit the roof
Passing comment on a performance foiled by technical howlers might seem a cruel and futile exercise. But it’s worth noting the charm with which Clare Harrison – a temporary Essex exile with a fondness for merkins, smutty one-liners and tacky Stetsons
What makes a book worth publishing? It’s a question to be found equally often in the minds of literary agents and aspiring writers, and the audience at this Brighton Festival event consisted mostly of the latter. Considering this, it’s a shame
This Myriad Editions show was less a heated debate about the position of the graphic novel and more a showcase for three of Brighton’s most innovative comic book artists. Nye Wright’s debut, Things To Do In A Retirement Home Trailer Park (eight
A thief posing as a salesman stole money from a 92-year-old pensioner. Police are appealing for anyone who saw a man knocking on doors on Eastern Avenue in Polegate on Tuesday morning (May 14). The trickster knocked on the door of a 92-year-old
A man punched a car’s passenger window before trying to attack the terrified driver. A 21-year old local man was threatened whilst sitting in his black Vauxhall Corsa car in stationary traffic at the Kettle of Fish roundabout in Winchelsea Road
4:17pm Hearing is now adjourned until 10.15am tomorrow when a final witness will speak in connection with Anton Rodgers. After, Lewis Dunk will take the stand. 4:12pm Asked
A film star farmer has had a court case against him dropped. Steve Hook is the subject of an award-nominated documentary called Moo Man about his dairy farm in Hailsham. But his Hollywood dream threatened to turn sour as the Food Standards
Some of the most iconic road signs in the world are set to go under the hammer. The likes of Downing Street, Abbey Road and Charing Cross are all up for auction at Billingshurst’s Summers Place Auctions after London authorities decide to upgrade
Last night I went to see The Fantasist by Theatre Temoin at The Warren. I absolutely loved this modest production which played with the illusory and the real to great effect. Louise emerges as a patient, locked in her own hallucinations. In moments
A schoolboy dug up his mother’s vegetable patch to build a 4ft-deep First World War replica trench in his back garden. Oliver Batchelor, 12, from Ardsheal Road, Worthing, went the extra mile for a history project when he spent a week after school
Council tax discounts for those still not receiving waste collections are “not possible”, claim town hall officials. Despite Cityclean staff returning to work, bin bags and recycling is still piled high in some areas of Brighton and Hove after
Gus Poyet is in the running for the Football League's Championship manager of the month award. The Albion boss has been shorlisted with Chris Powell of Charlton and Dougie Freedman of Bolton for the April prize. Poyet guided the Seagulls into
London Grammar had the rare luck of being picked up by the nation’s biggest music radio station before they had even played a show. The three-piece have still only played a handful of gigs – despite having most of the debut album ready to go and
Albion's out of contract and loan players are sweating over the future of manager Gus Poyet. He has told the squad that he cannot guarantee he will still be in charge next season. Ten of the 18 players on duty for Monday’s exit from the Championship
An outbreak of norovirus and a surge in patients forced a hospital to make male and female patients share the same ward areas. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust reported 15 breaches of the rule which says men and women should be segregated into
St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church in Station Road, Burgess Hill, has applied to create a new entrance and toilets at its existing hall. Mid Sussex District Council is accepting comments on the plans until May 24. No date has been given for the decision
The family of a young dad who was killed in a hit-and-run have paid tribute to a “loving and devoted father”. Relatives of 20-year-old Charlie Hancock have spoken for the first time after he was run down by a car in Rowan Way, Bognor, on Monday
A former Sussex student has been appointed only the second woman to head a prestigious academy in its 228-year history. Laura Mahoney, 39, who studied at the University of Sussex, has been appointed the chief executive of the Royal Irish Academy
Residents are being invited to name a new multi-million pound footbridge. The public in Shoreham are being invited by West Sussex County Council to enter a competition to name the new Shoreham Footbridge. The landmark swing bridge connecting
A 130-year-old football programme discovered in a Sussex home has set a new world record at auction. The Surrey FA Cup final programme dating back to 1882 sold for more than £35,000. The programme, found in a box of papers and scrapbooks bought
By Jon Norris from Crunch Accounting in Hove There has been a lot of discussion around unpaid internships recently. Be it Sussex University refusing to advertise them or the Conservative Party (with a self-awareness shortage only it could muster
