Albion fringe striker George Barker has joined Newport County on loan until January 1. The 22-year-old could make his debut for the League Two newcomers against Cheltenham, subject to them securing international clearance for his services.
Police are offering a £500 reward for this wanted man. Sussex Police are appealing for information to trace Kieron Everitt who is wanted for recall to prison. The 27-year-old was released from prison in September but has breached the
A gang boss has been sentenced to nine years in jail for helping to supply a drugs gang with a sawn-off shotgun. Ryan Carden of Shannon Close, Peacehaven, was sentenced to nine years in jail at Hove Crown Court on Thursday. The 28-year-old
A banned driver who was found to be four times over the drink-drive limit has been jailed. An eye-witness called police reporting that Robert Massie appeared drunk at the wheel of his Lexus IS200 in Pulborough. When officers stopped the car
There's problems on the buses people Service 28/29 - Due to a accident on the A26 in Lewes Services are subject to delays #BH28 #BH29 — @BrightonHoveBus 22 November 2013 Some relief here for the car drivers
An 88-year-old man was pushed to the ground by a misbehaving motorist after he had ticked him off for driving on his mobile. The pedestrian was attacked in The Square, Findon, after he told a driver off who was driving his car while using his mobile
A female paramedic suffered a fractured jaw after being attacked while responding to a medical emergency. The female paramedic was kicked and punched in the face after being called out to reports of an unconscious woman. A male paramedic was
Cynics who diss this band as meat and potatoes have forgotten how to savour a staple. For all their popularity, the Stereophonics are anything but everyday. They don’t need to fall back on the fact that they’ve been going for 20 years – the audience
Texas are just over halfway through a UK tour to promote their long-awaited new album The Conversation – so you would expect a polished performance. However, this was much more and long-standing fan or not, it was hard not to leave revitalised.
Anyone expecting a faithful run-through of Hiatus Kaiyote’s debut album Tawk Tomahawk might have left Brighton’s Coalition feeling a little disappointed. The Melbourne four-piece made little effort to recreate their studio recordings. Instead,
The Old Market’s winter programme of comedy Wednesdays has been going well so far and this week’s edition improved the run even further. For those who haven’t seen him before, Flange Krammer is a spectacle in a ski suit, with endless snow-related
The evening started with a bang and the high energy onslaught of garage punk band Slaves. Just two sweaty, tattooed men, one stand-up drumming, the other wringing an awesome cacophony out of an unsuspecting guitar. They were exciting, visceral
Call Sigur Rós the Mark Rothko of music: they have the power of abstract painting. Jonzi sings in a mixture of made-up language Vonlenska, Icelandic (native speakers 330,000), plus snippets of English. The long tracks of atmospheric melancholia
Crawley defender Connor Essam has joined Conference premier side Dartford on a month’s loan. Essam has found opportunities limited this season and has started just one game. Manager Richie Barker said: “Connor needs games and he will get plenty
Matt Upson insists age is no barrier to the international prospects of his Albion centre-half partner Gordon Greer. Skipper Greer, 33 next month, leads the Seagulls out at Wigan tomorrow fresh from back-to-back senior caps for Scotland.
The standards board hearing at which Cllr Dawn Barnett is being held to account for her comments to a local reporter about a place mat showing a golly, seems to be a bit OTT. But at least the hearing, scheduled for Thursday, November 28, is transparent
A fisherman dropped everything to film a pod of about 60 dolphins just four- and-a-half miles off the Sussex coast. Jai Tahsin, 53, from Patcham was out on his boat doing some recreational fishing off the Brighton coast on Saturday afternoon when
Controversal transport plans to extend 20 mph zones across Brighton and Hove wil be unveiled today. Since Brighton and Hove City Council launched a public consultation in September, nearly 13,000 people have commented on the proposal. It will
A meeting will be held to discuss improvements to a “forgotten park”. It was organised after unhappy parents complained about “unsafe” play equipment at Mile Oak Park, Portslade. Councillor Penny Gilbey, right, Labour member for North Portslade
A supermarket created out of plastic collected from Brighton and Hove’s beach has caught international attention. The Dirty Beach supermarket-come-art exhibition features a mock shop made from pieces of plastic collected from the city’s beach.
A pedestrian suffered serious leg injuries after a car crushed him against an opticians yesterday evening (November 21). The 69-year-old was walking along Shoreham High Street near Norfolk Bridge roundabout when a maroon Toyota Avensis saloon left
On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy, BILL GARDNER looks back at the president’s visit to Sussex back in 1963 - just months before his untimely death. Half a century ago at the height of the Cold War, the eyes of the world
Albion have been boosted by the return to contention of Andrea Orlandi for tomorrow's trip to Wigan. Head coach Oscar Garcia confirmed this morning that fellow midfielders Liam Bridcutt, Kemy Agustien and Andrew Crofts are also available
Crawley boss Richie Barker fears he has lost his battle to keep loan winger Kyle Bennett at the club. The Doncaster attacker’s one-month has come to an end. Bennett has made four starts for the Reds, although he is yet to truly show the form
Gus Poyet has warned he could walk away from Sunderland if he does not get the final say on incoming transfers. The former Albion manager hopes to make an early start on his January rebuilding mission after holding positive talks over the club's
A 35-year-old has died after being hit by a bus yesterday afternoon (November 21). The man was hit by the Stagecoach bus on Canada Grove, Bognor, just before 4.30pm. He was taken by air ambulance to Southampton General Hospital but died later
Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin revelled in a ''wonderful hour-and-a-half'' as Mitchell Johnson led a demolition of England's middle order at the Gabba. Johnson was destroyer-in-chief, taking 4-61, with England losing six wickets for only nine
A rent boy who allegedly murdered a man fled the scene because he feared deportation to South Africa where a “fatwa” had been issued against him, a court was told. Ricardo Pisano, 36, said controversial vigilante group People Against Gangsterism
Traffic wardens dished out 24 tickets in the first two days of a freshly enforced parking scheme. Brighton and Hove City Council wardens began enforcing yellow line pavement parking in Elm Grove on Tuesday. Motorists are given a £70 fine if
The owner of a takeaway allegedly infested with rats has appeared in court on food hygiene charges. A subsequent inspection of Brighton’s Cod+ in Whitehawk, uncovered rodents, rodent droppings, contaminated food and congealed fat, a court was told
Former Albion striker Colin Kazim Richards is to stand trial over an alleged homophobic gesture made at fans. The 27-year-old, who now plays for Blackburn Rovers, is accused of making the gesture during a match at the Amex on March 12 this year
Two men knocked a 13-year-old girl to the ground and tried to rip her top off. The traumatised teenager managed to break free from the pair and ran to safety. The incident happened near to the Queen's Head outside Brighton Station on Sunday
Traffic is returning to normal on the M23 after a car broke down earlier this morning (November 22). Vehicle recovery units were called to the northbound carriageway near to junction 11 shortly after 6am. A car which had broken down was blocking
The A22 has been closed after a van overturned earlier this morning (November 22). Emergency services were called to the road between the A275 (Wych Cross) and Crowborough Road (Nutley) shortly after 6am. A light goods vehicle was said to
The number of serious car crashes requiring the expertise of firefighters has fallen dramatically in the past ten years. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service crews have attended a third fewer road accidents over the past ten years according to new
Is the astronomical proposed expenditure of nearly half a billion pounds on the demolition and replacement of the Royal Sussex County Hospital a wise use of money? Additional building may be required (costing a fraction of the proposed outlay)
A new scheme to tackle the “scourge” of drinkers fuelled by super-strength booze has been agreed. The Brighton and Hove City Council agreement calling on shop-owners not to stock super-strength alcohol on their shelves was approved last night.
I fully support what Dr David Gordon says (Letters, November 18) about the Harness block of Southland’s Hospital. After many years of fighting to retain it as a community hospital – a very hard fight by many dedicated people, especially Heather
The article in last Saturday’s Seven Days magazine about the Regent Dance Hall (November 16) was very interesting. However, I must correct a glaring inaccuracy in the article. It stated that in the 1960s there was a drop in popularity, and
The entrance to a historical church used for high profile city events and funerals is being turned into a “dumping ground”, staff say. Six communal bins now line the road outside St Nicholas, in Dyke Road, the principal church of Brighton.
The fiancé of a motorcyclist who died in mysterious circumstances has made a heartfelt appeal for information. Kerry-Ann Theron, 30, suffered fatal injuries when she fell off her Yamaha bike while riding north along the Straight Half Mile near
At the end of your piece about Brighton and Hove’s roads being “among the most car-clogged” (The Argus, November 7), you ask your readership, “what do you think?” Thinking back a few years to when the gas board had Lewes Road up for months, with
I would like to comment on Ron James’s letter regarding his grandfather during the First World War (The Argus, November 15). On Remembrance Sunday, I attended a service at Ditchling war memorial. As always, the names of the fallen of the village
Albion head coach Oscar Garcia is still hopeful of facing a “selection headache” for tomorrow’s trip to Wigan. He expects to have Liam Bridcutt, Kemy Agustien and Andrea Orlandi available to multiply his midfield options. Bridcutt suffered
Ashley Barnes has refused to give up on Albion’s chances of automatic promotion this season. The striker believes the Seagulls are capable of at least reaching the Championship play-offs for the second year running. Oscar Garcia’s side return
What killed the 1990s free party scene? Was it the 1994 Criminal Justice Bill or the first Creamfields festival? As Kieran Hurley, author of Beats, a play set at the tail end of the party scene, says, “The way to listen to electronic music nowadays
1... Audio presents Ben Pearce Audio, Marine Parade, Brighton, Friday, November 22 Deep house producer and creative director at Purp And Soul Records returns to Audio. 11pm, £10/£8, audiobrighton.com 2... BN1 Represents with Skint Records
If you’ve lived in Brighton for long enough, you’ll have seen Drako Oho Zarrhazar before. He used to cycle around Kemp Town with his undercarriage on display and a cape flying around behind his back. He’s covered in tattoos and once stood naked
Further to the letter from an anonymous sergeant major (The Argus, November 15) who criticised Brighton’s Remembrance service, I was at the Hove memorial service on the afternoon of Sunday, November 10. The marching band and all the cadets taking
An 83-year-old woman was knocked down and killed by a car moments after stepping off a bus on Wednesday evening. The pensioner from Telscombe Cliffs was travelling on the Brighton and Hove Buses service number 12 when she got off on the A259 Buckle
HAVING only seen her first opera at 26, Glyndebourne Youth Opera 2’s director Lucy Bradley is keen to introduce young people to the often-misunderstood form. “It’s incredibly important to make young people feel that Glyndebourne is for them and
Everywhere young New York punks Cerebral Ballzy go, a trail of destruction follows. Singer Honor Titus vomited over a fan on their first UK tour (whether that was as he screamed through Puke from their explosive eponymous debut is unconfirmed).
FOR decades, The Argus has been bringing news of the latest hot new acts to play the city to its readers. But back in 1971, it was partially responsible for a future chart-topper when a young Shoreham-based curly-haired graphic designer spotted
Bill Wyman sounds groggy. It’s as if his wife has just nudged him from a slumber in an armchair in the west wing of his country pile. “It’s a bit early in the morning,” he mumbles. Still, he’s usually up at this hour – a sprightly 10am – working
A new coffee shop opening in Brighton is not big news. But when Edda Margrét Halldórsdóttir opened the Nordic Coffee Collective in York Place, the story made Iceland’s biggest newspaper, the left-leaning daily Frettabladid. A few days earlier,
We understand the concerns some patients had regarding their ability to contact their usual GP surgery on Tuesday afternoon (The Argus, November 20). Patients want their doctors, nurses and administrative staff to be well-trained and up to date
A man was shot with a crossbow in a main shopping street just an hour after traders locked up for the day. A 25-year-old man was attacked by three masked men outside Iceland in Wallace Parade in Goring Road, Goring, at about 6pm on Wednesday.
