East Grinstead retained their elite division status after a day of mixed emotions in the Euro indoors at the K2 in Crawley. The hosts will play Hockey Club Valenciennes in their final match of the EuroHockey Indoor Champions Cup tomorrow knowing
Albion are still one point and once place outside the Championship play-offs after Ipswich missed a chance to move above them today. Mick McCarthy's side were held to a 0-0 draw by Blackpool at Portman Road to remain eighth, a point adrift of the
Whitehawk made it two wins out of two under new boss Steven King as they beat Farnborough 3-1 at the Enclosed Ground. A first home league win since September 14 moved Hawks six points clear of the Conference south relegation zone. Sami El-Abd
Prince Harry met injured servicemen and women today who have benefited from a charity set up to help them rediscover their self-belief and fighting spirit. The Prince is patron of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and visited
Icy stretches are being forecast for Sussex as skies begin to clear. The county has been battered by gale force and winds for the past few weeks but now the Met Office has issued a new warning for ice. A spokesman said: "As skies clear and
The Brighton Half Marathon, organised by The Sussex Beacon, has become increasingly popular over the last few years, with public places for the 2014 race selling out in record time by the end of last June. After picking up the award for Most Improved
Peter Brezovan is hoping Albion’s home form can give them an advantage when they entertain Hull in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday. The Seagulls have won their last four games at the Amex without conceding a goal. They have let in just
Three student activists arrested for their part in a major protest have been cleared of any wrongdoing. Caradog Jones, 19, Kristina Ilieva, 24, and Sarah Becker, 25, were charged with obstructing police at a demonstration at the University of Sussex
Crawley have been hit by a sixth postponement in the last six weeks after their League One clash with Carlisle United was called off today. Referee Rob Lewis decided the Checkatrade.com Stadium pitch put player safety at risk following a 12pm inspection
Groundwater flooding has affected some home in Patcham follwoing the latest heavy rain. The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for ground water flooding in the area. Residents are advised that flooding is expected and to take action
Traders have told of the fear, confusion and disruption that followed Thursday’s bomb scare. Scores of businesses were evacuated as bomb disposal teams descended on Brighton’s army career’s office in Queen’s Road as part of a major nationwide terror
An antiques dealer was bound, tortured and killed by “ruthless” burglars searching for diamonds worth £40,000, a court was told. Michael Griffiths was attacked and doused in an accelerant before his home was set alight in an attempt to destroy
Albion youngster Jake Forster-Caskey insists the FA Cup has lost none of its magic. The Arsenal fan is gunning for glory against Steve Bruce’s Hull in the last 16 at the Amex on Monday. Forster-Caskey has fond memories of the competition when
A number of Sussex non-league games have survived the weather despite Friday’s deluge of rain. Some matches were called off on Friday including Lewes at home to Wingate and Finchley plus both FA Vase last 16 ties involved Sussex clubs. Eastbourne
1:31pm Fire crews had to attend a substation near Palace Pier a second time in 24 hours after reports of smoke coming from below the pier. Last night an electrical substation was flooded causing the nearby Sealife Centre
Eastbourne Borough boss Tommy Widdrington believes more should be done to stop clubs making unnecessary journeys. Borough’s match away to Bromley on Tuesday was called off at 7pm, despite an earlier announcement that the pitch was playable.
Gale force winds left a trail of destruction overnight as Sussex felt the full force of another storm. Winds of up to 80mph battered the county last night and this morning leaving chaos in its wake. Fire crews had one of their busies nights
In reply to James Greed’s query (Letters, February 10) regarding voting at the forthcoming European elections, of course you should bother to vote. Otherwise, when the Germans and French are running all over us and, of course, the European Parliament
CRAWLEY Town remain hopeful that today’s League One match at home to Carlisle United will go ahead. Referee Rob Lewis will carry out a precautionary pitch inspection at 10am this morning. But the club were sufficiently happy with the surface
According to Adam Trimingham (The Argus, February 12), Brighton and Hove’s proposed i360 viewing tower will pose very little financial risk to taxpayers because Brighton and Hove City council will borrow the millions of pounds required at one rate
Chris Evans bought the Lickfold Inn in 2008 as the equivalent of a “boy’s toy” and seems to have had no idea about how to run it successfully in that community, so he closed it after two years. Now after four years of dereliction he is asking locals
Your piece about bus driver morale (The Argus, February 12) stirred up a bit of a hornets’ nest, especially online. Too many people have been quick to jump to their keyboards to criticise our drivers just as there are many ill-informed comments
Time and space. In any trip these are essential qualities. The time to relax, explore, unwind. The space to wander, meander, stretch out. Where better than to experience both than Greenwich, the epicentre of time and space and the home of zero degrees
Hailing a female taxi driver in Morocco is as likely as bagging a bargain in one of Marrakech’s souks. But the North African country is changing. On passing a cabbie in a hijab en route to our hotel in the city’s northern palmery (a luxury
One of my favourite places to shop in Brighton is a new independent supermarket called hiSbe on the London Road. hiSbe works directly with farmers and producers where possible and sells healthy, local food below recommended retail prices. Their fish
You wouldn’t think so looking at it now but once Hangleton, a large suburb of Hove, was quiet and almost empty. There was a church which was not used very much, a run-down manor and a few historic barns in this windy spot at the foot of the Downs
Angry protesters brought West Sussex County Council’s budget meeting to a standstill. Members of the campaign group Don’t Cut Us Out disrupted the full council meeting yesterday, which they dubbed the “Valentine’s Day Massacre” over the budget
1 - From beside the village recreation ground of Batchelor’s Field, walk northward up The Street in Bolney, passing houses that were once villages shops, the former bakehouse and the community’s Rawson Hall, which now serves as an occasional post office
Going to the Devil’s Dyke beauty spot took an hour and a half by wagonette from Brighton in the Victorian era. The journey started in King’s Road, not far from the Aquarium, and two horses pulled the vehicle up Montpelier Road. At the junction
A new video appears to show a suspected suicide bomber posing for pictures in front of the truck that was blown up after being driven into a Syrian prison. The video, thought to show Abdul Waheed Majeed from Crawley, was released on YouTube yesterday
Oscar Garcia will stick to his guns in the FA Cup, even if Albion are handed the incentive of a lucrative quarter-final. The head coach has dismissed the possibility of his plans being swayed by knowing who the Seagulls could face before Monday
Fire chiefs voted to increase council tax and introduce multimillion-pound cuts to frontline services. East Sussex Fire Authority (ESFA) agreed to increase its council tax precept for 2014/15 by 1.94% as it looks to save £7.1 million over the next
A dramatist and a guesthouse owner will make history after being named as the first same-sex couple to get married in Brighton and Hove. Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were selected by a panel for the honour of being married at one minute past midnight
A ground-breaking animal expert who specialised in the lemurs of Madagascar has died aged 76. Lady Alison Jolly, an American who lived in Lewes for more than 40 years, made her name as the first scientist to carry out an in-depth study of the behaviour
One could be forgiven for imagining 1920s Horsham to have been untouched by the parties and scandal taking place in the capital. But one would be wrong, because Horsham too was roaring. “A little old lady told me she remembered seeing naked ladies
Rosemary Hawthorne knows better than most the peculiar quirks of the British. At one point in her show on the history of underwear she does nothing more than silently pull an enormous pair of bloomers from a case. The instant guffawing from the audience
