PROJECTS promoting ecological and environmental planning and development are up for an award at a new ceremony. Among the nominees at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) awards are the Medmerry Managed Realignment
A GROUP of surgeons will set off from West Sussex to complete a 500 mile charity bike ride in six days. The KSS Wheelers team will leave Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead on June 26 and cycle to the British Association of Maxillofacial
RESIDENTS are invited to have their say on Eastbourne Borough Council’s programme to enhance services and make savings. Views are being sought on housing, council tax, benefits, electoral services, community development, tourism and sports and
The RSPCA is holding its first ever national raffle in Pets at Home stores from June 13 to 25. The raffle – costing £1 per ticket – is to celebrate RSPCA week with all the proceeds going to the charity. Prizes include two £500 Cottages4you
THE monthly Peacehaven Town Council surgery is being held on Saturday. Town, district and county councillors will be attending and will be answering any questions from residents. The surgery will be held at Community House, Meridian Centre,
THE Martlets shopping centre in Burgess Hill will host its first Search for a Star talent competition on July 19. From musical groups, beatboxers, bands, choirs and singers to animal acts, dance troupes, magicians, impressionists, jugglers, theatre
MORE than 100 people gathered to witness a new era for a former town hall. Portslade Town Hall has become a hub for the Portslade Neighbourhood Policing Team, the Purple People Kitchen and the area’s new housing office. In a further boost,
A HOSPICE needs volunteers to help at its annual midnight walk A Night to Remember. The fundraiser for St Barnabas House hospice will take place from 9pm on June 21 until 9am the next morning and will see hundreds of women walk seven, 13.1 or 20
FOOTBALL fans are being asked to donate unwanted football shirts to help support the education of disadvantaged children around the world. Funeral directors Douglas Mercer and Son has launched the the Pitch In! Appeal and is asking residents to
A NEWLY discovered letter written by the novelist Evelyn Waugh shortly before his wife ran off with another man is to be auctioned. Waugh, the author of Brideshead Revisited and Decline and Fall, was educated at Lancing College in Sussex between
ONE of the largest mass-participation events for disabled people in the South East took place at a cricket ground on Tuesday. Annual Disability Day at Sussex County Cricket Club in Eaton Road, Hove, saw more than 300 people with disabilities take part
B’n’B first to be ‘approved’ A “CHARMING” B’n’B has become the first to get the seal of approval from a new council tourism scheme. Blandford House in Findon Valley, owned by Hazel and Harvey Ward, has become the first to be approved under Adur
A MEDIEVAL village is throwing open ten of its gardens for charity. Warninglid, near Haywards Heath, is participating in this year’s National Gardens Scheme (NGS) opening day, on July 20. Villagers have raised more than £10,000 for causes supported
A SUSSEX singer took a break from her usual gigs at nursing homes and put in a show-stopping performance in front of more than 2,000 people at a festival in Holland. Corrine Williams, from Brighton, has 48 nursing homes across the city booking
A woman who was believed to have been missing in Sussex has returned home of her own accord. Sussex Police, on behalf of the force in Greenwich, South East London, issued an appeal on Tuesday for missing Karen Golledge, from Eltham, who had not been
The team behind a unique community pub is looking for experienced volunteers to join the board. The Bevendean Community Pub in Brighton is hoping to become the country’s first estate community owned pub and is looking for nominations to its board for
A Sussex man was arrested at an airport after he was refused entry to Canada having travelled across the Atlantic on one of the world’s most famous ships. Paul Branch, 55, unemployed, of Silwood Street, Brighton, was refused entry to Canada after
A NEW information board celebrating an iconic seaside square has been unveiled. Recently appointed Mayor of Brighton and Hove Brian Fitch lead the grand unveiling of the new Regency Square information board in Brighton on Saturday. The prestigious
An armed robber serving a life sentence and is considered a threat to the public is the latest convict to walk out of an open prison today. David Blood, 48, absconded from Ford Prison near Arundel at some time between 8.30am and 1pm. He was jailed
Albion boss Sami Hyypia has highlighted the part Nathan Jones can play next season. Hyypia has yet to appoint any coaches or assistants after agreeing a three-year contract last Friday. But Jones, who was brought in to assist Oscar Garcia last
Lewes Art Club’s annual exhibition will be held on weekends from Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6. The exhibition at the House of Friendship, School Hill, Lewes, will be open to the public from 10:30am to 4.30pm. Entry is free.
Residents in Hove are being urged to air their views from a public soapbox. The platform will be on Hove Lawns from 2pm to 5pm on Tuesday. All are welcome and encouraged to have their say on any topic. It is free to speak.
An academy trust has withdrawn from sponsoring a school due to the site being “unsuitable to deliver its vision”. Sue Marooney, head teacher of Durrington High School in Worthing, wrote to parents yesterday on behalf of the Durrington Multi Academy
Sami Hyypia likes his teams to counter-attack at pace. And Bayer Leverkusen offered a few examples of that as they surged into second place in the Bundesliga in the first half of last season. Have a look at these goals from the opening 17 games
A very great welcome to the Pirates’ Paradise. What a wonderful transformation from the old redundant lagoon, which often stood empty, or had a few swans swimming. I believe a Pirates Theme Park is about to open on the Boules Site. The Hove
ACCREDITED marshals will help direct traffic during the London to Brighton Bike Ride for the first time this year with fewer police involved. Community safety accredited marshals will be on patrol on Sunday to control traffic throughout the Sussex
A second baby who was part of the investigation into blood poisoning from a nutritional drip has died - but officials said the death "does not appear to be related" to the infection. Public Health England (PHE and the Medicines and Healthcare products
Regarding comments by ladies in The Argus, May 29, on taxis: this is a serious issue. I would not be able to get heavy shopping home without them. People with bad backs, hip and knee replacements et. have trouble with these big cabs. I and
Missing 13-year-old Jessica Pusey from Crawley was found safe and well yesterday. Jessica had gone missing after last being seen outside her home at Saturday at 9pm. Police would like to thank the public and media for their help.
Regiment Association with their fundraising for a monument at Priez, France. I had the privilege to go on a battlefields tour to Gallipoli in Turkey where the Royal Sussex were involved in the second part of that ill-fated campaign, landing at
A MUSEUM is offering discounts to readers of The Argus. Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, mid-way between Arundel and Storrington, is a family-orientated open-air museum dedicated to the industrial heritage of the south east. Ruth Dewdney
Sami Hyypia wants his Albion side to counter-attack with pace. But he was unwilling to go into tactical detail – or even confirm what formation he will play - as he plots for the Championship. The Seagulls’ new boss used a 4-3-3 system similar
Bognor have signed goalkeeper Chris Winterton from Whitehawk. Winterton was released by the Hawks at the end of the season following three years at the Enclosed Ground. The one-time Albion professional helped Whitehawk to two promotions during
A HISTORIC railway will form the backdrop of one of the most eagerly anticipated shows this Christmas. The Bluebell Railway at Horsted Keynes has been providing the period backdrop for the filming of the Downtown Abbey Christmas Special, according
Each Father’s Day we celebrate the care and love our fathers gave. And as a parent ages, often the child becomes the carer, as elderly parents struggle with care home fees, mobility problems, or a lack of funds for necessities like food, clothing
NHS boss Simon Stephens has got a big new idea – cottage hospitals. If only he was there to save Southlands Hospital in Shoreham-By-Sea. We used to have loads of them before various governments shut them and sold them off to developers.
THE Brunswick Festival returns to Hove on the weekend of August 16 and 17. Due to the popularity of the event in previous years, the festival is giving priority for stall pitches to community groups, residents and charities. Applications from
THE Chief Constable of Sussex is to be quizzed over the number of inmates escaping from an open prison. Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne will raise the issue of absconders from Ford Open Prison with acting chief Giles York following
Crawley insist Andy Drury is not for sale after rejecting a bid for the midfielder from his former club Luton Town. Hatters boss John Still was keen to take the 30-year-old back to Kenilworth Road where he had a successful seven month spell before
A man has been jailed for ten years after hitting a police officer several times over the head with a baton. Ross McPherson, 24, of Teville Road, Worthing, was found guilty of committing attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and affray on December
ROMANCE and turmoil are in the air at a charity musical. Pennies from Heaven Revisited is a musical inspired by an original TV show featuring Bob Hoskins. It tells the tale of a young couple who fall in love during the Second World War and
Sami Hyypia was set for more talks on player recruitment today as he pieces together his Albion squad. The new Seagulls manager said he was looking forward to talking with head of football operations David Burke after a press conference this morning
I am not in support of the 20mph limits anywhere. Today, due to work, I had to travel through 20mph limits. Three times I drove behind people more or less driving at 20mph. What gobsmacked me was that each of these drivers were on their mobile
Ofsted has found that sex and relationships education is unsatisfactory in a third of schools. This is hardly surprising when the National Curriculum focuses on the biology of sex, and does not teach young people about respectful relationships.
People are warned to be on their guard after at least 18 homes were targeted by a bogus caller in one day. In each case the potential victim received a call from a person calling themselves Max Morris, who spoke with an American accent and said he
A pensioner needed hospital treatment after being sprayed in the face during a burglary. The 80-year-old victim had answered his door in Brasslands Drive, Portslade to a woman posing as an estate agent. She asked him if he was thinking about putting
Thank you Rik Mayall, you were a fun one, bloody brilliant as a “Young One”. In “Bottom” you were a little more bitchy, Expect nothing else from that Ritchie. Bravado and confidence played their part In your portrayal of Flashheart. Moving
Thank you for the article on Peter Pan’s playground, Brighton. As a child I grew up in Bedford Square and my friends and I would walk along to Peter Pan’s. Yes I remember Jack Howe. He was lovely. The children loved him singing and he would
Two men planning to go fishing had to be rescued after their boat broke down. The 17ft boat was just two miles out of Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, this morning when it suffered engine failure. The men on board contacted the Dover Coastguard and
Former Labour councillor Juliet McCaffery defends the recent spate of illegal traveller encampments on the city’s parks and blames the lack of official sites in the city (Argus, May 29). I would like to ask her exactly where she thinks official
A photographic festival offering free seminars and showcasing the latest products will be held on Saturday. Park Cameras in Burgess Hill, one of the UK’s leading independent photographic retailers, will host its annual Imaging Festival at its store
“People power” saw residents turn out in force for a four-hour stand-off with travellers who drove on to a football and cricket pitch. More than 30 Patcham residents turned up in protest after travellers drove on to the grass of Patcham United
IS this the closest that an Englishman will get to lifting the World Cup this summer? Fatboy Slim holds a specially-commissioned lookalike trophy as he prepares to fly out to Brazil for the World Cup. The Hove-based DJ, real name Norman Cook
The Good Morning Britain filming scheduled to happen this morning at Donatello’s has been rearranged to tomorrow. Donatello’s are urging any England fans who want to appear on TV to come down to the restaurant between 6am-8:30am.
A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of three non-league footballers and two other men accused of involvement in a match-fixing conspiracy. Businessmen Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan are alleged to have acted together with
A FREE school which is set to be granted a 125 year lease of council land for its new school site has recently been investigated for financial irregularities, The Argus has learned. The Bilingual Free School is set to have its long lease of council-owned
From the photo that accompanied the story in The Argus (June 7) Mother uses social media to highlight ‘danger walk’ it is clear this stretch of road would be dangerous to walk through for a single adult – and even more so for an adult accompanied by
“People power” saw residents turn out in force for a four-hour stand-off with travellers who drove on to a football and cricket pitch. More than 30 Patcham residents turned up in protest after travellers drove on to the grass of Patcham United
Football fans are being encouraged to enjoy themselves during the World Cup - but not to mix drink and driving. Many of the matches during the tournament in Brazil are being played late at night and into the early hours of the morning and some venues
A MUCH-LOVED cafe has closed. The Dumb Waiter cafe in Sydney Street in Brighton, famed for its Beano-inspired walls, closed this week after being a Brighton landmark for more than a quarter of a century. Owner Judy Farrell said she now wanted
They are part of our identities and our connection to the outside world, and the right or wrong name can add or take away thousands of pounds from the value of your home. But how much do we know about the reasons behind these names, what they represent
UNEMPLOYMENT benefits claims have plummeted to their lowest levels since records began in 1992. Claims for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) in Brighton and Hove dropped to the record low of 4,047 in May. Tourism, hospitality, financial and digital
THE “world class” rolling downs of Sussex have become the UK’s first new “Biosphere” in 40 years. The Brighton and Lewes Downs Biosphere was assigned the designation by the United Nations yesterday as part of the Man and the Biosphere project led
A cyclist has been seriously hurt following an accident on a major road this morning. The accident happened on the A22 Lewes Road between East Grinstead and Ashurst Wood when a 49-year-old cyclist collided with a white van. The road has been closed
A motorcyclist suffered a broken leg in a crash with a car. Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident in Balcombe Road, Crawley, at 9am on June 6. The 46-year-old motorcyclist, from Crawley, suffered a broken leg and was taken to
Chris Jordan will make his Test debut for England against Sri Lanka at Lord’s this morning. The Sussex all-rounder is in the team for the opening Test of the summer. Moeen Ali and Sam Robson also make their Test bows. All three were handed
FITNESS fans are invited to a free zumba masterclass and party to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2014. It will take place today at Virgin Active Brighton Health and Racquets Club, Falmer, from 7pm to 9pm. The outdoor event is free but there will
Sami Hyypia is introduced as Albion’s new manager today. And the ‘unveiling’ – as these occasions are often called – might bring back a few memories. Do you remember the formal arrival of the managers we have recalled here? Today’s event
A FATHER whose daughter died due to epilepsy is raising money in her memory. Alan Jenkins, 65, from Manor Hall Road, Southwick, is hoping to raise £1,000 for the Epilepsy Society from the sale of CDs including his daughter Sarah’s favourite songs
A MOTORIST was fined £50 for parking outside of a bay in a nearly deserted and flooded car park because she wanted to avoid stepping in a giant puddle. Chris Daly said she moved her red Mazda MX5 less than half a metre over to avoid a giant puddle
Steve Foster reckons Roy Hodgson has the correct blend for Brazil but hopes the England boss lets his young Lions bare their teeth. The legendary former Albion centre-half was part of Ron Greenwood’s 1982 squad in Spain that won their group but
A teenage girl attacked two men in a racially aggravated assault. The 17-year-old, from Brighton, who cannot be named due to her age, was fined £90 for the assault in Dyke Road, Brighton, on May 20. She also pleaded guilty to a separate common
A conman posing as a government official from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) attempted to scam a resident. The fraudster called the Bexhill resident on Monday (June 9) claiming to be from the government department. He said he was calling in
Albion's released players could be thrown a lifeline by new boss Sami Hyypia. Regular No. 1 Tomasz Kuszczak and Spanish midfielder Andrea Orlandi were among six players told by the club last month they were unlikely to be offered new deals.
A TOTAL of 200 firefighters will be on strike in Sussex today. They are among Fire Brigade Union members (FBU) throughout England and Wales striking to protest against proposed changes to their pensions and retirement age. Every FBU member
Fire crews were called to tackle a lorry blaze on a busy A road. The crew from Eastbourne was sent to Cross Levels Way in the town shortly after 6pm on Wednesday evening (June 11). The blaze had started in the engine compartment and was put
Witnesses are being sought after a motorbike was found on fire. Firefighters were called to waste land in Whitehawk, Brighton, shortly after 5.30pm on Wednesday evening (June 11). Crew members struggled to get their fire engine close to the
ONE of Brighton’s biggest ever traveller sites was broken up by police yesterday. Around 100 caravans were pitched on Wild Park and businesses and residents said some of the travellers were causing problems. Sussex Police issued a Section
PUNTERS will be shaken not slurred at the opening of Brighton and Hove’s first booze free bar. Brighton Arts Club (BAC) in Providence Place, Brighton, is opening up a “dry-bar” tonight banning alcohol sales and drunk customers by swapping the gin
Sussex will discover the full extent of their injury crisis today with fears FOUR more players could join Mike Yardy and Jon Lewis on the sidelines. Luke Wells, Jimmy Anyon and Matt Machan will all have scans today having picked up problems in
Former Albion star Adam Virgo has called on fans to give Sami Hyypia time to impress as he takes charge at the Amex. Hyypia, below right, will give his first press conference as Seagulls manager today and is also meeting club staff this week.
