Albion will face Partick Thistle and Real Betis in friendlies during their pre-season trip to Spain. Sami Hyypia's men play Partick on the evening of Saturday, July 12 and take on relegated Betis the following Thursday evening. Both matches
PEOPLE across the county have been recognised for their great achievements and commitments in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Elaine Evans, of Reynolds Road, Hove, burst into tears when she read that she was to be awarded a BME. Mrs Evans
Thousands of Rod Stewart fans traveled hundreds of miles to watch the rocker take to the stage in Brighton last night. A near sell-out crowd of about 23,000 people packed the American Express Community Stadium for the first night of his stadium
Sussex suffered their fourth consecutive defeat in the NatWest T20 Blast as Surrey completed a crushing victory at the Oval. Jason Roy smashed an unbeaten 81 while Hashim Amla scored 61 not out as Surrey raced to victory without losing a wicket
PLANS for a new solar park have been revealed. The proposed solar photovoltaic park, which could generate enough electricity to power 3,300 homes, could be built on 18 hectares of agricultural land at Catsfield, near Battle, East Sussex. The
Eager Rod Stewart fans are causing traffic tailbacks as they try to make their way to the show. 23,000 fans are trying to make their way to the American Express Community Stadium, in Brighton, to see the rocker's first gig in the city for 28 years
FUNDRAISERS walked for three-and-a-half days to raise money for a children’s cancer charity. Jenna French, 28, an IT worker from Medway, Kent, Tina McCarty, 29, who works for the Ministry of Defence, and Carley Cheeseman, 29, who works for Medway
PUB owners have said that new roadworks are affecting their business. Landlords at the Cock Inn near Ringmer have called on East Sussex County Council to make it clear to motorists that the pub remains open despite road closure signs on the A26
THE amount of information passed to the police through Crimestoppers has increased. In 2013 people in Sussex reported 2,356 pieces of information to the police through the independent charity – an increase of 9.9% on the previous year. Carolyn
RESIDENTS will be stepping back in time to celebrate the 150th anniversary of a town’s park. Hastings Borough Council will celebrate the special birthday of Alexandra Park with a Victorian-themed family event tomorrow. Events on the day include
ACTION for Children has places available for its sponsored abseil down Brighton’s The Grand hotel on July 17. The charity is calling on people with a head for heights to raise funds for vulnerable children and young people by abseiling 100 feet
I am writing this letter as I feel I have to thank our wonderful staff of the A&E department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Unfortunately I had to visit last Saturday night due to an erratic heartbeat. However, from the moment I was seen
What is it about domestic animals that makes them so alluring and makes us go weak at the knees? I really don’t understand it. Take our two cats please. I think of them as illegal immigrants. They both arrived some years ago, uninvited and
Former Albion striker Michael Robinson has not ruled out another Spanish success in the World Cup. The holders, who have also won the last two European Championships, kick off their defence in Salvador de Bahia tonight as they face Holland.
WE are so lucky in Hove to have the amazing skate park at the lagoon but sometimes my skate-mad son wants to have fun and exercise closer to home after school. We live on quite a busy road but the side streets and my parking space in a small car
I was delighted to see your excellent feature on That Little Tea Shop In The Lanes. I visited it with my daughter a couple of weeks ago. We found it so friendly but I just wanted to stress what a good variety of food they could offer and there
A CHARISMATIC rocker will dedicate his Glastonbury performance to Brian Jones after the spirit of the former Rolling Stones member came to him in a vision. Railing Stains frontman Bob Ward said the Rolling Stones’ founder member spoke to him in
A murder investigation has been launched into the disappearance of a former military bomb disposal expert. Detectives from the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team are now investigating after Mark Manning, 54, of Brighton Road, Lancing, was reported
Gerry Armstrong's career will be defined by one goal. In the same way, Northern Ireland will always remember one tournament. The 1982 showpiece in Spain was the most memorable of the nation’s three World Cup appearances. And their squad
You reported that the council have approved plans to allow The Bilingual Primary School to develop a new building opposite Hove Park between the Droveway City Park and The Engineerium. Your Report stated that the school will take 210 pupils this
Regarding the article by Adam Trimingham, yet again in support of cycling, as usual this oversimplifies the debate. The apparent conflict between, say, cyclists and motorists (and pedestrians) is not the real argument. The real problem lies
FARMERS will be gathering en masse at the National Sheep Association’s South Sheep show. The large-scale agricultural show, which will be held at Black Cap Farm, Firle, near Lewes, will play host to a wide range of activities aimed at promoting
Entry 5 ON LOOKING through the first few pages of Lonely Planet there is a wonderfully written piece suggesting that Brazilians can show a deep longing. A wistfulness or home sickness. Its not depression but a shared sadness. Well, on landing
PEOPLE living in areas at risk of coastal flooding are being given more information about the possible risks. More than 1,600 homes and 700 commercial properties are currently at risk of flooding in Seaford and the lower Ouse valley but by 2150
OH DEAR, different year, same old nonsense. Once again we have the sleazy spectacle, whereupon a number of naked hippies insist on riding their bicycles through the town, indecently exposing themselves to passers-by. This raises a number of
OAKLANDS Park in Chichester will host a food festival this weekend. The Taste! Artisan Food Festival will be open daily from 10am to 6pm, bringing together locally-produced food and drink from Chichester and West Sussex. There will be more
WOMEN are being urged to sign up for a popular mountain bike challenge. The third annual women-only cross country mountain bike race, Stilettos On Wheels, will take place in Stanmer Park, Brighton, on September 6. A special prize will be awarded
A MAN has told a court he cut through a gate at Stanmer Park in Brighton was because he was trying to get his heavily pregnant wife to hospital. Myles Smith pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage by cutting through the gate causing £50 of damage
Following the first Brazilian World Cup 2014 kick-off last night, the quest is on for the perfect venue to watch the matches. Duncan Hall goes through some of the options in Brighton and Hove. Brighton Music Hall King’s Road Arches, Brighton
THE MODERNISTS Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Wednesday, June 18, to Sunday, June 22 I DON'T wanna be the same as everybody else. That’s why I’m a Mod, see?” Jimmy’s famous quote from legendary Brighton-set movie Quadrophenia captures
THE days of bands releasing at least one album a year in the 1960s have long since been replaced by the two-year album/tour cycle. But when Peace came to the end of promotional duties for last year’s debut In Love in November, drummer Dominic Boyce
George Ezra spent two years playing and touring with only his sister for company. She sold the merchandise and he did the playing, as the duo travelled the country with Rae Morris, Lianne La Havas, Adam Green and Tom Odell. Now, a month before
IT seems appropriate that the first thing visionary director and animator of the absurd Terry Gilliam does when he picks up the phone is disconnect the call. Fresh from a costume fitting ahead of his O2 reunion with his fellow Pythons Gilliam is
BRIAN Bell introduces his manufactured fictional band, inspired by a short story and created in the studio with fellow songwriter Gordon Grahame. “I’m a great believer in albums as an art form that deserves your full attention from start to finish
THE impetus for the first Worthing World Of Words Festival can be traced to an anonymous woman who had just seen a seafront celebration of the town’s literary heritage. “In June last year we did an outdoor show called Wild About Worthing,” says
Despite containing flaming methane bubbles, flowers frozen solid by liquid nitrogen and lights powered by plasma balls, Martin Lamb calls The Energy Show theatre rather than science. The show’s director and co–writer admits there is a thin line
HUNDREDS of women will take to the streets of Brighton and Hove tonight for a hospice’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The annual Martlets Midnight Walk will start and finish at Brighton Racecourse. Walkers either do a six- or 13-mile route
AN INTERNATIONAL airshow will mark the 50th anniversary of the Red Arrows with a special fireworks display. The choreographed display at the climax of this year’s Airbourne: Eastbourne will feature the iconic red, white and blue colours as the
THE Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in West Sussex has been shortlisted for an award at the 2014 Biffa Awards. The awards recognise people who transform their communities through Biffa Award-funded projects. The Trust received £50,000 in funding
A SPECTACULAR European butterfly could be attempting to colonise Sussex. A dozen adult continental swallowtail butterflies have been seen across the county. Last year’s hot summer led to the largest invasion of continental swallowtails since
Rod Stewart never wanted to be a professional footballer. He dreamt about singing. He took trials at Brentford FC to keep his dad happy. But he’s still got football on the brain, not least because he’ll be only the second musician to perform at
It is nearly crunch time. No, not England v Italy in Brazil, Naylor v not sure who at Eastbourne. If you are visiting the Aegon International on Tuesday you might just stumble across your correspondent puffing and sweating as profusely as Roy's
TWO phone boxes have been given a new lease of life – as charity mini-cafés. The boxes next to the entrance to Pavilion Gardens in Brighton’s New Road have been stripped of their phones and had a coffee machine and ice cream dispenser fitted.
Ninety prisoners are on the run from an open jail, including some who have been missing for years, it has been revealed. HMP Ford near Arundel has been at the centre of a number of high-profile cases recently. This week it emerged that a public
CALLS for free parking throughout the city have been rejected, despite a vicar dubbing Sunday parking charges a “church tax”. The proposals were discussed at the Brighton and Hove City Council Policy and Resources Committee yesterday. A petition
AFTER one of the biggest single traveller encampments was broken up by police on Wednesday, most of the group simply dispersed to the public spaces they had been moved from just days before. Meanwhile, a council-run transit site contained just one
A motorist assaulted a couple after they had waved to slow him down. Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident in High Street, Bognor, at 9.30pm on June 7. The motorist was said to be driving a distinctive red Audi S3 Quatro with
Steve Penney painfully remembers the moment The Vulture swooped to end his World Cup dream. The Northern Ireland winger was one of only three players to date to play in the World Cup finals while with Albion. He went to the 1986 finals in Mexico
A violent robber who went missing from prison has handed himself into police. Simon Marcus Rhodes-Butler, 37, absconded from Ford Prison on May 22. He handed himself into Sutton police station in Surrey last night and was arrested by the Metropolitan
Eastbourne Borough boss Tommy Widdrington admits he would be keen to bring Stacy Long back to the club on a permanent deal. Widdrington would also like to keep former Fulham and Leicester forward Elvis Hammond, who made a big impact in the second
A MAN has been jailed for ten years after hitting a police officer several times over the head with a baton. Following a five-day trial, Ross McPherson, of Teville Road, Worthing, was found guilty of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and
A taxi and a car crashed into each other before hitting a wall. Police are appealing for information following the smash in Old London Road, Ore, at around 5.45am this morning (June 13). Two other vehicles were also damaged in the incident.
FIVE Battle of Britain heroes are to be remembered with a special service and Spitfire flypast tomorrow. Flying Officer Jeffrey Quill OBE, Air Vice Marshal Stanley Vincent and squadron leaders John Sample, Jefferson Wedgwood and Robert Woodward
Firefighters cut a motorist free from his car following a crash. Crews from Worthing and Steyning were called to the smash in Hadrian Avenue, Southwick, shortly after 7.20pm on Thursday evening (June 12). The driver came off the road – with
Witnesses are being sought after a scooter was set alight. Firefighters were sent to a piece of waste land off Wilsons Avenue, Brighton, shortly before 7pm on Thursday evening (June 12). The contingency crew, which was standing in for striking
Lewes have made former Bristol City defender Henry Muggeridge their seventh signing of the summer. The 20-year-old has joined the Rooks from Tonbridge Angels. Muggeride was youth team captain at Bristol City and spent a season as a professional
Crawley have missed out on bringing striker Matt Tubbs back to the club for a third spell. Reds agreed a deal with Bournemouth to sign Tubbs on loan a month ago but the 29-year-old has decided to join League Two outfit AFC Wimbledon instead.
SUSSEX firefighters held the first 24-hour strike in the three-year national dispute about pensions. About 200 firefighters walked out of every fire station in the county for the strike, which started at 9am yesterday, as part of an ongoing row
A UNIQUE Anglo-Saxon coin which provides a clue to the murder of a king has fetched £78,000 at auction. The silver penny was found in early March in a Sussex field by metal detectorist Darrin Simpson, 48, of Eastbourne. It has now been auctioned
BOOK-LOVERS have helped make a library one of the most popular in the country. More than one million people flocked to the Jubilee Library last year, making it the second most visited in England and the region’s top performer. Compared with
Albion chairman Tony Bloom is not demanding a top six finish from Sam Hyypia in his first season as manager. But he is confident the Finn will have a budget for wages and the right recruitment back-up to give him a chance. The Seagulls finished
New Albion boss Sami Hyypia has revealed he wants to keep talismanic goalscorer Leo Ulloa at the club for at least another year. The Seagulls are fighting to stave off Premier League interest in Ulloa, who has scored 23 goals in 50 league appearances
