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  • Man charged with string of offences

    A man has been charged with a string of offences. Nathan Bruno, 25, of no fixed address, was charged after attempting to steal money from a woman walking in Western Road, St Leonards, on June 22 and a day later stealing a mobile phone from a Spanish

  • Do you know Craig Michael White?

    Do you know Craig Michael White? The 25-year-old is wanted for questioning by police in connection with a burglary at a home in Little Preston Street, Brighton. Between 11am and 8pm on June 29 an intruder broke into a basement flat and stole

  • Police warn youngsters of the dangers of "free running"

    Youngsters are being warned about the dangers of "free running" across rooftops. Sussex Police has received a number of reports of youngsters climbing onto buildings in and around Broad Street, Seaford, and leaping from one building to another.

  • Elderly woman killed after being hit by lorry

    Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman pedestrian died after being hit by a lorry today (July 9). Emergency services were called to the scene in North Street, Midhurst, at 11.13am but the 79-year-old woman, who lived in Midhurst, had

  • Polar bear knocked down Brighton man and clawed his face

    A mountain leader described how a killer polar bear knocked him to the floor and clawed his face  - minutes after it killed a teenage boy. Andrew Ruck, 27, from Brighton, told an inquest the bear charged into his group's campsite during an adventure

  • Constable painting fails to sell

    An oil painting of Brighton by noted artist John Constable has failed to sell at an auction. A Sea Beach – Brighton, had been expected to fetch between £400,000 and £600,000 at a Bonhams Old Master Paintings sale in London yesterday. (wed)

  • Hove Park teachers to strike against academy plans

    Teachers at Hove Park School have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action against the threat to their pay and conditions posed by the proposal for the school to become an academy. The National Union of Teachers announced that nearly 80% voted

  • Sports for all ages at King Alfred

    BRIGHTON and Hove’s mayor showed off his dribbling skills when he slam-dunked his way through a basketball taster session. Takepart Brighton and Hove’s Active Forever event at the King Alfred Leisure Centre saw older people try their hand at tennis

  • Woman shot dead by husband before he committed suicide

    A playgroup owner was shot dead by her husband before he turned the gun on himself. Alita Knott, 47, and her husband Julian Knott, 45, were found dead in their home on Sunday after what authorities have described as a murder-suicide. Mrs Knott

  • Ideas sought on Shoreham beach future

    IDEAS about the future of Shoreham Beach are being invited from residents. A neighbourhood planning forum, open to businesses and residents on Shoreham Beach, is the latest step in a legal process to establish a Neighbourhood Plan for Marine Ward

  • Blackout hits city centre

    A blackout which closed businesses in the city centre around Black Lion Street has now ended. Restaurants Jamie’s Italian and Pho had to close. The Lanes Car Park and the Brighton and Hove City Council customer service centre at Bartholomew

  • Dad adds his voice to call for donors

    SEVENTY-THREE people from Sussex have died in the last five years waiting for an organ transplant. The figure was revealed as health bosses urged people to do their bit to help save a life. There are currently 207 people across the county on

  • Woman dies after being hit by a lorry

    A woman has died after being hit by a lorry. Emergency services were called to the scene in North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex, at 11.13am today (July 9). The road is closed at the A272/A286 junctions to the south and the north of the incident

  • Wanted man 'living “high life in Spain'

    A man on the run from police has spent the last two years “living the dream” in a sweltering Spanish resort. Lloyd Trainer has spent two years on a Sussex Police wanted list over his alleged involvement in a “high value” burglary at an antiques

  • "Hired killers" tweet councillor thrown out of Green party

    An outspoken councillor who sparked outrage by describing serving Army soldiers as “hired killers” in a tweet has been thrown out of his own party. Brighton and Hove City councillor Ben Duncan has been told by the Brighton and Hove Green Party

  • Complaint silences children’s new instruments

    PUPILS have been stopped from trying out their new outdoor musical instruments because of worries that they would be too loud. Staff at Manor Field Primary School in Burgess Hill have stopped children playing in the playground. Kit Messenger

  • Hospital worker to take on the Channel

    A HOSPITAL worker is taking on the English Channel. Healthcare assistant Meg Roberts, who works at Hurstwood Park neurosciences centre in Haywards Heath, is in a five-person relay team. All money raised will go to Diabetes UK. Ms Roberts said

  • Student anger over presentations from Student Loans boss

    UNIVERSITY students were outraged to find out they were to be handed their degrees by the chairman of the Student Loans Company. Filming commitments had kept Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sussex University chancellor, from presiding over this week’s graduation

  • Supermarket evacuated due to burst water main

    A SUPERMARKET was evacuated after a burst water main flooded the store. Officers from West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to the branch of Iceland in Wallace Avenue, Goring, at 6.47pm on Monday after a water main in a property above

  • School closes after losing water supply

    A PRIMARY school in East Sussex was forced to close for an hour yesterday after its water supply was stopped. Newick Church of England Primary School in Allington Road, Lewes, was forced to close its doors and send pupils home until the problem

  • Do you know these suspected shoplifters?

    Police have issued four photos of suspected shoplifters. Battle police would like to speak to the woman in photo 1 in relation to two shoplifting offences from Jempson's supermarket in Saxonwood Road on Fridays May 16 and May 23 (serial 1353 of

  • Church report into sex abuse published ten years on

    Church leaders have published a report into the sexual abuse by a Cathedral steward over three decades. The Diocese of Chichester has published a report which was produced ten years ago in the wake of the conviction of Terence Banks. Banks,

  • Arms cache warning

    A CACHE of Second World War guns and grenades in a Brighton home is just the tip of an iceberg, according to one of the UK’s leading criminologists. Sussex Police officers uncovered a secret haul of 70 rifles, handguns and a grenade from the home

  • Thousands are expected to march in Brighton and Hove tomorrow

    Thousands of union members are expected to parade through the streets of Brighton and Hove tomorrow in what is expected to be the biggest public sector action in decades. Picket lines will also be manned across the county as public sector, teacher

  • School children are the chosen ones for new bridge

    Hundreds of youngsters affected by traffic congestion were invited to become the first children to cross a new relief road bridge. More than 270 Bolnore Village Primary School pupils were given a sneak peak of the Haywards Heath Relief Road built

  • Father jailed for eight years over baby's death

    A father has been jailed for eight years for killing his baby daughter after being frustrated by her screaming as he tried to play a computer game. Mark Sandland, 28, sobbed as he was sentenced for picking up five-week-old Aimee-Rose by her torso

  • MP's anger over internet rumours

    The MP for Worthing West has revealed his anger after rumours were published on the internet. Sir Peter Bottomley claimed people were “trying to restart” false allegations about sex abuse in the 1980s. The MP denied involvement and warned he

  • Eddie Izzard returning to Sussex

    A TOP comedian is returning to his roots for a series of special shows. Eddie Izzard returns from a USA tour to play four nights in Bexhill between Thursday and Monday. The funny man, who was schooled at St Bede’s Prep School and Eastbourne College

  • - Free “shot” for Argus card holders

    Intenso Espresso Bar, in Portland Road, Hove, is offering yet another reason to sign up to The Argus Card scheme. Customers with the card will receive a free syrup shot in any coffee and can buy a double espresso for just £1. Intenso combines

  • Sex offender prosecuted thanks to new technology

    A PEADOPHILE has been jailed for nine years after new technology exposed his lies. Lee Matthews, 32, of Howard Close, Hailsham, is thought to be the first person convicted using the technology that accurately matches images with the device that

  • Home Office rapped over stalker error

    Home Office failings left a violent stalker free to terrorise a Brighton doctor and her family, a watchdog has found. The government department will pay £130,000 in compensation to Alison Hewitt and her family after ignoring their warnings about

  • Father to be sentenced today for baby's death

    A father who killed his baby daughter after being frustrated by her screaming as he tried to play a computer game will be sentenced today. Mark Sandland, 28, picked up five-week-old Aimee-Rose and shook her during a sudden loss of temper, prosecutors

  • Burger puts two Argus reporters in hospital

    Two journalists at The Argus were hospitalised after trying a burger containing a sauce hotter than pepper spray. Assistant news editor Arron Hendy, and trainee reporter Ruari Barratt were taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital

  • Children taught wrong syllabus at school

    Schoolchildren sat an English Literature GCSE with no knowledge of the some of the texts after spending a year studying parts of the wrong syllabus. A group of ten pupils at Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College, in Brighton and Hove,

  • Hyypia in no rush to appoint No.2

    Sami Hyypia insists he is not in a hurry to bring in a No.2. The new Seagulls boss has even hinted he may not appoint a new assistant at all. Former Liverpool colleague Sammy Lee initially accepted an invitation to be Hyypia’s No.2 before changing

  • New deals to spur on kids

    Sami Hyypia hopes the award of new long-term deals to two of Albion’s brightest talents will inspire other youngsters at the club’s academy. Midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey, 20, and goalkeeper Christian Walton, 18, have both committed their futures