A horse was rescued by firefighters after falling into a ditch. Fire officers from Crowborough and a specialist animal rescue unit were called to a field off Warren Road in Crowborough at 4.40pm this afternoon to reports of a horse trapped in a
Pro-Palestine protestors shut off a city centre road with an impromptu march against the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. More than 100 protesters are estimated to shut off North Street in Brighton on Saturday with an impromptu march.
Coastguard helicopters and lifeboats scoured a coastline for nearly four hours in search of a suspected missing kayaker. The alarm was raised at 1.23pm this afternoon when a red kayak washed up on the beach near to the cafe at Birling Gap.
Specialist firefighters cleared up a dangerous chemical spill at a building site. Hastings Borough Council officers called the town’s firefighters after an unknown chemical began seeping from building waste at 2.50pm this afternoon. Fire crews
A man had to be rescued after falling over a wall. Firefighters from Roedean and SECAmb paramedics came to the rescue of a man who had reportedly fallen behind a wall at a property in Selhurst Road in Woodingdean at just before 4pm today. Fire
Lights will be going out across the county to mark the First World War. Brighton and Hove City Council has given its backing to the Lights Out campaign on August 4. Residents are being asked to turn off their lights between 10pm and 11pm on
A father and son team will take part in a 007-themed banger race through Europe for charity. Paul Harrington, a chartered legal executive from Rix and Kay in Brighton, and his son Greg, 16, will be taking on the epic fundraising adventure in aid
The“Sensible on Strength” campaign was launched in November to tackle the “scourge” of drinkers fuelled by super-strength booze in the centre of Brighton and Hove. The city council claims 82% of the city’s most high profile drinkers have switched
Residents in eight streets in Hove have asked to have 20mph limits. The roads near Hove Park were excluded from Phase 2 of the 20mph rollout on June 16. A group of residents asked councillors to reconsider the limits saying more residents were
An MP has called for his city to stop being seen as a “soft touch” for travellers. Simon Kirby wants Brighton and Hove City Council officers to be more pro-active in calling in the police to move on travellers from unauthorised encampments.
An MP is being tipped for a cabinet promotion. Hastings and Rye MP Amber Rudd is being widely tipped for a promotion next week from her current job in the Whips’ office to a Whitehall department post according to national newspaper reports.
A motorist was injured when their car flipped while driving along a country road in the early hours of the morning. Sussex Police officers were called to the scene on the A283 Steyning Road about a mile from Shoreham at 3.30am this morning after
A former armed forces club could be transformed into a gymnasium. An application has been submitted to Brighton and Hove City Council to change the Brighton Ex-Services private members club in St James's Street, Brighton, into a spin cycle studio
A Thai restaurant has started with a clean slate after going from a hygiene rating of zero stars to five in only a matter of months. In February The Argus reported on how the Sukhothai Palace in Middle Street, Brighton, had been hit with a zero
An 85-year-old pensioner is believed to have become the oldest female drink driver in the country. Betty Teague has been banned from driving for a year and left with a £178 bill to pay after failing a breath test. Mrs Teague, of The Burrells
Work will begin next week on transforming a notorious junction. Improvements to the Vogue Gyratory in Brighton will begin on Monday and are expected to last until December. The proposed works are intended to simplify the junction. Signals
Lifeboat and coastguard crews were called out three times in quick successful after boats got into difficulties off the Sussex coast. The Brighton RNLI boat was sent to help a vessel which had a thick rope caught around its propeller close to the
A former Albion schoolboy footballer has told how the club helped him battle back from a cardiac arrest. Matthew Cunnington was a schoolboy at Brighton and Hove Albion when he suffered a cardiac arrest, aged 12. Afterwards, he faced an uphill
A man was treated for burns after putting out a fire in a bedroom. Firefighters from Preston Circus were called to a house in Nanson Road, Coldean, Brighton, shortly before midnight last night. The fire was already out when crews arrived but
A CHARITY event will see bricklayers battle businessmen as 40 “white collar” boxers slug it out in aid of cancer research. The event, which is the first of its kind in Brighton, is run by Ultra White Collar Boxing (UWCB). The organisation provides
A former model cycled 300 miles in aid of stray dogs despite a painful slipped disc. Victoria Eisermann, whose TV credits include Big Brother 13 and the game show Total Wipeout , cycled eight hours a day to complete her trip from Taunton to Lands
A FOOTBALLER from West Sussex has become the first player to be booked for taking a ‘selfie’ during a game. Dom Dwyer, 23, born in Cuckfield, West Sussex, has become an internet hit after taking a picture of himself celebrating a goal for Sporting
