More than 80 real ales, ciders and perries will be available at an annual beer festival. Ale at Amberley will be held in the village for the ninth year between August 29 and 31. The bars will be open from 12PM to 4pm and then from 6pm to 10pm
A busy coffee shop is closing for refurbishment. Costa Coffee, in Horsham High Street, closed its doors on Monday to prepare for a month of refurbishment work. The shop will re-open in September with a brand new look.
A teenage girl from Littlehampton has been missing since Sunday. Michaela Covey, known as Kayla, was last seen at a friend's house in Pagham at about noon on August 3. The 17-year-old, from Littlehampton, has not contacted family or friends
A driver threw an aerosol can at another man's car in a fit of road rage. When the victim, a 29-year-old from Seaford, tried to talk to the road rage driver, he was subjected to unprovoked verbal abuse. Traffic was queuing west along Drove
A Lancaster bomber will make her return to England for the first time since the Second World War for an air show. The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster bomber, known as Vera, will be coming over from Canada to display over Eastbourne with the Battle
A crackdown on bad parking has been hailed a success after dozens of misbehaving drivers were given a ticking off. The Brighton and Hove City Council crackdown has been hailed as “very valuable” in getting the message across even though not one
A cat who has supported a teenager through adolescence has been nominated for a national cat award. Jessie the cat, owned by 18-year-old Sophie Jones, has been nominated for the Purina Better Together award in the Cats’ Protection National Cat
A social care centre has celebrated the official opening of its new garden. The Wayfield Avenue Resource Centre is run by Brighton and Hove City Council and provides residential and day services for people with a wide range of care needs including
Scientists have discovered the secret to weight loss and regulating diet. Experts from the University of Sussex have found the presence of umami – which is known as the fifth taste sense – helps reduce appetite whilst also making food tasty.
Brighton and Hove’s very own television channel will be launched later this month. From local news and sport to comedy, entertainment and a host of magazine shows, the team behind Latest TV is gearing up for the beginning of what could become a historic
A football tournament has been set up to raise awareness of the importance of being tested for HIV. The Play it Safe event is specifically aimed at the African community as research has shown this is one of the groups most at risk of contracting
Keepers caring for two red panda babies say they are growing fast and have more than doubled in size. The pair, the first Red Panda births at at Drusillas Park’s in their 89 year history, now weigh 585g and 532g compared to just 242g and 238g at
Reports of a telephone-cold calling scam have left residents wary of bogus firms. Residents in London Road, Newlands Avenue and Glenthorn Road in Bexhill received calls from a bogus security company, claiming to either be working on behalf of the
A delivery driver who endangered other motorists because he was fed up with waiting in a queue has been banned from the roads. Rick Garrison was caught on camera driving on the wrong side of the road and forcing oncoming cars to swerve out of the
Crawley have made their 17th signing of the summer after handing trialist Charles Banya a short-term deal. The former Fulham youth team product impressed manager John Gregory with his performances against Three Bridges, Woking and Chelsea in pre-season
A woman who danced in the Festival Of Britain has unearthed press cuttings documenting the event. The festival, which ended 63 years ago yesterday, came to Brighton as part of a national exhibition in 1951. Margaret Noakes, 81, of Cuckmere
A 48-year-old Lancing man was repeatedly punched in the face by a teenager, suffering lip cuts and damaged teeth. The victim was in Monks Recreation Ground, off Crabtree Lane, in Lancing at about 7.45pm on Sunday when he was assaulted. The
Albion boss Sami Hyypia is in the dark about when Dale Stephens will be available to increase his midfield options. The January signing from Charlton has been sidelined since suffering ankle ligament damage against Yeovil at the Amex in April.
A Brighton based artist is leading the way as part of a new government scheme to promote British music worldwide. Veteran musician Fink received a portion of a £2.5 million pot of funding being provided by the Music Export Growth Scheme over two
FREE wi-fi at a public library has been welcomed by the local Conservative party. Patcham Library now has internet access available for the general public. Geoffrey Theobald, ward councillor, said: “This is excellent news for Patcham residents
COMMUNITY groups are being invited to apply for funding. Hassocks Parish Council has a budget for grants to local community groups and will be considering requests for funding at its meeting in September. Anyone interested in applying is asked
A TEAM working to help the homeless is appealing for donations. Staff at Brighton Housing Trust’s First Base Day Centre are in need of sun cream and light summer clothes to help their clients stay safe in the sun. A team of young people from the
A ROAD will be closed while it is repaired. B2116 Keymer Road, Hassocks, from its junction with Wilmington Close to the county boundary will be closed from 7pm until 6am on August 19 for repairs expected to last five nights. A diversion for traffic
A 22-year-old man lies in a serious condition in hospital after coming off his bike in as yet unexplained circumstances. The man was cycling in Maybridge Square, Goring, at 6.45pm on Wednesday evening when he came off his bike. He remains unconscious
A Lewes prison inmate man who escaped from hospital is still on the run. Jamie Stephen Halifax escaped from the Royal Sussex County Hospital while receiving treatment shortly before 1am on Sunday, July 27. Halifax, 25, was convicted of robbery
WALKERS will be looking to conserve their energy as they prepare for a two-hour walk. The Footpath Conservation Society Summer Walk will take place in Ditchling on August 17 at 2pm and organisers are inviting newcomers to join the event. Residents
A PARISH council is set to hold its extraordinary meeting to discuss the sale of former council offices. Lindfield Parish Council will hold the meeting on August 12 at the Jubilee Room of the King Edward Hall in Lindfield to resolve the issue of
THE identity of a man who died after being arrested by police is not being released at the request of his family. The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating after the man, 32, became unwell after being restrained in Ryecroft, Haywards
PEOPLE are being invited to test their brain cells and enjoy some food at the same time. A barbecue and quiz night is being held at the village club in Church Road, Scaynes Hill, on August 16 from 7pm. Food is served at 7pm or 8.45pm and the
AN ELITE cycling race is due to add to the spectacle of a town’s annual celebrations. The Tour of Britain will pass through Haywards Heath on Saturday, September 13, between 12pm and 1pm. Meanwhile, a mascot competition, fancy dress contests
A FLOWER festival will have a wedding anniversary theme. The event at St Martin's Church in Westmeston will feature more than 20 eye-catching displays. Cream teas and homemade cakes and other refreshments will be available. It takes place
CHURCHGOERS put in some suddy hard work to scrub cars in a fundraiser. St John’s Church in Burgess Hill held a car wash in a bid to raise some money towards the church heating fund. The repairs to the church heating, which broke down irrevocably
DEVELOPERS want to transform a large family home into three smaller properties. Mid Sussex District Council have received proposals to convert a four-bedroom home in Junction Road in Burgess Hill into three, two-bedroom homes. The application
PEOPLE are being invited to learn more about the history of an ancient Downs farm. Saddlescombe Farm, owned by the National Trust, is holding an open day on September 14. Visitors can enjoy tours of the 17th century Threshing Barn, Tudor Scullery
A PARISH office will be closed next week. The parish office in Hassocks at Adastra Park will be closed from August 11 to 15. The centre will be having new IT systems fitted and the office will re-open on August 18 from 10am to 12pm.
An articulated lorry spilt 200 litres of fuel on to a road this morning. Police have had to close the B2233 Yapton Road in Barnham, near Bognor, due to the fuel spillage. Traffic has been diverted up Lake Lane while the spillage is cleared.
PARENTS are being asked to take up a scheme to keep children safe at the beach. Rother District Council beach patrols and police are again handing out wristbands to allow lost children at Camber Sands to be quickly reunited with their family.
Police are hoping to reunite unusual items after a series of burglaries, including a driving licence from 1926. The plate is a 1926 Borough of West Ham driving licence in the name of Evelyn Bain. Another item was a Handel's Oratorio Music book
A burglar smashed a pane of glass to get into a house in Worthing. The back door of the home was breached while the owners were out. An intruder forced their way into a property on the north side of Pavilion Road between 6.30am and 9.45am today
Scores of parents challenge councils on the educational support children as young as three receive. In the past four academic years, 368 parents have tackled Sussex councils on the support children with special educational needs receive and where
Travellers moved from Waterhall Golf Course appeared in Surrenden Park, Brighton, this morning. A group of 11 caravans turned up at about 9am. Terry Purcell posted this picture on Twitter earlier today. The gate to the field was wide open
THREE people died who died in as many days in Sussex last week due to suspected heroin overdoses have been named. Roy Woodburn, 60, died on Thursday evening at a flat in Durrington Gardens, The Causeway, Goring. A 27-year-old woman in the flat
The undamaged part of fire-hit Eastbourne Pier could be reopened by the end of this year, its general manager revealed. Christos Stylianou said they were working with the local council and English Heritage to replace the destroyed section of the
A pupil at a Sussex college is in the top 0.25% of students around the globe in a baccalaureate programme. Ardingly College star Ann-Kathrin Henning bagged 44 points out of 45 in the International Baccalaureate. Students at the college had
Ben James’s article (Argus August 2) highlights the increase by irresponsible individuals who shine/aim laser beams at aircraft. Ben’s article reminded me of the letter I sent to The Argus in July 2012. The airline pilots association and public
SHEEP will be taking the stage in a retelling of a Shakespeare classic. King Lear With Sheep will be coming to Sussex off the back of a successful first performance in London featuring a cast of one man and nine sheep. It tells the story of
The University of Brighton is offering a range of fee paying scholarships for both full and part-time students. The scholarships are being awarded as part of the Postgraduate Experience Project, aiming to investigate why many do not go on to postgraduate
A 78-year-old “daredevil” is off-roading – using her “Harley Davidson” mobility scooter. Sue Raymond, from Pulborough, has signed up with the charity Disabled Ramblers and rides a black and chrome trike. The retired milkmaid flies a skull and
Just when we think that the human race can’t sink any lower, it does. What a contrast. Once wars were just between armies and didn’t involve innocent civilians at all. Now look at it: devastated men, terrified women and shrapnel pitted children
A former teen runaway was killed when she was hit by a car as she stood in the middle of a busy road with her arms outstretched. Mother-of-three Kayleigh Quinn, pictured right, from Storrington had been drinking alone in a pub for three hours and
I am writing to ask your readers to join the Diabetes UK team at the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey100 challenge on Sunday, August 10. We are looking for cyclists who already have a place in the event but haven’t picked a charity to fundraise for
Since the spate of pier fires in the last decade I would like to air an idea probably thought of by people responsible for restoration. Since the piers were designed in the Victorian era, sprinkler systems had probably not been thought of or were
Sussex bowler Chris Jordan has kept his place in the England team for the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford today. Alistair Cook and Peter Moores have kept faith with Jordan in an unchanged side despite the fact he went wicketless in the
COUNCIL bosses have been criticised for having a “limited ambition” to improve the achievement of the city’s school pupils. Brighton and Hove City Council’s approach to education has been criticised by a visiting party of council bosses. The
A group of dancers took people back to the past to help promote a charity's sponsored walk. Led by the Brighton Lindyhoppers, the team performed a series of Charleston-style dance moves on Hove Lawns yesterday. The impromptu event was designed
A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been found unconscious on the seafront with a serious head injury. The man was found by a member of the public outside Harvester in Marine Parade, Brighton, at around 1.20am this morning He is in a stable condition in
Still recognised as Hugh Grant’s jilted fiancée ‘Duckface’ from Four Weddings and a Funeral, Anna Chancellor is currently enjoying life on the Sussex coast. The Bafta-nominated actress is filming the BBC of the adaptation of Mapp and Lucia in Rye.
Council bosses have pledged to open Eastbourne Pier again in “months rather than years”. Eastbourne Borough Council met yesterday to discuss the future of the burned out pier – promising traders their livelihoods will be protected. Council
Star apprentice Oisin Murphy did his homework the hard way before riding his first John Smith’s Brighton Mile winner. The 18-year from County Kilkenny went out and ran the course himself before Brighton’s biggest race of the year. Murphy timed
Samba-dancing pirates are calling on people to join their parade at the return of a popular carnival. Worthing Celebration Samba Band is leading the Rotary Carnival Parade - which will feature the UK’s number one Jack Sparrow and Johnny Depp lookalike
A SAILING enthusiast has built an eight-foot long barbecue ‘tanker’ to celebrate his 70th birthday. Monty Waight built the behemoth in one week using soft wood and MDF. The tanker contains three barbecues and a meat storage container, with an air
A PAIR of Sussex missionaries have been to Ukraine to help secure a better future for orphans. During the past two years, Fritha and John Washington, both 30 and from Lewes, along with two-year-old daughter Bethel, have been working hard to secure
FORTY-two homes have had their power restored - more than 18 hours after a fire in an electricity substation. More than 2,000 homes were plunged into darkness at 7.03pm yesterday when fire broke out at the substation off Manor Green, Kemp Town.
THE four men arrested amid a police investigation into allegations of major fraud at Brighton and Hove City Council housing department have been released on bail. The men were arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of misconduct in a public office
A GRANDFATHER has published a collection of short stories for children in aid of the hospice which cared for his wife. Terry Gould will donate all proceeds of The Seaside Adventure to St Barnabas House in Worthing and the Chestnut Tree House children
Sami Hyypia has been warned to expect a culture shock by his first managerial opponent in English football. Hyypia makes his Albion ‘debut’ at home to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday as the Championship season gets under way. The former Liverpool
A £7,500-a-term boarding school has gone into liquidation after failing to secure a buyer. Doomed Newlands School in Seaford has been trying to attract an investor since February. After nobody came forward, accountancy firm Harris Lipman moved
A TV presenter is hoping to find a water sports enthusiast who inadvertently appeared in her latest show. Zoe Ball is calling on readers of The Argus to help her track down a paddleboarder who floated into view during filming of her latest show
A teenager had a surprise when she realised she had been charged for having to show her ID while buying alcohol. Student Sian Heather, 19, went into Bargain Booze in Seaside, Eastbourne, to purchase a bottle of wine and upon looking at the receipt
Algae and weed left a pond totally covered after a bloom described as the “worst in recent years”. After weeks of sweltering weather the pond in Queens Park, Brighton, was left completely choked by duckweed and blanket weed – a form of algae.
Albion were last night backed to make a winning start to the campaign – even if there are no eve of season signings. But former skipper Adam Virgo admits new faces are required for the long haul of a Championship winter. The Seagulls’ move
Eastbourne’s play-off hopes have been rocked by serious injury to their top-scoring rider. Star reserve Lewis Blackbird suffered a badly broken leg racing in the Danish League last night. He sustained a spiral fracture of the fibula and a broken
