Albion's deal to bring Stephen Ward back to the Amex has been hijacked by Premier League newcomers Burnley. Ward was due at the Amex this afternoon for a medical after the Seagulls had agreed a fee with Wolves and the Republic of Ireland left-back
Do you recognise this watch? Police recovered this Mont Blanc watch in Eastbourne on August 8 and officers believe it is stolen. They are trying to track down anyone who has lost a watch like this or has had one stolen to come forward.
Two cars caused rush-hour tailbacks when they had an accident on the A27. The prang near the A23 London Road junction in Patcham, involving two Land Rover Discoveries, sent one hitting the central reservation. Emergency services were called
A London man fell to his death at Birling Gap. Police were called at 5pm yesterday to reports of a man threatening to harm himself in the Mid Sussex area. By 7pm the 50-year-old had made his way to the cliff edge of Birling Gap near Eastbourne
Travellers pitched up on two car parks in Burgess Hill. About seven caravans arrived in Tesco car park in Jane Murray Way yesterday afternoon and another 17 in the nearby Victoria Industrial Estate on Wednesday evening. Sussex Police has been
Concerns are growing for a Sussex teenager who has been missing for eight days. Jayjay Amaral, 17, has not been seen since he left his home in Dorset Gardens, Brighton, on 6 August. Jayjay is described as of mediterranean appearance, about
Drinks were thrown over a family while they were at a horse race. A man and two women from Hampshire were in the Lennox enclosure of Goodwood racecourse when the dousing happened at 5.35pm on Friday, August 1. They were on the grass area in
A dog-owner died after getting into an argument with another man over their pets. 74-year-old Peter Morley was walking his small, brown terrier-type dog, called Bella, in Turkey Road, Bexhill, when it is believed she was attacked by two Staffordshire
A BUSINESS which puts happiness before profits often stands out. And an independent Brighton supermarket is doing just that with its range of reasonably priced, ethically sourced and mostly locally produced goods. The pilot How It Should Be
Albion's looming recapture of left-back Stephen Ward has been hailed by the club's former defender Adam Virgo. But Virgo believes the Seagulls still need at least five more signings to be competitive in the Championship this season. Former
AN AWARD-winning smash hit musical has arrived in Brighton straight from the West End. After a three-year run in the capital, audiences at Theatre Royal Brighton are enjoying a one-week run of Rock of Ages. The ultimate rock mix-tape musical
COMMUNITIES minister Penny Mordaunt MP is being called on to back up her admiration for the London Road regeneration in Brighton with more government money. The newly appointed minister visited several resurgent sites, including the Open Market
Ten teenage boys have been warned after causing trouble at an allotment. The boys, aged 13 or 14, according to police, were behaving antisocially on an allotment in Worthing Road, Littlehampton. Police discovered damage to a greenhouse, a shed
Mystery surrounds a woman who walked out of hospital in St Leonards and hasn't been seen since. Medical staff are concerned for the health of the woman who left the Conquest Hospital at 11.37pm yesterday. She gave her name as Georgina Brown
A man from Hastings has been convicted of 13 counts of sexual offences and has been jailed. Trevor Platt, 44, a business-owner, of Sheerwater Crescent, Hastings, was found guilty of 13 charges following a two-week trial at Hove Crown Court.
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment having been convicted of a series of violent sexual assaults on women in Hastings last year. Paul Akrofi, of Bohemia Road, Hastings, was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court today. He will serve a minimum
A SPECIALIST centre for weight-loss surgery will be on national TV at 7pm tonight. The team at St Richard’s Hospital in Chichester were filmed for a special report on diabetes and stomach bypass operations. A film crew from BBC One’s The One
A Crawley couple in their 70s were conned out of hundreds of pounds after handing their bank details over to men claiming to be police. Now officers are hoping to trace these suspects involved in the fraud. Detectives have footage of men using
CYCLISTS were put through their paces in a 13-hour bike ride to raise £6,000 for charity. The Ride for Life challenge took place at the Withdean Sports Complex in aid of Cancer Research UK. A team of 12 indoor cycling instructors led 12 different
The saga of Stephen Ward's return to Albion from Wolves looks to be heading for a happy ending. The Seagulls have finally agreed a fee with Wanderers for the Republic of Ireland international left-back and he is currently in talks to bring him
Missing 37-year-old Anna Wysocka, from Kent, was found safe on Saturday (August 9) in Hastings after she went missing on Wednesday, July 31. She had been missing from Maidstone, Kent. Police would like to thank the public and the media for
Will Buckley will leave Albion fans with some great memories as he starts his new chapter at Sunderland today. And perhaps thoughts of what might have been had he avoided all those niggling injuries. First chapter: Buckley's double to
A contractor has withdrawn their notice to de-recognise unions. After sitting at loggerheads with unions for two weeks - Mears Ltd announced today they are withdrawing plans to change the recognition agreement with the unions the GMB, Unite, Ucatt
FIREFIGHTERS used hoses and beaters to put out a sand dune and scrubland blaze. About 2,500sqm of the east head of West Wittering beach went up in flames at 3.30pm on Tuesday. West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service sent a fire engine from Chichester
A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a stranger as she walked down the street. A man came up behind her at 8pm on July 25 and smacked her on the bottom. Police made the incident public yesterday. The man ran away but police tracked
THREE-QUARTERS of a ton of hay went up in smoke on the A27, closing the eastbound carriageway for two-and-a-half hours. Fire crews had to use pitchforks and tools to stop the blaze inside an agricultural hay baler at 8.45pm on Tuesday. The
Have a say on minerals Residents’ views are being sought on a list of 27 possible sites for mineral production in West Sussex. Possible sites include Woodmancote, Hawkhurst Farm, Duncton Common, Coopers Moor and Shoreham Cement Works. Visit
A CITY centre “oasis” regeneration project starts on August 18. Brighton and Hove City Council will start work on Providence Place Gardens off London Road. The aim is to create an “oasis for people living, working and visiting the area”, a
AS THOUSANDS of pupils open the most important envelopes of their lives this morning, early indications are that Sussex is in for another top class year. After delivering the goods in 2013 despite national doom and gloom, the county’s schools last
HOLLYWOOD was in mourning yesterday after the deaths of actress Lauren Bacall at 89 and comedian Robin Williams in an apparent suicide at 63. Singer Barbra Streisand, who played Bacall’s daughter in The Mirror Has Two Faces, said: “First Robin
SOCCER star Luis Suarez is set to learn the result of his appeal against a four-month football ban at 2pm today. Suarez, 27, was given the ban from all football activity for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s 1-0 World Cup victory
A missing teenage girl has been found safe and well. Missing 16-year-old Tonie Cox, from Shropshire, was found on Saturday in Hastings after she went missing on Sunday, July 27. Before her disappearance, she was last seen at her home in Bridgenorth
Albion might not be doing a bad bit of business as they bank more than £2 million for selling Will Buckley today. Not going on what he produced last season anyway. But the cumulative effect of another star name leaving will go down like a lead
Albion winger Will Buckley's move to Sunderland has been confirmed by both clubs. Buckley has signed a three-year deal with the Black Cats for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £2.5 million. Albion chairman Tony Bloom said: "Will gave us some
A missing Brighton woman with Alzheimer's has been found. Margaret Humphrey, 69, was located safe and well yesterday afternoon after being reported missing from her home on Tuesday. She went missing just hours after talking about places she
The A27 has reopened westbound after two blockages this morning. A car hit the central reservation near the Shoreham flyover and a lorry broke down near the Southwick Hill Tunnel. Police were called at 10.55am after reports of a car bumping
Heavy showers and thunderstorms are set to arrive in Sussex this afternoon as the Met office issues another weather warning. Scattered across Hampshire will become more widespread during the day. The focus of the heaviest downpours will tend
Our exclusive interview with a serving prison officer at HMP Lewes comes as a huge concern. An officer for ten years, Kim Lennon told The Argus she fears for her and her colleagues’ safety as dwindling staff numbers continue to plague the Prison
We are on an National Citizen programme in the holidays for young people to to try and give something back to the local community. We have decided to do a sponsored walk for a charity on Friday, August 15 when we will walk from Worthing pier to
I was sad to read the letter from Cllr Dawn Bennett accompanied by the heart-stopping picture of the elderly gentleman hanging on the fire escape. We do not know the facts, or what turmoil the gentleman was going through, as it is a private matter
A CHOIR is marking its 40th anniversary by staging a series of free rehearsals to help people improve their health and wellbeing. The workshops, which are open to everyone, coincide with the choir’s move to St Peter’s Church Hall, West Street in
Music lovers Can’t Fight This Feelin’ to see musical Rock of Ages this week. The city has been Built on Rock ‘n’ Roll since the West End hit show arrived at Brighton’s Theatre Royal on Monday. But it’s already the Final Countdown to the musical
Many of us see people sleeping rough on the streets of Brighton and Hove. We might buy a copy of the Big Issue or give them a bit of loose change. We might make a donation to a charity or even volunteer at a soup kitchen in the run up to Christmas
With reference to the notice outside The Bulldog pub, can you imagine the uproar if a Straights Only notice had been put up anywhere? Sam Cooke, Crest Way, Portslade.
Thank you A&E I read the article ‘Struggling to meet demands’ in Friday’s Argus re the Royal Sussex with interest. I had fallen over and banged my head badly so I had taken myself off to A & E. I took with me a few days’ newspapers
Has anyone noticed how bad the traffic situation in Olive Road, Hove has got? Whilst the Green Party seem intent on driving tourists away from our city by high parking charges, clogging up roads with traffic due to more bus lanes, and reducing
A woman who was hit by a lorry has died. A 13-ton lorry collided with 84-year-old Eileen Domone of Sunnymeade Drive, Selsey, as it reversed. The accident happened in the High Street of Selsey just after noon on July 29. She was taken to
A FIRE broke out on scaffolding at a tower block. Fire crews were called out to Essex Place in Brighton after the blaze broke out on first-floor scaffolding. Firefighters from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the scene just before
A MULTIMILLION-POUND improvement programme for three leisure centres has been announced. Mid Sussex District Council has released detailed plans for work to the Dolphin in Haywards Heath, Triangle in Burgess Hill and Kings in East Grinstead as
A baroness was beaming as her daughter graduated. Baroness Benjamin OBE – actress and TV host Floella Benjamin – watched her daughter graduate from Brighton University on Wednesday. Alvina Benjamin-Taylor received a Postgraduate Certificate
Communities minister Penny Mordaunt MP is being called on to back up her admiration for the London Road regeneration in Brighton with more government money. The newly appointed minister visited several resurgent sites, including the Open Market
THIS week the chief inspector of prisons warned that acute overcrowding and staff shortages are fuelling increasing suicide rates among Britain’s prisoners. BEN LEO speaks exclusively to a serving officer at Lewes Prison who alleges dilapidated staff
Twelve founding members of a community junior theatre group were presented with awards to mark its third anniversary. The team from Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors (SMTJ) were presented with National Operatic and Drama Association Youth Awards
A man has donated his time and money to help homeless people. Patrick ‘Fatz’ Long, from Eastbourne, was so upset by the sight of homeless people in Brighton and Hove during a night out that he decided to buy them gifts of clothes, toiletries and
A city councillor has been chosen to stand as an MP at the next general election. Former police chief and current Brighton and Hove city councillor Graham Cox was selected by the Conservatives as their candidate for the Hove constituency on Wednesday
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A man has gone to prison and three other people have received suspended prison sentences, for their parts in a brutal assault on a man on his own home in Lancing last year. Gerard Willeter, 56, of St Georges Road, Worthing, was sentenced to three
Brighton-based dreamy indie pop merchants, Phantom Runners, played a set worthy of a much bigger crowd on Wednesday night. A half-full Green Door Store shuffled around awkwardly at a free gig to promote the five-piece’s upcoming EP. However
A former prima ballerina cut the ribbon at a new pharmacy. Dame Beryl Grey, president of the English national Ballet, was on hand for the grand opening on the newly refurbished Lloyds Pharmacy in Forest Row near East Grinstead. The 87-year-old
Pennsylvanian quartet P***** Jeans have spewed their cathartic punk rock into the world for a decade, but their latest album, the 2013 Sub Pop release Honeys, has revealed a more constructed and refined version of their sound. The Haunt’s show
A man has died after he was hit by a train near a level crossing. The 57-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday evening after he was struck by the train near the Drayton Lane level crossing in Chichester. At 8pm yesterday
Communities minister Penny Mordaunt MP is being called on to back up her admiration for the London Road regeneration in Brighton with more government money. The newly appointed minister visited several resurgent sites, including the Open Market
More than £25 million a year is being spent on drugs to treat diabetics across Sussex. New figures show the county’s GPs issued 1.2 million prescriptions in one year and the number is rising. Health experts warn Sussex’s growing obesity crisis
An award-winning smash hit musical has arrived in Brighton straight from the West End. After a three-year run in the capital, audiences at Theatre Royal Brighton are enjoying a one-week run of Rock of Ages. The ultimate rock mix-tape musical
5:37pm 4:53pm Hurstpierpoint College students celebrate their success. 4:53pm Hurstpierpoint College students have achieved
A MAN whose brother was killed is meeting with police chiefs in a bid to reopen the case. Michael Abatan will meet Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne as he rallies for support in his campaign for justice. His brother, Jay Abatan
Items worth more than £700,000 were stolen from farms amid a 27% rise in rural crime. The statistics now released by the National Farmers Union (NFU) Mutual and Sussex Police show more criminals are taking equipment from Sussex’s farming community
A nightclub is giving out flip-flops to women who cannot get home in their own shoes. Prizm nightclub in West Street, Brighton, will give customers beach shoes to help them on their way. The street is one of the busiest in Brighton and Hove
MOST 75-year-olds would celebrate their birthday by putting their feet up, but this fearless fitness fanatic completed her 75th triathlon in as many days. Yesterday, Daphne Belt, pictured, 75, from Littlehampton tackled the last leg of her mammoth
MORE 20mph zones could be rolled out across Brighton and Hove – and the city council wants the public’s views on the plans. 23,675 homes in Hangleton, Woodingdean, Ovingdean, Saltdean and Rottingdean will receive letters from Brighton and Hove
A COUNCIL’S suspended housing chief is to be “interviewed under caution” by police in connection with an alleged £18 million fraud. Jugal Sharma, who was suspended by Brighton and Hove City Council last year, will be taken in by police on his return
A young woman fears her drink was spiked after waking up with a broken collarbone, black eyes, a bloody nose and no memory of what happened. Tasmin Adcock, 21, is warning other party-goers to be careful after the incident on Saturday night which
As thousands of pupils open the most important envelopes of their lives this morning, early indications are that Sussex is in for another top class year. After delivering the goods in 2013 despite national doom and gloom, the county’s schools last
Banners opposing proposed new Gatwick Airport flight paths have been slashed to pieces. Campaigners believe the six-foot-wide banners posted outside homes alongside the A24 were vandalised by opponents. Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emission
The thrill of tumbling through the sky to wow audiences with a show-stopping aircraft display is every pilot’s dream. According to Mark ‘Cutty’ Cutmore, leader of The Blades, it is the part he is looking forward to most as he returns to Airbourne
Unemployment fell again this month as it continued its record downward run. Benefits claims for jobseekers in Brighton and Hove dropped under the 4,000 mark for the first time since records began in 1992. And the number of young jobseeker’s allowance
AN MP has called for a government review into the medicinal use of cannabis. Drugs Minister Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, wants the Department of Health to consider broadening the range of medical conditions for which cannabis can
A TRAVEL company owner who caught an illegal immigrant hiding under his coach fears he could be fined £2,000. Ross Patrick, 58, discovered the stowaway perched underneath the rear axle as he dropped off holidaymakers in Newhaven on Wednesday night
Albion and Crawley must hit the road in the Capital One Cup. The Seagulls were last night paired with League One outfit Swindon Town at the County Ground in the second round. It means a return to the venue where an unlikely double strike from
Albion star Will Buckley is expected to become a Sunderland player today as a summer of change continues at the Amex. The Seagulls’ first million-pound man underwent a medical on Wearside after the two clubs reportedly agreed a £2.5 million fee
