Eastbourne captain Cameron Woodward has undergone keyhole surgery on his broken thigh – as his team’s Elite League season appears to be fizzling out. Eagles tracked three guests and used ride-replacement for their skipper as they lost 56-35 away
Burgess Hill reckon they have passed a major test at the top of Ryman south. Hillians returned to the top of table after Rob O’Toole headed a superb 58th-minute goal from Sam Fisk’s cross to clinch a 2-1 success at home to Tooting and Mitcham.
One of the world's biggest rock bands performed in Brighton as thousands of fans gathered outside the venue to listen. American rockers the Foo Fighters hit Concorde 2 this evening as fans came from far and wide to catch the band in a rare intimate
Chart-topping Sussex duo Royal Blood head the shortlist as favourites for this year's Barclaycard Mercury Prize. The band is among 12 in the running for the high-profile award which this year has largely shunned mainstream names, instead including
Sussex was graced with the sight of a spectacularly bright full moon this week – otherwise known as a ‘supermoon phenomenon’. Reader pictures from Brighton, Hove and beyond show how the county was illuminated by the particularly large satellite
WHAT is it about people stressing over cooking that is so enthralling? Cookery competitions seem to be by far one of the most lucrative reality TV markets out there. GGBO’s astronomical viewing figures suggest just that. For my part it’s the
CONTESTANT Kate Henry came close to leaving the BBC’s Great British Bake Off this evening when she found herself in the bottom two. For the first time in the show’s history judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood could not come to a decision on who
Sussex bowler Chris Jordan has been awarded a central contract by England for the first time. The 25-year-old has featured 26 times for his country since making his debut 12 months ago and is promoted from an incremental contract. Jordan is
Rock fans have already begun queuing to see one of the biggest bands in the world play an intimate gig in Brighton. The Foo Fighters, fronted by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, return to the city this evening to play a surprise club gig at Concorde
Captain Ed Joyce’s sixth Championship century of the season helped Sussex edge gain a slight advantage after day two of their clash with Lancashire at Hove. Joyce made 137 and shared in big partnerships with Chris Nash and Craig Cachopa as Sussex
Michal Kwiatkowski seized the Tour of Britain race lead by stealing a stunning stage four victory in Bristol. Poland's Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) won the sprint for the line at the end of the 184.6-kilometre route from Worcester to take
A man was robbed and punched in the face as he walked along the seafront. The 25-year-old victim was walking along Brighton seafront, past the bottom of West Street, when he was approached by two me in their early 20s at 6am on August 8. The
A NURSE who works with dying children has spoken about her dedication to brightening up the last days of their lives. Paediatric nurse Camille de Pierpont, 24, works at Sussex’s only children’s hospice, Chestnut Tree House in Arundel. Despite
Cityclean workers have voted to take industrial action including a one day strike on Monday. Nearly 90% of Brighton and Hove Cityclean drivers who are members of the GMB voted for the action at a ballot last week. Union leaders have said the
Captain Ed Joyce completed his sixth Championship century of the season as Sussex closed in on Lancashire’s first innings total on the second day at Hove. Joyce reached tea unbeaten on 117 having featured in good partnerships with Chris Nash and
Nearly one in five schools in Brighton and Hove have been awarded the top accolade available to them to propel the city into the top 10 greenest in the UK. Sixteen local authority schools have gained the coveted Eco Schools Green Flag Award for their
Have you seen missing teenagers Sarah Eldridge and Chloe Newman? The 15-year-olds have gone missing from a care home in Worthing and police are becoming increasingly concerned for their welfare. Sarah is 5' 5" and has very long dark brown hair
A woman has been hit by a car in Brighton. Sussex Police were called just after 2.30pm to reports a woman had been struck by a car in Grand Parade, near Morley Street. An eyewitnesses said two girls were seen fighting in the street shortly
An MP landed herself in hot water with Commons Speaker John Bercow after holding up a poster demanding "climate action" from the Government during Prime Minister's Questions. The Green Party's Caroline Lucas, the MP for Brighton Pavilion, was told
Every week we track down trend-setting fashionistas and give you the lowdown on their street style to inspire you... Name: Claire Pigott How old are you? 50 Where do you live: Near Lewes What do you do? I’m a nutritional therapist What Claire is
A Brighton MP has thrown her weight behind a campaign against the closure of refuge services for women fleeing domestic abuse. While domestic abuse services in the city remain intact, Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas has criticised the closure
A former Pan's People dancer is appealing for help to transport 400 Christmas shoeboxes to children in Africa. Mary Silver, who joined the Top of the Pops dance troupe at the age of 17, has established her own dance group, The Next Step Dance Company
Our motoring correspondent Steph Savill runs Steyning-based FOXY Lady Drivers Club, the UK’s only motoring club for women. It includes a network of female-friendly garages, repairers, car dealers and dealerships that meet demanding standards. Here,
THERE was a hairy moment when Naomi Coleman made the brave decision to have the chop to raise money for cancer charities. Naomi, who lives in Hove, has worn her hair long for the past 10 years but after her friend's toddler son was diagnosed with
Concern is growing for a young teenage boy who has disappeared. Dennis McNaught, 13, was last seen at Tesco in Ravenside Retail park in Bexhill at around 12.30pm on Monday, September 8. He was later reported missing when he failed to return later
Scammers are stealing people’s debit card details by claiming they are due a council tax refund. A number of people in Mid Sussex have been phoned and told that they had been placed in the wrong council tax band and that they should get a sum of
There was an extra buzz in the air at Sticky Mike’s ahead of this month’s regular Gittins To Know You comedy night with the much-anticipated appearance of bona fide national treasure Harry Hill. It was a remarkable experience to see Hill in such
A grant of £1 million has been awarded to develop ultra-efficient combustion engines and fuels with near-zero emissions. The University of Brighton is leading a project aiming for a 20-33% reduction in fuel consumption using fuels from sustainable
AN EXTREMELY old school photograph has been found and readers of The Argus are being asked to help identify the people in it. Betty Gough found the 1912 photo among possessions. She contacted The Argus after discovering the photographer was
A serial burglar who has stolen thousands of pounds from businesses across the county admitted to going on a crime spree in an office block. Robet Jody May, 40, had served a number of prison sentences for burglary when he broke into Premier House
Chris Nash and Ed Joyce both made half centuries as Sussex withstood the threat of James Anderson on the second day of their Championship clash with Lancashire at Hove. Anderson struck in his first over to remove Luke Wells for a duck but Nash
SELFLESS volunteers cleared away scores of bags of litter found in Brighton’s iconic Royal Pavilion Gardens this morning. As part of The Argus-led City Makers campaign, more than 30 volunteers met outside the Pavilion Gardens Café for free refreshments
Thought you could breathe after Albion's hectic transfer window? Well think again. The 'Emergency Loan Window' opened yesterday. The Seagulls are not actively looking to bring anybody else in. That could change, however, if Sami Hyypia's
HOUSING Crisis! There is a limited amount of houses out there and finding I needed to find another home to live I didn’t realise how difficult that journey may turn out to be. With salaries being taken into account, the estate agent said a guarantor
I AM writing this letter in the hope that some of the teachers who work with the foreign students can teach some of them manners towards the people who live here. I have spoken to many people who have agreed with me. When waiting for a bus, they
Kelvin James Newman, 31, of Elm Drive, Bognor, pleaded guilty to assault and damaging a pool cue worth £25. Ordered to have alcohol dependency treatment for six months, banned from entering any licensed premises for nine months. Ordered to pay £125
A TOP-class college will say konnichiwa to an international rugby team as they prepare to play host for next year's Rugby World Cup. Brighton College has been selected by England Rugby 2015 – the organising committee for the Rugby World Cup 2015
A BUDDING Andrew Lloyd Webber has teamed up with his grandmother to write a new show. Joshua Henry, the junior director of Seaford Musical Theatre Juniors (SMTJ), will be writing a brand new production in memory of his late Great Grandmother.
BRIGHTON College has been named the country’s most forward-thinking school in recognition of the wealth of innovation that has been at the heart of its recent success. The Week magazine’s Independent Schools Guide has selected Brighton above all
A GROUP of teens continued their sailing success with a trophy-winning performance at a national sailing festival. The group from Sussex Yacht Club’s Shoreham Youth Team (SYT) caught the sailing world’s eye once again with a stellar performance
AFTER achieving the best A-level results in the county, Brighton College’s sixth form leavers are now about to embark on the next stage of their education, the vast majority having secured the university place of their dreams. More than 100 pupils
CHILDREN enjoying a summer learning to play a football got a surprise visit from some the Brighton and Hove Albion stars. Kids attending one of Albion in the Community’s (AITC) summer football courses at Dorothy Stringer School, Brighton, and St Joseph
Josephine Belmore, 54, of Sydney Road, Eastbourne, was convicted in her absence of speeding. Fined £400 plus a £40 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Licence endorsed with four points. Robert John Mcphee, 29, of Elizabeth Court, Victoria Drive, Eastbourne
Marchin Lojek, 35, of Church Walk, East Worthing, pleaded guilty to drink-driving. Ordered to do 80 hours’ unpaid work, pay £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for 24 months, reduced by 24 weeks if completes an approved driving
FOLLOWING the good news of The Boys’ Brigade and its increase in numbers and companies written by Eric Hudson, director of England Boys’ Brigade (Argus letters), I am glad to report that we have 13 companies in our battalion, far less than the 32 we
WHAT a lovely day off for these “hard workers” and this is why we should all learn how to use and abuse the system, isn’t it? Once upon a time, you turned up for your shift no matter what. But now, blow that, let’s have a day off to strike, have
THE developers of the Circus Street site (artist’s impression pictured right) claim that they have taken criticisms of their plan on board and modified their scheme, yet the changes they have made are so minimal they would not even be noticeable.
Lanto Fil Ganga Jones, 35, of North Road, Brighton, pleaded guilty to begging. Fined £50, plus £20 victim surcharge. Shannon Martine Onslow, 31, of Essex Street, Brighton, pleaded guilty to stealing five Jean Paul Gaultier fragrance bottles, worth
BRIGHTON College has more former pupils playing international cricket than any other independent school in England. Top players include England and Sussex’s Matt Prior, Zimbabwe’s Malcolm Waller and Holly Colvin, Sarah Taylor and Laura Marsh all
BRIGHTON College’s athletes have enjoyed a record-breaking season on track and field. After taking record 22 golds at Sussex Schools Championships, seven pupils went on to represent their county at the English Schools Championships in Birmingham
ONE young lady has become one of a handful of college students to win a place at the Royal Veterinary College. Veronica Freeborn, from Varndean College, overcame adversity and won a place at the prestigious college after being rejected by four
THE majority of prisoners on the run from Ford open prison are drugs offenders, The Argus can reveal. Eighty-two of its prisoners are on the run ten months after police set up a crisis team to track them all down – and two have run away since Friday
Rock giants like Foo Fighters don’t make it down to Brighton much These Days. It was a Breakout from the norm after the US band announced an intimate show at Concord 2. But not even Learning to Fly could help queuing fans get tickets after
The Eco Schools Green Flag project is as good as any in our schools today. The concept is superb. Put the pupils at the forefront, let them assess how green their school is, make them come up with solutions and facilitate them in implementing
It’s that time of year again when people are invited to celebrate the unsung heroes of the NHS. Nominations are now open for the fifth annual Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Hospital Star Awards. The awards honour the efforts
COUNTRY buses will soon become a rarity in parts of East Sussex if big cuts in subsidy are approved by the county council. Faced with having to make huge savings by the Government, the county is looking at various soft options. Unless we all
Will Self cycled through the streets of Shoreham on his fold-up bicycle looking around, seemingly for the first time, at his surroundings. The sight on Tuesday evening could have been the start of a comedy sketch for the TV personality, journalist
Thanks to the Brighton Museum Biba show in 2012 and the rave reviews it attracted, many in the packed audience for An Evening With Barbara Hulanicki will know that she studied at Brighton College of Art and actually opened a branch of Biba in Queens
A MAN has been charged with trying to murder his neighbour. Serena Keith Williams, 47, unemployed of Sackville Road, Hove, is due to appear at Brighton Magistrates' Court today. Police were called to a flat in the road at around 7.20pm on Monday
A DAY of gadgets, games and techno-babble was held at a shopping centre as kids got stuck in with some high-tech fun. Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton hosted a family fun day which saw tech retailers come together with a tech-tastic
A CHARITY shop badly damaged by flash flooding will officially reopen this weekend. Stock worth more than £5,000 was destroyed at the Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice shop in Hove following a storm. The charity was forced to close the
PLANS to put health services in the hands of a private company have been given the go-ahead by councillors. Brighton and Hove City Council is seeking a private company to supply nursing equipment to care in the community residents – a service currently
A thirsty horse got more than it bargained for when it got stuck in a stream. An animal rescue team from the RSPCA was called to rescue bay yearling Dingo from a stream in Shipley, near Horsham. Marie Stevens, RSPCA animal welfare officer,
A LEADING Sussex attraction is celebrating its best ever year for school visits. Record numbers of school children visited Wakehurst Place, near Haywards Heath, over the last academic year. The numbers include all age groups from reception
Morale at Brighton and Hove Bus Company is at “rock bottom” and union members are not ruling out strikes, drivers have said. Two drivers, who spoke to The Argus anonymously, claimed cutbacks and redundancies had left people feeling let down and
A PAEDOPHILE who used his position at a church to abuse boys as part of a sex gang has been jailed for three and a half years. Ian Coulthart, 62, of Kingswood Street, Brighton, was convicted of buggery as part of the systematic abuse of boys between
A pensioner was tricked out of £12,000 by a fake compensation company. The St Leonards man was contacted by the bogus Personal Payment Insurance (PPI) firm earlier this year and promised large sums of money. They said he had been mis-sold PPI
A fat man with an Irish accent stole £400 cash from a couple. The pair was in Bognor town centre on Friday (September 5) when they were approached by a man offering some cheap Apple electronics. He took them to his car in Morrison's car park
A lucky cat is down to eight lives after jumping from a third floor window. The feline was spooked after a fire in a house in Eaton Place, Brighton, on Tuesday evening. A tea light set fire to a pile of books and videos shortly after 6.15pm
An arson probe has been launched after a flat fire in the early hours of this morning. Three fire crews were called to Marlborough Place, Brighton, at 2.10am on Wednesday morning (September 10). A person was reported to be inside but the fire
Pick up your copy of The Argus today which includes Women Actually, Youth in Action plus a 16 page supplement on independent schools in Sussex. In The Argus today: All the latest news Sport, including Albion, Tour of Britain, cricket and
An investigation has been launched after trees and bushes were found on fire. Emergency crews were called to East View Fields, Plumpton Green, at around 11.40pm on Tuesday night (September 9). They found a number of trees and bushes on fire
A quick thinking scaffolder grabbed a ladder from his van and rescued two children from a burning building. Wade Eason was asleep at 2.10am this morning when he heard screams coming his neighbour’s house in Bexhill Road, Woodingdean, Brighton.
Boss John Gregory believes the arrival of midfielders Keith Keane and Josh Wright will help transform Crawley’s fortunes. Gregory moved to sign the pair on three-month loans following Saturday’s 4-0 humiliation at the hands of Rochdale which dropped
RAILWAY staff are looking at strike action amid a row over conductors’ rotas. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union who work at Southern will hold a ballot to decide whether they will take industrial action. It follows claims
A NEW and improved lunch club for older people is now under way. The Hove Luncheon Club, which has now moved to Hove Methodist Church in Portland Road, kicked off with its first post-summer session yesterday. The club’s new venue means it can
SUSSEX’S police chief has called on forces nationally to improve the way they treat gay and transgender officers and to root out sexual prejudice in their ranks. Chief constable Giles York told a policing conference yesterday that forces need more
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder his neighbour. A 34-year-old woman was repeatedly stabbed at a flat in Sackville Road, Hove and Sussex Police said a neighbour had been arrested. Residents saw emergency services
Two strangers who took shelter together in a cafe following a downpour in 1947 are about to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Cyril and Winifred Head, 89 and 86, will celebrate the milestone in Brighton on September 24 with their seven
Jack the Ripper was held by police in Hove before being freed and his identity remained a secret for more than 100 years. That is the claim of author Russell Edwards, who says he has found proof that Polish hairdresser Aaron Kosminski was the serial
A CHARITY is preparing to open a flagship care home which will create 100 jobs. Haviland House Worthing will provide specialist care and support for people with all stages of dementia when it opens in January. The centre is run by Worthing-based
A CYCLIST who faced devastating injuries when he was thrown from his bike after being hit by a van has made an inspirational recovery. Jonathan Jones was cycling along Edward Street in Brighton when a large van pulled out in front of him, knocking
A PARAGLIDER had to make an emergency landing in a park after losing altitude over Brighton. Baker Vincent Talleu had set off from Bo Peep Hill, near Lewes, but after getting blown off course and losing height he was forced to land at The Level
Albion boss Sami Hyypia is keeping an open mind about the role of Kazenga LuaLua as the explosive winger creeps towards a half-century of league starts for the club. Hyypia has labelled LuaLua a “great option” to have up his sleeve but has not
