There has been some great lightning seen off the Sussex coast this evening. Andy Ross took this picture from the cliffs at Newhaven. Cas took this picture from St Leonards seafront. Samuel James took this fantastic
We've picked eight of the best pictures from Twitter of tonight's sunset in Sussex. Perfect evening! 💕 pic.twitter.com/ZgXEKC2HEt — Abi Powell (@AbiPowell1995) September 19, 2014 Beautiful evening at Brighton Marina pic.twitter.com
POLICE have said the road is now clear after an accident on a Sussex roundabout. There were reports of a collision at the Boship roundabout, Hailsham, with police and ambulance in attendance. But at 8pm a Sussex Police spokesman said the incident
POLICE hoping to find missing Desmond Carr from Ewell have released CCTV images after he is thought to have boarded a train to Sussex. Mr Carr was seen on platform 13 at Clapham Junction Railway Station just before 11.30am today. It is believed
A THIEF grabbed a £1,200 wedding ring and ran out of a jewellers on Thursday. 18/9 A man walked into H Samuel in Kings Walk, Priory Meadow, Hastings, at 11.45am and asked to look at an engagement and wedding ring set. He talked to the assistant
A MAN was robbed by a stranger who offered to share a taxi. Police are appealing for witnesses after a 30-year-old left the Market Diner, Brighton, and began walking towards Pavilion Gardens in the early hours of Sunday (14/9) when he met the
CONCERN is growing for a man who went missing on a visit to Worthing on Thursday. 18/9 Police are searching for 31-year old Oliver Ryan, who has not been seen since he ran off from two carers while visiting the town centre shortly before midday
Cityclean workers are set to go on strike for three more days across the next two weeks. GMB union leaders have been in talks with Brighton and Hove City Council over a long running pay dispute. However, those talks ended yesterday leading
FIVE men have been arrested after a 22-year-old woman reported being gang raped. Police raided a property in Lansdowne Place, Hove, yesterday morning at about 8.15am. An eye-witness reported seeing two police cars and an immigration van at
More than 75 events celebrating food and drink are planned for Lewes’s fifth OctoberFeast. Among the highlights is the Great Beer Exposition with OctoberFeast chair Tony Leonard joining Burning Sky Beer’s Mark Tranter. Tranter, former head of Dark
OWLS are being killed and injured by speeding night drivers at an alarming rate, an animal charity has said. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) said ten tawny owls have been hit by cars in the last six weeks. The birds
A TWO-TIME open heart surgery patient will hold a charity comedy night on September 24. David Blood, 41, is staging the annual event for the third time to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation. The Brighton businessman and stand-up comic
A poet will celebrate one of Lewes’ culinary heroes in this year’s OctoberFeast. Jeremy Page, a lecturer at Sussex University as well as scribe, explains William Verrall introduced gourmet French cuisine to the UK in the eighteenth century before
A SERIAL burglar has been sent to jail for four years after detectives proved he had returned to a life of crime. Gregory Charles already had 12 convictions for burglary and seven convictions for handling stolen goods when he broke into homes in
WITH less than 100 days until Christmas, tickets for the famous ice rink in the Pavilion Gardens have gone on sale. The Royal Pavilion Ice Rink will this year be celebrating its fifth birthday as the winter wonderland returns to central Brighton
A historic theatre will be converted into an eight-screen cinema complex after the government threw out a planning appeal. Brighton and Hove City Council approved the £17.5 million plan to convert the famous Brighton Hippodrome, in Middle Street
BUS services in Brighton are experiencing severe delays, with some being terminated due to traffic. Brighton and Hove Bus Company has said due to traffic congestion on Lewes Road all number 25 buses that are due to go to Palmeira Square will
A MAJOR road is closed in both directions after a serious accident. The crash, on the A21at Sedlescombe is closed, with delays in both directions between between the Marley Lane junction and the A2100 London Road junction, and the B2244 Paygate
PROBLEMS with phone lines for Sussex Police have been resolved. The force tweeted to warn people there are problems with the non-emergency number 101 earlier today. They said people should still call 999 in an emergency. We are experiencing
Lewes may consider sending Terry Dodd out on loan in a bid to get him firing. Dodd, right, joined the Rooks from Bognor in the summer having scored 35 goals in all competitions last season. However, he has failed to find the net in eight outings
Lee Noakes believes Worthing can continue to press forward despite the boardroom changes at the club. Chairman Noakes and fellow director Julian Church both quit the Rebels this week, citing business and family reasons. The news came as a blow
Whitehawk are hoping to further boost a stretched squad after snapping up striker Sahr Kabba. The 25-year-old former Havant and Waterlooville forward has joined Hawks on a six-week loan from Conference premier side Lincoln City. Manager Steven
FARMERS and families flocked to a farm for an annual ploughing match. The 84th year of the event, organised by Laughton and District Agricultural Society, took place at Court Farm in Brighton. Vintage tractors and ploughs, as well as the most
WITH bullying and peer pressure, growing up is as difficult as ever. Youths across Sussex have spent the last several months discussing what police, schools and council services can do better for them. This week they presented their findings, as RACHEL
Four serving Sussex Police officers are being investigated over their handling of a reported sexual assault carried out by Jimmy Savile. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched formal procedures against the force in November
The man whose four-and-a-half hour rooftop standoff with police brought a central Brighton street to a standstill has pleaded guilty to wasting police time. Jordan Rudwick appeared before Brighton Magistrates Court today after he was arrested in
Part of fire-hit Eastbourne Pier will reopen next weekend, less than two months after a blaze destroyed sections of it, council chiefs have announced. Walkways have been constructed from the front of the 144-year-old, Grade II*-listed attraction
TRAIN services across the Southern network are suffering knock-on delays after a lorry crashed into a bridge. The 14:58 Eastbourne to Haywards Heath will start late from Eastbourne and will run fast to Lewes. 15:58 will run as scheduled. A
THE MOST at risk theatre in the country has the potential to be the performance venue of the future, according to national experts. The Theatres Trust yesterday named the Brighton Hippodrome, pictured, the most at-risk theatre in the country as
Graham Swift’s novels are legendary. Who can forget the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders or his atmospheric celebration of the Fens In Waterland? Yet Swift began his career as a short story writer. “Somehow I got into writing novels, always with the
TWO giant bronze horse heads on sale at an auctioneers in Billingshurst won’t be around furlong. They’ll be the mane items of attraction next month, expected to fetch up to £25,000 each. An intense bidding battle at auction can really stirrup
SOME 2,000 Sussex youngsters aged 14 to 25 have spoken about some of the problems they face. Online bullying, easy access to drugs and tricky relationships with authorities are among the minefields they navigate. Their representatives on the
International Ocean Festival Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Church Street, Friday, September 19: DISCOVER the mysteries of the deep and share a love for the briney as the first International Ocean Film Festival comes to Brighton for two hours of stunning
Trevor Alford’s memories (Argus Letters) of the 1970s seem to be a little confused, with him claiming that everything bad that allegedly happened occurred during the “Winter of Discontent” under a Labour government. By my recollection, the power
I thought I could share with you a picture of our beaver colony here at the 8th Burgess Hill Scout Group. Last term, our beavers, children from six to eight, did Ten Bob a Job things such as helping mum clean up and helping grandad tidy up his
The bus services in Brighton are the worst they have been for many years. I am unfortunate that I live in Queen’s Park Road, where our service has been ruined by this new regime. I am not surprised that the morale of the bus drivers is low.
THE fight against controversial changes to hospital maternity services in East Sussex is still very much on. Campaigners are considering taking legal action against the county’s health watchdog’s decision not to oppose the shake-up. Changes
Grant Nicholas has no intention of calling it a day with Feeder – but the Welshman has decided it’s time to go it alone. His debut solo album, Yorktown Heights, shows a different side to his songwriting as he trades rock anthems such as Buck Rodgers
TOP chef Steven Edwards has officially opened a specialist orthopaedic centre’s new kitchen and dining room. Mr Edwards, who won the BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals in 2013, also created a brand new signature dish for the menu at the Horder
Albion boss Sami Hyypia has stood by David Stockdale ahead of the goalkeeper's birthday clash with Blackpool. The Seagulls have kept one clean sheet in the Championship so far and Stockdale, 29 tomorrow, was widely blamed for Ipswich's second goal
SOULFUL STRUT Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Saturday, September 20 Russ Dewbury continues his monthly residency with NuYorican funk, disco, Afro Latin, jazz juke beats, percussive soul. 11am, free. ROUTE 94 Audio, Marine
In the two years since alt-J last played Brighton they’ve won the Mercury Music Prize, an Ivor Novello, sold more than a million records and heard their music grace everything from adverts to elevators. And, as a pleasant aside, Miley Cyrus has
THE AXIS OF AWESOME Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Tuesday, September 23 THE Aussie trio behind the internet hit Four Chords, which has clocked up 19 million YouTube views, unveil their latest show Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas. 8pm, £12. Call 01273
Live performances by The Levellers and Pere Ubu are among the highlights in a music-themed CINECITY 2014. The Levellers will do an acoustic performance at Duke Of York’s Picturehouse after a screening of A Curious Life, a new documentary focusing
Post-punk pioneers Wire have picked Brighton as the venue for the latest edition of their Drill Festival series. The four-piece programmed events, talks, films and exhibitions in Seattle and London in 2013 to coincide with the release of 2013 album
A MAN exposed himself to a 13-year-old while he was urinating in the street. The school girl was walking in Cross Street, St Leonards, at around 5pm on Friday, September 12, when she saw a man beckoning her. She ignored him and continued to
A DOLL’S HOUSE Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, Wednesday, September 24 and Thursday, September 25 Starts 7.30pm, 2pm matinee Thurs, tickets £16/£14. Call 01903 206206 BACK in July Baroness Hale, the UK's only female Supreme Court
A TEENAGER and her two friends met diving hero Tom Daley for a sportswear fashion shoot. Holly Thornton, 17, from Burgess Hill, won a competition to meet the star and feature in a range of photos taken on the London Eye. Holly and friends Tash
UNION leaders have warned “significant” bin disruption is on the way if council bosses fail to meet their demands. The GMB, which represents Cityclean workers, and Brighton and Hove City Council have been negotiating about pay this week. The
American Pie singer Don McLean has confirmed a Sussex date as part of his American Troubadour tour. The man behind hits Vincent (Starry Starry Night), Crying and Castles In The Air will perform at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion on May 21, 2015.
HOLLYWOOD star Kevin Costner is in Sussex shooting his new film. The Bodyguard star has been photographed in Camber this week along with actress Gal Gadot. The 59-year-old, who was seen joking and playing around on the beach, is on location for
Matthew Morris talks to Dominic Smith about being electrocuted, technology and rebirth GøL4M sees visionary French choreographer Frederic Deslias and his company Le Clair Obscur push their co-collaborator to the limit. His principal dancer
Hay Fever Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road, Monday, September 22 to Saturday, September 27 Noel Coward’s comedy Hay Fever might be 90 years old but Simon Shepherd believes the play remains “incredibly modern”. The former Peak Practice star
Have you lost a bike? Police are hoping to trace the owner of a bike they believed to have been stolen. Police arrested a 14-year-old boy who saw seen acting suspiciously in the Kings Drive area of Eastbourne and was arrested a short while
HUNDREDS of people swapped their usual morning routine for the chance to dance into daylight at a club. More than 300 clubbers took part in the fourth Morning Gloryville event in Brighton – an early morning, pre-work rave which took place in Shooshh
A Shoreham houseboat will rock to the sound of stamping feet, whistles and fiddles on a Saturday night in October when fans of one of Ireland’s most famous writers – Brendan Behan – gather to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Shoreham may
IF anyone had told Fear Of Men’s Jess Weiss she was to spend five months travelling with eight other people in a van she would have politely declined. “I’ve been home for about a week since March,” says the Brighton-based singer and guitarist,
As their second album Like A Hurricane is released via iTunes and Amazon, singer and guitarist Chris Howley introduces Brighton-based rock and roll band Pint Size Hero. “We’re all originally from Eastbourne. A couple of us came to Brighton to study
I HAD been preparing for a few weeks ahead of the official police fitness test. Mornings of yoghurt, honey and fruit combined with a few tasty slices of toast with whole, crunchy peanut butter seemed to be fuelling me with an abundance of energy
Hundreds of pounds were stolen from a social club as thieves made off with a safe and bottles of alcohol in the early hours. Between 2am and 7am on Tuesday, Elphinstone Sports and Social Club in Elphinstone Road, Hastings, was burgled. PC Heath
A PAEDOPHILE who begged a judge to castrate him has died in prison. Glen Want, 48, died of natural causes in Lewes Prison this week while serving an indeterminate sentence for abusing a nine-year-old boy. He was jailed in 2008 after detectives
A woman was pushed during an argument with a man in a busy street outside a supermarket. The argument broke out between a man and a woman at about 10pm last Saturday when they were in a black Peugeot 307 parked outside Iceland on the High Street
Albion midfielder Kemy Agustien has suffered a minor setback in his recovery from injury. A recurrence of ankle trouble in training has delayed the Dutchman's comeback schedule. Agustien has not played since twisting an ankle during the 2-0
A burglar targeted a home on a busy road and made off with some foreign currency. Between 7.45am and 5pm on Wednesday a house in the A21 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards, was burgled while the owners were out. A small amount of foreign
A man who brought a city to a standstill by taking to rooftops to flee from police has been charged. Jordan Rudwick, 19, unemployed from North Road, Brighton has been charged with assault, wasting police time and failing to return on bail.
CAMPAIGNERS fighting controversial changes made to hospital maternity and children's services are stepping up their legal fight against them. The Save the District General Hospital (DGH) group intends to challenge a decision by East Sussex County
We have a family 'heirloom' at home - a copy of Practical Home Knitting, published in 1949, featuring a young model, Roger Moore. Sixty-five years on, Sir Roger sat down with biographer Gareth Owen to look back at his stellar career since then.
For his third visit to Brighton this year, Gruff Rhys once again brought the story of long lost pioneering relative, John Evans, and his 18th century American travels to life. It didn’t matter if you’d been to Rhys’s other shows, however, as the
CONCERN is growing for a missing man who police believe may be in Sussex. Desmond Carr, 55, from Ewell, Surrey, was reported missing to police at about 5pm last night. A Sussex Police spokesman said Mr Carr had links to Sussex, including Brighton
HUNDREDS of people are queuing up to buy the latest iPhone. People have been queuing since 3am to be the first to buy the iPhone 6, launched today. Queues of up to 400 are reported outside the Apple store in Churchill Square, Brighton, which
Sami Hyypia will rotate his Albion squad again for Blackpool's visit tomorrow. Lewis Dunk will not be regarded as a potential victim of the changes this time as the Seagulls seek their first clean sheet at the Amex in the Championship. One
One of the world’s most famous trophies rolled into town to celebrate less than a year until the start of the Rugby World Cup. The William Webb Ellis trophy took a trip around Brighton and Hove as the city prepares to host the international tournament
Pick up your copy of The Argus today which includes The Guide and our Property pull out. In today's edition: The latest news Sport A page of your letters The Guide, our 16-page entertainments supplement Our Property pull
Crawley boss John Gregory has challenged Marvin Elliott to make him fall in love with him. Elliott is set to make his debut for Reds at Preston North End tomorrow after signing a short-term contract yesterday. The Jamaica international midfielder
Borders Lane, Etchingham, £645,000 Situated in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the edge of the village of Etchingham is this secluded, substantial and very well presented four-bedroom detached family home. The property
If you’re looking for a renovation project, you may be joining a long queue, as properties that need work often sell fast. It is still possible to bag a bargain though, says Julia Gray. It’s no secret that buying in the right location, location
LEIGH Brand, a director of Spencer & Leigh in Patcham, Brighton, has successfully passed an NFoPP (National Federation of Property Professionals) Level 3 Technical Award in Residential Letting and Property Management. This well respected award
THREE members of Michael Jones Estate Agents joined more than 1,000 runners to complete the Littlehampton 10k Coastal Run to raise money for Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice. Sam Olliver completed the 10k course in 57:18 minutes having only
BE quick if you fancy owning a pair of giant horse-head statues – these bronze pieces will not be around ‘furlong’. The massive equine statues are expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds each when they go on sale at Summers Place Auctions
HEAVY rain and thunderstorms expected today could wash away hopes of a long spell of warm, sunny weather. The Met Office has issued a warning for rain and thunder across parts of southern England, including Sussex, today. Showers were expected
An English traveller who grew up in Sussex claims she is “not ethnic enough” to be given a pitch locally. The 51-year-old was born and schooled in Brighton and lived in Worthing before hitting the road six years ago because of the rising cost of
EXPERTS will be on hand to show people how to encourage wildlife into their gardens. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service [WRAS] is hosting an educational indoor nature trail event. The founder of East Sussex WRAS Trevor Weeks
A MINISTER has been criticised for using her parliamentary expenses to pay a former agent and Tory candidate to host a jobs fair. Amber Rudd, Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye, pictured right, paid thousands of pounds of public money to Events
The Baroness of Moulsecoomb has said the reason she uses more taxis than any of her colleagues is because she “works harder” than any of them. The Moulsecoomb-born Green politician Jenny Jones, who sits on the London Assembly, had previously said
A prison officer was hospitalised after being attacked by three inmates. The male officer, in his early 30s, was jumped by three inmates at Lewes Prison on Wednesday morning. Sources at the prison said the officer was with a female colleague
A YOUTUBE sensation turned bestselling author will need an entire arena for a signing of his new book. Brighton’s Alfie Deyes has taken the world of video blogging, or vlogging, by storm with 4.9 million subscribers on YouTube, 1.5 million Twitter
WITH five-miles of award winning coastline, a thriving shopping centre, theatres, leisure centres and sports facilities Worthing is a great place for a family to live. Once famous as the town with the largest proportion of residents aged over 65
If you are looking to sell or let your home in Hurstpierpoint or any of the Downland villages then Marcus Grimes should be your first stop. The firm is celebrating the Hurstpierpoint office’s 10th anniversary this year and is well placed to help
THERE is a rare opportunity to rent this substantial family home in one of Hove's most sought after locations. The five bedroom home neighbours Hove Park and is more spacious than it looks. It is offered for let on either a furnished or unfurnished
COUNCILLORS have called for the city’s rental landlords to be licensed. Representatives of Brighton’s three major parties sat on a panel at a conference run by the Brighton and Hove Estate Agents Association (BHEAA) at Sussex County Cricket Club
PARENTS have overwhelmingly supported plans to fine people responsible for “inconsiderate” parking. Parents praised the initiative to crackdown on dangerous and illegal parking on verges and pavements near schools in Brighton and Hove. The
A Duke will be lending his name to an award as part of a charity initiative to recognise the contribution of older people to communities. The Duke of Richmond will be lending his name to a special award for the Brighton and Hove Older People’s
Albion boss Sami Hyypia wants points on the board against Blackpool at the Amex tomorrow. He is not panicking about the Seagulls’ slow start and lowly position but has admitted they cannot afford to fall too far behind. Albion are 18th in the
