Angry residents confronted an academy boss and councillors over claims a new school will be taking control of a popular park when it opens next year. The new 900-pupil Bohunt Education Trust academy in Broadwater, Worthing, was given the green-light
Albion have beaten Premier League West Brom to the signing of former Chelsea striker Chike Kandi on a two-year development contract. The Seagulls spotted Kandi playing against them in a friendly for West Brom. They have signed the 19-year-old
Have you seen this convicted antiques burglar? Simon Bercowitz, 67, was jailed for five-and-a-half years in June 2012 for a series of burglaries in Hampshire. He was released from prison in licence on Monday but has now been recalled to prison
Detectives are hoping to trace a man they believe could be a key witnesses to a rape last week. The man seen in the CCTV image was in the area when a woman was raped on the lower promenade in Eastbourne at about 2am on Sunday. The victim, a
A MAN has documented a life with animals with a book about veterinary exploits. But Steve Ankers isn’t a vet himself – he has his brother and his wife, both of whom are animal doctors, to thank for a life dominated by their professions. The
A paedophile has been found guilty of raping a child more than 30 years ago. Bruce Ernest Geoffery Schooley, 62, from Lancing, stood trial at Lewes Crown Court charged with five counts of raping a child between five and 12-years-old and five counts
Firefighters are set to strike again after pension talks broke down. Sussex firefighters will join the national Fire Brigades Union four day walkout starting next Friday with a far more extensive strike than previous actions. The strike will
Albion boss Sami Hyypia says he would be surprised if there is not interest in Lewis Dunk. The top scoring central defender has been linked with a January move to West Ham after his fifth goal of the season in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Huddersfield
Three members of the same family have been found guilty of attacking two men with a baseball bat, an axe handle and a wheelbarrow. On May 27, 2012, a 26-year-old man and a 52-year-old man were attacked on the driveway of their home in Loxwood Road
A rapist, robber and thief described as an "extremely predatory man" who "treated his victims like lumps of meat" has been jailed for 20 years. Louis Thomas, 35, unemployed, of Lower Rock Gardens, Brighton has been convicted of two rapes, a robbery
A lifeboatman has received recognition from Princess Anne at a national awards ceremony. Newhaven Lifeboat coxswain Paul Legendre received the Lady Swaythling Trophy from the Princess Royal at The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society awards ceremony in
A COUNCILLOR has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of his wife. Joseph O'Riordan, 73, is accused of trying to kill wife Amanda by stabbing the 47-year-old. The Polegate Town councillor did not enter a plea when he appeared
Emergency services were called to a car crash on Ditchling Beacon, north of Brighton, this morning (Friday). A car left Ditchling Road and collided with a tree at about 11am. Two people were reported to be trapped and unconscious. Police closed
1 In The Loop: Mad Professor vs Prince Fatty Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Friday, October 24 TITANS of dub reggae Mad Professor – most famous for his collaboration with Massive Attack – and Brighton’s own Prince Fatty do battle for four hours
SUPPORTED housing, not police cells. That was the message from the Home Office yesterday when it announced police in Sussex would pilot a new scheme where people detained under the Mental Health Act would no longer be kept in custody. Instead
ACCORDING to Jennifer Earle, founder of the Chocolate Ecstasy Tours, Halloween outstrips both Easter and Christmas as the most popular time for chocolate sales. And following the launch of the first Brighton Chocolate Ecstasy Tour last month she
I suggest your sub heading to the front page article ‘passer-by takes offence to party stall’ lacks a little balance. Passers by are entitled to take offence. They are not entitled to use violence against those with whom they disagree. A better
Following the release of their EP Empiricism in September, four-piece Rory Indiana introduce themselves. “We all met at our university. We came together through our singer Rory looking to form an acoustic project which soon developed into the sound
This time last year Sharon Jones was making her first tentative steps back to work with her band The Dap Kings. She had spent the previous few months in upstate New York battling with pancreatic cancer, and was still on a course of chemotherapy
I have just read your article about electrical sensitivity (Tuesday, October 21). I find that my head starts hurting on the side that I am holding my mobile phone if I use it for more that 30 seconds and it takes about three quarters of an hour
I’ve just read your article on Will securing a job with VCCP and all I can say to him is well done. My anger, sadly, is with these large firms in the first place. Had Will applied to this company with a CV as most people do, chances are he would
IT was a relief to see the proposal to use Hangleton Bottom as a temporary travellers’ site rejected (Argus, October 17). The site is clearly unsuitable and would cause huge disruption and distress to local residents on the Downs Park estate.
I DO not understand why for weeks now the population of Brighton and Hove have had to put up with our streets constantly awash with rubbish! The population of Brighton and Hove are just so placid. We put up with all of these strikes, the inconvenience
Ever since a Leon Bollees Tricar trundled its way on the first London to Brighton car run in 1896, the city has been a favoured destination for motorists. But what if, a century on, the relationship with the car was doing more harm than good to
Mogwai Brighton Dome Concert Hall, New Road, Sunday, October 26 8pm, £26.50. Call 01273 709709. Mogwai conducted much of the press for their Rave Tapes tour in the days approaching the Scottish independence vote. Speaking before a gig in
Florence the electric milk float probably isn’t happy that everyone pints out her age. But this silver top really is the cream of the crop as the oldest of her kind in the country. Her proud owners think she is udderly beyond compare and are very
A CAR-FREE city, would it be heaven or hell? That was the question up for debate at the Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce this week and it stimulated some interesting conversation. It was interesting to see how passionate those taking part
Missing Crawley woman Hannah Spraget, 24, has been found safe and well. She was located just before midnight on Thursday. Sussex Police would like to thank the media and public for their assistance.
A teenage boy has been arrested in relation to an incident where youths were seen throwing eggs at buses and drivers. The 16-year-old boy from Crawley has been arrested on suspicion of common assault and criminal damage after the incident in Broadfield
Six fire engines were called to the Hilton Brighton Metropole this morning (Friday) after reports of smoke coming from the hotel's basement. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called to the hotel at about 11.20am. The service said initial
Luke Wright is set to shun the riches of the IPL to focus on helping Sussex end their six-year wait for silverware. Wright missed the start of the domestic season in 2013 and 2012 due to playing for Pune Warriors in the lucrative tournament.
This sly fox is not interested in being bright eyed and bushy-tailed - but is content taking a nap in the garden of a North Laine shop. Nicknamed Mr Fox, the creature was discovered sleeping in a shrub by business owner Eric Danot yesterday and
Detectives leading “the biggest murder investigation in Sussex for 15-years” have made a breakthrough in the case. Grandmother Valerie Graves was found dead with serious head and facial injuries at a house in Smugglers LaneBosham in Bosham, near
It is always nice to be flattered and Rich Hall knows how to get an English audience to warm to him by favouring us limeys above our American cousins. The Anglophile tells the Corn Exchange that while “Brits have opinions, Americans have bumper
Annie Clark is at her peak. Four albums and a collaboration with Talking Heads’ David Byrne and she’s delivered her finest work. The self-titled album St Vincent is another clever and creative step forward as part of a steady reinvention from fresh-faced
“If you are heterosexual , let me warn you, you are seriously in the minority tonight,” warned comic Susan Calman at the start of her Lady Like show. As the fourth best lesbian comedian in the UK (after Sandi Toksvig, Sue Perkins and Rhona Cameron
Neo-Darwinism isn’t just a dry and dusty scientific movement – it is something which informs today’s society, and the freemarket economics which hold sway. Completing a double bill of cerebral comedy at The Old Market, former Mary Whitehouse star
Billed as the ‘cream of the crop’ Brighton Comedy Festival’s second Best Of The Fest night did not disappoint. The strong line-up was compered by Carl Donnelly who the audience warmed to immediately. He was so at home with audience participation
Robin Ince's comedy has similar properties to a superfluid helium fountain – it never stops flowing, creeping up the sides of the constraints put on it to find a way out. Ostensibly a show about the marvels of the human brain, In And Out Of His
Police officers have unearthed a £4,000 cannabis factory in a suburban home. Sussex Police raided an address in Wolverstone Drive, Brighton, on Tuesday and discovered a cannabis growing operation in the loft with 10 medium size plants and eight
Albion should have Joao Teixeira back for Rotherham's visit tomorrow. First choice Full-backs Joe Bennett and Bruno could also return to contention for the clash at the Amex. Teixeira missed Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Huddersfield after suffering
The Big Boy Band Reunion Tour brought together 28 performers from our new decade of nostalgia – the 1990s. As the original ladettes settle down to careers and families there is a hunger to relieve the crushes and anthems of their teenage years.
RESIDENTS can report hate crimes at three citizens’ advice bureaus across the county in a new pilot scheme. Sussex Police has teamed up with the Citizens Advice Bureau in a pilot that will see the three sites in Chichester, Bognor and Littlehampton
LAST week a runaway teenager was thought to have travelled more than 250 miles from his care home to return to his home city. Sussex Police were searching for Jordan Ash who left a care home in Manchester and was seen in Brighton and Hove.
Clean Bandit have reunited with the vocalist who helped Rather Be become the most Shazammed track in musical history. The new collaboration with Jess Glynne is another irresistible chamber-pop crossover. Jack Patterson, speaking to The Guide
A fabulous Arts and Crafts style house in one of Hove’s most sought after leafy suburbs is for sale with Hamptons International. The 1920’s property has charming period features and has a real beauty about it, making it a ‘one off’. The oak
BRIGHTON Early Music Festival (BREMF) is taking its audience on a European trip taking in the Paris opera, German coffee houses and a Portuguese monastery. And anyone who sees the travel brochure-style programme to match the Cities theme will realise
Brighton Comedy Fringe: Dizney Rascal Otherplace, Bar Broadway, Steine Street, Brighton, Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 AS A YOUNG girl Rebecca Humphries knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I remember telling
RELATIVES of a young spitfire pilot who died in a plane crash 70 years ago attended a “beautiful” ceremony to honour his memory. Arthur Ghislaine Patiny was a 24-year-old Belgian pilot who left his career as an art teacher to fight in the Second
Maisie Broadhead: Peepers Royal Pavilion, Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, until March 1 Maisie Broadhead’s detailed photographic parodies of work by old Masters such as Vermeer and Velasquez have been shown in the National Gallery. But for
Klaxons Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Thursday, October 30 “I THINK making things hard for ourselves has been what we have done for the last eight years. We like to challenge ourselves, that’s the spirit of the group.” Certainly when
A GROUP dedicated to getting the A27 improved between Lewes and Polegate has held its first meeting. The meeting, chaired by Kemptown and Peacehaven MP Simon Kirby, agreed that an offline dual carriageway between Lewes and Polegate would be the
Rugby fans will learn tomorrow whether they will get to see world cup action at the Amex next year. Applicants for tickets will end their month-long wait to see whether they have been successful in bagging Rugby World Cup tickets for two games
PROTESTERS gathered outside Hove Town Hall to urge the council to adopt an affordable rent policy. A petition calling for Brighton and Hove City Council to adopt the ‘living rent’ policy has been signed by 2,500 people and was shown to councillors
Sussex have announced that all-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice has signed a junior professional contract. The 18-year-old, who was born in Haywards Heath, has been part of the academy setup at Hove for the past two seasons and has progressed through
A town councillor and Royal British Legion branch president will appear in court this morning charged with the attempted murder of his wife. Joseph O'Riordan, 73 and of Guardian Court in Brookside Avenue, Polegate, was charged with attempted murder
Thieves have raided beach huts in a night-time break-in. Workmen working on sea defences work close to Herbrand Walk in Bexhill reported damage to beach huts to Sussex Police who are now appealing for witnesses. The break-ins are believed to
Two Sussex MPs have been named among the biggest second job earners in the House of Commons. Mid Sussex MP Sir Nicholas Soames and Wealden MP Charles Hendry were among 20 MPs who raked in six-figure fees for their work outside of their parliamentary
A lorry crash has caused major morning commute headaches for hundreds of motorists. Long tailbacks have been caused after a lorry collided with a Fiat Punto and then into the central reservation on the northbound carriageway of the A24 close to
Crawley boss John Gregory is eager to secure the services of Jamie Ashdown and Marvin Elliott on longer term deals. Both Ashdown and Elliott will be out of contract at the end of December after joining Reds initially on a short-term basis as free
A town councillor and Royal British Legion branch president has been arrested on suspicion of trying to murder his wife. Joseph O’Riordan, 73, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after his wife, Amanda O’Riordan, was found with stab wounds
Parents and children say their favourite playground has been “forgotten” by the council after equipment was removed four years ago. Families in Brighton are calling on the council to renovate the park at Mile Oak Recreation Ground and presented
FLORENCE might be slow and old but she is a much-loved record breaker who still puts a shift in for her employers despite being well past her retirement age. Working hard for Hove-based Lawrence Art Supplies, Florence the electric milk float always
NINE shipping containers will house businesses next door to the site of a project that houses the homeless. The new containers will arrive on Sunday on the site of the former Cobbler’s Thumb pub in New England Road, Brighton. The new arrivals
Brighton is “full” of roadworks and something needs to be done, glamour model Katie Price has complained. During an interview with The Argus, the former Page 3 girl, who grew up in the city and went to Patcham High School, called for an end to
Mariusz Lullis, 25, of Sycamore Road, Bognor, pleaded guilty to drink-driving, driving without insurance, and driving without a licence. Ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work, pay £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for 24 months,
Candice Violet Trietsch, 28, of Shadwells Close, Lancing, was found guilty of stealing candles worth £75. Given an 18-month conditional discharge. Ordered to pay £15 victim surcharge and £150 costs. Darryl Campbell, 18, from Burrell Avenue, Lancing
A PILOT project to deter students from drinking excessive amounts of alcohol is working well, an MP has said. The University of Brighton was the first institution in the country to test out new ways of encouraging responsible drinking. Crime
VISITORS are getting a sneak peak of how repair work of a fire-torn pier is progressing through a series of peep holes. The burnt-out Blue Room on Eastbourne Pier can be seen through ten viewing panels – which are specially positioned low down
ORGANISERS of the Brighton Marathon have temporarily reopened general entries to next year’s race in a bid to make it one of the biggest events in Europe. Would-be runners have got until next Friday to register their interest for the race, which
A DOCTOR has claimed wi-fi and mobile phone signals could put people at risk of infertility, tumours, cancer and dementia. Steyning grandmother Stefanie Russell this week told The Argus she suffered nausea and headaches when she came into contact
Albion are facing a mounting injury and suspension crisis in their battle to get out of trouble. They could be without as many as eight players for Rotherham’s visit tomorrow. Three others are on the brink of bans but boss Sami Hyypia has issued
