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  • Eubank Jr secures quickfire win with no alarms

    Chris Eubank Junior came through his last fight before his clash with Billy Joe Saunders with no alarms tonight. The Brighton middleweight blasted away Omar Siala inside two rounds for an 18th win as a professional. Victory in Liverpool sets

  • Stockdale understands why fans booed Albion

    David Stockdale admits he understands why some fans booed Albion today. But he remains determined to help his side work their way up the table. The Seagulls goalkeeper produced some fine saves in the 1-1 draw at home to Rotherham. Perhaps

  • Who was Albion's man of the match against the Millers?

    Rohan Ince was the sponsors' man of the match as Albion drew with Rotherham. But who was your top man against the Millers? In fairness to those who made the selection, they did so before David Stockdale produced two great saves in added time

  • Council campaign calls on motorists to think moped

    Motorists are being urged to take care around mopeds after an increase in accidents from bikers using small engine bikes. Brighton and Hove City Council road safety officers are urging the city’s drivers to take longer to look for motorbikes in

  • Winless run goes on - but Stockdale saves a point for Albion

    Albion’s winless run stretched to ten league games after they let slip a rare 1-0 lead today. The Seagulls scored first for only the third time this season as they drew 1-1 with Rotherham at the Amex. It was hardly the result Sami Hyypia’s

  • Crawley boss Gregory satisfied with point at Gillingham

    Boss John Gregory was satisfied with a point after Crawley’s 1-1 draw at Gillingham. Gwion Edwards fired Reds into a deserved lead after 29 minutes but Leon Legge equalised two minutes before the interval. Gillingham dominated the second half

  • ‘We want a 50m swimming pool’

    CAMPAIGNERS made a splash as they called on the council to support plans for a new Olympic-sized swimming pool in the city. Swimming fans presented a petition signed by more than 2,000 people, including Olympic diver Chris Mears and swimming champion

  • FA Cup: Borough still in the hat but Hillians bow out

    Eastbourne Borough will be in the hat for the FA Cup first round proper draw on Monday night after a goalless draw with Conference visitors Dover at Priory Lane today. Gavin McCallum had Borough's best chance of the first half but scuffed a shot

  • Cyclist airlifted to hospital after Eastbourne crash

    A cyclist has suffered serious injuries following a crash with a car. A male cyclist in his 30s has been airlifted to St George’s Hospital in London following a crash at a junction in Eastbourne this morning. The crash happened at just before

  • New centre recalls footballer

    A NEW sports facility now stands at the site where a talented young footballer played with his friends before his tragic death. Connor's Court has officially opened on Rottingdean seafront just hundreds of metres from where teenager Connor Saunders

  • Greens oppose free Christmas parking plan

    The Green party has accused opposition councillors of “making it up as they go along” in a row over free Christmas parking. Brighton and Hove City Council agreed to move forward on plans to have free parking in the city centre over the Christmas

  • Crawley pegged back at Gillingham

    Gwion Edwards scored his fourth goal in five games as Crawley drew 1-1 at Gillingham. The Welsh winger fired Reds into the lead in the 29th minute and the visitors nearly doubled their lead when Matt Harrold hit a post. Gillingham levelled

  • Revell leads the attack as Rotherham face Seagulls

    Albion old boy Alex Revell will have a slight change of attacking role at the Amex today. The Rotherham striker is at the sharp end of a team showing one change to that which beat Leeds eight days ago. That alteration sees Jordan Bowery replace

  • Bennett passed fit - and Ince and Colunga both start too

    Joe Bennett has been passed for Albion – and there is a midfield recall for Rohan Ince today. Bennett has recovered from a hamstring injury and replaces Adam Chicksen at left-back at home to Rotherham today. Ince is preferred to Danny Holla

  • Jamie Oliver’s cookery school closes

    A CELEBRITY chef’s cookery school in Brighton has closed. Jamie Oliver’s Recipease store in Western Road, Brighton, has shut down after more than five years in the city. His company said the Brighton site and a sister store in Clapham Junction

  • Crawley drop top scorer McLeod

    Conor Henderson is rewarded for his stunning late match-winner against Walsall in midweek with his first start for Crawley for seven games. Henderson, who curled home a fine free kick against the Saddlers, replaces Jimmy Smith in midfield as one

  • Apology after warden knocked down at Woodingdean school

    A PARENT who knocked over a traffic warden when he ran into him outside a school has written a letter of apology. The man collided with the warden, named only as Joe, as he was issuing a ticket to a car on the first day of a city council-led crackdown

  • Albion star says blame players, not the boss

    Jake Forster-Caskey says the players are to blame, not Sami Hyypia, for Albion being the nearly team of the Championship. The manager's selections and tactics have come under fire from some fans but England under-21s midfielder Forster-Caskey insists

  • Albion step up striker hunt

    Albion have stepped up their search for a striker during the loan transfer window. Manager Sami Hyypia told The Argus ten days ago the Seagulls were not particularly looking for another front man. The situation has changed now that his side

  • Albion midfielder Forster-Caskey bans himself from Twitter

    Albion midfielder Jake Forster-Caskey has banned himself from Twitter to focus on the fight to climb the Championship table. Goalkeeper David Stockdale withdrew from the social networking site following last Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough

  • Woman flips car but walks away with just cuts and bruises

    A woman had to be helped from her overturned car after it flipped and wedged itself against a communal bin. Preston Circus and Roedean firefighters were called to Abbey Road, Brighton, to an overturned car following a single vehicle accident at

  • Fire engine cut ‘will risk lives’

    A SENIOR firefighter has warned crews may be delayed from entering burning homes as it was revealed an engine will be cut from Hove. Simon Herbert said losing an engine from Hove Community Station would cost vital minutes when fires break out in

  • Pair die after car crashes with pick-up

    Two people have died following a crash with a pick-up truck. A male driver and his female passenger were in a silver Toyota Avensis when it was involved in a crash with a white Ford Ranger pick-up at about 4.40pm yesterday on the A280 Long Furlong

  • Gregory believes Reds can still challenge for play-offs

    Boss John Gregory believes Crawley are still on course to challenge for the play-offs despite their inconsistent start to the season. Reds are currently 13th in League One and are only four points above the relegation zone while being six adrift

  • Eighteenth century celebs making Brighton their home

    Adam Trimingham takes a look back at some of eighteenth century celebs who made Brighton their destination of choice. Many people think Brighton was little more than a fishing village before the Prince Regent arrived in the 1780s with all his glamour

  • Oh, Happy Days... For Gibson’s Gospel

    Hannah Collisson speaks to the woman behind Lewes Sings Gospel Karen Gibson Karen Gibson has been working with choirs and vocal groups for 25 years, work that has taken her all over the world. She has received both Gospel Music Award and Wise

  • Its full pedal ahead for new South Downs cycle route

    The red tape has been cut on one of the first off-road cycle routes in the country to benefit from a new cycling fund. The 2.5km route stretching along Ditchling Road in Brighton and out into the South Downs National Park the new path has been

  • Widow brands fake paramedic 'the devil incarnate'

    A WIDOW has branded the “charming” fraudster who impersonated an emergency paramedic and pretended to care for her terminally ill husband as “the devil incarnate”. Chic Hutchings, 84, and her late husband Peter were conned by 21-year-old Joshua

  • Let the music play on with Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

    On November 2, the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) will open its second concert of the season at Brighton Dome with the same piece the orchestra launched with in May 1925, Schubert’s Marche Militaire. “The Dome has a lot of very distinguished

  • A trail of two schools

    A rewarding detour around the former gravel pit will add half a mile. Otherwise, go south along Cripplegate Road. Take the marked route right. Follow through a car park and exit right onto Mill Straight, then first left into Shipley Road. The next

  • Albion boss Hyypia does not want assurances about his future

    Albion boss Sami Hyypia has received no assurances about his future – and he does not want any. He his happy with silent support from the Boardroom as he tries to turn the Seagulls’ fortunes around. Hyypia has steered Albion through to the