Fire crews have tackled a blaze in a second floor bathroom in Hove. The emergency services were alerted to to reports of a extractor fan fire at an address in St Aubyns in Hove at 7.18am. Crews found a fire in a second floor bathroom. They
A town centre shop has been closed by police and a council under new anti-social behaviour powers. Sussex Police and Eastbourne Borough Council closed The American Street Wear Shop in Susans Road, Eastbourne following reports of drug dealing and
A man with learning difficulties was punched in the face. The 18-year-old victim was standing outside the entrance to Sussex Coast College in Station Approach, Hastings, when he was approached by a teenage boy who hit him in the face. The victim
A plot of land that has been vacant for almost half a century could become the site of a modern starter home and annexe in Brighton’s Hanover district. The plot has stayed empty since an electricity substation was installed. This prevented a new
A TRIBUTE has been paid to a teenager who has passed away. Kyle Burchall, believed to be 17, passed away on Wednesday evening. A tribute page set up on Facebook has more than 650 ‘likes’ from well-wishing friends. Dorothy Stringer High
Albion look to upset the form book tomorrow - by completing an East Midlands hat-trick. The Seagulls have taken points off the Championship leaders at both Leicester and Nottingham Forest in 2014. Now they aim to do the same away to a Derby
HUNDREDS of firearms and thousands of bullets and shotgun rounds have been handed in as part of a police campaign. Between November 10 and November 21, Sussex Police and Surrey Police ran a surrender during which locals were encouraged to take
A LOCAL bed shop that’s been guaranteeing a good night’s sleep for nearly half a century is proving king of small businesses. Brighton Bed Centre in Portland Road, Hove, has been serving the city with quality, hand-made beds and mattresses since
IN the week their new EP Jupiter Masterdrive is released digitally on electronic label WotNot Music, Brighton-based Soccer96 introduce themselves. “Our atoms were forged in the centre of a star furnace that exploded and scattered atoms across the
BRIGHTON and Hove is suffering from its worst homeless crisis ever. As temperatures drop to near freezing this week, about 150 people are out in the cold sleeping in the city’s doorways, cowering under the seafront arches and huddled in doorways.
• Glory Glory Vs Bad Dog Christmas Special. Audio, Marine Parade, Brighton, Friday, December 5 HOUSE legend Danny Rampling will be joining resident DJs Steve Mac, Nick Hook and Ash Huntington for an early Christmas party. 10.30pm to 3.30am,
ALBION fans are being urged to plan their travel arrangements carefully before attending matches over the festive period. The Seagulls have a busy Christmas schedule with two game in four days, starting with Reading at the Amex on Boxing Day before
THIS is the moment a man leaned over across the counter of a betting shop and stole hundreds of pounds from the till. Now police are appealing for witnesses to the burglary at the Ladbrokes shop in St George's Road, Brighton. It happened at
A MAN has been jailed after he was caught drink-driving for the third time in two years. Arunas Abromavicius was already a banned drink-driver when police officers spotted him driving a silver Volkswagen Golf erratically. The 30-year-old was
PARENTS and carers are being warned about the dangers of children’s fancy dress costumes getting too close to naked flames. West Sussex Trading Standards and the county’s fire service spoke out after discovering a child’s “Devil” dress failed to
Swans at The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Sunday, 8.30pm Michael Gira might be 60 years old but the New Yorker is not slowing down. After curating Le Guess Who? festival in Holland and inviting Wire to co-headline that event, he returns
British Sea Power are regularly joined on stage by roadies dressed as bears – Ursine Ultra is a giant brown bear and Bi-Polar Bear is a snowy white. But for the band’s most recent shows the bears have made way for brass. In October the indie
Lara Jay’s snake problems are hiss-tory after her beloved Cleo reappeared. The Kingsnake slithered into a hole in the wall more than three weeks ago, but her safe return adder smiling. She is probably doing a celebratory dance with a rattle
Congratulations and best wishes go out to the couples who will be getting married on the very first day the law allows it next week. The civil partners are changing their existing partnerships into marriages following a change in the law. For
Homelessness figures across Brighton and Hove are up. The city is famed for having some of the best services and facilities available to the homeless in the UK. We should take pride in being a city that has a caring, kind and considerate reputation
Firefighters are urging people to ensure their cigarettes are extinguished properly after a man had to be led to safety from his buring flat. West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service was called to the three-storey block of flats at Bersted Green Court
Aladdin Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, Friday, December 5, to Sunday, January 4, various times, from £12, 01903 206206 S Club 7’s Jon Lee is heading up the cast in the first of two Worthing Christmas shows for 2014. He will be taking
They are not well-known names, like Darren Bent or Elliott Bennett, but signing them is of more significance to the long-term health of a currently ailing Albion. Behind the scenes, in the array of high-tech offices at the club's mindboggling £30
Periodic Table Of Cheese, La Cave à Fromage, Western Road, Hove, Sunday, December 7: 7pm, £15. Visit www.theperiodictableofcheese.com or call 01273 725500. THINK you could tell an aged Gouda cheese from a Gruyère? Cheese-lover Dan Akers says it
B. Bayliss is right (Argus Letters, December 2). As a prospective candidate for Central Hove in next May’s local elections, I am unaware of any consultations having taken place with local residents on the future redevelopment of the King Alfred
Says President of Crawley & Gatwick Chamber of Commerce Paul Roe (Dispel airport expansion myths, Letters, December 3): “We must dispel myths and distil down to facts.” President Roe would do well to follow his own advice about facts. Fact
With reference to the government’s controversial plans to invest in major expenditure on the A27 trunk road in Sussex, our focus is always on the implications for the national park but this week’s announcement is very light on detail. Any schemes
The residents of Hanover should think very carefully about what they wish for. The Hanover and Elm Grove Action Group via the Hanover Directory magazine is conducting a street-by-street survey over the need for ‘some sort of controlled parking’
ON behalf of the Brighton Area Group of Diabetes UK, I would like to thank Sainsbury’s at Newhaven for giving us the chance to raise awareness of diabetes at their store on November 22 and 23. We were also fundraising and collected a total of £492.92
I recently had the honour and privilege of hearing a speech by the wonderful Gavin Henderson, who attended a World Performing Arts Conference in Columbia this spring. One of the workshops focussed on the ‘perfect’ theatre. After discussions
With reference to K Upton's letter dated December 4 regarding the future of the Hippodrome Theatre, pictured, I remember my mother and father taking me there to see Frankie Vaughan as a birthday treat many moons ago. A friend of my mother’s was
Alan Davies may now be a household name through cult detective series Jonathan Creek and his role as Stephen Fry’s whipping boy on QI. But when it comes to his stand-up career he has no ambition to play in front of thousands on an arena tour.
Rose Elinor Dougall Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Saturday, 8pm The former Pipettes singer will be sharing new material which features on her forthcoming album – Stellular – at Drill Festival. “Stelluar light is a certain
Suspiria featuring live score by Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin St Bartholomew’s Church, Ann Street, Brighton, Saturday, December 6, 8.45pm Dario Argento told Claudio Simonetti he wanted the audience to feel as if witches loomed everywhere in Suspiria
A bride whose hand-made engagement ring was stolen at a church in West Sussex on her wedding day has enjoyed a "fairytale ending" to the saga after being given an exact replica by a kind-hearted jeweller - just in time for Christmas. Caroline Granshaw
Anti-fracking campaigners have lost a High Court bid to block planning consent for further work connected to oil and gas exploration in their village. Permission was granted in May this year and affects Lower Stumble in Balcombe, West Sussex, which
Solly March is in contention for his first away appearance of the season for Albion at Championship leaders Derby County tomorrow. But captain Gordon Greer has been confirmed as an absentee for the second game running. March returned as a late
You can only rave in your seat for so long before you begin to feel like an irritated child in a pushchair. So it’s wasn’t long before Jon Hopkins’ audience got to their feet and it became a grime party in a concert hall. Nothing unusual there
Without a whooping supportive crowd burlesque is a sad spectacle. The theatre was less than half full and by the second half the crowd was all whooped out. The Australian compere Rueben Kay, a cross between Liberace and Dracula, had valiantly
THE Green Party has been criticised for selecting a council candidate who claimed The Grand hotel bombing was justified. Former Brighton and Hove councillor Richard Stanton, who described the horrific bombing as a “justifiable act of political
NEARLY one in five council workers say they have been discriminated against, harassed or bullied at work, according to the latest figures. A number of respondents to Brighton and Hove City Council’s staff survey, seen by The Argus, said there was
Brighton's newest venue, the Rialto Theatre, was launched in irreverent style with a full house enjoying the latest satirical Treason Show. The Rialto, at the city centre end of Dyke Road, is the new home for The Treason Show as well as Pretty
In my tardiness, I only got to see two songs of Brighton collective Sons Of Noel and Adrian’s set. Fortunately that was all I needed to confirm what a lot of people already know in this fair city – that the 15-piece performing as a five-piece on
"S***, we're on!,” whispered two of Wire's invited collaborators, waiting in the darkened wings of the Sallis Benney Theatre. There were, for those caring to count, at least 18 guitarists on stage at one point during the revered 1970s rock experimentalist's
THIS unusual-looking piano is sure to hit the right note with visitors to Brighton Dome. The eye-catching instrument has been invented by Brighton-based experimental pianist Sarah Nicolls. It will be on show as part of the Dome’s Earsthetic
PLANS for a 5.9% council tax rise could go ahead by default after Conservative councillors vowed not to take part in the debate. A bid to bridge a £26 million funding gap with the rise was discussed at Brighton and Hove City Council’s policy and
Josh Simpson says he is in no rush to leave Crawley despite being told he has no long-term future at the club. Simpson was stripped of the captaincy and slapped on the transfer list along with four other players three weeks ago. A persistent
Train fares will increase by an average of 2.2% from January 2, the government has confirmed. Michael Roberts, Director General of the Rail Delivery Group, which represents rail operators and Network Rail, said: “Money from fares goes towards running
When Leighton Aspell welcomes in the New Year in just under four weeks’ time, he can be forgiven for thinking 2014 has been nothing short of a blinder. The Pulborough-based jockey saw his dreams become reality when he won the Grand National onboard
Brighton and Hove City Council is paying an agency almost £1,000 a day for someone to fill a temporary position. Rachel Musson took on the role of interim executive director for finance and resources at Brighton and Hove City Council last month
A music festival planned for an airfield will attract up to 70,000 people and be run in the guise of a two-day summer festival next year, it has been revealed. SJM Concerts, who are behind V-Festival, want to hold the festival at Shoreham Airport
A roundabout which cost nearly £1 million to revamp is crumbling under the weight of vehicles – and residents fear someone will be killed. Those living near the new design at the Seven Dials roundabout in Brighton, which was finished just before
INVESTIGATORS have found conflicts of interest at a trust running a Sussex school which has now welcomed inner city London boarders. From this week, 13 and 14-year-old pupils from the Durand Trust school in Stockwell are spending three nights a
ANTI-SPEEDING volunteers have passed 22,500 reports of speeding drivers to police already this year. The reports from Community SpeedWatch volunteers across Sussex have prompted 20,000 first warning letters from police to drivers. Volunteers
AN appeal has been launched for more blood donors to come forward as the countdown to Christmas begins. NHS Blood and Transplant in Brighton and Hove is preparing for a challenging time – with Christmas shopping, extended public holidays and celebrations
AN annual festive fundraiser has been launched at a shopping centre. Churchill Square, Brighton, is supporting the Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice for the fifth year running. A Christmas tree, located on the lower mall, will be covered
CREATIVE charity workers are inviting people to a knitting event in aid of survivors of sexual violence. Volunteers at Survivors’ Network in Brighton are launching ‘Survivors Knitwork’ – a project that aims to bring together survivors of sexual
An exotic snake that has been missing in the walls of a block of flats for weeks has finally reappeared. Cleo, an eastern kingsnake, has been loose in the walls of College Court in Eastern Road, Brighton, for almost a month. Much to the relief
TEN couples are set to make history as they are married at the same time on the first day the law allows it. All the couples are civil partners and will convert existing partnerships into marriages at 10am on Wednesday, with a celebration at Brighton
This stunning four-bedroom house in one of the city’s most exclusive areas is for sale with Hamptons International. As well as four bedrooms the three-storey home has four bathrooms and a beautiful, west facing garden. As you enter the security
Albion boss Sami Hyypia has told his players to embrace the challenge of trying to topple Championship leaders Derby County. The Seagulls head back to the iPro Stadium tomorrow, where their play-off dreams under Oscar Garcia were crushed in May
