A FIRE engine had to wait outside a block of flats for more than an hour while power engineers came to fix a faulty cable. Two fire crews were sent to Brassey Parade in the Hampden Park area of Eastbourne at 4.25pm today, believing there was a
Ollie Turnill is taking an innovative approach in a final quest to make the breakthrough as a professional. Turnill has been unable to follow up his considerable success as an amateur since joining the paid ranks in 2008. The 28-year-old from
A CAR crashed into a tree, partially blocking a main road. The A281 through Shermansbury, near Partridge Green, experienced slow traffic due to the accident between the B2116 and Kidders Lane on a bend near a church. Initial reports, received
A CAR crash closed a lane of a busy dual-carriageway. The accident, involving a silver Vauxhall Corsa and a blue Astra, closed part of the A27 near the Southwick Tunnel for 25 minutes just before 4pm today. Traffic was slow westbound between
THE COASTGUARD has warned people to “respect the water” after two men died in rough seas and more severe weather on the way. The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for wind and rain in Sussex throughout the rest of this week. Gusts
A SHADOW minister backed a party pledge to tackle youth unemployment in Brighton and Hove. Tristram Hunt, shadow secretary of state for education, visited charity the Hangleton and Knoll Project yesterday morning as Labour unveiled plans to get
AN elderly woman saw a burglar crawling on his hands and knees as she sat down to lunch. The 86-year-old was in her flat in Granville Road, Eastbourne, at about 1pm last Friday she saw the man crawling into the lounge. When she spoke to him
THE funeral of a Second World War veteran who was blinded in battle has been held. Paratrooper Ray Sheriff dropped in with thousands of others at the Battle of Arnhem – which was depicted in the award-winning film A Bridge Too Far. Despite
A DRUNK driver was caught after he asked police to help him jump-start his car. A police patrol found a Vauxhall Astra belonging to Lewis Hines at the Bridge Road roundabout on the A259 at Climping at 1.35am on Boxing Day. The 24-year-old asked
Albion's clean sheet habit under Chris Hughton has been emulated by the under-21s. The Seagulls have enjoyed successive shut-out wins at Brentford and Charlton since Hughton took charge. Now the development team have followed suit with a 0-
A MAN was left needing surgery after being stabbed in an early-morning attack. Police are now investigating the stabbing, which occurred in St James’s Street, Brighton, between 6.30am and 7am on Saturday. It happened near the junction with
Schoolchildren made up the numbers in style during a maths day. Pupils at Mile Oak Primary School dressed up to raise the profile of maths. Martin Cooper, deputy headteacher, said: “The school is renowned for its reading and writing, and now
A MISSING man has been found safe and well. Geoff Lever, 54, was reported missing after he failed to return to his home in Burgess Hill on January 8. Sussex Police said today (January 12) he had been found safe and well.
Albion have given season ticket holders at the Amex an extra day to claim their seats for the FA Cup tie against Arsenal on January 25 to cope with demand. They now have until 9am on Wednesday. Seats will be released after the deadline and season
I would like, via your newspaper, to express my sincere thanks to the person who handed in my lost wallet to the London Road branch of Santander before Christmas. As I do not have a name or address in order to reward this honest act, I will be
I have just returned from Australia, where I did a house swap with an Australian couple (which I thoroughly recommend). They enjoyed staying in Brighton but were appalled at the abuse of our grass verges, where inconsiderate people park on them
Over the past few months a number of readers have claimed to have possibly spotted UFOs hovering over the city. Has it not occurred to any of them that this may have something to do with the readily available, cheaply priced drones that one can
Sarah Watts was a passionate Albion fan and a brilliant, tireless campaigner from first to last, from the darkest days of Archer, Bellotti and Stanley through the Bring Home the Albion campaign to the long struggle for our new stadium. The transformation
We hear on the news media, newspapers and television, of the NHS not achieving the four-hour target set for seeing patients but the way they report it is more of an accusation than a fact. I have often been made angry by certain TV presenters and
Following the recent two page spread in the Argus featuring Whitehawk FC and Howard Griggs’s kind observations (Argus sport, January 8) I would like to add my encouragement to the team and to all at the club who are responsible for providing what is
Greens share the dismay of parents about the threat from government cuts to local children’s centres (Argus, January 6). We have called on the Government to reinstate grant funding and have put forward local council tax increase proposals that
One man from Hove was Havana good time as he spent a year travelling the world. On his travels Grant Winborn made his Den-mark as he became the UK’s top contributor on TripAdvisor. It is just a shame his un-Bolivia-able journey had to Finnish
Thousands of patients urgently trying to find a new doctor’s surgery face problems. The surgery closes on February 28 and they need to find a new GP. So far just 1,200 of 5,600 Eaton Place Surgery patients have re-registered with another practice
A COUNCILLOR spent the morning scrubbing obscene graffiti off the window of the Conservative’s offices. Brighton and Hove Conservative City Councillor Graham Cox used alcohol wipes to remove the vandalism in Sackville Road, Hove, on Friday morning
There is one really useful aspect of social media that isn’t really fully appreciated. It shows up all those politicians who lack any kind of judgment. The latest example is Rosemary Healy, the Labour councillor in Nottingham who shared on social
Brighton is in mourning after tragedy struck when two young men lost their lives. Dan Nicholls and Freddie Reynolds were both swept out to sea and serve as a stark reminder to the risks we face this time of year. Our thoughts are with both
Charlton 0, Albion 1 It has not taken Chris Hughton long to turn Albion from a naive team into one much harder to beat. They had only four clean sheets in 22 games in the Championship under Sami Hyypia. They have kept two in as many matches
ANYONE who thinks that a Hollywood movie could in any way, shape or form be “historically accurate” is a fool. I suspect reality dawned on cinema audiences sometime between Errol Flynn’s impossibly handsome Robin Hood, who dashed around a stage
Keith Greenfield believes Sussex possess some of the most exciting young prospects at Hove for years after announcing the club’s academy intake for 2015. Sussex have selected just seven players to be part of the set-up this year with the county
A VISIT to Pavel is more akin to a fine dining experience than a typical curry after a few beers. The restaurant has a bright, modern feel, a million miles away from the cramped, windowless curry houses of old. From our table at the front we
POLICE teams mostly made up of volunteers have arrested more than 80 wanted people around Brighton and Hove in the last two months. Sussex Police’s Brighton and Hove manhunt teams arrested 82 people wanted in connection with 107 individual crimes
Crawley interim boss Dean Saunders will try to sign two new goalkeepers this week. Saunders needs to bring in one keeper ahead of tomorrow’s Sussex Senior Cup quarter-final at Whitehawk after Brian Jensen dislocated a thumb on Saturday. Jensen
A 68-YEAR-OLD was conned out of £3,250 by fraudsters claiming they needed to carry out urgent work on the drains in his house. The man nearly handed over another £4,500 but a suspicious bank cashier refused his request to withdraw the money and
Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is a somewhat washed up former Hollywood star, most widely known for a trilogy of superhero flicks about the titular Birdman. In a bid to garner some respectability and reignite his acting career, he is writing, directing
A TV comedian is backing a pub quiz campaign for charity. Al Murray, The Pub Landlord, is backing the Mad March Pub Quizzes initiative to raise money for the Friends of Sussex Hospices. Watering holes across the county have signed up to the
Jake Forster-Caskey is relishing the battle for his place after an unwanted mid-season break. The midfielder belatedly joined Albion’s winning run as they beat Charlton. And he is hoping a lay-off due to illness has helped reinvigorate him
A RETIRED teacher has been charged with historic sex offences against boys at the school where he worked. Geoffrey Parkin, 66, of Nursery Close, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, has been charged with nine indecent assaults against a total of
This mostly mellow gig was musically very different from the founding member of 1980s garage band Dinosaur Jr’s previous material, yet still dipped into his trademark over-the-top distortion and loudest of the loud solos. J Mascis is no doubt a
The first Brighton Philharmonic Concert for the New Year demonstrated Brahms in early, passionate intensity and Beethoven in late quixotic gaiety with a concerto which began as a symphony and a symphony which Wagner believed was a dance. Both Brahms
An entertaining and pacey version of one of the oldest themes opened Burgess Hill Theatre Club’s 50th anniversary pantomime season. Origins of Mother Goose lay in ancient Greece but modern was mixed expertly with traditional at the first show at
Jeremy Balmy has reappeared at Albion. The 20-year-old Frenchman plays for the under-21s at Luton today in the League Cup (1pm). Attacking midfielder Balmy scored as a sub in a friendly for Albion at Hastings in July 2012 during the reign of
Crawley could find themselves in hot water with the authorities after a fan allegedly threw a cup of tea over an MK Dons player at the Checkatrade.com Stadium on Saturday. Carl Baker was involved in a heated exchange with a Crawley supporter in
ROADWORKS on the A23 in Brighton are causing tailbacks. Temporary traffic lights at the junction of Edward Street and the A23 Grand Parade have caused queues back to Richmond Parade and further in recent days.
A 100-YEAR-OLD celebrated her birthday with flowers from the mayor and a card from the Queen. Uckfield resident Mary Grace was presented with a bouquet of flowers by the town’s mayor, Councillor Ian Smith. she went to her weekly lunch as a
FIREFIGHTERS were called out twice in one night to piles of Christmas trees apparently set alight. Crews were called to Malling Recreation Ground, Lewes, and Hangleton Park, Hove, where the trees had been left for recycling. A spokesman for
A MODEL was reduced to sobbing and an actor was kicked out of a reality TV show for pulling her bath robe open. Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson was told to leave the Celebrity Big Brother house just three days in. The Brighton-born former lingerie
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after plans to convert an historic building into a multi-screen cinema and shops were shelved. Entertainment company Vue wrote to the Save Our Hippodrome group confirming plans to convert the Grade II* listed building
A GLOBETROTTER has been named the country’s top contributor to the TripAdvisor website after posting a hotel review every four days last year. Grant Winborn, from Hove, left his job at RSA Insurance and decided to spend the year travelling the
PEOPLE living or working at Brighton Marina could help shape its future if a plan is approved by councillors. The complex could become the first designated Business Neighbourhood Area in Brighton and Hove. Brighton Marina neighbourhood forum
A DOCTOR’S surgery has become “overwhelmed” with registration requests from patients desperate to find a new doctor as a nearby practice closes. Ardingly Court Surgery said it cannot cope with the amount of patients looking to move from Eaton Place
A SPATE of vandalism is being investigated by police after syringes were left stuck in flowerbeds with the needles pointing upwards. Broken vodka bottles were also left in the ground less than a week after a tin of paint was thrown over the gardens
A UNION is campaigning against plans to outsource NHS occupational health and nursery services to private companies. The GMB union fears proposals could mean a large amount of non-clinical support services and staff could be contracted out of East
THE ANNUAL cost of sending children to council-run nurseries could increase by hundreds of pounds a year for the hardest-hit families if new charges are approved. Brighton and Hove City Council is considering introducing a new charging system for
SHE may be playing one of the iconic roles of 1980s cinema, but Roseanna Frascona admits she has never seen the original blockbuster Dirty Dancing – which starred Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. “I’m not sure whether I had a deprived childhood
BRIGHTON and Hove buses has unveiled its latest fleet – but these won’t be transporting passengers. These pint-sized buses have been unveiled at Mile Oak Primary School and will be used to deliver new books throughout the school. The buses
A TRAIN operator failed to get Brighton’s most popular morning commuter train to London on time even once last year, damning statistics reveal. Southern Rail could not get the 7.29am Brighton to London Victoria train in the capital within its scheduled
HALF-MARATHON hopefuls were given words of wisdom on the track by two Olympic champions. Fundraisers running for sports charity Laureus at the Vitality Brighton Half Marathon in February benefited from an exclusive training session with Sally Gunnell
ALBION goal hero Rohan Ince has been told there is still plenty of room for improvement in his game. Ince broke his league duck on his 45th Championship appearance for the club in the 1-0 win at Charlton. The powerful defensive midfielder’s
Caring for an elderly loved one can be challenging. You may feel guilty that you’re not doing enough; while the person being cared for may worry they’re a burden. With women usually taking the lead in caring for older relatives, Bupa research
