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  • Disallowed goal was a "game-changer" claims Crawley defender

    Ryan Dickson questioned a controversial decision as Crawley slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Chesterfield. Izale McLeod looked to have given Reds the lead in the first half only for his effort to be ruled out for an infringement in the area. Goalkeeper

  • Crawley slump to fifth away defeat in a row

    Crawley suffered a fifth successive away defeat to remain rooted to the foot of the League One table. Reds were unlucky not to take the lead at Chesterfield when Izale McLeod had a goal harshly ruled by referee Stuart Attwell. Chesterfield

  • Whitehawk sign Christian Nanetti on loan

    Whitehawk have signed former Lewes winger Christian Nanetti. The one-time QPR youngster links up again with Hawks boss Steven King in a loan deal from Dover. King signed Nanetti for Lewes in 2011 and he was a big hit at the club before moving

  • Crawley unchanged as they bid to end winless run

    Boss Dean Saunders has named an unchanged team as Crawley bid to record their first win in 15 attempts at Chesterfield tonight. Saunders has resisted the temptation to tinker with the side which battled hard but lacked a cutting edge in the 1-0

  • Council let off over its £340k VAT blunder

    A TOWN council has been let off the hook by the taxman following a £340,000 administrative blunder. Seaford Town Council risked losing the figure after failing to claim back VAT on building work at Seaford Head Golf Course. The failure to claim

  • Lookout, Seagulls warned about swoops by their former boss

    Albion have been warned to beware of an eagle eyed former manager pinching young prospects from them. Martin Hinshelwood, the Seagulls' one-time boss and assistant, has been appointed head of scouting in the south for under-17s to under-19s by

  • Head injury team to switch location

    CRITICALLY ill patients with severe head injuries could be treated in Sussex by the end of the year. At the moment the most seriously hurt patients have to be airlifted to specialist hospitals in London. The Royal Sussex County Hospital in

  • Headliners for airport music festival - Wild Life - are named

    Two of the biggest dance acts in the world are set to headline the anticipated two-day music festival at Shoreham Airport. Disclosure and Rudimental will top the bill at 'Wild Life' festival, which will welcome 35,000 people a day over the weekend

  • Burglars steal dark green safe from Eastbourne business

    Burglars broke into a garage and stole a dark green safe. The theft happened in Chamberlain Road in Eastbourne between 6.15pm on Monday (January 19) and 8.15am on Tuesday (January 20). Intruders broke into a business in and left with the dark

  • Lingard back to link up with Albion pal

    Former Albion loan signing Jesse Lingard is on course to team up again with Jake Forster-Caskey. The versatile winger played his second 90 minutes after four months out with a knee injury in a 2-1 win for Manchester United's under-21s against Liverpool

  • Man in his 60s hit by a number 7 bus in Hove

    A MAN in his 60s was hit by a bus and suffered a head injury. The collision happened in Denmark Villas, Hove, at about 2.30pm today. Emergency services were dealing with the incident, with the pedestrian treated by ambulance paramedics for

  • We can't feel sorry for ourselves, says Crawley skipper

    BSKIPPER Joe Walsh says Crawley cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves. Reds slumped to the bottom of League One on Saturday following a fourth successive defeat at Fleetwood Town. They go to Chesterfield tonight bidding to boost their

  • Funeral held for young man who died in sea

    A young man who died trying to save his friend’s life was buried today. Freddie Reynolds’ funeral was held at Woodvale Crematorium, off Lewes Road, Brighton, this morning. Freddie, 24, from Buckingham Place, Brighton, dived in to the sea to

  • Stephens hoping to share a pitch with Crofts

    Dale Stephens has been sharing a treatment room with Andrew Crofts. He hopes eventually they will be sharing a pitch, playing together in Albion's midfield. Stephens took his first steps on the road to recovery from nine months out with ankle

  • Meet the Sussex survivors of Nazi Germany's 'final solution'

    IN THE first of a two-part extended feature on those affected by the Holocaust, ADRIAN IMMS interviews first-hand survivors of the persecution of Jews during the Second World War. SEVENTY years ago today, the Allies liberated Auschwitz, one of

  • CCTV: Trio hunted by police following burglary

    Police are searching for these three men in connection with a burglary. The trio were caught on camera breaking into a home in Byfleets Lane, Warnham, at about 6.30pm on January 15. Intruders then stole cash and jewellery before escaping.

  • Special needs teachers vote to go on strike

    Special needs teachers across East Sussex have voted to strike. National Union of Teachers members working for East Sussex County Council Special Education Needs Services voted 100% in favour of strike action.  The union said they were opposing

  • Calling time on boozers

    A POPULAR Hove pub is due to close its doors on Sunday. It will be the latest in a string of inns to close in the area. Some have become residential properties or small supermarkets, while others attempt to weather the storm via revamps and a change

  • 80 properties without power in central Brighton

    A power cut in the heart of Brighton has left 80 properties the dark. UK Power Networks are currently on the scene trying to resolve the problem with their "underground distribution network".  Witnesses reported the power cut is also effecting

  • Tea time for the silver surfers

    Elderly people are being offered advice about their mobile phones, tablets, laptops and computers along with a cup of tea. The crash course for silver surfers is certainly a cha-rming idea. Hopefully the tech experts will be adding a few cookies

  • It's back to the drawing board

    It is back to the drawing board for health bosses in West Sussex after private healthcare firm Bupa suddenly announced it was withdrawing from negotiations for a contract to run NHS musculoskeletal services in the county. Campaigners are understandably

  • Wrong to profit from Alan Turing's tragic death

    In response to your Alan Turing, article (January 6), I believe it is immoral to profit from his tragic death. Turing helped save countless lives during the Second World War by breaking Germany’s codes. Then instead of been awarded an OBE he

  • Don't blame pensioners for NHS problems

    In your paper (January 20) the centre pages were devoted to the problems of the NHS and blame these on an ‘ageing population’. Now tell me, are there any countries where the population is not ageing? If so myself and I think most of our 11

  • Biotech innovator Roche praised by minister for life sciences

    The biggest biotech firm in the world welcomed the Government’s first minster for life sciences to its UK headquarters. George Freeman MP, right, visited Roche Diagnostics’ head office in Burgess Hill to promote the government’s commitment to new

  • Tate expects visitor boost

    A TATE gallery in Eastbourne is expecting to attract 120,000 visitors this year. Towner has a 4,000-strong collection and turns over £1.2 million a year. The gallery, known for modern British art and a growing collection of international contemporary

  • Diversification key to super growth for Apple specialist

    A SPECIALIST Apple computer shop started by school friends is the latest high-growth company to be profiled as part of The Argus’ Sussex Super Growth awards coverage. Solutions Inc., in Old Shoreham Road, was founded in 1992 by Brighton College

  • New space in creative arts needed to stay innovative

    NEW lab space and start-up support for the creative arts, business and technology sectors is needed to stay at the forefront of ground-breaking innovations. That is the key message from a year-long study looking at how the fusion of creative arts

  • More than 20 ales available at football club's beer festival

    FOOTBALL fans will be able to sample a range of top beers on an upcoming match day. Lewes Football Club will host its fifth Annual Beer Festival at the club’s Dripping Pan ground on Saturday January 31. The club will host East Thurrock United in

  • Details are still shocking 70 years on

    The horrors of the Holocaust have been well-documented. Beyond the grim statistics – that an estimated six million Jews met their deaths in concentration camps – the surprise elements are equally as shocking. The industrial mechanism of the

  • MP calls for better value on the rails

    AN MP has called on the Government to put more pressure on rail companies to improve their services after inviting a transport minister to visit his constituency. Simon Kirby welcomed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Claire

  • Still hoping lost military record is reunited with owner

    It was bad enough to read of Major Joseph Cunningham’s military record mysteriously blowing about the grounds of Hove Park last Remembrance Day, 2014. But now, through January, appeals for information continue to appear in The Argus. The papers

  • Visa campaign taken to Downing Street

    THE mother of a five-year-old girl who was killed after being struck by a car will deliver a petition to Downing Street asking that family members be granted visas to attend her funeral. Andrea Gada, from Eastbourne, died after being hit by a car

  • Man missing from mental health unit

    A man has been missing since the weekend after he was last seen boarding a train. Markus Gall, 25, was last seen on Saturday (January 24) heading out of Crawley on a London-bound train at about 12.50pm.   He is described as white, 6 ft, with

  • Mayor joins celebrities in run up to Red Nose Day

    Simon Cowell gave his Britain’s Got Talent co-star David Walliams a makeover in support of this year’s Red Nose Day campaign. Despite their famous on-screen squabbles the pair made up to encourage people to get their faces painted in support of

  • Tributes to council tenants’ champion

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a “modest and self-effacing” campaigner who fought tenaciously for the rights of council tenants. John Melson, who fought for the rights of the 13,000 council tenants in Brighton and Hove for many years, has passed away

  • Production will bring out cast’s musical side

    HOT ON the heels of last year’s production of Grease, the Brighton Theatre Group Youth is set to perform one of the biggest musicals on earth. The group will take over The Corn Exchange in Church Street, Brighton, to bring West Side Story to the

  • Giant Stig spotted in Sussex

    A NINE metre tall Stig was spotted hurtling across the county. The nine metre tall Big Stig was photographed travelling on the M23 at Crawley on the back of a lorry making its way across Sussex on Sunday. The giant racing driver, modelled after

  • Warning as deer get stuck

    ANIMAL rescuers came to the aid of a deer that was desperately trying to free itself from barbed wire and twine. Members of East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service risked personal injury to help free the thrashing buck that had become

  • Crawley boss plays down Chopra rumours

    Crawley boss Dean Saunders has played down the chances of a reunion with Michael Chopra. Saunders will resume his efforts to sign a striker before Monday’s deadline after tonight’s game at Chesterfield but insists Chopra is not among his targets

  • Albion monitoring Teixeira ahead of Blackpool trip

    Albion are monitoring the well-being of Joao Teixeira ahead of Saturday’s trip to rock-bottom Blackpool. The Portuguese playmaker missed the chance to shine on the big stage against Arsenal in the FA Cup at the Amex on Sunday due to illness.

  • Surveyors see house prices fall

    The pace of house price growth fell to the weakest levels seen in more than a year and-a-half in December, surveyors have reported. There were huge variations across the country, with Northern Ireland, Scotland and the North West of England seeing

  • Charity thieves flood play zone

    THIEVES broke into a children’s play centre, stealing charity money and trashing the premises. Staff arrived at Westows Play and Football centre yesterday morning to find the indoor children’s play area had been raided overnight and a tap had been

  • Cash splashed in four seaside towns

    FIVE years of community campaigning to save the iconic Saltdean Lido was rewarded yesterday with confirmation of £2.3 million in government funding. Neil Vowles reports on what the money will mean for the project to bring the art deco gem back into

  • Many parents "live in fear of children"

    Thousands of parents and carers are suffering physical and verbal attacks by their children, research has revealed. The assaults are close-kept family secrets and most adults are too embarrassed or ashamed to report them or to seek help. A

  • Bupa drops bid for NHS contract

    CONTROVERSIAL plans to award a multimillion-pound NHS contract to a private company have fallen through. Bosses at Bupa CSH announced yesterday it was pulling out of negotiations for a £235m contract to manage musculoskeletal (MSK) services in

  • Dance all night

    HAVING focused on the Argentine tango with their first touring show together, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace wanted to add a little variety to the follow-up. “The one era which allowed us to go from the waltz to the Charleston, the tango to West

  • Worthing: A vibrant area for a young family to live

    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

  • O'Grady hints he wants to stay at Albion

    Chris O’Grady has hinted he wants to stay with Albion – and compete with Leon Best for a starting role. The Seagulls frontman is convinced he is good enough to help his side up the Championship table after returning from a loan stint at Sheffield