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FUNDRAISERS stepped up to the mark as they did laps up a flight of stairs to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The event, organised by Katy Woodhams from Hove, saw eager runners dashing up and down the steps connecting Hampstead Road

A TEENAGER has landed a dream role in a new musical. Toby Murray, 13, from Brighton, bagged himself the lead part in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾. Toby, a student at Lewes Old Grammar School, is one of four boys

A POLICE officer has joined a team dedicated to supporting LGBT victims of crime. PC Sarah Laker joined Rory Smith as a LGBT liaison officer for Brighton and Hove. PC Laker, who joined Sussex Police six years ago, said: "I genuinely want to

Bus company’s public meeting BUS passengers can make their points heard about a service. The Big Lemon bus company is hosting two public meetings for customers to bring ideas about how can they improve the 52 service to Woodingdean and Ovingdean

A BEER and cider festival will celebrate its silver anniversary with a new venue. After being held at Hove Town Hall for the past 24 years, the 25th Sussex Beer and Cider Festival will be held at the Corn Exchange in Brighton between March 19 and

Blocked toilets, no hot water and regular power cuts. It hardly sounds like the kind of place where elite runners are turned into world beaters. But that is exactly what the sign says as you enter the High Altitude Training Camp in Kenya - the

Marco Penge has set his sights on a place in golfing history. The 16-year-old from Horsham launches his bid to become one of the youngest ever players to compete in the Walker Cup when he tees it up at the Portuguese Amateur Championship this week

A CAR ploughed through the hedge of a sheltered housing block today. The red Honda Civic, driven by a woman thought to be in her 40s, crashed through the overgrowth and into the front garden of Jasmine Court in Carden Avenue, Brighton, at noon.

A WINNING lottery ticket worth almost £125,000 is still up for grabs in Sussex. The ticket for draw on January 24 was bought in the Eastbourne area and matched five numbers and the bonus ball. National Lottery players are being urged to check

Albion under-21s drew 0-0 with Gillingham in the final Third Development Cup today. Seagulls needed victory and other results to go their way to stand a chance of finishing in the top two and getting to the knockout stages.

Watch the highlights as Albion draw at Cardiff in the Championship last night.

Rail passengers will benefit from free Wi-Fi on trains from 2017, David Cameron promised as he set out plans for a £50 million investment. The Prime Minister told MPs the ability to access Wi-Fi was vital for rail travellers. At Prime Minister's

MORE than £2,000 in watches were stolen from a home while the owner was away. Thieves broke into the property in Cootes Avenue, Horsham, between January 23 and January 30. He returned to find 21 Storm watches missing. Detective constable Chris

Thanks to the Oscar winning performance from Colin Firth, we all now know the incredible story of stammering King George VI and his antipodean speech therapist Lionel Logue. And that is perhaps the biggest problem with the new joint Chichester

Modern jazz can be a hard sell, but there was a buzz of anticipation and a full house at The Old Market for the city debut of The Impossible Gentlemen. This four piece jazz ensemble is an Anglo-American super group led by the gifted Gwilym Simcock

Tipped by the BBC to be one of 2015’s bright young things and with her long-awaited debut album Unguarded nestling in the top 10, it’s been a buoyant start to the year for Rae Morris. By modern standards, the 21-year old singer songwriter’s progress

TRAVELLERS have pitched up in a supermarket car park. A group of three caravans and two vans pulled up at the Asda car park on the Hollingbury Industrial Estate late last night. A member of the group said they have already been visited by police

AN ELDERLY couple are still in hospital after a serious crash on Monday. The 86-year-old driver of a blue Jaguar estate from Steyning is in a stable condition but his 82-year-old wife, who was sitting in the front seat at the time of the crash,

It is "absolutely essential" that train passengers are properly compensated for delays, transport minister Claire Perry has said. She added that it was vital that passengers knew about compensation rules and were able to claim easily. She admitted

A fed-up commuter’s prank derailed when he pledged not to shave his beard until his train arrived on time. Unfortunately his service has been less than razor-sharp – it hasn’t been punctual since December. He’s not even had a close shave.

Imagine being told you should not be here and then being sent away to be detained. This harrowing experience would shake anybody but it is reality for detainees who reside at the UK’s immigration detention centres. While illegal immigration

Concerning the high-rise residents at Warwick Mount (The Argus, February 7). Has Warwick Mount no lost and found box? A box could be placed discreetly with a sharps disposal box in a corner with no cameras. Think health, people. Of course people

Regarding Adam Trimingham’s article about Saltdean Lido, he hit the nail right on top of the head. I don’t think it will open as a swimming pool again as much as I would like it to. It would cost a huge amount of money to repair the pool, and

IT WAS surprising to learn, (The Argus, February 3) that the Bexhill-Hastings link road has been praised and graded as ‘exceptional’ in four areas by an independent construction body, namely for protecting the environment, safety, working with the

TWENTY four sixth form students from Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) and Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) are embarking on a cricket tour of South Africa today. The students are associates of the Aldridge Cricket Academy (

SHOREHAM College’s swimming team swam to victory at the ISA National Championships with a haul of nine gold medals and one silver. Held at the Olympic Pool for the first time, the pupils were even more determined to make their mark at this event

CHILDREN at a Brighton primary school have taken part in a world record-breaking attempt in aid of a charity for deaf and hearing-impaired people. About 200 youngsters at St John The Baptist Primary School in Brighton joined a challenge to get

BRIGHTON and Hove has the highest rate of mothers who breastfeed their newborns because it is a particularly welcoming and helpful place for new mums. That’s the view of Efrat Burman, the Brighton leader for breastfeeding support charity La Leche

Zuzana Strbakova, 33, is a full-time fitness instructor, personal trainer, group exercise instructor and a nutritionist based in Peacehaven. Dedicated to helping women become healthier, fitter, more confident and able to work through eating disorders

Disturbing stories about historic abuse at a Brighton care home continue to emerge. Victims have come forward and told The Argus about the “brutal regime” suffered by young teenagers during the 1980s at the Preston Road home. Tomorrow, police

I would like to thank Caroline Penn, former Labour Party chair, for her recent tweet recognising the hard work of the Liberal Democrats in Central Hove ward. Needless to say, if elected, Beatrice Bass and I will continue to work hard for all the

I was pleased to read (The Argus, February 6) that the Brighton Science Festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year and as an ex- science teacher I am delighted that science is reaching a wide audience and inspiring people as a result.

Andy Durr, the Labour councillor who died late last year, will always be remembered in Brighton and Hove for one towering achievement. It was his idea for Brighton Council to renovate the Lower Esplanade between the piers and encourage private

A man who crashed his car into a hedge after trying to drive drunk to a services has been banned from the roads. Peter Watters, 26, had drunk a number of glasses of wine and some beer on the evening of 22 December before getting into his Renault

BROOK House detention centre sits on Gatwick’s southern perimeter. There has been a spate of dramatic incidents in recent weeks, a detainee is said to have cut his throat, another set fire to his bedroom and another fell from a second floor balcony

MOTORISTS are being driven potty by new planters installed along the main route into Brighton and Hove city centre. The four black plant pots were installed along Viaduct Road, off Preston Circus, Brighton, as traffic calming measures after residents

A TRANSGENDER detainee was called “the thing” and “it” by a custody officer while waiting to appear in court. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons was “disturbed” to learn of the incident, a report published today said. It was listed as

A HORSE was rescued after getting stuck upside down in a ditch. The 16-year-old animal was rescued by the fire service from Goldings Lane in Heathfield after it became trapped. Crews from the rescue unit used specialist equipment to move the

DALE STEPHENS admits he is a stronger person for his injury nightmare. The midfielder made his first-team comeback after ten months out with an ankle injury as a late substitute for Albion in last night’s goalless draw at Cardiff. It was his

THREE teenagers were hospitalised when their car left the road and hit a tree. At 10.50pm last night the Peugeot 206 collided with the tree off the A281 Brighton Road at Shermanbury. Emergency services were called to the scene and crews from

THE UK’s biggest- selling stand-up comic is coming to Sussex. Michael McIntyre, who has had several chart- topping comedy DVDs, will play the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne on July 2. The intimate show is ahead of his hotly anticipated tour

A FAMILY escaped from their home after their dishwasher caught fire. A fire broke out at the property in Gibbon Road, Newhaven, at 11.40pm last night. The family within the property were woken up by their smoke detector and managed to escape

A summary of 2014: The UK housing market saw a spring and summer boom in 2014, particularly in London and the South of England, before activity dropped away a little towards the end of the year. Although at Michael Jones we did not see evidence

Donations of unwanted handbags, hats and heels have been pouring in for charity auctions. Generous shoppers at Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton have been digging out items for the events, which take place today in aid of the Martlets

Cricket fans are invited to cheer up the Sussex Sharks mascot Sid the Shark in a special competition to mark Valentine’s Day. The club asks fans to send in ideas for a perfect date with the love-sick shark. The best idea received by 5pm on

A charity's running costs are set to rocket by a quarter following the launch of a new parking scheme. Staff at Brighton Sea Cadets, based in Brewer Street, estimate they will need to fundraise more than £2,500 each year after their headquarters

Students are calling for answers over the future of their crisis-hit college. Students and parents have called for City College Brighton and Hove to break its silence over money owed to suppliers, missed exam dates and its plans for a new development

The number of traffic officers working for Sussex Police has fallen by 12% during the past four years, new figures show. There were 159 full-time equivalent officers on traffic duties in March 2010, compared with 139 in March 2014. However,

Victims of alleged sexual abuse at a children’s home in the 1980s claim social services told them they were “naughty” and “attention seeking” when they complained of attacks. The Argus revealed the now-closed home at 251-253 Preston Road, Brighton

Located in the highly sought-after Lower Meads area of Eastbourne and within walking distance of both the town centre and the seafront this stunning three-bedroom hall floor apartment and former show home is for sale with Hopkins & Partners, with

Aquatic dinosaurs are coming to SeaLife Brighton. The aquarium has been transformed with the global debut of the interactive attraction Jurassic Seas, which officially opens on Friday for half-term. State-of-the-art technology tanks provide

A disabled student is fundraising for the school trip of a lifetime – a two-week visit to New York. Lizzie Williams, 19, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic condition also known as brittle bones, and has used a wheelchair all her life

BIN workers go on strike today as part of a long-running dispute over pay. Cityclean staff working for Brighton and Hove City Council will walk out from 12.01am until 11am over pay grades. Union leaders have said more strike action may be on

A COMMUTER is on the right track to a fine beard after vowing to grow it until his train turns up on time. Steve Parker, 29, became so frustrated with late journeys home that he stopped shaving and promised not to start again until his commute

CAMPAIGNERS are hopeful that a former police station could be saying ‘hello, hello, hello’ to a new future as a community centre. The plan will be discussed at Brighton and Hove City Council’s policy and resources committee this week as campaigners

ALBION boss Chris Hughton has praised his side for blunting the threat of Kenwyne Jones in gaining a hard-earned point at Cardiff. They kept 13-goal Jones quiet in last night's 0-0 draw in Wales, which left the Seagulls closer to the Championship

A Ben Pope double helped Worthing to a 4-2 victory at Chipstead tonight in Ryman south and into a play-off spot. The Rebels climbed a place into fifth position. Pope struck after 37 minutes and also added a penalty before the hour mark while