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  • Horsham axe Storey and Cant

    Horsham have sacked joint-managers Anthony Storey and Cliff Cant – just hours after a securing a win that staved off the immediate threat of relegation. The Hornets ran out 2-1 winners at home to Corinthian-Casuals to leave them eight points adrift

  • Hughton: We've got to start better than that

    Chris Hughton admitted Albion are making life tough for themselves in their quest to secure safety. The Seagulls boss was unhappy with the early goal which sent them to a 1-0 defeat at Rotherham today. And he admitted they did not create enough

  • We had more desire to win, says Crawley boss Saunders

    Boss Dean Saunders felt Crawley’s extra desire was the main factor in their 2-0 victory over Oldham Athletic today. First half goals from Izale McLeod and Richard Wood lifted Reds out of the League One drop-zone against a Latics side sitting safely

  • More misery for Albion as Rotherham claim crucial points

    Albion completed another miserable Easter as they went down 1-0 at Rotherham today. Matt Derbyshire produced an expert finish in only the eighth minute to give the relegation-threatened Millers a crucial win. Derbyshire flicked home a cross

  • Hundreds see the Easter story brought to life

    THE RESURRECTION of Christ was played out to hundreds of onlookers as it made its return to Brighton beach. The Soul by the Sea production has a new five-year agreement to perform on the beach, opposite the Old Ship Hotel in King’s Road, Brighton.

  • Crawley sink Oldham to pull clear of relegation zone

    Crawley climbed out of the League One relegation zone after first half goals from Izale McLeod and Richard Wood earned them a 2-0 home win over Oldham Athletic. McLeod gave Reds the lead after 15 minutes when he headed home his 20th goal of the

  • Rotherham bring back hot defensive prospect to face Seagulls

    Rotherham have thrown teenage defender Farrend Rawson back into the firing line against Albion. The 18-year-old on loan from Derby starts against the Seagulls today after Craig Morgan picked up a tenth booking in Friday’s defeat at Birmingham.

  • Carayol makes debut as Albion plan wing raid

    Albion have handed Mustapha Carayol his debut today – as one of two wingers who start at Rotherham. The wideman on loan from Middlesbrough is joined by Kazenga LuaLua either side of former Rotherham centre-forward Chris O’Grady. Lewis Dunk

  • Gatwick staff charged after cigarette plot

    SIXTEEN people have been charged with plotting to steal millions of pounds worth of cigarettes from their employer at Gatwick. The 15 men and one woman – including 11 from Sussex – were charged jointly with stealing duty free cigarettes worth a

  • Morgan starts as Crawley seek precious victory

    Dean Morgan is handed a full debut for Crawley Town as they bid to secure a vital win in their battle to beat relegation against Oldham Athletic at the Checkatrade.com Stadium today. The former Wycombe striker makes his first start since joining

  • Eagles aim to build on dream debut with away win

    Martin Dugard has called on Eastbourne Eagles to build on a dream opening night – by winning away. Eagles beat Kent Kings 53-40 in front of a big crowd at Arlington in their first meeting in the third tier on Friday. They go to Sittingbourne

  • Trimmers is correct

    The predictions for the election by Adam Trimingham, pictured above, were very insightful. I agree that Simon Kirby will win in Kemptown. He has rightly earned a reputation as an excellent constituency MP. I have been impressed by his campaign

  • Let's re-elect Simon

    In his latest column Adam Trimingham predicts that Simon Kirby will win the election in Brighton Kemptown. We hope Adam is right. Simon Kirby has been so good for our area and really helped my family when we needed his assistance. He went above

  • He works very hard

    I read Adam Trimingham’s column in the Argus about what he thinks is going to happen in the election. I’m happy to read his prediction Simon Kirby will retain Kemptown. I am sure of that myself. I have not heard of the person Simon is against.

  • Litter is disguisting

    AS tourists drive down our bypasses and A roads, I’m sure they must be disgusted at our third world roads with the piles of litter, the rubbish tips they’ve become. I suppose the various councils are waiting till after the election to see if they

  • Kirby is a real asset

    was very interested in Adam Trimingham’s excellent piece in the Argus about the elections. Living in the Brighton Kemptown I am lucky to have had Simon Kirby, pictured below, as the MP. He has worked so hard. I know so many people he has helped

  • Woman charged with drink driving after police pursuit

    A woman has been charged with drink driving and failing to stop for a police officer after a brief pursuit through a town. Officers were called to a collision in Roundstone Lane, Angmering around 6.15pm on Sunday (April 5) involving a Nissan Qashqai

  • Fire causes chaos at Churchill Square shopping centre

    Hundreds of shoppers had to be evacuated from the county’s biggest shopping centre after a car fire flooded it with smoke. The car fire caused chaos at Churchill Square in Brighton on a busy Easter Saturday just after 12.30pm. A dog had to

  • Green grass of home

    TRANSFORMING rooftops into green areas could be good for the city’s fuchsia. Ecologists weren’t orchidding around when they made the suggestion. But you might need the salary of a hedge-fund manager to afford one.

  • Halt the sham ‘healer’

    A SO-CALLED healer is set to make an appearance in Sussex next month. Former scientologist Jim Humble claims his bleach-like Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) can cure autism, Ebola and even AIDS. But if the self-styled archbishop’s “miracle product

  • The election hysteria

    The Election 2015 campaign only officially began last week but already I’m sick of the what ifs... Every word spoken by a party leader is immediately pounced upon and analysed to the nth degree in order to predict the outcome. These predictions

  • Surrendering privacy

    “Privacy is no longer a social norm,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg famously said. He was 25 years old in 2010 when he made a speech saying: “People have really gotten comfortable not only sharing more information and different kinds, but more

  • Seagulls win race for teen star

    Albion have seen off competition from Premier League and Championship clubs to land an Irish whizz-kid. Jayson Molumby, 15, has signed a three-year deal with the Seagulls after a trial at their Lancing academy. The versatile Republic of Ireland

  • Men who feel discriminated against email in

    Well, my picture of Aidan Turner as Poldark in my last column caused a stir – but not quite how I expected. One cross male reader emailed me to say: “I was wondering just how you and other women would view a male reporter putting a picture of a

  • Appeal for man missing for over two weeks

    A MAN has not been heard from for 18 days and police are appealing for information about whereabouts.  Geoffrey Austin, 28, was reported missing on March 18 and has not been heard from since. Geoffrey had been living in St Peter's Place in Brighton

  • Motorcyclist dies after collision with wall

    A motorcyclist had died after he clipped the kerb and collided with a wall.  The collision happened on Saturday (April 4) around 4pm on College Road as the motorcyclist was riding east toward Lindfield. He clipped the kerb and collided with a wall

  • Hughton confident Dunk can fill captain Greer's boots

    Albion boss Chris Hughton is confident they can cope without captain Gordon Greer for the first time this year at Rotherham today. Greer begins a two-match ban for ten bookings, which ends with Bournemouth’s visit on Friday. Greg Halford and

  • Murder detectives renew plea for DNA screening

    Detectives are urging any men who have not already been DNA-screened in a village where a 55-year-old grandmother was brutally murdered to come forward. Valerie Graves, 55, was found dead in the bedroom of a house in Smugglers Lane, Bosham, on

  • It’s time for discussion

    FOR one of the few things that all humans have in common, death gets talked about a worryingly small amount. Yet since it will happen to all of us, we really should all think about how we would want our own to be. It is hard to imagine anyone

  • Political battles in your constituency

    With the general election just over a month away, this week The Argus will be taking a look at the battles across the county for your vote. There are 16 constituencies in Sussex and local government reporter Neil Vowles will be giving you the lowdown

  • Green vision of the city's rooftops

    The Brighton skyline could become fields of green as environmental experts have identified 87 football pitches worth of roof space perfect for grass and flowers. The report identified 61 hectares of roofs in central Brighton in nine square kilometres

  • Musical history

    DIRECTOR and playwright Terry Johnson admits he wasn’t worried about directing a play covering such a wide subject as the First World War – but more in stepping into the shoes of theatre legend Joan Littlewood. “It was fairly scary taking on an

  • New owners for Martin & Co

    Sales and Lettings veterans, Rob Palmer and Terry Gill, have just taken over and re-launched the Martin & Co offices in Brighton and Worthing, with the territory covering all towns and villages between Ferring in the west and Falmer in the east

  • Bringing back the Year 3000

    McBusted Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Tuesday, April 7 SUPPORTING One Direction on the Australian tour as Zayn Malik left the band was an unusual experience for McFly and Busted supergroup McBusted. “I think maybe [former Busted members

  • Ill former mayor backs new assisted dying bill

    A FORMER mayor of Brighton dying from pancreatic cancer is calling for the terminally ill to have more control over how to end their lives. Gill Sweeting, 72, has been given six months to live and is supporting a bill to legalise assisted dying for

  • Expat lost £2,000 in Lord of the Manor ‘con’

    A British expat who paid £2,000 to buy a ‘Lord of the Manor’ title over the internet claims he has lost his money – and the title – after being conned by a Sussex firm. Peter Tither purchased the title from Noble Titles – a company claiming to

  • Can you help to find George's family?

    A popular pebble artist may have to be laid to rest in a welfare funeral if no family members can be tracked down. Police and the coroner’s office are desperately trying to find relatives of George Barnett, a 39-year-old homeless man who drowned

  • Hundreds see the Easter story brought to life

    The resurrection of Christ was played out to hundreds of onlookers as it made its return to Brighton beach. The Soul by the Sea production has a new five-year agreement to perform on the beach, opposite the Old Ship Hotel in King’s Road, Brighton.

  • Union concerned as hospital morale ‘at all time low’

    A UNION says morale at a hospital trust branded inadequate is at an all-time low. Unison says it is “extremely concerned” about the findings of a report into East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last week. The

  • Stephens says Albion still have plenty to play for

    Dale Stephens insists there is “no chance” of Albion coasting through to the end of the season. The Seagulls are nine points clear of the Championship relegation zone with six games left, starting with today’s trip to fourth-bottom Rotherham.