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  • Tilley takes part in defeat for Albion under-21s

    James Tilley made another sub appearance for Albion today, this time for a bit longer. The 16-year-old featured in the second half of a 1-0 defeat for the under-21's at Arsenal in the penultimate away fixture of their Premier League campaign.

  • Complaint over feeding seagulls

    A RESIDENT has reported their neighbour to the local authority for feeding seagulls. The resident of Woodbourne Avenue, Brighton, made the complaint to Brighton and Hove City Council. The resident used the fix my street website to register

  • NHS centre set to stay open

    An NHS centre under threat of closure will now remain open. About 60 people working in the NHS Primary Care Support team in Lancing were facing redundancy after NHS England announced plans for a shake-up of support services across the country.

  • Smartphones not essential to pay for parking

    Brighton and Hove City Council is reassuring motorists they do not need a smartphone or access to the internet to pay for parking in Brighton and Hove. The council is reassuring residents they do not need iPhones or Android devices to register

  • Newhaven end wait for a senior trophy

    Newhaven have won their first senior trophy since 1994 after beating Arundel 3-1 in the Peter Bentley Cup at Horsham YMCA. Callum Connor broke the deadlock on 37 minutes when he got in behind the defence, went round goalkeeper James Fernandes and

  • Where were the eggings in this dull campaign?

    IN just a few days the country will go to the polls. And so comes the end of perhaps the dullest election campaign we’ve ever known. No thrown punches, no eggings, not a single bit of grunge in sight. Instead the most the baying public

  • Listen to organists

    Fans of local organist John Mann will have an opportunity to hear him play on Sunday, November 8 at 3pm on the theatre organ at the Ronuk Hall in Portslade Town Hall, Victoria Road. Before then, another popular local organist, Michael Maine, will

  • What a nice piece!

    Hello, I am compelled to write and say that the piece in Thursday’s edition of the new Argus by Mr Mike Gilson (the editor) was absolutely hilarious and a real pleasure to read. His take on ‘election’ issues, coupled with his views on Teddy Pickers

  • Stop scaremongering and talk about issues

    It’s a real pity the general election is being fought locally with threats and fear-mongering about tactical voting outcomes, rather than the real issues we voters care about. In Brighton Pavilion, we are being frightened by Labour into thinking

  • Terrible impact of child abuse

    HEARING a 17-year-old recount her experiences of being raped when she was 15 brings home the terrible long-term impact of child sexual exploitation. High-profile scandals such as those in Rotherham have made authorities keenly aware of the need

  • Who runs council?

    Who runs the council? This question has been asked in the letters pages of The Argus and now Geoffrey Theobald, Conservative leader, appears to have the answer. When giving his view to The Argus on the Green Party administration (April 29) he was

  • They aren’t comfy

    IN your Spotlight Argus feature in Monday’s edition, your correspondent Ben Leo talks in glowing terms about the Siemens class 700 trains that will enter service with Thameslink in mid-2016, and that they will offer passengers ‘new standards of comfort

  • They haven’t acted

    Every aspect of our daily lives is dependent on policies brought about by whichever government is in power, with other proposals pressed for by MPs in other parties. If the headline-grabbing promises of better this and better that by hopeful politicians

  • Don’t swear, Cam

    IT was sad to see a British Prime Minister swear on the TV news in an interview at a public venue. What an example to set our young people! Passion? It was more a rant with sarcasm. I suspect he was trying to show a new image, Farage without

  • NHS wil go private

    IT will come as no surprise to many people that private companies have been awarded five times more NHS contracts this year than last. (Argus, April 27). A report by the NHS Support Federation shows that, since the Health & Social Care Act

  • I’ve battled cancer and claustrophobia

    WHEN Kate Laker was diagnosed with a rare cancer, she thought things couldn’t get any worse. However she then discovered her treatment for tonsil cancer involved her wearing an immobilisation mesh mask which clipped to a table. For someone

  • Kittens are purr-fect even with eight extra toes each

    THESE two tiny kittens are giving charity staff paws for thought after being born with an extra eight toes each. Violet and Knight are only a few weeks old but they have already captured the hearts of workers at the Cats Protection rehoming centre

  • Tilley is a talent says Hughton

    Albion manager Chris Hughton has predicted a bright future for James Tilley after turning him into one of the club's youngest ever first team players. Tilley, who signed a professional contract last month, came on in the dying seconds of the goalless

  • Woman, 75, killed in car crash

    A 75-year-old woman has been killed in a car crash.  She died at scene after her red Nissan crashed with a white Volkswagen on the A259 Worms Lane, near Bognor.  The 54-year-old van driver was seriously injured in the crash just after 4.30pm

  • Saunders hints he could stay as Crawley boss

    Dean Saunders has hinted he could continue as Crawley boss next season if he is given the funds to challenge for an instant return to League One. A 2-1 defeat to Coventry City yesterday meant Saunders failed in his bid to save Reds from relegation

  • Wheel idiot plays bass while driving down the A27

    A musical motorist has been snapped driving down the A27 with an electric guitar sat in his lap. The driver appeared to be strumming away as he headed down the busy dual carriageway. The photograph was snapped by bus passenger Nichola Carr

  • Digging up the bones of resort’s punk past

    THE untold story of the punk scene which rocked Brighton during the seventies and eighties is being immortalised in a candid documentary. Film-makers Kevin Wright and Tug Phipps have teamed up to produce This Is Punk Brighton based around the long-closed

  • Violin virtuoso is ready for Bach extravaganza

    BRIGHTON Festival may be under way but All Saints Church sees a marathon performance all of its own tonight. In a feat of solo virtuosity, Isabelle Faust, a renowned instrumentalist, scales the heights of the violin repertoire in an epic performance

  • Second-home proposals could mean £17m boost

    POWERS allowing councils to double the amount they tax second-home owners would give Sussex authorities a £17million financial boost every year. The Liberal Democrats are proposing the policy to control rising house prices and free up more housing

  • Final push for votes in the race for No.10

    SUSSEX was a Bank Holiday battleground as Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, and George Osborne launched a final bid to sway the county’s voters. With the General Election just days away, political heavyweights flocked to the county for a series of meet

  • Fighting to beat child sex exploitation

    POLICE are investigating “several” new cases of sexual exploitation of children and young people as one victim told The Argus of her ordeal. Police revealed they had new cases under way following the conviction of four men in March for prostituting

  • Colourful characters make their way through the city streets

    SUPERHEROES, spaceships, steampunks and swashbucklers were just some of the colourful characters who made their way through Brighton for the annual Children’s Parade. Thousands of children marched through the city decked out in costume on Saturday

  • A model thug

    A MALE model formerly known as one of Brighton’s worst teenagers has been jailed for breaking his girlfriend’s jaw. Korrel Kennedy, of Brunswick Place, Hove, was sentenced to four years in prison last Friday after being found guilty of grievous

  • Albion plan loan move for keeper Walton

    Albion are mounting a European-wide hunt for another goalkeeper so that Christian Walton can go out on loan next season. The Seagulls want England under-20s prospect Walton to gain more first team experience and are seeking a challenger to current