Sussex captain Ed Joyce made a rapid double century as Ireland dominated the first day of their ICC InterContinental Cup clash with the United Arab Emirates at Malahide. On head coach John Bracewell's first match day in charge of the Ireland team
THERE is a “severe shortage” of commercial property space in Brighton and Hove, according to a leading consultant. Major developments are failing to meet the huge demand in the city for office space during the economic resurgence, research by Stiles
A TEMPORARY bus service over a bridge was cancelled due to high winds. A shuttle bus service was arranged to transport people over the Adur Ferry Bridge while inspection and maintenance work is carried out. But today it did not run due to high
A GROUP of travellers have pitched up at a rugby club putting a sports festival at risk of cancellation. Thousands are expected to travel to Brighton Rugby Football Club on the weekend to take part in a rugby and netball competition, but a group
The Governors at Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) have announced Katie Scott has been appointed as the new headteacher. Ms Scott, who is currently deputy headteacher at Sir Robert Woodard Academy in Lancing, will take up this position
POLICE are still looking for a fraudster wanted for money laundering after he skipped a court date nearly six months ago. Tomasz Skowron was due to stand trial for money laundering on January 26 and police appealed for help to find him when he
TWO women are thought to be trapped in their cars after a crash. Emergency services are at Spear Hill, Ashington, near Pulborough, at the junction with the B2133 Billingshurst Road after the accident at 3.45pm. Police said two women are reported
THE A24 is blocked after a car crashed into a lamp post which fell across the road. The road is closed off southbound by the Great Daux roundabout, Dorking Road, Warnham, near Horsham after the accident at 3.20pm. No one was hurt but the lamp
4:21pm The cause of the fire is accidental. 4:20pm Fire damage confined to a bathroom and smoke damage to bedroom. 4:15pm No
A LIFEBOAT station was first set up in Shoreham in 1865 for just £133. In the intervening 150 years it is thought to have saved more than 1,000 lives. To mark the milestone, a series of free events have been planned. Flora Thompson speaks to Peter
A GLOBE-TROTTING great grandmother who circumnavigated the world more than ten times following her retirement has died. Former nurse Christine Melville was given a colourful farewell from friends and family in a tribute to a free spirit who travelled
Sussex have avoided punishment after the pitch for their County Championship match against Warwickshire at Hove was rated as "poor" by the umpires. The ECB called in Cricket Liason Officer Tony Pigott to investigate the pitch after batsmen struggled
THE MULTIMILLION-pound benefit of music played in public has been revealed ahead of the Brighton Music Conference. Music licensing company PPL, responsible for collecting revenues for members, performers and record companies, paid out £6.5 million
POLICE were involved in a near three hour stand-off after receiving reports of a man brandishing a weapon in a street. Officers were called to Sandown Road, Brighton, at 11.25am after hearing a man was spotted outside a house with a weapon. By
A FILM school which is doubling its intake year on year is expanding into a new facility which has lain empty for 20 years. Brighton Film School will open the new centre following a £100,000 revamp of the site in London Road. The school, currently
Life can be a tight squeeze in student houses – but University of Brighton undergraduates have come up with clever ideas to create more space. A final year product design student exhibition includes two new ways of making the most of petite living
Today is my first day back at work after a week’s holiday and what Bridget Jones would describe as a ‘mini-break’ in Lisbon. My husband and I had two full days and two part-days alone, sans children, in a tiny stylish apartment in Alfama, the Portuguese
The European ‘Habitats Directive’ celebrated its 21st birthday last month. This is part of a vital suite of policy measures and legal safeguards that defend the most threatened species and habitats across Europe. These are not just forgotten
I’ve read reports that councillors of the past administration intend to ‘cause havoc’ and ‘disrupt’ the newly elected one. Some facts may have escaped me but do we not pay community charge for these oiks, to act responsibly for the community?
I respond to John Lilly, Argus Letters (May 25), when he complains that left of centre Ukip and Green voters denied Labour the election victory in Kemptown. John Lilly needs to realise that both Ukip and the Green Party owe their existence to the
I don’t understand why residents have to continuously put up with the same old problem with the same old answers. Last Tuesday I was walking through Preston Park on a beautiful sunny day at 4.45pm when a ‘traveller’ stood by his camper van and
Plans for a multimillion-pound wine and spirits centre have been unveilled. The concept for the South Downs Wine and Sprit Centre was revealed at the end of English Wine Week and aims to capitalise on the booming English wine industry. Based
A rugby World Cup themed lunch raised thousands of pounds for a children’s charity thanks to generous businesspeople. The annual Best of British event welcomed more than 500 guests from across Sussex to The Grand Hotel for a Rugby World Cup 2015
One of the Green candidates for the local elections tried to defend the record of their council administration despite the failure to achieve much (Letters, May 14). She pointed to the Valley Gardens proposals, yet the plans for this area are seriously
So Green Party ‘guerrilla tactics’ involve ‘popping up a series of skateboards all along the edge of the (Valley) gardens in time for the morning commute’. ‘Greens to create havoc’ (Argus May 15) – gosh! What a jolly wheeze! If only Che Guevara
In his letter (Election result produces many crucial questions, Argus, May 29) Mr Gibbons implies that voters are irrational but the views he expresses are mostly based on speculation. For example, the responsibilities of Green councillors differ
THE vast echoing tunnels of Newhaven Fort promise to provide quite an experience as the story of Beowulf is given a modern twist. Production Arts, TV and Film Media Production and Performing Arts students from Sussex Downs College and Lewes Youth
As the county’s only daily newspaper, we feature a number of charities. All do fantastic work in the community but perhaps none more so than Rockinghorse. That is why to hear they have been forced to cancel their event is particularly shocking
PHOTOGRAPHIC agency Brighton Togs is re-launching to reflect its expansion in to new areas and services. The company, now called VERVATE, is updating its brand as it markets itself in new areas and specialisms. Founder Susi Doherty said: “We
INNOVATION is soaring within the Coast to Capital region which has more cutting edge than London or Manchester, a new study has found. The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) region, which covers much of Sussex, was ranked the eighth most innovative
A woman who helped catch a gang of fraudsters wants to help others from becoming the victim of similar frauds. Pamela Stokes was conned out of £7,500 in March 2014 but as she watched her mother's inheritance being driven off in a taxi, she realised
A man is wanted by police after a woman was allegedly assaulted and another woman allegedly abducted for short period. Mark Anthony Packham, 30, is wanted in connection with the incident which is said to have taken place in Peacehaven. Police
An illegal immigrant who knocked down and killed a cyclist has been jailed after admitting he had never had a driving licence. Zisi Lushi struck cyclist Michael Dixon in Kerves Lane, Horsham, after taking his brother's silver Citroen C2 despite
CAMPAIGNERS have accused fire chiefs of using the launch of a new engine to deflect attention from “damaging cuts”. West Sussex Fire and Rescue took delivery of the state of the art Scania truck for its Midhurst Fire Station as part of its “ongoing
THESE may look like faces from centuries gone by, but the incredible photographs were all taken in the past week. The eerie black and white portraits were taken by Brighton photojournalist Sean Hawkey using a 143-year-old camera and Victorian techniques
DOZENS of cyclists got into gear for an epic charity ride for The Argus Appeal on Saturday. The intrepid bunch pedalled all the way from Richmond Park, London, to Shoreham – a distance of 75 miles. More than 50 completed the full distance with
Do you recognise this woman using a fake bank card and driving licence to try and buy £2500 worth of Euros? She used the fake cards at a post office in Station Road, Portslade, at about 2.20pm on 22 May. Staff at the branch recognised that
Dar Williams was the main attraction but this was an evening of two female singer/songwriters, two troubadours who both spend a lot of their lives driving the road alone. Williams has known Lucy Wainwright Roche since Lucy was her nanny aged 13
The all-male cast of ten dancers displayed grace, power and musicality in this classical and contemporary ballet production with a postmodern twist. Directed by former Royal Ballet dancer Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, the show featured two
A family court judge has raised concerns about the "adequacy of protection" given to a two-year-old boy being monitored by social services staff. Judge Claire Jakens said a "worrying pattern" of suspected bite marks and bruises had been found on
For bands like Finch, nostalgia can be both a blessing and a curse. Two albums and two much-trumpeted reunions on from the release of What It Is To Burn, the Californian outfit are still trading on their debut; even after surpassing it in ambition
Albion colleagues Jake Forster-Caskey and Glen Rea are on a collision course for their countries. The pair could face each other this week at St George’s Park. England under-21s play the Republic of Ireland under-21s behind-closed-doors on
A TEENAGE motorcycle rider is seriously ill in hospital after a crash which left him trapped beneath a minibus. The 19-year-old rider of the yellow Honda CBR 125, from Steyning, was airlifted to St George's Hospital in London with multiple injuries
A man underwent reconstructive surgery after he was beaten up outside of a popular pub in central Brighton. Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault on a 35-year-old man in Church Street, Brighton, which left him with serious facial injuries
Disruption is being felt on the rails towards London Bridge as a fallen tree has damaged the tracks and a train. Southern Rail is reporting delays on their services after a large tree blocked all four lines into London Bridge near Forest Hill station
IT’S one of those eternal questions which comes up again and again: who would win in a fight to the death? While the subjects of the question is usually along the lines of Alien versus Predator or a lion against a crocodile, Peterborough’s former
WHEN Beth Jeans Houghton spoke to The Guide in 2012 she talked about her desire to move on to her next album, with plans to relocate to LA for the sessions. Her first record as Du Blonde, Welcome Back To Milk, is a very different proposition.
A CHARITY event raising money for seriously ill children has been cancelled after a reign of hatred from animal rights campaigners. The Rockinghorse children’s charity called off the fundraising event at Hove Greyhound Stadium – after greyhound
More historic red phone boxes are set to get a new lease of life under a groundbreaking charitable scheme. Charitable trust Thinking Outside The Box has applied to breathe new life into seven more iconic phone boxes in Brighton a year on from their
A man who repeatedly stabbed his neighbour in a frenzied attack was on parole at the time after serving nearly 30 years for killing a teenager. Keith Williams attacked Amaris Hatton, 35, with such aggression that the tip of the knife used was left
Traders have welcomed the first weekend of car-free shopping in a Brighton street. Saturday and Sunday saw the trial of the pedestrianisation of East Street with business owners predicting the scheme will only get better with the start of summer
THE Beach Boys were always closely associated with golden sandy beaches, tanned California girls and giant surf-friendly waves. So it is very strange today to watch their 1971 video for the ecologically themed Don’t Go Near The Water, the opening
VERY few artists release albums around their 80th birthday. And still fewer embark on a new musical direction as Peggy Seeger has on latest album Everything Changes. The album is the folk legend’s first recorded with a band, put together by her
AN Army officer told a grieving family it would have been “too much paperwork” to cancel a special forces test march which led to three deaths, a coroner has heard. Former Sussex student Corporal James Dunsby, 31, was one of the three to collapse
An investigation has been launched after a patient at a mental health unit was found dead. The 26-year-old was being treated on a medium secure ward at the Hellingly Centre, near Hailsham. The ward is run by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation
Plain clothes police officers are monitoring traveller encampments in response to residents’ complaints of anti-social and criminal behaviour. Sussex Police officers have been visiting sites around the city over the last few months in a bid to
Albion are planning a cutback on temporary fixes to the squad. They want to reduce the number of loan signings they make next season, The Argus understands. The Seagulls will concentrate on long-term loans and slash the dependency on emergency
