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  • Magoffin's magic can't prevent Durham taking control

    Sussex slipped closer to a fifth Championship defeat in their last six games as Durham tightened their grip at Arundel Castle. Steve Magoffin had given Sussex a glimmer of hope with a superb opening spell after they had been bowled out for 201

  • Magoffin burst gives Sussex hope

    Steve Magoffin produced a scintillating spell with the new ball to give Sussex a glimmer of hope of beating Championship leaders Durham at Arundel. Magoffin struck four times in his first three overs to reduce Durham to 13-4 in their second innings

  • Man who died in sea off Brighton is named

    A man who died after he swam in the sea near Brighton's Palace Pier on Saturday morning has been named. He was Thabo Gwemende, 22, of Talfourd Way, Redhill, Surrey. Just after 7am on Saturday police and coastguards were called to Madeira Drive

  • Take a moment and remember Sussex

    LOTS of people take pride in their city and even more like to boast about their country, but very few do so about their county.Residents in Brighton, Worthing or Seaford may wax lyrical for hours about how wonderful their hometown is – reeling off lists

  • Plans to cut one of our fire engines should be reconsidered

    It must have been very frightening for people living and working near to the fires breaking out across the city the other day and our firefighters did a tremendous job protecting life and property. It was reassuring to see that additional resources

  • The joy and pain that weddings often provide

    WE’VE a wedding in our family in August, and rarely does a wedding in our family go off without a hitch. At family get-togethers, we’ve already started staring at each other gimlet-eyed, wondering who will be the perpetrator and what form an “incident

  • Greens' sour grapes

    YET more sour grapes from the Green Party and their cohorts as Joyce Edmond-Smith criticises a petition set up asking for our view of the Lewes Road traffic scheme (Letters, Monday 8 June 2015). Worse still, Ms Edmond-Smith's petty name-calling

  • Broken promises

    NOW there’s a surprise. In the run up to the General Election the residents of Brighton were given the impression that a vote for the Conservatives could mean that a second rail line to London could be made a priority – now with a Conservative

  • Better roads needed in Brighton and Hove

    AT LAST. Catch up all you councillors Brighton and Hove has been at a halt for years.  Instead of finding ways to let the traffic move easier you just keep putting in more cycle lanes.  What about people who have to deliver in this so-called

  • Step into the debate

    MY CONTRIBUTION to the Henry Holden debate stems from a year long trip to America in 2002 when I toured the country in a small mobile home. The trip was funded with compensation from a long legal battle. I came back flat broke but you cannot put

  • Thanks for the votes

    I OFFER my thanks to the almost 15,000 residents in Brighton Pavilion who trusted me with their vote on May 7. We sought Labour representation for the constituency and across the country but that aim was not shared by most people here. I am

  • Send in the ring leader, not the bunch of clowns

    Politics can be exhausting at times. Just when you think that there's time for a bit of read and review, the circus moves on and along comes another audience for the clowns to perform to. Nowhere is that clearer that the current election for

  • Perpetual war against unseen enemies must come to an end

    In the novel 1984 there is a perpetual war against an unseen enemy which changes from time to time. So it is with the War Against Terror, which is a war against an abstract noun. Before the invasion of Iraq, there were no fundamentalist Islamic

  • Best of young talent

    WE do not always get to shine a light on the amazing work that goes on in our schools – but yesterday we did. The second Youth in Action Education Awards at the Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove was a triumph. Building on our first event last year

  • We have tried very hard to help out sheep farmer

    REGARDING your article “Village at War”, Friday June 5. Those of us in Chailey who put fields to good work with local beef and dairy farmers were annoyed to read that the sheep and alpaca keeper at Tomkins, Philip O’Conor, calls us ‘hypocritical

  • Sussex face battle to avoid the follow-on against Durham

    Sussex face a battle to avoid the follow-on after Durham exposed their vulnerable batting on the second morning at Arundel. Chris Rushworth struck three times to pass 50 wickets for the season as Sussex slumped from 44-2 overnight to 135-8 at lunch

  • College appoints its new chief executive

    City College Brighton and Hove has appointed its new chief executive. Nick Juba, a University of Brighton graduate, will leave the University of the Arts London, Europe's largest arts school, where he is currently director of the university's awarding

  • Reds face quick return to Peterborough

    Crawley Town will return to the scene of late-season heartbreak in the opening week of the coming campaign. Reds have been drawn away to Peterborough United in the first round of the Capital One Cup. The tie will take place in the week commencing

  • Football yob in trouble for breaking new rules

    A FOOTBALL hooligan involved in a notorious street brawl is among six fans in hot water after failing to observe new stricter rules for a recent England game. Littlehampton’s Stuart McCullough, who was given a 15-month jail sentence for his part

  • Albion face cup trip to Southend

    Albion have been drawn away to League One new boys Southend United in the first round of the Capital One Cup. The tie against Phil Brown’s men will take place in the week commencing August 10 and will therefore be the second game of the season.

  • Foster parent duo honoured by the Queen

    A HUSBAND-AND-WIFE duo who have fostered more than 65 children have both been honoured. The Argus reported on Saturday that Rob Goddard from Peacehaven had picked up an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. It has now been revealed that

  • Seafront plaque to honour memory of famous actress

    ACTRESS Dor Bryan will be remembered with a blue plaque. The film star is to be commemorated with the ceramic sign on the building that held a special significance to her as a hotel. The stage and screen star, who was in television shows Last

  • Henderson commits to Crawley for the short-term

    Midfielder Conor Henderson has committed his short-term future to Crawley Town. Henderson is set to sign a six-month contract today after weighing up offers from other clubs. The former Arsenal trainee initially joined Reds from Hull City on

  • i360 - It's going up

    The i360 is going up.  Brighton's seafront viewing tower has risen above ground.  The first cans for the 26metre tower were jacked into place yesterday.  Watch the progress of the i360 building works live on The Argus' i360 webcam.

  • Brighton Kite festival set to return

    HIGH fliers are being encouraged to come to a popular festival as it returns to Brighton later this month. Animals and crazy shapes are set to take to the skies at the Brighton Kite Festival as it returns to Stanmer Park on Saturday July 11 and

  • More should be done to celebrate Sussex Day

    TODAY is Sussex Day - but you'd be forgiven for not noticing. The celebration of all things Sussex was the idea of Ian Steedman, from Worthing, who believed a day should be set aside to honour our home county which sees towns and villages raise

  • Injury jinx hits Sussex's Shahzad

    Sussex’s injury jinx struck again after Ajmal Shahzad broke down on his comeback at Arundel Castle yesterday. Shahzad bowled just four overs on the opening day of the Championship clash with Durham before leaving the field for treatment. The

  • Sound firm blasts away earphone funding target

    A REVOLUTIONARY audio company has smashed its Kickstarter campaign target to raise £177,277 towards a new range of earphones. Flare Audio, based in Lancing, said the successful campaign was about more than money but making the world aware of its

  • Brighton bake-off pair in marshmallows glory

    TWO single mums are battling motherhood, school runs and baking in a bid to win over the nation with their artisan marshmallows. Fay Millar and Adele Wilkinson quit the nine to five rat race to pursue their dream of a career in cake decorating

  • Choruses go barbershop for tenth anniversary concert

    TENORS and altos were in perfect harmony for a tenth anniversary celebration concert. The Sussex Harmonisers celebrated the milestone with a show at St John’s Church in Burgess Hill featuring The Royal Harmonics from Windsor and Coastline Harmony

  • Woman spared jail for lying to get barrister job

    A FORMER council planning officer was spared jailed after she pretended to be a qualified barrister to get ahead in her career. Monika Juneja used false qualifications to get jobs including a role as a planning officer at Brighton and Hove City

  • Tributes left at scene of fatal single vehicle collision

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died in a car crash. Flowers, cards and teddy bears in memory of the 27-year-old have been placed at the junction of Offington Avenue and Offington Drive, Worthing, where the crash happened in the early hours

  • Youngsters get cooking for school’s healthy living event

    SCHOOLCHILDREN enjoyed getting their hands on the dough in a cooking workshop. Pupils at the Hertford Infant and Nursery School in Brighton were invited to take part in the pizza making workshop as part of a healthy living week organised by the

  • Albion keeper is target for Crawley

    ALBION are weighing up an approach from Sussex neighbours Crawley to take goalkeeper Christian Walton on a season-long loan. Crawley are one of a number of clubs to have enquired about the availability of the England under-20 international.