Albion will be promoted if they win at Middlesbrough on the last day of the season. But there are still plenty of permutations to ponder after Boro’s controversial 2-2 draw at Birmingham City tonight. January signings Jordan Rhodes and Gaston
A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car on the A23. Emergency services were called to the scene on the A23 Pease Pottage Hill at the junction of Tilgate Drive, close to the K2 Leisure Centre, at 3.13pm. An air ambulance attended, but
Talks aimed at averting further strikes by Southern Railway conductors have collapsed. The company and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union blamed each other for failing to break a deadlocked row over the role of conductors and driver-only trains
DETECTIVES hunting a man in connection with the rape of a 21-year-old woman have released an efit of their suspect. The attack took place in an alleyway off Westcourt Road, Worthing, on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 19. However the circumstances
A MAN is being hunted in connection with the theft of cash at a newsagent. Sussex Police has issued an image of a man they want to speak to after £60 was taken from an elderly woman at a Portslade shop. The victim, an elderly woman, was at
Gerry Ryan will sit in a packed house at the Amex to watch two of the clubs he served do battle, fervently hoping one of them gets promoted and not too fussed about the other. Even though the brother of Albion manager Chris Hughton ended his career
Albion were handed a promotion boost tonight – after the great race for Championship honours took a controversial twist. Middlesbrough had to settle for a 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. A third successive draw was enough to take Aitor Karanka
When will cricketers learn that playing football as part of their warm-up is a bad idea. I'm sure Hampshire won't be doing it again after West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards broke his leg in a kickabout at the Ageas Bowl last week. This may sound
Chris Jordan's decision to turn his back on Sussex to play in the IPL will have got them grumbling in the deckchairs at Hove. I can understand supporters being disappointed at losing such a key player for a whole month - especially after he missed
It is often said that winning is a habit but it is not just a meaningless cliche. Leicester are the outstanding example of that in the Premier League as a team which were very nearly relegated last season are suddenly on the brink of completing
Albion prospect Jordan Maguire-Drew is adding a little magic to Worthing’s promotion push.But his current manager reckons the teenager’s loan stint is “win-win” for both clubs – and the player himself.Maguire-Drew took his goals tally to seven in four
A CAR crashed on the A27. Emergency services were called shortly before 2.30pm to the A27 at Hollingbury to a single vehicle accident. One lane of the westbound carriageway was closed while the scene was made safe and the vehicle was recovered
Albion boss Chris Hughton is hoping for a "pleasant surprise" from his old club Birmingham tonight. But he will not be at St Andrew's to see if they can do the Seagulls a favour against promotion rivals Middlesbrough. The result and Albion's
A CYCLIST was knocked down by a car at one of Brighton's busiest junctions. The accident happened in Lewes Road, Brighton, at the gyratory at 12.19pm today. A Sussex Police spokesman said: "The cyclist is reported to be sitting up and injuries
A MAN who sparked a terror alert at Gatwick Airport in the wake of the Paris attacks has walked free from court. Jerome Chauris, 41, was cleared of possessing an air rifle and a lock knife at the West Sussex airport following a trial which ended
Families hit by steep rises in holiday prices are being urged to take part in a consultation on plans to change the academic year to make breaks more affordable. Brighton and Hove City Council is proposing a shake-up of its school holiday dates
A French docker sparked a huge security alert just a day after the Paris terror attacks - by putting an air rifle into a bin at Gatwick Airport when he was told he had not paid for his hold luggage, a court heard. Jerome Chauris, 42, was at Gatwick
The latest phone scam going round could scarily cost you hundreds of pounds - and you wouldn't even know until your bill came in. According to the Daily Mail, victims have been hit hit with charges of over £300 for calls lasting up to 12 hours
Albion's hopes of promotion rivals Middlesbrough’s noses being put out of joint have been hit by an injury to their former No.1. The Seagulls can sniff the Premier League but would be helped by a favour from Birmingham at St Andrew’s tonight.
Former England winger Chris Waddle says Albion are the team with momentum in the three-way race for automatic promotion from the Championship. Waddle played for two of the clubs challenging the Seagulls for a place in the Premier League, current
A PENSIONER racially abused a woman wearing a hijab, claiming she looked like a suicide bomber. Retired Barbara Anne Blauvelt accosted the mother outside a doctor's surgery and, on a separate occasion, in front of a Sainsbury store before verbally
Albion are on course for a record league attendance at the Amex for Derby County's visit on Monday. They are also investigating the possibility of extending the beam-back of the final fixture at Middlesbrough after all 3,500 tickets sold out rapidly
A CAFÉ catering to Brighton’s creative cluster has opened with a focus on the three Bs - bake, blend and brew. Set in in a repurposed 1960s commercial block on Circus Parade, near Preston Circus, Cafe Plenty serves in-house baked breads, pastries
A GROWTH Quarter in Newhaven offering space for growing businesses and a new community hub has been completed.Improvements have also been made to the interior of Sussex Downs College campus, there are extra childcare places at Denton Island Community
HORSE sanctuary bosses fear they have been targeted by a scam costing them thousands of pounds in vital donations. Patricia Evans and Zoe McQuade thought they would have to close Little Bramley Farm Horse Sanctuary where they care for dozens of
AN engineering student is celebrating after winning a national award.Scott Dalton, who is studying civil engineering at the University of Brighton, took the Construction, Engineering and Design title at the annual Undergraduate of the Year Awards.The
A SECRET garden will open its doors to offer an oasis of calm for art lovers from the bustle of Brighton. A new sculpture park in a walled garden hidden away in Bristol Gardens has been created in time for this year's Brighton Festival. The
FOUR out of every 10 care homes across Sussex have been found to be inadequate or in need of improvement. Inspectors have checked 529 homes in the county over the past 18 months and of these, 223 did not come up to standard. The revelation
Motorists have been warned that the bank holiday getaway will add around 25 per cent to normal traffic levels from 3pm until early evening today. Drivers should delay their journeys until after 7pm to avoid the expected surge in congestion, according
FORMER Hove Labour MP Ivor Caplin said the party had done the right thing in suspending Ken Livingstone over allegedly anti-Semitic comments. Mr Caplin said anti-Semitism had been a “growing issue” for Labour over the past six to eight months and
COUNCILLORS have voted to close a day centre despite the “overwhelming majority” of its users voting for it to stay. Plans to close Tower House Day Centre in London Road, Brighton, were approved by councillors at a special policy and resources
A COUNTER terrorism police unit has been spying on Caroline Lucas for nine years. A secretive police team which was tasked with monitoring dangerous extremists has collected a dossier of information on the Brighton Pavilion MP. The file on
Sam Baldock has warned Albion that Derby County will arrive at the Amex with a point to prove. The Seagulls are still pushing for automatic promotion, while County are already resigned to the play-offs ahead of Monday’s clash (2.30pm). Striker
THE construction of a new 10,000 capacity entertainment arena on Brighton seafront could help the city's bid for a second London-bound railway line, a leading councillor has claimed. Conservative councillor Geoffrey Theobald said the new centre
A HEADTEACHER has vowed a bilingual free school will be open to the whole community and not set apart from it. Wendy King, head of the Bilingual Primary School in Hove, made the promise at its official opening ceremony yesterday. Built on a
A SCHOOLGIRL told her teacher she had an abortion after having sex with older men, a court heard. The distressed 15-year-old told the female teacher she had been having sex with the two men since when she was 12 or thirteen, a court heard.
RAIL bosses failed to prevent ice at a known cold spot from causing a third day of disruption after two days of strikes. Trains were unable to operate at Plumpton and Cooksbridge due to ice preventing trains getting electricity - meaning the line
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Argus reporter who became revered in the industry for his fearless reporting in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Journalist David Beresford has died aged 68 after a long and "gruelling" illness following a
RESIDENTS are hoping to preserve and bolster a safe haven for the bird and the bees between two parts of the South Downs. Ovingdean Residents and Preservation Society have launched an initiative to protect a wildlife corridor among the suburbs
A MINISTER has said he would forgive the thieves who broke into his church. Raiders smashed their way into Greenfield Road Methodist Church in Eastbourne, then broke into Rev Paul Tabraham's office and stole a safe containing church records.
THE two new heads of a struggling NHS Trust have pledged to work closely with campaigners to boost staff morale and improve key services. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust – which includes Eastbourne District General and the Conquest Hospital in
TYRES were slashed on hire vans amid residents' anger at seeing 20 parked in one street.The number of large vehicles, owned by Enterprise and Thrifty car rental, has been growing steadily in Carden Hill, Brighton, over the past few years.Last week the
WHEN We Are Scientists formed some decade and a half ago, a consistent theme in their gigs was physical injury. According to vocalist and guitarist Keith Murray, back in the early days of the American rock band’s career it was not uncommon for
WHEN you imagine a band on tour, a husband and wife duo with a toddler in tow is probably not what springs to mind. But as underground garage-pop duo The Lovely Eggs pile in their tour van and hit the road, it is with their young son Arlo sitting
THERE are few figures in the landscape of Shakespeare more massive than actor, director and writer Michael Pennington. The 72-year-old founded the English Shakespeare Company, is an honorary associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, has
