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  • Brighton College: Every exam sat resulted in a A*-C pass

    Brighton College say their pupils have broken a record - not a single GCSE exam was failed out of 2,080. The college said:  • Brighton College is celebrating a record haul of A* grades, with 100% of grades at A*-C • 2,080 GCSEs sat by pupils

  • Brighton university student among men killed at Camber Sands

    A Brighton university student has been named as one of the men who died at Camber Sands yesterday.  Nitharsan Ravi, 22, was one of five friends who drowned at the popular beach yesterday afternoon.  Friend Charles Bosco, 27, from west London

  • Holla says goodbye to Albion

    Danny Holla has parted company with Albion by mutual consent. The Dutch midfielder's three-year contract, due to expire next summer, has been terminated. Boss Chris Hughton said: "With the options and competition we have in midfield, Danny

  • Brighton and Hove bucks the national GCSE fall

    BRIGHTON and Hove has seen GCSE results on the rise again despite grades dropping across the rest of the country. The proportion of students achieving 5 or more GCSEs with A*-C grades including English and Maths has risen by one percentage point

  • Teacher convicted of raping 14-year-old pupil

    A TEACHER has been convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl. Subir Chakravarty was an IT teacher at Ratton School in Eastbourne when he attacked the girl in 2014. The 38-year-old, now unemployed and of Kenneth Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, is

  • Former Cricketers pub manager killed in motorbike crash

    THE former manager of The Cricketers pub in Brighton has been killed in a motorbike crash.  Paul Nash, from Rustington, died at the scene of the crash in Shoreham Road, Henfield, on Sunday (August 21).   The 47-year-old jointly managed pub

  • Village Hall treasurer, 77, killed in car crash

    A 77-year-old woman who was seriously injured in a car crash has died in hospital.  Mary Sherlock, of Fern Road, Storrington, had been in a critical condition in hospital since the crash in the B2139 at Houghton Hill, Houghton, near Amberley, last

  • Newcastle strike duo ruled out of Albion clash

    Newcastle have suffered a double setback as they prepare to face Albion. Strikers Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dwight Gayle have both been ruled out of Saturday’s clash. The players went off with head injuries during Toon’s 2-0 win over Cheltenham

  • Train bosses and unions now talking about talking

    AS the next RMT rail strike grows closer, bosses and union leaders have exchanged statements on their likeliness to return to the negotiating table. Southern Railway franchise owners Govia Thameslink announced that they were "ready willing and

  • Bede’s achieves best-ever GCSE results

    Bede’s Senior School in Upper Dicker has broken records yet again with over 92% of all GCSE grades at A*-C, 45% of all grades at A*-A and 20% at A*. With over 60% of pupils achieving at least 1 A* grade and over 80% achieving at least 1 A, the

  • "Outstanding progress" made by pupils at Priory School

    STUDENTS at Priory School in Lewes have been hailed for the "outstanding progress" they have made as students GCSE results were announced. The school cited outstanding achievements in many subjects including Science, Languages, Art, Photography

  • Dorothy Stringer GCSE results better than national average

    Dorothy Stringer students GCSE results were better than the national average. The school said: • 72% of our students achieved at least 5 A*-C grades including English and Maths; 62% achieved at least 8 A*-C grades including English and Maths

  • UPDATED: Camber Sands deaths - victims named

    Five men who died at Camber Sands yesterday were on a day trip from London, according to police. One of the victims, named as Nithasan Ravi, drove to the resort with four friends, his brother told the BBC. He identified two of the other men

  • Eddie Izzard announces surprise show

    STAND-UP comic and political activist Eddie Izzard has announced a last-minute outdoor gig taking place this Sunday. Izzard performs Force Majeure: Reloaded direct from the West End at Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion. Izzard, who grew up in Bexhill

  • Seagulls still monitoring Blackburn defender

    Albion’s link with unsettled Blackburn defender Shane Duffy is set to rumble on. But The Argus understands suggestions the Seagulls were in negotiations over the Northern Ireland centre-back yesterday are wide of the mark. Albion have already

  • Chippy plan to do brunch

    A TOP chippy is expanding to offer its customers a little something in the morning.Wolfie's of Hove is looking to open a new breakfast, brunch and lunch kitchen for customers just three doors away from its well-loved chippy in Goldstone Villas, Hove.Wolfie

  • Inspectors: Police force has room for improvement

    SUSSEX Police have been rated as good at recording crime by inspectors – but more than 5,000 crimes went unrecorded last year. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found that the force records 95 per cent of crimes reported to it. Inspectors

  • New arts festival will mark 950th anniversary of battle

    A NEW arts festival next month will mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings when William the Conqueror invaded England.ROOT1066, which begins on Saturday, September 3, explores the impact the historic event had on the country’s culture and

  • i360 vandalised just weeks after opening

    THE i360 has been vandalised less than three weeks after the attraction opened. Visitors noticed the crack which looked like a large cross when they were in the pod on Tuesday. Yesterday a spokeswoman for the i360 confirmed the pod had been

  • Fresh warnings over sea bathing danger as five men die

    Five men died and a sixth person is thought to be missing in another seaside tragedy as Britons basked in the sun on the hottest day of the year. Beachgoers and emergency services tried to save three of the men after they got into difficulties

  • Albion striker out to silence Toon Army

    Tomer Hemed is relishing the chance to silence a massive home crowd – after hitting the goal trail for the new season. The Albion striker netted his first open-play goal of the campaign in the midweek League Cup tie at Oxford. Now he fancies

  • Praise for rape victim who spoke out for others

    CHARITIES have praised the courage of a rape victim who spoke out about her ordeal and said it will help others to come forward in future. Campaigners against sexual abuse said Amy Groves, now 24, who was abused alongside her sister Emma by their

  • Hopes space mission will inspire generations of children

    TIM Peake’s father hopes the first exhibition to chart his son’s voyage into space will inspire generations of children to follow in his footsteps. Nigel Peake helped put together the display which charts his son’s Chichester upbringing to how

  • Sadness and anger as BHS in Brighton closes down

    SHOPPERS were out in force looking for a bargain as Brighton's BHS prepared to close its doors for a final time. The store in Churchill Square has been a permanent fixture on the high street in the city for decades but workers literally shut up

  • Brighton brew in running to be named best in the world

    A BRIGHTON brewer’s experimental beer is in the running to be named best in the world after scooping a gold medal at a prestigious industry awards ceremony. Brighton Bier’s Downtown Charlie Brown won the best experimental beer in the UK title at

  • Top Sussex schools have plenty of A* stars on GCSE results day

    TWO leading schools are celebrating top GCSE grades as thousands of teenagers collect their results this morning.Lancing College has seen GCSE results improve for the third year in a row while Roedean School has achieved its best ever results.The success

  • £53m improvement plans revealed for hospitals

    AN ambitious programme of plans to improve two hospitals has been unveiled.NHS bosses want to spend more than £53 million upgrading sites at Eastbourne District General Hospital and Conquest Hospital in St Leonards.East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust will

  • Young soccer star may be a Community Star

    A YOUNG footballer who narrowly missed out on being named 2015’s Young Sports Star of the year has once again been nominated for the same Argus Community Stars Award.Eight-year old Blaze Gerrard Brown - named after Liverpool star Steven - from Woodingdean