A MECHANIC accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend has been described as a "polite and considerate" gentleman. Character references were read out in court in support of defendant Michael Lane, who is standing trial charged with murdering Shana Grice
THERE aren't many rock bands who could give you a detailed description of their favourite country hike, at least to this journalist's knowledge. Then again, there aren't many rock bands like British Sea Power. The Brighton-based group have songs about
A MOTHER who died after being hit by a car will be “missed forever”, her family have said. Tributes have been paid to Debbie Masters who was critically injured after being involved in the crash while she was walking along a street in Battle on
A SUPERMARKET has been fined £200,000 after a worker slipped on a water leak. Crawley Borough Council has successfully prosecuted Tesco Stores Ltd for a health and safety accident on Friday March 10 at Lewes Crown Court sitting at Hove. The
A TRAIN strike date has been moved so talks can be held between unions and rail bosses. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union’s Southern Rail workers were due to walk out on April 4 as part of a long-term row over the introduction of
POLICE are looking for a teenage boy who has been missing for a week. Andre Gordon, 13, was last seen in Slinfold on Tuesday, March 14, at noon. Officers think he may have been seen in Walthamstow, London, on Thursday at 5pm. He is described
A TEENAGER has died at a house. Paramedics were called to the home in Fairlight Road in Eastbourne just before 1.15pm on Monday. They tried resuscitate the 13-year-old but could not revive him. He was taken to Eastbourne District General
A DRIVER fled after crashing his car into a garden wall. Police are hunting for the man – described as white, in his mid-twenties and wearing a light grey anorak – after the accident in Boundstone Lane, Lancing, on Sunday. The silver Nissan
A NURSERY faces closure due to a lack of children enrolling.The governing body of Queen’s Park Primary and Nursery School, in Park Street, Brighton has asked the city council to hold a consultation about the future of the school’s nursery class, including
THE controversial sale of two key downland sites has been dropped in the face of fierce public opposition. Brighton and Hove City Council has agreed not to sell-off the sites at Poynings and Plumpton after campaigners accused the authority of selling
THOUSANDS of Southern Rail season ticket holders have been paid a total of over £10m in compensation since December for delays to services. The Government says disruption has been down to track and signal failures, engineering work, poor performance
A PRIEST has been appointed to a new role dedicated to building bridges between the Church of England and the LGBTi community.Reverend Andrew Woodward, Priest in Charge of St Mary’s Kemp Town and Rural Dean of Brighton, has been appointed by Dr Martin
THE head of a rail union locked in a 11-month dispute with management has told business leaders he isn’t prepared to ask customers whether they agree with the strike action. Mick Cash - general secretary of The National Union of Rail, Maritime
My colleagues up and down the country are a wise bunch. Four Albion players are in the Championship team of the season, announced yesterday. Automatic promotion rivals Newcastle and Huddersfield have only two players apiece in the line-up, along
Albion have loaned out teenage goalkeeper Billy Collings - two months after signing him. He has left the under-23s squad to team up with Dartford for a month and could make his debut for the National League South side in a Kent derby at home to Margate
★★★★ From Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors through to No Sex Please, We're British, UK theatre has a long love affair with farce. The latest addition to the proud tradition that has given us such icons as Dromio, Frank Spencer and Basil Fawlty
Waitrose is to "refine" its offer of free tea and coffee for members of its loyalty card scheme by handing out cups after they have paid for their shopping. Currently, myWaitrose card holders can collect their hot beverage as they enter the supermarket
Albion under-23s have been drawn away to Swansea in the quarter-finals of the Premier League Cup. The Seagulls shared 1-0 home wins with the Welshmen in the league meetings between the clubs. The tie has to be played by the beginning of April
ALMOST 100 sheep were let loose on a main road in Woodingdean. Early on Sunday, March 5, police received a number of calls from members of public reporting up to 100 sheep on the road at Bexhill Road. When police attended, around 30 to 40 sheep
Sussex have dropped their opposition to the proposed new city-based Twenty20 competition. Jim May was one of just three county chairman to vote against the ECB’s plans for the eight-team tournament back in September. May reiterated his reservations
Albion's promotion rivals Huddersfield Town are sweating on the well-being of key man Aaron Mooy for their next match. The influential central midfielder on loan from Manchester City is on international duty with Australia. Mooy, chosen for
FORMER X Factor star Lucy Spraggan has told fans she will continue her tour despite being attacked in Brighton on Friday.The 25-year-old was in Middle Street, following her show at Concorde 2 when two women attacked her.In a message to fans yesterday,
COUNCIL staff helped to avoid a potentially hazardous situation after a carton of hydrochloric acid washed up on a beach.Worthing Town Hall call centre staff were contacted by a member of the public who said a five-litre container containing the highly
MANAGEMENT consultants have made millions of pounds from plans that could lead to the closure or downgrade of NHS hospitals around the country. Health bosses have spent at least £17.6 million on management consultants to draw up the strategies, which
Part of Brighton seafront has been closed suddenly until further notice to cyclists and pedestrians. The shared cycle and pedestrian lane at the bottom of West Street has been sealed off and as a result people will have to use alternative crossings
A YOUNG boy is crowdfunding to make his dream of playing roller hockey in America a reality.Kenzy Hyde, 12, from Eastbourne, recently attended try-outs in Sheffield to play for UK Young Guns and has been selected to play in the State Wars 2017 tournament
UNIVERSITY students are to sleep rough for a night to raise money for the homeless.A group of 12 from the University of of Brighton will join 100 volunteers to take part in the YMCA Downslink Group Sleep Easy challenge on Friday.The aim is to help more
BRIGHTON Table Tennis Club has been given a national grant from Sport England to lead a flagship refugee integration project.The scheme will expand the club’s outreach work and establish it as the major Brighton centre for the integration of marginalised
A TEENAGER has successfully turned his life around after taking up the martial art Jiu Jitsu.Jeffrey Almeida struggled with his anger management since moving to Brighton from Brazil just over three ago.The now 16-year-old struggled to make friends at
A MOTHER has died after a car crashed into her and her family while they were out walking. The mother and father and three children, including an infant in a pram, were walking together on the pavement of the A2100 at Upper Lake, in Battle, when
A GERMAN-BORN councillor has resigned from the Labour Party over national leaders’ “lukewarm response” to Brexit. Councillor Michael Inkpin-Leissner will now sit on Brighton and Hove City Council as an independent in response to his party
A REJECTED lover accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend stole her bank card and wore a disguise to use it, a court heard. Michael Lane wore a baseball cap, hoodie and high-vis jacket to withdraw £60 from a cash machine using Shana Grice’s card
HUNDREDS of drunk students clashed in violent brawls during the annual varsity weekend.Yobs threw flares and bottles, burnt banners and chanted derogatory songs in front of hundreds of spectators at the University of Sussex, Falmer.Several people were
Albion boss Chris Hughton wants his international stars to have game-time for their countries. Hughton is happy for the likes of Tomer Hemed to stay sharp for the promotion run-in after struggling for minutes with the Seagulls. Hemed and Beram
THE Conservative Party is still very divided about Europe. After John Major lost in the 1997 general election the Conservative Party selected William Hague then Iain Duncan Smith and finally Michael Howard as leader. The people of Britain clearly
DAME Vera Lynn took a trip down memory lane on her 100th birthday as pupils from her old primary school sang Happy Birthday and serenaded her with her most loved songs.Twenty Year 5 children at Brampton Primary School in Newham, east London, performed
MORE crime scenes have been taped up across the city as a council crackdown on rubbish continues. Brighton and Hove City Council staff have been identifying more cases of flytipping on the city’s streets. This chain gang came across this dumped
IN 1957 South Vietnam was attacked by Viet Cong Guerrillas, 150,000 people died in the Asian Flu epidemic and the Soviet Union launched the first space satellite Sputnik 1. It goes without saying these were major events with ramifications worldwide.Yet
Laura McDermott is creative director at the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts at Sussex University. She shapes the public programme of performance, film, music and debate.What is your favourite place in Sussex?I love the Seven Sisters. Properly
Daniel Prakash took this lovely shot in Ovingdean. For the chance to see your photo featured here, please email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include your name, address and some information about the picture.
THE triggering of Article 50 on March 29 needs to be the starting gun for a pro-business Brexit. Smaller businesses want to make sure that easy access to the EU single market and the right talent feature prominently in the forthcoming negotiations.
BRIGHTON and Hove is all the better for our two universities.Aside from all the life-changing research conducted there, the students bring so much to the city.Yes, there will always be problems with excessive noise, litter and such. But students help
TWO British doctors have set sail from Western Australia aiming to set a world record for crossing the Indian Ocean. Ted Welman and Jack Faulkner rowed out of Geraldton harbour on Thursday, despite rats eating some of their supplies beforehand.
A COUPLE who met during the Second World War are celebrating three quarters of a century of marriage.Violet and Morris Mitchell celebrated their 75th anniversary with family and friends at a surprise tea party.Mrs Mitchell, 94, and Mr Mitchell, who turns
HOSPITAL trusts already struggling financially are being charged higher interest rates on bailout loans from the government. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust are both in financial special
