The Conservatives' plans to recruit 10,000 more mental health workers has found favour among voters in the south east. A new survey found 47.4% of respondents in the region agreed with the policy. That was the most support for any major pledge
Albion boss Chris Hughton has revealed his tactical blueprint for the Premier League. He will not be copying Antonio Conte or Arsene Wenger. But he will slightly modify the 4-4-2 system which has served the Seagulls so well in the Championship
A NEW defibrillator has been presented to Paradise Park in Newhaven.East Sussex Deputy Lieutenant Juliet Smith and Newhaven Mayor Steve Saunders attended the handover.They presented Mark Gilbert, the sales director of Tates Garden Centres, and Sharon
IS it a gig? Is it theatre? Ten minutes into Songs for the End of the World some were still wondering. With the current General Election fluff floating around, astronaut Jim Walters had the right idea and headed for Mars as the world known as New
A CARPENTER has told of the moment he saw his workmate fall through a void at building site. Andrew Cooper began to cry as he described to Lewes Crown Court this morning of the moments leading up to David Clark’s fatal fall in Stanmer Park in September
THE first ever Every Sort of People Festival went with a bang on Saturday at Lewes Football Club stadium and was attended by more than 1000 people. The event started at noon and featured live music, DJs, and other performances and workshops over three
A RECORD number of students from Lewes Old Grammar School will be going for gold this summer as they line up in next month’s ISA National Athletics finals as part of the London South team.Twenty-five young sportsmen and women from Years 7 to 10 qualified
Passengers on Southern Railway face more travel chaos after the drivers' union decided to launch a fresh ban on overtime. Members of Aslef will refuse to work overtime from the end of the month after the breakdown of talks aimed at resolving a year-long
George Ford believes teenager Marcus Smith has a big future ahead of him in rugby - after the Brighton College youngster ordered England stars around in a training session. Smith is not part of the three-day England training camp taking place at
ALBION boss Chris Hughton has a No.10 at the top of his Premier League wish list. An attacking playmaker will be a priority signing for the promoted Seagulls’ first season in the top flight since 1983. Hughton plans to tinker with the
HOVE has seldom been kind to the villa it bought in New Church Road the best part of a century ago. It took Brooker Hall, one of several elaborate mansions, and changed it into a rather gloomy museum.But in 1966 the old town hall in Church Road was destroyed
I AGREE with the Tory candidate for Hove on what she said about the Brexit vote. It’s got nothing to do with anyone else. But I do feel that candidates should not take it for granted on people voting for them. The candidates have to get
THE run up to the June 8 General Election is certainly gathering pace.On Monday, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling dropped into Lewes to make a new announcement regarding the A27.Standing next to Tories Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) and Maria Caulfield
TODAY we bring together a series of photographs from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, of the brave men and women of East and West Sussex Fire Services at work.In our main photograph, taken in 1970, it takes two men to hold and control the fire hose to direct the
Rosemary Harris is a writer, performer, director, producer, and the founder of Papertale, whose show Boys Don’t is at The Spire on Sunday as part of Brighton Festival. Do you have a favourite place in Sussex? Brighton’s sumptuous Terre a Terre
SUSSEX Police want to know how the public thinks the force should tackle crime in the future. In the second of its newly formed People’s Voice surveys, it is asking for views on its plan for neighbourhood policing in 2020. The force said it
A DENTIST who performed “traumatic” and wholly inappropriate treatment has been suspended from practising. Jamie Kerr, who ran Broadwater Gentle Dental in Worthing, was found unfit to practice by the General Dental Council (GDC) for failings relating
A LABOUR government would invest more than £25 billion creating a second rail link between Brighton and London. A second Brighton Main Line has been included in the party’s election manifesto unveiled by Jeremy Corbyn yesterday. The party is
MODS have backed proposals to create a museum celebrating scooters, parkas and Chelsea boots as part of the £30 million restoration of the Madeira Terraces in Brighton. A Mod Museum is one of the early proposals for the glass pods to be built beneath
A RAIL operator has been accused by public transport campaigners of “sneaking through” a rise in fares.Southeastern, which serves parts of East Sussex and Kent and London, is to increase the price of some off-peak tickets by 3.4 per cent from Sunday.
The 13th novel in the Roy Grace series, Need You Dead, will be published tomorrow. Best-selling crime author Peter James, who sets his work in Brighton and Hove and parts of Sussex, has allowed Argus readers an exclusive first look at the opening
A NURSE has been given national recognition for his efforts.Brighton-based Jason Warriner was presented with the prestigious Award of Merit at the Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) annual congress this week.Mr Warriner is clinical services director at
A CLASSICAL music ensemble is the recipient of an Argus Angel award.Alke Quartet performed a five-star concert at Theatre Royal Brighton, which our reviewer Philip Dennett described as “captivating and expressive”.He said: “Befitting the Theatre Royal
THE Labour Party’s proposal to link up housing and skills policy would be the right approach for a post-Brexit UK. Its pledge to integrate housing and skills policy is the right approach to tackling two of the key challenges we face in the building
THIS picture of spring flowers was taken by Frank Hinton from Hangleton. 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
AN inspirational mother of four diagnosed with terminal cancer is to appear in a TV documentary tonight. Louise Howes was filmed for A Time To Live while she was battling advanced breast cancer which had spread to her liver. She is among 12
A WOMAN who was not told that her father had a progressive and fatal condition which she might inherit and pass on to her own child has won a stage in her fight for damages.Known only as ABC, the woman alleges that the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation
NEW £3 million funding for the widening of the A27 has been slammed as “blatant electioneering”.Liberal Democrats and Greens have criticised the surprise announcement of additional funding to dual the A27 between Lewes and Polegate.Transport secretary
A BROTHER has paid tribute to his “princess” little sister who was found dead in her bed. Peacehaven Community School pupil Georgia Newnham, who was also known as Georgia Lewendon and Georgia Copping, was found on Monday morning. Her brother
A MILLIONAIRE property developer and his foreman were warned their building site was dangerous a year before a carpenter’s fatal fall, a court heard. A health and safety inspector turned up unannounced at Stanmer Park stables in September 2013 and
THE three party leaders have spoken out about the importance of local newspapers. To mark Local Newspaper Week (May 15 to 21) Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and Tim Farron have all written articles supporting publications such as The Argus. The Prime
A TOTAL of 330 people took part in a new cycling event raising funds for sick children.Hit the Downs MTB was organised by two hospices, St Barnabas House in Worthing and Chestnut Tree House based at Poling, near Arundel.Chestnut patron Sally Gunnell,
TWO Scouts have been chosen to travel to Iceland to represent the UK at the 15th World Scout Moot. It is a gathering of Scouts aged 18 to 25 from across the globe who together will embark on nine days of “adventure, fun and discovery”. Tim
