FIREFIGHTERS have brought a fire at a derelict school building in Southwick under control. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to Manor Hall Road, in Southwick, around 6.22pm. Crews from eight fire engines were sent to the scene at
A MAN has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed in the city centre. Around 1.40am paramedics raced to Old Steine, Brighton, on Saturday to respond to a man in his 20s who had been stabbed. The man was taken to
A HOVE recruitment agency is sponsoring two talented boxers as part of its support for the community.The Shore Group has ten offices worldwide, including one in Boundary Road.The first boxer is Nick Webb, the unbeaten heavyweight who has been travelling
SPEAKERS have been announced for Brighton’s annual business conference.The Brighton Summit brings together the city’s diverse business community for a day of speakers, workshops and networking. It is taking place on Friday October 13 at The Clarendon
Liam Rosenior is relishing the Premier League – and the chance to put his and the club’s raised profile to good use. While he already knows the top flight, he made a different kind of debut this week and admitted he was slightly nervous about it
Albion are preparing to kick-off Premier League life against Manchester City. Which perhaps makes it fitting they complete their summer travels against a club who, bit by bit, are becoming part of the City family. The Seagulls play Spanish top-flight
A WOMAN has been taken to hospital after crashing into a barrier. Emergency services were called around 11.50am this morning to Marina Way after reports of a silver Citroen C3 crashing into a barrier on the access road to Brighton Marina. Police
Harry Kewell joked he could call Albion target Maty Ryan and ask if he was coming to England. That was in the run-up to the Seagulls getting their man last week. He might be on the phone to illustrious former bosses like George Graham or Rafa
New skipper Ben Brown believes Sussex have the firepower to get through the first selection poser of his tenure. The 28-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman is in charge for the rest of the County Championship season. Sussex are preparing for a division
LLOYDS Banking Group Operations in Haywards Heath has launched the bank’s first community defibrillator in the town.The team at Lloyds worked with the South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to provide this vital piece of life-saving equipment.Haywards
Lewis Dunk has been tipped to excel in the Premier League – by the man in whose footsteps he is following. The Albion defender could make his Premier League debut when Manchester City visit the Amex in the opening game of the new season. Andy
CHECKS are being made on materials used at the Amex and Brighton’s main police station following the Grenfell tower fire tragedy. It has been claimed materials made by the company Reynobond, which manufactured the cladding on Grenfell Tower, were used
A NEW restaurant which aims to reflect the eccentricity of Brighton has opened. Oddsocks Bar & Kitchen is based in the Jurys Inn, in Stroudley Road, adjacent to Brighton Railway Station. Hotel bosses said their aim was to reflect the eccentricity
CHARITIES have been given a much-needed cash boost after receiving £5,000 from a music school. Brighton BIMM announced the donations of a £1,000 each to five charities at a end-of-term gig. The cheques were presented at a gig at seafront venue
ARE we sleepwalking into an oilfield? The oil industry hopes we are. So do the Conservatives. If they get their way, there will be wells across the Weald, with West Sussex the prime target. Broadford Bridge is the latest Sussex oil site to
IN the run-up to the General Election, PM Theresa May came to The Argus offices.She spoke to our political reporter Neil Vowles and met staff.Given the national picture at the time, she seemed very relaxed and I guess most people assumed at the time she
THE death of a woman discovered at the bottom of a chalk cliff at a beauty spot is being treated as a tragic accident. Sussex Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident at Seven Sisters Country Park but do not consider
POST offices might not be the most glamorous places but they’re full of intrigue. We all rely on the postal service but very few of us really know what goes on behind the scenes. These photos, following on from yesterday’s snaps of enthusiastic workers
RAIL passengers are being warned that an overtime ban by train drivers on Southern will hit up to a quarter of services. Members of Aslef will stop working overtime from June 29 in a long-running dispute over driver-only trains. The union is also
NO university or college in the county has achieved the top mark for teaching, under a new inspection scheme. Six universities and colleges have been awarded silver in the newly-released Teaching Excellence Framework – the first major assessment of
A BUSINESSMAN has offered to bump up the reward to £2,000 to help find those who mocked a man over his height and then attacked him. Graham Bell, managing director of a Newhaven business, was left incensed when he read about the brutal attack on 63
Karen Clark took this stunning picture from Devil's Dyke at sunset. 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. If you are
What’s the point of a university education? As a lecturer, you’d expect me to say there’s every point and I’m not going to disappoint. It’s easy to think of students as feckless and lazy or radicals, more interested in pints and protest than
IN the space of five short weeks we achieved the seemingly impossible in East Worthing and Shoreham. We took a previously safe Tory seat and made it a marginal, increasing the Labour vote by 114 per cent with one of the biggest swings in the country
THERE is still time to take part in today’s charity Beachy Head Lighthouse walk.More than 700 walkers have pre-registered but people can still turn up at the start and take part.The walk from Eastbourne seafront to Beachy Head Lighthouse is only possible
TWO female shop assistants were terrified when a masked knifeman burst into a bookmakers and forced them to hand over cash. The man – in his early 20s – stormed in to Betfred in Hollingbury Place, Brighton, late at night. After threatening
Martin Pel is curator of fashion and textiles at the Royal Pavilion and Museums in Brighton. His new book, Gluck: Art & Identity, is accompanied by a Brighton exhibition. What is your favourite place in Sussex? I am always blown away by
HUNDREDS of Jeremy Corbyn supporters mobbed the Labour leader as he made his first visit to Brighton after the General Election. More than 300 supporters gathered outside the Brighton Centre to hear him speak after he addressed the Unison conference
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.A 39-year-old was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, after he was stabbed in Pevensey Road, Eastbourne, at 10.40pm last Sunday.He received treatment for a wound to his chest and
POLICE have issued a warning to the public to be aware of a high-profile scam in Brighton and Hove. It has been labelled the ‘three cup scam’ after reports on Thursday that scammers were conning tourists out of money near Brighton Palace Pier.
BRIGHTON rockers Royal Blood cracked open a bottle of bubbly live on stage at Glastonbury last night as they celebrated their latest album making number one in the charts. Frontman Mike Kerr paused mid-show as he said: “Excuse us for a minute,
BUGLERS broke into a restaurant in the middle of the night and stole hundreds of...jelly beans. The bizarre break-in happened at Giggling Squid in Market Street, Brighton, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Remarkably, nothing was taken other
HERE we go again with remoaners still claiming there is no mandate for Brexit. Eighty two per cent of people voted for pro Brexit parties. True Labour votes came in hordes when the manifestos were printed as people favoured things other than Brexit
PLANS for a creative digital hub in Bognor Regis have received the backing of local MP Nick Gibb after he visited the site.He was shown around the proposed site for the hub at Bognor Regis railway station by county councillor David Edwards and designer
