CONCERNING levels of faecal bacteria were present in ice at three major high street coffee chains, according to an investigation. Samples from drinks at Costa, Starbucks, and Caffe Nero were reportedly found to be contaminated in lab tests carried
SEVEN people were taken to hospital after a crash involving two cars, one driven by a 94-year-old man and the other by a 17-year-old boy. Emergency services were called to Goring Road, Goring, following the collision between a Dacia Sandero and a Citroen
Abi Sakande claimed his first Championship wicket today - but Sussex found it tough going with the pink ball. Cameron Bancroft hit an unbeaten half-century as Gloucestershire made a solid reply to the hosts' 358-9 on the third day of their Specsavers
THE line up for BBC political panel show Question Time - which is coming to to Sussex tonight - has been revealed.On the panel will be Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox, Labour MP Stella Creasy, the Economist magazine editor Zanny Minton
Glorious John Betjeman. With every year that passes his outline fades a little more. His particular and peculiar slice of Albion disappearing into the mists. Wonderful Betjeman, he of the wistful rhyming couplets that speak to longing and regret
The RNLI offered to deploy lifeguards at a popular south coast beach three years before seven men drowned but the offer was not taken up, an inquest has heard. A risk assessment by the charity in 2013 made the recommendation for lifeguards to man
Johanna Konta breezed through her grudge match with Romanian Sorana Cirstea at Eastbourne today. The local hope won 6-2, 6-2 in 72 minutes to secure a last 16 clash this evening with Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. Konta was accused of gamesmanship by
Laurie Evans is targeting a T20 return after the frustration of a nagging hamstring injury. The Sussex batsman expects to be fit for action by the time Glamorgan visit Arundel to kick off Sharks’ NatWest T20 campaign a week on Sunday. Evans
A FORMER music teacher has been jailed for indecently assaulting three young boys while he was supposed to be giving them private tuition. Neil Turner, 63, met his victims while he was head of music and a maths teacher at Shoreham College between 1986
Feeling a little blue? Lost your joie de vivre? Then the doctor prescribes two hours in the company of Wayne Coyne and Co to leave you feeling on top of the world. There is euphoria right from the first keyboard blast of Race for the Prize with
Novak Djokovic eased his way through his first test at Eastbourne today. The 12-time Grand Slam champion defeated Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-3 in his rain-interrupted Devonshire Park debut to reach the quarter-finals of the Aegon
A WOMAN who tragically fell to her death at Seven Sisters Country Park has been formally identified.Emergency services were called to the incident just east of Cuckmere Haven, near Eastbourne, at 2.22pm on Thursday.The woman has been identified as Hyewon
Sami El-Abd has been named player-manager of Bognor. The defender will take charge as Rocks kick off life in the Vanarama National League south next term. He replaces Jamie Howell, who moved on to Eastbourne Borough after guiding Bognor to
A WOMAN who caused a crash on the A27 while driving without a licence has been spared jail. Beverley Thomas was attempting to cross the road through a gap in the central reservation which was marked with no entry signs. One car braked heavily to
Eastbourne's Johanna Konta has been seeded six for Wimbledon. The British No.1 is one place higher than her world ranking, due to the absence from the field of pregnant world No.4 Serena Williams. Konta is third on centre court at Devonshire
Albion's seemingly vain pursuit of Tammy Abraham is an example of the challenging transfer market confronting them as newcomers to the Premier League. The Seagulls are fishing in a smaller pool than they were as a top-end club in the Championship.
BUILDERS have started work on Brighton newest seafront attraction with the construction of Brighton Zip wire's distinctive spiral staircase. It looks as though the Brighton Zip will be open in time for the summer holidays after it was originally
A FLOOD warning has been issued for Forest Row, near East Grinstead, after the wet weather has triggered local rainfall alarms. The Environment Agency believes that based on the intensity and amount of rainfall, properties are at immediate risk
ALBION will loan Christian Walton back out to League One – once they sign another goalkeeper and he signs a new deal. Wigan, Portsmouth and Peterborough are all interested in borrowing the Cornish giant. Walton, 21, is about to enter the
PETER James remembers being pictured, top left, in his school football team, Prestonville, where he had a tyrannical bullying headmaster who terrified him – and Peter has subsequently used his persona in several of his villains. Peter got his revenge
A WOMAN’S death was “consistent with smothering”, a court heard yesterday. Simon Poole agreed with fellow pathologist Nathaniel Cary that there may have been evidence of “enforced airway obstruction”. Robert Trigg, 52, from Worthing, is accused
MORE money will have to be found to maintain the expanded and more heavily used Valley Gardens to stop them quickly becoming “haggard” and “tatty”, opposition councillors have warned. Brighton and Hove Green and Conservative councillors cautioned
FIFTEEN hundred elderly victims have been scammed out of more than £15 million in Sussex in the last two years. The shocking figures have been compiled by a groundbreaking Sussex Police unit created to identify and reduce telephone and internet
BRIGHTON and Hove Albion have sacked long-serving commercial chief and former promotion hero Paul Rogers for gross misconduct. The club made the shock announcement last night as they prepare for their first season in the Premier League. A statement
CAMPAIGNERS fear Brighton and Hove could be heading for a GP crisis as it emerged the eighth surgery in two years is to close. The Ridgeway Surgery in Woodingdean is to shut in October following the decision of its two GPs to retire. It means
Argus guest editor Peter James interviews Sussex Police Chief Constable Giles York. What is your view on officers putting their lives on the line? We see acts of amazing courage every day where officers and staff step forward and put themselves
PLANS to develop a new fire station and ambulance response base on the vacant Springman House site in Lewes have been agreed. The co-location of both emergency services will enable the old fire station in the North Street Quarter site to close
A CLERGYMAN has just had his eighth book published and he will be talking about it next week at an event at his church.Rev Canon Dr Andrew Mayes, the rector of St Peter’s in Seaford, has written Journey to the Centre of the Soul.During his talk on Tuesday
A GP is following in the footsteps of Hannibal and cycling over the Alps for charity.Dr Matt Jackson, a partner at Seaford Medical Practice, aims to conquer the 520km ride over four days, starting on Saturday, in memory of his father.He will start in
BRIGHTON College was transformed into Hogwarts when the whole of the prep and senior school celebrated the 20th anniversary since JK Rowling penned her first Harry Potter novel.The fun kicked off in the college library at 9am where staff and pupils embarked
GIRLS enjoyed being active and building friendships on a camping trip. The Year 8s from Farlington School had a three-day bonding trip at Blackland Farm in East Grinstead as part of the Key Stage 3 PE curriculum and to develop peer group relationships.The
YOUNG athletes are celebrating after taking home a grand haul of medals from a national competition. The students from Lewes Old Grammar School’s Years 7 to 10 bagged 11 eleven medals from the Independent Schools Athletics (ISA) finals last week as they
AS another football season looms so too does the threat of further action in the ongoing saga of Southern Fail. There will no doubt be capacity crowds at all home games but I expect we will still be seeing mostly two, three or four coach trains
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IT’S always busy in the offices of a daily newspaper.There’s always so much going on and news can break at any time of the day.Yesterday we welcomed Sussex crime writer Peter James as our guest editor.And what a great day it was.The man is a true gentleman
Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is the central character in the 13 bestselling Roy Grace novels. Today he gives his answers to his creator, Argus guest editor Peter James.What is your favourite place in Sussex?I love the undercliff walk at Rottingdean
HORRIFIED families have told how they saw a man lying on the floor after a fight involving two men. One witness said she thought a man had been stabbed but police say it was a fight and no knife was involved. The brawl happened at the junction
A CHARITY has been left to pick up the pieces after thieves broke into one of its shops. Volunteers and staff arrived at The Martlets hospice store in Peacehaven on Monday morning to find the back door had been forced open and windows smashed.
NURSES are having to resort to using food banks and take on second jobs to make ends meet as they launch a campaign to get fairer pay. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) met nursing and other healthcare staff and members of the public
A NEW food delivery service promising faster service and no minimum spend for customers is launching in Brighton today. Taxi firm Uber will make its takeaway smartphone app UberEATS available in from 11am. Users in the city centre will be able
BRIGHTON Metropolitan College (MET) students are celebrating after a successful end of year show. The college opened its studios in Pelham Street, Brighton, to the public for the annual Creative Industries’ End of Year Show. The students’ final year projects
A LIONS club is helping Brighton and Hove Albion’s official charity provide football sessions for people with a disability.Burgess Hill District Lions Club recently donated £1,300 to Albion in the Community o help pay for a coach at the charity’s Burgess
A GIANT dinosaur will greet visitors to a historic museum after £2.8 million of new funding was secured.The Booth Museum in Brighton will receive a specially commissioned replica of an iguanodon as part of plans to create an “evolution gallery” and
