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  • Hughton can't resist looking at the league table

    Chris Hughton is glued to the Premier League table as he tries to keep Albion up in their first season. The Seagulls will climb into the top ten if they win at Bournemouth. The trip along the south coast is only their fifth game, but Hughton

  • UPDATED: Former Eastbourne priest found guilty of sex abuse

    A FORMER priest has been found guilty of 12 counts of historic sex abuse and child cruelty. Jonathan Graves, a former clergyman at St Luke’s Church at Stone Cross, stood trial at Hove Crown Court after he was charged with 17 counts of abuse dating

  • Football fan handed fine for homophobic abuse

    A football fan who directed homophobic abuse at opposition fans has been fined £300 and ordered to pay £85 in court costs. Leicester City supporter Jason Holmes, 44, was also hit with a £30 victim surcharge after shouting an offensive term during

  • Back to basics for Bournemouth as they prepare to host Albion

    Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has "gone back to basics" in a bid to end his side's losing start in the Premier League against Albion tomorrow night. The Cherries are next-to-bottom after four straight defeats ahead of the clash at the Vitality Stadium

  • Taxi driver threatened with knife and racially abused

    A TAXI driver was racially abused and threatened with a knife while working. The driver, a 33-year-old man from Lancing, was sat in his taxi in Station Road, Billingshurst in the early hours of Sunday when the suspect banged on his window.

  • Hemed has extra incentive to star in the Premier League

    TOMER HEMED has been given extra incentive to shine in the Premier League – by a flying armband. The Israeli international looks to add to his goal tally at Bournemouth tomorrow after getting off the mark against West Brom. Hemed is taking

  • Fire breaks out at Moulsecoomb house

    A 41-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested following a house fire. The fire broke out at a house in Hodshrove Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton yesterday, with East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service being called out at 5.10pm. Three engines were sent to tackle

  • Firefighters spend night tackling barn fire

    FIREFIGHTERS have spent the night at the scene of a barn fire. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to St George's Park farm, in Ditchling Road, near Burgess Hill at around 7pm on Wednesday. Around 1,000 bales of hay were on fire

  • Detached Turner-style family home in Haywards Heath

    Originally built in 1934 and extended in the mid-1950s, 76 Lewes Road (known as ‘Little Mulso’) is a detached Turner style family home. Whilst in need of decorative updating, the property benefits from gas fired central heating and metal casement windows

  • What’s all the fuss about new homes?

    If you have never considered buying a new home before, there are many benefits you might not have previously considered. Mishon Mackay New Homes sells exclusively new and newly converted homes, and is perfectly placed to advise you.Firstly, when you buy

  • New homes sites sold out

    August may be traditionally a slow month for estate agents, but Mishon Mackay New Homes is delighted to report selling out on several developments in and around the city. Sales manager Sara Van Loock said: “This has been a very successful and very satisfying

  • Officers sent to help in Virgin Islands

    OFFICERS from Sussex Police have flown to the British Virgin Islands to help after Hurricane Irma hit. Five constables, one sergeant and one superintendent will help local police in the BVI to maintain law and general policing for an initial period

  • Mum: someone tried to snatch my baby

    A MOTHER fears someone tried to snatch her four-month-old baby while she was shopping in a supermarket. Jemma Wood went with her youngest son Josh, her brother-in-law and his girlfriend to Tesco in Church Road, Hove, on Monday. She placed him

  • Picture of the Day: The River Cuckmere

    Rosanna Allfrey captured this view of the River Cuckmere. For a chance to see your picture here, email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include your name, address and some details about it.

  • Fresh police appeal over ‘staring man’

    POLICE are urging anyone who saw a man staring at a woman in the street to come forward. They made the appeal after pubs in Patcham voiced fears female staff and customers may be at risk when walking home. Yesterday, The Argus reported how

  • Hughton: The goal is to raise cancer awareness

    BRIGHTON and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton has joined forces with a host of football bosses to raise awareness of prostate cancer.Hughton is working with the charity Prostate Cancer UK as part of a high profile campaign.Figures revealed by the charity

  • Delight as generous donors come to charity's rescue

    A CHARITY which helps young adults with learning difficulties find work has refurbished new premises in record time thanks to thousands of pounds of donations. Generous business owners came to the rescue for Team Domenica after reading about its

  • Company’s novel art exhibition for charity

    A BATHROOM showroom in Lewes will be exhibiting for sale an array of original art to raise money for charity. Twenty well-established Sussex artists have already committed to taking part – using wooden toilet seats as their ‘canvas’. The brainchild

  • Driftwood Gardens is once again a massive success

    IN its ninth year of opening for the annual Lewes District Artwave Festival, Geoff Stonebanks’s award winning Driftwood Garden in Bishopstone pulled out all the stops again. During the six-day event the venue saw a record breaking 1040 visitors. A special

  • Unique artwork at Glynde station

    PASSENGERS at Glynde railway station are exploring a unique artwork created and installed to launch Govia Thameslink Railway’s newest local community station partnership.A group of local artists has created miniature artworks hidden inside 16 bird boxes

  • Village pub is named the best freehouse in the country

    THE Roebuck Inn at Laughton near Lewes has been named the best freehouse in the country in the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards. The awards, which celebrate the best pubs throughout the UK, took place at the Park Lane Hilton, London and saw

  • Anger over proposed loss of libraries

    A FATHER and son have condemned the potential closure of seven libraries. Stephen and Dan Shing, both East Sussex county councillors, feel the closures would be a big loss to communities across the county. Langney, Mayfield, Ore, Pevensey Bay

  • Peter Andre’s TV show is coming back

    PETER Andre’s 60 Minute Makeover is back after a three-year absence from TV screens.The Australian singer, who used to live in Withdean Road, Brighton, made a return to Sussex for one of the first episodes of the new series.Andre, 44, was in Littlehampton

  • Top of the class for our Bake Off girl

    SUSSEX’S Bake Off contest ant said she was “overwhelmed” by the support she has received since being crowned star baker for the first time on Tuesday night. Julia Chernogorova, 21, of Crawley, was awarded the title at the end of bread week in the third

  • Tough challenge for a cause close to their hearts

    TWO friends are taking part in an unusual cycling challenge to raise money for a women’s charity. Sara Mumford, from Brighton, and her friend Katie McManaman travel to Madagascar this month to cycle 350 kilometres around the country to raise money

  • Drink-driver had taken cocaine

    A MOTHER has been banned from driving after leading police on a dangerous pursuit along the seafront. Billie Brown, 28, from Brighton, drove erratically through traffic at 50mph on the busy Brighton Road, Shoreham. When she finally stopped

  • Police quitting to drive trains to double their salary

    SENIOR officers are leaving Sussex Police to become train drivers so they can double their salary. In the last year between six and ten officers have left the force, or are in the process of leaving, to take up the job because there is little prospect

  • Diggers move in to build playground

    WORK has started on the children’s playground at Mile Oak Recreation Ground.Builders moved on site to begin work on the new facility designed for children of all ages. The work has been welcomed by Mile Oak Recreation Action Group, which has led a lengthy

  • Visit to optician saved teenager's life

    A ROUTINE eye test saved a teenager from a potentially fatal brain tumour. Alicia Littlepage had been experiencing crippling headaches and problems with her sight for four weeks during the summer. She went to the accident and emergency department

  • Vet and her dog take a big walk to ease arthritis pain

    A VET has given up her career to change the way dog owners approach arthritis.Hannah Capon spent 15 years as a successful vet but left her job in October last year to focus her skills into educating people about the condition which affects 1.2 million