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  • Picture of the Day: Fishing on Shoreham beach

    Alan Wesley is pictured fishing on Shoreham beach in freezing cold conditions. For the chance to see your photo featured here, email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include your name, address and some information about it

  • Eurovision fans given second chance to attend Brighton show

    EUROVISION fans who feared they had missed out on a chance to see the UK decide its entrant to the contest 2018 have had a reprieve. More tickets have been made available for the Brighton Dome show which will host a concert featuring the singers

  • Review: The Darkness, Brighton Dome, December 11 ★★★★

    THERE’S nothing like a good panto at Christmas and hard-rock legends The Darkness seem to agree. Their Tour De Prance (CORR) show at the Dome fulfilled most of the criteria – sparkly costumes, singalongs, laughs and plenty of innuendo. Yes, it

  • CCTV released in hunt for poppy tin thieves

    CCTV footage of two women stealing a Poppy tin from a pub has been released. Sussex Police has issued an appeal for information on the two suspects who have yet to be identified. The tin was stolen from the White Lion Hotel, Claremont Road,

  • One giant leap for university teddy mascot

    THIS teddy bear has boldly gone where no teddy bear has gone before. It may be just one small step for mankind, but it’s one giant leap for Captain Bright One. The cuddly mascot was part of a team of boffins from Brighton University who experienced

  • Concern raised for missing Brighton schoolgirl

    CONCERN is growing for a missing schoolgirl. Keziah Pateman, from Brighton, was last seen walking to school at around 8.40am yesterday. The 14-year-old could have travelled to Burgess Hill or London by train. She is black, 5ft 3in, of large

  • Hughton wants repeat of Old Trafford performance at Wembley

    BOSS Chris Hughton has called for a repeat of Albion’s last performance at an iconic venue against Spurs at Wembley tomorrow night. The Seagulls almost surprised Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United at Old Trafford last month, losing to a Lewis Dunk

  • Outnumbered actor takes a tumble

    AN ACTOR took a tumble on the ice while skating with friends.Tyger Drew-Honey, famous for his role in BBC comedy Outnumbered, was enjoying his time at Tulleys Farm’s Bavarian nights in Crawley on Saturday when he slipped on his backside and was caught

  • Corbyn backer tipped to fight by-election

    THE front-runner to replace a Labour councillor is a senior Labour Party official who worked as trade union liaison for Jeremy Corbyn.Nancy Platts, a former Labour prospective parliamentary candidate in the city, is understood to be the likeliest candidate

  • Thieves make off with toy car

    THIEVES have been caught on camera stealing a Morris Minor pedal car.The three men broke into six locked containers and a box trailer at the Old Factory Buildings in Battenhurst Road, Stonegate, Wadhurst, on the night of December 2.The thieves, believed

  • Trader’s concern as second van is stolen

    A TRADESMAN thinks thieves may be using online videos to learn how to steal vehicles after falling victim to the crime twice.Steve Reigan has had two vans stolen from his firm, Hove-based P and R Building Contractors, since October, with the latest last

  • Students’ party for local pensioners

    STUDENTS brought Christmas cheer to senior citizens.The Student Union at Worthing College organised a party for local pensioners at the Sanditon Conference Centre located on the college campus.The day began with students preparing food, decorating the

  • Meeting will focus on hunts and waiting times

    POLICE chiefs will talk about how they deal with hunts at a policy meeting. Katy Bourne, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Sussex, will question the Chief Constable seeking to find out how officers balance the rights of the hunting community

  • Shoplifter sues police after he was Tasered

    A SHOPLIFTER who is suing police for using excessive force described the pain of being Tasered as being like death. “You feel it, you can’t breath, it takes your breath away,” shoplifter Paul McClelland said. Mr McClelland, who described himself

  • One in four feel unsafe in city centre after dark

    NEARLY one in four people feel unsafe in the city centre after dark.The findings of the city’s annual residents’ survey come as The Argus reveals violent crime in the city centre has increased 16 per cent year-on-year.Yesterday, Argus reporters in West

  • Barking mad? Woman jumps in to save dog

    A DOG owner was nearly swept away after running into the stormy sea to save her pet. In a shocking video posted on Facebook, the woman disappears under the water, having run into the sea on Brighton beach to rescue the struggling dog. After

  • School tells pupils: It's our jacket or no jacket

    CHILDREN are walking to school without coats in the freezing cold and rain after a headteacher banned pupils from wearing coats bought from high street shops. Instead Patcham High School in Brighton is forcing over a thousands students to shell

  • Tributes paid following death of oldest woman in Sussex

    TRIBUTES have been paid to the oldest woman in Sussex. Elizabeth “Bet” Mary Edwards lived through two world wars, 26 British Prime Ministers and 20 American Presidents in her lifetime. Her son remembers her as a “fiercely independent” woman

  • Businessman buys first hotel in the city

    A BUSINESSMAN has bought his first hotel in Brighton.Kempfield House, on Maderia Place, is a five storey, grade II listed, Georgian town house which has 13 en-suite letting bedrooms. Nick Earee, divisional director at leisure property specialist Fleurets

  • New dining app is rocketing success

    A BRIGHTON firm which employs more than 100 people has created a new app which acts as a discount dining membership.Rocket Marketing, based in Preston Road, creates innovative loyalty programmes for a wide range of well-known brands. Its latest success

  • Schoolgirls triumph in entrepreneur contest

    A GROUP of teenage schoolgirls won more than £3000 in a dragons-den style entrepreneurship competition after designing a hijab for the younger female market.Lelia Hoad, Imogen Rogers, Alice Heap, Olivia Austin and Jess Pavey, all in Year 12 at Brighton

  • The best chauffeur firm in the UK...

    A COMPANY beat all major global competitors to be crowned the best chauffeur company in the UK.The nationwide chauffeur business, Club Class Chauffeurs, with its HQ in Hailsham, was awarded the gold accolade of Chauffeur Company of the Year.MD Jonathan