Sussex Sharks have secured backing from Parafix for two more seasons. The Lancing-based company will continue their sponsorship of Sharks’ pink Royal London One-Day Cup shirt. Parafix have backed Sussex for more than a decade and became RLODC
THE Evening Argus was honoured with a locomotive named after the newspaper decades ago.The Class 73 steam engine was named Brighton Evening Argus between 1980 and 1992 and was numbered 73101.The name of the train was then changed to The Royal Alex but
YOU couldn’t get a richer cultural upbringing than that of Natasha Granger. When she was two, her parents, Colin Granger and Marina Kobler established Komedia, which has become one of Brighton’s best-loved arts spaces. Natasha recalls international
NEXT week, Brighton Dome will be transformed as it never has before. Air Play, a mixture of physical theatre and circus, is such a spectacular production that it requires the historic venue to be completely revamped. The performance will be “in
THE impersonator, who had her breakthrough on Britain’s Got Talent earlier this year, tells EDWIN GILSON about mimicking famous singers and why she was so nervous on television IMPRESSIONS are less a career than a way of life for Jess Robinson.
MARK Brailsford, founder of the longrunning comedy troupe, tells EDWIN GILSON about their upcoming show That Was The Year That Was and why satire is increasingly difficult in the modern age LAST year was the year of shock votes and this year has
CHRISTOPHER Harper, best known for playing child groomer Nathan Curtis in Coronation Street, tells EDWIN GILSON about his role in psychological thriller Strangers On A Train and the devastating effects of sex abuse THAT Christopher Harper draws
BRIGHTON and Hove primary schools are among the highest performing in the South East. A regional report released by Ofsted yesterday revealed the city’s schools are fourth in the South East when it comes to good and outstanding rated schools.
A MOTHER suffering with alcohol addiction died from a perforated stomach ulcer two days after being discharged from A&E. Lesley Higgins, 48, of Albert Road, Brighton, was admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital’s casualty department on
Chris Hughton says Albion must not panic about being dragged into the Premier League relegation battle. Five points divide the Seagulls in 13th from Swansea at the foot of the table and they are three points clear of the relegation zone. Boss
HEIGHTENED security will surround tonight's meeting of full council at Hove Town Hall. An hour before the meeting was due to start, Sussex Police said they were still assessing their response. Brighton and Hove City Council tonight hosted a
Beram Kayal has targeted a big Premier League role after returning from injury. The Albion midfielder started last night’s 2-0 defeat at Tottenham after fighting back from a broken leg sustained in their final friendly of pre-season. He got
I GET the feeling you would have a great laugh with Martyn Knight and Tucker whatever they were doing. The pair are pure comedy gold and make for a hilarious night for children and their parents, Knight as the dame, Sarah the cook and Tucker as
AN ANGRY mother has launched a petition demanding a school allows students to wear coats bought from the high street after the headteacher banned them. John McKee, head of Patcham High School in Brighton, insisted pupils could only wear coats with
Argus photographers Simon Dack and Nigel French were on hand to capture all the action from Wembley as Albion went down by two goals to Spurs. Click through to see all the action both on and off the pitch.
TWO separate collisions have caused a lane closure on a main road. Sussex Police received a call at around 9.20am, alerting them to two crashes on the A27 at Southwick Tunnel. A car is reported to have gone into the back of another vehicle
THE film version of Grease, the incarnation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s 1971 musical which rewarded John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John with hall-of-fame idolatry, is about to hit 40. Its underlying tinge of melancholy grows stronger by the
DRIVERS are facing severe traffic delays due to a collapsed manhole. The incident on the A27 is causing queues in both directions at the Sompting Bypass, which are expected to get worse as rush hour continues this morning. Traffic on the A24
Eastbourne Eagles have revealed a radical change of appearance allied to a new sponsorship deal for next season. The Forman IT Eagles will swap their traditional blue and yellow for a striking new racesuit in green, white and black. Team boss
Albion boss Chris Hughton has targeted a return to winning ways in back-to-back home games to halt the slide towards the Premier League relegation zone. The Seagulls are still 13th in the table but only three points above the bottom three following
Ideally located between Brighton and Hove, Crest Nicholson’s Artisan is a contemporary collection of luxury one, two and three bedroom apartments.Situated just a short walk away from the beach, and boasting superb panoramic views along the coastline,
Expert comment by Siobhan Cox of Dean Wilson LLP:For all of those first time buyers looking to get a foothold in the property market, there was finally some good news in the budget on 23 November. The Chancellor announced that first time buyers would
With an attendance of over 140 people and in a packed room with standing room only, Parsons Son & Basley’s last auction of the year raised almost £3 million of property sales with the star of this particular show being the last lot of the day, a ground
John Mitchell, of Landseer Road, Hove, took this great picture of the murmurations above the West Pier. For a chance to see your photo featured here, email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include your name, addess and some information about it.
A STRIPPER broke down in tears in court yesterday as she denied assaulting a client. Former Britain’s Got Talent star Kerri Graham is accused of punching Rakesh Pathak after performing a lap dance for him in her car in Brighton city centre in March
UNIVERSITY students are staging a protest today over “squalid housing conditions” in their seafront halls.More than 30 members of Acorn, a renters’ union and anti-poverty group, including students from the University of Sussex, had already voted to start
THE coldest temperature I’ve ever experienced is -23°C. I was in Kazakhstan teaching education students. I was well prepared, thick gloves, fur hat looking very ‘Russian’ as one of my students commented. Until you experience that type of cold, you can
A DESIGNATED traffic warden will lead a crackdown on parking in bus lanes and at stops. The Brighton and Hove City Council traffic warden will focus on inconsiderate parking that obstructs buses in a bid to improve the air quality by keeping services
SUSSEX Downs College has once again been told by inspectors it must do better. The college - which has bases in Lewes, Newhaven and Eastbourne - received a poor report two years ago. New Principal Mike Hopkins vowed at the time he was determined
THE Bevern Trust welcomed scores of people taking part in the first ever Lewes Santa Run to Harvey’s Yard. The fun run kick-started the festive season for the town as Santas suited-up for a Yuletide run and walk, setting off from Harvey’s Yard around
BLUNDERING council officials threatened a pensioner with legal action over a tree... owned by the council. Marcia Hasler, 76, received the letter on the day she returned from two weeks in hospital for emergency heart surgery. She said the shock
CHRISTMAS is a time of giving and those with a generous heart can do just that at Churchill Square in Brighton. Shoppers will spot the Giving Trees at the centre – but it is the messages attached to the branches they need to look out for. Each
A DECISION over a controversial plan to build 450 homes near the South Downs has been deferred, to the delight of campaigners. A Lewes District Council planning meeting over the Lower Hoddern Farm development in Peacehaven pressed pause on the
A SCHEME for a nine-storey hall of residence for 189 students, across the street from another major student housing development, was approved last night. The project at Pelham Terrace, in Lewes Road, Brighton, will transform the site of the disused
FEARS are growing over the future of one of Britain’s most popular dishes – the curry. The Mid Sussex Bangladeshi Welfare Association will tomorrow meet MP Sir Nicholas Soames in a bid to save what the association says are struggling curry restaurants
A NEW lollipop man is keeping people safe near a busy building site. Ben Caesar Ajani, who has lived in Brighton for more than 25 years, has just been recruited and is part-time lollipop man and part-time traffic marshal on the city’s Circus Street
COMMUTERS are furious over the cancellation of an early morning train service to London after a new timetable for next year was revealed. Southern Railway has decided to withdraw the 6.37am service from Brighton to London Bridge as part of a scheme
AN MP who received death threats has said the level of abuse became so bad she considered standing down. It comes after a Parliamentary watchdog revealed a startling level of abuse endured by Parliamentary candidates and proposed sweeping new measures
THE Argus is proud today to launch the Sussex Diversity Awards 2018.Diversity has never been more important to our society, economy and businesses and we all know that Sussex is an incredibly diverse county.The awards are being run in association with
DAVID Dimbleby has warned that heavy cuts will put the future of a renowned gallery at risk. The award-winning Towner Art Gallery, which attracts 150,000 visitors a year, would have its funding slashed by 50 per cent if Eastbourne Borough Council
AROUND 400 runners braved wet and windy conditions to run in Sunday’s Annual Mince Pie 10 Mile event.This is organised by the Seaford Striders as its major charitable fundraising event. This multi-terrain course, which has been voted one of the UK’s
A NOT-FOR-PROFIT business with offices in Brighton and Hove has won a national award.Here scooped the Employee Owned Innovation of the Year award in the UK Employee Ownership Awards.These are the UK’s annual celebration of employee-owned businesses run
ENTREPRENEUR Stephanie Woolven has secured a new business growth loan to expand her textile and design firm.She launched StephanieAnn Design last year after taking part in The Prince’s Trust Enterprise programme.She lives in Horsham and the company is
TWO women whose specialist company helps eczema sufferers are looking for a business angel to take them to the next stage of expansion.Natalie Balmond and Weze McIntosh own Purepotions Skincare Ltd, which is based in New England House, New England Street
PEACEHAVEN Community School is hoping to become a bigger part of the community by opening a shop in the Meridian Centre which will provide a snapshot of school life. Launched by music teacher Matt Casterton, the shop will showcase student work,
MORE than 120 people attended a free cancer health and wellbeing event.The day, held at the Amex stadium at Falmer, was organised by Albion In The Community, the official charity of Brighton and Hove Albion.It was designed to showcase the support available
ARUNDEL Castle has had yet another bumper year.It attracted four per cent more visitors during its 2017 open season than in 2016. A packed schedule of events drew crowds throughout the season, including the six-day Jousting and Medieval Tournament, one
A NEW Hamleys pop-up store – the only one of its kind in the UK – has been launched at Gatwick.Hamleys, the oldest toy shop in the world, has opened in the North Terminal.Throughout December, the Hamleys Gatwick staff will dress as Father Christmas’s
PADDINGTON and Downton star Hugh Bonneville came to Ardingly and helped celebrate one of the little bear’s favourite foods – marmalade.He joined Kathy Gore, chairwoman of Friends of Sussex Hospices, at the charity’s Christmas gift fair to support the
THE boss of city PR company Midnight Communications has sold her business. Caraline Brown said the PR part has been bought by two members of the current management team. The events side has been acquired by Platinum Event Management. Caraline
Albion manager Chris Hughton was pleased with Beram Kayal's Premier League debut in last night's 2-0 defeat by Tottenham at Wembley. The Israeli midfielder made his first appearance of the campaign after breaking a leg in the final friendly against
ALBION’S luck was out again on the big stage at Wembley last night. They frustrated Tottenham until right-back Serge Aurier fluked them ahead just before half-time with a cross which looped over goalkeeper Mathew Ryan. It was a cruel reminder
