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  • Brighton Centre to become House of Fun

    THE BRIGHTON Centre will be turned into the House of Fun when Madness return to the city for the second time in just two years. It must be love for the legendary Ska band as they plan to return to the city in December. In 2015 the band bowled over thousands

  • Three arrested in Brighton drugs raids

    BODY-WORN cameras have captured the moment police carried out a drugs raid at a house. Officers arrested a man and a boy on suspicion of drugs offences at properties in Hawkhurst Road, Coldean, Brighton, and Park Crescent, near The Level, on Monday

  • Teenager robbed at knifepoint

    A teenager was held at knifepoint while he was robbed. The 19-year-old man was in Steyne Street, Bognor on Saturday, April 14, when after 10pm he was approached by two men, one of whom, is subject of the Efit, threatened him with a knife. The victim was

  • Cyclist thrown off bike by robber

    A cyclist has had his bike stolen by a man who threw him off his bike. The 18-year-old victim was attacked in Brittany Road, St Leonards, around 11.30pm on Friday, April 20. He was approached by another man who demanded the bike he was riding, before

  • Gold award for i360 at glittering bash

    THE i360 has been awarded Gold for ‘Innovation in Tourism’ at the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, which celebrate “the best in English Tourism”.The award was presented by VisitEngland Advisory Board chairman Denis Wormwell during a ceremony

  • NOSTALGIA PHOTOS: Remembering Lord Cohen - Mr Brighton

    YESTERDAY’S Timeout reflected on trade union activists and leaders, and today’s photos follow suit. Lord Cohen, born Lewis Cohen in 1897, was a socialist and a Labour politician. He is pictured here with Hilda Tilleman, chairwoman of the Brighton

  • Don’t be alarmed – but do visit the old air raid shelter

    A SCHOOL WILL opens its doors once again this year for Take Shelter! – a series of family-centred events where residents will get an opportunity to venture down into the depths of an original air raid shelter.Take Shelter! will host a timetable of 45-

  • Stick him in the stocks

    THE sheriff’s in town... holding Brighton Fringe director Julian Caddy to ransom.The Sheriff of Nottingham was in New Road, Brighton, for a publicity stunt and launched a surprise visit on Julian and put him in the stocks.The sheriff, actor Patric Kearns

  • Picture of the day: South Downs

    Dominic Vacher took this photograph of cows cooling off on the South Downs. For a chance to see your photo featured here, email picturedesk@theargus.co.uk. Don’t forget to include your name, address and some details about it

  • Comment: Clean our toilets

    Brighton and Hove has a deserved reputation as a top tourist destination which is also loved by those who live here. Of course no city or town is without its problems, but first impressions count. There are myriad attractions but at some point

  • Children showcase art in Marks and Spencer

    Talented young artists have exhibited their paintings at Marks and Spencer. Junior pupils from The Towers in Upper Beeding are currently exhibiting their bold and beautiful paintings of fruit in the Holmbush Marks and Spencer Cafe in Shoreham.The paintings

  • Girls encouraged to play cricket

    Schoolgirls are being encouraged to take up cricket.Sussex Cricket has teamed up with the Aldridge Foundation to offer free sessions across the county as a way of giving secondary school girls more opportunity to play the sport. The soft-ball cricket

  • Thousands of children in torch run

    More than 2,000 pupils took part in an inspirational Commonwealth Torch Run.Students from Woodingdean Primary School; Rudyard Kipling Primary School, Brighton; Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School, Rottingdean; St Margaret Primary School, Rottingdean;

  • Girls encourages to think beyond exams

    Girls from three schools came together as part of a new academy to boost their learning. Newly launched Roedean Academy encourages girls from independent school Roedean and state schools Blatchington Mill in Hove and Longhill in Rottingdean to think beyond

  • Train changes in the pipeline in timetable shake-up

    GOVIA Thameslink Railway (GTR), which runs Southern, has advised passengers to plan ahead for the biggest timetable shake-up in UK rail history in a month’s time.As the UK’s largest rail franchise, GTR has published the new details of train services

  • Car crashes into wall of farm

    A man has been cut out of a car by firefighters after crashing into a wall.  The car left the road in Littlehampton Road, Ferring, and collided with a wall at Green Gold Farm around 6.35am. The man driving the car had to be removed by a fire

  • Car rolls over on A27 at Falmer

    Paramedics treated people for their injuries after a car rolled over on the A27 at Falmer.  The single-vehicle incident rolled on the westbound A27 at Falmer around 1.40am on Wednesday (April 25). Police said the occupants of the car were

  • Music conference to kick off

    Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh is the star attraction at this year’s Brighton Music Conference – whose central theme is mental health.More than 200 speakers from within the music industry will be gathering at Brighton Dome tomorrow and Friday for the

  • The Argus launches business breakfast club

    More than 40 businesses attended the launch of the monthly Argus Business Breakfast Club yesterday.It took place from 7.30am at Small Batch in Goldstone Villas, Hove.Argus editor Arron Hendy and advertisement director Richard Harmer welcomed a wide variety

  • Residents slam public toilets in Hove

    MORE people have spoken out about the poor state of public toilets.The Argus reported yesterday that the toilets in Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, had been criticised for being dirty.Now the conveniences on Hove seafront are in the firing line.Resident Anna

  • Robbery gang raid park cafe

    A cafe owner has described the terrifying moment a gang cornered her and robbed her.Clare Angell was working alone at the kiosk in Wild Park in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, and was preparing to close shortly before 3pm when three men entered.They went over

  • Dramatic drop in cases of HIV

    New HIV diagnoses have fallen by half in five years.The figures for Brighton and Hove were revealed at last week’s conference of the joint British HIV Association (BHIVA) and British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) in Edinburgh.Bill Puddicombe

  • Teachers at five schools walk out in bitter dispute over pay

    MORE than 250 teachers went on strike yesterday over pay.Staff from Peacehaven Community School, Priory School in Lewes, Seaford Head School, St Catherine’s College in Eastbourne and Uckfield Community College took action at 7.30am after they were denied

  • Fiveways murder trial: Day 2 in full

    Just hours after stabbing his boss to death a university worker posted a chilling picture that said “stand up to bullies, then kill them”, a court heard. Mobile phone data showed David Browning was still in the area of Jillian Howell’s home in