Nathan Jones today revealed his despair at being pushed on to the fringes since helping Albion win promotion last season. Jones has started just one match this season despite being an almost constant fixture in the Seagulls side which earned a place in
Albert Jarrett grabbed the only goal as Albion Reserves beat Reading 1-0 in the Pontin's Holiday Combination League at Madejski Stadium yesterday. The midfielder struck a cracking right-foot shot from 25 yards 15 minutes from time to clinch the points
So, after 21 years, we are to lose another institution in Hove, much loved and known by generations of children (The Argus, November 15). Charlie Hosmer, a favourite with generations of visitors to St Ann's Well Gardens will sadly serve his last mug of
I often agree with Selma Montford's letters but certainly not with the one headlined "Floral Blunder" (Letters, November 19). Selma really has got this one wrong. Brighton has long held a wonderful record for beautiful gardens. The Brighton Parks and
The sound of Dry The Rain is like a rush of serotonin to the head. I have not felt so laid back since I tried to overdose on Beta Blockers. The sound of The Beta Band is truly mesmerising and while their live performance loses some of the high production
A campaign to ban noisy car alarms was today backed by an MP. Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat member for Lewes, is leading calls for a ban on the devices, which he says do little to improve security. He has tabled a Private Member's Bill that would outlaw
Writer Julie Burchill has challenged some of her "hypocrite" neighbours to take a lie detector test. She made the comment as Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee yesterday considered plans to bulldoze her home to make way for a five-storey
A doctor told a jury he was shocked when a patient said she had had an orgasm during a hypnotherapy session. Imad Al-Khawaja, 48, said it felt like a slap in the face. The doctor, a father of four, has denied indecently assaulting two patients during
Maurice Packham writes about the historical importance of the flint wall marking the boundary of Brighton and Rottingdean (Letters, November 20). Unfortunately, demolition is legal because the wall is neither listed nor in a conservation area. The only
Travellers make up a small minority community. Surely in this day and age the majority can accommodate them? People just want the police to move them on. Do they ever think where to? Sadly, they don't care. It also still seems acceptable to make racist
What a great marketing ploy by the Albion, producing Christmas cards showing several players wearing not very much. I am not the only one who was impressed by Gary Hart's sexy smile, the lean beauty of Maheta Molango and the magnificent physique of Adam
People living near a busy main road today spoke of their fears that roadworks could lead to deaths. Neighbours in Withdean Crescent and Varndean Gardens say changes to the layout of London Road and the streets feeding on to it place pedestrians in peril
Next to the junction between the A27 and the A26 is a large, derelict site which is big enough to build a stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. At present it is often full of wrecked cars as people use it as a racetrack. I don't know who
Thousands of children will miss school today as teaching assistants stage a two-day strike over pay. But the industrial action in Brighton and Hove has angered many parents who are facing severe difficulties finding childcare during work hours. Many said
A last lap crash meant that Polegate rider James Dear had to settle for fifth place in Brighton Excelsior's open cyclo-cross in Moulsecoomb's Wild Park. He was still the first Sussex rider to finish and, after having won the previous two rounds, he was
Racist chanting by Spanish football fans brings into sharp focus the dramatic improvements which have been made inside British grounds over the past 20 years. In Britain, supporters know racist chanting may lead to expulsion from the ground, a lifetime
Grand Prix star Nicki Pedersen will ride for Eastbourne Eagles again next year. Former world champion Pedersen has ended speculation about his future by agreeing a new one-year deal with the Sussex club. And former Arlington favourite Mark Loram is lined
Andy Naylor's comments about Albion's pre-match build-up at Withdean (The Argus, November 16) miss the point. Although West Ham run out to I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, this does little to energise the home fans. So subdued were they on Saturday that,
Darren Currie will never be as famous as former team-mate David Beckham. While Beckham turned himself into a household name, Currie struggled for years in the lower divisions after they played together as kids for Middlesex. There is, however, one way
Nathan Jones today revealed his despair at being pushed on to the fringes since helping Albion win promotion last season. Jones has started just one match this season despite being an almost constant fixture in the Seagulls side which earned a place in
An innovative DIY company is expanding its business by opening an operations and training centre. Dial a hubby plans to open 60 such centres across the country after the first opened its doors at the Martlets Trading Estate, Goring, West Sussex. Each
Transport bosses have won a national award for their ambitious approach to public transport in Brighton and Hove. Thanks to it, people in the city are leaving their cars at home and catching the bus to work. The city council's transport plan has won admirers
Somewhere in between dodging the paparazzi and prancing about the Caribbean in a bikini, Katie Price did a hard day's work. That may be harsh - it can be exhausting posing for the cameras and appearing on television reality shows - but the queen of celebrity
The Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek helped invent European jazz but on Tuesday at The Dome he and his band were in the reinvention business. In recent years his name has been associated with an earnestness which has made his music seem rather bleak
Rebel pensioner Victor Causabon-Vincent has vowed to appeal after neighbours won an anti-social behaviour order against him following a long-running boundary dispute. He was accused of threatening some of them with a medieval mace and a crowbar, Chichester
Art student Ewan Manson is turning fish into flowers using his dinnertime leftovers. Instead of throwing them away, Ewan, 21, transforms his fish and chicken bones into delicate bouquets. He hit upon the idea for an end-of-term art project for his degree
The concerns which the ordinary people of Telscombe and Saltdean have about the fencing of their Tye are that the work being carried out is not as it was originally conceived. Locals understood the Tye would remain as it was but with fencing to keep out
A headteacher facing a staffing crisis flew to South Africa to recruit teachers because it was cheaper than advertising from Britain. Peter Barton paid a flying weekend visit to Cape Town and returned with the news he had appointed three new teachers.
A woman opened her curtains to find the contents of a house on her driveway. Karen Ironside was stunned to find a sofa, chairs, tables, a television, cooker and other items blocking her garage at the back of her house in Hillview Road, Brighton. She asked
Hastings-based Richard Yule, the chief executive of the English Table Tennis Association, moved to play in the British League Veterans League with plenty of success. Playing for Surrey-based Lyncrest, he overpowered five players ranked above him. They
I keep reading and hearing about the "beautiful game" - oh, it's football they're talking about. You mean the unskilful back-passing, sideways-passing, wasting time, diving, non-stop fouling and brainless play which sometimes suggest the modern players
For all those who say the Albion have no "Plan B" and will fall by the wayside without Falmer, consider this: The Albion has never been a sleeping giant and has generally played second or third division football throughout its long history. Withdean is
They are the team of would-be superstars who were crowned college champions of America in front of 44,000 fans. The team whose two star players, Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon, headed to the NBA on salaries of nine million dollars for three-year stints.
Albert Jarrett grabbed the only goal as Albion Reserves beat Reading 1-0 in the Pontin's Holiday Combination League at Madejski Stadium yesterday. The midfielder struck a cracking right-foot shot from 25 yards 15 minutes from time to clinch the points
A new director has been appointed to head a company which supports small businesses. The Enterprise Agency, which serves Brighton, Hove and Lewes, named Dr Robin Arak as director and he will fill the role of chief executive when he takes up the post in
A leading property agent has been named as the new business boss for Hove. Michael Squire, senior partner at property agents Clifford Dann, has been elected as chairman of the Hove Business Association for its 75th year. Mr Squire has worked in the Hove
Figures released this month show the top 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange collectively put less than one per cent of their earnings back into the community. This statistic alone would suggest the notion of corporate social responsibility
A seaside town has been awarded £500,000 to make it less boring. East Sussex County Council said Newhaven is ignored by people arriving in Sussex from Dieppe and wants the money to go towards paying for more restaurants, pubs, clubs and wine bars to give
Campaigners staged a protest outside council offices to stop an incinerator being built - and vowed their battle has only just begun. About 20 people gathered in St Anne's Crescent, Lewes, yesterday where Cabinet members of East Sussex County Council
A team of design consultants who refuse to work for controversial companies is celebrating a successful first year. Brighton-based Neo:creative was started by communication and design experts Toby Cotton, Simon Bottrell and Nick Christoforou a year ago
Van Morrison gigs are always a gamble. If you're lucky, the pay-off will be an impassioned set of old favourites. If you catch him on a bad day, you may only get a petulant performance of old obscurities. With 30 albums under his ever-widening belt, he
Jenny Eclair's one-woman show traces the life of Carol Fletcher, a brassy market trader from Dewsbury who dreams of leaving her mundane "black and white" existence. Her big chance comes when a reality TV show documents life in the market and stumbles
When you're in the pub or relaxing at home with nicotine-addicted friends or partner, remember their tobacco habit is doing more than just making you cough - it's killing you. Almost 4,000 people under 65 die each year from lung cancer, heart disease
About 2,000 people in the country are becoming vegetarian each week and Brighton is a mecca for those who have decided to ditch meat. The city beat off competition from Edinburgh and Manchester when the public voted it worthy of the prestigious accolade
Do you remember being told to stop jumping on the beds as a child? Re-live the fun you had by asking for a trampoline this Christmas and bounce your way to good health. Toy experts predict trampolines will be top of Christmas lists this year - but it
Darren Currie will never be as famous as former team-mate David Beckham. While Beckham turned himself into a household name, Currie struggled for years in the lower divisions after they played together as kids for Middlesex. There is, however, one way
