Albion manager Mark McGhee today targeted a December win double to stay on course for Championship survival. The Seagulls kick-off the fifth month of the season at home to rock-bottom Rotherham on Saturday. Third-bottom Gillingham visit Withdean on Boxing
Like Kevin Rowland, who owes so much to him, the glory of Van Morrison's music has always come more from the power of his delivery than the strength of the compositions. When he burns, it feels as if he's struggling to hold back a great eruption of emotion
Campaigners have scored a victory in a battle against changes being made to a busy road. Brighton and Hove City Council is to reopen consultation on the scheme to improve safety on London Road, part of the A23 in Brighton. People living in Withdean Crescent
A successful bid to square up to aggressive beggars and drug dealers has won a coveted Home Office award. Evelyn Farrelly, owner of the Lady Orchid Florist at Norfolk Square, Brighton, was among the campaigners invited to a glamorous ceremony in London
A man has been jailed for four months for assaulting his girlfriend and cutting up her clothes. David Launders was jealous when Pamela Aspinall told him she had been invited to a party, a court heard. Richard Cherrill, prosecuting, said Launders took
Three luxury homes worth almost £750,000 may be bulldozed because they are too tall. The two-bedroom houses which will feature designer kitchens and top of the range bathrooms, are partially constructed. The homes are part of a development called Aspen
Last week the man responsible for the shocking murder of Sunday school teacher Gill Montgomery was sent to Broadmoor following an unrelated brutal attack. The sentence marks the end of a case which saw Sussex Police track the suspect to Turkey, where
I must respond to Jan Melrose's article regarding the road improvements which have been made to the A23 (The Argus, November 25). Do protesters not realise how the cycle lanes have added to the safety of the cyclists who regularly use this route (all
Councillor Paul Elgood's letter (November 20) regarding Hove Conservative Club is so full of inaccuracies I hardly know where to start. The planning application he referred to is, as far as I am aware, to convert the upper floors of this large building
The sister of Men Behaving Badly actress Leslie Ash wept as she told a court she was bullied and harassed by her estranged husband. Deborah Ash said she was tearful, shaken and frightened after being publicly confronted three times by Peter Aboro. Yesterday
As Chairman of the Hove and Portslade Conservative Association, I was taken aback by the article headlined "Tories are accused of hypocrisy over flats". I heard some time ago that the Conservative Club were putting in a planning application in order to
A major restructuring of parking zones has been drawn up for the centre of Brighton. The plans would end free parking anywhere in the central zone, taking away time-limited bays where there are no charges for short stays. Brighton and Hove city councillors
I must respond to your headline "Tories are accused of hypocrisy over flats" (The Argus, November 22). The actual facts of the matter are that The Hove Conservative Club submitted a planning application to alter and extend the premises to form six one-bedroom
Residents of Park Street, Queen's Park, Brighton, have faced growing competition for parking spaces from commuters, shoppers and visitors for years, so there is some support for the controlled parking zone which is being brought in next March . But 14
Next year's Sussex time trial programme in the county has been saved. All clubs faced being barred from promoting or competing in time trials when nobody came forward to replace retiring secretary Christine Watts. But Norwood Paragon member Brian Dawson
Sussex have defended their decision to charge their 4,000 members to watch Twenty20 cricket next season. They are being asked to pay £6 per game on top of their £130 subs. The county are anxious to avoid a repeat of last year when there were hundreds
I was interested in the article celebrating the marriage of Brighton with Hove ten years ago (The Argus, November 18). Its headline suggested local democracy has been improved as a result of the merger. Residents of Brighton and Hove gave a very different
Albion Reserves began the defence of the Sussex Senior Cup with a comprehensive 9-0 victory over County League Sidley United in the second round last night. The Seagulls produced a sublime performance full of pace, movement, skill and sharpness which
A £1 billion spending programme on England's major roads was announced yesterday by the Highways Agency. It coincides with £900 million worth of recently-announced schemes to be carried out over three years. Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said:
De Vere, owner of The Grand hotel in Brighton, said increased demand from business travellers had contributed to a steep rise in pre-tax profits. Conference bookings were still sluggish but the leisure group planned to capitalise on a steady recovery
You're familiar with the pub session - those beer-fuelled bedrocks of the folk scene at which a resident band is joined in a knees-up by singers from the floor. But imagine what it would be like if you could capture the informal, all-pitch-in spirit of
Train enthusiasts with deep pockets might consider it a dream buy, but, to everyone else, the auctioning of a disused railway line in rural East Sussex seems unusual. A £10,000-plus guide price has been placed on the half-mile line set in almost six acres
Albion Reserves began the defence of the Sussex Senior Cup with a comprehensive 9-0 victory over County League Sidley United in the second round last night. The Seagulls produced a sublime performance full of pace, movement, skill and sharpness which
I would buy a calendar of the very sexy Albion players. Gary Hart is a billion times sexier than Tom Cruise. To sell Christmas cards to raise money for the new stadium is a brilliant idea. The Albion have some very sexy players indeed, yum yum. -Lesley
It is naive of GP Brown to suppose 25-year-old pledges that the tops of buildings in the Marina would not go higher than the cliff tops will be honoured today, even if that is what the Brighton Marina Act says (Letters, November 26). Brighton and Hove
As convenor of the Hova Group (Heritage Over Vandalism, Actually!) I suppose I should be flattered that the potential developers of the King Alfred site find the opposition so formidable they have recruited film star Brad Pitt to their team (The Argus
A man accused of raping a teenage girl in a tent at a children's camp more than a decade ago has been cleared. Howard Andrews, 41, collapsed sobbing to the floor of the dock after the jury also acquitted him of two charges of indecently assaulting the
How I endorse J Lindford's letter regarding cycle lanes (Letters, November 18). Sadly, they are a waste of money while they are within reach of the average car driver. Lanes between Lancing and Worthing are successful because they are inaccessible to
Theatre bosses are pledging to make a cabaret big top the highlight of the summer arts festival, with the return of a host of curious attractions. Organisers have told fans of the Famous Spiegeltent that they are working hard to ensure the travelling
Rose Rainton was in superb form as Sussex climbed to the top of the County Championship premier division. The seven times Sussex title-holder won all five of her matches to help the county to 7-3 victories against Leicestershire, Durham and Essex at Slough
Two issues of The Argus highlighted the best and worst of our city. On Monday, November 15, you reported the fight to save a 200-year-old flint wall marking the historic boundary between the old parishes of Brighton and Rottingdean. I wish the campaigners
Pakistan Test bowler Rana Naved is one of the players Sussex are looking at as they step up their search for a second overseas player. Director of cricket Peter Moores confirmed that the 26-year-old, who made his Test debut last month, is one of the players
Albion manager Mark McGhee today targeted a December win double to stay on course for Championship survival. The Seagulls kick-off the fifth month of the season at home to rock-bottom Rotherham on Saturday. Third-bottom Gillingham visit Withdean on Boxing
Ambitious new proposals aimed at dragging a run-down seaside town out of the doldrums have been unveiled. A 60-bedroom seafront hotel would be built on a putting green in the shadow of the world famous De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill. A six-storey glass
Up to 640,000 new homes could be built across the South East during the next 20 years. The figure, which includes thousands of homes in East and West Sussex, is the highest of three options contained in a regional plan for the area. It was drawn up in
Work is under way to unlock a lost evening economy worth £22 million by allowing shops, cafes and restaurants in a seaside town to open longer. A total of £175,000 has been granted to Hastings town centre for the next three years to help create a thriving
Opponents are making a last-ditch effort to persuade ministers to reject a controversial road plan in East Sussex. The Government is due to say this week if it is to grant East Sussex County Council £47 million to fund the Hastings to Bexhill link road
Business leaders say the Government is short-changing Sussex by £200 million a year. Workers in the region paid almost £10 billion in taxes in the year 2002-2003, according to a report published by business support group Sussex Enterprise. Over the same
They started out covering Clash tracks under the moniker Vortex Motion and ended up as a pop band. They cultivated gruff, rough-and-ready stubble but teamed it with colourful silk shirts. They had one of the world's most famous heroin addicts as a singer
Jacqueline Wilson is staggeringly successful as a children's author. Youngsters gobble up her books as if they are sweets, even though the subject matter is anything but sugary. So expectations were high for the stage production of Bad Girls, the second
This little boy was thrilled to get an early Christmas gift from The Argus Appeal. Jacob Towner, five, got a shiny new LCD mobile phone thanks to the generosity of donations from the charity's supporters. Jacob, from Mayfield Avenue, Peacehaven, is partially
