Andy Smith is enjoying a dream season in his final fling of college basketball in Massachusetts. Now fans in Sussex are being given the chance to see the swingman, from Littlehampton, in action for his unbeaten Bentley College team. Bentley's bid for
Worthing Thunder are ready to prove they are more than just a table-topping basketball team. The multi-national, multi-skilled bunch reckon they have a range of talents with which to impress you. Now they are putting their abilities and willingness
Crawley have made their seventh signing in the space of a month by taking Brentford midfielder Darius Charles on loan until April. The 19-year-old, who joined Brentford as a trainee in 2004, has made 14 appearances this season but has not been involved
Jake Robinson may not be scoring goals at the moment for Albion but his name still sells shirts. The 20-year-old striker remains a firm favourite with fans, even though he will be trying to end a 14-game drought at Brentford today. Robinson has not
Alex Revell is ready to give Albion's League One survival hopes a huge lift by returning to action against Nottingham Forest at Withdean next Saturday. The ten-goal striker has made a remarkably rapid recovery from ankle ligament damage sustained in
A casualty nurse died in hospital seven days after giving birth to her second child, despite colleagues' efforts to save her. Louise Johnson, 33, from Goring-by-Sea, died in the accident and emergency department at Worthing Hospital on Friday, February
Two passengers were taken to hospital yesterday when they were injured in a three-bus crash. The accident happened at 1.15pm at the Old Steine, Brighton. It took place where the bus lane merges into the main road just before the roundabout in front
A police officer who chased a stolen car in which five teenage joyriders died was not responsible for the crash, a jury inquest found today. Acting Sergeant Paul Sandeman, 29, of Sussex Police, was not authorised to engage a vehicle in pursuit but mistakenly
Two yacht skippers have each been jailed for eight years for smuggling drugs worth £2million into Brighton Marina. They gave vital evidence which helped secure the conviction of the mastermind behind a major international drugs ring. A judge told them
The UK's largest exclusively gay hotel will be forced to accept straight customers from April. Legends, Marine Parade, Kemp Town, Brighton, welcomes guests to a "new era in gay hotels" on its website. But new anti-discrimination laws, destined to protect
Scottish graduate Nicholas Garrigan has a dream that most students relate to: he wants to make a difference. The dark history of Idi Amin's rule over Uganda is a disturbing and gruelling tale. Based on true events from Idi Amin's reign, we see
Marin Alsop made musical history last month when she became the first woman to head a major American orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. And this week Brighton audiences got the opportunity to see her in action with the London Philharmonic
East Sussex has scooped more than £3 million of Government cash to rebuild a home for the elderly. The £3.2 million grant will be spent on replacing Downlands Day Centre in Peacehaven with 41 flats and a treatment and activity centre. Care minister
Lovestick celebrates its first birthday with an all night love in at the Ocean Rooms. Three rooms of funked-up underground, classic and electro house from the usual suspects and their special guest DJs "Evil" Eddie Richards, Harold Heath and Digs
One of Brighton's most popular indie nights gears itself up for a very special Valentine's Day extravaganza. The Wednesday night regulars, who play everything from The Gossip to Gang of Four, are taking pity on Brighton's singletons and giving the
The Red Sea Social Club, brought to you by the reprobates that are Voodoo Vaudeville, has a new home but the same ethos, as a home for the unusually dressed and bizarrely minded. Proud to be unconfined by the restraints of your typical club night
Carousel holds its popular Blue Camel Club in February with a special "Love Night" for people with learning disabilities. Tied in with Valentine's Day, it will feature bands, cabaret and dancing. Top of the bill is a visit by London based disability
Following his show at the Concorde last year and a fine appearance supporting Coldcut at the Corn Exchange, Bonobo is back - but this time he's not behind the decks. The Brighton DJ (otherwise known as Simon Green) is taking a more organic approach
Knitting cast off its rocking-chair image when the likes of Kate Moss and Julia Roberts jumped the bandwagon and began clacking their needles. The revolution started by guerrilla knitting groups such as Cast Off, who staged knit-ins on the London
Who says romance is dead? If you're longing for some good old-fashioned fun on February 14 there's no better place to be than the Brighton Dome Strictly Valentine's Ball. The ten-piece Berkeley Square Society Band and guest bassist Herbie Flowers
The classily-named Madame Collier de Perlier and her pal Just Lucky host a Valentine's date with a difference. Possibly not one to take a timid first date on, unless you want to see them running for the nearest exit, Cupid's Capers is definitely one
Something's been bothering Edward Larrikin for a long time - his band's second-rate rider. The scampish frontman of Twickenham quartet Larrikin Love has had enough of ownbrand crisps and cheap beer. "I kept asking for port and cheese crisps and
At the grand old age of 23 Patrick Wolf has been refining his talents for more than half a lifetime. It started 12 years ago when Wolf first experimented with car boot sale keyboards and tape recorders and has resulted in one of the most original
Will Oldham is one of the great mavericks and a mysterious figure of modern American music. He hates the idea of fame so much that he's spent the best part of his career recording under a series of pseudonyms. In the past the Kentucky singer/songwriter
Voted style icons by Vogue, the Guardian and the NME, it could all have been so different for Sheffield quintet the Long Blondes. They could have been a barbershop quartet. "Did we say that?" asks bass player Reenie Hollis, incredulously. "Hmmm
When she released Soviet Kitsch in 2004 Regina Spektor made music headlines for two reasons: her background and her celebrity testimonials. Now the Soviet-born star of the anti-folk scene doesn't need the kudos of her famous fans -The Strokes and
A multi-million out of town development has received a double boost. Developers have announced that two new stores at Lyons Farm, off the Upper Brighton Road, Worthing, have now been let. One will house Argos catalogue shop and the other Pets
Cold hard cash can buy you lots of things, but not tickets to this show. The only way to see Jamie T - the tall, skinny London lad who's been dubbed the Billy Bragg for the noughties - is to pre-order a copy of his album from Brighton's Rounder and
A fun musical about the horrors of Auschwitz sounds like an oxymoron. But the writers and producers of the Life and Death Orchestra have created a powerful new work, which premiered at Komedia on Holocaust Memorial Day. With a first half based
Award-winning standup Phil Nichol returns with his latest show - the story of a debauched weekend in Amsterdam spent with druggies, killers and racists. The Naked Racist is the seventh one-man show from the Glasgowborn Canadian comic, following
Love it or loathe it, Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance is back. The man who made his name in Riverdance and gave the world Feet of Flames returns to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his most famous show. During the past decade, Lord of the
Suzanne Robertson still remembers finding Lifeboat's musical director down the back of the piano one lunchtime, rubbing the strings with a ping-pong ball on the end of a pencil. He was trying, he explained, to make the sound of a ship sinking in
In Victoria Wood's original BBC1 series there was only ever half an hour in total of the spoof soap opera Acorn Antiques. And yet in 2005, some two decades after they first appeared, those slight sketches became the basis for a fullscale West End
From the acclaimed writer of the West End hit Girl's Night Out comes a new comedy set against the backdrop of a pole dancing class. With an all-female cast rustled up straight from soapland - Lisa Riley (Emmerdale and Fat Friends), Pauline
Hosted by Mr Twinkletoes himself, Lionel Blair heads up this chiffon and sequin spectacular Simply Ballroom. Choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag, 16 international championship dancers will take the audience through
"In any other town I'd wonder if this was a little camp?" said Gervais gesturing to his plastic crown, royal cape and the giant illuminated RICKY sign blazing behind him. Swigging from a can of Fosters, which he occasionally rested on a six-foot
Sixteen years ago, Sean Hughes became the youngest comedian to win the Perrier Award. Now he is touring for the first time in eight years. And among the jokes about bird flu and dog death you will find signs of a new maturity. "Really, this show
Police in Sussex have taken the DNA details of nearly 80,000 people, the Government has revealed. Figures published by the Home Office show the force has logged the equivalent of more than six per cent of the area's population on to the national database
Alternative heirs to the English throne were named today following a worldwide quest to track down potential Kings and Queens. Historical experts launched a bid to locate the ancestors of those who might have been crowned had William the Conqueror not
AN independent Islamic school raided by police as part of an anti-terror operation last year has been closed by the Government. The Jameah Islamiyah School in Mark Cross, near Crowborough, was shut down after the school failed to follow an improvement
A town's hopes of seeing its rail link to the coast rebuilt have received a major boost. East Sussex County Council has committed to keeping the route of the disused Uckfield to Lewes railway clear from development and Network Rail has confirmed it has
Defender Magnus Okuonghae has urged Crawley to secure Conference survival as quickly as possible. Reds travel to Okuonghae's old club St Albans tomorrow seven points clear of the danger zone following a five-match unbeaten league run. Joint caretaker
Leading hotelier Michael Clinch rubbed shoulders with the stars - and has the autograph book to prove it. As a boy growing up in post-war Worthing he used to wander around the town's Chatsworth Hotel searching for sporting and stage icons of the day
Eastbourne Eagles want fans to help them strike the right note in the new season. But they insist they will not be getting rid of their current victory anthem. St Elmo's Fire is traditionally blasted over the loudspeakers when Eagles do their
Nigel Baker today called on his Haywards Heath team to find "that extra ten per cent" in their bid for Twickenham and league safety. Heath aim to beat last year's club record breaking run in the EDF Intermediate Cup when they go to Dunstablians
Two men have been rewarded for their heroism after they risked their own lives to save another. Former lifeboatman Robert Billich was on a paddle steamer cruise on the River Medway in Kent with his wife Jennie when three-year-old Craig Oliphant slipped
Chris Adams today called for Sussex team-mates Mike Yardy and Matt Prior to get the nod for the World Cup. Neither has featured in the Commonwealth Bank series in Australia. But the Sussex skipper believes coach Duncan Fletcher should freshen
If you asked Kerry Mayo to name the worst ground he has played at during his long and distinguished Albion career, Brentford would feature near the top of the pile. There are grubbier places to go in terms of facilities - Withdean for one - but
Five men have been charged with violent disorder over a brawl that led to the pub where it happened being shut down. The Toby Inn, in Woodingdean, was permanently closed by Brighton and Hove City Council which cited poor management and poor company practice
Disabled residents and tourists face months without vital information on which shops, pubs, restaurants and other facilities are accessible. Brighton and Hove City Council has scrapped its DisabledGo website, which helps 35,000 disabled residents and
A pensioner was left in agony for almost three months while waiting for urgent dental treatment. Bertha Barclay, 97, could not eat properly over Christmas and suffered seering pain after being told she was "low priority" by West Sussex Primary Care Trust
Fresh in-fighting has broken out in the Brighton and Hove Labour group over the city's controversial new school catchment areas. Labour councillors Kevin Allen and Anne Meadows have joined rebel councillor Juliet McCaffery in publicly stating their opposition
Another case dropped against a protester (The Argus, February 3). More public money wasted persecuting peaceful protesters. It would be interesting to know the total costs involved in such arbitrary and pointless prosecutions. Pointless from
Developers want to build 65 flats on the site of a trading estate next to the south coast railway line. The Brooklands Trading Estate in Orme Road, Worthing, is currently the base of firms including Gleam Clean car and valeting service, Ashdown
What a sad world we live in. The joyous sound of a cockerel greeting a new day can be "banned" (The Argus, February 6) while the invasive sounds of canned music and the objectionable smell of barbecues will soon ruin our weekends and
For more than a decade the Brighton Centre has been past its shelf life. Simon Fanshawe (The Argus, February 3) encourages us to be patient and prudent in view of the proposed redevelopment negotiations for the new venue as he valiantly rattles
In reply to Simon Fanshawe's article, while the need for facilities to attract conferences to Brighton and Hove are clearly important, Mr Fanshawe has not mentioned the equal importance of the venue to the music industry. While work is carried
I was pleased to read police officers are learning Polish to improve community relations with the 3,000 Polish residents who have moved to the Arun district (The Argus, January 31). Would it not be a good idea for Bognor or Littlehampton to hold
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has advertised the Newhaven incinerator application as a departure from local development plans because of its adverse visual impact on the adjacent area of outstanding natural beauty and the loss of areas for
Roger French, managing director of Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company, says, quite rightly, the adverts for the £2.80 ticket state clearly this price is for online orders only. However, in my particular case I ended up being out of pocket
Though I have every sympathy with Albion supporters wanting a new home for their team, the site at Falmer is simply too valuable to be lost to a football club - it is going to be needed for a decent hospital. The Royal Sussex County Hospital
I am appalled at Brighton and Hove City Council's children, families and school committee's (CFSC) decision to vote in favour of the school admissions proposals (The Argus, February 3). In particular I am staggered at the treatment of Councillor
In the report "Bitter divide over school places system" (The Argus, February 5), Mrs Larkin says Councillor Juliet McCaffery failed in her remit to look at how things were going to affect the city as a whole. This accusation should obviously
As a parent of a child at Coombe Road Primary School, I am disappointed at the outcome of the schools admissions review (SAR) vote on February 2 (The Argus, February 3). What I was most disappointed about was the fact the democratic process
I have been following the schools admissions debate with interest, though our children walked to Dorothy Stringer in the Eighties. However, the action of the ruling Labour party of Brighton and Hove City Council is typical - you dismiss the councillor
The last-minute sacking of a councillor who had the insight and courage to speak out individually, in order to push the schools proposals through was staggering to the point of being surreal. How Councillor Pat Hawkes could portray this person
English Heritage has hit back at claims that it has endorsed the controversial King Alfred redevelopment scheme. Karis's managing director Josh Arghiros said last year that the public body had given its support to the £290 million Frank Gehry
Brighton and Hove has been given two weeks to save its most prominent church - known as the "city's cathedral" - from closure. Wardens, parishioners and residents are in shock after learning St Peter's Church in York Place, the parish church of Brighton
A pilot smuggling cannabis into Britain died after crashing his dope-laden aeroplane into a field during heavy fog, an inquest was told yesterday. Malcolm Cook, 52, a married travel agent with two children from Horsham, died instantly when the Piper
A compromise has been reached in the row over the placing of a statue of legendary comic entertainer Max Miller. The bronze life-sized depiction of the Brighton-born star will remain in New Road, the hub of the city's theatre and entertainments district
A legal loophole could make way for a 750-home development despite it being rejected by councillors. Councillors on Wealden District Council's development north sub-committee rejected an application to build the huge complex in Downland Farm, Uckfield
Fire ripped through a pub roof after flames broke out in the kitchen. Sixty firefighters battled for more than three hours to stop the blaze spreading through the Frogs Hole Farm Pub in Maidenbower, near Crawley. Customers and staff were evacuated
Police chiefs are set to take on the Government by breaking tax restrictions imposed by Whitehall. Councils and police authorities have been ordered to restrict tax increases to less than five per cent this year. Any increase higher than that will be
The controversial knife-edge decision to introduce school catchment areas into Brighton and Hove could be reviewed. Eight Conservative members of the city's council have labelled the vote used to bring in the measures "flawed". Councillor Vanessa Brown
A school at the centre of a happyslapping row has come under fire again. The Argus revealed last week how a gang of youngsters filmed a 15-year-old boy as his arm was broken during a playground attack at Patcham High School. Two teenagers have
Cinema-goers are being asked to rethink their travelling habits in a series of one-minute films. The five shorts, which depict extraordinary journeys across Brighton and Hove, are being shown before films at the Duke of York's Picturehouse. Characters
Health managers have been praised for their work to keep children out of casualty. Accidental injuries claim the lives of three in 100,000 children in Britain every year - the same rate as cancer. And a national study has said health trusts and
