He is a fan of rapper 50 Cent but it is his 50th goal for Scunthorpe that he will be after at Withdean today. Can Albion repel the hottest shot in the division, Billy Sharp? Boss Dean Wilkins accepts it will be the toughest test yet for a defence which
Albion boss Dean Wilkins has urged his players to rise to their "biggest challenge of the season" by sending Scunthorpe home empty-handed. The Seagulls entertain the commanding League One leaders at Withdean with Wilkins mindful of the threat from the
New boss Bob Brimson today told his Eastbourne Eagles: "I demand 100 per cent commitment." Brimson, the Eagles fan who took over as promoter in the close-season, admits there will be a few nerves as his club get the campaign under way with a challenge
Worthing Thunder can clinch a second successive league title tonight. And, if they manage it, they will have a couple of local VIPs in the gym to enjoy their success. Thunder need two more wins from three games to retain the EBL division one crown they
Hospital staff are facing mounting complaints over losing elderly patients' false teeth. Families have accused the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton of humiliating their relatives by accidentally binning their dentures and not replacing them.
A garage worker has told how a robber threatened to kill him then punched him repeatedly in the face. Sri Putta, 25, moved to England from India four months ago in search of a better life but now lives in fear because the offender, who attacked him at
A woman who falsely accused an ex-boyfriend of raping her has escaped being sent to prison. Sarah Mealing blighted Graham Fuller's life after she made the claim. Mealing, 43, alleged he had repeatedly attacked her at their home in Hove. The marketing
More than 10,000 teens are being arrested each year as youth crime rockets, an investigation by The Argus has revealed. The scale of youth offending was laid bare in official figures, which show juvenile arrests have increased by more than 30 per cent
Ever fancied your chances of beating Brighton and Hove Albion's centre forwards in a penalty competition? This was the fundraising challenge enjoyed by sports stars of the future at Hopscotch Nursery, in Portland Road, Hove, who put their football heroes
Babyshambles have announced their first arena tour - and the band will stop off in Brighton. Pete Doherty and the rest of the band will play Wembley Arena on November 27. The tour will also take in Manchester, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Nottingham
A teaching assistant retiring after 25 years on the job has received a great send-off. Doreen Woolven, 60, has worked at St Martin's CofE Primary School, Hartington Road, Brighton, for a quarter of a century and celebrated her impending retirement yesterday
For many of its stars one of the Theatre Royal Brighton's most precious memories was a tiny bar where they could get a cup of tea, shot of whisky or kindly ear. The Single Gulp bar was hidden behind the stage and opened only to those who had performed
Former England rugby international Andy Ripley has helped launch a new Sussex cancer charity. Mr Ripley, who has prostrate cancer, is appealing for businesses to get behind Cancer Journey, which needs £110,000 to get started. The charity will have a
A father who took his five-year-old daughter shoplifting has been warned he faces jail if he steals again. Steven Etheridge, 36, claims he only resorted to stealing to fund his gambling addiction. The former South African soldier said he had lost jobs
With tales of frustrated fans being locked out of big-name gigs by the likes of Kooks last year the Great Escape festival did not enjoy an auspicious start. But the festival has bounced back, and is promising to be better than ever - with even
The launch of a controversial public consultation on the future of hospital services has moved a step forward. Members of East Sussex Downs and Weald Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Hastings and Rother PCT today gave the go-ahead for proposals to be formally
A headteacher who turned a school with failing results into the most improved in the country has died aged 47. Karen Lees worked wonders when she was seconded from Varndean School in Brighton to take charge of East Brighton College of Media Arts (Comart
Just one mention of its age and the Zap Club is blushing as the whole venue decks itself out in red to mark not only its 22nd birthday but also Comic Relief night. Some very special guest DJs have responded to the party invitations, many of whom
Though best-known as the scruffy drummer behind spiky art-rock Glaswegians Franz Ferdinand, Paul Thomson is set to show another hitherto unknown side to his skills tomorrow. Paul is the headline DJ at Massacre, at the Ocean Rooms in Brighton, in the
Fresh from an Antipodean adventure chunky electro-house DJ Oliver Lang, pictured above, has returned to the UK and is playing Sevensins. Last year saw Oliver not only gig worldwide, but also producing and remixing for Jamiroquai among many others
Campaigners are holding a protest because they feel they are being denied the right to protest. A group called the Freedom to Protest Coalition will gather at Churchill Square, Brighton, at midday tomorrow to try and reassert their rights. It follows
Brighton's top-rated night of wild and sexy delinquent rhythms is moving home tonight. Born Bad is offering its usual mix of red-hot rockabilly, Fifties rock 'n' roll, greasy R&B, Sixties garage and girl groups, surf, sleaze, bop and exotica.
Glamourous Sunday nights are back at KooKlub with a new fragrance for 2007. DJs Mick Fuller and Dulcie Danger will be playing their own unmistakeable brand of soulful, vocal house to what is advertised as Brighton's friendliest Sunday night club
Listening to Bedouin Soundclash's second album you'd be excused for thinking the trio met in Kingston, Jamaica, not Kingston, Canada. But that's where frontman Jay Malinowski, bassist Eon Sinclair and drummer Pat Pengelly met and formed the band
Brighton's all-girl outfit have played alongside everyone from Juliette and the Licks and The Foo Fighters to the Towers of London and the Kaiser Chiefs. Break the Silence, the band's debut album was released last month and the band has been touring
THE Mighty Diamonds, Donald "Tabby" Shaw, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson, formed in 1969 in Kingston, Jamaica. They quickly became known as the young group with the Motown sound thanks to their soulful harmonies and polished performances
Now in his late-50s, Steve Winwood has lived through an epic musical career spanning more than 40 years of rock action. Best known for his stints in bands such as the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith, and working with Jimi Hendrix, Muddy
Mixing mellow dance and ambient soul, Silent Earth say their sound is like no other. The Brighton band evolved from a chance encounter between vocalist Una Creary and songwriter/producer Dan Karrouze, who began working on dance projects together
Hot on the heels of her melancholy pop exploration, We Will Become Like Birds, Erin McKeown comes roaring back with her fifth album, Sing You Sinners. Filled with 13 songs collected from the forgotten corners of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway, the
Drivers are warned they face delays from Monday as work starts on upgrading a pedestrian crossing. Engineers from the Highways Agency are converting a pelican crossing on the A259 at Little Common, Bexhill, into a puffin crossing. The improvement will
Donny Tourette likes to be treated like an intellectual. But then when was the last time you saw David Starkey flicking a fag at Alain de Botton or gobbing on Simon Schama? The infamous lead singer, who made more of an impact during his 48 hours
While most girls her age were busy with boys and acne, a 17-year-old Thea Gilmore was recording her first album. During the next four-and-a-half years, the singer/songwriter released six albums which were intended for internet release, but made their
FLOPPY-fringed frontman of Roxy Music and the former face of Burberry plugs his new Bob Dylan tribute, Dylanesque. Ferry first tackled Dylan back in 1973 when he covered The Times They Are a-Changin' and more than 30 years later he has recorded an
Last year they changed their name from The Conversation and recorded a demo, Pep, that saw Steve Lamacq proclaim them his new favourite band. After that they went on the road and supported everyone from The Breeders to The Strokes. This time, Polytechnic
Keller Williams (also known as K-Dub and the Jam-Man) is a one-man jam band from Virginia. A self-taught, percussive and rhythmic musician, Keller plays mainly on acoustic guitars while looping other instruments so that he sounds like a band but
AS THE beards and sunglasses suggest the Archie Bronson Outfit are a furtive bunch. The trio, who've just bagged The Times' Breakthrough Act at the South Bank Show Awards, have a secret fourth member - Duke Garwood. The avant-bluesman who can play
Million Dan first exploded on the music scene back in the Eighties as part of the British hip-hop outfit The Demon Boyz. At a time when most British acts were adopting fake US accents, the group created a stir by rapping in their natural voices.
Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band had two of the biggest selling UK albums of the Sixties. One of those records, Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky Butt Live, was in the album charts for 48 weeks in 1966 before being elbowed out the charts by something
The album release by Katie Price has been voted one of the most embarrassing of all time. Her duet with husband Peter Andre has been voted the second most cringe worthy CD ever in a poll carried by online auctioneers eBay amongst Brighton-based customers
Jurors in the year-long fertiliser bomb plot trial of seven men, including four from Crawley, have retired to consider their verdict. The men were arrested following the discovery of more than half a ton of chemical fertiliser in storage in west London
Overnight work on a motorway starts on Monday (march 19). The Highways Agency is extending the southbound slip road of the M23 at junction nine near Crawley. The aim is to improve the flow of traffic on the main carriageway at busier times of the day
A pensioner has been credited with saving the lives of at least four people after a major fire in a high rise block of flats. Taxi driver Barry Harby, 71, raced to the fifth floor of Wiltshire House in Lavender Street, Brighton, to warn residents about
In 2005 the Fairtrade Organisation logo was hoisted upon a huge banner and packed off to spread the word around the globe. During the past two years, it has travelled across Asia, Australia, America, Africa and now it's rocking up in Brighton
The razor-tongued blonde bombshell Lola Lasagne hosts Brighton and Hove's answer to the Oscars - The Golden Handbag Awards. The popular show, which makes other red carpet dos look about as glamorous as a trip down the Rovers Return, celebrates everything
Long before Michael Flatley and his feet of fire tapped their way around the world there was Spirit of Ireland. Formed in 1986, it was the first Irish show of its kind. The high energy, heel-tapping extravaganza is made up of a well-travelled and
Irish music boy band All Jigged Out have been impressing people in all the right places. It might not be Rolling Stone but Irish Dancing Magazine gave the cherubic five-piece five stars, while Folk News described the boys as "hot talent". According
The Prime Minister has said that the Government would not introduce road pricing without significantly reducing other motoring taxation, and with a possible 2p per mile rural rate, that would make rural motoring far cheaper than at present. The
Little Miss Sunshine is an intelligent, fun, feel-good movie, the sort of film we should see more of. The film has a simple enough plot, a dysfunctional family's journey to enter their daughter in a beauty pageant. However, with this simple plot
A teenager has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in a field. Lee Francis, of Rillside, Furnace Green, Crawley, denied raping the girl on the night of April 7 last year. But he was found guilty by unanimous verdict ten minutes ago. The girl
During the first ever People Show interval - Britain's longest-running performance theatre company are breaking the habit of a lifetime in honour of this 40th Birthday Tour - founding member Mark Long told us he knew the secret rationale behind the
Adam trimingham writes in his article "Up up and away with a shrinking green heritage" that New Church Road was threatened by the building of flats in the Sixties as if that threat has passed. Perhaps he is unaware of the planned demolition
The Labour and Tory parties' decision to replace the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system is illegal, immoral, obscenely expensive - and utterly irrelevant to the real security threats we face today. It is completely hypocritical. How can
We weren't at all surprised to read (The Argus, March 10) that Regency ward, where we are standing for election in May, came highest in the whole of Sussex for every category of crime apart from criminal damage and firearms offences. Now that the
The attitude of Des Turner to the removal of Lady Thatcher's statue (The Argus, March 10) completely typifies the crass thoughts of the Labour party. If, as he states, she has done more damage to the country than Genghis Khan what, may I ask is
The tragic accident which befell Anne Smith (The Argus, March 7), who was killed by a rubbish truck in pedestrianised Cranbourne Street, Brighton, underlines the foolishness of making streets in the city pedestrianised. In theory this should
A modern music-lover's ultimate nightmare - losing all their tunes - is the jumping-off point for Dan Clark's new one-man show. The Day iLost My iPod is the story of one day which became an epiphany of sorts for the stand-up comic. The show, which
Everybody I speak to almost without exception (and I'm a taxi driver) is hugely excited by the prospect of our city having a Frank Gehry creation. The fact we would have a sports centre designed by him free of charge is an amazing feat in itself
I like to visit Hove as often as I can as it is a beautiful place to come to. I feel very strongly regarding the towers development. Surely all that is needed is a state of the art sports centre to replace the tatty King Alfred, and a decent car
As an associate of an architect's practice and a born and bred Brightonian, I urge everyone to support the King Alfred scheme as I believe it is key for the city's development now and in the future. Let's, together, make Brighton a key cultural
I read that Amanda Booth (Letters, March 14) disagrees with my view that the School Admissions Review (SAR) has given us a "shining example of social justice". Can I remind her that the working party spent a year examining every conceivable admission
We read with interest the review of Brigid Chapman's book The Village Signs of Sussex (Weekend, February 10). We have been photographing village signs for more than 20 years and have approximately 2,000 photographs, including 176 of Sussex signs
An epic tale of chivalry and bravery is being retold live on stage in a fiery fantasy production. The Illustrious and Unholy History of St George and the Dragon has been written by the National Theatre's associate director Tom Morris and writer
Passengers were standing all the way from Brighton to Victoria on the 7.16 this Tuesday before the train even left the station. There were 12 carriages with 36 seats reserved for "first class customers". In my experience the only first class customers
Referring to the letter from Patrick Brangan, "Old nudes to me" (Letters, March 13th), the nude review that he refers to at the Palace Pier Theatre was called "Pyjama Tops" and was produced by Paul Raymond (of Raymond's Revue Bar), the husband
What a shower of hypocrites our politicians are, spouting on about greenhouse gases. Some scientists even state the amount caused by humans is not as critical as made out. If we are creating all this greenhouse gas, why has the Government followed
Battle of Britain fighter planes will swoop down on Sussex as part of the biggest airshow to be held in the county. Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Lancaster bomber will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at the
Jazz, blues and classical music provide the basis of a new collection of pieces by an award-winning choreographer. The Henri Oguike Dance Company is performing four dance pieces, including two new works, at the Gardner Arts Centre on Tuesday
Anyone whose mental image of a ballerina is a wafer-thin stick insect who looks as though they would snap in half in a strong wind will get a shock when they see The Big Ballet. Each dancer in the 16-strong Russian alternative ballet show weighs at
It may date back to the Thirties but director Paul Miller believes the themes of Terence Rattigan's debut play still resound today. As he succinctly put it when he spoke exclusively to The Guide: "We are still all at it - and young men will still
A specially-equipped car for paramedics is now on the road. The Volkswagen Touran is one of four cars bought by the South East Coast Ambulance Service for its paramedic practitioners. The practitioners are paramedics with advanced skills who are able
This play, written by Adrian J Andrews, takes place during one evening in the life of four drag artistes and explores the tensions that simmer beneath the foundation. Set in the Sirens cabaret bar, which is being forced to close due to the death
Bogus good Samaritans who pelt bank customers with excrement fleeced a couple of £4,000. Albert and Doreen Croucher had withdrawn the cash from a branch of Nationwide Building Society to pay for a conservatory they were hoping to have built. They were
Cricketers want to put a private club in the centre of a National Trust garden. Armadillos Cricket Club has asked to build a pavilion, scoreboard and stores with a new pitch in the heart of Sheffield Park near Haywards Heath. The site holds special
A heroic neighbour has told how he was overwhelmed by flames as he tried to save a pensioner from a fire. Arthur Mann, 85, died after falling asleep while smoking in his ground-floor flat in Pashley Court, Shoreham. The blaze broke out at 6pm on
A jury has heard how four homeless men were arrested and charged following the murder of a Brighton street drinker. Andrew Stanley was uncooperative and had to be handcuffed before he was put into a police van, Hove Crown Court heard yesterday
Heather Mills McCartney has insisted she will always love estranged husband Sir Paul, but said "huge powers" were out to destroy her in their divorce battle. The 38-year-old accused the former Beatle of dragging his heels over the deal to end their marriage
A hospital is on red alert because of a deluge of patients. The Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton has been at its highest level of alert for the past 24 hours after a large number of emergency admissions. It could see non-emergency operations
A meeting between Europe's oldest man and a group of children has been made into a podcast. Henry Allingham, 110, from Eastbourne, shared some of his stories with pupils almost a century younger than him when he visited Hazelwick School in Three
Four people were rescued after a fire broke out in a high rise block of flats. Fifty firefighters from across Sussex were needed to tackle the blaze on the fifth floor of Wiltshire House in Lavender Street, Brighton, early today. One person suffering
A local historian famed for his superb knowledge of Sussex has died at the age of 82. Tony Wales wrote more than 40 books examining the county's traditions and customs, folklore and folk music. Born in Horsham, he remained there nearly all his life.
The family of property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten is suing Barclays bank alleging it held on to almost £500,000 of his money. Hamilton Property Holdings Ltd (HPH), the company run by Mr Hoogstraten, his son Rhett Hamilton and others, says it "
A new library has been given the go-ahead. Councillors gave the £1.3 million development in Coldean, Brighton, the green light at a meeting of the planning committee this week (Weds 14). Work on the new facility will start soon, and Councillor Pat Hawkes
The sun was shining at the training ground yesterday, it's mid-March and Albion, for once, are in mid-table. Time to wind down a little then, relax perhaps? Or maybe not. The League One leaders are in town tomorrow and Albion are anxious to improve
Police used anti-terrorism powers to search more than 2,500 people in a year in Sussex, the Home Office has revealed. The figures show Sussex Police were among five forces to use the powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 most frequently. A total of 2,648
Revolutionary new units to help homeless people are to be unveiled tomorrow. Hove-based charity Lorica St Patrick's already offers more 25,000 bed spaces a year for homeless people. Now the first five revolutionary "Mipod" units are to be unveiled at
Jurors are due to retire today in the year-long fertiliser bomb plot trial at the Old Bailey. Seven British men - four of whom are from Crawley - were arrested following the discovery of more than half a ton of chemical fertiliser in storage in west
A university project which aims to combat racism through football has been given a major boost. England fans are doing their bit to help Israel's Jewish and Arab communities come together through football ahead of this month's Euro 2008 qualifier. Members
Hassan Sulaiman is hoping to relaunch his career at Crawley three years after having his heart broken by Arsenal. Sulaiman spent six years with the Gunners and was in the same youth team as current stars Cesc Fabregas, Justin Hoyte, Phillipe Senderos
JIM May hardly looked like a revolutionary. Bespectacled and soberly dressed, it would not have surprised anyone who asked to learn that he held down a responsible management job in the banking industry. But during the winter of 1996-97, something stirred
Eastbourne Eagles today backed Lewis Bridger to have the last word after being barred from practising at a rival track. The highly-rated 17-year-old was told he could not join in a training session with his new Polish club Czestochowa at Poole yesterday
