Horsham boss John Maggs expects goalkeeper Paul Seuke to be fit for tomorrow's big FA Cup clash against Swansea. Seuke has been laid low with a virus for the past week and was forced to pull out of last Saturday's 1-0 Ryman premier division win against
Alex Revell believes Albion's medical team have got him fitter than ever after recovering from a second hernia operation inside a year. The Seagulls striker came through the full 90 minutes and scored for the reserves in their 1-1 draw at Millwall yesterday
Commuters in Sussex have dodged the worst of increased rail fares next year. Rail operator Southern has announced commuters will only see a 1.2 per cent price rise in season ticket fares on journeys from Brighton or Arundel to London. The rise is below
Parking attendants are set to go on strike after bosses cancelled their Christmas party and bonuses. About 120 staff plan to down tools the weekend before Christmas in Brighton and Hove - creating a chaotic parking free-for-all on the busiest shopping
A bus company faces a fine of almost £30,000 after it was accused of being unreliable and unsafe. Bosses from Eastbourne Buses were ordered to appear at a public inquiry today following a report which said 23 per cent of the firm's buses were not keeping
A 58-year-old man has gone missing from his home. Sussex Police has issued an appeal for information after concerns were raised about Christopher Carter, who was last seen by his partner at 11.30pm yesterday. Officers have carried out a search around
A young drinker was electrocuted and hit by a train after a 12-hour binge drinking session. Timothy Brown, 22, staggered down the railway line in darkness after downing pints and shots of spirits with his father and friends. A coroner and alcohol experts
A former doorman at a cannabis cafe has been cleared of any wrong doing by a jury. Mike Allday, 42, of Leconfield Road, Lancing, had faced charges of allowing the premises in Victoria Road, Worthing, to be used for dealing and using cannabis. His arrest
A brazen thief who posed as a police officer to steal trainers from teenagers has been warned he faces a possible jail sentence. Dean Lefevre, 30, approached three youths in Hastings and nearby Battle and told them they fitted the description of someone
A British tourist accused of starting a killer grass fire was helped to escape the flames by forest rangers, a court heard today. Anthony Cooper, who allegedly sparked the blaze on South Africa's Table Mountain with a discarded cigarette, could not start
A hospital has been forced to stop admitting patients to five of its wards because of an outbreak of a highly infectious bug. Twenty patients at Worthing Hospital have been diagnosed with the Norovirus, also known as winter vomiting disease, which causes
A teenage pupil found with a fake firearm has been excluded from school. The 14-year-old was discovered with the fake gun at Holy Trinity Church of England Secondary School in Buckswood Drive, Crawley on Tuesday at 12.45pm. The school reported the matter
Lord of Whimsy Bill Bailey has always worked well in theatres, with his combination of music and stand-up connecting well with a small audience. It was always going to be interesting to see how his unique style translated to the sort of arenas usually
His mum describes his act as "a bit like a child telling people about a day out at the zoo". With his giddy enthusiasm and sugar-high delivery it's not hard to see why. Fitting most closely into the observational comedy bracket, Howard's shows are an
Millwall Res 1 Albion Res 1Alex Revell is back in action and back on the goal trail. And that will overshadow any frustration Albions Reserves will feel at dropping two Pontins Holidays Combination points at The Den. Revell marked his first game back
Hundreds of children will have their secondary school places decided by an electronic lottery, The Argus can reveal. In the next few months the youngsters and their families will be the first ever to be subjected to the controversial system introduced
A pub landlady has been jailed after she was caught in a drugs raid on her premises. Denise Newman threw two wraps of cocaine into a bin as police stormed the Mill House in Portslade. Undercover detectives had been watching the pub in Mill Lane as part
Albion striker Nicky Forster has been nominated for an award after his goal-laden November. Forster is in the running for Powerade League One player of the month accolade after netting seven times in as many games. Orient striker Adam Boyd, Forest's
Sussex SundayAFC Aymer recovered from two goals down to win 3-2 against bottom side Rottingdean Village to keep up their premier division title bid. Ben Ball sparked the comeback just after the break and Adam Burton levelled with ten minutes to
A school planned for a newly-built housing estate could become the first in Sussex to be run by parents. Earlier this year West Sussex County Council agreed to build a £3.5 million primary school at Bolnore Village, on the outskirts of Haywards Heath
"Have you ever wanted to be a movie star? So much that you'd do anything to be one?" asks Roisin Murphy, by way of introduction to Movie Star. "That's how I felt when I wrote this song." The Irish-born singer certainly looks like one. She has
John Mortimer has the knack, when writing about the legal profession, of creating wonderfully eccentric and funny characters. Edwin, the stronger of his double bill of plays, introduces us to Truscott, a High Court judge who, although retired
Customers were evacuated from a shopping centre when a microwave caught light. A small fire in the machine in Caffe Alba, on the upper level of Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton, triggered alarms at 10.20am today. Firefighters from Brighton
Piano Men combines the back catalogues of two megastars - Elton John and Billy Joel - for an unashamedly nostalgic celebration of the songs, the headlines, the TV shows and even the toys of the Seventies. "It's not just a tribute to Billy and
A teenager has been banned from a town centre. Duncan McDonald, 19, has been given an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) following a series of incidents in Bognor. He is the first person in Sussex to be banned from Bognor. Sussex Police say McDonald
Pensioners are considering barricading themselves into their rundown homes which have been threatened with closure. Bet Collins, who will be 83 next month, is terrified that the sheltered accommodation where she and three of her friends live will be
"We have a lot of A-level students in the audience who are studying the play at school and (the new prologue) makes it clear what is going on," states Liza Goddard, Mrs Hardcastle in Chichester Festival's She Stoops to Conquer, reviewed by Rachel
I was angry, shocked and appalled to learn that the Royal College of Nursing is in the process of evicting former lifetime nurses from the John Howard Cottages in Brighton, a charity formed by the philanthropist Sir John Howard in the 1920s (The
What is it with your campaign against the elderly? Do you dislike your grandparents and parents so much you have to attack the fact they and their peers finally get free travel? It's a small price to pay in comparison to the cost to them in raising
When, not if, the projected ID cards database is leaked, it will make Revenue and Customs current scandal seem trivial. The scheme is designed to move data between government departments. That is what "identity management" means to this Government
This is yet another letter about dangerous cyclists. I was flung down by a speeding cyclist in George Street, Hove. I suffered a cut head, black eye, severe bruising and a cracked rib. Also, my glasses were broken and I am still suffering from
Can any readers tell me if Brede Place near Hastings is still standing? This is the 14th century mansion where the famous Stephen Crane, young US author of The Red Badge Of Courage stayed during Christmas 1899. He invited other famous writers
I have a monthly account with a well known store in Brighton which I make certain I pay on time. A recent account was for £99.41 but I carelessly wrote the cheque for £91.41. Imagine my shock when my next bill arrived with an interest charge of
I agree with the comments made by Tom Wye about Korrel Kennedy, who keeps breaking his Asbo (The Argus, November 26). I know Korrel Kennedy as I am a manager of one of the arcades from which he is banned. I have also been able to witness from my
I was interested in the article about poor reception on Freeview (The Argus, November 21). I also had this problem but purchased a signal booster which cured it. Also the shop assistant said that the Freeview signal will come from the Isle of Wight
Brighton's recycling rates are lower than the average for England and Wales (The Argus, November 24). There are no easy answers for quickly changing this but I would like to offer two suggestions to Brighton and Hove City Council who, after all
I would like to thank the person who took the time and trouble to hand in my friend's stolen jacket to the police station. It was taken from a pub and my friend had to hurry home in the cold to cancel his credit cards. He visited the police station
Brian Snow is quite right to question buying produce shipped from Africa (Letters, November 21). There was a conference recently where the air miles of food travelling long distances were deplored, and questions asked what to do about it. To my
Contrary to your report and headline on November 27 regarding our failed prosecution of Costa Coffee in Bond Street, Brighton, for trade waste offences, the court did not require the council to pay defence costs of £18,000. Defence costs are being
It looks like Eastbourne Eagles will be running in the Elite League next season. No announcement has been made yet but all the signs are that, when March comes around, the sppedway outfit will be back in action under new promoter Martin Hagon. It would
Dean Wilkins has revealed the training ground attention to detail which can help Albion tighten up at the back. The Seagulls have gone nine games without a cleansheet going into Saturday's FA Cup tie at free-scoring Conference side Torquay United. Albion
Campaigners fighting for the release of Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Deghayes are hoping he will be home by Christmas. Mr Deghayes, a British resident who lived with his family in Saltdean for 15 years, celebrated his 38th birthday in captivity last
Denzil Washington gives a superb performance as the outwardly calm and composed Frank Lucas, real life black gangster of 1960s America. He builds the biggest drugs empire ever known, having most of the upper echelons of the judiciary and the police force
A headteacher will retire on a high note at the end of this term after inspectors branded his school outstanding. Peter Evans will leave Cardinal Newman Catholic School in The Upper Drive, Hove, at Christmas just weeks after reaching what he described
A driver is refusing to pay a parking fine issued after a disabled badge was displayed the wrong side up. Wayne Dexter said he was taking his 79-year-old mother-in-law on a trip in the summer and parked in a disabled bay in Marine Drive, Brighton
A cancer sufferer won his High Court battle for compensation over asbestos exposure just days before he died. George Alexander, lost his battle against the asbestos-related mesothelioma on Sunday (Nov 25). The 71-year-old claimed his illness was caused
Lock up your daughters - FA Cup fever is in the air and the Lardy Boys are on the rampage. A far cry from the fearsome terrace "firms" of the Eighties, lard and laughter is all this wacky group of Horsham Football Club supporters is interested in. The
A nurse who failed to raise the alarm when a four-week-old baby stopped breathing and turned blue has been suspended for at least 18 months. Jean Kingshott was on duty when the worried parents rushed their daughter to A&E at the Conquest Hospital in
Sussex is "greener" than the UK as a whole when it comes to climate change-causing emissions, new figures reveal. Data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs show the county is pumping fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide into the
Traders say they have been left in the dark after they complained about a lack of Christmas lights. While the rest of the North Laine area in Brighton is lit up for the festive season from 3pm, traders in Gardner Street have to wait until 7.30pm, and
A blundering nurse was cautioned for handing out a cocktail of painkillers putting a patient at risk of an epileptic fit. Ernesto King, 61, also gave a terminally ill patient extra morphine which the patient had not been prescribed. Despite being
The NatWest Three bankers who were extradited from Britain to face £11m Enron-related fraud charges will appear before a US court today. Gary Mulgrew, 43, of Brighton, David Bermingham, 44, and Giles Darby, 45, have been ordered to appear before judge
Crime has fallen in parts of a city but work still needs to be done to curb youth crime and disorder, according to police. In the east Brighton division of Sussex crime fell by 573 incidents between April and November in 2007 compared with the same period
Worthing 1 Dorchester 2. Alan Pook last night praised battling Worthing after they lost their FA Trophy third qualifying round replay. Rebels missed out on a home draw with holders Stevenage, managed by former Albion boss Peter Taylor, in the first
Matt Groves struck a hat-trick as Lewes returned to the top of the Conference south table with a stunning 5-1 victory at high flying Bishop's Stortford. The visitors were 3-0 up by the midway point of the first half, with Danny Lunan diverting a Dale
Eastbourne Borough boss Garry Wilson refused to be downbeat after seeing his side knocked off the top of Conference south by arch rivals Lewes. Borough scrapped out a frustrating goalless stalemate against fellow high-fliers Newport County at Priory
