Albion boss Dean Wilkins has urged his play-off chasers to pull off a breakthrough victory at third-placed Carlisle on Saturday. The Seagulls have drawn against most of the top teams this season, including Carlisle at Withdean in November, but Southend
Sussex still do not know whether Mushtaq Ahmed will be playing for them this season. But they expect matters to come to a head next Tuesday when the leg-spinner is due to make his debut in the Indian Cricket League. The 37-year-old has signed a one-year
Ollie Allen admits he has got a lot to live up to. The striker became an instant hit with Crawley fans on Tuesday night when he scored twice on his first start since arriving on a month's loan from Stevenage. Allen was the toast of Broadfield Stadium
A woman was taken to hospital by air ambulance after her car was involved in a crash. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to a two-car collision on the A259 between Friston and East Dean, near Exceat, at 7.17pm. Firefighters used cutting
Dave Wattam still remembers standing by his own posts waiting for Haywards Heath's title hopes to be kicked into oblivion. Chris Sweet of Canterbury was teeing the ball maybe 25 yards out with time almost up and a whole season's work on the line. It
Findon trainer Nick Gifford admits Straw Bear is a long shot for Cheltenham Festival glory next week but reckons he has a chance of making the top four. Straw Bear is the highest rated jumper in the county and has been trained all season for the Smurfit
A cyclist died after being hit by a car while riding down a dual carriageway at night with no lights and more than four times over the drink-drive limit, an inquest heard. Kevin Gilmour, 42, of Woburn Way, Eastbourne, was killed on the A22 Hailsham bypass
Former Gunatanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes was celebrating today after Spanish authorities dropped a bid to extradite him to face terrorism charges. Omar now faces no further legal challenges after claims he was linked to al Qaida were dropped. He
Thousands of people were left at a standstill on a major seafront road because a switch was not flicked. East Sussex County Council today admitted its contractors were at fault for the delays which gridlocked roads from Brighton to Peacehaven. Traffic
An 11-year-old was devastated to find out he had missed out on the school he wanted this week - only to find out a day later he had actually got in. Alexander Jackson, of Crayford Road, Brighton, spent an unhappy 24 hours because of a blunder when school
Tony Dolby believes five wins from Hastings United's remaining games will keep ensure their Ryman League premier division status for a second season. The former Tonbridge Angels manager was brought in following Nigel Kane's departure with the task of
Two peregrine falcons will raise their family on the tallest building in Sussex this spring. A web feed is available to look at the nesting box on the roof of Sussex Heights in Brighton, more than 330ft above sea level. The birds of prey regularly use
Nearly one in five people in East Sussex are abusing alcohol, new figures reveal. Meanwhile more than 6,500 people are dependant on booze in the east of the county. Alcohol has the most impact in Hastings. The town is ranked worst in the south east
Spanish authorities have dropped extradition proceedings against former British Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes, his solicitor Gareth Peirce said today. Proceedings have also been dropped against fellow detainee Jamil el-Banna. Omar, from Saltdean
Boss John Suter admits Horsham YMCA cannot afford to lose on Saturday if they are to maintain a realistic chance of avoiding relegation from Ryman division one south. Defeat to fellow strugglers Corinthian Casuals at Gorings Mead would leave YMCA ten
Eastbourne Borough boss Garry Wilson has told his players not to panic following two consecutive defeats which have undermined their title hopes. Borough were top of the table following seven wins in eight matches before defeats to Cambridge City and
Burgess Hill are talking to Albion about bringing Dan Royce back to Leylands Park. The Albion second-year scholar was with the Hillians on work experience last season and player-manager Jamie Howell wants the midfielder back to bolster his squad. The
Carlisle are proving they have the firepower to go up, even without their injured top goalscorer. Joe Garner faces cruciate knee ligament surgery on Monday which could sideline him until Christmas. The former Blackburn teenager was on target in the
The Football League have defended the appointment of Cumbrian referee Mike Pike for Albion's visit to Carlisle on Saturday. League spokesman John Nagle said: "Cumbria is massive and Mike lives 85 miles from Carlisle. It is not unusual, he has done Carlisle
With his white hair and weather-worn face you'd expect this grandad to be slipping discs rather than spinning them. But Rockin' Billy Wheeler has proved the oldest swinger in town by wowing the crowds as a DJ for more than 45 years. The entertainer
Pupils at a new £26.4million academy will run businesses and generate income to support its operation. They will work from a large open studio space in the centre of the Falmer Academy, working on their own and with other professionals. The plan is
A man is critically ill in hospital after he was found with a possible brain injury in a police cell. Garry Reynolds, 39, from Southwick, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning for being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a police officer
Investigations are still ongoing to establish the exact cause of a massive blaze which badly damaged three homes. Fire investigators are certain the fire, in Christchurch Road, Worthing, was started deliberately. But work is continuing today to establish
Motorists and cyclists are to be banned from the centre of a historic market town. East Street and Market Square in Horsham will become pedestrianised from 10.30am to 4pm seven days a week. The scheme, which will be introduced in the coming months,
A man has spoken of his anger after a roofer took £14,000 for work three weeks ago - but hasn't returned to finish the job. Terry Lawrence, 58, who has learning difficulties, handed over the cash after he was told the roof of his home was leaking
Campaigners are fighting an extension to a landfill site - including plans to build a visitor centre. Proposals for the Brookhurst Wood Landfill Site near Horsham include a recycling plant, extensions to the tip and a plant to collect gases from
A swimming pool used by hundreds of children every week could close due to lack of funding. The community-run Woodingdean Swimming Pool in Warren Road, Brighton, will not open for the summer unless committee members raise £10,000. They have
Bosses of an award-winning dental surgery say they may have to close because of a new system of charging. The Toothsmart surgery, in Portland Road, Hove, may stop treating NHS patients. Colette Murphy, who runs Toothsmart with husband Zoy Erasmus
A pervert who "groomed" a 15-year-old boy for sex is to fight court claims he is a danger to children. Philip Hawkins, 29, of Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, has admitted 22 sex charges including grooming a 15 year-old boy and having sex with
A gardener risked his life to donate a kidney to a complete stranger. Leroy Hobden, 40, offered the gift of life in memory of his younger brother Daniel, who died from leukaemia during the 1970s. He hopes his selfless act will save more than one life
Grandmother Pat Ancell has been left without water or a cooker - after her new kitchen fell off the back of a lorry. Everything had been going smoothly for Mrs Ancell when she moved house three months ago. She had a new bathroom fitted and was
A mother feared for the life of herself and her baby after needing nine pints of blood when giving birth. Linda Farnes spent 24 hours in intensive care after giving birth to daughter Roni-Jo by caesarean section. During a three-hour operation she
Parents are not meant to outlive their offspring. But it was that tragedy former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes had to face when her own daughter Clare died aged 24 in a skydiving accident in Australia four years ago. As Ms Barnes, 63, fights for
A former police officer who plundered her girlfriend's bank accounts before torching their house has walked free from court. Tracey Burt, 33, set fire to the cottage she shared with lover Jackie French in a bid to cover up a web of lies. Miss
A bishop narrowly escaped injury when stonethrowing yobs pelted stained-glass windows during a church service. Witnesses said a beach pebble just missed the Right Rev Lindsay Urwin, Bishop of Horsham, as horrified dignitaries looked on. Other
A massive new shopping centre could be built in a town to replace an ageing eyesore. Plans are under way to build a mall similar to Brighton's Churchill Square on the site of the Guildbourne Centre in Worthing. Under the proposals, the existing
South East and Southern Water are planning to build a new reservoir in the middle of the Downs, ten miles from Brighton (The Argus, March 1). It would cover 360 acres and destroy a historic landscape including farmland at Plashett Park, old oak
Wonderful to see the dog owners protesting about the proposed ban on dogs on beaches in the summer months. Perhaps this solidarity could be continued and together we can put to shame the irresponsible few who do not clean up after their animals, and
It is rare for me to laugh out loud at our Labour councillors' letters to The Argus, but Councillor Warren Morgan's pledge to "fight these cuts" (Letters, March 3) almost had me in hysterics. I have been working for Brighton and Hove City Council
Gordon Brown is still refusing the British people their promised referendum on Europe. A few years ago, I was a fully paid-up member of the Republic Society. It was not because I was anti-monarchy. It was because I believe in democracy. I left
In reply to MS Coward (Letters, February 28), I would like to point out that saying there is no care in the community in Brighton and Hove is a little strong. Social services do a wonderful job. I do voluntary work in both a special needs day centre
I have to comment on your confused and sensationalist reporting of the new secondary admissions process for 2008-09 in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, March 4). The regulations have altered for all secondary schools so that the percentage of first
Fears the Government's 24-hour licensing regime would create chaos in the high street have proved unfounded. The Department for Culture's conclusion that the Licensing Act 2003 has produced a "mixed picture" is about right. But some of the review's
It could be the view from inside a Premier League football stadium. This image offers the first glimpse of Brighton and Hove Albion's new £50 million community stadium at Falmer. The design shows a stadium fit for football at the highest level and
Plans to tear down a former hospital and replace it with flats and a GP surgery have been unanimously rejected. Developers Taylor Wimpey are now considering whether to appeal yesterday's decision at Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee
Brighton and Hove has been confirmed as the booze capital of the South East, with figures revealing the city dished out the largest measure of round-the-clock licences of anywhere in the region. The Government released figures showing 14 pubs and
As an ex-voluntary worker and now occasional user of the Fitzherbert Centre for the homeless in Upper Bedford Street, Brighton, I was shocked to find out it is being closed due to a health and safety issue (The Argus, February 12). Moreover, the
Keith Mathieson raised the issue of intrusive floodlighting which has been granted planning permission at Longhill School without any evident consultation with the residents of Ovingdean (Letters, February 26). I share his concern and also think
It is reassuring to see that, despite a change in leadership, our noble council is still sticking firmly to its principles. If you are a small business without vast quantities of money, the café you've constructed "without permission for mixed
With regard to the story about the rottweiller that bit a child and was then stabbed to death by its owner (The Argus, March 1), I wonder what sort of life this unfortunate animal had before it stepped out of line. How was it treated? Did it have
With regard to the article by Jean Calder titled "Islamic law" (The Argus, February 16), the Archbishop of Canterbury, as recently as October, thought fit to comment on abortion, surely the business not of the church but of the woman concerned.
I am writing in response to Michelle Sohrabian's letter about the proposal to situate a radio mast base station in Portland Road, near West Hove Infant and Junior Schools (Letters, March 4). Myself and other parents of children at St Mary's School
A WOMAN whose body was found at the foot of a chalk pit has been named by police. Rebecca Belcher's corpse was spotted by a walker at the pit in Lewes, to the rear of the Chalk Pit Inn, Offham Lane, on Sunday afternoon. Detectives are not treating
Albion's crucial trip to Cumbria to face Carlisle on Saturday will be controlled by a Cumbrian. Mike Pike has been put in charge of a match vital to both clubs as they chase promotion from League One. The appointment of Pike is bound to raise eyebrows
"I'd read the book and loved it," director Nikki Sved explains of Theatre Alibi's decision to adapt Michael Frayn's Spies for the stage. "It's a mixture of an exciting mystery and also a very lovely examination of what it is to be a child, and how it
A married father of three claims he was forced out of work by homophobic taunting because of Brighton's large gay population. Stephen English, a 56-yearold salesman, told a tribunal he was goaded for five years by colleagues when they found out
The story of one woman's battle against manic depression is being used in a campaign to battle the stigma of mental illness. Anna, from East Sussex, had manic depression diagnosed 27 years ago and has spent that time coping with a rollercoaster
Dean Cox is back in contention for a place in Albion's team to face play-off rivals Carlisle on Saturday. The midfielder's future was under a cloud after he was axed from the squad for the second time in three months for disciplinary reasons. Cox watched
