Horsham are back to square one in their search for a home next season after their plans to groundshare with Crawley fell through. The Ryman League premier division play-off hopefuls have to quit Queen Street after 104 years following the final home fixture
Albion defender Matt Richards is targeting a maximum return from a hat-trick of crunch matches against League One promotion candidates. The play-off chasing Seagulls go to third-placed Carlisle tomorrow (Saturday), visit fifth-placed Walsall on Tuesday
Dean Cox has been left out of the Albion squad for the second match running. Cox was not in the 18-man party that flew to Newcastle tonight in preparation for tomorrow's (Saturday) clash with Carlisle. The little playmaker was dropped for Tuesday's
The next two years will be a test for Connor Wilkins' temperament as much as his talent as he attempts to earn a professional contract with Albion. Being the son of the manager has its pitfalls. Comparisons with his father Dean, also a midfielder, and
Gary Smith has called for Worthing Thunder to show passion as they return to the scene of their National Trophy horror show. Thunder lost 84-68 to Reading Rockets in last Sunday's Trophy final at the Amaechi Basketball Centre in Manchester. They go
Education Secretary Ed Balls today refused to give his backing to Brighton and Hove's school lottery. When asked for his opinion of the scheme Mr Balls said parents would always consider any admissions system unfair so long as there was difference in
Hundreds of students marched in protest against plans to restructure their university. An estimated 300 people turned out in one of the largest protests the University of Sussex has ever witnessed. Students and academics were rallying against the influence
Dean Cox's disciplinary punishment has been stretched into a second match and Dean Bowditch will also be missing from tomorrow's game at Carlisle. Cox was dropped for the midweek victory at home to Gillingham following remarks he made on the bench about
A mother suffering from a life-threatening growth on her brain today told of her anger over her doctor treating private patients while on paid sick leave from the NHS. Emma Witney is furious she has not seen William Macleod since September, while he
Patti Smith, The Ramones, The Velvet Underground - and The Kills, apparently. Projecting footage of iconic musicians as a backdrop to a gig is a bold decision - is it homage or self-ranking? With The Kills these things are never clear. Since they slouched
In their new music and dance show, Tango Siempre's jagged notes fizzed far more than any orange-flavoured drink. The stylish, enthusiastic quintet, comprising accordion, violin, piano, drums and double bass, started proceedings with a kicking solo. To
It was somehow inevitable the evening was going to be formulaic. A video recording of host Dermot O'Leary introducing each act grated, as did over-the-top pyrotechnics, canned applause and old footage from the TV series, perhaps to compensate for the
Half of all teenagers fail to use contraception the first time they have sex and there are 240 young mothers under the age of 19 in Brighton and Hove - most of whom have to deal with the stigma of being a teenage mum. Ruth Addicott went along to a mother-and-baby
I's the longest trek of the season - and one of the toughest too as Albion go to high-flying Carlisle. The Cumbrians have been virtually unbeatable at their distant Brunton Park home this season. The Seagulls, however, head north in good heart having
Adapted from Michael Frayn's book, this co-production from Theatre Alibi and the Oxford Playhouse offers the audience an intriguing evening of mystery through the memory of childhood days. As in the book a narrator - the elderly Stephen Wheatley - relates
Finland's finest rock exports, Hanoi Rocks, have been an inspiration to some of the finest rock bands of the last two decades, including Guns n' Roses and Foo Fighters to name but two. Each song from their new album, Street Poets, was treated like a
Worthing have no new injury problems as they bid to make it five wins on the trot at home to Chatham Town. Young defender Enzo Benn is available again after an operation on his nose while Jerahl Hughes plays the last game of his one-month loan spell
A father has told of his despair over his drug addict son repeatedly stealing from him. Richard Hall said he has been forced to leave his son Andrew to the courts after he had failed to change his ways. Cocaine addict Andrew Hall, 24, has repeatedly
Lewes have signed 19-year-old Brentford forward Charlie Ide on a month's loan. Ide has played 23 games for Brentford this season but has not featured since the League Two victory against Chester on December 29. He has made 46 League appearances in total
Women sprawled in the street, men collapsed in shop doorways, a shambling accountant being led away by police - just another Saturday night in Booze Binge Sussex. These horrific images are a vivid snapshot of the boozy nightmare visited upon town centres
Eastbourne Town manager Ady Colwell believes this could be a defining weekend in their bid for survival. Town are nine points above the last relegation spot occupied by Horsham YMCA and both clubs have crucial games against sides one place above them
Gavin King is often called the "king of jump-up jungle". His tracks are characterised by chopped-up hip-hop and ragga samples and he has put out many infamous white label-only bootlegs, including Mission Impossible and No Diggity. He has often worked
UK techno pioneers System 7 are touring to mark the release of new Manga-inspired album, Phoenix, and well-received Space Bird single. Steve Hillage, who co-founded the project with with Miquette Giraudy, describes the record as an "ambient techno house
The old-school, jungle and acid house night returns with rave legends Slipmatt and DJ Sy, playing a "back 2 back old skool set". The promoters demand you "dust off your rave gear and see how it's really done". Scene stalwart Kenny Ken will be serving
Magnetic Man is a new live project consisting of three dubstep heavyweights - Benga, Skream and Artwork. Skream's Midnight Request Line remains one of the scene's signature tracks, while Artwork is best known as half of Menta. Benga has enjoyed crossover
DJ Andrew Butler is sure to receive quite an ovation when he drops Blind, the sublime Hercules & Love Affair track which looks set to become one of 2008's defining singles. Featuring the idiosyncratic vocals of Mercury Music Prize winner Antony Hegarty
A packed house roared local heroes and unlikely superstars the Levellers back onto the Brighton stage. With the sound of Celtic drums beating behind them, the band emerged at Concorde 2 to play the first of four English gigs celebrating their 20th year
Zorro, an all-singing, all-dancing, all-action spectacular, is certain to take the West End by storm - just as it did a packed Congress Theatre tonight. Its world premiere could not have gone much better, with a stunning production earning a standing
Frock Me! is one of the capital's biggest vintage fashion fairs and Brighton is fortunate to host its only event outside London this year. Their regular markets at Chelsea Town Hall on the King's Road attract celebrities such as Kylie Minogue, as well
Tomorrow's 100th International Women's Day is being celebrated with a week of events across the city. The day itself will begin with a breakfast send-off at the Red Roaster (8am-10am, St James's Street, Brighton), to support women heading to the Million
Wordplay is a candlelit mix of performance poetry, live music and cabaret from local, national and international artists. "We focus on entertainment which is intimate, eclectic, challenging, and accessible," says Rachel Weston, who started the monthly
William Orbit is perhaps most famous for co-writing and producing Madonna's Ray Of Light album. He was behind the wondrous All Saints chart-toppers Pure Shores and Black Coffee and has also worked with U2, Peter Gabriel and Robbie Williams, notching up
Crawley striker Magno Vieira has joined Blue Square premier rivals Cambridge United on loan for the rest of the season. The 23-year-old has scored 12 goals in 31 games this season but has dropped down the pecking order due to the form of Jon-Paul Pittman
Mark Davis admits he may have to consider hanging up his cue if he fails to qualify for the World Championships tomorrow. Davis takes on Gerard Greene in the final qualifying round at Prestatyn with not just a place at the Crucible at stake but possibly
Enforcement officers have visited the site of a landmark threatened with demolition after concerns were raised that workmen were damaging the building before planning permission had been granted. Controversial plans to tear down the former Royal Alexandra
A thug who terrorised a neighbourhood has been identified online and taken to court. The teenage yob was arrested after a couple he threatened confirmed his identity using social networking web site Bebo. The 17-year-old hurled abuse at Timothy
Sam Crabb, brother of Eastbourne Borough pair Matt and Nathan, has been called into the Sussex squad for the Southern Counties Cup Competition match away to The AFA at Corinthian Casuals Football Club on Wednesday March 19. The full squad is: Tom Lawley
Hundreds of thousands of pounds is to be spent in an effort to save a number of beaches under threat of being washed away. The work will involve depositing huge amounts of shingle - dredged from the seabed - onto the coastline in and around Eastbourne
A serial flasher has finally been jailed. Naked sunbather Richard Stofer, 63, has been repeatedly warned not to strip off in public. He ignored the warnings and even flouted an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo). A judge branded Stofer a "disgusting
Concern for a missing mother is growing after she failed to contact her son on his birthday. Elaine Taggart, 48, has not been seen at her home in Ferring, near Worthing, for more than two months. Her son Daniel turned 14 on Tuesday, but she did not
From the drama of human conflict to the power of Mozart's music this new quartet of dance pieces from Rambert Dance Company will be mixing the abstract with the dramatic. The company, led by artistic director Mark Baldwin, will be performing Infinity
Henry James's novella has been sending chills down the spine ever since it was first published at the end of the 19th century. This stage adaptation by Ali Gorton stars Honeysuckle Weeks as the governess convinced thatthe two children in her care are
1970s heart-throb David Essex stars in Andrew Lloyd Webber's most romantic musical. Aspects Of Love is probably most famous for the song Love Changes Everything, as taken into the top ten by Michael Ball. The story, based on David Garnett's novel and
Following eight sold-out performances at Lewes Theatre Club last year, Only Free Men is making its Brighton debut. Penned by Lewes-based writer JR Morse, the play examines the problem of home-grown British terrorism. It tells the story of a medical
A former high-flying chef who was hauled through the courts for living at an airport for four years has revealed: "I've actually been living there since the eighties." Anthony Delaney's, who once earned £80,000 a year and lived in a luxury flat, has
Good neighbours Tony and Connie have invited new arrivals to the area James and Franky over to their house for a quiet eveningof wine, music and marshmallows. What they haven't bargained for is that their sedate dinner party will turn into an arena where
A doctor is earning £130 an hour by working at a private hospital while he is on full sick pay from his NHS job. William Macleod, 54, was signed off from his £70,000 a year job as a neurologist at Eastbourne District General Hospital in December
In case you're wondering, the correct word for my condition is sober," Francesca Martinez sometimes deadpans as she opens her gigs. It is her way of tackling the elephant in the corner - the cerebral palsy that makes her shake and slur her words slightly
Fly-tipping costs Sussex councils about £500,000 a year to clear up and investigate, according to new figures. Rubbish ranging from builders' waste and garden furniture to car tyres and turf is regularly dumped across the county. Farmers are among
In trying to spin a gay-friendly image for the Tories on Brighton and Hove City Council, K Dyer (Letters, March 4) says of Peter Willows: "Some of his party colleagues are gay and last summer the Conservatives took part in Pride. I don't think
Frank Sinatra officially retired in 1971, but the comebacks that followed were numerous and grand. Still, it's doubtful even he could have engineered a return to the stage a decade after his death. That was a feat left instead to director David Leveaux
I think the proposal to charge motorists on the M23 to cut congestion will not work (The Argus, March 5). Drivers using the hard shoulder will cause many problems and there are safety issues to be considered. Radical measures do need to be taken
Winning the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 prize for Worst Band might put some bands off coming to the UK, but The Hoosiers had sold out the Dome long before the "award" was announced. On the plus side, the Reading band missed out on doing the double and
Scottish singer-songwriter Sandi Thom rose to fame with her famous 21 Nights From Tooting webcasts broadcast from her basement recording studio. And she is going back to intimate performances to promote her second album, The Pink And The Lily, which
Once again roadworks at junctions are being left without working lights at night endangering all road users, in particular, the roadworks at Cranleigh Avenue and Madeira Drive. On Wednesday the roadworks caused total gridlock from Brighton to
Cityclean appears to accept the refuse facilities for Stanford Road, Brighton, are inadequate. Why is it acceptable to introduce a policy which means CityClean will pick up only refuse that is placed in a wheelie bin? The obvious consequence is that
I was sad to see the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices' withdrawal of funding of the VIP suites at Heathrow and Gatwick (The Argus, March 5). These facilities are an important point of entry for diplomats and guests of Her Majesty's Government. They
From soundtracking ITV's Robin Hood series to collaborating with Bono on the hit single In A Lifetime, Ireland's Clannad built up a massive fanbase in the Eighties. The newly reunited band is touring the UK for the first time in ten years, having taken
The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra is closing its 2007/2008 season with something out of this world. Gustav Holst's The Planets is one of the best-loved orchestral showpieces of all time, with such powerful showstopping favourites as Mars and Jupiter
I was glad to read Adam Trimingham's support for white working class lads (The Argus, March 5). It's about time someone had the guts to say something positive about this marginalised group. As a white working class bloke in my 50s, I believe the
Anyone who dreams of classic Seventies rock and heralded the arrival of The Darkness as the return of truly great music will want to check out this show. Tokyo Dragons have already toured with the likes of Do Me Bad Things, Mooney Suzuki, The Datsuns
While walking along the undercliff at Rottingdean on Wednesday, I witnessed an ironic spectacle. A man was handing out leaflets trying to gain support for his objection to dogs being banned from the beaches. As he was trying to persuade another
Not many records cause such a stir that an artist can simultaneously be at the top of the album and single charts and at the same time be facing a ban from the Musicians' Union. But that was what Gary Numan faced in 1979 when he released Replicas, his
Duffy has been portrayed as many things - the new Amy Winehouse, the new Dusty Springfield, a vulnerable Welsh ingenue blinking in the bright lights of the London music scene. Such was the blizzard of hype which heralded the arrival of the 23-year-old
I would like to remind people that the public inquiry into the proposed South Downs National Park resumes at the Chatsworth Hotel in Worthing on Tuesday, after a week's recess. The big topic of debate will be the inclusion, or not, of the Western
Horsham boss John Maggs believes his side can beat the odds and get their play-off bid back on track at Harrow Borough tomorrow . The Hornets' hopes have been hit by a run of three matches without a win and are in the middle of an injury crisis. Stuart
Families across Brighton and Hove have been coming to terms with the outcome of the city's first schools lottery. Parents from campaign group Schools 4 Communities fought against its introduction last year and now say they have been proved right.
A young shop worker who was born HIV positive after a catastrophic blood transfusion leapt to his death from Beachy Head. Alessandro Massarella, 21, was infected by contaminated blood given to his mother while she was pregnant with him. Mr Massarella
The arrest of a 39-year-old man is being investigated after he was found with critical injuries when police checked on him in his cell. Officers raised the alarm when they found Garry Reynolds unconscious about eight hours after his arrest on
Concern about potential funding difficulties at Patcham High School were summarised well in one of your impressive series of articles about school admissions (The Argus, March 5). It comes despite a heartening six per cent increase in the number
Luke Nightingale is set to return from injury as Bognor bid to secure back-to-back wins for the first time this season and further ease their relegation fears. Skipper Nightingale has missed the last five games with a shoulder injury but is set to take
Almost one in five people in East Sussex are abusing alcohol, new figures reveal. Meanwhile more than 6,500 are alcohol dependent and Hastings is ranked worst in the South East for alcohol-related deaths in women. Eastbourne is ranked in the
A man has described how he found his neighbour hacked to death. Stephen Dunk told Lewes Crown Court how he stumbled upon the body of George Deer in his flat. Mr Deer, 42, had been fatally wounded in an attack at his home in Hurstpierpoint. Craig
"I always get paranoid when really good stuff happens to me, because I always think something bad will happen next, usually in a block of three," says Mumm-Ra singer and songwriter James New. It's a theory with some justification. Around the time they
Albion goal ace Glenn Murray is glad he left Carlisle to continue his football education. Murray returns to his home town team tomorrow for the first time since moving from Brunton Park to Rochdale for a nominal fee 14 months ago. He signed for his
A crippling injury list is threatening to derail Lewes' title charge. The Rooks will be without four regulars for Saturday's trip to play-off hopefuls Bath City while another two players are extremely doubtful. With Charley Hearn returning to Grays
