An ex-soldier arrested for kidnap after performing a citizen's arrest on a yob terrorising his home has received a personal apology from police. Chief Superintendent Wayne Jones of Sussex Police paid a visit to Frank McCourt to apologise to him face-to-face
A hospital has announced a £3.6 million expansion. Two wards are being created at Worthing Hospital with space for an extra 40 beds. The move is part of long-term plans to transfer inpatient services for the elderly from Southlands Hospital in Shoreham
Coach Mark Robinson has refused to comment on speculation Sussex are interested in signing Worcestershire opening batsman Stephen Moore. Reports in the Midlands suggest Moore, who is out of contract at the end of the season, is on the hit-list of four
New goalkeeper Simon Rayner wants to put his play-off heartache behind him by gaining promotion with Crawley. Rayner became Reds' eighth summer signing when he joined from Torquay last week. The Canadian-born stopper, 25 next week, played in both legs
Track specialist Bob Dugard has warned a rider could be killed or seriously injured at speedway's most high-profile meeting. Dugard has described the track used for Saturday's British GP, which attracted 45,000 fans to the Millennium Stadium, as a disgrace
Albion newcomer Kevin McLeod is convinced Micky Adams will re-ignite his career and re-shape it as well. The one-time Everton prospect wants to stop being a footballing nomad and start settling down now that his switch to the south coast has brought
The body of a man has been found on a patio behind a house. Builders discovered the remains when they arrived to carry out work at the home in Buckingham Road, Brighton. Police last night said they were treating the death as unexplained - the
Sussex are heading for a second successive Championship defeat after another batting display which promised more than it delivered. With the exception of Carl Hopkinson, all their top five got established against Lancashire at Hove today but only the
A cricket fan needed 64 stitches after he was smashed over the head in a street robbery. The man was grabbed from behind as he walked along Preston Street in Brighton. He had been dropped off by a taxi after enjoying a Twenty20 cricket match in Hove
A suspected drug boss was dragged away in front of children after hundreds of cannabis plants were found in a raid next to a school. The 32-year-old Vietnamese man was arrested yards from a line of schoolchildren as he fled from a police raid on a drugs
The A27 was closed in both directions at Selmeston near Polegate after a two car smash. The emergency services received calls to the scene shortly before 4.20pm. Police officers and firefighters closed the trunk road when they arrived. One man was
Eastbourne Borough have made former Albion goalkeeper Chris Winterton their fourth summer signing. Winterton was released by the Seagulls at the end of last season without making a first team appearance. Lewes were also interested in signing him.
Members at a women-only gym which was destroyed by a fire have been told they cannot cancel their contracts. Fitness First in Queen's Road, Brighton, was gutted by a fire which tore through the building last Thursday. Now members have been told they
Traffic in the centre of Brighton has ground to a standstill after an accident in which a car flipped onto its side. Emergency services were called to the Level near St Peter's Church, opposite the Phoenix Gallery at 4.38pm. Two vehicles were involved
A serial bank robber who was literally caught red handed by an off duty policewoman and her partner has been jailed indefinitely. James Reilly's hands were covered in security dye after he robbed the Royal Bank of Scotland in Castle Square, Brighton.
"The label had quite grand plans for who they wanted us to work with," says Mitchell Scott, drummer with Australian electro-pop trio Cut Copy. "They were throwing around names like Timbaland and Nellee Hooper, all these bigshot producers. "That wasn't
A part of me expected to be swimming against the tide on Monday and deciding White Denim, hyped to the hilt after the SXSW festival, aren't really all that good and it's been just another industry-led swell. It is, however, a bona fide tidal wave, and
A teenage burglar was caught after leaving his fingerprints behind. Robert Cochrane, 18, was arrested after breaking into a house in Bexhill through a kitchen window. At Lewes Crown Court Cochrane admitted committing the burglary at the four-bedroom
Everyone has heard of it - but who knows what the Child Support Agency does or how it operates? Jonathan Stayton went behind the scenes at the CSA's South East base in St Leonards to find out. About 18,500 parents in Sussex owe a total of £71.7
The body of a young man has been found in the back yard of an empty house. Builders converting the building into flats in Buckingham Road, Brighton, discovered a man in his 20s lying dead in a basement patio area at about 8am yesterday morning. Sussex
Three struggling schools responsible for educating almost 3,000 of a town's children will be shut down and replaced by two new academies. Plans were unveiled today for the closure of Filsham Valley, The Grove and Hillcrest schools in Hastings and St
I am extremely worried about my periods. They have dwindled away to nothing and this month I didn't come on at all. I'm definitely not pregnant, because I haven't had sex since I went to Greece at Easter. And in any case, I'm on the contraceptive
Could you explain again about thyroid trouble? I thought you said it made women put on weight. But I have just LOST three stone, which is much more than I wanted. The doctor says it's my thyroid which is to blame. Help! IT'S quite simple, ma'am.
I am 21, and have a new boyfriend. One night, I opened the drawer next to his bed and found a rude novel hidden there. I wasn't shocked by that, but I was really appalled by the fact the story went on and on about girls being chained up in dungeons and
I have just been to a clinic in London, where they told me I have something called "endometritis". I don't understand what it is, and when I looked it up in the dictionary, the explanation didn't sound right. I'm not surprised, since endometritis is
A family who have used the same GP practice for 35 years have been told to find another doctor after moving less than four miles away. Bob Howitt now lives a short drive from the boundary of the Charter Medical Practice in Hove but has been told
I have just come from the surgery, where my doctor has refused to give my little daughter penicillin for her ear ache. Isn't this what you'd call cruelty to children? Well, ear ache is often due to an inflammation which is caused by a virus. Viruses
I have just moved in with my boyfriend. This is the first time I have ever lived with anyone. I am 20. I am really disturbed by the fact that when he wakes up in the morning, he is often erect. I feel this shows he has been thinking about other women
Local mum Seonai Gordon has contracted TB twice. Friends refused to have her around for dinner for fear of catching it and it has taken over her life. Ruth Addicott talks to her about the stigma and finds out why one of the world's most contagious diseases
It was a case of "credit crunch - what credit crunch?" at Christie's last week after a mystery buyer paid a whopping £41 million for a painting by Claude Monet. Obviously not everyone has that kind of cash but there is affordable art out there which
Small businesses could be crippled by fines because they are ignorant of new energy legislation, it has been claimed. According to Burgess Hill-based energy TEAM, more than half of firms in Sussex are unaware that the Government's energy performance
An investment boss was told he would be shot dead if he did not hand over £27 million from his company's account, a court was told. Patrick Kelly was taken to a house in Crawley and threatened with guns during a six-hour ordeal, Hove Crown Court
Boxes of produce are piled up in Bartholomews by Brighton town hall in this undated postcard. This was the traditional area for markets in Brighton and accounts for the name of nearby Market Street. The town hall was built on the site of old market
Mike Spear emails from Cambridgeshire: "I am organising a 25th anniversary reunion and would like to find Chris Fielder from Brighton who joined the Navy as a chef on July 18, 1983 in Cunningham Division, Class 29, prior to moving on to chef's
David Seabrook emails: "I'm researching the life of the showbusiness lawyer David Jacobs (1912-68) for a book and would be most interested to speak to anyone who knew him. "David Jacobs, who numbered Brian Epstein and the Beatles among his
Brighton is living up to its reputation as a radical place to be, with regular protests outside Starbucks on St James's Street and EDO MBM, and the council set to strike next month but not everyone thinks their causes are so just. Sarah Lewis talks to
Crowoborough will make their debut in the FA Trophy with a home clash against Sussex rivals Eastbourne Town. They will meet in the preliminary round on October 4. Burgess Hill have been handed a home draw against Dunstable and Worthing have to travel
I am inclined to agree with Councillor Geoffrey Wells when he says "arty farty" sculpture is a waste of money (The Argus, June 27). Some of it in the recent past has been chosen by people who are not best suited to appreciate what is good or bad
I was interested in the excellent article about the former workhouse site at Southlands Hospital (The Argus, June 26). I too have attended site visits and consultation presentations by the preferred developer of English Partnerships, Crest Nicholson
Selma Montford's letter about the proposed redevelopment of London Road (Letters, June 24) raises some interesting questions. Firstly, whether we should try to get the best possible Tesco store, rather than focusing on fighting Tesco. While a
I witnessed an interesting discussion last week between a police officer and a homeless man who he was trying to wake up. It was the middle of the afternoon and the man in question was doing nothing more than catching a few winks in the sun on
The picture of four-year-old Abigail Murray after being hit with such force from a cyclist riding on the pavement that her skull was fractured must serve as a reminder to all cyclists of the great dangers of their actions (The Argus, June 26).
Charles Holcombe wrote about the planning rules already broken by Brighton and Hove City Council with regard to the height restrictions that were imposed by the Government in the Brighton Marina Act 1968 (Letters, June 27). In addition, Brighton
Last week I was not allowed to purchase alcohol from a supermarket in Seaford because I had my 16-year-old daughter with me. I am 62. The supermarket cashier did not believe that the alcohol I wished to purchase was for me and, because my daughter
I would have given more credence to Derek Cole's arguments against anonymity for some witnesses - namely those in fear of their lives - had he put forward some suggestion as to how the prosecution should proceed when it is sure the available evidence
An octogenarian could save thousands of lives with an invention that was inspired by his late wife. Engineer and inventor David Jones, of Clayton Avenue, Hassocks, devised a monitor to warn patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
I share PV Robertson's distaste for the hysterical US presidential elections (Letters, June 27) but do not see that as a reason for maintaining Britain's medieval monarchy. Most republics choose their head of state in a perfectly dignified manner
Helping children will be the central mission of Sussex's army of public servants over the coming years, it has been announced. The Government unveiled the "targeted priorities" that each of the county's largest local authorities have chosen as their
On May 19 my partner and daughter were involved in a car crash in Roderick Avenue, Peacehaven. I would like to say a big thank you to the kind ladies who looked after my daughter as she was so shaken. One kindly rang me to let me know what had
I would like to respond to the article "Motorists fork out £7,000 a day in parking fines" (The Argus, June 25). The statistics on how much revenue is thought to have been made from the scheme each month are incorrect. The assumptions that have
Crime reduction minister Vernon Coaker visited Brighton and Hove yesterday to launch a national award for community drugs projects. He explained why the fight against drugs takes more than just tough policing - needing the help of community
The route of a proposed monorail for Brighton and Hove has been revealed. The futuristic transport system is planned to link Brighton Marina to Shoreham harbour under a multimillion-pound scheme. The trains would connect the marina, Palace Pier,
How do you convert the world's most polluting car into a lean, clean and green zero emission machine? The answer, as Brighton-based artist and sculptor Jamie McCartney found out, is simple - remove the engine. The Flintstones meets the Soviet Bloc as
A pensioner who may only have months to live walked free from court after killing a motorist in a crash. Retired taxi driver Raymond Swinford, 75, was accused of deliberately crashing head on into the other car in a country lane in a bungled suicide
Wycombe have completed the signing of former Crawley forward Magno Vieira. Blue Square premier outfit Reds released him after he returned from a loan spell with Cambridge United.
Eastbourne Eagles have brought in Bjarne Pedersen and Adam Shields, pictured, as guests for their home meeting against Coventry on Saturday. The star duo replace Lee Richardson and Edward Kennett, who are involved in Grand Prix qualifying semi-finals
With the planet's resources dwindling and energy prices rising, there has never been a better time to turn your house green. A collection of converted and newly built houses are opening their doors to the public to show people with home eco-envy
Adam Virgo will be driven on by memories of his dad as he launches his second spell with Albion. Virgo headed straight for his father Bob, sitting proudly in the Withdean crowd, after his last-gasp goal and penalty in the shoot-out helped the Seagulls
Albion boss Micky Adams has played down fears that Adam Virgo's return signals an attempt by the club to cash in on two of their brightest prospects. Young centre halves Tommy Elphick and Joel Lynch now face competition from both the versatile Virgo
