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  • Lewes off bottom with first away win

    Lewes moved off the bottom of Blue Square premier with a 2-1 win away to Salisbury. Goals from Chamal Fenelon and Joe Tabiri earned the Rooks their first away league win of the season. Fenelon, making his first start for more than a

  • Fantastic Borough sink Torquay

    Eastbourne Borough ended Torquay United's hopes of equalling a clu record 15 league games unbeaten in emphatic fashion with a simply scintillating display at Priory Lane. Borough were on top from the kick-off and took the lead in the eighth minute when

  • Kitchen fire accidental

    Firefighters were called to a ground floor property after smoke was seen coming from the building. Two crews were sent to Offington Avenue, Worthing, by West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service at 4.54pm today. No one was injured in the blaze which is believed

  • HALF-TIME: Eastbourne Borough 1, Torquay United 1

    Eastbourne Borough have outplayed the Blue Square premier's form side Torquay United and can count themselves very unlucky not to be ahead at half-time. Borough played some of their best football of the season in the opening 25 minutes and could have

  • HALF-TIME: Salisbury 0, Lewes 2

    Goals from Chamal Fenelon and Joe Tabiri put Lewes in sight of their first away league win of the season. Fenelon, making his first start for more than a month, opened the scoring on 33 minutes and Tabiri made it 2-0 just before half time. Home full-back

  • Wormull gets his chance as Brown and Goulding miss out

    Simon Wormull will get his first chance to show what he can do in central midfield from the start of a league game as Eastbourne Borough bid to become the first team to beat Torquay United in Blue Square premier for 15 games. Wormull replaced the injured

  • Fenelon starts for Lewes

    Chamal Fenelon was handed his first start for more than a month away to Salisbury. Fenelon replaced the injured Sam Gargan as the lone striker in a 4-5-1 formation. That was the only change to the side that lost 2-0 at home to Stevenage on Saturday,

  • Hospice is a real lifeline for families

    It has been five years since the only dedicated children’s hospice in Sussex opened its doors. Health Reporter SIOBHAN RYAN looks at how it has turned into a vital service for hundreds of families across the county and its plans for the

  • Told off for leaving rubbish out on the right day

    Council bosses have caused a stink by threatening to fine residents for leaving their rubbish out – on the right day. Furious Phillip Harrison received letters from the council’s Cityclean department warning of legal action after his post was found

  • Grimes is grim for Albion

    Albion's reserves were beaten 4-2 by Millwall at Beckenham today. Young striker Ashley Grimes scored all four goals for the Lions, two in each half. Doug Loft gave the Seagulls brief hope when he made it 2-1 after the break. Tommy Fraser added Albion's

  • Condom sales boom

    Amorous couples choosing to stay in and save money because of the credit crunch have led to a huge rise in sales at a condom company. While the best things in life are free, the products made by Pasante, based at Lancing Business Park, are

  • Gaming industry threat to hit city

    Britain is to lose its place among the top nations producing video games, a report into the industry has warned. The UK’s development sector is at risk of losing its competitive edge and being overtaken by Korea, Canada and China next year

  • Local banks 'not for us'

    Councils in Sussex have given a lukewarm response to calls for local authorities to join together and form their own banks. Birmingham City Council last week became the latest authority to say that it is planning to create a bank which would

  • City must attract more well-paid jobs

    More needs to be done to increase the number of wellpaid jobs in Brighton and Hove, an influential business body has claimed. According to the Brighton and Hove Economic Forum, there are “too many PhD students serving cappuccinos” in the city.

  • Coastal work rushed on to aid economy

    Work to improve flood and coastal defences in Sussex costing hundreds of thousands of pounds is to be brought forward a year to boost the economy, the Environment Agency (EA) said yesterday. It is hoped the projects, costing a total of £872,000

  • Road rage knife thug sent to jail

    A motorist said he thought he was going to die after being repeatedly stabbed in a road rage attack. Terrified Rick Williams, 30, was left bleeding in the street after being knifed in the body and neck. Yesterday he was at Brighton Crown Court

  • The Zutons, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Dec 6

    Their third album may not have set the world alight, but The Zutons are still a live force to be reckoned with. The six-piece band barely let the energy drop, segueing from hit to hit, the songs drawn largely from their Nationwide Mercury Music

  • Mary Hampton, Brighton Unitarian Church, Brighton, Dec 6

    That the beautiful yet sparsely furnished Unitarian Church opened its doors to The Green Man Tour seemed appropriate, given the nature of the music. First up, Brighton’s own Sons Of Noel And Adrian impressed greatly. Many in number, their songs

  • We could find the cash to build council homes

    I would like to congratulate Nick Clegg MP on his proposal in the Argus (December 3) to build more council houses. I believe this could do a great deal to help during the current recession. After the Second World War there was an enormous housing

  • Collected the wrong days

    About two months ago we were told our rubbish would be collected on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays. Since then it has been collected on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It is a complete farce and if Cityclean managers cannot get their acts

  • Investment

    I was delighted to receive council endorsement for the Falmer Academy (The Argus, December 4), which the council has worked so hard to make a reality. This backing follows the sign-off by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

  • Society needs drastic changes

    The cases of Baby P and Shannon Matthews indicate just how tragic society has become. The benefit culture which began in the Sixties has reached the point where decency has collapsed. Three generations have passed through this system. This means

  • It's bin better

    Refuse collection in Portslade ran like clockwork until a few weeks ago – the best it has been since Portslade was captured by Brighton council some years ago. So why all of a sudden have things changed for the worse? Simply because whoever is

  • Festive fallacy

    I am a villager angry at an article in The Argus (November 25) entitled Villagers angry at Beachdown. It gave the impression that the majority of people living in the villages close to the festival site are against the festival. The “wave of opposition

  • Help us care

    On behalf of the Martlets Hospice, may I invite readers to support patient care by making a donation to our 2008 Christmas Light Up A Life Appeal. Send a cheque, made payable to the Martlets Hospice, to Wayfield Avenue, Hove BN3 7LW or call the

  • Deadly switch

    With so much emphasis these days on road safety it is astonishing that somebody has approved the new filter lane from the bypass towards the A23 at Patcham. The normal roundabout rules have been abandoned and “give way” road markings removed

  • Cheeky David

    Hearty congratulations to David Van Day for getting so far in Australia. David went to the Knoll Boys School in Hove and was in the same class as my husband, Steve Fuller. David is a lovely man. Cheeky too! Lesley Kite, Clarendon Villas, Hove

  • Vanishing trees

    Can anyone tell me why so many trees are disappearing in Brighton? Many have been destroyed in and around Preston Park and the rose garden has had all its trees and shrubs chopped down. Is there a plan for Brighton to be denuded of trees? M Dyson

  • Tributes to crash victim

    Friends have paid online tributes to a 27-year-old man killed in a crash at the weekend. Doug Wildman died when the Renault Trafic van he was driving hit a fence in the early hours of Sunday. Police are investigating the crash, which happened

  • Banking on economic benefits

    It may have been slimmed down compared with recent years but last week’s Queen’s speech still had plenty of interest for the business sector. SAM THOMSON takes a look at those pieces of new legislation which will most affect companies and

  • Jobs on the line as Woolies holds sale

    More than 500 jobs are under threat as administrators plan the future of Woolworths. There are 25 stores in Sussex and 548 people employed in at least 16 of the shops across the county. Stores in Western Road and London Road, Brighton, and in Blatchington

  • TV boost for busy mother's little wonder

    A mother has enjoyed lucrative television exposure for the innovative children’s toy she put on the market just a few weeks ago. Millions of This Morning viewers saw Helen Twigge-Molecey, from Hassocks, show off the Wondercube she invented

  • Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch?

    About ten tears ago when John and Molly Hayes died they left £1,000 for the WRVS to provide a free lunch once a year for members of Portslade Old People's Day Club where they had during their lifetime spent many happy hours. Some ten years

  • Junior school on lookout for school governors

    Do you think that you have the qualities to become a school governor? A junior school in Portslade is on the lookout for members of the community who can contribute to the running of the school. You don't have to be a parent of a child at

  • England cricketer faces drug-smuggling charge

    Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was due to appear in court today charged with drug smuggling after nearly 4kg of cocaine was seized at Gatwick Airport. Fast bowler Lewis, 40, who played 32 Tests and 53 one-day internationals in the 1990s

  • Why parents need to make the grade

    High profile cases of bad parenting have prompted a Sussex MP to call on all mums and dads to pledge to be "five-star" parents. The horrified reactions to the kidnap of a nine-year old girl by her own mother and the appalling treatment of Baby

  • Thieves steal a charity's teddy

    Cold-hearted crooks have stolen a giant teddy bear which was being used to raise money for charity. The 5ft tall cuddly toy was pinched from the Christmas grotto in the foyer of the Meridian Centre in Peacehaven. Shoppers were paying

  • 'Cautious nod' to revised plans for stadium

    An environmental campaign group has given a “cautious nod” to Albion’s revised Falmer stadium plans. The South Downs Society, which opposed the £65 million stadium, has welcomed the club’s latest design and attempts to minimise the environmental

  • Crisis-hit migrants returning to Sussex

    Eastern Europeans are looking to return to Sussex only months after leaving for their homeland. Poles, Latvians and others from the former Soviet block are asking for their old jobs back after walking out when the economy in Britain turned sour

  • Mum quizzed on ME death

    A mother has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her bedridden daughter after caring for her for 17 years. Nurse Kay Gilderdale, 54, was released on bail yesterday after being questioned by Sussex Police over the death of her daughter Lynn

  • Rugby: Local rivals set for showdown

    Chichester and Bognor are preparing for their next derby as first and second in the table. But league-leading Chichester think they know to whom local pride means most. Chi stayed top of London Three South West with an outstanding 42-19 success at Guernsey

  • Hockey: Lewes find it tough

    Chris Marchant knows his young Lewes side are going to be good. That is why the Lewes coach is prepared to swallow disappointing defeats like Saturday’s 4-1 reverse at home to lowly Wycombe. Lewes, who were playing in the national league just a few

  • Denis heading back to Arlington

    Eastbourne Eagles look set to bring back Denis Gizatullin for next season as they re-think their team building plans. Arlington chief Bob Dugard has been knocked back by Coventry in an audacious move to sign Rory Schlein in exchange for Edward Kennett

  • Jams cost each firm £22,460 every year

    Traffic-choked roads are costing each business in Sussex more than £22,000 a year, it has been claimed. Business chiefs last night warned the problems were so bad firms could move out of the area. They called for urgent road schemes

  • Slamdunk: The latest on Worthing Thunder

    Ciaran Burns does not need game-deciding free throws to give him sleepless nights. He has a six-week-old daughter to do that. But the back-up forward, who combines a player/coach role at Worthing Thunder with fatherhood and a full-time day job as an

  • Deluded pensioner killed 'plotting' wife

    A delusional pensioner stabbed his wife to death and hanged himself because he thought she was plotting to have him sectioned. Drusilla Paisley, 78, was found by her son lying in the hallway of the home she shared with her 84-year-old husband

  • Rooks keep faith in Fenelon

    LEWES are likely to put their faith in Chamal Fenelon at Salisbury in the Blue Square premier tonight. On-loan Albion striker Sam Gargan misses the trip due to the ankle injury which forced him off at half-time in the 2-0 defeat against Stevenage on

  • Bumper crowd watch Lewes kids lose to Hull

    A bumper crowd watched Lewes under-18s produce an impressive display as they went down 2-1 to Premier League Hull City in the third round the FA Youth Cup. The gate at the Dripping Pan was recorded as 529, which was 43 more than watched the

  • Borough ace needs new celebration

    Ashley Barnes admits he has been practising hard to sharpen up his act after letting himself down on his home debut for Eastbourne Borough. The on-loan Plymouth striker was disappointed with his performance in the morale-boosting 4-1 victory over Northwich

  • Albion may lose loanee Johnson

    Albion are sweating over the threat of Leeds recalling Bradley Johnson. The midfielder is meant to be with the Seagulls until January 3 but Leeds are in a bad run of form and boss Gary McAllister has hinted that players he has loaned out could

  • Chris Adams gets Surrey job

    Chris Adams is leaving Sussex to take over as cricket manager at Surrey. He has been given a three-year contract and his appointment will be confirmed later this week. The 38-year-old is also retiring as a player after 21 years in the

  • Man burned in horror train attack

    A sleeping man was horrifically burned when a hooded gang attacked him on a train. The 21-year-old was left fighting for his life after the cowardly attack on a train between Lancing and Worthing. A train guard found him unconscious