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  • "Postman" attacks woman

    A woman was assaulted in a park by an attacker dressed as a postman. The victim was walking through Preston Park in Brighton when she was grabbed from behind by the assailant and pulled to the floor. The attacker ran off after he was disturbed by a

  • Drivers injured in collisions

    Two drivers were taken to hospital after two separate crashes tonight. The first was involved in a collision with a motorcycle on Turners Hill Road in Crawley Down, near Crawley, at around 8.40pm. The second had to be cut from their car after a smash

  • Bonfire sparks Ferring blaze

    Firefighters spent more than an hour tackling a shed fire after a bonfire spread out of control. Two fire crews, from Worthing and Littlehampton, were called to douse the flames at 8.40pm this evening. Flames spread from the bonfire in Langbury Lane

  • Hastings want £10K for striker

    Hastings United chairman Dave Walters has slapped a £10,000 price tag on star striker Sam Adams. Last season's leading scorer looked set to join Ryman League division one south Kent side Ashford Town with the fee expected to be set by a tribunal. However

  • Athlone trip holds no fears

    Micky Adams has no qualms about taking Albion back to the Republic of Ireland to launch their pre-season programme. The Seagulls fly out on Monday for a mini training camp, culminating in a friendly against Athlone Town on Wednesday (7.30). Adams cancelled

  • Dental reforms 'are failing thousands'

    About 30,000 fewer patients have seen an NHS dentist since new dental contracts were introduced. The figures reveal the huge drop in people visiting a dentist in the two years to December 2007 than in the two years leading up to the start of the

  • Sussex animal charities report more abandoned pets

    Owners are abandoning their pets as they struggle to cope with the credit crunch. Animal charities and rescue centres across Sussex have reported a sharp increase in the number of pets being dumped on the street. They have also seen a drop in the

  • Wilkins back in action

    Dean Wilkins is preparing for a one-off playing return at Bognor. The former Albion manager could even end up coaching at the Conference south club if he does not find a full-time job in the Football League. Wilkins, who lost his job as first team boss

  • Sussex plan new signing

    Sussex will sign a replacement for Mushtaq Ahmed even if his second knee operation of the season only keeps him out for a month. The 38-year-old will have surgery on Monday to repair a torn ligament in his right knee, the same operation he had in May

  • Late-night burglar is jailed

    A burglar who broke into homes at night when the owners were asleep has been jailed for four years. Eli Cox, 20, targeted four houses in the same street. He escaped with hundreds of pounds worth of property, including a TV, cash, mobile phones

  • Horsham woman's meningitis nightmare

    A mother has spoken of the terrifying moment she discovered her daughter had meningitis. Gill Darbyshire's daughter Emily was in intensive care for two months fighting meningitis encephalitis and septicaemia. She is still being treated in a specialist

  • Glasvegas, Concorde 2, Brighton, July 3

    Hoisted further up the hype list every week, the burden of expectation must weigh heavy on Glasvegas by now. They do seem concerned with setting the mood before their shows get under way. Scarcely a review goes by without talk of dry ice, red light and

  • Interview: John Stevenson, director, Kung Fu Panda

    With The Muppets and Madagascar under his belt, John Stevenson, director of animated comedy Kung Fu Panda, spoke exclusively to Nione Meakin about how a local boy from Cuckfield made it big in Hollywood. He describes it as a "flea pit", but it was in

  • Kung Fu Panda

    It's one of the oldest martial arts fables in the book. A young hopeful with dreams is discovered by a venerable teacher, who passes on his knowledge in the arts of kung fu, ready for a contest against an impossibly mismatched foe. The difference with

  • Writer transforms suicide bid into book

    A man who threw himself off a 90ft cliff only to "bounce" and survive has spoken of his amazing ordeal. Jude Redmond, 39, drank a bottle of wine and watched the sunset before jumping from a clifftop at Rottingdean, Brighton. He woke up about two

  • End in sight for Hove planning dispute

    A long-running planning dispute over the demolition of a protected building is on course to be resolved. Brighton and Hove City Council has recommended the redevelopment of 5-6 Western Road, Hove, be given retrospective planning permission after

  • Gardeners warned as weedkiller contaminates compost

    Gardeners have been warned not to eat homegrown vegetables contaminated by a powerful new herbicide. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has been inundated with calls from gardeners who have seen their fruit and vegetables grow deformed. One

  • 'Only surviving son' banned from Brighton

    The mother of a man found dead last week wept as she pleaded with magistrates to release her only surviving son. Alfie Vinall, 39, stole a shopworker's purse two days after the body of his 37-year-old brother Stephen, was discovered in East Brighton

  • Don't ignore flood risk warning

    Lewes is not the town for a "Marks & Sparks". Why not build a brand new bus station? That would benefit the entire town. The buses are all struggling to come in by Waitrose every day with people standing in East Street. Lewes is a narrow, congested

  • HIV charity closing when its services are needed most

    I have seen several heartbreaking reports regarding the imminent closure of Open Door, the HIV charity based in Brighton. After investigating further I am disturbed at the apparent lack of transparency on the part of the Diocese of Chichester, which

  • Real issue avoided at consultation event

    On Monday I attended a "consultation workshop" held by Brighton and Hove City Council on its plans for Brighton Marina. As leader of the savebrighton campaign, representing hundreds of people who complain they are being ignored by the council, I

  • Footpath cyclist

    My wife and I are both retired and have difficulty walking. We were exercising our dog on a path near the Adur, which was clearly designated as a footpath with a "no cycling" sign, when three cyclists rode up behind us very fast and forced us off

  • Row over Brighton and Hove green bid

    A powerful committee is being set up to help make Brighton and Hove greener. Councillors will be responsible for taking a detailed look at climate change and how the city council can cut its carbon emissions. But Gill Mitchell, leader of the Labour

  • Lovely gesture

    My small granddaughter had the misfortune to have a nasty fall and quite badly injured her ear. We attended the A&E department of Worthing General Hospital on June 25 and can't praise the staff enough for their help and consideration of both my

  • Sex worker's honesty beat the taxman

    Congratulations to Angela Nangle on her acquittal at Hove Crown Court (The Argus, June 26). I met Ms Nangle three years ago when I was organising a local charity event. I had read her rather rude but funny book Body Worship and was rather nervous

  • Bonfire smoke

    Does anyone know the instances of illnesses caused by the inhalation of smoke from bonfires and incinerators? I thought incinerators were more usual on allotments, but I have neighbours who have brought one into a domestic setting and use it at

  • School memories

    Ron Bowman's letter regarding Fairlight School (Letters, June 3) reminded me of happy and some not so happy times there. My brother Fred and I were pupils there in the early 1940s. I recall times when we got under the desks during air raids. Also

  • Vote on academy

    Brighton and Hove City Council is currently undertaking a consultation regarding the closure of Falmer High School to ultimately replace it with an academy that specialises in entrepreneurship and sports. This sounds great until you hear all the

  • Parking problems

    I am a surveyor and I have to make frequent journeys around the city with a portable ladder and numerous other pieces of surveying equipment. I recently bought a parking meter ticket and in my hurry must have made the mistake of placing it on the

  • Underage alcohol

    Although I do not think he intended to, Mr Robins (Letters, July 1) makes an important, if fairly obvious, point: "It is not wise to take your children with you if you are buying alcohol." Ivor L Challis, Ditchling Road, Brighton

  • Meat-free days

    I had to laugh at the letter from Roy Dudley (Letters, June 28). Sir Paul McCartney wasn't issuing an order about meat-free days, merely a suggestion. Some people might want to take him up on it. You never know. Lucy Allen, Cuckfield Road, Hurstpierpoint

  • Pub smoking areas have not helped people quit

    On the first anniversary of the smoking ban this week, the Government said the number of quitters had increased by 22 per cent since the legislation was introduced. But in Brighton and Hove, despite a spike in demand for anti-smoking services

  • A27 will close at weekends

    Motorists are likely to suffer serious delays as the A27 is closed for up to five weekends. The A27 has long been plagued with traffic jams and delays. But engineering works are scheduled for the bridge over the railway line at Arundel which

  • Violent man imprisoned woman in Hove flat

    A woman was held prisoner after she was attacked by her drunken boyfriend. Emily Monaghan was grabbed by the throat and thrown to the floor by Carl Hill. He repeatedly punched her in the face and threw her mobile phone on to the fire to stop

  • Summer Events, various times and locations across Sussex

    It's Magic, Victoria Park, Haywards Heath, July 4-6 Award-winning Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins is joined by classical quartet Blake at this year's open air concert. The event begins on the Friday with retro music stage show That'll Be The Day

  • Black Kids, Concorde 2, Brighton, July 10

    Florida's Black Kids may be releasing their debut album on Monday, but they are already considering their demise. "A band should have a lifespan of ten years," says drummer Kevin Snow. "It usually tends to go sour after that, if not before. Then again

  • Paul Heaton, Komedia, Brighton, July 8

    "Musical similarities" was the reason The Beautiful South gave for splitting up last year. After 19 years together, the sound that made them Radio 2 favourites on songs like the number one A Little Time had become a bit familiar and ordinary. So it

  • Campaigners bring balls to Sussex

    Two men have gone nuts for a new campaign to raise awareness of testicular cancer. Darren Couchman, 35, and friend Richard Miller have been travelling around the country visiting places with saucy names, like Cocking and Nutley in Sussex. They

  • Geoffrey Theobald

    Geoffrey Theobald, Brighton and Hove City Council's cabinet memeber for the environment. So, if you have any questions about local environmental concerns, council policy or city restoration schemes, here's your chance to put them to Councillor Theobald

  • Kemp Town crackdown on cycle sinners

    Cyclists caught pedalling on the pavement and ignoring red lights were fined £30 in a police crackdown. Two police officers and eight police community support officers patrolled St James's Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, for six hours and handed out

  • Supermarket steps in to save Lewes parade

    A parade for hundreds of children has been saved from the axe by a supermarket. The families of more than 600 children were disappointed to learn the annual Moving On procession through Lewes was to be shelved because of financial difficulties. The

  • Runner pushes limits of endurance in desert race

    The fact it was a drunken bet that forced him into it makes Rob Styles' success in the Gobi March challenge all the more impressive. The amateur runner conquered 150 miles of bleak Chinese desert at altitudes of up to 9,000 feet in wide-ranging temperatures

  • Groovy Cyril is king of the decks

    An unkind observer might comment that he looks more hip replacement than hip. But groovy Cyril Merle is as cool as they come - having taken up DJing and dancing in his 90s. The war veteran made a miraculous recovery from a stroke and then decided it

  • Sussex homebuyers hit by soaring duty

    Homebuyers in Sussex are paying out £12,800 more in stamp duty than a decade ago, new figures have revealed. Every part of the county has recorded an increase in duty during the past ten years, according to a Conservative Party analysis of Government

  • Paddle Round The Pier, Paddle Village, Hove, July 5-6

    The paddle round the pier returns with a new programme of live music.The family fun day is on July 6, with the general paddle round the West Pier starting at 1pm, before weird and wonderful craft take to the water at 2.30pm. July 5 sees the more serious

  • EXPO 2008, Various locations, Brighton, July 4-6

    "The idea is to celebrate urban sound and take it to an accessible context, getting out of concert spaces and galleries." So says Richard Whitelaw, programme director of the Sonic Arts Network, who run the national Expo festival. This annual celebration

  • MPs defend pay rise vote

    Three Sussex MPs have been branded "greedy" for trying to award themselves inflation-busting pay rises. Peter Bottomley (West Worthing), Des Turner (Brighton Kemptown) and Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) were among 155 MPs to defy critics and

  • Born Bad Vs Gypsy Hotel, Komedia, Brighton, July 4

    Truly a shindig that looks as terrifying as it does unmissable, Brighton's own asylum for ill-advisedly quiffed rockabilly madmen meets a fierce friend in the form of London's Gypsy Hotel. Known for welcoming semi-clad firebreathers, voodoo dancers and

  • Positivity, The Loft, Brighton, July 4

    Having previously fallen foul of sudden grant withdrawals, the Brighton Hip-Hop Festival returns this week in the form of Rising Styles, continuing the not-for-profit promotion of beats, rhymes and life by the sea. This club night brings a host of turntablists

  • Shogun Audio – Goldie, Audio, Brighton, July 4

    Goldie's string of releases on his record label and classic 1995 debut, Timeless, are of sufficiently disparate quality to his second LP and dabbles in art to make him a genuinely divisive figure. A decade feels long enough to forgive the woeful self-indulgence

  • Pentangle, Brighton Dome, Brighton, July 2

    Pentangle formed in 1967 when folk guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn were joined by Jacqui McShee, a regular on the traditional circuit. With bassist Danny Thompson and drummer Terry Cox, the group quickly established a reputation as a pioneering

  • The Pussycat Club, Digital, Brighton, July 5

    For someone who has invited ravers to clamber onto four-poster beds, enlisted spidermen to scale the walls of some of Brighton's biggest venues and let the city's finest drag queen run riot with a guitar on stage, Jan King's daredevil clubnights were

  • Cut Copy, Concorde 2, Brighton, July 2

    It seemed the young crowd would rather be enjoying the warm evening on the beach than in the Concorde when Brighton-based Coin Op executed their set with try-hard Skins-esque pomp. Yet the mood lifted to celebrate the summer when Europop arrived in the

  • Grinderman, The King Alfred Ballroom Suite, Hove, July 2

    It's extremely rare for Nick Cave to play a gig in his adoptive hometown, and it seems the decision to play at the King Alfred Centre was motivated by whimsy - Grinderman have just been rehearsing there. It makes for a fabulous venue, vaguely incongruous

  • Lewes re-sign Barness

    Lewes have re-signed defender Anthony Barness. Barness was a key figure as the Rooks won the Blue Square south championship last season. The rest of that squad left the club following the departure of manager Steven King but Barness has been training

  • Sussex film-maker's love disasters

    After being dumped by every girl he had dated, film-maker Chris Waitt set off on a personal journey to visit all of his ex-partners in an attempt to discover why he had become such a loser in love. Here Emily-Ann Elliott speaks to Sussex's most

  • Police hunt sex attacker

    A section of the city is closed off this morning as police are investigating a sexual assault. Police have set up a cordon across Clarendon Villas and parts of Goldstone Street, Hove, while officers interview residents. The incident was reported to

  • Top bands to play summer gig in Brighton

    Three chart-topping bands will headline a seafront gig in Brighton this summer. N*E*R*D, The Streets and McFly will hit the stage next month for the second Vodafone TBA event to hit the city. TBA has moved away from its "secret gig" format used in 2006