Online networks are helping squatters to find and occupy empty properties in Brighton and Hove. They are providing groups with guidelines for where to look for places, how to get in, what to do once they are there and telling them what legal
A controversial plan to build on a flood plain has won support from a council despite public opposition. Lewes District Council planners have recommended approval for a 7,040sqm industrial area on the plain at Malling Brooks. The development
A council which has been slammed for providing a free rubbish service to illegally camped travellers is now considering giving them toilets as well. The travellers pitched up at the nature reserve at top of Wilson Avenue, Brighton, six weeks
A teenage motorcyclist was more than four times the legal drink-drive limit and high on cannabis when he died following a late night accident on a country road. Adam Puxty, 16, was not wearing a crash helmet and had no lights on the off-road
Premier Division: Newtown Villa 3, Wittering Utd 1; University of Chichester 1, Barnham 2. Division 1: Angmering 1, Clymping Res 4. Division 2 North: Faygate Utd 0, Partridge Green 2; Horsham Olympic 4, Ockley 0. Division 3 North: AFC Roffey 5, Storrington
Mowatt Challenge Cup: Final: Dormansland Rockets 3, Ashurst Wood 0. Premier Division: Franklands Vill 0, Maresfield Vill 1; Hassocks III 1, Willingdon Ath 0. Division 1: Crawley Down III 6, Heath Pilgrims 2; Crawley Down III 4, Lewes Bridgeview
I HAD a heart attack in the early hours of April 9 and would like to thank all those involved in getting me back on my feet, from the ambulance crew to those in the medical assessment unit and on Lewes ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Nursing
In response to a recent letter regarding the monitoring of speed along cycle paths, surely instead of issuing a speed limit of 10mph, a simpler solution would be similar to that used on the continent – in particular Holland – where cyclists have to slow
After reading correspondence (Letters, May 5) I’d like to explain the situation surrounding my resignation more fully. When I became a councillor I also started as a consultant in the NHS. I was part-time and the rest of my post was going to be filled
Brighton Festival is here once more City bursting with talent and flair Actors, writers, musicians galore Brighton Festival is here once more Artists’ homes with welcome, open door Street entertainers beyond compare Brighton Festival is
Adam Trimingham is right about the current state of the Labour Party (The Argus, May 6). In fairness, every government that achieves a third term incurs the same problems. The Conservatives in the early 1960s and late 1980s experienced the same. Once
Without knowing the full details, I’m not qualified to judge the appropriate length of sentence Troy Perrin should serve – “Homophobic thug has prison term cut” (The Argus, May 5). However, I’m deeply concerned about any homophobic hate crime and the
I wish to add my voice to the growing number of people who appreciate this town as an environment built by people who not only loved beauty and form, but were able to combine aesthetics with how we live. Streetscapes and townscapes can be seen as true
They took 15 years to create and have finally been unveiled. These two hand-carved sculptures reveal more than artistic talent – they were essential therapy for the man who laboured over them. Giles Wright, 39, has been showing off the two works
A second pensioner has died in a house fire. The woman, who has been named as Elaine Cuthbert, was found in an upstairs bedroom in the house in Rye Ash, Crawley at about 9.30am today. Firefighters were called by a neighbour who saw smoke
A naked 3D dancer, a plush cinema set up in someone’s living room and a sculpture that transforms in front of its audience, will all feature in a new mini festival. HOUSE is part of Artists Open Houses, the UK’s largest open visual arts festival, which
Got down to 4 to tie off the last ball which Elliott drilled to long on and Hamilton-Brown's throw restricted them to just two runs. What a game! Sussex showed good character at the end there because with ten overs left Surrey were favourites.
Excited schoolchildren met the author they have “adopted” as part of a Brighton Festival scheme. Pupils from Mile Oak Primary School have been emailing children’s author Debi Gliori for a number of months, asking questions about her books and sharing
