Things are starting to make a bit more sense now, although I’m still averaging about four hours sleep a night. I thought I should try and explain how the Fringe office functions, for anyone who might be picturing a mighty media machine full of shiny gadgets
A nurse struck off for filming undercover at a Brighton hospital is to appeal against the decision. Margaret Haywood, 58, was struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery Council after being found guilty of misconduct for filming at the Royal Sussex
Career-best performances from Ed Joyce and James Kirtley inspired Sussex to a 56 runs win over Durham Dynamos in the Friends Provident Trophy at Hove today. Joyce made 127 in Sussex's 313-7 and then Kirtley took 6-50 as Durham were bowled out for 257
Brighton babe Katie Price is splitting up from her husband Australian singer Peter Andre. The couple's management company Can Associates has confirmed that the pair will separate after four-and-a half years of marriage. A statement said the couple have
A veteran angler has been declared the reel deal, after landing 495 different species. Compulsive fisherman Dave Park, 74, has been fishing for 68 years and says he is just as happy hunting sticklebacks and tiddlers as he is monsters from the deep.
I read with interest the letter from Mike Mendoza, UKIP Parliamentary candidate for Hove (Letters, May 1). I presume Mr Mendoza is not a cyclist or he would have readily appreciated the im-provement to safety for all cyclists by the pro-vision
I went to see The Lady Boys Of Bangkok again this year and I had a lovely time. The venue was great, the staff attentive and the show fabulous. What I wouldn’t give to look as good as the ladyboys. And those legs. Julia Roberts, eat your heart out.
In reference to the children’s bike track in Peacehaven that was bulldozed (The Argus, April 28), I would like to state that not all residents are against the bike track. I am probably the most affected and I applaud the initiative of the youngsters
I read with mounting anger your article “Cars used as weapons in love triangle” (The Argus, May 8) where two men used their vehicles to ram each other after an argument over a woman. If they cannot, or will not, control their vehicles then why should
Thirteen years ago The Old Market lay derelict, home to pigeons and the occasional vagrant. At the time residents did not seem at all concerned about the building’s fate. Neither, it seems, did the council. Then in 1996, Stephen Neiman, executive director
A drug illegal in four European countries but which The Argus revealed was still freely available in Brighton may be banned this week. The Home Office has asked the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to review the sale of Spice in Britain after
The annual pilgrimage to the garden centres to hunt for iron compounds, blood, fish and bonemeal along with garden lime and rotted manure is not always fruitful. You may say that all I need is a compost bin, which is wrong, though it is important
What would parents do if their nearest school had been slated by Ofsted? Would they still want their child to attend that school? I doubt it. They would apply for schools further afield and make that journey come hell or high water or, if they could
After the decisions regarding infant school places (The Argus, May 8) we got into our school of choice – St Andrew’s in Belfast Street, Hove – as we live nearby and already have a sibling going there. We thought that was great news but we have come
Millions of pounds will be spent in hospitals as part of a drive to scrap mixed sex wards. South East Coast Strategic Health Authority (SHA) is spending £7.8 million on more than 60 projects across Sussex, Surrey and Kent. The move is part of a 100
Garden more, spend less with FOCUS DIY Here at The Argus we have teamed up with FOCUS DIY to help you whip your garden into shape this summer. Unruly borders? Overgrown lawn? Don't let slender budgets deter you from making plans
An MP has criticised a prison in his constituency after it received a damning report from inspectors. Nick Herbert, MP for Arundel and South Downs, said improvements at HMP Ford were long overdue. His comments came after last week's damning report on
Fringe events THEATRE: Janis – Fletch @ St Andrews, 6pm The Haunting of Hill House – Brighton Little Theatre, 7.45pm Carnarsie Suite – Hive@The Brunswick, 8pm Ravens – The Marlborough Little Theatre, 9pm COMEDY:
Hundreds of people took to the seafront yesterday for a charity fun run. The annual event in aid of St Barnabas House Hospice in Worthing is expected to raise around £20,000. The three-mile run went from Worthing Lido to George V Avenue and back, with
Here at The Argus, we have teamed up with the creators of Piano Man in this years Fringe, to tell the story of the man who emerged from the sea in 2005, mute and wet but with the abilites of a virtuoso classical pianist. The truth at last
To many of us, the worlds of art and science couldn’t be more different, with Byronic creatives and lab-bound boffins cast at opposite ends of the spectrum in the popular imagination. But this discussion between Brighton Festival’s guest artistic
A bulletproof vest saved a police officer in a shoot-out which left a pensioner dead. A bullet was found lodged in a Sussex Police marksman’s vest after officers shot and killed Wild West enthusiast Mervyn Tussler on Friday. The first picture of
Two teenagers who have been raised by foster parents have spoken of their experiences as Foster Care Fortnight starts today. East Sussex County Council is using the event to raise awareness of fostering and to encourage more people to offer
Here at The Argus, we have once again teamed up with Farrow & Ball to celebrate the opening of its new showroom in Hove. We are offering 150 readers the chance to receive a sample pot of paint in a Farrow & Ball colour of your choice* (
So, we have reached the last week of boot camp. Last week was great, apart from missing Tuesday’s session because I overslept. I ran further than I thought I could and the exercises were becoming easier. However, that all went out of the window this
A teenager was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison today for supplying ecstasy at a party where his friend died. Kieran Lindsey, 18, collapsed at the gathering in the Broadfield area of Crawley, on the night of June 6 last year and later died
As part of National Tackling Drugs Week 8th-12th June 2009, Communities Against Drugs will be out on the streets in Moulsecoomb with your local Neighbourhood Policing Team to launch a campaign around reporting. As part of Communities Against Drugs
Two cyclists were injured in a car crash yesterday morning. They collided with a car in Rickmans Lane, Plaistow, near Billingshurst, at about 8.25am. The men on the bicycles were both seriously injured. Anyone who saw what happened is asked to call
A three-year-old who missed out on a place at his local school because his family's home was three metres too far away will have to attend a Catholic primary instead. The youngsters' parents, who are non-religious, said they were devastated by the allocation
The Moulsecoomb Mad Hatters lunch club will meet this Thursday at midday at St George's Hall, Newick Road, North Moulsecoomb. The club meets every Thursday for a two course lunch for only £3. The club is open to everyone. For more information, call
A debate about moral progress seemed spectacularly appropriate on a weekend when our esteemed leaders were revealed to seemingly have all the ethical fortitude of a medieval Italian court. Former deputy secretary general of the UN Mark Malloch-Brown
The podium distanced these poets, giving formality to this reading marking the 80th anniversary of Faber & Faber. Alice Oswald, speaking crisply at a measured pace, foot tapping to mark pauses, believes poems have to be heard twice to be comprehended
Live coverage of Sussex's Friends Provident Trophy match against Durham at Hove today can be found at www.theargus.co.uk/sport/cricket/live_cricket
The next meeting will be held at Moulsecoomb Hall Lewes Road (next to library) start at 6pm-7.30 guest speaker Mike speaking about Enforcement (fly tipping-parking on grass verges etc) & the consequences of these actions. Estate Warden Kathy
The Off The Cuff comedy collective are amiable, inventive university friends, throwing themselves into random improvised sketches that are alternately hysterical and confusing. Energetic host Mike Smith mustered his anarchic group around the tiny venue
Everybody knows that if you don’t want to be picked on at a comedy club, you should avoid the front row. What they don’t tell you is anyone within a microphone lead’s length of the stage is fair game. Not that Bourgeois, of cabaret double act Bourgeois
Uniting ancient styles from all over the globe, the Orient-Occident project proclaims to be waging a classical war against the political climate of civilisations in conflict. Performing on ancient instruments, the sounds were an otherworldly fusion of
A buzz of excitement filled the humid viewing gallery above the Prince Regent pool - an inviting venue strung with large, reflective tinfoil circles like milk bottle tops. The swimmers, from local clubs, were wonderful to watch as they arranged themselves
An inherited moustache from a former vaudevillian sets Dr David Bramwell on a quest in this brilliantly conceived and engrossing true story. Our charismatic host paints a picture of a very different Brighton from only a few years ago, weaving in seances
DURHAM 257 all out Take a bow James Kirtley. Gidman bowled for 8 to give him a career-best 6-50 with all of the last five wickets to fall. Fantastic effort that. So Sussex win by 56 runs to go second in Group C ahead of Friday's floodlit clash with
The afternoon before this second Willkommen Collective Festival gig, I walked on the Downs to see Anish Kapoor's C-Curve. There was something in the understated charm of Shoreline that chimed with the gentle hills and the sunshine that warms but doesn
Having previously published their autobiographies, Joan Bakewell (now both a Dame and government appointed "Voice Of The Elderly") and Roberta Taylor (actress on The Bill and formerly in EastEnders) have moved on to writing their debut novels,
The Marlborough pub and its accompanying upstairs theatre, are steeped in more than two centuries of history, making it an ideal setting for this esoteric night of "theremin, automata, death ballads and seance". Against a half-lit backdrop of faded velvet
The suspended bodies floating in mid-air at the start of Nofitstate Circus’s Tabu give little indication of the excitement and passion that is to fill the next two hours. A contemporary circus with no sawdust, painted clowns or ringside seating
"Suspender your disbelief and brace yourselves for a bumpy ride," mimed Binkie Beaumont, a howlingly funny, yet obviously unfemale air hostess. There was no beating about the bush in this show, as the troupe of striking seem-males sprinted on, gyrating
In the cult Channel Four comedy Spaced, there is an episode when the two main characters visit an avant garde stage show. A pair of figures appear under spotlights on an otherwise black stage and begin to spout seemingly unrelated phrases in a variety
The usual ingredients that go into the genetic makeup of clowns - red noses, odd clothes and slapstick - are evident in this production by Danish children's theatre company, Teater Patrasket, but the performers have more allegiance to the age-old art
Ronald Harwood’s two plays, companion pieces linked with a theme of musical genius and collusion with the Nazis, provide intelligent writing combining moral debate with great entertainment. Starting in 1931, Collaboration depicts the friendship between
You had to worry for the casual opera fans who came expecting the sacrificial virgins and Minotaurs promised in the story of Arianna In Creta. Those elements do form the backdrop for this rarely-heard Handel composition, but performances are
Tories have denied they are preparing to fight a by-election in Hove. Party activists distributed two sets of leaflets in the Goldsmid ward last week, days after rival parties called for the resignation of Tory councillor Paul Lainchbury who
Another person has reported receiving a menacing postcard with a picture of a pig on it. John Wilkinson, 66, of Langley, Eastbourne, is the fifth person to be sent scrawled threats after writing a letter to The Argus. Last week four people received
Albion boss Russell Slade today reveals his retained list for the new season admitting: “I’ve had some tough decisions to make.” Slade will tell his 16 out-of-contract players whether they are being offered new deals. His agenda for
James Colburn is not old enough to drive on the road but age is not standing in the way of his track career. The 16-year-old from Worthing has made people sit up and take notice at every level he has competed. Now as the youngest driver in the adult
The humble garden shed - a useful place to store the lawn mower, barbecue and gardening tools but also regarded as the last refuge of beleaguered husbands and fathers. Men are renowned for retreating to their sheds to potter about and escape the hectic
Disposable barbecues are being blamed for bin fires on Brighton beach. Firefighters say the hot coals are causing fires in bins when people finish their trip to the seafront and throw the barbecues away. They were called to douse a blaze in a wheelie
Sussex Track and Field Championship Results Senior men, track – 400m hurdles: 1 Sam Parsons (Brighton and Hove) 59.8; 2. Lee Cossens (Hastings) 63.6; Andy Hunt (Worthing DH) 65.6. 200m: 1 Wade Bennett-Jackson (Bel) 21.6; 2 Elhoussine Azzaoui (Crawley
Wade Bennett-Jackson has praised the influence of Linford Christie as he starts to get back to his best. The 22-year-old capped his first appearance at the Sussex Track and Field Championships for five years with an impressive sprint double. Bennett-Jackson
Brighton’s Luke Wells followed up his century last week with 89 against East Grinstead in the Sussex League premier division. He was helped by 31 from skipper Patrick Spencer as the early-season front-runners chased down Grinstead’s 176 all out to earn
A pony was rescued from a swimming pool this morning. Firefighters were called to the pool in Spring Lane, Burwash, near Heathfield, at about 4.50am. The animal, which was stabled in the grounds of the house next door, was found in five feet of water
The A23 was closed for two hours after a woman was seen on a bridge. Sussex Police closed the road both ways near Bolney at about 4.20am after a member of the public reported seeing someone looking over the bridge above the southbound side. The road
Brighton Blues player/coach Neil McGovern has told his Twickenham cup winners: “You deserved it.” The Blues completed a stunning unbeaten season on the biggest stage of all on Saturday. They had already won their division and county knockout in a blaze
CHRIS NASH helped save Sussex from defeat against Durham in what could be his last first-team game for a month. Nash, who celebrates his 26th birthday next Tuesday, scored an undefeated 85 and batted for 25 overs with Andrew Hodd to help their side draw
SUSSEX held their nerve at the end of a thrilling contest to keep their hopes of progress in the Friends Provident Trophy alive after this nail-biting win. The Sharks were in the box seat when Murray Goodwin powered 144 off 118 balls in a total of 313
SKIPPER Davey Watt is hoping a day of rest and treatment can help him put Eastbourne Eagles back on course after a bad night in Essex. Eagles’ first away meeting since Good Friday turned into Black Friday when their injury-hit side lost 57-36 at Lakeside
Two men will be sentenced today for giving a partying teenager ecstasy which killed him. Christopher Pawley, 23, and Alec Gallagher, 18, were both found guilty of supplying Class A drugs after a retrial. Kieran Lindsey, 18, from Crawley, collapsed at
Sussex are on the hunt for their third overseas player of the season. But coach Mark Robinson has ruled out a nostalgic return to Hove for Mushtaq Ahmed next month. Damien Wright, who stood in for Yasir Arafat since the start of the season, has been
