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  • Ryman round-up: Bloor off the mark

    Danny Bloor picked up a point from his first game in charge of Eastbourne Town. Town drew 0-0 with Horsham YMCA at the Saffrons, seven days after losing 9-0 to the same opposition in the reverse fixture. Russell Tanner was the home hero, saving Luke

  • Party on mummy

    My memories of New Year’s Eve growing up in the 70s and 80s were outrageous fancy dress parties. Every year my grandparents threw a themed party, you bought a bottle, your kids and danced the night away. It was an honest and lively gathering, everyone

  • Albion players racially abused

    Albion players were subjected to racial abuse by Torquay fans at today's FA Cup tie at Plainmoor. Gavin Hoyte and Liam Dickinson were targeted as they linked up down the Seagulls' right flank in the second half. Elliott Bennett and Craig

  • Come in No. 22!

    Albion will be ball No. 22 as they hope for a glamour draw in the FA Cup fourth round. The Seagulls are one of 18 teams definitely through to the last-32 stage of the competition. They might be hoping to be paired with No. 1 (Tottenham

  • Poyet hails his professionals

    Gus Poyet praised a professional performance as Albion survived a tricky FA Cup test today. Andrew Crofts' 77th-minute header secured a 1-0 win at League Two battlers Torquay and sent the Seagulls into the fourth round for the first time since

  • Crofts heads Albion through

    Torquay 0 - Albion 1 Skipper Andrew Crofts returned from suspension and headed Albion into the fourth round of the FA Cup today. Crofts headed home a Gary Dicker corner on 77 minutes to settle a hard-fought third-round tussle at Torquay.

  • Ice warning after crash

    Police are warning drivers to be extremely cautious in the icy conditions that are expected to last for the next few days. On New Year's Day there was a serious accident on the A26 after the cold snap left road surfaces slippery. The 17-year-old driver

  • Albion game kicks-off - but late

    Albion's FA Cup tie against Torquay at Plainmoor is set to go ahead after a 1.30pm pitch inspection. But kick-off will not be until 3.10pm as a larger than usual crowd builds up. Temperatures have risen in the south-west and the sun

  • Gus on the attack

    Gus Poyet is going on the attack as Albion take on Torquay in the FA Cup. Liam Dickinson, Nicky Forster and Glenn Murray all start the third round tie at Plainmoor. Elliott Bennett and Tommy Elphick are rested and Michel Kuipers returns

  • Dallington Circular

    The ridges and valleys of the High Weald provide some of the best walking in Sussex. This walk by Ben Perkins, starting and finishing at the quiet and unspoilt village of Dallington, provides a good demonstration of this beautiful landscape. 1

  • Old man of the sea

    It is 250 years since the death of Dr Richard Russell whose eccentric sea-water cure helped make Brighton the pre-eminent resort of England. Popular mythology has it that Brighton was a poor fishing village before Russell, a Lewes physician

  • Downhill biking bliss

    The first ride of 2010 with Nick Marks takes you to Lewes along the old Juggs Road donkey track and returns over the Downs, finishing with the finest stretch of cross-country riding in the area. If your new year’s resolution is to get fit, this is a great

  • Worthing Scout Group

    Fiona Tyrell emails: "Were you a member of 1st Worthing Scout Group? If so, we’d like to hear from you. The Group is planning a major campaign and would like to be able to show people how much Scouting contributes to the community. It would

  • All Saints

    This lovely old picture dates from the early 1850s and was taken in Hastings. It shows All Saints Church before its restoration of 1870 and also gives a clear view at the back of the rectory. Beyond it, in a valley is the old town, not greatly

  • Albion stay out of drop zone

    Albion go into their FA Cup tie at Torquay safe in the knowledge they will still be just outside the League One relegation zone tonight. Leyton Orient had the chance to edge back above the fourth-bottom Seagulls but their home game against

  • Woman air-lifted to hospital after A26 bus collision

    A woman has been air-lifted to hospital after being hit by a bus this morning. The collision happened at around 10.30am on the A26 outside the railway station at Forge Road, Eridge, near Crowborough. The woman who has not been named was taken to King's

  • Forster wants new deal

    Nicky Forster wants a fourth goalscoring season with Albion, as he bids to knock Torquay out of the FA Cup again in the third round at Plainmoor today. Forster, 36, heads a list of nine senior players who will be out of contract in the summer. Albion

  • Tough times ahead for Borough

    Crawley and Eastbourne Borough face contrasting challenges in 2010 after a one-sided Sussex derby at Priory Lane. First-half goals from Charlie Ademeno and Glenn Wilson earned Crawley a surprisingly comfortable victory to reignite their hopes of an

  • Body of man found in Brighton hotel

    An investigation has been launched after a man was found dead in a room at a seafront hotel. The body of the 59-year-old man, from Seaford, was discovered at the Holiday Inn in Kings Road, Brighton, at around 12.30pm on New Year’s Eve. He is believed

  • Now Brezovan has a fight for jersey

    Peter Brezovan has a contract offer from Albion on the table and Michel Kuipers breathing down his neck. Boss Gus Poyet must decide whether to keep faith with Brezovan or give Kuipers his first outing for two months in the FA Cup at Torquay today. Kuipers

  • Sussex train fares go up in price

    Train users will have their pockets hit from today as New Year fare rises see some ticket prices increase by 4%. Southern customers travelling on journeys which have non regulated fares, including off-peak day single and returns, off-peak day travelcards

  • Man taken to hospital after A23 car blaze

    A man was taken to hospital after a car fire today. Two appliances from Crawley were called to the blaze on the A23 southbound near Handcross at around 8.40am. Traffic was diverted through the nearby BP garage to avoid the burnt out car. A spokesman

  • What year is it?

    Is anyone else as lost as I am? I won't take it personally if it's just me, as it so frequently is, but I can't remember what day of the week it is a lot of the time and I know I'm going to be dating things 2009 for at least the next 3 weeks.

  • A rubbish Christmas

    Whether you are sad Christmas and New Year is over for another year or overjoyed at getting back to normality, the festive season brings one point very clearly into focus: we produce a huge amount of rubbish. According to charity Waste Watch, the

  • Zoe Lyons

    Zoe Lyons is the Brighton-based, If.comedy-nominated stand-up who can regularly be seen compering the gay-friendly comedy night Bent Double. She won the best joke of the Fringe in 2008 with her “playful” jibe at Amy Winehouse (“I can’t believe Amy Winehouse

  • Taking the road less travelled

    As Cormac McCarthy’s stark, post-apocalyptic masterpiece The Road makes a long-awaited transition to the big screen, its Hove director says Hollywood is itself in the grip of a cataclysmic meltdown. Bringing the cherished, Pulitzer Prize-winning