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  • Football: Sussex Sunday Youth League - January 3, 2010

    Under 16: Division 2: Peacehaven Yth 3, Denton & Sth Heighton 3. Under 15: Knockout Cup: Second round: Whitehawk Yth 0, Hove Rivervale 1. (League) Division 3: Hove Park Colts 6, Hollingbury Hawks 1. Division 4: Hollingbury Hawks Colts 2, Chailey

  • Football: Arun Youth League

    Under 18: Worthing Dynamos Yth 6, Upper Beeding 0; Worthing Rebels Yth 2, Felpham Colts 2; Worthing Town Yth 3, Midhurst & Easebourne Utd 6 . Under 16: Division A: Lancing Rangers Select 7, Felpham Colts 0. Under 14: Invitation Cup

  • Football: Sussex Youth FA

    Youth Cup: (under 18) Third round: Oakwood 2, Mile Oak 8. Minor Cup: (under 16) Fourth round: Oakwood Yth 1, Eastbourne Borough Yth 0. CP Mason Cup: (under 14) Fourth round: Rottingdean Village Yth 1, Eastbourne Utd Colts 3.

  • Dream Villa trip for Albion and Whing

    Albion have landed a plum fourth round FA Cup tie away to Aston Villa. The visit to the Premier League high-flyers is exactly the kind of reward the Seagulls were hoping for following yesterday's 1-0 win at Torquay in round three. The tie has special

  • Wife pays tribute to Brighton man who died at the wheel

    The wife of a man who died after a suspected heart attack at the wheel of his car has paid tribute to a “devoted husband”. Dennis Hilton, 79, died whilst driving to the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath for a routine appointment on New Year’s

  • Football: Sussex Women & Girls' League

    Women’s Division: Rottingdean Village 7, Maresfield Village 3. Under 15: League Challenge Cup: Worthing Minors 2, Seahaven Harriers 2(AET+Pens 1-3). (League) West: Felpham Colts 0, Rustington 5. Under 14: Eastbourne 7, Oakwood Yth 0; Seahaven

  • Sussex dialect being wiped out by commuting

    Sussex's regional accents are in danger of dying out. Academic studies have found that many regional accents including Geordie, Scouse, Mancunian and Brummie are becoming more distinct, but southern dialects, particularly the East and West Sussex accents

  • Lost and found

    I WOULD like to thank The Argus for printing the item on Ollie, the lost cat, who escaped from my house while staying on holiday. While searching for Ollie I took in two unneutered stray toms and, as nobody appeared to be missing them, they’ve stayed

  • Theft plea

    I WOULD like to plead to the person who stole my friend’s new wheel cover on Monday night/Tuesday morning last week to return it to her. Her son had the cover specially made for her for Christmas, with a picture of her dog when it was a puppy playing

  • Good advice

    I ALSO don’t agree with fox hunting, but David Gibbons is incorrect when he says foxes only kill to eat (Letters, December 28). I used to live in Woodingdean and, believe me, it wouldn’t be the first time I had heard of foxes killing neighbours’ hens

  • Hunting stand

    Following the recent correspondence from Mr Strudwick (Letters, January 1), I would like the opportunity to reply. Firstly, he mentions that he has sent letters to a number of Conservative candidates, none of whom have replied. I did not receive a letter

  • Football: Sussex Sunday League

    Ron Pavey Sunday Bowl: Third round: ATS Southern 1, Roundhill 2. Sussex Sunday Challenge Trophy: Third round: Withdean Grange 6, AFC Brighton & Hove 1. Premier Division: AFC Aymer 4, King George Utd 3; Fuller Bros 1, Millhouse 0. Intermediate Division

  • History facts

    IT IS encouraging to read Councillor David Smith’s response to the debate on the short-sighted proposal to close the Brighton History Centre (Letters, December 28). However, a little decoding is needed for people who use this unique resource. “100%

  • Brighton History Centre claims

    I ENTIRELY endorse Selma Montford regarding Coun Smith’s claims over the proposed closure of the Brighton History Centre (Letters, December 30). As Ms Montford points out, five years would seem far more realistic for the time when all the records and

  • Out of control

    After a rather pleasant and enjoyable Christmas Day, I simply wanted to get into bed and have a jolly good rest. However, from the moment I got through my door I discovered there was a very loud party taking place somewhere behind my house. There was

  • Lack of snow clearing action is a foretaste of Tory cuts

    I WONDER if the Good Lord sent the snow to give us a timely warning of the effects of a Tory government. The Tory Brighton and Hove City Council is quoted as boasting about its small increase in council tax. Now we can see what these

  • Anger at new Sussex tip plans

    Plans to locate a waste site in rural countryside has been described as a “recurring nightmare” by protesters. East Sussex County Council has revived plans for a new tip between Uckfield and Hailsham, six years after they were originally rejected by

  • Missing cat had travelled 70 miles to Brighton

    A schoolgirl saved Christmas for a devastated family by helping rescue their beloved cat from the snow. Carla Dahl saw Ben, a black and white Tom, shivering in her family’s Brighton garden in bad weather and begged her parents to help her save him.

  • I LOVE running

    I really, properly enjoyed today's run. When I got up, it was all frozen outside and the air temperature was definitely offputting. So I spent a couple of hours flolloping on the couch with coffee, watching Eurosport (other people being active

  • Man stabbed in Littlehampton

    A man was taken to hospital after a stabbing in Littlehampton. Sussex Police said that the incident took place in Duke Street, Littlehampton at about 6.30pm yesterday. A spokesman said: "The victim is not believed to have received life threatening

  • Eastbourne Borough v Cambridge United LIVE

    Join Steve Hollis for a live blog of Eastbourne Borough's clash with Cambridge United in Blue Square Bet premier from 2.15pm. We'll bring you all the team news followed by the action while you can join in by sending in your own comments and

  • Football: West Sussex League results

    Premier Division: Lancing Utd 5, Petworth 0. Division 2 North: Alfold 1, AFC Roffey 2. Division 2 South: Worthing BCOB 1, Newtown Villa II 1; Yapton 7, Predators 0. Division 3 North: Henfield II 5, Ashington Rovers II 1; Rudgwick 7, Ockley 0. Division

  • Football: Mid Sussex League results

    Premier Division: Rotherfield 4, East Grinstead Utd 0; Wisdom Sports 4, Forest Row 0. Division 1: Roffey 0, Cuckfield Town 1, Wisdom Sports II 2, Horsted Keynes 1. Division 3: Willingdon Ath II 1, Framfield & Blackboys Utd 1. Division 4: Cuckfield

  • Football: Brighton League results

    Brighton Challenge Shield: Third round: Rottingdean Dynamos 6, Southern Rangers OB II 2. AW Bridle KO Trophy: Second round: AFC Falmer Falcons 3, BSM08 0; Ampito 4, Montpelier Villa II 8. Gentry Bowl: Second round: Montpelier View II 1, Saltdean Sharks

  • Football: Cup Match results

    Sussex Junior Cup: Third round: Worthing Leisure 4, Buxted 1. Sussex Intermediate Cup: Third round: Newtown Villa v Wick Res postponed; Billingshurst 5, Peche Hill Select 4. Mid-Sussex Senior Cup: Second round: Southwater 1, Hurstpierpoint 3. Hastings

  • Football: Sussex County League results

    Reserve Section Cup: Second round: Lancing 1, Arundel 4; St Francis Rangers 3, Bosham 2. Reserve Section Premier: Mile Oak 1, Hastings Utd 1. Reserve Section East: Bexhill Utd 1, Redhill 1; Peacehaven & Telscombe 4, Saltdean Utd 1; Seaford Town 1, Ringmer

  • Football: Worthing League results

    ’Goring Pet Supplies’ Charity Cup: Third round: Lancing Utd B 0, Real Rustington 3. Walmsley Cup: Second round: GSK Sports Res 4, L&S Ath 0. Premier Division: Durrington RAFA 1, Sompting 4; AFC Sporting 1, Worthing Ath 2; Highdown Rovers 3, Shoreham

  • Bad weather hit Brighton businesses hard

    Ice and snow before Christmas halved the number of shoppers coming into the centre of Brighton. Shop owners across the city have criticised Brighton and Hove City Council's response to the conditions as many lost vital sales during one of

  • Poyet's TV date

    Albion boss Gus Poyet is an ITV studio guest for the lunchtime FA Cup tie between his old club Leeds and Manchester United at Old Trafford. Poyet will find out who the Seagulls land in the fourth round draw at around 6pm after ITV's second

  • Horsham woman tells of knife attack ordeal

    A knifeman lunged at a woman on her doorstep and slashed her across her face in a suspected case of mistaken identity. When the 24-year-old answered a knock at her flat door in Bishopric, Horsham, she was cut just half an inch from her eye.

  • Firefighters attend Brighton blaze

    Firefighters were called to a blaze in a Brighton flat early this morning. Four appliances attended the fire in a ground floor flat in Sussex Square at around 2am. Fire investigation officers are still investigating the cause of the

  • Elderly woman "serious" after Eridge bus collision

    An elderly woman was air-lifted to hospital after being hit by a bus yesterday. The collision happened at around 10.30am on the A26 outside the railway station at Forge Road, Eridge, near Crowborough. The 78-year-old, who has not been named, was taken

  • Second man arrested after Brighton New Year's Day assault

    A second man has been arrested after a New Year's Day assault which left a man needing emergency brain surgery. The 25-year-old man, of no fixed address, but believed to be Hove-based, was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm

  • Police criticised for spending £1.5 million on hire cars

    Sussex Police spent almost £1.5 million on hire cars over the last five years, figures released by the force reveal. The revelation comes as the cash-strapped force tries to save money. Sussex Police Authority has predicted a 14% fall in funding for