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  • Boiling water floods Brighton flats

    Fire crews were called to a block of flats after boiling water flooded two homes. The water escaped from a boiler in a first floor flat in Pullman Haul in New England Street, Brighton, at about 6.50pm this evening. The hot water then flooded two ground

  • Prior century as Sussex rally

    Matt Prior scored his first hundred for over a year in front of the England captain Andrew Strauss and national selector James Whitaker to hold Sussex’s batting together on the first day of their LV County Championship match against Middlesex at Hove

  • Poyet to discuss McNulty's future

    Albion boss Gus Poyet will hold talks with Jimmy McNulty this week in an attempt to clarify the defender’s future. McNulty returned to training with the Seagulls yesterday following the end of his loan spell at Scunthorpe. The left-back has suggested

  • Brighton polling station closed due to damaged ceiling

    A General Election polling station has been closed after the building's ceiling was damaged. Brighton and Hove City Council is asking voters due to head to Essex Place, Brighton to go to Somerset Point. No-one was hurt in the incident, which is believed

  • Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings

    by Jonathan Shipley An extract of a review of Brian Eno's 77 Million Paintings, which first appeared here. Rather misleadingly titled ‘77 Million Paintings’, the show actually focuses on one piece – a large, evolving graphic up on a large

  • Japanese student raped at Hove party, court told

    A Japanese student was raped at a party while another man watched, a jury was told. The 28-year-old woman, who had been drinking, claims she was attacked after she started vomiting and was taken by two men to a dark room with mattresses on the floor

  • Sussex staff and students plan mass city protest

    Up to 1,000 staff and students are today planning to protest against sweeping education budget cuts and job losses. University and College Union (UCU) members at the University of Sussex will take industrial action over controversial plans to cut

  • Rugby: Double delight for Hove

    Hove secured a play-off and cup double last night, then admitted they are already preparing for their toughest league challenge. The London Two South East runners-up saw off a more makeshift Worthing Raiders II outfit 23-3 in the final of the Sussex

  • Wilfredo and Mana Maria

    by Stevie Auden We went to see Wilfredo and Mana Maria at the Komedia on Sunday night, and it was hilarious. I laughed until I cried even though I have seen them before. He sings and tells the story of his and his sister Maria’s life. He is a

  • Worthing woman lashed out with hammer after noise row

    A woman lashed out with a hammer after she was driven to distraction by noisy neighbours. Nicola Padfield had suffered months of torment from people living in the flat below hers in Park Crescent, Worthing. She complained to the housing association

  • Lastminute tickets, Wednesday, May 5

    Brighton Festival Today LaLaLuna at Theatre Royal, 7pm Steve Dugardin – Back to Baroque at St George’s Church 8pm Loin/Far at Corn Exchange, 8pm Tomorrow: LaLaLuna at Theatre Royal ‘Election Special’, 2.30pm matinee

  • Blog: Follow your leader - Brighton Pavilion.

    The presenters of News night, the Politics show and whatever lame coverage Meridian are dishing up, would like you to believe that the constituency of Brighton Pavilion is that rare and newsworthy event, a 4 way marginal. Now this isn't something

  • Anouar Brahem, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, May 4

    Anouar Brahem’s countryman and fellow oud master Dhafer Youssef once made an album called Electric Sufi. Brahem’s remarkable Festival performance might fairly be called funk sufi. The pairing of Tunisian Brahem’s lute-like oud with the six-string electric

  • Woodpigeon, The Hanbury, Brighton, May 4

    "When I've been to Brighton before I've lost my voice, and last time we had bad sound. I'm being very careful tonight that I don't fall over and break my neck." So said Woodpigeon frontman and songwriter Mark Hamilton as he led his five-piece band through

  • The Secret Garden, Regency Town House, Hove, May 3

    The only drawback to this gem of a fringe show is the tiny capacity, which means it will sell out and sell out fast. This is such a shame as there will be many people who will miss the opportunity to see this great new company demonstrate exactly how

  • Gang of burglars targeting Sussex OAPs

    Burglars stole cash from a pensioner's home after claiming they had been sent to check her leaking sink. The 83-year-old, who lived alone in the flat, let the three men into her home at about 11.30am on Friday. None of the men produced identification

  • Brezovan delighted to be staying

    Albion have launched the process of assembling a revamped squad by securing the services of Peter Brezovan for the last season at Withdean and the first at Falmer. The towering Slovakian goalkeeper has signed a new two-year contract after impressing

  • Worthing Birdman pervert sentenced

    A judge told a perverted photographer he had stolen ‘children’s innocence’ after taking pictures of their underwear as they watched the Worthing's Birdman contest. James Chapman was busily taking shots up their skirts and down their tops as crowds gathered

  • Poster pride

    I am a lifelong Conservative and proud of it, so it was with great pride that I put up a poster showing my support for Charlotte Vere, the Conservative candidate in Brighton Pavilion, at the start of the election campaign. However, that night the poster

  • Direct effect

    After listening to more than four hours of the same old rhetoric and evasion in the three Prime Ministerial debates on TV I am no nearer to deciding which party will get my vote. Rarely did any of the three leaders answer a direct question

  • A return to hunting with hounds?

    The Tories have pledged a free vote in Parliament, if they win the election, to repeal the Hunting Act. They claim it doesn’t work, which implies that hunters are exploiting various loopholes to carry on hunting – surely a breach of the spirit of the

  • Green machine

    In response to Ray Fletcher’s letter (Letters, April 28): Far from being backward-looking, the Green Party is driven by the real imperatives of the near future. Our society is almost totally dependent on diminishing oil supplies which are becoming more

  • New republic

    With all the polls pointing to a hung parliament, isn’t it time the process of appointing a Prime Minister is brought up to date and out into the open? According to our creaking constitution, if the politicians can’t sort it out among themselves the

  • Three stooges

    So we have suffered the ramblings of Brown the blunderer, Cameron the cowboy and Clegg the clot – all promising to row us out of recession but not telling us how. Without exception they smiled and wagged a finger at some imaginary person in the audience

  • Make your vote count

    I have already recorded my choice in the General Election by way of a postal vote. I voted for the Labour Party and, while respecting other electors’ views, permit me to say why. As a company director, I know how our company has thrived and expanded

  • Sussex Police take part in Europe-wide speed crackdown

    A speed enforcement campaign is aiming to reduce deaths and serious accidents on the road. Sussex Police is taking part in the Europe-wide project, the results of which will be collated across the continent to help decrease the number of people killed

  • Former Page 3 model launches Worthing calendar

    Amelia Earhart - eat your heart out. Sadie Collis posed as the pioneering American aviator as part of a new calendar to raise money for St Barnabas Hospice. The 29-year-old former Page 3 model is hoping to raise £30,000 for the charity in memory of

  • Brighton residents to take noisy clubs to court

    Residents are planning to take club bosses to court to force them to be quieter. People living in the Brighton's busiest night time streets say they are so frustrated that nothing is being done about the all night racket coming from nightclubs

  • Homophobic attack victim "struck girl"

    A student accused of killing a gay man in Trafalgar Square said he punched the victim because he saw him strike a girl and feared she might get hurt. Joel Alexander, 19, told an Old Bailey jury he felt he "had to act" after he saw Ruby Thomas in a confrontation

  • Brighton mayor's number plate worth £150,000

    It’s the kind of excess you would expect of a Premiership footballer. But this £150,000 number plate isn’t attached to an England star’s blinged out Hummer – it belongs to the mayor. The “CD 1” plate, which has been valued by independent experts, has

  • Will performers win your vote?

    As voting fever sweeps the city tomorrow, a number of performers will be hoping their shows tick all the right boxes. The election-themed performances will take place on the most politically important night of the year. While the votes are being

  • Blog: Secrecy in the Election

    As part of the election coverage, a survey of the candidates in the three constituencies shows what details they chose to reveal as part of their nomination to be a candidate. Recent changes in the law allow candidates to choose not to tell

  • Eno's show wins second Angel award

    The second Argus Angel of 2010 has been awarded to a Brian Eno performance. The Brighton Festival guest artistic director’s album was brought to life by the I c e b r e a ke r ensemble and BJ Cole as they accompanied filmmaker Al R e i n

  • Children over the moon after balloon performance

    Pupils had a magic time when they were visited by a Brighton Festival performer. Wolfe Bowart, star of one-man show LaLaLuna, entertained youngsters at St Luke’s Primary School in Brighton yesterday. His performance at the Theatre Royal Brighton

  • Man's jaw broken in Brighton street attack

    A man had his jaw broken when he was beaten up in the street. The 32-year-old was hit in the face in London Road, Brighton, then beaten repeatedly in the road behind the nearby Aldi supermarket. Two men were involved in the attacks. The victim was

  • Criminals forced to hand £2.5 million to police

    Police are clawing back more of criminals' ill-gotten gains every year. Sussex Police took back more than £2.5 million last year in forfeiture and confiscation orders of money and assets that had been earned through crime. The amount of money being

  • Additional installation on the Brighton Festival bill

    An extra Brian Eno event will open today. Brighton Festival’s guest artistic director has created an additional piece of work for this year’s programme. The Speaker Flower Sound Installation will take place at Marlborough House in the

  • First Argus Angel awarded

    The first Argus Angel of 2010 has been awarded to a show for its artistic excellence. The Importance Of Being Earnest, a sold-out fringe show at The Grand in King’s Road, Brighton, impressed Argus reviewer Duncan Hall so much that it was

  • Fashion models needed

    Aspiring models are being encouraged to apply to strut their stuff at Brighton Fashion Week and possibly kick-start a career in the industry. Male and female models are needed for the catwalk event at Brighton Corn Exchange on Saturday June

  • Investigation launched after Hove hospital death

    An investigation has been launched following the death of a man at a mental health hospital. The man was found in the toilets in a public area of Millview Hospital in Hove over the Bank Holiday weekend. The 35-year-old was known to workers

  • Panesar puts England hopes on hold

    Monty Panesar has put his England ambitions on hold to concentrate on helping Sussex make a quick return to the County Championship’s top flight. The 28-year-old, whose last appearance for his country came when he helped save the dramatic first Ashes

  • Brighton and Hove primary places announced

    Parents across Brighton and Hove are starting to receive letters telling them where their children will be going to primary school. Many decisions are set to be controversial because of a shortage of school places in areas like Hove. Tell us whether

  • Prior wants his England place back

    Matt Prior has revealed how hungry he is to earn back his England place. The wicketkeeper-batsman is back in action for Sussex after being omitted from the England squad competing in the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies. In a frank interview with

  • Daughter celebrates father's work

    An artist has chosen to celebrate the life of her father with a collection of his work. Leonie Braddick has organised an exhibition of her late father Sam Fenton’s watercolour paintings, which depict Sussex landmarks. Mr Fenton was a

  • Seaford boss steps down

    Bob Laundon is stepping down as manager of County League division two side Seaford Town. Laundon has been with the club for two years, during which time he took them to the final of the Division Two Cup where they lost to Peacehaven. This season they

  • "Terrific" opening to festival programme

    Brighton Festival and Festival Fringe got off to a flying start, with thousands of visitors flocking to the city for the opening weekend. People lined the streets to see more than 4,500 children from 70 schools and community groups take part

  • Spaniard on trial with Albion

    David Garcia-Baquero, a 25-year-old Spanish centre half from Celta Vigo’s B team, began a trial with Albion yesterday. He will not feature in the penultimate fixture for the Reserves away to Millwall today (2pm) but Dean Cox is in the side.

  • Sussex v Middlesex Day 1

    Join us from 10.30am today for live coverage of the first day's play in Sussex's Championship game against Middlesex.

  • Inquest into death of Brighton soldier to begin

    UPDATE: The anguished mother of a soldier from Brighton, who was killed in a blast in Afghanistan, has applauded the bravery of his comrades who tried to save his life. Jacqui Janes said colleagues of her son, Guardsman Jamie Janes, did "everything

  • Firefighters called to smell of gas

    Firefighters were called to a family home after they smelled gas in one of the bedrooms. The West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service crew was called to Forest Road, Horsham, at about 9pm yesterday. They used a special gas monitor from their vehicle and

  • Experts blast Digital Economy Act

    The new Digital Economy Act was slammed as draconian, unworkable and not fit for purpose by media experts at a special debate into the new legislation. Organised by Wired Sussex, the event failed to find anyone to speak in support of the laws,

  • Art exhibition proves Relentless team has talent

    Talented staff at a video games developer are once again showing off their creative skills throughout the Brighton Festival Fringe. Oil paintings, collage, sculpture and digital prints produced by employees at Brighton-based Relentless Software

  • Three arrested after nightclub attack

    Three men have been arrested on suspicion of affray after a man was assaulted during a fight in the smoking area of a nightclub. A 21-year-old local man sustained serious injuries to the face, neck and shoulders after being assaulted with what was believed

  • Loin/Far, Corn Exchange, Brighton, May 5

    It was a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia, following in his father’s footsteps, which first inspired multimedia artist Rachid Ouramdane to make Loin/Far. His Algerian father had been a soldier in the army, serving in the former Indochina to protect