On Saturday I am going to Watford via Littlehampton and Horsham. Or I could get a bus to Crawley, but my mother tells me I haven’t had all my inoculations! Not really of course. Crawley is lovely and the bus goes to Three Bridges actually. Crawley themselves
Ticking off the films on my 'Oscar Best Actor nominee' watch-list brings me to James Franco on screen for all of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, which, you'll be happy to hear is actually only 94 minutes long. There hasn't been a more blatant lie in a film's
Hastings United suffered their tenth consecutive league in the Ryman premier division as they went down 2-1 at Wealdstone. The home side took the lead after just four minutes through Richard Jolley and doubled their advantage seven minutes before the
A celebration of work done to improve the health of people living in Brunswick and Regency will be held next month. Groups who have carried out health improving projects in the area over the past year will present their work to the community. These
A drug dealer found with more than £9,000 of cash claimed the money was to buy his brother a truck. Police found £1,575 and a stash of cannabis in Lamin Bojang’s car when they stopped him in April. A further £7,500 was found at a subsequent
Hundreds of police staff are to leave Sussex Police by April with pay-offs which could save the force £32 million. The workers were invited to apply for “voluntary severance” packages in November as part of senior officers' attempts to save £52 million
A woman has died after suffering massive head injuries in a 50ft fall from a rail bridge. The 25-year-old was found by the tracks below the bridge in Linton Road, Hastings, shortly before 4am on Sunday. She died at the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards
A teenage girl's six year battle for justice looks set to reach a disappointing end this week. Lucy Porritt, who sufferers from the rare sodium valporate syndrome, is one of ten test cases involved in a lawsuit against drug company Sanofi Aventus
Bournemouth 1 Albion 0. THE rest are doing their level best to hand the League One title to Albion. Promotion rivals failed to capitalise on the Seagulls’ early winter blip. Once again a rare defeat and sub-standard display must not have felt quite
ANOTHER year saw another shining example of biting political satire in a fabulous attack from The Treason Show. Ably inspired by the Coalition Government, the Pavilion Theatre’s resident comedy group had plenty to get their teeth into: from the land
While in London Road at the weekend, I was dismayed to witness a car displaying a disabled person’s badge being towed away for the seemingly minor infringement of parking next to a drop-kerb. The elderly driver returned soon after, along with her very
ADAM El-Abd has urged Albion to bounce back from their first setback of the year against Colchester at Withdean tomorrow night. Bournemouth are up to second after their victory on Saturday but the Seagulls are still three points clear of them
I began watching ice hockey as a young schoolboy and rarely missed a Brighton Tigers home game or their away games at Wembley, Harringay, Streatham or Earls Court. I also saw the Sussex Tigers play sometimes but I only recognised three of the players
I write as the treasurer of the Brighton and Hove branch of Parkinsons UK. We have received the princely sum of £350 from the congregation and friends of the Central United Reformed Church in Hove. Instead of sending cards to each other at Christmas
I would like to thank the four people who helped my husband on the morning of January 13, when he collapsed and fell down the steps at Hove station. He is in hospital for a few days while they try to find out what’s wrong; but he’s feeling
Adam Trimingham’s suggestion that perhaps libraries could sell books, as well as lend them (The Argus, January 19), really woke me up as I read his engrossing reminder of all the services that used to be owned and run either by the state or Brighton
What explanation is there for the Southwick A27 tunnel being closed so often for maintenance? It seems to be necessary every two or three months since it has been in use. Robert W Hunt, Nursery Close, Portslade
Ice skating supporters from this city and region have shown tremendous support for the temporary ice rink at the Royal Pavilion this Christmas, making it one of the top attractions in this country. Now it is up to Brighton and Hove City Council
It is to be hoped that unlike millions of dead, the writer of A Soldier – His Prayer survived the 1939-45 War (Poet’s Corner, The Argus, January 15). Presumably it was the “God our help in ages past” to whom the soldier’s prayer was addressed
In reply to your article “Proposal to relocate post office” (The Argus, January 10), my first thought was “Somewhere is better than nowhere!” On reflection, however, the idea of the location and premises becomes questionable. Why? Because the sub
A drug dealer who spent four years on the run has been imprisoned. Brighton detectives had been seeking Anton Duchesne, 37, since 2006. However he remained at large until Friday 8 October last year, when two alert police officers in Oxford spotted him
Crawley have confirmed today that they will not be getting an increase in their ticket allocation for Saturday's FA Cup fourth round tie at Torquay. Reds sold their 1152 tickets within two hours of going on general sale last Friday and requested
A man who was murdered in a Brighton squat had intended to clean up his life and return to his family. The heartbroken family of Craig Palmer, 39, spoke to The Argus yesterday about the kind and funny man they remember. Mr Palmer’s battered body was
Singer Nick Cave has been offered driver training as an alternative to prosecution after crashing into a seafront speed camera, sources said today. The 53-year-old musician was behind the wheel of a Jaguar saloon when it collided with the speed
A man said to be in his 30s was spotted on a cliff above Brighton Marina shortly after 1.15pm today. Sussex Police persuaded the man to come back to the safe side of the fence at 2.15pm. He was detained under the Mental Health Act.
Terminally ill patients are calling on the government to help them with the cost of heating their homes. Charities have also said that proposals for heating rebates for vulnerable people should include the terminally-ill. Motor Neurone Disease sufferer
Up to £5,000 a year could be lost from the wages of frontline ambulance staff as part of a drive to cut costs, union officials claimed today. South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) is proposing to achieve savings by reducing unsocial hours payments
RYE United have been drawn away to Leverstock Green of the South Midlands League Premier Division in the last 16 of the FA Vase. Lancing, who play Holbrook Sports on Saturday after their tie was postponed at the weekend, face a trip to Coalville Town
A woman suffered serious burns after she was engulfed by flames when her dress caught fire. The accident happened when the woman accidentally brushed against a lit candle on the floor of her home. The material of her maxi dress caught light and flames
Brighton and Hove’s Harry Bambridge missed out on being crowned ABA Senior Novice Champion in Ilford yesterday. His clash with Kyle Rabaca (Skelmersdale ABC) looked to be in the balance going into the third and final round of their Class A battle at
The daughter of a young father killed in a car crash has left a touching tribute where he died. The 28-year-old man, named on messages as Nick, was a passenger in a BMW that careered into a tree in Grand Parade, Brighton, on Friday.
Gus Poyet does not expect to add to his Albion squad before the January transfer window closes. The manager is expecting a quiet climax to the month for the Seagulls but a busy one for some of their League One rivals. The window for
This reviewer did not expect a night at the Theatre Royal to include fondling the disconnected, lumpy "floating" ribs protruding from the warm, tattooed skin of a sword-swallower's chest, but Hannibal Helmurto -- a genial body-modified punk, fingers
Despite film's arrival at the turn of the 19th century, it wasn't until the 1960s that artists struck on using the medium for portraiture. David Curtis, co-curator of a new exhibition exploring the topic, puts this down to Andy Warhol's influence
Two homeless men have appeared in court charged with the murder of father-of-three Craig Palmer. Mr Palmer, 39, was found dead with head injuries on the fourth floor of an empty house in Russell Square, Brighton, on January 15. John
As we raced our way back through town to Arosa’s terminus train station in a blacked-out Bond-style Lexus driven by an Oddjob double, we passed, tucked away beneath one of those rustic A-framed Swiss facades you see pictured in all the tourist
UPDATE: A man killed after his car plunged off a cliff has been named as Mark Samworth. Mr Samworth was 45 and did not have a permanent address but was understood to be from the Sussex area. He died at the scene of the incident at Telscombe
The day I arrived in Mallorca the island’s daily newspaper, Diario de Mallorca, ran a story highlighting how 45% of residents under 35 were unemployed. One islander, Adrián López, was even quoted saying he was coming to England to search for a job. Perhaps
“Eat something before you go out,” a colleague of mine warned me. “You’re going to be waiting a long time for your food.” He wasn’t wrong as, somehow, someone has found a way to charge people for bad service and a lack of manners – and earn
American playwright David Mamet is in the canon of great dramatists, the winner of Tony Awards, because of his ability to capture dialogue. So taken is Robert Cohen by the man’s words he even brings a script to our meeting to give me an exclusive read-through
Rye United boss Scott Price admits he would not mind another away draw in the last 16 of the FA Vase. His side won 3-0 at Staveley Miners Welfare on Saturday and have yet to play at The Salts after the dressing rooms were destroyed by fire
GUS Poyet insists he was right to drop Glenn Murray and says the decision had nothing to do with uncertainty over the future of Albion’s top scorer. The manager relegated 11-goal Murray to the bench for Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth. The striker
It is one of Brighton’s most iconic images – the sight of thousands of starlings swarming above the West Pier. Each evening up to 40,000 birds perform an aerial acrobatic show, known as a murmuration, over the skeletal pier where they roost for the winter
Traffic has backed up along the A27 this morning after a farm forklift tractor and a van crashed. A Sussex Police statement said: "Emergency services were called to the A27 at the junction with the road to Firle village after a farm forklift
A man arrested on suspicion of assault after a woman plunged 50-foot onto a railway line has been released on bail. The 21-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning after the 25-year-old woman was discovered at the foot of a railway line suffering
Two cars caught alight this morning. The blazes broke out in Millwood Road, Hastings, at 3.19am. An East Sussex firefighter said: “The first fire broke out in a Fiat Punto and then spread to another car. “At the moment we are not sure exactly how
A walker was so busy talking photographs of cliffs he did not notice he had got stranded at sea. The man was trapped by high tides near Birling Gap, Eastbourne, on Sunday morning. A spokesman from Eastbourne’s lifeboat crew said: “The lifeboat crew
