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  • McAllister double as Reds go top

    Craig McAllister powered home two headers as Crawley produced an impressive second-half performance to beat Cambridge United 3-0 and return to the top of the Blue Square Bet premier. After a goalless first half Crawley took control in front

  • Borough crash to eighth consecutive league defeat

    Eastbourne Borough's miserable form continued as they were thumped 4-1 at home by Tamworth in Blue Square Bet premier. It was Borough's eighth consecutive league defeat and meant they slipped to second from bottom in the table, three points adrift of

  • Hutchinson handed Borough debut

    Eddie Hutchinson finally makes his debut for Eastbourne Borough at home to Tamworth tonight. The former Crawley midfielder signed for Borough at the end of December but has been sidelined by a thigh injury. He came through an hour of

  • Full-time: Albion 2 Colchester 0

    A goal in each half saw Albion beat Colchester at Withdean tonight to go six points clear in League One. Inigo Calderon struck just before half-time and Craig Noone added a solo goal soon after coming on as sub. Colchester had Pat Baldwin sent-off

  • Albion make three changes (updated)

    Albion have brought back top scorer Glenn Murray as they host Colchester at rainswept Withdean tonight. Radostin Kishishev and Gary Dicker, the two other subs brought on at Bournemouth on Saturday, also start tonight. Craig Noone, Matt

  • Football: Arun & Chichester Youth League - January 23, 2011

    Under 18: Challenge Cup: Worthing Utd Yth 3, Worthing Rebels Yth 1. Invitation Cup: Barnham Trojans 1, Bosham Yth 5; Predators Yth 2, Broadbridge Heath 5. (League) Division A: Billingshurst 2, Felpham Colts Yth 1. Division B: Lavlant 8, Worthing Minors

  • Football: Sussex Women & Girls' League

    Womens Division: Challenge Trophy: Chichester City II , Rottingdean Village ; East Preston & Littlehampton Town , Maresfield Village . (League) Crawley Down 13, Predators 0; Ferring 0, Eastbourne 5; Horsham Sparrows 8, Lindfield Jnrs 1; Worthing Town

  • Football: Mid Sussex Youth League

    Under 16: Crawley Down Yth 2, Hawks Yth Withdean 5; Hassocks Jnrs 5, Cuckfield Cosmos Utd 2; Lindfield FC Jnrs 2, Worthing Dynamos Yth 3; Saint Hill Blues 1, Southdown Ath 5; Worthing Dynamos 3, Uckfield Grasshoppers 0. Under 15: Division A: Furngate

  • Eastbourne Borough v Tamworth LIVE

    Join us from 7.15pm for live coverage of Eastbourne Borough's clash with Tamworth in the Blue Square Bet premier - and have your say as the action unfolds.

  • Seagulls call off search for a striker

    Gus Poyet has abandoned his hunt for a striker after being priced out of the market. The Albion chief has called a halt to his search and will rely instead on the current crop of front men. Poyet revealed to The Argus: “There was no chance of getting

  • The Big Fat Gypsy Prejudice

    My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is back on Channel 4 at 9pm on Tuesday nights. For the uninitiated, the Cutting Edge documentary series follows members of the Gypsy and Irish Traveller communities and their elaborate wedding ceremonies. It gives a fascinating

  • Hastings rail line fall woman is named

    A woman who died yesterday after plunging 50ft onto a railway line at Hastings has been named. Michelle Hudson, 25, of Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, died at the Conquest Hospital, St Leonards, on Monday. She suffered massive head injuries

  • Sale to help save Woodingdean pool

    Woodingdean's extremely popular open air swimming pool faces closure if funds cannot be raised to keep it going. The pool on Warren Road is run by volunteers and is open in the summer months. However, running costs for the pool are extremely

  • Crawley 3 Cambridge Utd 0

    FINAL SCORE: Crawley 3, Cambridge 0 15 mins gone and the best chance so far fell to Cambridge striker Daryl Clare. Looking suspiciously offside he got in a shot from 15 yards which Kuipers blocked with his legs. Reds knocking it about

  • Run and help school

    Ever fancied runnuing in a marathon? Well know you have the chance too and raise money for a school which does marvellous work with children who have special needs. Downsview School in Warren Road, Woodingdean has a number of places in the

  • Burgess Hill woman given two months to live - 13 years ago

    A mother who was given just two months to live after being struck down by cancer is continuing to enjoy life to the full an amazing 13 years later. Sue Wigg, 56, was told she was terminally ill and faced the grim reality of not being around

  • Pure Energia

    I went to see Holiday On Ice: Energia with my nanna and grandad on Friday night. It was amazing. We even bought the DVD of Energia. I especially loved the two clowns – I really want to meet them. They are brilliant and funny too and

  • A wee worry

    The lack of public toilets in Brighton is very worrying (Letters, January 20). My daughter lives in Leytonstone, London where they had the same situation. The local restaurants and cafes solved this problem by allowing anyone to come in and use their

  • Rolling stock

    I see that John Stanaway has returned again to the subject of Southern operating direct services from west of Brighton onwards to the east without the necessity of changing trains (The Argus, January 19). Whilst there might be a case for this to happen

  • Parking protest

    The relaxation of the Sunday trading laws coupled to the fact that more people work in service industries means that Sunday is virtually a normal working day (The Argus, January 21). In summer the roads near to the seafront so busy, any relaxation in

  • Private landlords wouldn't get the grants our council's after

    Brighton and Hove City Council is the largest landlord in the city, with 12,588 residential properties let to council tenants. It has recently discovered that more than a quarter of these properties do not meet the “decent homes” standard (The Argus

  • Question time

    Following Labour leader Ed Miliband’s recent Question Time-style event at Hove Town Hall (The Argus, January 15) where he fielded questions from 200 randomly selected residents, I think Brighton and Hove could turn Labour at the next general election

  • Size matters

    Together with many of my neighbours I am unhappy at the proposed five-and-a-half-storey Portzed development on Kingsway (The Argus, January 17), which will be situated right opposite our houses – dwarfing them and blocking out a considerable amount of

  • Think again

    News that Hove police station is under threat (The Argus, January 20) comes after the police announced a freeze in PCSO recruitment, a cut in officer numbers, and the removal of the city’s traffic police unit. All this is because of huge reductions

  • Naming rights for PROBIZ County Ground

    CHIEF executive Dave Brooks says cricket at all levels in Sussex will benefit from the county’s latest sponsorship deal which will see their headquarters re-named as the PROBIZ County Ground. The two-year agreement, thrashed out in two weeks

  • Hove residents kept squatters in school secret

    Residents kept quiet about squatters taking over a former school because they preferred them to the idea of developers moving in. A group of about a dozen people are believed to have moved into a section of the vacant Park House in Old Shoreham Road,

  • Brighton council's mobiles cost £1,000 each

    Mobile phones used by council chiefs cost nearly £1,000 each – before a single call is made. Brighton and Hove City Council currently provides all councillors and senior officers the chance to sign up and receive a taxpayer-funded BlackBerry

  • Sussex hospitals face fines over mixed wards

    Sussex hospitals face being fined thousands of pounds a month under a government crackdown on mixed sex wards. Hospital trusts will be penalised for breaching rules that forbid forcing male and female patients to sleep in the same bays, incurring fines

  • Police talk down masked man in Worthing

    Police negotiators were called in after shoppers watched a masked man walk to the edge of a multi-story car park. A police cordon was erected around the base of the eight storey stairwell at the Guildbourne Centre in Worthing just before 11am yesterday

  • Knife robbers target Bexhill bull terrier

    Two youths tried to rob a schoolboy of his Staffordshire bull terrier at knifepoint in Bexhill. The teenagers stopped a 15-year-old in Bedford Avenue and demanded he hand over the dog. One pointed a Stanley knife at his chest.

  • Telscombe cliff plunge man named

    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 about 3.50pm last Wednesday

  • Elderly pedestrian seriously injured in smash

    An elderly woman pedestrian has suffered a serious leg injury after being struck by a car this morning. The woman was hit by the vehicle near the TA centre in Seaside Road, Eastbourne, at 11.04am. Emergency services are currently at the scene

  • Kids for a Quid returns

    Eastbourne Eagles have extended their popular Kids For A Quid scheme, with help from The Argus. The Elite League club will be offering admission to under-12s for just £1 in the new season. Kids for A Quid was introduced last summer and helped Eagles

  • Gunman threatens staff at Burgess Hill Post Office

    A gunman threatened staff at a post office yesterday. He burst into Burgess Hill Post Office at 5.20pm and demanded cash. He was given an undisclosed amount before leaving. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Sussex Police

  • Complaints call to Brighton protesters

    A Sussex Police Authority member wants to hear from people who experienced policing of protests in Brighton last year. Sussex Police has received nine complaints about demonstrations against tuition fees on November 30 and against claims of

  • Hutchinson poised to make Borough debut

    Eddie Hutchinson could make his debut as Eastbourne Borough bid to end a run of seven consecutive league defeats at home to Tamworth tonight. The former Crawley midfielder joined Borough just after Christmas but has been unable to play due to an existing

  • Brighton nine-year-old hooked on drink

    A nine-year-old boy became hooked on drink as his family life spiralled out of control. The schoolboy’s battle against addiction is revealed in a report on antisocial behaviour in Brighton and Hove. He and his family terrorised neighbours

  • Man dies following A24 crash

    A man has died after his car collided with a truck on the A24 in mid Sussex. Christopher Alderton, 30, died in Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre in Haywards Heath a number of days after the crash which took place on the northbound carriageway of the

  • Reds boss keen to splash out again

    Crawley boss Steve Evans is hoping to add at least one more player to his promotion-challenging squad before the end of the transfer window. And he has revealed that Reds are being asked to bid for players targeted by other clubs in order to stimulate

  • Man killed in Brighton city centre crash identified

    A 28-year-old man who was killed when the car he was travelling in hit a tree has been identified. Nicholas Messenger, of Old Kent Road, London, died when the light blue BMW crashed in Grand Parade, Brighton, near to the Easy Hours news agent

  • Speed The Plow, New Venture Theatre, Brighton, Jan 22

    David Mamet’s three-character drama is about Hollywood, in the sense that Macbeth is about life in a Scottish castle. Tinseltown mores are the take-off point for a dissection of the cupidity and betrayal that Mamet believes are fundamental to all relationships

  • Albion midfielder keen to secure his future

    Liam Bridcutt wants a quick decision on his Albion future to avoid another summer of uncertainty. Bridcutt joined the Seagulls in August on a short-term contract until January. That has since been extended until the end of the season

  • Alex Reid will stay dignified

    Alex Reid is maintaining "a dignified silence" about the troubles in his marriage to Brighton-born Katie Price, a spokesman for the cage-fighter said. A statement released on the 35-year-old's behalf said that Alex “regrets that, despite the efforts

  • Brighton baby trapped alone in flat

    A mother got locked outside her house with her 14-month baby still indoors. Firefighters from Roedean Station used a ladder to scale the side of the building in Devonshire Place, Kemp Town, Brighton, at 10.20pm yesterday. A firefighter said: “The mum

  • Two-mile tailbacks on A27

    Traffic is queuing for two miles this morning in West Sussex. A broken down lorry and two subsequent vehicle crashes has caused a lane of the A27 near Chichester to be blocked off. Hampshire Police are dealing with the incident as it is close to the