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  • YM part company with manager

    Horsham YMCA have announced they are not retaining manager John Cumberbatch for next season. Cumberbatch, who only took charge in December, wanted to stay despite YM’s relegation from Ryman division one south back to the County League. However, the

  • Football: East Sussex League results 25 April

    Robertsbridge Junior Cup: Semi-final: Mountfield Utd 1, Sedlescombe Rangers II 2; Peche Hill Select II 1, Bexhill AAC 2. Hawkhurst Charity Cup: Semi-final: JC Tackleway II 3, Cranbrook Town 5. Division 3: Herstmonceux 7, Battle Rangers 1. Division

  • Football: West Sussex League results 25 April

    Premier Division: Clymping Res 2, Upper Beeding 0; Lancing Utd 2, University of Chichester 0. Division 1: Hunston CC 1, Faygate Utd 0; Watersfield 1, Lavant 3. Division 2 North: AFC Roffey 0, Cowfold II 2; Billingshurst II 0, Alfold 1; Rudgwick 0,

  • Life on the road not for everyone

    I’M WRITING to you regarding the disgusting mess left by new age travellers near Coldean Lane. I presume their vehicles are displaying a current tax disc, in which case there must be a perma-nent address somewhere that they use to register them.

  • Council cars

    PEOPLE passing council offices in Uckfield this morning could not help but notice parked on the pavement a 2.7-litre black Audi with a sign in its front window marked “official car of the chairman of East Sussex County Council”. Some of the comments

  • Rocky roads

    I AM a student from Germany and would like to make a comment on roads in Brighton and Hove. We have much colder winters in Germany, but never have I seen road surfaces as full of potholes like the ones in Brighton and Hove. The worst affected road

  • The equest-ion

    IN RESPONSE to Sylvia Harwood’s letter (The Argus, April 14), I agree with her concern about horses that are killed while racing. I was listening to an expert on the subject who claims the jumps at the Grand National are impossibly high and must be

  • Be proud of your hospital and be grateful for a free service

    ON SATURDAY, March 5, at about 8.30am, I went to the Outpatients department of the Royal Sussex County Hospital because I was having difficulty with swallowing. Within a couple of hours, I had been examined, had a scan and a scope, an endoscopy, an

  • Waiting times

    I PICKED up a copy of the new Bus Times magazine and, although I found a great number of services have improved, I was disappointed to find that the time of the last bus from Lewes to Brighton has changed. Myself and a number of friends travel to

  • Lancashire in charge at Hove before Rana leads late fightback

    Lancashire's batsmen inflicted more pain on Sussex as they dominated the opening day of the County Championship clash at Hove. The visitors had amassed 472 in their first innings at Liverpool in the opening game of the season and continued to pile on

  • Nationalist march will return to Brighton

    Nationalist march organisers say they will “100%” return to Brighton next year. About 350 police officers were deployed on Easter Sunday as members of the March for England (MFE) and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators clashed in the city centre. But

  • Driver smashes into Sussex Police cell block in Chichester

    A car was repeatedly driven into the entrance of a police custody centre at Chichester. Police said the Nissan Micra caused "extensive damage" to the entrance of the centre in Kingsham Road at about 2.40pm today. A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion

  • Climate change campaigners to take "direct action" in Sussex

    Climate campaigners say they expect to take “direct action” at a planned march this week. About 50 people have claimed squatters’ rights in the grounds of the former St Anne’s School in Rotten Row, Lewes, and set up a Climate Camp. They

  • Car parking charges could go up in Eastbourne

    Hospital car parking charges for patients and visitors could be hiked up by almost a fifth. Bosses at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust need to save £30 million over the next year to keep its finances under control. A report to the trust's board today

  • Six-year-old Sussex boy kicked in head by horse

    A six-year-old boy was left with serious head injuries after falling from a horse. It is believed the youngster, named locally as Ben, was kicked in the head while riding near his home. The boy was whisked to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton

  • Workers aged over 50 big victims of council cuts

    A large number of staff aged 50 or over have been made redundant as part of council cost-cutting measures. Figures obtained by The Argus show that the majority of local authority workers made redundant in the last two years across Sussex are 50 or older

  • £100m cost of alcohol in Brighton and Hove

    The impact of alcohol is costing Brighton and Hove £100 million a year. The startling figure includes the money being spent on treating people with illnesses caused by drinking too much and dealing with alcohol-related crime. The city's top doctor Tom

  • Crash on A27 at Firle causes delays

    Three vans and a car have been involved in a crash on the A27. The road is partially blocked in both directions at Middle Farm, Firle, between Lewes and Eastbourne, following the collision at about 1.10pm today. A Vauxhall car and a

  • New speed cameras being trialled in Sussex

    Speed cameras which simultaneously monitor two lanes of traffic could be rolled out across Sussex. Three hi-tech cameras, which are significantly cheaper than traditional machines, are currently installed along the A24 at Southwater, near Horsham.

  • Lancashire make most of winning toss

    Sussex's bowlers have been made to toil in the opening session of their first home game at the PROBIZ County Ground today. Lancashire openers Stephen Moore and Paul Horton have put on 115 for the first wicket after Mark Chilton won the toss and elected

  • Plans for Albion match-day park and ride

    Hundreds of Seagulls supporters will descend on the American Express Community Stadium from a massive park and ride site. Bosses at Brighton and Hove Albion have applied to use Brighton Racecourse as a car park for up to 700 cars. A fleet of coaches

  • Eastbourne learner driver fails test 25 times

    A learner driver has suffered the heartache of failing her driving test – for the 25th time. The woman, who last took her test in Eastbourne in 2009/10, is believed to have failed the most times in Sussex. The number of failings dwarfs the seven tests

  • St Leonard's punk icon Poly Styrene dies

    A punk singer who formed her band after watching the Sex Pistols perform on Hastings Pier has died. Poly Styrene, former singer with the X Ray Spex, died on Monday evening aged 53 after suffering from spine and breast cancer. Poly, whose real was Marianne

  • Three arrested after Smash EDO protest in Brighton

    Three people have been arrested after locking themselves to the gates of a Brighton factory in an anti-arms protest. Police were called to EDO in Home Farm Road, Brighton, at 5.40am today. Three people had locked themselves to different gates at the

  • Wright returns for Sussex

    Luke Wright makes his first appearance of the season for Sussex against Lancashire today after recovering from injury. The England all-rounder missed the opening two games of the season with a troublesome knee but passed a fitness test yesterday. Joe

  • Sussex v Lancashire LIVE

    Join me from 10.30am for a live blog of the first day of Sussex's County Championship clash with Lancashire at Hove and have your say as the action unfolds.

  • Woman injured in crash with police car in Brighton

    A woman has reportedly been injured in a crash with a police car in Brighton. Police, fire and ambulance crews are working at the scene of the crash at the junction of Carden Avenue and Sunnydale Avenue. A woman and her daughter were

  • Fire sweeps through Chichester terraces

    A fire across three terraced houses destroyed two sheds and a conservatory. Fire crews were called to the blaze in St James Road, Chichester, at just before 4am. Four people were rescued from the houses. An investigation is now

  • Fatal flat fire in Crawley

    An elderly lady has died after a fire in her home. Panicked neighbours called 999 after they saw smoke coming from the ground floor flat at Deerwood Court in Crawley at about 10.25pm yesterday. Fire crews were at the Ifield Drive flat