Eastbourne bounced back to form with a convincing 55-41 home success over Peterborough tonight. Bjarne Pedersen and Lewis Bridger had a 5-1 in heat 15 to make sure of the maximum three-point haul after two double-points race wins had kept
Eastbourne Borough have confirmed that winger Steve Brinkhurst will remain at the club next season. Brinkhurst made 19 starts in Blue Square Bet premier last season and a further 18 appearances as a substitute after arriving at Priory Lane following
I’m 40 next year. I’ve started noticing some changes in my behaviour. Could I be having a mid-life crisis? 10. I’ve just had some ‘summer highlights’ put in. 9. I’ve decided I need a hobby. 8. I’m starting to ask ‘is this really it?’
Fire services have been tied up with tree arsons this evening. West Sussex Fire and Rescue had to send several appliances to two separate trees that were on fire within minutes of each other in the Crawley area. The first, in Grattons Drive, Pound Hill
Teenager are holding “rowdy” all-night parties while illegally camping on land within a national park. Youngsters have been seen walking up Southwick Hill in Portslade with camping gear on Friday evenings for a weekend of celebration. Residents have
A 14-year-old boy has been taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital after falling off his bike in Hove. The teenager is believed to have cycled through a green light on Old Shoreham Road. Sussex Police and paramedics attended the scene and confirmed
Mrs D A Mann writes: I’m looking for a pen-pal I wrote to in the 1960s. Her name is Rosemary Harper. She lived in Edinburgh Road, Bridgwater in Somerset. In 1965 she, with her thenboyfriend David, came to Leicester for our wedding. I
Ian Copeland writes: I’m looking for an old friend, John Starley. I used to live with him at Clarendon Villas in Hove in 1977. I have travelled to Brighton and can’t find him. Dochart Drive, Edinburgh, East Lothian 01314 671736 janbyres
Bemused residents were left scratching their heads when a council came to empty their recycling – and took the containers away as well. Dozens of people in Crescent Road, Brighton, take pride in putting out their black containers full of glass bottles
"Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, and think of you." So begins Cyndi Lauper's classic 1980s track Time After Time, the theme for Drew Taylor's one-man monologue of the same name. Creating a buzz with his entry in heavily-sequined
The highlights of any literary festival are always the juicy little snippets of insider gossip that are dropped tantalisingly from the flower-bedecked platform to the eager book fans below. How fabulous then to kick off with an admission from the chair
This concert featured pieces from well-loved operas. Its title, a play on words - as death is never far away in the world of opera - a dramatic theme tempered with several romantic offerings. Sussex Symphony Orchestra and its guest soloists could not
If the world did think of ending at 6pm on Saturday, it was brought abruptly back from the brink at 8.30pm as the big fat brass section of Ska Kestra burst loudly into life. The audience had already been warming their hips to the blistering beats of
1 -In the National Trust car park at Washington Common, head for the large information board at the far side and then go left for about ten yards to follow a path, right, through the bordering trees. Immediately turn left and locate, off to
A collection of short stories to prove that sometimes even the small things in life carry weight, Matthew Bellwood’s tales were wonderfully formed microcosms of life, love and death. The kind of man who has a favourite acorn, rescues forgotten
Sussex’s most senior detectives could be solving murders in Surrey under police cost-cutting plans. The Sussex Police major crime branch and the Surrey Police major crime investigation unit would become a single pool of detectives responding to crimes
This is your first visit to the Brighton Festival and it seems this year’s themes – democracy, freedom and protest – chime with those of your latest album, Homeland… Political stuff is usually in my work even if I try to keep it out. Typically, if
A church was broken into and vile anti-Christian comments were scrawled in guest and prayer books. The sacrilegious offence was one of scores of religious hate incidents which took place in Brighton and Hove in the year up to April, an annual report
There were lots of strange sights in the city this weekend, as Brighton Festival and Fringe performers took to the streets. From a huge iron man to poetry performances inside a giant head, there was plenty to entertain the crowds. Fringe City's Hit
Jon Ronson insists he isn’t a man who goes looking for trouble, but it certainly has a habit of finding him. In his award-winning career as a journalist and documentarymaker, he’s been unmasked as a Jew in a Jihad training camp, infiltrated a secretive
A mobile phone user who was sent an astronomical bill has won a battle with telecoms giant Vodafone to get his money back. Freelance journalist and website publisher Neil Winton was hit with hundreds of pounds in data roaming charges by Vodafone
Cameron Woodward admits he should not have ridden when Eastbourne saw their perfect home record ruined by King’s Lynn. Now the Eastbourne skipper is ready to help his side put things right when Peterborough, minus Nicki Pedersen, visit Arlington
The butterflies and bugs of Sussex might not seem like a match for the lions and tigers of Africa but Dan Renton thinks otherwise. Dan is the founder of Safari Britain, a safari camp in a valley just off Firle Beacon in East Sussex, made up
As someone who rather boringly follows budget airlines and their baggage fees quite closely, I have to say that I agree with my friend, Victoria, who believes we’re being unfairly charged for the weight we take on board. She suggests that it’s
You could argue that this show should be renamed Annabel Giles Talks Too Fast as the words tumbled, almost two at a time, from her lips. The posh and pretty personage took you on a rollercoaster ride through her privileged schooldays, her meteoric
“From bias free of every kind,” sings the court usher in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial By Jury, desperately attempting to retain order in a ludicrous suit for breach of promise. But bias is something that neither this critic nor most of the audience
From the moment the audience began queuing to enter the venue, we became patients bound by the rules of the mental institution. Uniformed doctors and nurses chastised us and ordered us to follow a red line along clinical white corridors to a room where
In his 90 years Lord Asa Briggs has been an Oxford fellow, co-founded the University of Sussex and been Chancellor of the Open University. But, as he himself admitted, it is the two years he spent as part of the code-breaking team at Bletchley Park
Like a tiny piece of high art hidden away in the saucy seaside postcard that is the Brighton Festival Fringe, the trio A Garden Of Eloquence (lute, viol and voice) performed almost in its entirety a book of songs by John Danyel, published in 1606 and
Dramatic pictures show how quickly a massive fire took hold. In just seconds the fire at Littlehampton Harbour spread wildly out of control, forcing people to run away from it. An explosion then followed with flames reaching 100ft, visible from outside
You might not think of Haywards Heath as a hotbed of literary creativity but back in the 1970s there were plenty of opportunities in the town to stimulate a young brain thinking of working in the arts. Playwright Mark Ravenhill used his talk to discuss
Intimate, individual, intense – all these ideals were in Quim Pujol’s mind as he developed his own brand of house theatre. Based in a house on top of a hill in Hanover, the images discussed within Tiburon Tigre (translated as Tiger Shark) were a long
Everyone has seen them – the young couple, in love for the first time, living out a romantic existence with their own language and in-jokes to the exclusion of all others. Based on a real-life Facebook wall, with the names changed to protect
Sam Devereaux’s brand new one-man play is about a prisoner. His cell – an overblown state of celebrity. Taking lead from the ultimately tragic tales of Michael Jackson, John Lennon and Elvis Presley, it explored the trappings of fame and the pressures
These days poetry may be more important than ever, as this well–attended, inspiring event demonstrated. Five poets – all black or Asian – took centre stage and read from Ten, a new collection from Bloodaxe Books. Giving voice to subjects too often marginalised
The theme of freedom at this year’s Brighton Festival allows the spotlight to shine on those who may often go unnoticed in the midst of people’s busy day to day lives. English PEN is an organisation which makes sure none of the writers
Hundreds of people attended a celebration for a paperboy who died after he was struck by a car. Declan Hubert, 14, was doing his rounds on Hangleton Road earlier this month when he stepped out in front of an oncoming car. He was left in a coma at Hurstwood
Two men have been charged with producing up to 1,500 cannabis plants, worth an estimated £1 million, in Littlehampton. Police discovered the drugs factory in Rope Walk, Littlehampton, at about 3am on Sunday. Dan Van Tran, 43, of Rope Walk, Littlehampton
Controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed to continue fighting for freedom of expression, despite being unable to talk in person to a Brighton audience. Mr Assange gave a talk to a sold- out Brighton Festival audience via video link because
It's a testament to Nigel Fairs’ central performance and beautifully written script that for the first 20 minutes of this play it’s hard to believe John Haigh could be a murderer. The Vampire Killer comes across as a cultured, personable businessman
“Almost every band you see is rehearsed,” drawled Howe Gelb. “You don’t need to see another one.” The Giant Sand frontman was doing himself a disservice. He and his four-piece are probably as tight as any musicians around. Yet Thursday’s show by
In this day and age of war, recession and untrustworthy politicians, Delete The Banjax are here to spread a little positivity. Taking an open approach to the world of sketch comedy and their audience – “We’re going to do some acting now... it’s going
Over the years Barry Cryer has written gags for all the top names in British comedy – always the kingmaker but never the king. The stellar fame he helped others to achieve has never come his way. While he may not have superstar status, he has become a
“There hasn’t been a zombie apocalypse so far, which makes it more likely there will be one tomorrow. We have to be prepared.” So says the University Of Glasgow’s resident zombiologist Dr Austin, from the Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies
After starting out as part of a double act in 1997, Neil Cole focused on presenting motorsport for a while before reverting to comedy four years ago. But this time he's chosen to go it alone. He mixed some older gags with straight-up jokes and slightly
Stephen Hough's recital at the Corn Exchange was distinguished by a range of sound above and beyond those made by piano hammers on the strings. In a programme of music distinctive for percussive brilliance, the young polymath - pianist, composer, writer
This was an unlikely tale featuring one sister’s harsh domination of the other, the calculated murder of an innocent and a mother left to rot in the garden shed for six years. There was the odd amusing moment - Emily’s secret confidences in her goldfish
Funny, knowing and at times heartbreakingly candid, Dan Milne and Jane Nash’s meditation on intimacy is a delight. With their audience perched on stools in a domestic kitchen, the husband-and-wife performance duo peel back the layers of a shared
The producers of the The Cock and Tail Inn billed the show as Father Ted meets Fools And Horses, which is fine, but Del Boy sipping a Campari and Tizer cocktail with Father Jack wouldn’t make for the most convincing comedy. The ingredients
A Musical Hostriy of 24 George Street does exactly what it says on the tin. Over the course of an evening – and a three-course dinner – audience members are taken on a musical journey through time. The building’s story is told simply through song
Christopher Maltman, accompanied by Joseph Middleton, took their audience on a tour starting out at their Corn Exchange concert. First, they went to Venice to hear not only Italian song (an obscure but tuneful set by Reynaldo Hahn) but also French
The film Black Swan, GHD hair straighteners and Brighton. Three things that seem to confuse and enrage Russell Kane’s proud Essex dad, Dave. A true alpha male does not watch films about ballerinas or straighten his hair. And as for a visit to our
The mother of a man stabbed six times fought to stem the bleeding from his wounds. Jay Henshaw, 28, was knifed outside Hangleton Community Centre in Harmsworth Crescent, Hove, just yards from a children’s play park. After being stabbed Mr Henshaw
A motorcyclist was seriously hurt in a crash near Hailsham. The 31-year-old, from Hailsham, was riding a silver Triumph Daytona which collided with a Toyota Hilux on the A22 at East Hoathly at about 9.25pm on Sunday. He was taken to
A television appeal is being launched to help solve a betting shop robbery. Sussex Police are using tonight’s (Tues) BBC Crimewatch programme to try to trace a gang who robbed a William Hill in Littlehampton in February. Two men threatened a woman worker
I’m none too keen on the word ‘iconic’, but that’s what this photograph is, the one beside my lap-top. I’m looking at Suzi and I on Marine Parade with Brighton Pier behind us. We’re hugging each other. We’d been in town an hour. The woman who took the
When Eve Sheperd left school without any qualifications her parents were told her prospects for employment were not good. However Eve, who lives in Woodingdean, had an ambition to be a sculptor and her drive and determination led her to getting training
A teenager was ‘brought back from the dead’ after a cricket ball hit him in the chest and he stopped breathing. Talented David Tungate, 17, was batting for his team Lewes Priory when the speeding ball struck him just below his ribs and he staggered
Will Hoskins has revealed how Albion boss Gus Poyet gave him a massive confidence boost before he had even signed him. The former Watford man has joined the Seagulls on a two-year deal after an impressive season at relegated Bristol Rovers. Hoskins
A man has been arrested after a woman died in a house fire. The 42-year-old victim was on the first floor of a four-storey terrace building in Sackville Road, Bexhill at around 12.15am this morning when the fire broke out. A 40-year-old
Vandals poured hydrochloric acid onto paths in a Jewish cemetery. The yobs broke into a caretaker’s shed in the Jewish Cemetery in Meadow View, Brighton last night and poured around 15l of the highly corrosive acid damaging around 20 square metres of
A three-car pile-up left seven people in hospital with two in a critical condition. The crash, on the B2178 near Funtington outside Chichester at about 10.20pm last night, was described by a doctor at the scene as one of the worst he had ever
A fire broke out at an engineering plant. Firefighters from Worthing were called to engineering firm Ricardo in the Bridge Works in Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham at around 11.30pm last night. A small fire in the heating room of the plant
An eruption from an Icelandic volcano has led to the cancellation of some flights at Gatwick. Keflavik Airport in Iceland has been closed following an eruption of the country’s most active volcano sent plumes of smoke 12 miles into the air yesterday.
