Eight members of an organised crime gang have been jailed for their part in a £10 million identity fraud and money laundering racket. Three men and one woman, from Sussex, received more than six years between them and a ten-month suspended
A 40-year old man, arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a woman in a fire has been released on bail. Police were called to the fire in Sackville Road, Bexhill, by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service at 12.23am yesterday. Debbie Reynolds
A community campaign group has entered an art deco lido into a competition to win £5,000. There are just five days left to vote for Saltdean Lido in The Co-operative revolution contest. The Friends of Saltdean Lido have entered the grade
Disruption to flights to and from Scotland and northern England because of the Icelandic ash cloud crisis will continue for the rest of the day, according to the Met Office. Passengers travelling from Gatwick Airport should check with their airline before
A police operation targeting heavy goods vehicles resulted in 21 offences being detected. Sussex Police roads policing unit, together with partner agencies VOSA and Customs and Excise, conducted a series of checks last week. It tied in with
Computer users in parts of Sussex are hit by some of the slowest internet connections in the UK. Research revealed the South Downs is ranked as the 17th worst area for connection with 50% of residents hit by a sluggish service. In the top 50 most badly
CHRIS TODD’s letter about the Preston Barracks site in the ward I represent on Brighton and Hove City Council (The Argus, May 12) highlights its importance. The site has huge potential for housing, and for the city’s economy, but, as I pointed out at
THE FAILURE of both previous city administrations, Labour and Conservative, to implement a viable park and ride system is one of the reasons they both lost power. To resource a park and ride system is a green policy, as it keeps cars from polluting the
I FEEL I must comment on three animal cruelty stories I read in The Argus last week. These articles appeared on three consecutive days; May 11 to May 13. The first was on “Airgun Thugs Targeting Seagulls” – a sad-looking herring gull with a bloodied
On its publicity Play Please! claims to be the "ultimate interactive experience for young children (and their families)” and there is no doubt that, for snapshot moments, the young people in the audience did manage to engage intrinsically with the clever
It was inevitable health and safety would catch up with Lee Perry one day. There was a time when the dub legend might have ambled on stage with an electric fire on his head … plugged in. But, by his standards, Friday’s outfit was understated – just
I WAS waiting in a queue at a Barclays bank on London Road the other day, when a young woman rushed in and asked a question to the crowd in front of her. “Excuse me”, she asked, “is there anywhere around here I can park for free?” I thought for a moment
Slipping a fingernail under the humour in this play-reading style production gave a glimpse into the longing that must have spurred Wilde to risk spending a night with a young Worthing newspaper seller in a sleazy Brighton hotel. Writer Neil Bartlett
This event was billed as a debate on freedom of expression as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A more appropriate tag would have been “The Julian Assange Show”. The controversial WikiLeaks boss appeared to the sold-out
Describe your job in plain English Head of money in at Sussex County Cricket Club How would your colleagues describe you? The man who lunches a lot... Your idea of a good time – highbrow or lowbrow? Highbrow
Gus Poyet wants to diffuse a potential contracts timebomb before Albion kick off in the Championship. The Seagulls have a host of players, including all three senior goalkeepers, on deals which expire next summer. Poyet, who recently lost the services
It was a quiet country stroll for Catherine Hoff and her mother Sue Sawyer which led to a life-changing business decision. Mrs Hoff was disenchanted working with marketing agencies while her mother had recently been made redundant as an executive
Seven men and boys who were seen jumping from a lorry are believed to have entered the country illegally. Police believe eight people may have been on board the Dutch lorry when it stopped to make a delivery to a farm in Walton Lane, Bosham, near Chichester
A landmark building is set to be demolished to make way for hundreds of student flats. An exhibition will be held this weekend on plans to knock down the former Co-Op building in London Road, Brighton, and replace it with a new seven-storey
Crystal Palace have officially announced the signing of Glenn Murray. Albion's top scorer last season has secured a three-year deal at Selhurst Park. Palace boss Dougie Freedman said: "Glenn is a player I have been looking at for some
The heroic teenager who saved another boy's life when he was hit by a cricket ball said it was the first time he had ever done CPR. Jamie Bristow-Diamond watched in horror as Dave Tungate, 17, from the opposing Lewes Priory team, was stuck
Around 100 homes were left without water after a water main burst. South East Water engineers were called out to the water main in Maple Drive, Burgess Hill in the early hours of this morning. Water was rerouted to supply some homes
A gel which tricks birds into thinking buildings are on fire could be used to keep pigeons off buildings. Maintenance firm Mears are considering using a non-toxic bird deterrent as a way of keeping gulls and pigeons off their favourite perches around
Three men have been arrested after police seized a haul of class A drugs and £3,500 in cash. Officers carried out three raids in Brighton in North Road, Bute Street and Evelyn Terrace earlier this morning. A 26-year-old man was arrested at a property
A 40-year-old man has suffered “life-changing injuries” after he became trapped in machinery. The man from Hastings has been taken to the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, by Kent air ambulance following an incident this morning. He
Sussex Police are turning to a national TV audience to try and find the sex attacker responsible for the rape of a 17-year-old girl in February. A reconstruction of the incident in Dyke Road Park, Brighton at 12.15am on Tuesday February 15 will form
Sussex by the Sea could be performed to Seagulls fans by a full brass band at the new American Express Community Stadium. Musicians are hoping Brighton and Hove Albion will agree to a nod towards its past by allowing brass bands to perform its famous
A Worthing band will play the O2 Arena after reaching the Live and Unsigned national final. After battling it out in live heats across the country and beating 10,000 acts which entered the music competition, JAG will play at Live Fest - London's largest
A Tory councillor has been suspended after being caught drinkdriving just two days before he was elected. Ian White, 64, failed a roadside breath test in Marine Drive, Seaford, on May 3. The results showed he had 48 microgrammes of alcohol
Shopkeepers say they have been “besieged” by thieves. One charity shop said they lose up to £50 a day and a clothes store owner said gangs of youths were “shameless” in their criminality. Sussex Police say they are actively fighting
As if the controversial and ordinarily taboo subject of a meeting between a woman and the man who abused her when she was 12 and he was 40 was not enough for the audience to broach, the performance took place in the narrow aisle between our closely
A two-car collision caused rush hour delays. The crash involving a taxi and another car happened on the Hazlewick Avenue Flyover in Three Bridges, Crawley at around 8.45am this morning. Firefighter were called to clear a fuel spillage from the road
I WOULD like to respond to a story in The Argus on April 30 concerning horse droppings. Rottingdean, being a satellite town of Brighton and Hove, has developed a heritage it should be proud of. In fact, our parish council and preservation society are
CONGRATULATIONS to Councillor Gill Mitchell on being re-elected leader of the Labour and Co-operative group. However, the local party faces enormous challenges if it hopes to form the next local administration. Firstly, they will have to develop policies
IN RESPONSE to Leo Barraclough’s letter (Nice Idea, But Not In My Back Yard, Thanks, The Argus, May 19) regarding our Festival Eco Wall on Preston Drove, we’d like to clarify some facts as we are concerned your readers have been misinformed. It should
Simon Rowland is being groomed as the next manager of Burgess Hill. The 31-year-old former Hastings United player has stepped down as boss of AFC Uckfield after leading them to the County League division two title and has become assistant-manager at
Crawley Town will play two Premier League sides including Chelsea in their build-up to the new season. The Reds will take on a Chelsea XI at the Broadfield Stadium in their opening domestic friendly on Saturday July 16. They will also entertain top-flight
“We are the best!” claimed Romania’s Fanfare Ciocarlia, throwing down the gauntlet to their Serbian cousins, the Boban Marcovic Orchestra. It might have been an incredible night of battling Balkan brass for us, but for the two bands considered
Most people know him for the electric train that quietly ferries tourists up and down the seafront. But surely Magnus Volk is one of the greatest of all Brightonians. He put electric light into the Royal Pavilion. He created the first
All too often as adults, we forget the pleasure that can be had in surrendering ourselves unquestioningly to an experience. Young children have no need of logical explanations and are happy to abandon themselves to the sheer joy of being in
Birmingham have made the right decision to keep their manager – but Albion will relish the challenge of playing them in the Championship. That is the view of Seagulls boss Gus Poyet after Blues, Blackpool and West Ham joined his side in the
A dinghy was set fire to on a beach. Preston Circus firefighters were called to the blaze on Brighton beach close to Alfresco Italian restaurant in the Kings Road Arches, Brighton at around 5am this morning. Firefighters said that the dinghy had been
Business leaders have expressed fears over controversial new plans to relax planning laws. The Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce says the Government’s proposals to loosen the rules governing changes in the use of buildings from commercial
Gus Poyet has been named League One manager of the year by his fellow bosses. Poyet scooped the divisional League Managers Association prize after leading Albion to the title. Fellow champions Sir Alex Ferguson (Man Utd), Paul Lambert
Officials at Gatwick are warning that some flights to Scotland could be affected by the latest Icelandic ash cloud. The airport says that some services to and from Scottish airports may be affected in the next 24 hours as the ash cloud moves towards
Firefighters fought to contain a severe chimney fire. Crew from Eastbourne Fire Station were called to the blaze in Marsden Road, Eastbourne at just after 7.45pm last night. Firefighters used an ALP platform and hose reel to tackle the blaze from the
A man in his 50s was taken to hospital following a crash between three cars. Firefighters from Horsham Fire Station had to use heavy rescue equipment to cut the man from his car following a crash on the A24 Dorking Road in Kingsfold north of Horsham
