Three civically-minded youths prevented a roll-away car crashing into other vehicles with their own strength. An unmanned Vauxhall Insignia had slipped off its handbrake and had started to roll down Auckland Drive in Bevendean, Brighton at just after
I ATTENDED a protest at Happy Valley Park in Woodingdean on Sunday, October 9. Brighton and Hove City Council has launched a consultation on travellers’ facilities in the city, which is of concern to some residents in the area. Don’t the people running
Of course the idea of a school bank is a good one (The Argus, October 10). In fact it’s such a good idea it has been done before. My two children, now in their mid-20s, had school bank accounts when they were pupils at Denton County Primary School.
EVEN after your story about squatters in Richmond House (The Argus, September 9) we keep getting promises, but no action. Recently, the fire brigade came out to the property, and the other night two fire engines had to come out twice. This group of
IN THE story on the Green’s 20-year vision (The Argus, October 6), I was concerned to see that Hollingdean and Stanmer ward, which I represent, was not listed as an area where quotas on multi-occupied houses will be brought in. Residents and Labour and
MANY thanks to Derek Coles for his input to the discussion of an art gallery for Brighton (Letters, October 6). I agree completely with his reference to the imposing Towner gallery in Eastbourne. Not only is it an impressive piece of architecture but
Recreation, not rubbish, is what Hangleton Bottom should be used for. It should not be turned into a site for sorting out rubbish (The Argus, October 5). Labour city councillor Bob Carden, who represents North Portslade, is quite right; there is no need
WE NEED to be clear that nobody has “the right” to park their car on the pavement: pavements are for pedestrians, not cars (Letters, October 1). The problem is that, in many areas such as Elm Grove, there is not enough space on the street to accommodate
WHEN local health workers and Labour Party activists held a Save our NHS stall in central Brighton recently, people were queuing up to sign the petition to halt the Government’s reforms. More than 2,000 signatures were collected in the space of a few
Video: Two shopkeepers were attacked with knives in robberies less than two miles apart. Both were stabbed in raids in Brighton on last night and this morning. A man and a woman were arrested as police investigated whether the crimes
Detectives have named a man they believe uses fancy dress disguises to rob bookmakers at gunpoint. A £10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of 53-year-old Martin Joseph Reilly. He is believed
BRAVE forward-thinking realism or foolish hypocrisy? Call it what you want but the Greens running Brighton and Hove City Council have certainly put their heads above the parapet with their view on how the city should develop. Since The
A “car-free" day and a plan to turn garden walls into benches were just some of ideas that impressed a panel of city chiefs. City Forum Brighton was designed as a way for people to put forward ideas to make Brighton and Hove better. Plans to involve
A woman was treated for smoke inhalation following a fire at her home. Three teams of firefighters were called to a home in Cowden Hall Lane, Horam at just before 4.15pm today. Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus helped to extinguish the fire
No wonder City Books owner Paul Sweetman compares the bookselling process to “a doctor diagnosing a patient”. His shop is situated in Brunswick Town, which has one of the highest numbers of graduates per head of population in Europe. Inside
A council looks set to axe the post chief executive and with senior managers to save money. Hasting Borough Council’s proposal is part of a major cost-saving reorganisation that could eventually save the local authority around £400,000 a year. The move
A gang of men were arrested after two members were spotted acting suspiciously in a residential area in the early hours of the morning. Police officers stopped and searched two men in Parkside, Littlehampton in the early hours of Saturday morning. Officers
Taxis for school children cost the taxpayer nearly £16 million a year. The Argus can reveal the total figure includes one child being taken 700 yards – at a cost of £12 a trip. Another is driven daily from their Sussex home to a special
AN ARTS venue is asking for 200 people to donate £100 each to help save it from sclosure. Crime writer Peter James and Tim Loughton, MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, will be the first to donate when they launch the appeal to save Shoreham
Crawley defenders Charlie Wassmer and Glenn Wilson have joined Blue Square Bet outfit Fleetwood Town on loan for three months. Wilson has made just three substitute appearances in League Two this season while Wassmer has not featured in the last four
Detectives launched an inquiry into steroid-dealing after a 23-year-old’s death. Police believe Lewis Allan, who died early on Monday morning after falling ill at home in Eastbourne, used anabolic steroids over the last year. They have arrested a man
Uneaten hospital meals cost NHS trusts in Sussex more than £750,000 every year. The number of patients turning their noses up at the dishes on offer during their stay or who are not being given enough opportunity to eat them, runs into thousands. Hospital
A Hove road is closed following a two-car crash. New Church Road is shut close to the junction with Leicester Villas following the noon crash. Two people are believed to have suffered injuries in the crash which is being described on
Crawley have extended the loan of defender Tom Eastman from Colchester United for a further month. Eastman's temporary spell at the Broadfield Stadium ended after last weekend's 1-0 victory against Northampton but will now be available for
A have-a-go-hero was attacked with a sledgehammer as he chased away two burglars who were trying to break into a shop. The 26-year old man was asleep in his flat above a shop when he was woken by a loud bang from outside. On going downstairs
The biggest ever strike ballot in Sussex was launched yesterday with more than 20,000 public sector workers being urged to walk out in a pension row. Probation officers, nurses, paramedics, social workers, teaching assistants, mental health staff and
Parents are being asked to pay up to £10-a-head to insure their children in case of accidents at school. West Sussex County Council said it would not accept responsibility if a pupil suffered an injury at school that was not the school’s fault. Parents
Update: A woman has been arrested on suspicion of robbing a convenience shop. A man was stabbed during the robbery at the Happy Shopper convenience store, Upper Bevendean Avenue, Brighton, at around 4.50pm yesterday. A man threatened
Jeremy Hardy disarms his critics by admitting his shows are an overlong Left-wing rant, but this didn’t matter in Brighton where he was preaching to the converted at a sold-out Corn Exchange. His material is more cerebral and radical than that of
A 22-year-old mother died while her four-year-old son lay sleeping in the next room. Police and an ambulance crew were called to a flat in Penhurst Court in Ashburnham Close, Worthing at around 9.30pm on Saturday. The alarm was raised by a concerned
It takes a certain skill to make your whole crowd happily squat on their haunches for two minutes midway through a song. But it was just one example of the innate showmanship Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos demonstrated on Tuesday night as he joined
A man was crushed by a delivery crate this morning. The man was found lying at the back of a Superdrug lorry in Swan Walk, Horsham, at about 9am. An air ambulance was called. A Superdrug spokeswoman refused to comment. A Swan
A father was left “sad and humiliated” after being questioned by police for taking pictures of his own son in a park. A caller rang police telling them a “suspicious” man was taking photographs of a child in a Portslade playground. The
A group of homeless men who have set up home on a golf course are threatening any intruders to their makeshift camp with legal action. The men have been sleeping in archways on the pitch and putt course at Kingsway Multi-Play in Hove seafront
Happy As Larry opened with one solo performer on stage, scrawling on a giant wall. His scribbles transformed wittily into functioning objects – switches that set in motion an exciting series of lighting cues, filling the space with shapes and shadows,
There are two problems with the “math-rock” musical sub-genre. Firstly, the term itself suggests a stuffy professor blankly reading algorithms, rather than creative sonic expression. Secondly, too often the bands involved sound just as businesslike, with
A teenage girl claims she passed out for 24 hours after she was dragged into bushes and attacked. The 16-year-old had been reported missing on Thursday evening and returned home on Friday at around 6pm. Returning home she reported that
Darren Carter has vowed to play a major part for Albion in the Championship – given the chance. The midfield trialist is waiting to find out if he has done enough to earn a deal after scoring on his debut in a 2-0 win for the reserves at Bournemouth
Update: A newsagent was held at knifepoint this morning. Park Road Newsagents in Park Road, Coldean, Brighton, was targeted at 6.40am. The newsagent, named locally as Sam Suchak, was described as being "shaken up" by friends. Police
This sold-out Sussex Beacon fundraiser scored numerous top-notch comedians from the Brighton Comedy Festival. Unhurried, likeable compere Jo Brand was a safe pair of hands: no heckling, however incoherent, could phase her. We saw an
Today marks 27 years since the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel in Brighton. The British Government were bombed during the early hours while staying at the seafront hotel during the Conservative party conference. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Two young men escaped unscathed after their dingy collapsed and they fell out. Their rubber boat collapsed between Eastbourne Pier and the town’s pavilion shortly after 3pm on Tuesday. A lifeboat spokesman said: “Following several knockdowns, observers
