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  • All Change For Canning St Parking and Driving.

    Controlled parking zone begins today (Sept 1st) in Canning Street and a one-way system westerly starts as soon as the road signs are put in place. All residents in Canning Street have been informed and how to get parking permits. None of the residents

  • Poyet: What a goal!

    Gus Poyet reckons he saw the most spectacular goal of his time as Albion manager today. And Craig Mackail-Smith’s first against Burnley wasn’t bad either! Mackail-Smith put Albion ahead with a superb volley and then bettered it with an overhead

  • Wright century in vain as Sussex crash in semi-finals again

    Sussex lost in the semi-finals of the CB40 for the second year in a row after suffering a comprehensive defeat at the hands of Hampshire at Hove. Luke Wright smashed a brilliant century but received little support as the Sharks collapsed from 195

  • Barker hails defensive show

    Richie Barker insists there is room for improvement but he was delighted as Crawley went fourth in League One with a 1-0 win at home to Leyton Orient. Nicky Ajose scored the only goal, his third matchwinner in as many starts for the club. The

  • Ajose does it again for Crawley

    Nicky Ajose scored his third goal in as many games as Crawley went fourth in League One with a 1-0 win at home to Leyton Orient. Ajose followed matchwinners against Doncaster Rovers and Bolton with the only goal 18 minutes from time as Crawley

  • Threat of bailiffs over Hove woman's £18.20 ‘debt'

    A disabled woman was threatened with bailiffs visiting her home and seizing goods – over just £18.20. Charlotte White, who suffers from an internal condition called colitis, was handed a parking ticket after leaving her car in a blue badge bay

  • CMS stars as Albion win away

    Craig Mackail-Smith scored two wonder goals as Albion won 3-1 at Burnley today. The striker connected with a volley and an overhead kick to silence Turf Moor. Gordon Greer’s 86th-minute header wrapped up an excellent away win – and atoned for

  • 70 redundant as Sussex car dealer closes

    Dozens of people face an uncertain future following the collapse of a car dealership. Staff at the Stevens Vauxhall dealerships in Crawley and Horsham were told this week they no longer had jobs at the firm. The branches, based in Billingshurst

  • Government moves gives Brighton universities more places

    Dozens of top students could still grab places at university in Brighton after the Government scrapped limits for those with the best grades. Both the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton are advertising places through clearing for

  • Our pride in reaching 20

    Pride is a fixture of life in Brighton and Hove and now, in it’s 20th year, we look at how the festival has progressed and the positive impact it’s had on attitudes to the LGBT community in our city. BEN PARSONS reports. At a Brighton Festival

  • Insight into Piltdown man case

    The history of the notorious Piltdown fraud is being explored by an archaeological society. The Piltdown fraud was the most famous scientific hoax of the last century – the so-called ‘missing link’ between humans and apes, later shown to be a fabrication

  • Albion bring back LuaLua

    Albion have recalled Kazenga LuaLua to their starting XI at Burnley today. The winger replaces Craig Noone, who moved to Cardiff City during the week. Andrea Orlandi, the only one of Albion's four deadline-beating signings eligible for action

  • Clarke back as Reds make four changes

    Crawley boss Richie Barker recalled midweek cup hero Billy Clarke as one of four changes for today's League One clash with Leyton Orient at the Broadfield Stadium . Clarke came off the bench to score the equaliser and set up Nicky Ajose's winner

  • Council losing war against Brighton and Hove beach litter

    The council is losing the war on litterbugs on Brighton and Hove’s beaches. Just two on-the-spot fines have been handed to litterers across the city in the past two-and-a-half years. This comes as The Argus continues to campaign for people

  • Attack victim Mo 'has talked of taking his life'

    A teenager who was left fighting for his life after being punched in a racist attack has sunk into clinical depression and spoken about taking his own life. Mo Bourner, now 16, was hailed a miracle after learning to walk and talk again after being

  • Sussex Sharks v Hampshire Hawks LIVE

    Hello and welcome to Hove. It's very overcast here but no rain and the forecast suggests we should stay dry. Game starts at 12.45 so we'll have the toss and team news shortly Looks like Sussex have won the toss as Sky are talking to Joyce. Expect

  • Hammond: I'll win over the fans

    Dean Hammond has vowed to win back over the Albion fans after rejoining the club. Hammond made a controversial move to Colchester at the end of the 2008 January transfer window, following seven years with the Seagulls. The Hastings-born midfielder

  • JLS brolly ban ‘not an issue of safety’

    The health and safety watchdog has ridiculed concerns that umbrellas posed a risk to the bank holiday crowd at a JLS concert as “trivial”. Despite a downpour, security staff insisted that fans leave their brollies outside the packed PROBIZ County

  • Live from Brighton Pride 2012

    5:38pm More than 150 pictures feature in The Argus Pride Brighton and Hove Parade picture gallery: www.theargus.co.uk/photos/2012/pride2012/ 4:50pm Arundel and South Downs MP

  • Sussex Police seize huge haul of drugs ahead of Pride

    A haul of drugs has been seized in a pre-Pride police blitz. Officers arrested suspected dealers and searched their homes ahead of this weekend’s celebrations. Substances believed to be ketamine and GHB were found as well as class B drug cannabis

  • Paralympic race against time

    Daredevil war veteran Joe Townsend wowed the crowds at the Olympic Stadium – but nearly missed his moment in the spotlight. The 24-year-old prospective Paralympian, who descended into the Olympic Stadium on a zip-wire from the ArcelorMittal Orbit

  • Brighton Digital Festival: David Blandy - Odysseys

    The time-honoured advice for a new writer is to write about what you know. Artist David Blandy has extended this to making work which reflects his own passions for Japanese culture. Odysseys, which runs throughout the Brighton Digital Festival,

  • Gay carnivals

    I write in response to a letter from Dennis Stuart printed in The Argus on August 25. I think Mr Stuart misunderstands the origins of Pride. Thankfully, “those concerned” are not looking to “gain more sympathy from the general public”. Rather

  • Foxes: we need a 75% cull

    As a pest control officer, I control the number of urban foxes by shooting them at the request of my clients. They have debated the pros and cons and come to the same conclusion as I do, that in order to reduce the damage, noise, disease potential

  • Newhaven supermarket sweep

    I hear Arrowcroft is to resubmit plans for a Tesco supermarket as part of the regeneration of the Railway Quay area of Newhaven. Does that mean we will have a Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Lidl and Co-op in the town centre? Do they think the people

  • Rail response

    Your correspondent, S Zapello (Letters, August 22), is quite wrong to suggest people are being priced off the railways. The figures suggest the opposite is true. The problems he refers to, such as overcrowding, are the problems of success. We now

  • Brighton Digital Festival: PixelPyros

    Digital city. Tech city. Creative hub. Most of the buzzwords used to describe clusters of computer-obsessed people and self-confessed geeks working in programming have been used by marketers to promote Brighton. But what do those terms actually mean

  • Poyet hails his new boys

    Albion have delivered a late triple transfer whammy to their Championship rivals – making it FOUR arrivals on deadline day. The Seagulls added free-scoring Swansea striker Stephen Dobbie to their squad last night. They also landed right-sided

  • Shoreham Airshow cleared for take off

    Those magnificent men in their flying machines cannot wait to take to the skies for the Shoreham Airshow. The RAFA event, which will start today (September 1), is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the RAF central flying school. Now in its 23rd

  • Woman taken to hospital following cottage fire

    A woman was taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after a cottage fire yesterday evening (August 31). Crews were called to Baldings Cottages, Green Road, Wivelsfield, at 7.38pm on Friday following reports of a ground floor fire. Four engines

  • JLS concert dampener

    We attended Monday’s JLS concert at the County Ground in Hove (The Argus, August 29). My daughter had her umbrella in her bag and was asked to give it up. She had been working all day and had forgotten to take it out. It was a genuine mistake