A man has been scarred for life after being slashed in the face with a Stanley knife. A 20-year-old local man was found lying in a pool of blood close to the Amsterdam bar in Broad Street, Brighton at about 1.30am on Saturday. A description
What do you do with your little darlings’ bits of art? You know the endless bits of paper and card that have been marked by your offspring. Which ones do you deem to be ‘special’ and worthy of putting aside to get out again when they’ve grown up
A burglar threatened an elderly couple with a knife in their own home before stealing £25. A man forced his way through the front door of a home in Gatehouse Lane, Burgess Hill and threatened the couple, both in their 80s, with a knife.
A woman returned home to find a knife-wielding intruder in her home. The resident in her mid-fifties returned to her home in Royal George Road, Burgess Hill to find an intruder in her living room at 2.45pm on Sunday. The
A woman was sexually assaulted by a man who then stole her handbag. Sussex Police are investigating claims a 33-year-old woman was attacked in Arthur Road, Bexhill at just after 2.15am on Sunday. Her attacker is described as as
Gus Poyet admits it is much tougher to pick his Albion team now that he is spoilt for choice. Recent signings Stephen Dobbie Andrea Orlandi and David Lopez are all pushing for their first starts at Watford tomorrow night after late substitute appearances
The nation’s finest facial hair was on show in Brighton last weekend in a razor sharp competition. More than 100 furry faced competitors took part in the first British Beard and Moustache Championships in Brighton on Saturday. The Pavilion
An anti-abortion campaigner has been cleared of causing a breach of the peace for unveiling graphic posters outside an abortion clinic. Andrew Stephenson of campaign group Abort 67 described the decision by a judge to clear him of of any wrongdoing
Here's a snap of George Street in Hove in 1985. The scene hasn’t changed much nearly 30 years later, although most of the shops are in different hands. Do you recognise yourself in either picture?
If you are one of the people pictured, you recognise someone in the photographs or you have prominent memories from these times, we want to hear from you. Email lookingback@theargus.co.uk or call 01273 544525.
The command was ear-piercing and to the point. “Right you lot. Stop that talking and mucking about. GET FELL IN!” You would think it was a ranting sergeant major ordering his soldiers about on the parade ground. But it wasn’t. It was Sandra
A traditional family-run Inn has been named the region’s top pub. The Wilkes Head, named after 18th century radical John Wilkes, has won the CAMRA Regional Pub of the Year 2012 accolade. The pub, situated just off the A29 at Eastergate and
Delights of Fairlight Fairlight must have some of the best walks from its back door of any village in Sussex: within minutes you are on the rugged sandstone cliffs that look more like Dorset or Devon than the South East. There’s plentiful evidence
Victims of a burglary unwittingly thwarted a police investigation by tidying up the crime scene. The householders in Chailey Avenue, Rottingdean, had heard an intruder in their home between 10.30pm and 11pm on Monday night. They found someone
Robert Bathurst is an actor comfortable with his place in the scheme of things. Is he sick of being asked about Cold Feet, the ITV drama in which he starred as upperclass David Marsden? Not at all. Does he fear being typecast as those upper-class
Sussex Police are hunting a prime suspect thought to be behind a spate of fires in Whitehawk this weekend. In the early hours of Saturday morning, cars, motorcycles and a caravan were torched in a night of arsons . In all ten fires were
Thousands of people marched against plans to cut and centralise health services in East Sussex. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Eastbourne District General Hospital and Conquest Hospital in St Leonards, wants to centralise stroke
A whooping cough outbreak across Sussex is showing no signs of slowing. There have been 254 reported cases so far this year, eight times the number recorded for all of 2011. Adults and children are the most prone but some very young babies
The number of Sussex drivers caught using their mobile phones at the wheel has increased by 54% in just two years, new figures have revealed. Motoring groups have called the findings “extremely concerning”, with experts predicting that cases will
A duo behind a zombie themed music video due to be filmed in a Brighton park is asking the public to get involved. Charis Williams, 31, has teamed up with her friend Joanna Gormley and unsigned musicians to create the Halloween video in Brighton
A campaign has been launched to make better use of a “waste of space” pay-and-display car park. The Conservative group of Brighton and Hove want to make the council-owned Norton Road car park free to use at weekends to boost business for local
This dark-edged screwball comedy takes a woolly twist on the long-con idea. Bainbridge (Sam Massey) regularly dupes hapless chumps into hiring him as their 'crime coach', tricking them into planning and executing a robbery for which they will
More than one in five babies born in Brighton and Hove last year were born to a non-UK mother. The city reflected a trend across the county which has seen the number of babies born to mothers from outside the UK rise at a much higher rate than
A shotgun-wielding man was left fighting for his life after a shoot-out with police at his Seaford home. Paul Allwright was wounded when a five-hour armed stand-off at his home ended in violence. Sussex Police said “shots were exchanged” when
An animal shelter has been inundated with offers of homes for abandoned pets, in response to The Argus’ campaign. We featured Stacey McSpirit and the Paws Sanctuary in Findon for the launch day of our Give a Pet a Home campaign last Monday
I am shocked to read Kenny Lloyd believes people should still be able to able to squat in a residential property, following a change in the law on this (Letters, September 11). I thought previously it was criminal that one could go to hospital
Craig Mackail-Smith expects to be fit for Albion's trip to his home town club Watford tomorrow night. Mackail-Smith went off with a thigh knock after scoring his fifth goal in three games in the 3-0 victory against Sheffield Wednesday
I thoroughly agree with the views of Christine Luffman (Letters, September 12), who asks if anyone really thought the MPs’ expenses scandal would go away. After all, why does a millionaire such as Henry Smith have to claim 61p for a bag of sugar
1 - From the triangular green at the junction of roads in Birdham, beside the village water pump and with the church behind hedgerow to the left, go right, northward, along Court Barn Lane, a quiet road and public footpath. In a little over a
Luke Wright gave his World Cup chances a boost as England started their ICC World Twenty20 warm-up campaign with a scrambled nine-run victory over Australia at Nondescripts CC today. Sussex all-rounder Wright (35) shared a second-wicket stand
Chaun Wilson was selected last week as the Labour and Co-operative candidate for the East Brighton by-election on October 18. She is highly likely to get in. Last the May elections in 2011, Labour won by a large majority: the three candidates,
Gus Poyet has told his latest signings they will get their chance to shine. But they might have to wait all the time their colleagues keep performing. Poyet has decisions to make as his side chase a fourth successive
I WRITE concerning Green councillor Christina Summers, who is set to leave the Green Party on Brighton and Hove City Council for not voting in favour of lobbying the Government on gay marriage (The Argus, September 11). I object to the notion
My husband and I recently parked our car in the Brighton Marina car park, in Level 1 of the west section. We had a nice walk and did our shopping. On returning, we found a note for us to ring 101 (the police) as a car had damaged our car. This
Who ate all the pies? The question is often posed – and now we know the answer. It was Albion fans – 12,000 pies in fact, washed down with 14,000 pints of beer. The record food and drink sale went hand in hand with the record 26,594 crowd at
Parking in Brighton is chaotic. I have lived here all my life and have seen the steady expansion of parking to the extent I no longer go out socially. My work place is in Burgess Hill and, after 67 years in Brighton, I cannot wait to move there
The number of Sussex drivers caught using their mobile phones at the wheel has increased by 54% in just two years, new figures have revealed. Motoring groups have called the findings “extremely concerning”, with experts predicting that cases will
A cafe owner has said he will refuse to serve a convicted paedophile if allowed under law. Kenneth Parker, once branded one of Britain’s most wanted men, was on the run for ten years in Europe with his brother Thomas before being caught and sent
Commuters face delays of up to an hour after a train broke down. The incident on the London to Brighton mainline took place at about 6.30am today in Balcombe, near Haywards Heath. All services between Haywards Heath and Gatwick Airport are
Some of the greatest poetry is that which helps us to make sense of the unthinkable. Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh used imagery from his daily life as a farmer to try to comprehend the devastation of the Second World War. By writing about what he knew
Madeira Drive in Brighton was one of the first streets to be properly paved. The job was done early last century so it could be used for motor sport. Cars were absent when this picture was taken but pedestrians, wearing their best clothes, were
Lamb House in Rye has had the distinction of being home to three well-known writers over the years. They all loved the house and between them were responsible for more than 200 books. The best known was Henry James, the American novelist whose
