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  • Film Diary 2012: Premium Rush

    David Koepp has one of the most fantastic blockbuster screenwriting CVs around, having lent his pen to the likes of - deep breath - Jurassic Park, Death Becomes Her, The Shadow, Mission: Impossible, Carlito's Way, Stir Of Echoes, Panic Room, Spider-Man

  • Orlandi happy to play his part in Albion win

    Andrea Orlandi is celebrating his first start for Albion and a key role in their victory. The deadline day signing from Swansea started in place of Ashley Barnes at Watford last night. He spent most of the match in unfamiliar territory on the

  • Man hit by lorry in Hove street

    A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after he was hit by a lorry. The accident happened at around 3:30 this afternoon outside Cafe Nero on New Church Road in Hove. The road is currently closed while investigators examine the

  • Man convicted of killing Worthing baby

    A man has this afternoon been convicted of killing a baby. Jermone Edwards, who will turn 28 tomorrow, was today at Lewes Crown Court, convicted of the manslaughter of 11-month-old Crystal Hall-Hummel. He was cleared of her murder. Baby

  • Cuts take top Sussex detectives away from Brighton rape inquiry

    Sussex's top detectives are working on a Surrey case instead of investigating the unsolved gang rape of a teenager on Brighton seafront because of cuts. The force’s policy is for so-called “stranger one rapes”, where victims do not know their attackers

  • Reds winger joins Grimsby on loan

    Crawley winger Scott Neilson has joined Grimsby Town on loan. Neilson scored the goal at Accrington on the final day last season which sealed promotion to League One but has found opportunities limited under new boss Richie Barker. The former Bradford

  • Dog walker attacked by teenagers in Worthing

    A dog walker was punched to the ground and had her bag stolen by a topless teenager and his mate. A Worthing woman in her 20s was attacked by two males as she walked her dog in Longcroft Park, Worthing at about 10am on Saturday.  

  • Image released of Eastbourne jogger attack suspect

    Police want to speak to this man in connection with a terrifying attack on a female jogger. Detectives have released this image in attempt to catch the male attacker who sexually assaulted a 30-year old woman in Hartfield Road, Eastbourne just

  • Police warning over conman posing as a Chichester policeman

    A conman is impersonating police officers over the phone in an attempt to get residents’ to talk about their home security. Officers from Littlehampton neighbourhood police team are warning residents not to give out personal details over the

  • Biker injured in A27 Fontwell crash

    A motorcyclist has been injured following a crash with a car. The 22-year-old biker has been taken to St Richards Hospital, Chichester, following a crash on the westbound A27 at Crockerhill between Tangmere and Fontwell at just before 9.30am

  • Choir sessions held for Lewes inmates

    Visiting prisons in a bid to keep offenders on the straight and narrow is all part of the day job for probation and police officers.  But Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust chief executive Nick Smart and PC Graham Thurley had a more musical

  • Marriage views

    As a Green Party member and a committed Christian, I was saddened to hear of the treatment meted out to Councillor Christina Summers (The Argus, September 18). I doubt very much the subject of same-sex marriage was brought up on the doorsteps,

  • Brighton councillor to appeal expulsion decision

    A Christian councillor has vowed to appeal a decision to expel her from her party group. Christina Summers has been banned from sitting with her Green Party colleagues on Brighton and Hove City Council after voting against supporting equal marriage

  • Burning the Clocks plan unveiled for Brighton

    One of Sussex’s most popular events is to be run again this Christmas – but with some changes. Burning the Clocks, Brighton’s annual ritual celebrating the shortest day of the year, will take place in December. But for the first time people

  • Crime deterrents

    Your comment piece was somewhat of an understatement (The Argus, September 8). As a 71-year-old, I’m increasingly concerned with the amount of all types of crime I read about in The Argus on a daily basis. Contrary to what the experts tell us about

  • Council seeks expert view on Brighton and Hove economy

    ECONOMIC experts are to investigate the future of Brighton and Hove. Brighton and Hove City Council is looking for consultants to take a fresh look at the city’s Economic Strategy. According to documents posted on the South East Business Portal

  • New world record for Zumba fanatics

    Fitness fanatics set a new world record. Hundreds of participants helped break the Guinness Record for the world’s longest non-stop aerobics class.  The class of 250 took part in the Colombian dance fitness craze Zumba for 36 hours and

  • Wright shines in England win

    Luke Wright top scored as England won their final warm-up match before launching the defence of their World Twenty20 title. The Sussex all-rounder hit 38 from 36 balls coming in at No.3 as England were bowled out for 111 with three balls of their innings

  • Poyet thinks Albion look the business

    Albion boss Gus Poyet has hailed a hard-fought win at Watford as a sign of his team’s promotion credentials and the improvement they have made since last season. Craig Mackail-Smith’s second-half penalty at Vicarage Road last night was enough to

  • Dropped point tough to take for Reds

    Boss Richie Barker felt Crawley were hard done by as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Colchester United last night. Kyle McFadzean gave Reds the lead in controversial circumstances as Colchester claimed he used a hand to put Mat Sadler’s corner

  • Police called in over saucy postcards in Eastbourne

    Police were called to a sunny seaside pier - because the postcards on sale were too saucy. Baffled gift shop owner Ian Donald was shocked when an officer turned up at his store and accused him of peddling pornography next to his sticks of rock

  • Table tennis has always been popular

    I read with interest your article about the growing popularity of table tennis (Youth In Action, September 12). I was, however, taken aback to read that it started in the 1980s, and not in the 1930s, as I previously thought. I have recently

  • Be more green

    Those of us who voted Green at the local election for Brighton and Hove are beginning to wonder if they are simply the more rapacious wing of the Conservative Party in disguise. First, the Greens, voting as a block, undermine the planning committee

  • Dome heritage

    Brighton’s heritage is of vital importance, and the preservation of the built environment is “crucial to tourism” (The Argus, September 18). We need to plan for more than £400,000 a year in maintenance for the Brighton Dome buildings so that they

  • It doesn't cost anything to moan

    On the lighter side, Jerry Pert, there’s nothing the English like better than having a good moan or whinge (Letters, September 13). There are so many things we can absolutely do nothing about in this life and sometimes it makes us feel better.

  • Richard Hawley

    These days, writing a song for Richard Hawley doesn’t mean sitting in a rehearsal room with a guitar, scribbling down notes. Instead, he will pull on his walking boots and take his collie dog out on the Peaks. “I’ve got more confident about

  • Strike over closure plans at Brighton DVLA office

    A union has called a lightning strike over plans to close Brighton’s branch of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Staff will walk out of the DVLA office in Mocatta House in Trafalgar Place on Friday. Public and Commercial Services Union

  • Missing East Preston pensioner found safe and well

    A 75-year-old woman who had been missing from her home in East Preston, near Littlehampton, since Monday has been found safe and well. Sylvia Long was located by police in Southsea, Hampshire, last night. She is now back with her family.

  • Time to be proud...

    What a truly inspiring day it was in London for the Olympic Parade on September 10 – a magnificent display of happiness and pride in our country which will live long in the memory of all proud Britons. Compare this with the rantings and pure

  • Brighton and Hove's heritage at risk

    They are designed to protect some of the most special buildings and environments in Brighton and Hove. From long sweeping Regency squares to Victorian barns and downland villages, there is a lot for people in the city-by-the-sea to be proud of.

  • Jail raider steals visitor's belongings at Lewes Prison

    A thief walked out of Category B Lewes Prison with the belongings of a woman who was visiting an inmate. The light-fingered crook – whom victim Anthea Constantino believes was a fellow visitor – cleared out a locker at the prison reception.