Boss Richie Barker felt Crawley were unlucky not to win after being held to a 1-1 draw by high-flying Doncaster Rovers. Josh Simpson gave Reds the lead but James Husband levelled just before half-time and Crawley were unable to find a winner in
Tat’s the way to do it for these skin art fans. The Tattoo Convention was held in Brighton over the weekend and it gave everyone something to ink about. The event, at the Hilton Brighton Metropole, saw thousands of tattoo fans come to see some
A bid by ‘Greater Brighton’ to boost business and create thousands of jobs has been given Government backing. The coastal area around Brighton and Hove, from Goring to Cuckmere Haven, was identified as one of only 20 in the country as ripe for
These bright sparks were shown science can be fun. Pia, 10, and Rex, seven, were delighted by the bubble organ at the Bright Sparks event at Hove Park School, part of Brighton Science Festival. The National Physical Laboratory created the organ
Captain Josh Simpson suffered a potentially serious ankle injury as Crawley were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Doncaster Rovers in front of the Sky cameras. In a bruising encounter, Simpson gave Reds the lead in the 25th minute with an emphatic
Hundreds of police officers are having to call on the support of the fourth emergency service. Breakdown recovery teams were called out to help Sussex Police cars back onto the road once a day on average last year. Police defended the figure
Dannie Bulman is handed a chance to impress in front of the Sky cameras against Doncaster Rovers tonight after being recalled to Crawley's midfield. Bulman has been an unused substitute in the last two games and has only started one in the last
A music expert has said children should brush their teeth to Gangnam Style for the best results. Jim Williams, who lectures at the Brighton institute of Modern Music (BIMM), has identified PSY’s megahit as the top song for youngsters to clean their
It is more commonly viewed on a small hand-held device, with iconic coloured pieces and regular beeping. But Tetris took a human form on Brighton beach at the weekend, as performers forced the worlds of theatre and digital to collide. The human
Two pensioners were seriously hurt when their car crashed and flipped over onto its roof. Emergency services were called to the A67 in Cross In Hand at the junction with Meres Lane at 1:40pm this afternoon after two vehicles collided. The 90
A best-selling crime author has pleaded with town hall bosses to save a mobile library – as a new plan emerged to keep the community facility from the scrapheap. Politicians have been debating the future of the Brighton and Hove City Council-owned
What has happened to the art of personal communication? When telephoning, I am sick of being subjected to music I do not like and then being told to speak to a machine. Also, it seems writing letters has become a forgotten art, as I seldom
In our new weekly Your Interview feature we give you, our readers, the chance to ask key figures and groups across Sussex the questions you want answered. This week Andy Stephenson from anti-abortion group Abort 67 answers your questions.
People could combine their weekly shop with a visit to their GP under plans being drawn up by a major supermarket chain. Sainsbury’s is planning to provide space for GP practices to set up at its stores in Lewes Road, Brighton, and East Grinstead
In our new weekly Your Interview feature we give you, our readers, the chance to ask key figures and groups across Sussex the questions you want answered. This week Andy Stephenson from anti-abortion group Abort 67 answers your questions. The group
Two men have been charged after a police probe into drug dealing. Lewis Moore, 28, unemployed, of Cheviot Road, Worthing, has been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine, a class A drug, and conspiracy to supply amphetamine. He appeared
I am writing to discuss previous articles in The Argus relating to water meters. I had a leak outside my house. The leak was in the highway before my property. This leak had been going on for a long time and not detected by the water company
Romain Vincelot has no complaints about his Albion career turning sour and says he is in the "best job in the world". Vincelot has linked up with Leyton Orient under former Seagulls chief Russell Slade after his contract was terminated by mutual
Two out of every three businesses inspected by fire officials are putting lives at risk. Of the 119 commercial and public buildings tested in East Sussex in October, November and December, just 35 were up to scratch – with 84 requiring either formal
Polish families are being tricked by bogus adverts into paying to come to Sussex for non-existent farming jobs. Eastern Europeans are being conned into starting a new life in Bognor with the false promise of a guaranteed job and accommodation.
A man found dead inside a derelict pub has been named as 36-year-old Mark Langridge. He was found inside the boarded up Mayflower pub, in America Lane, Haywards Heath, on Friday (February 15) at 3.20pm. Mr Langridge, who was of no fixed address
The letter printed urging opposition parties in our city to unite and defeat the ruling party’s proposal for raising council tax may just be falling on deaf ears (The Argus, February 14). My reasoning for this being that (I’m sorry to say) the
Dean Hammond is prepared to step into Liam Bridcutt's shoes for Albion if the stand-in skipper picks up another booking. Bridcutt is still on nine yellow cards, one away from an automatic two-match suspension. Hammond has spent
A record-breaking Brighton Half Marathon was soaked in glorious winter sunshine yesterday morning (February 17). A total of 7,539 people completed the 13.1-mile course during the 23rd successful running of the event, with record crowds cheering
Legendary director Alfred Hitchcock knew how to keep an audience on the edge of their seats. It was all about building tension – something which Villagers’ Conor O’Brien is clearly a master of. He had structured his Old Market show perfectly, starting
Pam Ann – the alter ego of gutsy Australian comedienne Caroline Reid – audaciously landed for a brief stop-off at the Theatre Royal. She tears into some of the most famous airlines and their crew with some hilarious insights – as she exclaimed of herself
Ambitious Brighton duo Nordic Giants have, like their slow-burning to freak-out crescendo post-rock songs, been steadily building momentum since they first emerged a couple of years ago. Appearing on stage, masked by semi-shamanic feathered outfits
The band’s long history, going back more than 40 years, shaped this latest tour. Lead singer Dave Cousins said in his introduction they would be taking a journey in time. And that’s what they did – in words and song. Cousins, not only possessing
Council chiefs have promised £20 million towards improving the busiest road in Sussex. To alleviate congestion for hundreds of thousands of vehicles that use the A27 each year, West Sussex County Council and Chichester District Council have written
They’re back! Les Trocks – an all male dance troupe who pay homage to the world of Russian classical ballet whilst sending up dance styles with comic touches. These skilled dancers, many from leading ballet companies, are not coarse parodists but
Did you or someone you know used to work in one of Lewes’s many breweries? Do you remember beer deliveries, or the smell of brewing wafting through the streets? Perhaps you went on hop-picking holidays? If so, new heritage project Ale & Hearty
When it was a B-side on a record from The Doors in 1970, Roadhouse Blues may not have appeared destined to become a live favourite. Forty-three years later, though, Jim Morrison impersonator William Scott could barely get to the second part of the
Gareth Gates doesn’t present many surprises. He’s careful, polite and good at talking without really saying a lot. Only 17 when he was runner-up to Will Young in 2001’s Pop Idol, he’s grown up in the public eye at a time when image is more
On the subject of travellers (The Argus, February 14), it is clear the issues facing Brighton and Hove City Council are becoming ever more challenging and complex. From other recent articles in The Argus, we now also know there are more and more
Police will today (February 18) return to the site where a homeless man was found murdered to appeal for information, a week after the victim’s body was found. Lea Williams, 45, was discovered in an archway near Hove pitch and putt, a “cave” he
The police believe people still hold "vital information" about the brutal murder of homeless Lea Williams, but have not yet come forward. A week after the 45-year-old's body was found in the arches next to Hove pitch and putt, police officers are
A driver struck a pedestrian but sped off before police arrived. The car hit the 24-year old local man in Claremont, Hastings, near the junction with Trinity Street, at about 1.55am on Sunday February 17. The pedestrian was treated at Conquest
Passengers watched in horror as a train pinned a man to a railway platform as he tried to cross the tracks at a station. The man was seen walking calmly across the line with shopping bags in his hands at Portslade Station. He had reached the
Philip Jones makes some very interesting and pertinent points in your Soapbox column (The Argus, February 14). But he leaves a huge question hanging in the air: how big is the perch he’s holding in the accompanying photograph? We anglers demand
A thief stole a mobile phone from a young man in a city centre street. At about 3am on Saturday February 16 the 21-year old victim left Hedkandi night club before walking up West Street, and then left into North Street. When he was near the
A man was punched in the face as he walked home. The 20-year-old was attacked in Rock-a-Nore Road in Hastings on Saturday January 26 at around 11pm. He was hit to the left hand side of the face, causing bruising and swelling which was treated
Dozens of women put on their dancing shoes in the centre of Brighton to protest against violence towards females. About 70 volunteers took part in a choreographed dance flashmob outside the Palace Pier and Churchill Square Shopping Centre
A woman punched a would-be mugger in the face when he tried to snatch her handbag. The bruised thief ran off after trying to rob the 21-year-old as she walked home from work in Bognor Regis on Wednesday February 13. She was walking through
Burglars stole cash, passports and jewellery worth more than £1000 during a raid. Police are appealing for witnesses to the thefts from a home in School Lane, Peasmarsh, between 6.30am and 7.20pm on Tuesday February 12. Any witness or anyone
In reply to Trevor Weeks’s Soapbox column (The Argus, February 14), I would take issue with some of his article. If culling foxes is not the answer, what is? He says: “Nobody has been killed by a fox, as opposed to the many injuries to and several
A giant shadow could be cast over parts of Preston Park if the redevelopment of a tower dubbed Brighton’s ugliest building gets the go-ahead. Multimillion-pound plans to redevelop Anston House in Preston Road would see the nine-storey building
A teenager who got lost in the Australian Outback was just hours from death, according to doctors. Former Brighton College student Sam Woodhead was rescued after he made an SOS sign out of his old rugby shorts. The 18-year-old sparked a massive
Drivers face a week of traffic delays because of a ruptured gas main. A spokeswoman for Southern Gas Networks said the “controlled gas escape” on Sackville Road in Hove was caused by a faulty gas main in the middle of the road. Work to repair
A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Polegate. The 32-year-old man came off his silver Kawasaki motorbike while driving between Pevensey Road and Aberdale Road at 7.35pm on Saturday (February 16). The driver
1 - From the car park lay-by go left to the bridleway (blue arrow) that rises between hedgerow – ignore the public right-of-way that leads off right from the lay-by. Follow the bridleway for 300 yards to a sharp right bend and in a few paces, beside
Following his departure from NME favourites, Watford hardcore punks Gallows in 2011, Frank Carter teamed up with The Suicide File’s Jimmy Carroll to form Pure Love. Now based between London and Brooklyn, the pair are embarking on their debut UK
NOTTINGHAM singer-songwriter Jake Bugg was the surprise success story of 2012. His eponymous debut album hit the top of the charts on its release in October and his singles Lightning Bolt, Two Fingers and Taste It have been championed by BBC Radio
At the end of the 19th century there were 23 pubs in and around London Road, Brighton, and a further 25 up to the railway. Only nine remain today and among the casualties is the Shepherd & Dog, pictured here in 1922. It was a quiet pub used
Crawley boss Richie Barker will ask his side to play like Spain as they look to breathe new life into their fading play-off hopes tonight. Reds have slipped to 15th in League One, 13 points off the top six, after taking just 14 points from their
There are a few reminders in Portslade of when the town ran its own affairs and was a proud place. The old town hall where the urban council met still stands in Victoria Road. Not far away is the former police station in St Andrew’s Road, while
A window cleaner who plunged to his death narrowly avoided hitting a passer-by as he fell. Hughie Winfield, of Wolseley Road, Coldean, died in hospital after suffering a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain when he fell about 15ft from a ladder
Will Buckley has no regrets about pledging his future to Albion as he prepares for high Noone against Championship leaders Cardiff City. The Seagulls head to Wales tomorrow night with Buckley’s former wing rival and team-mate Craig Noone well on
White water roars over car-sized rocks. Scores of waterfalls cascade through the chasm and plunge into the pool below, filling the air with a fine spray that dampens my cheeks. Standing on a viewing platform just below this first set of falls,
Jobs could be created in Sussex after supermarket chain Morrisons said it was buying nearly 50 Blockbuster stores. The failed film rental chain went into administration earlier this month, with administrator Deloitte announcing it was to shut 164
I always look forward to February. At last the days are getting noticeably longer, and the garden really starts to come to life. Here at Standen, this means the bright purple and yellows of crocus, the first of our daffodils and the almost overpowering
Talks over changes to public sector pay are ongoing. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to overhaul special allowances paid to three-quarters of its 8,000-strong workforce, claiming it is “no longer fit for purpose”. But union representatives
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death in a street attack in Brighton last night. The 24-year-old woman from Peacehaven was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the fight in Queen's Square
