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  • Top comics back late Brighton playwright's theatre dream

    Top comedians will appear at a benefit gig to fulfil a dying playwright’s wish. Some of the biggest names in UK comedy are raising funds for an open air theatre in the city. The line-up at the Brighton Dome on June 16 includes Stewart Lee,

  • Hove TV presenter's plea for daughter's missing degree work

    A TV presenter has made an emotional plea  for the return of her daughter’s laptop – taken four days before her final university hand in. Gardening author and TV presenter Lucy Summers, who lives in Hove, hoped to prick the conscience of the people

  • Albion captain admits he should have calmed teammates down

    A youth team captain admitted he should have used his seniority to step in when Albion players, accused of sexual assault, began messing around with shaving foam in a hotel room. At a trial at the Old Bailey, Albion defender Lewis Dunk said, on

  • Historic open air Lewes pool opens for new season

    The oldest documented freshwater public pool in the country reopened its doors today for the new season. Pells Pool in Brook Street, Lewes, opened for its first day of the season today from noon to begin the start of their 152nd season. Temperatures

  • Appalling litter in the city centre

    I popped into Brighton city centre the other day. What I saw made me ashamed of my city: litter was strewn everywhere on the pavement – masses of it. From the Steine, up North Street and along Western Road, it was appalling. Not a street sweeper

  • Hundreds of Brighton comedy fans wait for their heroes

    Hundreds of comedy fans gathered in Brighton today to catch a glimpse of their heroes. New Road and Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, was swamped this afternoon with young fans of comedy group The Midnight Beast. The London-based trio rose to prominence

  • Green missions

    Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Greenprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and civilisations; to boldly go where no man has ever gone before, and to become the first car-free

  • Agdestein stars as Albion win Senior Cup

    Toby Agdestein scored three and made another as Albion’s development squad romped to a 4-0 victory in the Sussex Senior Cup final at The Amex. The Norwegian was restricted to three substitute appearances for the first team this season, all last

  • Whitehawk pupil draws up new character

    A Whitehawk schoolboy has won a competition to design a mobile phone character. Aaron Wu, of St John the Baptist School, came up with the winning drawing of Marcus the Mobile in a contest organised by the Martlets Hospice in Hove. Brighton

  • Body of young woman found in Westbourne house fire

    The body of a young woman has been discovered in a house fire. The body of what is believed to be of a young woman in her twenties has been found at the scene of a house fire in Edgell Road in Westbourne near the Hampshire border. Six fire

  • Burgess Hill post office to close for revamp

    A post office will close next month so it can get a makeover. Burgess Hill Post Office in Church Walk will close on Saturday June 15 so that work can begin to turn it into a new-style open-plan branch with longer opening hours. It will have

  • It's good to be a stylish, colour-coordinated couple

    Well said Nicholas Dunn-Coleman (Letters, May 16) for making an effort and dressing in smart attire. I always dress in smart and usually classic fashion. Apart from my husband, I am not necessarily doing it for other people but mainly for my

  • A dream theatre at the old cement works?

    After reading your article about one man’s last wishes for an open-air theatre of dreams (The Argus, May 15), it reminded me of an aerial photograph I saw of the cement works in Upper Beeding, near Shoreham. Seeing the walls rise up on three sides

  • Crawley security firm at centre of Government inquiry

    An inquiry has been launched into the conduct of one of Sussex’s biggest companies. The Ministry of Justice has called in auditors to investigate whether they have been overcharged for electronic tags by two security firms including Crawley-based

  • Brighton cinema plans put on hold

    Development plans for an empty Grade II listed cinema have stalled, as the owners cannot find a business to fill it. Despite a determined fight from conservation groups, Brighton and Hove City Council’s planning committee voted in favour of knocking

  • Brighton house fire rescue hampered by poor parking

    A man was treated for smoke inhalation following a kitchen fire in his flat. The man, in his 50s, was treated after a grill fire broke out in the kitchen of his first floor flat in Tavistock Down, Brighton, at 7.45pm last night. Firefighters

  • Political policing

    Before the election for the police and crime commissioner posts, I stated after seeing the list of candidates that this post was becoming political (Letters, July 4, 2012). How right I was when the Sussex commissioner appointed a Conservative as

  • Students carry beer keg between Worthing and Brighton piers

    Energetic students ran from Worthing Pier to Brighton’s Palace Pier, carrying a stretcher loaded with two beer kegs. It took the nine Military Preparation College pupils and two instructors more than three hours to complete the route on Friday.

  • One in five Brighton and Hove employees walk to work

    One in five people who have a job in Brighton and Hove walk to work. The city has the highest proportion of residents who commute on foot in the south east, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has revealed. It found that of the almost

  • Sussex cruise to maximum-point victory

    Sussex completed a comfortable nine-wicket victory over Derbyshire on the final morning of their County Championship clash at Derby. Derby resumed their second innings on 189-7 and it took Sussex less than eight overs to bowl them out for 219 -

  • Seagulls hand deal to Barry's nephew

    GARETH BARRY’S nephew is one of three youngsters handed their first professional deals by Albion. Full-back Bradley Barry has been offered a development contract after completing a two-year scholarship with the Seagulls. Centre-back Glen Rea

  • Doctor weeds out Daleks at Portslade garden centre

    This Dalek has been welcoming customers to a garden centre. The Dr Who baddy has been loaned to family-run Mayberry Garden centre in Portslade, and is on display until the end of the garden centre’s event which runs from June 1 to 9. Customers

  • Third day of traffic chaos around Brighton roadworks

    Roadworks caused traffic to build up in Brighton for the third day in a row. A new pedestrian crossing is being built in Coldean Lane at the junction with Ditchling Road. The roadworks are due to continue until Monday, May 27. There are

  • Bognor man to appear in court over hit-and-run murder charge

    A 41-year-old accused of murdering a young father in a suspected hit and run will appear at Lewes Crown Court on Monday. Walter Brazil, of Collyer Avenue, Bognor, appeared at Worthing Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with murdering Charlie

  • Fatboy in Brighton Festival video celebration

    Fatboy Slim will join comedian Adam Buxton for a celebration of his music videos on Monday. Skint Records label boss Damien Harris will join the pair for the event at 8pm at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall. The evening will pay tribute to the

  • Daily Fringe Blog - Friday 17th May - Someone Else's Shoes

    Someone Else’s Shoes is an inventive and dynamic theatre piece. Trailblaze Theatre consists of three very strong character performers who have effortlessly woven a quirky tour into the streets around The Old Market. The audience is quickly split into

  • The Great Escape: The Strypes

    Last time The Strypes were in Brighton a superstar slid into the back row to catch their gig at Fitzherberts. The audience thought the chap was a joker dressed as Elton John. Little did they know the four teenagers on stage had lunched with

  • Vicente blasts Poyet

    VICENTE has blasted suspended Albion boss Gus Poyet as “the worst person I’ve come across in football”. The departing Spanish star has branded Poyet “selfish” and “egocentric”. And he has accused the Uruguayan of mocking his players in training