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Albion defender Vitalijs Maksimenko is celebrating victory at Wembley today. The Latvian international helped Yeovil beat Brentford 2-1 in the League One play-off final. He came on as a 76th-minute substitute as the Glovers withstood a late

A stray kitten suffered horrific injuries after getting tangled in a collar that had become too small for her. The seven-month-old animal is being cared for by staff at Cats Protection’s national adoption centre in Chelwood Gate. The black

Schools in Sussex are struggling to recruit head teachers, analysis suggests. One in four primary headships advertised in January 2013 were not filled within 60 days. In Brighton Whitehawk Primary School, which is set to become an academy in

Jeff Nichols' third film is an American tale in the classic mould, a deliberately Mark Twain-esque story about innocence and violence, about growing up, love and friendship. 14 year olds Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) are

Police equipped with cameras had to be called after scores of children ran wild on their last day at school. People living close to Priory School in Lewes watched in horror as Year 11 pupils hurled paint, flour and eggs at them and passing cars

A damning report has found evidence of racism at Brighton and Hove City Council. The council’s website contains many fine words on its commitment to equality of opportunity and social justice. But the stark facts set out by the external assessors

Albion fans have called for Gus Poyet to be sacked for his behaviour in recent weeks. Sixty-five per cent of fans who responded to our online poll said the Uruguayan should go for “treating the club badly”. Just 25 per cent said he should stay

A war hero whose intricately made matchstick musical instruments first appeared in The Argus in 1936 is the star of a new exhibition – 77 years on. Sailor Jack Hall, who died in 1993 aged 86, amazed locals between the wars with his delicate but

Candidates for council jobs are being turned down because of their foreignsounding names, a damning new report has revealed. This is just one of a series of racism, bullying and discrimination allegations facing Brighton and Hove City Council in

Firstly, I want to give a massive apology to Square Peg Theatre. On Friday I was on my way to see their award winning production Forwards and Backwards, stamping through the streets of Brighton city centre. Dodging all the trendy boys who have

An award-winning musician’s laptop containing his “entire life” was stolen during a concert. John Grant, 45, had been performing at St George’s Church in St George's Road, Brighton, on Thursday night when he discovered his computer had been swiped

Lifeboat volunteers had to run out of a fundraiser’s funeral to rescue a sailor who collapsed at sea. They had to abandon coffin-carrying duties to race out to sea after a 24-year-old fisherman suffered a severe allergic reaction and began drifting

A 31-year-old man has been gunned down and killed in a Hove street. Two others were shot at during the attack in Church Road at around 11:30pm last night. Police are treating the shooting as a murder and two attempted murders. Church Road

A Tourette's sufferer who can’t help calling people “cheeky monkey” was thrown out of a shop after staff said he was making silly noises. Ben Gerrard’s condition forces him to make sudden involuntary movements and to blurt out words without warning

A former Albion player will appear in court after fans claimed he made anti-gay gestures whilst playing against his old club. Blackburn player Colin Kazim- Richards, 26, has been summonsed to appear to answer a charge under Section 5 of the Public