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  • Obika leaves Albion for Charlton

    Albion striker Jon Obika has been recalled by Spurs and sent straight back out on loan to Charlton. It means Obika could now line up against the Seagulls for his latest loan club at the Amex on April 12. Obika's 93-day stint with Albion was

  • The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Brighton Centre, March 14

    What do you do if a band as brilliant as Pink Floyd long ago chose not to flog themselves on the tour circuit? You could sit at home and listen to their CDs, and very good listening they are, too. Or you could catch one of the many Floyd tribute

  • White Fang, The Hope, Brighton, March 14

    The versatile punk rockers from Portland put on a unique performance in a marginally disturbing yet thoroughly entertaining way on Friday night. The DIY attitude portrayed by White Fang created a busy energy that radiated around the room. Swiftly

  • Brighton and Hove stores become dementia friendly

    Shops and businesses in Brighton and Hove are being urged to help customers by becoming dementia friendly. Marks and Spencer, the Lloyds Banking Group, Argos and Homebase have already signed up to a campaign run by the Alzheimer’s Society.

  • Bendy bus gets stuck in Hove

    A bendy bus got stuck at Hove's Palmeira Square, leading to traffic delays on Western Road and New Church Road.  A Bendy Bus stuck at #PalmeiraSq; may cause some delays on #WesternRd westbound and #NewChurchRd eastbound. — B&H Live Traffic

  • Drama over cinema plans for Brighton Hippodrome

    Campaigners have launched a last-ditch attempt to rescue a historic concert venue. Alaska Development Consultants want to turn the Grade II listed Brighton Hippodrome into an eight-screen cinema. The £20 million plans will be considered by

  • Shoreham man refused pigskin treatment by NHS

    A man has been left virtually housebound because health bosses are refusing to pay for a treatment using pigskin that could help him. Mark Eaves is in such severe pain due to his two hernias, he needs morphine patches to help him cope. The

  • A new "biking bishop" for Lewes

    The new bishop of Lewes has been appointed and he has said he expects to become known as “the biking bishop”  The Reverend Richard Jackson, 53, Mission Renewal adviser and leader of the Church Growth Team in the Diocese of Chichester was announced

  • Volunteers rebuild WWII air raid shelter

    A Second World War shelter, which was lived in for 56 years by two wartime women, has begun being rebuilt at Shoreham Fort. A team of hard working volunteers have started work on the Nissen hut which was moved piece by piece from Chichester after

  • Missing Horsham teenage girl found

    A teenage girl missing in Horsham has been found safe and unharmed following an “out of character” disappearance. Shannon Holland, 14, who had been last seen at her home on March 13, was found in Crawley several hours after her disappearance following

  • Is it time for trolley buses to return to Brighton?

    It has been more than 50 years since trolley buses trundled around the streets of Brighton. But half a century on, Brighton Kemptown MP Simon Kirby has asked if now is the time for the electric-powered vehicles to return. Brighton and Hove

  • Travellers remain on unauthorised Brighton camps

    Travellers remain encamped at multiple sites around Brighton. Two large groups of travellers remained at Wild Park in Moulsecoomb and on a former BMX track in Sheepcote Valley on Friday. Smaller groups of travellers were alos still on land

  • Ashamed ex-major wants MoD apology over Sussex soldier's death

    A former Army commander has claimed the Ministry of Defence (MoD) should publicly apologise to the family of a Sussex soldier killed during friendly fire because the equipment provided to troops “wasn’t good enough”. Former major Richard Streatfeild

  • Three vehicle crash on the A22

    Three vehicles have been involved in a collision on the A22. At 8.50am a shunt involving three cars left one person suffering head injuries and the road blocked at Whitesmith Lane between Golden Cross and Halland.  Fire crews are on the scene

  • Macca back in action again

    Albion striker Craig Mackail-Smith makes his latest return to action in the development team today. He joins Will Hoskins up front as an over-age player in a friendly behind closed doors against Bournemouth at Withdean. Mackail-Smith suffered

  • Two Fat Ladies' Clarissa Dickson Wright has died

    Former TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright has died at the age of 66. The star, best known as one of the culinary duo Two Fat Ladies, died at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary on Saturday. She went to school at Sacred Heart in Hove, and Selmeston, near

  • Brighton's girl on the bus bids to become Mrs World

    Brighton's "girl on the bus" is coming out of retirement for a final crack at the world of beauty pageants.  Lindsay Hills, who was named Miss Brighton back in 2004, was pictured on the side of Brighton and Hove buses for many years wearing a ballgown

  • Crawley match-winner puts talks about his future on hold

    MIKE JONES has refused to talk about his own future until Crawley’s chances of reaching the play-offs are over. Jones scored the only goal against Colchester United on Saturday which kept Reds 15 points adrift of sixth-placed Peterborough with

  • Brighton bus bosses to hold meeting about number 24

    Brighton bus bosses will be meeting with users to discuss the service. Mike Best, operations director for Brighton and Hove Buses, will attend a drop-in meeting at the Community Cafe, New Larchwood in Coldean from 10am to noon on March 25.

  • Lifeboat called for man trying to recover canoe

    A lifeboat responded to a report of a swimmer in trouble off Worthing. The Shoreham inshore lifeboat was launched after a man was seen in the sea off Brooklands Pleasure Park in East Worthing yesterday. The man had gone into the water to recover

  • Brighton banjo-maker up for Sony film award

    A banjo maker and a filmmaker have worked together to produce a short documentary that has been nominated for a Sony award. Malcolm McLeod, 48, who builds banjos in his workshop in Quebec Street, Brighton, and Jon Rose, 35, flycreative productions

  • Broken down vehicle on A27 westbound in Falmer

    Queues are being reported on westbound roads in Falmer following a lane closure earlier this morning. The A27 Falmer Hill saw one lane closed earlier today at the junction with The Drove after a vehicle broke down in the area. Traffic between

  • Blue plaque unveiled for murdered Brighton police chief

    The blue plaque to a hero police chief who was murdered in his office has been unveiled on the 170th anniversary of his death. VIPs gathered in the Mayor’s Parlour at Brighton Town Hall for the tribute to Henry Solomon. The chief constable

  • Clarification over the Ovingdean housing plan

    I would like to clarify that the site being put forward for housing development in Ovingdean (The Argus, February 27 and March 12, with reaction in Letters on March 14) is not sponsored or being promoted by the council. This is despite what the applicant

  • Forster-Caskey salutes perfect away performance for Albion

    Jake Forster-Caskey has praised Albion for avoiding a post-QPR hangover. He admitted the Seagulls were on a high after last Tuesday’s 2-0 win over Harry Redknapp’s men. Which made success by the same score on a testing afternoon at in-form

  • Brighton and Hove should do more for composer Frank Bridge

    Your round-up of Brighton Fringe in The Guide on Friday (March 14) made reference to Brighton-born composer Frank Bridge, whose birthplace was 7 North Street. Frank Bridge was born in 1879 and died in 1941. He was a resident of Brighton, London

  • Albion so pleased they kept two-goal hero Buckley

    ALBION assistant Nathan Jones has praised club bosses for hanging onto two-goal hero Will Buckley. The Seagulls rejected an undisclosed bid from Gus Poyet’s Sunderland for the right-winger during the January transfer window. Arch-rivals Crystal