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  • Celebrity given university gong

    CELEBRITY mogul Simon Fuller has celebrated being honoured by a university. The star received an honorary doctorate from the University of Brighton during its graduation ceremony. He was made a Doctor of Letters in recognition of his contribution

  • Silver for Wood, Bray and team-mates after thriller

    Sussex duo Lucy Wood and Sophie Bray were part of the England women’s hockey team that were denied gold in the cruellest of fashions at the Commonwealth Games. But Wood, from Horsham, and East Grinstead player Bray can be extremely proud to come

  • Grice misses out on medal

    Charlie Grice had to settle for seventh place in the Commonwealth Games 1,500m final at Hampden Park. The Brighton Phoenix runner was boxed in near the back of the field in the early stages of the race. He managed to free himself from congestion

  • Empathy for those hurt in West Bank

    HUNDREDS of musicians will take part in a silent march and an afternoon of festivities as part of a “pouring of empathy” to those affected by the Gaza and Israel crisis. Thousands are expected to turn out next weekend at the launch of Brighton

  • Get Your Own Back star entertains

    POPULAR children’s TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips entertained youngsters with songs and jokes earlier this week. The former Get Your Own Back host was at Worthing’s Sand Pit on Wednesday to perform the first of a run of shows. He will be

  • Drugs claim three lives

    HEROIN is thought to have claimed the lives of three people in as many days. In the early hours of yesterday morning police officers found a 33-year-old woman in a flat in Bridgewater Close, Billingshurst. She was being treated by paramedics

  • Gatwick pilots dazed by lasers while in flight

    PILOTS flying into one of the country’s busiest airports are being dazzled by people shining lasers at their cockpits. Police are calling for witnesses to come forward following a spate of incidents in recent days. Between July 17 and 25 pilots

  • Gregory admits Tomlin is a concern

    John Gregory admits he is concerned by the injury Gavin Tomlin sustained in Crawley’s 3-2 defeat at home to a Chelsea XI today. Summer signing Tomlin went off early in the second half with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. With Matt Harrold

  • Councillor slammed for luxury hotel bill

    A councillor has been labelled hypocritical by unions after criticising strike action in the same week that he charged more than £800 to the taxpayer to attend a conference. Brighton and Hove City Council Conservative group leader Geoffrey Theobald

  • Injury scare as Crawley lose

    Crawley Town suffered an injury scare as they conceded a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to a Chelsea XI at the Checkatrade.com Stadium. Efforts from Josh Simpson and Izale McLeod put the Reds 2-0 ahead at half-time. But the young Blues scored three

  • The most famous seal in Sussex gives birth

    A crowd of people were amazed to see the most famous seal in Sussex giving birth. People flocked to the West Quay at Newhaven when news broke out on Facebook about Rusty the seal giving birth. Emma Payne, a 38 year old education worker from

  • Olver in final but hockey boys slip up

    Badminton star Heather Oliver is set to add gold or silver to Sussex's collection of Commonwealth Games medals. But hockey ace Ashley Jackson and his colleagues will have to be satisfied with bronze at best after England were beaten today.

  • Deaf people set to meet

    A HARD of hearing support group has announced its next meeting. The Heathfield Hard of Hearing Support Group will meet on August 11 from 2pm to 3.30pm at the Red Cross Centre, Streatfield Road, Heathfield. Organisers said this is an excellent

  • Report claims HMP Ford perfoming well

    A prison which has seen more than 80 inmates escape to freedom is said to be performing well according to a report. HMP Ford has been given the second highest ranking and said to be meeting the majority of its targets according to the National

  • MP opens sign factory

    An MP has opened the new factory of award-winning signmakers. Bexhill and Battle MP Greg Barker had the honour of opening up Graffiti Design’s new factory in Heathfield earlier this week. The company, which was formed in 1976, is moving into

  • Church to mark centenary

    IT IS one hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War. To commemorate this, St Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park, will be open on Monday from 10am to 6pm for reflection, prayer and to light candles, followed by a memorial service at 6pm.

  • Athletes sang our anthem

    One of the highlights of the Commonwealth Games medal ceremony is that England winners have at last been seen and heard singing our national anthem. Other sports take note. James Greed, Brighton

  • Remember our dear friend

    A very dear friend, John Adams, who passed suddenly away on 13 July, will be missed by all as he had done so much for Newhaven, He painted the rails by the river, cut the grass edges, saw to the flowers from Paradise Park in the high street in the

  • Ministers are bribing us

    Recent reports in the media indicate that the new Energy Minister Matthew Hancock has signalled another desperate approach by this Government to speed gas-fracking licence applications with the object of reducing approval from six to three months.

  • Why it's back to the future for McLeod

    Izale McLeod admits the opportunity to play again for the manager who gave him his big break was too good to turn down. The former Derby, MK Dons and Charlton striker is one of 15 new signings at Crawley this summer. At 29, McLeod can reflect

  • Three parks win awards

     THREE parks have been given awards signalling they are among the best in the country. Littlehampton’s Mewsbrook Park, Marine Park Gardens in Aldwick, and Hotham Park in Bognor have all been awarded Green Flag status again. The awards are given

  • Online again to book sport

    An internet booking system for leisure centres is now back online. Members at the Triangle, Kings and Dolphin leisure centres in Mid Sussex can book fitness classes and sports activities electronically as problems with the system have now been

  • See turbines from i360

    One advantage patrons of the i360 will have is that they will have a very good view of the wind farm. If, that is, you like that sort of thing. Ian Steedman, Worthing

  • Let us respect people who are proud of who they are

    Today, I will join hundreds of people, many like me who will be in costume, in the parade for Brighton and Hove Pride. Many thousands will line the route, cheering us on. The biggest cheers being for those dressed in the most exotic and outrageous

  • City is not what it once was

    I JUST can’t get over this new Open Market, I really can’t. Last year I returned to Brighton having been away for many years. Going past the old market site and seeing it razed to the ground was heart-wrenching. Something died within me that

  • Allowing fracking in parks is unthinkable

    An open letter from Frack Free Sussex: We are appalled that the Environment Agency (EA) chairman, Lord Christopher Smith, would not rule out fracking in our National parks. Lord Smith and the EA should know that for shale gas/oil extraction to

  • Gregory relishes Chelsea test

    Crawley Town manager John Gregory is relishing a different test as the new season preparations conclude with a visit of Chelsea today. The Blues are sending their under-21s side to play Crawley at the Checkatrade.com Stadium. It is the final

  • Pop-up help for homeless

    TWENTY people found temporary accommodation thanks to a pop-up hub offering information about drug and mental health services. Sussex Police, Hastings Borough Council and other organisations, including national homelessness charity St Mungos Broadway

  • Inspectors need proper care home experience

    THE Care Quality Commission (CQC) chronicle of Orchid View detailed a litany of failings in the management of the Southern Cross owned home. There were 19 unexplained deaths and five cases where neglect was proven. In my opinion, the most worrying

  • Free parking proposal for Burgess Hill turned down

    A PROPOSAL for free parking has been shot down. The Conservative group on the Burgess Hill Town Council voted against the Labour Party’s proposal to use the Government-funded New Homes Bonus to introduce free car parking at shopping centres throughout

  • Eastbourne Pier fire: Owners ‘ignored sprinkler advice’

    A FIRE boss claims to have recommended a sprinkler system was installed on Eastbourne Pier twice in recent years – but his advice was ignored by the pier’s owners. Andy Reynolds, director of prevention and protection at East Sussex Fire and Rescue

  • Comedy night to raise funds and laughs

    A COMEDY night will be raising laughs and funds for The Argus Appeal. The event at Horatio's on the Palace Pier, Brighton, will feature comedians Aidan Goatley, David Jordan, Gary Tro, Chris Stewart, Jane Postlethwaite and Daryn Buckley. All proceeds

  • Agency launches inquiry as 100 fish die in stream

    AN investigation has been launched to trace the source of pollution in a stream which killed almost 100 fish. Tests were carried out at Bevern Stream in Barcombe, near Lewes, following the discovery of dead and distressed fish in the water.

  • Grice ready to take on the best in Commonwealth final

    Charlie Grice believes he’s ready to mix it with the best after a comfortable qualification to the 1500m final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 20-year old Brighton Phoenix athlete is appearing at his first major senior event, having won

  • Lally can't quite believe she took Commonwealth bronze

    Jade Lally admitted she felt like an intruder after busting her way onto the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Lally was sixth four years ago in Delhi but qualified well for last night’s women’s discus final and vowed the competition

  • Teenager killed by train was being bullied

    A TEENAGE boy who was killed by a train, posted on Facebook that he was being bullied just days before he died. The 16-year-old, named locally as Taylor James ‘TJ’ Sibley, died at Wivelsfield railway station at about 7.30pm on Thursday evening.

  • So much to enjoy at Pride

    Top chart acts, memorial ceremonies, the biggest parade ever and a street party – visitors won’t be short of things to do to mark Pride this year. Organisers are welcoming one and all to enjoy a “safe and happy” day in what they describe as “the

  • Flying the flag to show police support for Pride

    Sussex Police has announced that it will be showing its support for Pride “more publicly than ever” this time around. The Pride flag will be flying at Brighton’s John Street police station and for the first time police cars will be showing the

  • Argus Appeal riders in Belgian adventure

    For three days, 60 cyclists have been working their way across Belgium as part of a charity challenge for The Argus Appeal. The riders set off from Brighton at 7am last Wednesday to embark on the five-day expedition. The near 145-mile ride,

  • Stockdale could join the youth squads

    Albion's new No. 1 David Stockdale has volunteered for more game time to be ready for the start of the season. Stockdale made his debut in Thursday night’s 3-1 defeat by Southampton at the Amex. It was the final first team friendly for Sami

  • Colour, confidence, floats and lots of Pride

    BRIGHTON and Hove will be painted red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, as it shows its Pride this weekend. Neil Vowles reports on what the 160,000 party revellers can expect in 2014’s version of this great celebration of the LGBT community

  • Trio expected to sign - and there could be more

    Albion have lined up a triple boost to their squad. Transfer targets Sam Baldock, Adam Clayton and Stephen Ward are all expected to sign for the Seagulls. They have been on the trail of the trio during pre-season and deals could be clinched