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  • Busker’s talent is shining through

    A BUSKER is another step closer to the finals of a music competition. Former Argus paperboy Tom Stephenson took the judges by storm with his performance at The Hove Centre last Saturday. He is now through to the semi-finals of the Open Mic UK competition

  • Family celebrate after missing tortoise is found

    A family is celebrating after they found their runaway pet tortoise. The owners of Henry the tortoise made frantic appeals to the public via Facebook group Spotted Crawley after the reptile went missing from their home in Windrush Close in the

  • Three guilty of brutal driveway attack on men

    THREE members of the same family have been found guilty of attacking two men with a baseball bat, an axe handle and a wheelbarrow. A 26-year-old man and a 52-year-old man were attacked on the driveway of their own home in Loxwood Road, Billingshurst

  • £10,000 raised at charity opera event

    A MUSIC charity has raised thousands of pounds in memory of an acclaimed opera singer on its launch night event. Widow Philippa Poulton founded The Robert Poulton Foundation after her husband was killed in a car crash near their Heathfield home

  • House damaged in fire

    A HOUSE has been damaged in a fire. Three fire engines tackled the blaze that started in a first-floor kitchen. Firefighters were called at 1.05pm today to the house in Tarring Road, Worthing. A spokesman for West Sussex Fire and Rescue

  • Woman found injured lying in road

    POLICE are investigating after a woman was found injured lying in the road. The 49-year-old had minor injuries and was taken to hospital for observation. Police were called to the westbound slip road leading onto the A27 at Falmer shortly after

  • ‘Car wash’ for dogs is coming to the county

    DOG lovers will have the chance to pamper their pooch on the go as the country’s first dog “car wash” is coming to Sussex. Macs DIY Dog Wash service, based in Haywards Heath, have snapped up exclusive rights to distribute the self-service dog wash

  • Finance chief quits council

    CONCERNS have been raised about the departure of a town hall finance chief. Brighton and Hove City Council’s executive director of finance Catherine Vaughan is quitting her role in at the authoruity after 13 years. The well-respected finance

  • Olympic gold medalist in the race to become Sussex MP

    A double Olympic gold medal rower is hoping to swap his seat in the boat for a parliamentary seat in Sussex. Olympian James Cracknell has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next MP for Bexhill and Battle. The 42-year-old is set to be

  • Meet Monty Python's biggest fan

    HE’S not the messiah but this Monty Python fan has just been named as one of the world’s super-achievers. No one knows more about the Norwegian blue, lemon curry, woody words or shrubberies than Monty Python super fan John Wood. Now his extreme

  • Young female skateboard project wins national award

    A project getting young women to kickback and Ollie has won a national award. Members of the Brighton-based skateboarding project She-Shredders collected the bronze award at the National Sportivate Project of the Year awards this week. The

  • Bennett: Albion performance wasn't good enough

    Joe Bennett has admitted Albion’s performance against Rotherham was not good enough. The left-back put his side ahead right on half-time but Alex Revell levelled for the Millers. Bennett was delighted to open his account for the Seagulls but

  • Second fountain may be filled in

    A small water feature funded by a sheltered housing residents’ bingo winnings is the second in the city which could be filled in amid fears about legionnaires’ disease. The fountain in Elwyn Jones Court in South Woodlands, London Road, Brighton