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  • Miller fires cup treble for Crawley

    Shaun Miller tuned up for a potential League One return by scoring a ten-minute hat-trick. The striker led the way as a strong Reds side cruised past County Leaguers Eastbourne United 5-1 in the third round of the Sussex Senior Cup tonight.

  • Woman falls to her death from cliffs at Beachy Head

    A woman has fallen to her death from the cliffs at Beachy Head. Police said the incident happened shortly before 3.30pm today. A lifeboat from Eastbourne was called to the scene just before 4pm and found her body at the foot of the cliffs.

  • Police hunt Crowborough house intruders

    INTRUDERS entered a home and snapped the handle off a door trying to get into a second one. Two people – one wearing a grey top and the other a black top – were seen in the back garden of a property in The Grove, Crowborough, between 6.45pm and

  • Community spirit awarded

    STARS of voluntary and community groups working with children and young people were honoured at an awards ceremony. The Spark Awards 2014 celebrated the achievements of children and young people in East Sussex, as well as the adults who support

  • Downs’ bid to join the dark side

    A PROJECT to rid the South Downs of light pollution could see the park become an international ‘dark sky reserve’. The South Downs National Park Authority is now encouraging the public to support its application bid which, if approved, could benefit

  • Travellers go back to park

    Travellers moved back on to a public park. A group of caravans and cars and vans entered Wild Park in Moulsecoomb, Brighton, just after 6.30pm on Monday. Sussex Police has said they are thought to be those evicted from a site in Ports-lade

  • Poet’s old cottage can still be bought

    ENTHUSIASTS of the poet and painter William Blake are optimistic that they can raise the money to buy a cottage steeped in literary history. Blake Cottage on the Sussex coast was the home of the renowned painter and poet (1757-1827) from 1800-03

  • Luxury gifts to pamper yourself with

    Give someone the gift of some rest and relaxation this Christmas with these three top picks from Brighton beauty blogger Rosie Crompton from everythingsrosieblog.com The Beauty Shed Pamper in a Can Unit 2a Stockwell Lodge, Conway Street, Hove

  • A sound approach to combating noise

    The changing way we shop and the noise it creates was the subject of the keynote speech delivered by a noise campaigner at a pioneering global summit. Gloria Elliot, chief executive of the Hove-based Noise Abatement Society (NAS), spoke at Quiet

  • Let's be Blunt about it all

    James Blunt could have said You’re Beautiful and I Really Want You to convince Jacko Hooper to open his concert at the Brighton Centre. But the singer-songwriter said I’ll Be Your Man and had a Heart to Heart with him before going on stage.

  • Hopes high for dark sky reserve bid

    Fingers across Sussex are being kept firmly crossed for the South Downs’ application to become a dark sky reserve. If successful, the park would become one of only a handful of designated ‘International Dark Sky Reserves’ across the world. It would

  • Why is Brighton and Hove's record so bad?

    To hear that the rate of road accidents near our schools is one of the worst in the country is worrying. According to a survey by insurance company Axa and the Road Safety Analysis organisation Brighton and Hove ranked third in a table of research

  • Thank you for the help

    TWO-legged and four-legged supporters came out in force to support our charity Christmas Fair. Dogs Trust Shoreham would like to say a Great Dane sized thank you to everyone who came along to our fair on Sunday, November 30. It was fantastic to

  • Tell them the truth

    S Zapello can rest assured (Letters December 2) Labour is taking absolutely nothing for granted in Portslade in the run up to next year’s local and parliamentary elections. Votes have to be won through a mixture of trust, hard work and commitment

  • Inspirational show

    Young performers with learning difficulties were able to shine on stage as part of an “inspirational” show. Ariel’s Othellos students from Crawley, East Grinstead, Horsham and Burgess Hill performed their largest showcase at the Chequers Mead Theatre

  • I have the answer

    I AM responding to a reply to my letter of 10 November concerning the need for council housing. Fredaj stated student loans are only repayable at £24,000 per annum, not reaching a living wage. Does he think a mortgage can be had on less than £24,000

  • Let’s find solution

    There are two factors which would increase road safety at the junction of Mackie Avenue and Ladies Mile Road, pictured below. The privet hedge adjacent obscures children who run on to the zebra crossing from approaching road traffic even at low

  • Area needs 20mph zones near schools and housing

    Your article (Argus, December 2) on a hit and run at Ladies Mile Road/Mackie Avenue reveals the problems with this busy junction. It’s one of the few junctions in Brighton which has stop signs despite these two collisions in as many days. It

  • Time for Brighton to think big again

    BRIGHTON is paying the price for being an innovator in conferences and exhibitions in the 1960s and 70s. Realising that cheap foreign travel meant the bucket and spade days were over for British resorts, Metropole Hotel owner Harold Poster built

  • Does Sussex Police have items stolen from you?

    Victims of burglary are being asked if they recognise a haul of items recovered after police raids. More than 100 items were recovered by Sussex Police after officers raided a number of garages in Rustington last year. The items include china collections

  • Lewis determined to unearth rich seam of Sussex quicks

    Jon Lewis admits he should never have ended up at Sussex. Lewis says the fact he was brought to Hove for his final season in county cricket at the age of 38 highlighted the lack of home-grown seamers coming through Sussex’s academy. That is the problem

  • Songwriter opens show for James Blunt

    A SINGER-SONGWRITER was handpicked by pop star James Blunt to open his show. Jacko Hooper, from Brighton, supported the soft-spoken soldier turned singer’s Brighton Centre concert. The 22-year-old former Varndean College student was chosen

  • Zoella's book sells 78,000 copies in a week

    Brighton logger Zoella has become the fastest selling debut novelist since records began - outselling the likes of JK Rowling and Dan Brown. Zoe Sugg's novel Girl Online, about a teenage blogger and her relationship with an American musician, sold

  • UPDATE: Travellers at Hangleton Bottom

    Travellers have pitched up at Hangleton Bottom. About 15 vehicles are on the site and the gates have been damaged.  Police are at the site where a post has been ripped from the ground and the gates damaged, according to an onlooker. It

  • UPDATE: Lines reopened after man killed when hit by train

    A MAN was killed after he was hit by a train.  The man was struck by London to Brighton train on the south side of Balcombe station just after 10am. He was declared dead at the scene and services across Sussex were disrupted. Commuters

  • Final goodbye to brave little Niamh

    FAMILY and friends of a little girl who died after battling a rare form of cancer have made a poignant final farewell. Mourners and wellwishers gathered near Niamh Storey-Davidson’s home in Harrington Villas, Brighton, and followed her hearse as

  • Brave girl beats rare form of cancer

    CHRISTMAS is special in the Lisher household this year as they celebrate their daughter’s fight back from a rare cancer. Keira Lisher was diagnosed in May with juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML), which affects only five British children a

  • O'Grady hints at permanent Blades switch

    Albion misfit Chris O’Grady has hinted at wanting to stay at Sheffield United – for good. The former Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday striker has moved his family back up to Yorkshire with him for his loan spell with the League One club until the

  • Police want to trace this man over Brighton beach rape

    Police want to trace this man in relation to the rape of a woman on the beach. The 43-year-old woman shared drink and cigarettes with two men she had never met before under the Palace Pier in the early hours of Sunday November 2. One of the

  • Davis battles his way into last 16 of UK Championships

    Mark Davis couldn’t hide his astonishment after coming edging a tight but lengthy third-round encounter with Joe Perry at the UK Snooker Championship in York. The 42-year-old world No.19 beat Perry 6-5 in a marathon battle for a place in the last 16

  • Step inside and explore the magical Christmassy tour

    THESE cheeky elves were pictured larking around on Brighton beach while taking a break from working at a magical Christmas grotto. Children can become arctic explorers at a themed Santa’s Grotto installation at the Churchill Square shopping centre

  • Two cars in A27 collision in Lancing

    Two cars were involved in an accident on the A27 in Lancing last night. The vehicles collided at the traffic lights on the eastbound carriageway on Tuesday near the old Sussex Pad pub and hotel - now a building belonging to Lancing College.

  • Through the keyhole

    This is a beautifully presented country home situated in an unspoilt downland hamlet with wonderful views and planning permission for a two storey extension. Adjacent to the cottage is St Peter’s Parish Church, which is believed to date from the

  • Fears raised over sale of school playing fields in Newhaven

    Fears have been raised over the proposed sale of school playing fields. A consultation on the potential development of the school playing fields at the former Western Road site of Harbour Primary School in Newhaven has been started by East Sussex

  • Santa Claus is coming to town

    Father Christmas will be riding into town this weekend for a charity event. Pulled by real reindeer Santa will be making his arrival in Eastbourne at the Enterprise Centre, near the station, at midday on Saturday. Santa will then settle into

  • Hove jewellery shop backs Small Business Saturday

    A JEWELLERY shop is getting behind an initiative to help promote small businesses. Brass Monkeys in Portland Road, Hove, are supporting international campaign Small Business Saturday, which encourages people to support local businesses over chains

  • Brighton development takes top spot...

    Hyde New Homes’ striking Super B development in Brighton has been awarded Best Residential Development in East Sussex at the prestigious UK Property Awards. Comprising a collection of 147 stylish one, two and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses

  • Teixeira set to be odd man out again

    Joao Teixeira is facing another game out in the cold for Albion – despite reduced attacking options for manager Sami Hyypia. Kazenga LuaLua has been ruled out for several weeks by the medial knee ligament injury he sustained in the first half of

  • Non-league round-up: Whitehawk beat Bognor in Senior Cup

    Whitehawk claimed a place in the quarter-finals of the Sussex Senior Cup with a 2-0 defeat of Bognor at the Enclosed Ground tonight. Second-half goals from Sam Gargan and substitute Danny Mills sealed their passage on a night when former Hawks