The Prime Minister has said he will reply to an open letter sent to him by a Brighton A&E consultant. The Argus reported last week that Rob Galloway sent an open letter to Mr Cameron saying the Prime Minister was too embarrassed to admit there
Whitehawk marched into the semi-finals of the Sussex Senior Cup after thrashing Crawley Town at the Enclosed Ground. Reds took the lead through Lewis Young in the first half but Hawks romped back to run out deserving 6-1 winners. Jake Robinson
A PENSIONER was bitten by a Jack Russell in a street in broad daylight but the dog’s owner walked off. The 68-year-old man was walking north along High Street in Selsey near to Buildbase at the junction with School Lane when he was approached from
A MAN has gone missing while on his way to work. Roberto Carlos Correia, 39, was last seen by his brother on Saturday evening. He lives with Mr Correia at Weald Drive in Furnace Green and heard him leave the house to go to work at Gatwick at
Chris Hughton is relishing a return to the Amex - this time in the home technical area. Albion's former Birmingham boss takes charge of his first home game on Saturday against Brentford, 17 days after he was appointed. Hughton said: "It is
Gail Emms, the Olympic silver medallist, will celebrate her ten-year anniversary of topping the world rankings by taking on the best players in the country later this month. The English National Badminton Championships are being held at the K2
A SERIAL drink-driver has been banned from the roads after he was caught over the limit for the fifth time. William Langley had already served four bans for drink-driving when officers found him behind the wheel of his wife's car in Lewes while
A MAN was knocked down in a hit-and-run crash. The 33-year-old victim was struck by the car in High Street, Crawley, at about 1.30am last Friday (9 January) but the vehicle did not stop. He was unconscious for several minutes before being taken
Clay pigeon shooting equipment was stolen on New Year’s Eve. Now police want to trace a man wanted for questioning in connection with the burglary from a compound in Winton Street, Alfriston. Officers want to talk to Darryl Matthew Dempsey,
A MAN was left with cuts to the back of his head and face as well as bruising after a pub attack. Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault on the 43-year-old victim. He was attacked in Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards, on New Year
Police are currently trying to trace Nicholas George Leon, 30, who is wanted for breaching bail conditions. His last known address was in Hailsham. He is on bail on suspicion of several offences, including handling stolen goods. Anyone who
POLICE have named a man they want to interview about a vicious attack on another man in a Brighton street. Hussein Bashir Ali, 25, who comes from the Hornsey area of North London, has not been seen since he was spotted outside a Hornsey address
ABOUT 20 caravans have arrived on a city's seafront. The travellers have appeared at Black Rock in Madeira Drive, Brighton, for the first time this year. They have been given an eviction notice today by Brighton and Hove City Council, which
DO you know this man? Detectives investigating a sexual assault in Brighton have released an image of who they want to trace. At about 4.20am on Friday, October 31 last year, a 21-year-old woman was accosted in the walkway between Madeira Drive
TEA towels left to dry on a stove caught fire, destroying a kitchen. Two fire engines raced to the semi-detached house in Greenfields Close in Nyewood, a hamlet near Chichester, yesterday at about 5.25pm. West Sussex Fire and Rescue said about
AN elderly female passenger was trapped in a car as smoke poured from it following a crash. Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the junction of Carlisle Road and Granville Road in Eastbourne at 11am today after reports of a car on
THESE rugby girls have certainly shed their inhibitions when it comes to raising money for charity. It was feared they would have to go into the photoshoot with a bare XV, but they all bought into the idea. It’s not their normal strip but there
THE cycle crashes on a short section of the new Vogue Gyratory cycle lane are bad news for the poor cyclists who were injured. I was there in my role of one the community reps on the Lewes Road project steering group when I saw one happen in front
What sort of a sad society are we becoming when some people have nothing better to do than complain about the sound of church bells and noise from mowers. (The Argus, January 10)? Both of these normally take place for a short period of time and
I am pleased that Mile Oak Recreation Ground has gained more support since the spring of 2010, when I first met with councillor Ian Davey. During the past four years new apparatus has come and gone. A small skate board area would be useful.
I would like to respond to the article regarding Stanmer Park (More than £4 million in lottery cash pledged to restore historic Brighton park, January 6) and how the money should be spent. I have visited the park since I was seven-years-old. I
BELOVED runaway D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan touched the hearts of a nation when his great escape hit the headlines last summer. Now to honour his memory The Argus is supporting calls for one of Brighton and Hove Bus Company’s fleet to be given
IT seems NHS services across Sussex are very slowly returning to normal following an unprecedented surge in demand. But there will be no let up for the hospitals, ambulance service, community trusts and councils which will need to ensure there
A MAN has been charged with rape after a woman was attacked outside a block of flats in the city centre. Philip Olliver, 32, a technician of West Lane, Lancing has been charged with two counts of rape, sexual assault and possession of class B drug
CONSTRUCTION of Brighton i360 will get well underway in 2015. Work is already underway on Brighton beach and off site in Holland, France and Australia. Eleanor Harris, chief executive of Brighton i360, said: “It has been a long hard road to
A BAKER was threatened with a kitchen knife as she opened up for business. At about 7.15am this morning a man confronted the 25-year-old woman at The Flour Pot baker's shop in Sydney Street, Brighton, who grabbed her and demanded money. He
DIGITAL products and apps will become increasingly central to our lives at work and home, a digital leader has predicted. Vicki Hughes, managing director at Fugu PR which helps organise the Brighton Digital Festival, suggested 2015 could be the
As I look forward to 2015 I am struck by a feeling of optimism and a sense that the small business landscape may never look quite the same again. It feels like small business owners are finally receiving the sort of recognition from across the
FACT from fiction in the property and construction market is untangled by PHIL GRAVES, managing director of Graves Jenkins Property. VIRTUALLY everyone has a working knowledge of property prices, but is that really a good thing? The internet
HOUSE prices increased by 7.8% in 2014 but the pace of growth in property values is expected to slow this year, the Halifax has reported. On a month-on-month basis, average UK property prices rose by 0.9% between November and December, pushing
CITY companies are strong enough to absorb the slowdown predicted to hit the national economy in 2015, a business leader has predicted. Brighton and Hove is ahead of the national game in its productivity and can accommodate some slack, Tony Mernagh
A CAR rolled onto its roof leaving the driver with a bleeding head. The Ford Focus overturned on Mill Road in Patcham this morning at 10am and the fire service were called. A passer-by had called 999 and feared the car might catch on fire,
THE TOURISM sector is anticipating a total collapse in public funding. Managing director of Brighton and Hove Food and Drink Festival NICK MOSLEY gives his assessment of the state of business in 2015. WE SHOULD be very pleased that businesses continue
The digital cluster will come into its own in 2015, predicts Phil Jones, managing director of Wired Sussex. It looks like 2015 will be another good year for the digital cluster in Brighton and Hove. The value created by the hundreds of digital
AS the economic machinery gets whirring in 2015, TONY MERNAGH, executive director of the Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership, gives his predictions on the political and business landscape of the year ahead. NATIONALLY I would predict that the
BRIGHTON and Hove City Council has been swindled out of more than £1.1 million. The council has lost £1,118,442 in 245 cases of fraud in the 2013/14 financial year, a report published by the Audit Commission said. The number of detected cases
Even after seeing The Woman In Black on the stage for the third time, it never fails to enthral and terrify me. An avid fan of the tale for years, I know every twist and turn of the plot. And yet each time a different actor portrays the ghost story
The Prodigy have announced they will play the Brighton Centre in May. The pioneering dance act - whose 1990s albums Music For The Jilted Generation and The Fat Of The Land are now regarded as genre-busting classics - will play the Kings Road venue
Tess Gerritsen always wanted to be a writer but she had to become an anthropologist, a doctor, a wife and a mother first. As she explained in a spellbinding talk, Chinese-American immigrants need security and writing novels doesn’t generally tick
Albion are on course for one of their biggest crowds of the season for Chris Hughton’s first home game. Seagulls supporters are expected to turn out in force for the new manager’s Amex bow against high-flying Brentford on Saturday. The attendance
A THIEF hit a 19-year-old on the head before stealing £30 which had just been withdrawn from a cash machine and making off on a BMX. The victim was outside the Nat West Bank in Terminus Road, Eastbourne, at about 10.15pm on Friday (9 January) when
The big four supermarkets are slashing the price of their fuel again. Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco are all knocking a further 2p off their petrol and diesel. The Tesco cut takes effect from this afternoon, while the reductions by
POLICE are investigating allegations an actor pulled open a model’s bath robe in the Celebrity Big Brother house. Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson, 34, was told to leave the house after Brighton-born lingerie model Chloe Goodman, 21, said he had drunkenly
This small blog is hommage to Charlie Hebdo staff and a possible lesson for B&H = the SoapBox Argus article by Roz Scott at the week-end was invigorating (see quote) "The problem is that most of us in the West live without fear because
A ROAD was shut this morning when a motorcyclist collided with a car. Sussex Police were called to the incident on the A271 Hailsham Road in Herstmonceux at 7.03am. The man riding the motorbike was treated at the scene for minor injuries and
A NEWSREADER launched an illuminated sculpture trail in the grounds of a stately home. Former ITN and now BBC broadcaster Katie Derham went to the National Trust property, Nymans, yesterday afternoon. The trail is made up of 15 separate sculptures
Crawley Town could hand a debut to a Brazilian goalkeeper with a colourful history at Whitehawk tonight. Reds interim boss Dean Saunders has signed 25-year-old Evandro Rachoni de Lima on non-contract basis as cover for the injured Brian Jensen
A SECONDARY school has been warned by the Government it could be shut if its finances are not put in order. The Department for Education has issued a warning to Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) stating it must pay back the £100,000 it
ROADWORKS due to finish three months ago have led to businesses “literally facing closure”. The £1.5 million works on Edward Street were extended in November after the council failed to take into account work at the junction with Pavilion Parade
A WOMEN’S rugby team have ditched the scrums and bared their bums for a saucy calendar. The University of Sussex Women’s Rugby team got their kit off around Brighton and Hove to raise money for charity. The profits will go to the Tag Rugby
A CAMPAIGN to make personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education classes obligatory in schools will be discussed in Parliament next month. The PSHE bill, tabled by Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas, was due to be debated in October but
A BID is being made to have Bernard Jordan’s name blazed across the front of a bus in Brighton and Hove. Mr Jordan died at the end of last year and it is hoped one of Brighton and Hove Bus Company’s fleet will be christened in his honour. Mayor
A DOCTOR’S surgery which is due to close next month could be replaced. Eaton Place Surgery, in Eaton Place, Brighton, will close on February 28 when the partners retire. However, Penny Thompson, the chief executive of Brighton and Hove City
A FIRE alarm blared out for more than eight hours after a council contractor had to travel 70 miles to turn it off. Confused residents gathered to decipher the commotion as two fire engines arrived in Kebbell Lodge in High Street, Brighton.
A MAN needed surgery in hospital after being stabbed in an early-morning attack. Police are investigating the attack in St James’s Street, Brighton, between 6.30am and 7am on Saturday. The victim, a 28-year-old man from Hove, was at the junction
WORK to save a church bell tower is progressing but more funds are needed. More than a million pounds is needed to complete emergency repairs to St Peter’s Church in Brighton and an appeal to raise the money has been launched. Phase one of
ELDERLY homeless people are to be screened for liver disease in a bid to get them treated sooner. Brighton and Sussex Medical School lecturer and liver specialist Sumita Verma has won £134,746 of funding to carry out the project. It will target
FLU cases are keeping the pressure up on the already stretched hospitals in Sussex. Health bosses said the situation has improved since the unprecedented surge in cases experienced last week but they are still asking people to use alternatives
A FAMILY has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 in rent after a mix up with the council. Sophy Hamm and her son Joshua, five, moved into their flat in Lavender Street, Brighton, two years ago. It was the 29-year-old’s understanding that their
Albion boss Chris Hughton has warned there can be no let-up in the fight for Championship survival. The Seagulls head into Hughton’s first home game in charge against Brentford on Saturday with a cushion of three points and three places between
