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  • Albion made to settle for point at home to Wolves

    Albion’s inability to hold a lead cost them again as they had to settle for a 1-1 draw with play-off hopefuls Wolves at the Amex. The Seagulls’ tendency to concede soon after scoring denied them a fourth successive home win. Just four minutes

  • Albion seven clear of drop zone as Al-Habsi saves Wigan

    Albion's lead over the bottom three has been cut to seven points tonight - thanks to one of their former players. But the Seagulls have extended their advantage over next opponents Millwall to ten points by drawing 1-1 with Wolves. Seagulls

  • Saunders adamant referee got penalty decision right

    Boss Dean Saunders insisted the referee got it right by awarding Crawley the controversial penalty which earned them a vital 3-2 victory at Colchester United. Colchester were incensed when referee James Adcock pointed to the spot after Izale McLeod

  • Controversial penalty earns Crawley crucial victory

    Crawley gave their survival hopes a massive boost with a dramatic 3-2 victory over fellow strugglers Colchester United. Izale McLeod converted a controversial penalty in the second half to secure a crucial three points at the Weston Homes Community

  • Albion v Wolves - from the Amex

    4:57pm Stockdale made three outstanding saves, including one in the fourth minute of stoppage time, but was also accountable for the goal as he should not have been beaten at his near post. We roll on to Millwall on Tuesday

  • Albion make sweeping changes for visit of Wolves

    Chris Hughton has made sweeping changes to Albion’s line-up for today’s game with Wolves at the Amex. Albion’s boss has retained only five of the side that lost 2-1 away to Reading on Tuesday. Craig Mackail-Smith returns in attack in place

  • Sussex priced out of a move for Pietersen

    Luke Wright believes Kevin Pietersen can shine in county cricket this summer – but admits the former England batsman is unlikely to end up at Hove. Pietersen is a free agent after being released by Surrey at the end of last season and is reported

  • Saunders: It's crunch time in survival battle

    Boss Dean Saunders admits the next seven days could make or break Crawley’s hopes of staying in League One. Reds kick off what is shaping up to be a pivotal week at the bottom of the table when they take on fellow strugglers Colchester United today

  • Stability has been the key to our upturn, says skipper Greer

    Gordon Greer has hailed a return to stability at Albion under Chris Hughton as a starting point for the club’s recovery. Hughton is the fourth manager Greer has played under during his time as captain. Gus Poyet lasted three-and-a-half seasons

  • Hughton warns Albion to stay switched on if they score

    Albion boss Chris Hughton has warned his players about losing concentration after scoring. The Seagulls have conceded an incredible 14 goals this season within ten minutes of scoring themselves. It has happened six times since Hughton took

  • Posh sign ex-Borough youngster

    Former Eastbourne Borough youngster Tobi Adebayo-Rowling has signed his first professional deal with League One side Peterborough. The 18-year-old has impressed with Posh’s academy and development teams since signing a youth contract earlier this

  • Fraser joins Hillians for title push

    Leaders Burgess Hill have signed former Albion midfielder Tommy Fraser to strengthen their squad. Fraser, 27, who has been with Peacehaven and Lewes this season, brings a wealth of experience but will not feature tomday when the Hillians got to

  • Whitehawk boss: It's in our hands now

    Boss Steven King insists Whitehawk must not worry about other teams as they chase a place in the fifth tier of English football. The Hawks are fourth in Vanarama Conference south and on course for the play-off places with eight games of the season

  • Walder to miss Lewes survival fight

    Lewes interim boss Steve Brown will have to make do without captain Jack Walder for the remainder of the campaign. Walder, who has only played seven times this season due to injury and suspension, cannot commit himself to the club due to work commitments

  • Dickson: Give Reds job to Saunders

    Defender Ryan Dickson has backed interim manager Dean Saunders to make his role at Crawley permanent. Saunders has kept Reds’ hopes of avoiding relegation alive since taking over from John Gregory at the end of December. Chief executive Michael

  • Your vote, your say - will Albion beat Wolves?

    Albion and Wolves shared the points at Molineux this season – so what happens at the Amex today? We would love to know how you see the contest going as the Seagulls return to the Amex. Albion are chasing a fourth successive home win while

  • History of Patcham

    For hundreds of years Patcham was a peaceful village with fields separating it from Brighton three miles away. Even the main railway line to London, opened in 1841, did not affect it much since there was no station and trains ran through a conveniently-placed

  • Horses and hill forts

    From the lay-by to the left of Nepcote Green walk down the bank towards a metal gate passing a house on the right. Go through the gate and turn left following the restricted byway as it leads steadily uphill with horse paddocks either side. Findon

  • Laura Oakes' treasured designs

    Hannah Collisson speaks to Brighton-born designer Laura Oakes about the launch of her collection for Debenhams Artist, illustrator and designer, it is difficult to label Laura Oakes, but one thing is for sure, her work has a bigger audience than

  • Destination Dubai

    With desert safari camps, indoor ski slopes and a theme park where children are in charge, there’s plenty in this emirate to entertain families, discovers Josie Clarke: It’s 8pm and my five-year-old is sitting down to dinner in the desert, having

  • Explore the maze of Amsterdam

    Erica Bush explains how to do Amsterdam the right way – by doing what you want: There’s a certain unrivalled charm about Amsterdam that lingers long after the forty-five minute flight back to England. It’s not the sort of charm you may find

  • Take a bow: The firms that helped apprentices

    JOBSEEKERS were celebrating last night following the record-breaking success of our apprenticeship campaign. Along with City College Brighton and Hove, we set the ambitious target of creating 50 apprenticeships in just five days. But by the

  • Red nose rescue mission

    THE Argus saved the day when charitable residents found themselves unable to get their hands on a red nose for Comic Relief. The people of Uckfield wanted to join the fundraising for Red Nose Day but the noses were only stocked in Oxfam, Sainsbury

  • Not protecting our history

    In the summer of 2013 Brighton and Hove City Council demolished the Landmark Victorian New England Inn (more recently known as The Cobblers Thumb) which they had owned since 1989 despite the fact that this building had survived the aerial bombing of

  • Adam is right on the public house

    RE Adam Trimingham's letter in The Argus, dated March 9, he is quite right. I can only assume that Jenny Wilson doesn’t know the local history or perhaps hadn’t researched the facts. The My Brighton website states that possibly the first cricket

  • Why throw dog mess in the woods?

    Can the person who picks up dogs mess and throws it in the bushes in Stammer Park please reply and say why. I understand picking it up in a park, street or play area but to pick it up in the woods then throw the bag in trees is beyond me.

  • Broadcasters are not the guardians of democracy

    Thank goodness for the common sense comments made by Lord Grade, a true media professional, in regard to the possible TV debates. The broadcasters are certainly behaving in a manner that suggests they have an inflated opinion of their own importance

  • Visitors take ‘whalefies’ with inflatable

    VISITORS to Brighton seafront were met with a life-size inflatable killer whale. The orca was set down in front of the Palace Pier to raise awareness of the plight of the animal. It was drawing people’s attention to an artistic display of a

  • Girls will be boys... happy couple receive a big surprise

    AFTER her 21 week scan, Claire Sumners was told her first born would be a little girl. Husband Chris painted the nursery pink and the couple had bag loads of girl’s clothes and toys given to them. But after a mammoth 30 hours in labour, it

  • Reflections on a rave culture

    GIANT ecstasy pills are on display at an exhibition exploring the effects of the drug on the country. The 60 oversized handmade pills will be on show at the Pills exhibition at the Prescription Art gallery in Brighton. The plaster pills feature

  • Ishiguro is back with a Giant read after decade's absence

    Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to Kate Whiting about his first novel in a decade, The Buried Giant TEN years after his last novel was published, Kazuo Ishiguro is making headlines again – and he’s one of the first to read them. His wife Lorna has set

  • Sex, disasters & rock n’ roll

    AS Claire Sweeney played the Girl looking for love in all the wrong places in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tell Me On A Sunday, she was experiencing a similar world of disastrous dates and terrible men. “I was telling my friends and we started writing

  • Do you hear the people sing?

    The 500th performance from Brighton Festival Chorus promises to be an unexpectedly interactive affair. Reflecting music director James Morgan’s desire to show that classical music is not stuck in the past, the choir will present JS Bach’s St John

  • Mothers' nature

    I broke my old garden fork last year, so if my children are reading this, can you get me a new one, preferably one of the new Xact range from Fiskars (www.fiskars.com), as they are lightweight but have heavy duty forged steel forks and, more importantly

  • Out for the Spring

    Many creatures are starting to emerge for the spring says the RSPB’s Tim Webb. It’s about this time of year that hoards of toads march across gardens, roads and pathways as they move to breeding areas. It’s a hazardous time of year as no one’s

  • Not making most of city’s talent

    BRIGHTON and Hove is a city brimming with fantastic assets but often I feel like we are not making the most of the talent we have within our city. In an economic report commissioned by Brighton and Hove City Council in 2013, it was found that Brighton

  • Readers, what are we going to do?

    The other day I was fed up with all the sad stories on the internet and news. I thought to myself I cannot take any more; it is such a sad place to be. So I went out only to overhear a couple of devastating conversations of evictions, sudden ill

  • Flower garden looks a disgrace

    LAST December some bright spark on the council thought of the wonderful idea of let’s dig up half of the flower garden on the corner of Cobden Road and Islingword Road to make an eyesore of a bike shed – as informed by the workmen – to tidy the bikes

  • Parents don't need council involved

    The Argus published a picture on February 21 of parents in a circle being shown how to parent/play by a council employee. The Argus published another picture on February 26 of parents surrounded by a lot of babies who got together via a Facebook

  • Stockdale: It's all about the win - not me and Tomasz

    David Stockdale has played down his showdown with former Albion No. 1 Tomasz Kuszczak. Stockdale is concentrating on helping the Seagulls beat Wolves today, not comparisions between the current and former keepers. Kuszczak returns to the Amex