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  • Concern growing for missing teenager

    A missing teenage girl has not been seen by her family for more than a week.  Ella Sears, 17, from Hove, was last seen on Wednesday April 12, when she returned home briefly and left.  She is known to have contacts in both the Croydon area and

  • Knifeman forces shop owners to hand over cash

    A knifeman forced shop owners to hand over cash in a day light robbery. The thief struck at Worthing Watersports in Alinora Crescent, Worthing, at around 2.20pm on Monday. A man holding a knife entered the store and demanded cash from the till

  • Near misses have helped, not haunted Albion says Rafa

    Rafa Benitez has admitted Albion are coping with promotion pressure better than his faltering Newcastle side. But the Toon boss believes the Seagulls had an advantage due to their near misses of recent seasons. In an unexpected twist to theories

  • Major Brighton music festival cancelled

    ORGANISERS of Together the People have announced this year's edition of the music festival is cancelled. A statement cited "limited" headline options as the main reason for the decision, with the TTP team admitting they had not "been able to secure

  • Man jailed for punching female police officer unconscious

    A drunken man who repeatedly punched a woman police officer in an attack that left her with concussion has been jailed. Adrian Taylor had to be dragged off PC Jo Seabridge by two members of the public during the attack that left her unable to work

  • Two people die after car crashes into garden

    TWO people have died after a car crashed into a garden. The crash happened around 10.45pm on Tuesday on the A281 Brighton Road, near Lower Beeding, Horsham. A black Vauxhall Meriva travelling south left the road and crashed into a garden some

  • Man robbed and attacked while walking through graveyard

    A MAN was robbed and attacked as he walked through a graveyard. The incident took place on April 15 between 11pm and 11.10pm, when a 23-year-old local man was walking through the graveyard between Mount Noddy Cemetery and Blackwell Farm Road in

  • Marler makes Lions tour, Hartley and Launchbury miss out

    Former Worthing and Haywards Heath prop Joe Marler has made the British Lions squad. But there is no place on the tour to New Zealand for fellow Sussex boys Joe Launchbury and Dylan Hartley. Sam Warburton skippers the party for the second time.

  • People given LSD for research

    PEOPLE on the hippy drug LSD find a ‘higher’ state of consciousness, a study led by the University of Sussex has found. Neuroscientists observed evidence from healthy volunteers who were given one of three drugs known to induce a psychedelic state

  • Albion keeper Stockdale: "Who's bottling it now?"

    Rafa Benitez may have Champions League winner on his CV and a heavyweight reputation but he has a lot to learn about the Championship and, in particular, Albion. Likewise Jurgen Klopp's former team-mate and best man at his wedding, David Wagner

  • Police now have name of dog attack suspect from CCTV

    DOZENS of people have named a man believed to have attacked a dog in a pub. After The Argus published the shocking video of a man appearing to punch a Staffordshire bull terrier online, thousdands of people shared the footage in the bid to catch the man

  • Cyclist wanted after stealing keys from car ignition in Hove

    A CYCLIST stole the keys out of the ignition of a Mercedes following an disagreement with its driver. The male driver of the Mercedes called police shortly before 12.45pm on Monday, April 3 near to the junction of Cromwell Road and The Drive in Hove

  • Philander set to miss key fixtures for Sussex

    Star Sussex signing Vernon Philander has been ruled out for up to three weeks. He will miss their next Championship match plus the Royal London One-Day Cup campaign. The South African international is heading home for rest, recovery and rehab after

  • Fans paint their homes to honour Albion's promotion

    Brighton and Hove residents are showing their colours as blue and white decorations spring up across the city. Fans have been showing their true blue and white support for the Seagulls after Brighton and Hove Albion FC secured promotion to the Premier

  • Cock and Bull explores the murky world of political speech

    Cock and Bull, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex, April 19, 7.30pm, £12, call 01273 678822 IN LATE autumn last year, a number of serious media outlets published articles about one man’s strange hand signals. Their

  • Missing student Sofia Fareed found safe and well

    A STUDENT who was last seen in Brighton has now been found safe and well. Sofia Fareed, 19, was found in London. She was last seen in Brighton on Monday morning after she came down to visit for the weekend.

  • New lorries save weekly collection

    THE first of a £4.2 million fleet of refuse lorries has arrived at a council to secure weekly bin collections for the future.Adur and Worthing Councils have taken delivery of the first of 24 new waste trucks, ordered from UK manufacturer Dennis Eagle.The

  • Nostalgia: Brighton beach’s long history of boosting tourism

    BRIGHTON beach has entertained tourists and residents alike for many years making it one of the most iconic stretches of seafront in the UK.With two piers and numerous gift shops and stalls, visitors to the seafront have brought a consistent boost to

  • 60 seconds with... Lucie Richardson

    Lucie Richardson is a zumba instructor and was Miss Publicity 2016 in the prestigious Miss GB pageant and Miss Brighton 2017 in the Miss Galaxy pageant. What is your favourite place in Sussex? Anywhere along the coast. We are so lucky to live

  • Voting is so crucial

    SO PM Theresa May has shocked the nation by calling a general election for June 8.This will have come as a surprise to many but we hope the electorate in Sussex engages with this as much as it did with the EU Referendum.May has clearly been advised that

  • Big knit volunteers in bonnet boost for baby care unit

    NEARLY 30 baby bonnets knitted by volunteers who took part in the Eastbourne Arndale Centre great big knit event have been received by the Conquest Hospital’s children’s services.Nicola Dean, matron of the hospital’s Kipling ward, Nicola Dean, received

  • Albion chief says there will be no Bloom and bust

    Tony Bloom has revealed his Premier League masterplan for Albion. The owner-chairman wants to establish the Seagulls in the top flight – without breaking the bank. Albion reached the Premier League for the first time at the Amex on Easter Monday

  • Picture of the Day: The Flying Scotsman

    Malcolm Thomason sent us this fantastic picture of The Flying Scotsman passing through Sharpthorne on its way to East Grinstead at the weekend. For the chance to see your photo featured here, please email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include

  • 224 children apply for 90 places at Brighton primary school

    HUNDREDS of children across Sussex missed out on their top choice of primary school. The families of three and four year olds due to start school in September found out yesterday where their children had been given places. But almost 2,000 children

  • Radio student is up for top award

    A UNIVERSITY student will be rubbing shoulders with famous chefs at Britain’s top food event Jordan Bellamy is working alongside Mary Berry, Nadiya Hussein, Bruno Loubet, Georgio Locatelli, Mark Hix and Tom Parker Bowles at The Fortnum and Mason