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  • Patient dies after drinking 'orange juice' on hospital ward

    POLICE are investigating whether a hospital patient died after being given cleaning fluid to drink by mistake. Sussex Police said they were investigating the death of an 85 year old woman at the Royal Sussex County Hospital last month. The

  • Wobblegate celebrates as it reaches national final again

    WOBBLEGATE from Bolney has been selected as a finalist following a UK-wide search for the Small Producer of the Year. Organised by the Quality Food Awards and the Co-op, the award is a celebration of great British food and drink culminating on November

  • Wells extends Sussex deal after run-laden year

    Sussex batsman Luke Wells has signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until at least the end of the 2019 season. Wells scored 1,292 runs in just 12 Specsavers County Championship appearances in 2017 after an injury-troubeld start to

  • Man found guilty of killing 'loyal' 21-year-old

    A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been found guilty of killing a “loyal” man who was stabbed at a flat. Sam Caulfield, from Mayfield, was found with a single wound to the abdomen at a flat in Crawley on June 18 last year. Macauley Lawless, of Ifield Road

  • Bong bang up for battle to claim Albion's left-back spot

    GAETAN BONG has vowed to keep on giving everything to win the Albion left-back battle with Markus Suttner. The former Cameroon international is in contention for his first home start in the Premier League against Everton on Sunday (1.30pm).

  • Picture of the Day: The West Pier

    Dennis Hunt took this great shot of the West Pier. For the chance to see your photo featured here, please email it to picture.desk@theargus.co.uk and include your name, address and some information about it

  • Exciting plans for the former Amex building

    RESIDENTS and businesses are being urged to attend a crucial meeting today to discuss the future of the former Amex House site in Brighton.The site in Edward Street has been sold to First Base, the developer of another major site in the city.It is also

  • Two charged over £25k jewel raid

    TWO men are accused of stealing £25,000 worth of jewels in a raid on a family-run shop. Richard Sutton, of Lincoln Parade, Portslade, and Jody Keating, of no fixed address, are accused of breaking in to Jewelworks, in Montague Street, Worthing,

  • Daylight robberies just a few streets apart

    TWO newsagents were targeted by knifemen in terrifying attacks just hours apart.Two armed men held up the WH Smith Post Office in St George’s Road, Brighton, in a daring daylight raid on Monday at 3pm.The pair threatened staff with knives before taking

  • Jump star died in head-on crash

    A SHOWJUMPING champion was killed in a head-on crash when she braked too sharply on a bend, an inquest heard. Ella Popely, 18, was only travelling at 37mph in her Fiat 500 at the time of the crash on December 6 last year. The inquest heard

  • Brighton Centre date for X Factor live tour

    The X Factor Live Tour is stopping off in Brighton next year.The concert will be held at the Brighton Centre on Sunday, March 4.It will feature acts from the current series of the popular ITV talent programme.The audience will have the chance to pick

  • Two new stores set to open at revamped shopping centre

    HOMEWARE and household store Wilko and shoe retailer Deichmann are opening new branches.They are moving into the former BHS unit in the Eastbourne Arndale Centre.Wilko, a high street chain store, is expected to open early next year after extensive refurbishment

  • Baroness will help raise special needs school profile

    BARONESS Jones of Moulsecoomb has become patron at a school catering for special needs.The role at St John’s School and College in Brighton will entail raising awareness of it, supporting its events and helping increase its profile in the community and

  • City’s recycling rates up on same period last year

    RECYCLING rates have improved, council figures show. Rates in Brighton and Hove have increased from 26.7 per cent to 29 per cent for the same quater last year. Announcing the figures at the environment, transport and sustainability committee

  • Crackdown on car and shop crime

    A CRACKDOWN to tackle an increase in car crimes and shop break-ins has been a success.The drive by Sussex Police, called Operation Bluebird, focused on locations in Bexhill.It involved officers from response teams, neighbourhood policing and dog units

  • Men wanted in connection with theft of golf clubs

    TWO golf clubs worth hundreds of pounds each were stolen from a store.Sussex Police have released CCTV footage of three men they want to speak to in connection with the incident.The theft took place at Chichester Golf Club at Hoe Farm in Selsey Road.The

  • Armed men take £10,000 in horrifying shop raid

    THE HUNT is on for two armed robbers who held post office staff at knifepoint before taking £10,000. Two men targeted the WH Smith Post Office in St George’s Road, Brighton, in a daring daylight raid on Monday at 3pm. One man guarded the door

  • Terror woman revealed as Miss Brighton contestant

    A WOMAN jailed for helping hide a terrorist has been revealed as a former Miss Brighton contestant. Mulumebet Girma was jailed in 2008 for ten years for helping failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman flee after his attempt to kill Tube passengers

  • Volunteers help transform shopping street

    GREEN-FINGERED residents and traders joined forces for a day of gardening to help transform a shopping street. More than 40 member of the community donned their gardening gloves to plant 15 new planters in Boundary Road and Station Road on the

  • Wrestling returns to Worthing for action-packed night

    WORTHING’S St Paul’s Centre will be transformed into a wrestling arena for the first time on October 26. In a unique “premier” tie-up, leading UK matchmakers Premier Promotions, whose shows thrilled fans at the Assembly Hall for 23 years, are moving

  • Council leader volunteers at church project

    DAN Humphreys - the leader of Worthing Borough Council - has visited St Clare’s Community Hub, part of Worthing Churches Homeless Projects He approached the charity about volunteering with the project after a series of visits to its cshemes across

  • Runner on an Italian mission to help suicide charity

    A UNIVERSITY of Brighton graduate is running from “Rome to home” to raise £12,000 for a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide. Dan Keeley, 32, a community manager for a youth snow sports charity, lives with bipolar disorder and was inspired