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  • Man dies after falling from flat

    A MAN has died after falling from a block of flats in Western Street, Hove. Sussex Police confirmed his death on Tuesday, at 10.20pm. In a statement they said: "At 5.46pm police and paramedics responded to a report of a man having fallen from

  • Jail time for teen caught with crack

    A TEENAGER has been handed two years behind bars after being caught with £3,000 worth of Class A drugs.Broli Martin was found with £2,000 worth of crack cocaine and £1,000 worth of heroin in Hastings on March 5.Officers saw him behaving suspiciously near

  • Accused men claim self-defence at murder trial

    Two defendants accused of murder have denied setting out to kill a family man to avenge a robbery.Nicholas Bridge and Daniel Onofeghare went to 36-year-old Anthony Williams’s home in September last year.There they are alleged to have carried out a “merciless

  • Teenage girl been missing for more than a week

    A TEENAGE girl has been missing from her home for more than a week.Fifteen-year-old Shannay Hannaford, from Crawley, went missing on June 4.She told her family she was staying at a friend’s house for the night, but failed to turn up at school or back

  • NOSTALGIA PHOTOS: Chief conductor Adrian Boult

    HE established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor before being forced to leave when he reached retirement age. Sir Adrian Boult, born in 1889, became director of music for the BBC in 1930, and upon leaving in 1950 he became chief

  • Detectives praised for bringing abusers to justice

    POLICE officers have been commended at an awards ceremony for their work on complex cases.DC Mark Austen and DC Erica Lawrie, of Sussex Police, helped bring justice to victims of domestic abuse and a man who suffered sexual abuse as a child.DC Lawrie,

  • Brighton's bike sharing scheme scoops top honour

    BRIGHTON’S popular bike sharing scheme has scooped a top award. Public relations and communications consultancy Fugu, based in North Street, has been awarded a special Mark of Excellence at The Chartered Institute of Public Relations Excellence

  • Jobs galore up for grabs at shopping centre

    JOBS galore are available as new stores prepare to open in a shopping centre’s £85 million extension later this year. Eastbourne Arndale Centre will hold its first ever Jobs Fair on June 29 and 30 from 10am to 4pm. Retailers lined up to take

  • Our children should be protected from the evils of the world

    A MINUTE’S silence, please. And another. And another.They used to be once a year, in November, a national collective acknowledgement of the ultimate sacrifice of those who died in the two world wars of the last century. Now, apparently, one minute silences

  • Teenager found hanged in woods

    A TEENAGER was found hanged in the woods after leaving a traveller site. Jean-Luc Higgins, known as Lukey, was just a month short of his 18th birthday when a jogger discovered him on the Downs north of Patcham in Brighton. He had been staying

  • Popular former Albion striker passes away

    Former Albion striker John Shepherd has died at the age of 86 after battling illness. Shepherd joined the Seagulls from Millwall in 1958 and finished top scorer for Billy Lane's side in the old second division in his debut campaign with 17 goals

  • From the courts: a round up of cases at magistrates' court

    MR MORGAN ASHLEY EDWARD JONES, aged 28, of Cornfield Road, Seaford.Committed to prison for 26 weeks suspended for a year for two counts of assault against a male and a female, in a repeated assault causing significant injuries to both victims. Must pay

  • Crawley accounts reveal owner's big backing

    CRAWLEY have provided the most vivid picture yet of how Turkish owner Ziya Eren is keeping them afloat. In accounts filed two months late, Reds reveal they lost £272,333 in the year ending June 30, 2017. That took their overall debt to

  • Police car on 999 call in crash with cyclists

    TWO cyclists needed hospital treatment after a police car answering a 999 call knocked them off their bike on Friday. They suffered minor injuries after the crash in Queens Road, Brighton, at 5.48pm. A 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman

  • PICTURES: Huge fire rips through country club near Crawley

    A huge fire ripped through a country club near Crawley last night. Ten fire engines and dozens of firefighters battled the blaze at Cottesmore Golf and Country Club in Pease Pottage, which broke out at around 5pm. Firefighters are now investigating

  • Crash closes A27

    AN accident near Firle has closed part of the A27 this morning. Emergency services were called at 6.36am when a Vauxhall Corsa came off the road. It was initially believed the driver had suffered a medical episode at the wheel. But now

  • Albion tracking award-winning striker

    ALBION are interested in bringing South Africa’s player of the season to the Premier League. The Argus can confirm the Seagulls are tracking Mamelodi Sundowns forward Percy Tau, who was recently named top man in his domestic competition.

  • Yobs destroy trees planted to remember war heroes

    FAMILIES are heartbroken after discovering seven trees planted in memory of war heroes were vandalised.The cherry blossoms, in Patcham Peace Gardens, in Old London Road, Brighton, were snapped in half by yobs. The trees honour fallen soldiers in the First

  • Calls for fly-tippers to be named and shamed

    CALLS have been made for a crackdown on fly-tippers after large quantities of commercial-looking waste spilled on to the streets.Councillor Dawn Barnett, who represents Hangleton and Knoll, said the problem would persist unless the council took a harder

  • WATCH: The moment thieves on Vespa crowbar their way into cafe

    This is the moment that thieves raided a cafe during a spree of burglaries in Brighton. The criminals, dubbed the “moped duo”, carried out the spate of break-ins at businesses from Woodingdean to Southwick. As reported by The Argus online yesterday

  • Revamp Fancy Dress shop in Brighton 'driven out of business'

    A RENOWNED fancy dress and hire shop is closing its doors after 32 years.Revamp in Sydney Street in the North Laine has become a Brighton institution over the years but will shut up shop on June 16. The current owners, husband and wife Lynette Norris

  • It’s coming home... World Cup fever here

    IT IS that time again, when every England fan begins dreaming about their team winning the World Cup.Choruses of the classic 1996 anthem Three Lions will be ringing around the country as Gareth Southgate’s side prepare to kick off their campaign on Monday