Albion boss Dean Wilkins today applauded the strength in depth which is causing him a selection headache. Picking a team for Saturday's long haul to Hartlepool has become a lot more complicated following the unfortunate 1-0 home defeat by Leeds. Wilkins
A lorry exploded on one of the county's busiest roads, leaving the driver seriously injured. Flames leapt into the air as stunned drivers watched from their cars on the A23 at Sayers Common, near Burgess Hill, yesterday. Motorists were caught in long
Worthing are not ready yet for their biggest test of the season. But coach Ian Davies accepts their trip to Richmond, currently unbeaten at the top of the table, could decide their hopes of winning London One. The Raiders remained second in the league
Controversial plans to build an incinerator have been thrown into doubt, it emerged today. East Sussex County Council has been forced to reconsider its decision to grant planning permission for the Newhaven incinerator. Changes in the Government's planning
Police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of slashing tyres on a housing estate. The 17-year-old was arrested for criminal damage after vehicles were targeted in Woodingdean, Brighton, at the weekend. He has been released on bail while police continue
A woman has been arrested after a man was stabbed in the stomach in the early hours at his home. An ambulance was called to the scene at a house in Willow Way, Hurstpierpoint, at about 5.15am on Monday. The man, who has not been identified, was bleeding
A hammer maniac battered a mother and father around the head as he chased them around the aisles of a Woolworths store. The attacker reigned some of the blows on the mother as she shielded her two-year-old child in front of horrified shoppers. Both
A brave student has told how he fought off armed robbers who demanded his dead father's watch - telling them he would rather die than hand it over. Sam Birch, 23, had a broken bottle dragged across his face as he desperately resisted the thugs in the
Abracada-bra - a farm has conjured up some special lingerie as part of its Halloween festivities. Staff at Tulleys Farm in Turners Hill have created bras from some of the thousands of pumpkins it grows throughout the year. Staff have found an innovative
A controversial cannabis cafe could be in breach of planning regulations. Council experts are investigating whether or not the owners of the cafe in Freshbrook Road, Lancing, has flouted the rules after military-style fortifications were put up around
Caretaker manager Darin Killpartrick has urged Bognor to mark the club's new era with victory in honour of Jack Pearce. Killpartrick will be in charge alongside Michael Birmingham for the first time since Pearce stepped down for tomorrow's (Tue) crucial
Albion boss Dean Wilkins today paid tribute to the football nous of Jack Pearce. Wilkins played under Pearce for Bognor after parting company with the Seagulls. He said: "Jack is one of the most educated football people I have ever come across in my
FootballL clubs are usually linked to a great manager from their past. At Liverpool it is Bill Shankly, Manchester United have Matt Busby and Brian Clough is synonymous with Nottingham Forest. But even those legendary figures cannot have done as much
Nicki Pedersen brought the house down one last time for 2007 when he spoke to his adoring Eastbourne Eagles fans. The world speedway champion posted his tenth maximum of the season at Arlington then, when interviewed by trackside announcer Kevin Coombes
MANAGER Mark Wright believes Broadbridge Heath can continue to be the surprise package in County League division two. The Bears finished second from bottom last season and were only sparred relegation by default. Westfield were unable to make the step
FREE-SCORING East Grinstead have gone from bottom of the National Hockey League to second in the space of three weeks. They are now unbeaten leaders Reading's closest challengers after hammering Havant 8-3. To complete a good weekend they reached the
Nearly 40 sexual or violent offenders in Sussex were sent back to prison for flouting their licence conditions over a 12-month period, police and probation services revealed today. The report, setting out how the county managed the risks of reoffending
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Mastermind champion Fred Housego has a new specialist subject - dieting. The taxi driver is more famous for his brains than his bulk, but decided to act after his wife warned he was eating himself to death. Fred, who famously won the BBC quiz in 1980
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What does Echo Press do? It promotes and gains media attention for green events and festivals. Why did you pick that? I've always loved festivals and alternative culture so I've simply followed my passion. I used to work in Press and PR and have
Only Worthing have home advantage in the second qualifying round of the FA Trophy. They will play Walton & Hersham while Hastings United travel to Uxbridge and Horsham are away to Witham Town.
Peter Gray emails: "I am looking for Anita Alicia Ephgrave, last known to be living in or around the Chichester area. She went to college there a year or so ago. "She left a message for me to get in touch with her but failed to leave a return number
THE 176 Hove Air Training Corps Squadron is attempting to get in touch with anyone who used to be a cadet or staff member at the unit since its opening, whether at its previous location, or at its current location on Neville Playing Fields. Spokeswoman
The rockery in Preston Road, Brighton, opposite the park is one of the largest and most impressive in Britain. It was built in the Thirties by Brighton Council and serves to disguise a railway embankment. Confusingly, it is often known as The Rookery
A star witness in the £53 million Securitas robbery trial has denied she was giving evidence against the defendants so she could "get away scot-free". Make-up artist Michelle Hogg named four men she had helped disguise before the robbery - Britain's
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I needed to have an internal examination done yesterday but my doctor refused to go ahead with it because no chaperone was available. But she's a woman! Is this reasonable? Well, these days an increasing number of male docs are wary of doing intimate
My mother recently went into hospital for a breast operation and came out with that MRSA bug. She is OK now. Can we sue them? Well, by all means talk to a solicitor, but you would have to prove negligence on the hospital's part - which could be
We have just bought a whirlpool bath and my husband is mad keen to make love to me in it. But would there be any danger to my health? No. I have put this question to a number of gynaecologists and they say a woman runs no risks from having sex under
A girlfrend recently told me there's no need to worry about getting AIDS from guys because it's now curable. True? This is a dangerous myth, which is spreading in Sussex. Alas, it's nonsense.
Children's Magical Party Entertainer. Let Stephan and the Monkeys take your children on a magical journey. Watch how the monkeys try to make the ringmaster look silly and make his magic go wrong! But, with help of the birthday person and friends,
Researchers are carrying out a £250,000 investigation to find out if the internet can help people lose weight. The two year project is being carried out by the University of Brighton to investigate the role the web has to play in supporting people to
Billed as "for people without a moral compass", Carr's stand-up show certainly lacked any sense of direction. It consisted largely of unrelated gags swiftly following each other as if being randomly generated by an enormous joke computer. This scatter-gun
As any reporter with experience of covering their backs from potential libel suits will tell you, the passing of time and the distance from your subject equals a greater chance of getting away with printing whatever the hell you like. The same formula
I really, really want to give up cigarettes but I can't afford those nicotine patches from the chemist. Is it true there's some new pill which gets rid of the desire to smoke? It's a pity the nicotine-containing products are so expensive. However
I've received a letter summoning me for a smear test. But do I need to bother? After all, I've heard there's a new vaccine against cancer of the cervix. So presumably I could have that instead. Wrong, wrong, wrong. A lot of women have misunderstood
I have developed a raw, itchy patch under my bra fastener. Why? This is probably one of the old-fashioned fasteners, made from nickel. About 15 per cent of the public are sensitive to this metal. Switch bras and you should be OK. Herpes in
I recently slept with a guy who I met at a party in Horsham. Now I have come out in a lot of painful little blisters at my vaginal opening. Help! I fear it is very possible you've caught herpes. There are other less dramatic possibilities but I beg
Tequila slammers, toddler tantrums, too-tight dresses and sulky men. In her new book The Modern Maiden's Handbook, Brighton author Nina de la Mer offers a tongue-in-cheek, realistic take on today's woman. She talks to Ruth Addicott about careers, cabbage
Police have released an e-fit of one of the conmen wanted in connection with a spate of thefts from the elderly. He entered the home of an 85-year-old man in Beeding Avenue in Hangleton claiming to be from the waterboard. While the elderly man was distracted
Police have said there was no significant antisocial behaviour problem after the Albion's clash with Leeds United on Saturday. A Sussex Police spokesman said the aftermath of Brighton and Hove Albion's 1-0 defeat was "quiet". When the clubs met in October
Last week I was out having a drink at the Basketmakers Arms in Brighton. It was really crowded and my friend and I were desperate to sit down. Much of the pub appeared to be empty and we soon found a couple of seats, only to be told by a couple
This is not a lesbian show, we are solemnly informed at the outset. And the moon is made of cheese. Thankfully, Ms Cameron's shock announcement was bogus, as she shines while dissecting the subject closest to her heart. Holding forth with a
Following her appearance on Jools Holland and recent session with Zane Lowe, this gig had sold out well in advance and the sense of excitement at seeing someone destined for stardom was palpable. Adele fits into that strange new genre currently
I would agree with Adam Trimingham in saying that it would be a tragedy if St Peter's Church was left to fall to pieces when it closes (The Argus, October 17). As a building, its great tower is one of the most inventive of its period and stands
There has been much in the local news over the past few weeks regarding the creation of a proposed artificial reef in Seaford Bay by sinking an old Royal Navy ship. A local hotel owner has proposed the scheme to create a "mecca" for divers and
With reference to the letter from Mr Huntley about the questionaire he received upon registering his father's death (Letters, October 17), I would like to give some information about the process currently adopted by Brighton and Hove City Council
Council bosses have admitted they were wrong to try and force a town's pre-school to close. Arundel's Butterflies Pre-School had been given just 12 weeks to vacate its premises above the town's library, leaving 50 children with nowhere else to go. West
Reading about the Great Gale (The Argus, October 15) has reminded me about the night I met my husband, David. It was the evening the day after the storm, very few people were around. We sat in the London Unity in Islingword Road, drinking by candle
Council cost-cutters have been accused of wrecking a town's top tourist attraction. Residents are furious that the showpiece flowerbeds in front of historic Heene Terrace, Marine Parade, Worthing, have been dug up. Worthing Borough Council plans to
In reponse to the article by Jessica Bauldry on the development by Gleeson Homes in Lindfield (The Argus, October 16), the leaflet distributed by Gleeson Homes is a sugar-coated pill given to the public to sweeten something unpalatable. Regardless
A former MRSA victim wrote about having to shout at a grumpy old man who remarked that using squirts of hand gel when entering a hospital is a waste of time (Letters, October 13). The grumpy old man is right. Gelling your hands on entering is
The husband of the late Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick has spoken of his loss and said: "It's as if somebody has reached into my heart and turned out the lights." Dame Anita died suddenly last month at the age of 64 from a brain haemorrhage after
A 27-year-old woman was indecently assaulted as she walked home from a night out. Police said a man in his mid 30s grabbed the woman as she walked by beach huts on Worthing seafront during the early hours of Sunday. After managing to free herself the
The Armed Forces are fighting two vicious wars and yet thanks to Gordon Brown's military spending squeeze the regular Army is the smallest since the Battle of Waterloo (1815), the Territorial Army is the smallest since it was created in 1906, the
Last week I received a parking ticket for parking on the esplanade at Hove opposite the entrance to the car park for the King Alfred leisure centre. I have no problem with that. It clearly stated times and I had not complied. However, like several
The wife of a serial sex attacker who remained free for four years because of a police DNA blunder said she had no idea he was leading a double life. Mark Campbell, 38, targeted women and girls during a six-year campaign from 1998 to 2004. His
"I hope I didn't come across too absolutely psycho," says Stephanie Dosen before she puts the phone down. In the course of half an hour the singer-songwriter from Wisconsin has explained that her songs come from an internal garden decorated with hanging
The downgrading of cannabis to a class C drug has led to a series of cannabis cafés opening across Sussex. Police have faced an uphill battle trying to close these illegal premises. Reporter Miles Godfrey visited an alleged cannabis café in Lancing
Councillors in Brighton and Hove took the first steps towards ridding the city of plastic bags this week. Ben Parsons reports on how shopkeepers can work towards this ambitious goal. They last for a thousand years, there are 300 of them for every
A woman who bought a flat in a new £200 million city development has spoken of her nightmare move. Gemma Bernard splashed out £300,000 for a swanky apartment in Brighton's City Point Development and was due to get the keys on September 14. But
