Coach Mark Robinson admits Matt Prior's absence could have a bearing on Sussex's hopes of another Lord's final. Prior is unlikely to play in any of the county's five remaining Friends Provident Trophy games after making a spectacular start to his Test
Amelie Mauresmo will return to Eastbourne next month hoping to get her career back on track. The Wimbledon champion has struggled for form since returning to the tour a fortnight ago after eight weeks sidelined following acute appendicitis. The former
Albion will loan out their newest pros to cut costs and give boss Dean Wilkins a bit more scope in the transfer market. The Seagulls recently awarded one-year professional contracts to Chris Winterton, Sonny Cobbs, Sam Gargan and Lloyd Skinner. Deals
Wow. If you want to be bowled over by a powerfully important piece, then this is the one for you. Intimate and atmospheric, These Four Walls is a moving monologue telling the harrowing story of Lena, a young Jewish Cellist, caught up in the horrors of
Look Now had the most beautiful stage I've seen so far - a regency town house. In this promenade performance, the audience was ushered around a building steeped in history. But sadly, I found more to admire in the beautiful banisters than I did in the
Take an old biblical tale, throw in some music, dance and acting, then mix it all together. What you get, in this case, is an exciting new musical with a twist of faith. Good Company Media dazzled audiences in this incredible performance space. This
This was a fantastic performance, engaging both visually as well as intellectually. The Confessions Of Punch And Judy examines the often claustrophobic and aggressive, yet also heartbreakingly necessary elements of a long term relationship. Dance routines
This dedicated 15-piece line-up recreated Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper live in front of an adoring congregation at St George's Church, reproducing every harmony and layer of these complex albums using a vast array of instruments, including a glockenspiel
After a less than harmonious opening number, this wonderful duo - harmonium-wielding and mechanical hat-collecting Jane Bom-Bane and International Casio Queen Lorraine Bowen - pedalled their bizarre coughing and splurging instruments into the first hit
I always suspected there were people doing "improving things" with their free time, such as singing in choirs or baking Victoria sponges, while I'm out pouring my paycheque down my throat. It turns out they do - and they're in the Brighton City Singers
The unfortunate characters in this two-person musical don't seem to have been given names but its main protagonist and narrator is a woman looking back on the lovers in her life. The many men are all played by an oddly-cast actor who comes across as
Ambitious, blonde, curvaceous starlet indulging in a risky affair with two brothers - yes, the allusions to MariLYN MonROE are loud and clear, thank you - though this new drama offers an alternative ending - a conspiracy theory, if you will. What if
The ways in which individual destinies merge with a country's larger history is charmingly explored by Carol Cleveland in this dramatised reading of her baby's diary. Presented to her on her 18 birthday, the book contains touching letters by her parents
"So," she declares, "it's all about Me!" After initial reservations as to what I was letting myself in for, I trundled along to the Candy Bar for a rather extraordinary experience on a definitely dreary Thursday. The show began with a somewhat shaky
Red Stripe had me tapping my feet, bopping my head and smiling from the moment they hit the stage with their vivacious and energetic display of rhythm and blues. Displaying a tangible sense of humour, they amused their audience with an enjoyable collection
Charity workers have revealed an unknown painting by a famous war artist for the first time. Eric Rivilious lived in Eastbourne painting local landscapes until he was killed on active service in 1942. Much of his work has been exhibited but this untitled
My musical geography's not great but Vocal Explosion's influences are so numerous I suspect they would test anyone. Their choral repertoire ran from meditative to upbeat and,once in a while, a few notes curl out of their leader and frontwoman like smoke
Wanna laugh? Then this Brighton institution is a very good bet.
Their red PVC bondage gear, waxed legs and clunky Doc Martins have made Topping And Butch, with their delightful catalogue of politically-charged cabaret and satirical show-songs, icons of the gay circuit in Brighton. This variety show, which promised
A vicar has spoken out over the damage armed police patrols are doing to life in his village. Specialist units regularly visit Rusper, near Horsham, as part of anti-terrorist measures on the flightpath to Gatwick Airport. But the Rev Nick Flint, of
A rotting church could be demolished and replaced by a six-storey building. Plans have been unveiled to knock down Ebenezer Chapel, Richmond Parade, Brighton, to make way for 49 flats, a new church and community hall. The area, which is next to the
A chart topping band are taking time out of rehearsals to play at a benefit gig to raise money and awareness to help the search for missing girl Madeleine McCann. Brighton band The Kooks will be headlining the event which is being held at Concorde 2,
A schoolboy has won a £65,000 scholarship to a top public school - to play chess. Rhys Cumming will soon be saying goodbye to his friends at Brighton College Prep School and packing his bags for Millfield School in Somerset. The 12-year-old has won
Massive beards, pink neon signs and bouncing Brazilians shouting along to Europe's The Final Countdown - just your average evening at a Great Escape gig. Sporting excessive facial hair and a baseball cap, first up was the unforgettable Scroobius Pip
Estate agents across Sussex are seeing a surge in homes being put up for sale in the race to avoid paying for a Home Information Pack (HIP). After June 1 it will be illegal to put a For Sale sign up outside a property without having one of the packs
Two men denied staging a £50,000 armed jewellery robber, a court heard. Shop manager Darren Prior was shot during the raid on Amore jewellery shop in Horsham. His life was saved when a mobile phone in his pocket took the full impact of the bullet in
Court cases had to be delayed because of electrical problems in the cells. Staff arrived at Brighton Magistrates' Court today to find the panic alarms and lights were not working in the holding rooms for prisoners. All cases with remanded defendants
A trial scheme is being lined up to ban cars from two busy shopping streets. But traders warn pedestrianising East Street and Market Square in Horsham could be disastrous for business. Planners are asking the public for their comments on the experimental
Cameron Woodward today revealed the harsh truth about being laid up injured. It's frustrating, it's worrying, it's painful - and it's so boring. Eastbourne Eagles' young reserve has been laid up since smashing into Freddie Lindgren at Wolverhampton
A rising birthrate and more difficult births are putting midwifery services under pressure, according to a poll of senior staff out today. Heads of midwifery also reported inadequate staffing levels and concerns over cuts in NHS budgets. The study,
Keith Marlton emails: "Until a couple of years ago, Percy Goonewardene (born April 20, 1926, last known address 54 Kents Road, Haywards Heath), had been a longtime member of Brighton Swimming Club and regularly swam in the sea with other club members
The developer that wanted to build a skyscraper next to Brighton station is refusing to give up on plans for a huge block on the site. New plans for a huge hotel and residential development are being drawn up after moves to build a 42-storey
Though better known as a breathtaking theatre-maker and artistic director at the Lyric Hammersmith for ten years, Neil Bartlett is an occasional, important writer of potent literature. His second book, Mr Clive And Mr Page, was published in 1996, so it's
Any of the three bands playing The Beach could have headlined the show, reflected in the huge queue outside the venue which had formed by the time support act Ripchord came on stage. It would be hard not to love Reverend And The Makers, who opened their
The jury in the trial of four men accused of murdering a homeless alcoholic has retired to consider its verdict. Matthew Heading was allegedly kicked and stamped on during an attack outside Glenwood Lodge hostel, Grand Parade, Brighton, on June 21.
"I wrote this last song when I was a much younger man," said Micah P Hinson to a chorus of giggles. This singer and guitarist from Abilene, Texas, is only 26. And on Saturday he looked a good deal younger as he tipped his Boston Redsocks baseball cap,
A supermarket has launched a scheme to make loading up cars with shopping a thing of the past. Customers at Waitrose in Western Road, Brighton, can take their groceries home in a trailer adapted for bicycles. The idea is being trialled as a way of encouraging
Given the short and sweet set times of the Great Escape festival, bands would do well to take Bob Geldof's advice at the original Live Aid: "Play the hits." Lovable Brighton eccentrics British Sea Power, however, don't so much plough their own furrow
Drama, comedy, romance and thrills - not a Brighton Festival theatre production but a Cuban jazz lunchtime concert. A duo of opposing proportions, the supremely talented British jazz pianist Robert Mitchell appeared a petite figure behind his enormous
If you were anywhere in the vicinity of New Road, Brighton, at the weekend, you would have heard some squeals of laughter and some childish giggling. Have no fear - it was the gentle spirit of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart being hugely amused at a new
A town dubbed God's Waiting Room by its critics because of its blue-rinse image has been rejuvenated by its youngest ever mayoress. Anna Belsey entered civic life last May aged 19 when her father, Colin Belsey, 61, became mayor. Following the
A woman has been charged with stealing money from a bank where she worked. Sara Drage, 23, of Seaside Road, Eastbourne, was taken into custody after she was arrested at Gatwick Airport on Thursday night (May 17). The cash went missing from a safe at
A free service alerting asthma sufferers about air quality is available in Sussex for the summer months. The Sussex Air Quality Partnership is sending an automatic text or voice message to service users forecasting whether pollution levels could trigger
The letter from B Payn asking motorists to drive carefully in order to protect wildlife (Letters, May 10) is an issue Inner City Wildlife Concern feels strongly about. Can we extend the plea from country roads to include our city roads as the
Living in central Brighton and Hove but a few hundred yards from an Arabrun enterprise that now proudly boasts Polish language window bills advertising its range of central European produce, I was struck by D Beard's response (Letters, May 18) to
Named after a poem by Edward Lear, poet Scroobius Pip, with his laptop-toting partner Dan le Sac, produced in their first single one of the dance-crossover classics of 2007 - the wise and witty Thou Shalt Always Kill. Above a throbbing electro backing
With two perfectly-crafted pop albums to their name, it is easy to forget The Magic Numbers made their mark on the live circuit. And with it all to do after a pair of lacklustre last-minute additions to the line-up at the seafront club, they showed they
The bonce may have been barren but the brain sure was fertile as that purveyor of hysterical flights of fancy and doyen of slaphead slapstick, Harry Hill, took to the stage to talk nonsense and children's books. Joining the Brighton Festival as part
There were still bare breasts and buttocks - this was after all Michael Clark - but instead of being used to shock effect (as was his youthful penchant) the dancers in the second of this Stravinsky trilogy demonstrated how far Clark has come as a choreographer
If you were anywhere in the vicinity of New Road, Brighton, at the weekend, you would have heard some squeals of laughter and some childish giggling. Have no fear - it was the gentle spirit of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart being hugely amused at a new production
Places are being filled up fast at Race for Life events around Sussex. Only three out of the ten races being held across Sussex between May and July still have vacancies. Around 300 of the extra 500 places added to the Race for Life run at Tilgate Park
It was going to take some performance to upstage Mark Ramprakash at Hove on Saturday but Murray Goodwin managed it. The 34-year-old became the second player in the match against Surrey to make a double hundred and in doing so he could just have
I agree wholeheartedly with Adam Trimingham's criticism of Wimpey's sad efforts on the Royal Alexandra Hospital site in Dyke Road (The Argus, May 16). Their blocks of flats would look at home in Croydon but not on a beautiful elevated site in a
Do older readers think there should be a bus stop right outside the new Asda store to be built at the marina? Should the high cost of telephone calls to hospital patients be challenged? These and many other issues, important to older people, are
I have been reading the exchanges between Graham Chainey, M Boyask and Ashley Simmons in The Argus on the subject of wi-fi radiation and keeping my thoughts to myself. However, after reading Mr Simmons' comment that "the alleged electromagnetic
Three collections of paintings by in-demand Indian artists have gone on auction after being discovered in Sussex. The works by Jamini Roy and Avinash Chandra are expected to raise as much as £40,000 each when they are sold by Bonhams at their gallery
The countdown to the opening of a multimillion pound children's hospital is continuing. A time capsule was buried outside the new Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Brighton which is due to treat its first young patients next month. The hospital
A Brighton MP has confronted a Government minister with traders' concerns about the future of a city centre post office. David Lepper, the Labour member for Brighton Pavilion, told Trade and Industry Secretary Alastair Darling that small businesses in
A nine-year-old British girl suffering from a rare premature ageing disease will undergo tests in the United States today that could allow her to have life-prolonging treatment. Hayley Okines ages eight times faster than she should because she suffers
Investigations are continuing today into the cause of a fire which ripped through a large detached property. More than 50 firefighters from across East Sussex were called to tackle the blaze at the three storey building off West Street, Mayfield. The
Having read the article about St Peter's Church (The Argus, May 15) I feel that I must comment on the contradictory message being sent out by members of the congregation. Surely they should be encouraging people into the church rather than preventing
Having just read the letter from Samantha Marten (Letters, May 10) with reference to the wristbands for McFly, I would like to say I took my daughter and her friends and we arrived outside Churchill Square at 3.45am. When we joined the queue, we
The Prime Minister was hardly punished in the 2005 general election (Letters, May 17). In England the Conservatives polled more votes than Labour, yet Labour won 286 seats to the Tories 193. Labour only had 35.5 per cent of the vote, which shows
A major route into a city centre will be disrupted by roadworks for at least five weeks. Southern Gas Network has begun work repairing a gas pipe in Lewes Road, Brighton, between Hartington Road and the Vogue Gyratory. Temporary traffic lights
In answer to Debra Freeborn's question (Letters, May 16) as to whether she was "the only parent in Brighton who wishes Brighton and Hove City Council would wake up and build another secondary school in central Brighton", the answer is no, she's
A town's bid to win a spot on a new Monopoly board has been hit by a vote-rigging scandal. Burgess Hill had looked a certainty to feature in the game's Here and Now UK edition following a council campaign to get residents to vote for it in an
Increasing car parking and reducing congestion don't go together. Yet this is exactly what the Tory Brighton and Hove City Council proposes in its manifesto for the city. For those who haven't braved a look at what is in store for our city's transport
A historic lighthouse sold off cheaply by a council has gone on the market for almost 1,000 times the amount it cost. Belle Tout, at the top of Beachy Head, was sold by Eastbourne Borough Council in 2001 for just £900 - a tiny fraction of the £250,000
The Green Party is in pole position to make political history by seizing its first ever parliamentary seat. Analysis of the local election results by The Argus has revealed that Brighton Pavilion could become the first constituency to be represented
The life of a corporate factory drone will be explored at the start of a four-day festival. The play Death By PowerPoint is the first event of The Critical Incident, a mini festival within the Brighton Festival that offers dozens of ways of breaking
Children could soon be doing homework on PSP games consoles with learning software devised by academics in Sussex. Trials of a laptop computer-based maths programme for primary school children proved an overwhelming success when they were held
An artist who made an exhibition from beach litter has won a top award. Lou McCurdy was given the 3D Visual Arts Prize for her Brighton Festival Fringe show More Plastic Than Plankton. The artist collected lighters, sunbleached washing-up bottles
In response to previous complaints from disgruntled Southern Counties Radio supporters (Letters, May 14), I have to say I am in total agreement with these listeners. Neil Pringle's changes ruined what used to be an excellent programme. I heard
I, along with Councillor Gill Mitchell, dislike the plastic palm trees at the marina (Letters, May 16). I wonder, though, if the councillor has recently visited the site of the first set of palm trees planted alongside the Aquarium terraces? I
Seven years ago, in my 65th year, I had the good fortune to be introduced to the staff at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath. They saw this crippled fellow, welcomed me and immediately decided a hip replacement was the answer. What a transformation
They say if you invest in bricks and mortar your money is as safe as houses. Which is certainly true for the owner of this hole in the ground, who stands to make about £90,000 profit on his flat just over a year after buying it. Built in a former
Last night standing at a bus stop, I glanced across at a solicitor's office and noticing the lights were on, decided to count them. There were at least 27 illuminated lamps. Environmentalists have criticised councils for failing to tackle night-time
Richard Coleman gave us yet another architectural "vision" which would cost millions to build and bring further congestion to the seafront on one of your May 16 Letters pages. On the other page, the small, plaintive voice of Debra Freeborn pleaded
The new headteacher of an independent school rescued from closure a year ago is convinced he can return it to its former glory. Chris Bridgman was named head at Newlands School in Seaford last week and said his long association with the school
Thousands of Minis formed a seafront attraction more than two-and- a-half miles long as drivers took part in this year's London to Brighton rally. More than 2,500 cars were driven from Crystal Palace in the capital to Madeira Drive in Brighton,
Wind turbines that will power two council buildings are to be installed thanks to a £200,000 grant. The Carbon Trust has given the cash to Brighton and Hove City Council, which has promised to add £250,000 of its own money to the scheme. It is
Argus reviewer Mike Howard was brimming with praise for the Armonico Touring Opera's production of The Magic Flute. He said: "It was fresh, innovative and beautifully sung in wonderful clear English. It was probably the best production of the Magic
I wish to protest against a significant fare rise on Southern Railways journeys from Falmer to London. I choose to travel first class not because I am special, posh or better than you but because I am sure to get a seat that way. For some time
The developer who wanted to build a skyscraper next to Brighton station is refusing to give up on plans for a huge block on the site. New plans for a huge hotel and residential development are being drawn up after moves to build a 42-storey block on
