Mushtaq Ahmed has done most things in his 20-year career but he has never bowled anyone between his legs. Until yesterday. The fact that the unfortunate victim was his friend Shane Warne just added to his pleasure on another record-breaking day for the
Albion are on course to lose around £100,000 in season ticket sales - but they feared it would be much worse. Fans have stayed loyal to the Seagulls, despite their struggles in League One last season. More than 3,000 season ticket holders renewed before
Andrew Whing revealed today that he snubbed promoted Blackpool to rejoin Albion. Persistent interest from the Seagulls since his loan spell was cut short in December has persuaded the Coventry right-back to return on a permanent basis. Whing, 22, is
A memorial to the Babes In The Wood murder victims has been destroyed by vandals. A metre-long strip of wood has been sawn from the bench in Wild Park, Brighton, just yards from where Nicola Fellows, nine, and her friend Karen Hadaway, ten, were found
Once upon a time, school children were taught to sit quietly and behave. Times have changed. In their after-school club at least, kids at Brighton's Elm Grove Primary School are encouraged to let rip in a rebellious style that would make The Jam proud
An initial post mortem to discover how a popular reporter died has proved inconclusive. Tests on Ben Steppel, who worked as sports editor for the Chichester Observer, were carried out at Worthing Hospital today after colleagues found him dead on his
Albion have lined up defender Andrew Whing as their first signing of the summer on a free transfer from Coventry. The Seagulls' former loan capture is returning to Withdean on a permanent basis on a two-year deal from July 1 once his contract with Coventry
A man plunged to his death from a block of flats as horrified neighbours begged him not to jump. Residents in Sussex Court, which overlooks Sussex County Cricket Club in Eaton Road, Hove, called police after they were woken by the sound of breaking
A water company is cracking down on businesses pouring fat down the sink and blocking the county's sewers. Southern Water will prosecute those it can prove are illegally tipping cooking oil down the plughole. Restaurants and takeaways serving hot food
A motorist jailed for five years for killing two of his friends in a fatal car crash does not intend to drive again. Jeyanthan Thangarajah, 27, was convicted by a jury at Lewes Crown Court on Wednesday of two charges of causing death by dangerous driving
A baby boy who was injured after falling from a first floor balcony has regained consciousness. The youngster suffered multiple injuries after plunging 12ft onto concrete. Paramedics were called to Eastbourne Clinic in Grange Road, Eastbourne at about
An international showman risked being sent to prison to save his family business, a court heard. Monty Hammond refused to abandon fairground rides worth £2million and 40 staff in Korea after a contract there collapsed. Officials would not let the rides
The developers planning for the future of Brighton Marina are planning to invest £2.3 million in public art. London-based artist Jason Bruges has been chosen to design lighting for the area where developer Explore Living is planning to build. Mr Bruges
Ruth Kelly, Communities and Local Government Secretary, has agreed to meet home and energy inspectors left jobless by the Government's delays in introducing Home Information Packs (HIPs). Next Monday's 45-minute face-to-face has been welcomed by the
Charlie Fairbanks has been born slap bang in the middle of the land of dreams at the exact centre of the 20th Century. Through the eyes of this young man from Kansas, we get a personalised view of America as both Charlie and the country grow up, suffering
The new owners of a cross-Channel ferry route said the number of people travelling to and from the Continent had soared since it took over the service three months ago. Louis Dreyfus Transmanche said the number of cars on its Newhaven to Dieppe
A British soldier who had served in Iraq today appeared in court charged with stealing and illegally possessing ammunition. Sussex-based Private Christopher Trussler, 28, was remanded in custody after having a bail application rejected at Chichester
The maker of the popular television shows Supernanny and Selling Houses helped its parent company post a ten per cent rise in turnover this week. Richochet, in Dyke Road, Brighton, was commissioned to make new series of both programmes for Channel
Cooks who want to create the dishes lauded by TV chef Gordon Ramsay can now do so at home. Charita Jones, aka Momma Cherri, launched her first cookbook, Soul in a Bowl, in her Little East Street restaurant. The Brighton eaterie shot to fame
Local audiences have yet another chance to see this first play by JB Priestley in which there are hints of the greatness that would later come with An Inspector Calls. Both are examples of the "time plays" he was fond of and each concerns the
I spend the first ten minutes of one of the biggest shows in the history of the musical scoffing at the ticket price, snarling at the scissor-legged dancers and wondering where the first half of that cracking soundtrack has got to. By the time Johnny
How many bass-players does it take to change a lightbulb? None, the keyboard player can do it with his left hand. This is the sort of content you might expect in a show from a session bassist turned stand-up. But luckily Guy Pratt, as well as having
All but one of the colleagues asked to speak in defence of the NatWest Three fraud suspects have refused to meet the accused's lawyers, it has emerged. Gary Mulgrew, from Brighton, and former colleagues David Bermingham and Giles Darby were extradited
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Anti-terror laws are having a "chilling" effect on the rights of people to campaign and stage protests against government policies, comedian Mark Thomas said today. He told the annual conference of the GMB union that even traditional campaigning on the
The smoking ban will lead to a huge rise in the amount of street litter, according to a campaign group. Keep Britain Tidy claim 80 per cent of Sussex streets are already littered with cigarette butts and say the problem is set to soar once the ban is
We were happily(ish) watching Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End last weekend at the Brighton Odeon when suddenly the film stopped to be replaced by a rubbish 1970s interval animation and a message telling us we could buy refreshments in
As a regular visitor to the Brighton area, I am appalled that your council has left this bandstand to go from its former beauty to the ruin pictured in your article (The Argus, June 4). Think of what its past history holds for our future generations
Up to 40 musicians have been recording a song to commemorate the search for missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann. Some of the best known performers from Brighton came together at the Church Road Recording studio in Hove to put together Missing (Where
Householders and businesses who fall in a controversial planned parking zone in Eastbourne are set to attend the first in a series of surgeries to explain the plans. They will be shown where parking bays, lines and signs will go in their streets when
We are seeking a career minded Field Sales Executive to join our successful Motors Team. Dealing directly with the motor trade, you will be selling the benefits of advertising in our extensive range of titles. Working as an integral part of the
Struggling and underperforming pupils at East Sussex schools will receive one-to-one tuition outside classes after the county was selected to pilot a new government scheme. Penny Gaunt, East Sussex County Council's deputy director of children's services
The candidate will have experience of working across a variety of marketing activities in a busy fast paced environment. They will be used to working to tight deadlines, juggling several projects at once, writing and delivering marketing plans, using
I've just read that lip-reading teacher Janet Perkins has been nominated for an award (The Argus, June 5) . Let's hope that she wins it. I lost my hearing very rapidly in my early forties and in despair turned up at one of Janet's lip-reading classes
M Boyask (Letters, June 5) is wrong to say that no one knows what is happening to the climate. Over 99 per cent of scientists are now agreed that global warming is occurring and that man is to blame. The use of the term "climate change" is to emphasise
PJ Wisdom has it wrong (Letters, June 2) on the Brighton and Hove City Council Conservative administration's views on buses. I personally use buses most of the time to get around the city and trains when going further afield. So it is incorrect
Does inspector Andy Parr mean he sees lots of people's full moons (their bottoms) or does he mean the full moon in the sky? (The Argus, June 5) And which one gets people into trouble? Mary Frankel Whitehawk Way, Brighton
As a regular visitor to the Brighton area, I am appalled that your council has left this bandstand to go from its former beauty to the ruin pictured in your article (The Argus, June 4). Think of what its past history holds for our future generations
What is the matter with us mortals? We are being got at from every which way by the very people that we elect to look after our interests. And then there are those who don't mind taking our hard-earned cash for little return. Brighton and Hove
Your front page about disabled window cleaner Ricky Perrin shocked me a bit (The Argus, May 23). My best wishes to Mr Perrin. When my stepson was discharged from Stoke Manderville Hospital, he could only use his arms and move his head. His flat
I TOO saw Ingrid Bergman at The Theatre Royal, Brighton. I am not sure of the year but I am pretty certain that the play was Captain Brassbound's Conversion by George Bernard Shaw. Also in the cast were Kenneth Williams and, I am pretty sure,
The promise of "joined-up" government at the start of this Labour Government seems to have gone seriously awry. The start of the refurbishment of the two roundabouts on the A27 coincides with the work to implement bus lanes along the A259 between
I write in response to the letter headed "On the Beacon" (Letters, May 28). When I read the letter my heart sank and I felt quite upset. These days it takes a lot to upset me after living with HIV for 17 years, having had AIDS-defining illnesses
I LIKE dogs. But the proposal to ban them being let off their leads on the streets of Brighton and Hove is not before time. They can be hazardous, especially for disabled and elderly people. But is an £80 fine enough? Surely £100 would be more
I am a senior citizen, having lived on austere Second World War rations. With no fridge and, in those days, only a larder to keep food fresh (which it never did) and with a schoolboy's ravenous appetite, always hungry, any food, even slightly off
Schools in Sussex shelled out £21.1 million on supply teachers in 12 months. Government figures show the money was spent on temp staff in the county during the school year 2005/6 - up from £18.4 million the previous year. The 14 per cent hike has been
A 27-year-old soldier will appear in court today charged with the illegal possession of ammunition, Scotland Yard said. Sussex-based Private Christopher Trussler was arrested yesterday by anti gun-crime police over the sale of army-issue bullets. The
More than 8,000 children will continue to receive free cycling proficiency training after council bosses performed a major policy U-turn. Earlier this year West Sussex County Council appeared ready to scrap the training which parents and teachers see
I read soldier Michael Kelly's comments (The Argus, June 5) and was dismayed that the men and women who are serving in Iraq (and probably Afghanistan also) feel that we are letting them down. Like many others, I do not agree with what the Government
A railway line which has been shut for more than 40 years is to re-open. Passengers on the Bluebell Railway will be able to travel by steam train to East Grinstead for the first time since the 1960s. The railway already operates along a nine-mile stretch
Pupils who attend Catholic and Church of England schools have been struck with another blow after a second council decided to start charging for transport to school. East Sussex County Council has angered religious leaders by introducing the
An international music festival is set to be axed after supporters dumped it for the Olympics. The UK's biggest celebration of hip hop needs to raise £40,000 at the eleventh hour if it is to go ahead after the Arts Council pulled its funding. The national
New pubs, clubs and bars are to be banned from a seaside resort over fears it will become the stag party capital of the south. Escalating drunken violence and vandalism in Eastbourne town centre has left police and hospital staff stretched to the limit
An 86-year-old great-grandmother has been banned for life from Sainsbury's in a dispute over a chicken. Police were called to the supermarket after Kitty Norris rowed with staff and became involved in a tug o' war with a shopping trolley.
Britain's oldest Royal Navy veteran yesterday celebrated his 111th birthday on board the service's oldest warship. A military fly-past marked the celebrations for Henry Allingham's birthday, which were held on board Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory
Three insurance company directors, including one from Sussex, "lied" about their ailing company's health to protect their reputations, jobs and telephone-number salaries, a court heard. They knew that if the truth came out, Independent Insurance
A wildlife charity that rescues thousands of animals each year is under threat because it cannot meet its costs. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) volunteers help injured foxes, badgers, deer, hedgehogs, seals, swans
Police have launched a summer blitz on drunken thugs to slash violence in the city centre. Officers will be kitted out with mountain bikes and head cameras so they can quickly ride through crowds to video brawls and antisocial behaviour. Sussex Police
Clumsy police officers in Sussex cause £158 of damage every day - by reversing their cars into lamp posts, bins and other motors. Dozens of cars belonging to members of the public have been dented and static objects toppled or crushed. Taxpayers
Furious parents have removed their children from a failing primary school after losing faith in the way it is run. One mother has even decided to give up work and educate her daughter at home rather than send her back to St Catherine's Catholic
A wartime air ace has died just weeks after meeting up with a German bomber pilot he shot down. Edward Lawley McMillan, known as Peter, was visited in May by Willi Schludecker. Mr Schludecker was on a raid on July 23/24 1942, when his Bedford-bound
Children's dreams of stardom turned into a nightmare when a talent contest became engulfed in controversy. Schools across Sussex entered a competition to be the choir in Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour
