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  • Super-sub Bowditch sinks Bantams

    Dean Bowditch became an instant hero for Albion with a dramatic winner. The loan signing from Ipswich celebrated his League debut for the Seagulls by coming off the bench to clinch their third away win on the trot in the 89th minute. Bowditch, a 70th

  • Hero Bowditch has got character

    Albion boss Dean Wilkins saluted the character of last-minute matchwinner Dean Bowditch and his team-mates. The loan signing from Ipswich had to settle for a place on the bench again after his debut as a second-half substitute in Wednesday's win against

  • The Maccabees, Concorde 2, Brighton

    It takes something special to get pretty girls head-banging but whatever that something is, student-pleasers The Maccabees have it in spades. Their homecoming show at the Concorde 2 provoked a mini-riot. "You know when you're up for something

  • Arab Strap, Audio, Brighton

    Arab Strap are splitting up. To "celebrate" this fact, lyricist Aidan Moffat and instrumentalist Macolm Middleton have a retrospective album entitled Ten Years Of Tears and a single called There Is No Ending, which ends with a chant of "Bullies

  • Howling Bells, Pressure Point, Brighton

    Some female lead singers use their looks and sexuality to attract fans, regardless of the quality of the music. However in the case of Juanita Stein, singer and guitarist with sultry alternative four-piece Howling Bells, there's no substitution

  • Mercy for man, 80, who killed wife

    A frail pensioner smothered his sleeping wife with a pillow because he feared she would not cope if he died before her. Frank Peters, 80, then tried repeatedly to kill himself at the couple's home in St Leonards. When the former hospital porter failed

  • Gang attack 'pure evil'

    A teenager was nearly beaten to death by thugs in a violent new craze known as "tanning up". The family of 17-year-old Willem Haymaker have taken the unusual step of releasing a picture of his serious injuries in an attempt to highlight the brutal attack

  • Travellers cannot be moved

    Homeowners have called for a group of travellers camped in a row of parking spaces near their homes to be moved away. Land to the north of The Level in Brighton was converted from paid-for bays to free parking when parking firm NCP took over in 2001

  • Farewell to brave cancer dad

    There were tears and laughter as mourners gathered to say farewell to a courageous father whose fight against cancer touched the hearts of thousands of our generous readers. More than 250 people attended a celebration of the life of Neil Cooper at the

  • Touts cash in on beach gig

    A huge black market has developed for tickets to Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Boutique 3. Hundreds were being advertised on the internet auction site eBay yesterday, less than 24 hours after the New Year's Day beach gig sold out. Some sellers were asking

  • Poetry contest condemned

    The Argus has made it through to the semi- final of an international poetry competition - by submitting a deliberately awful poem which was written in five minutes. We submitted the poem to a vanity publishing organisation called Poetry.com after

  • 'Pay up or your dog dies'

    An NHS boss on £140,000-a-year is being held to ransom by dognappers who stole her beloved puppy from her back garden. The crooks have demanded £2,000 from Kim Hodgson, the Chief Executive of East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, after stealing her rare Weimaraner-cross

  • Queen visits town

    The Queen showed no sign of her nagging back complaint as she and the Duke of Edinburgh helped commemorate Crawley New Town's 60th anniversary. The royal party arrived by helicopter and landed at Southgate Playing Fields before being driven to the

  • Royal visit thrills hundreds at new town celebrations

    The Queen showed no sign of her troubling back complaint today as she and the Duke of Edinburgh helped commemorate Crawley's 60th anniversary. Cheering crowds waving Union flags greeted the royal couple in their first visit to the town for 37 years.