Gary Holloway knows what it takes to knock Darlington out of the FA Cup. The Lewes midfielder was in the Farnborough side that beat the Quakers at Feethams in a second round tie during the 2002-03 season. And Holloway is hoping that experience can help
Try telling Dean Wilkins that the FA Cup has lost its magic. He still regards it as special, 23 years after jumping on his seat at Wembley to celebrate brother Ray's goal for Manchester United in the final against Albion. Wilkins joined the Seagulls
Yorkshire have warned Sussex they will not allow star batsman Anthony McGrath to leave without a fight. The Argus revealed on Tuesday that McGrath is Sussex's top target to take the place of former skipper Chris Adams in the batting line-up at Hove.
Animal rights campaigners were celebrating today after a Bill to further protect pets from cruelty and neglect became law. The Queen gave Royal Assent to the Animal Welfare Bill, which places a "duty of care" on pet owners to ensure animals are well
Brighton and Hove is the Eco-School capital of the South East. A remarkable 45 of the city's 100 schools are now signed up to the green educational scheme compared to a disappointing four in Eastbourne and Portsmouth and a mere three in Bournemouth
A third of the waste we throw in the bin isn't really rubbish at all. Instead, it can all be turned into a rich, nutritious compost to help nourish local plant life and food crops. Sarah Lewis finds out how. WHAT IS COMPOSTING? IT'S the process
A main road was sealed off after a man was seen brandishing a knife and chisel through the window of his flat. Police were called to London Road in East Grinstead at about 6pm yesterday, after a passer-by was injured by flying glass. The front window
A policewoman has rescued a man from a basement flat which was on fire. The officer was walking past a four-storey building in Broad Street, Brighton, at about 12.30am this morning, when she spotted smoke coming from the building. She forced her way
This production begs for a smaller venue. Lacking intimacy, it fails to convey the darkness of the Daphne Du Maurier classic, resulting in largely declamatory, hollow performances to compensate for the inappropriate space. The actors seem like
Following on from fellow Eastpak Antidote Tour acts Danko Jones and Disco Ensemble, Canadian threepiece Bedouin Soundclash provided some atmospheric contemporary reggae and punk-pop. Lead singer Jay Malinowski's glottal vocals began to sound
There's a new Russian ballet company in the city and if its first production is anything to go by, we are in for a real treat. It is the Russian Classical Ballet Theatre, the brainchild of Ellen Kent, boss of Opera And Ballet International, who
Abandoning their usual classical repertoire, Southwick Opera successfully takes on the challenge of musical theatre with this lively production of Rogers and Hammerstein's tale of love and redemption. Its marvellous score is choc-a-bloc with
"However small the room, we try to turn it into an arena," said The Feeling when they played Brighton back in March. Eight months on and they've graduated from the Freebutt to the Dome on a tour which has sold out all of its 19 dates and just
Albion prospects Joel Lynch and Dean Cox have given the club a huge boost by signing contract extensions. Lynch has added an extra year to his three-year deal, keeping him with the Seagulls until June 2010. Cox, due to be out of contract at the
Paul Thomsett has told Lewes players to enjoy what could be the best day of their football lives. Thomsett was man-of-thematch the only previous time Lewes reached the first round of the FA Cup. He was part of Jimmy Quinn's team that lost 2-0
James Fraser saved Worthing's blushes in a Sussex Senior Cup tie marred by two sendings off and nine bookings at Leylands Road last night. The younger brother of Albion's Tom scored the equaliser six minutes from the end of extra time against their
I'm sure I speak for many Brightonians when I say thank you to Norman Cook. Back in 2001, when Fatboy Slim held his first Big Beach Boutique, a moment of pride and passion for music was shared, amplified by being in our beloved home town. Then
I was shocked and saddened to hear of Shirley West's sudden death. She was always a stalwart supporter and initiator of the Women's Centre. Working with her in the Eighties, as council representative to the Women's Centre and chairwoman of the
The proposed changes to the secondary school admissions process are ill-conceived. What the proposals don't explain is what happens to the excess children in each catchment area. In 2008 and 2009 at least, despite an extra 30 places being made
I am Arthur. I am your King and having begat Camelot - I mean, Spamalot, in London's West End, the quest takes my knights and I South, down the A23, in search of King Alfred! Surely my fellow monarch deserves an equal tribute. Indeed, one fit
The proposal being forwarded by the Secondary Schools Review Committee is preposterous. Brighton and Hove City Council is trying to sacrifice the traditions of the local communities with a flippant and uncaring attitude to the future of Brighton's
I live in Hollingbury and luckily my son has a place at Dorothy Stringer. For future children, this may not be the case. Why has this area not been given access to at least one of the top performing schools, when other areas have been given the
I was shocked and disgusted to hear of the changes in Secondary Admissions Brighton and Hove City Council was trying to push through without adequate consultation. It has a duty to explain what its vision is, if it has one. If the council really
Pat Hawkes claimed a statefunded Montessori school may have a "potentially adverse effect on pupil numbers in neighbouring schools" (Letters, October 5). I live in Hove but my child cannot attend any of my local state schools. They are all oversubscribed
Rubbish is in the news again, with a local blind man injured tripping over a pile of rubbish bags (The Argus, November 1) and proposals to charge for waste collection, which can only encourage people to dump it. Rubbish is, of course, one of the
My grandson and his family moved into a chalet on Golden Sands caravan site two weeks ago and requested a gas prepayment card so they could heat their chalet. They have a young baby, now two weeks old, and my grandson suffers from a serious heart
With regards to the Fat Boy Slim gig, initially I was overjoyed to hear the news. However, tickets costing an extortionate £30, plus booking fee, plus postage bring the total for one ticket to just under £40. Multiplying this by 20,000 gives a
A top architect slammed city planners as a hearing began to decide if a 42-storey tower should be built on land near Brighton Station. Plans for the 400ft building were unanimously rejected by Brighton and Hove City Council in April 2005. For
Re my letter "Where's the Security' in Social Security" (October 5), I have to bring you up to date. My building society account had been upgraded and my Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) was paid into an account I thought had been closed. The Job Centre
I would like to thank the residents of Moyne Close for staging yet another first-class event - their annual Halloween Party. The children really enjoyed dressing up as witches and wizards and were particularly pleased with their goodie-bags. The
On October 27, Hove museum opened an exhibition dedicated to the centenary of the Brighton and Hove Archaeological Society. The Society was founded in 1906 by the then curator of Brighton museum, Herbert S Toms. The centenary event was opened
A water firm has defended its safety record after being fined for using unqualified workmen and women. Southern Water was fined £1,500 for using road workers without the required qualifications and for failing to provide adequate signs at its
Chancellor Gordon Brown and Prince Charles have pledged their support to a scheme partly organised by Brighton-based Business Community Partnership (BCP). The CommunityMark scheme will strive to reward organisations and businesses which help
A builder who scooped £8.4 million on the Lottery is planning to throw away his tools and travel the world. Stephen Stannard, 46, and his wife Julie, 42, opened the champagne yesterday to celebrate winning the jackpot in Saturday's Lotto draw. The couple
Today The Argus reveals the cost of a burgeoning population on Brighton and Hove. Developers are expected to provide 550 extra dwellings every year - a total of 11,000 extra homes by 2026. However, an independent report commissioned by Brighton
A home for autistic children is facing closure five years after parents won a High Court battle to keep it open. Parents said The Palmeira Project in Palmeira Avenue, Hove, is the only one in the area which caters for the needs of severely handicapped
The family of a man who drowned in a ditch are calling for the area to be made safer. Chelsea supporter Glenn Ford, 54, died days before the birth of his latest grandson after falling into the ditch in Hammonds Drive, Eastbourne, while walking home from
Almost 400 properties in a seaside town could be affected by coastal erosion if more money is not pumped into flood defences. Hastings and the east coast is particularly vulnerable to the threat of rising sea levels according to the Association
Uniformed coppers and undercover detectives swarmed on a shopping district yesterday. A desperate high-speed chase to find a missing seven-year-old girl had them darting in among pedestrians walking through the centre of Brighton, pushing shoppers
A man told a jury he was with two brothers when one of them took a fatal overdose of heroin. John Cunningham, 43, died after taking the class A drug at the home of his brother, Nicholas, in Worthing, in November 2004. Nicholas Cunningham, 35, is accused
A Jobs agency manager stole company cheques after he got into debt, a court was told. Carl Elkin cashed 15 cheques worth £5,824 while working for Interwork Recruitment. He worked his way up from being a consultant to become manager of the firm's branches
An elderly woman has told how she gave a would-be burglar the boot by pushing him out of her house. The 70-year-old woman, who did not want to be named, pushed the intruder through three rooms and outside before locking him out. Despite the obvious
A restaurant has been fined £16,000 after inspectors discovered a string of health and safety breaches in its kitchen. Rotten food, high levels of E.coli and out-of-date foods were found at El Patio Spanish restaurant at Brighton Marina after
A home for autistic children is facing closure five years after parents won a High Court battle to keep it open. Parents said The Palmeira Project in Palmeira Avenue, Hove, is the only one in the area which caters for the needs of severely handicapped
The youngest defendant in the alleged fertiliser bomb plot was "used" by his older brother, a court was told. Shujah Mahmood, 19, from Crawley, was completely overshadowed by his brother, Omar Khyam, 24, said Baroness Kennedy, QC, at the Old
More mothers are opting to have their babies at maternity units threatened with closure. There has been a rise in the number of births at all five maternity units in the county that could be shut under cost-cutting measures. The only maternity
A clamping company could get the boot after fining a passenger for displaying their disabled badge the wrong way round. Security Core of Brighton Ltd targeted Richard Poulton, 75, and friend Val Jackson, 66, during a day trip to Brighton Marina
A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder broke into a house while on the run, a court was told. Edward Lee stabbed a man in the chest and was jailed after a trial at the Old Bailey in 1996. He was transferred to Stanford Hill open prison
"There have certainly been a lot of changes since we started in 1936," says Andrew Charalambous, Chairman of Streamline Taxis 202020. It was then that a small number of licensed Hove Hackney Carriage proprietors grouped together to form Hove
A teenager who died after she stepped into the path of a 4x4 vehicle has been named by police. Natalia Jones, 16, from Duncton Common, Duncton, near Petworth, was with another 16-year-old when the accident happened on the B2179 at Itchenor, near Chichester
A host of actors who starred in a show which West End producers tried to iron out of history have been revealed after an appeal by The Argus. Stars who made their first big break in the Sound of Music in Worthing have come forward after this newspaper
Campaigners fighting to save hospital services are being invited to hug a mug to raise money. Moira Strickland, who runs a mobile pottery painting business, has organised the event in support of St Richard's Hospital in Chichester. She will be
The Rugby Football Union has launched an investigation into a club's website which included abusive language and songs about lewd sex acts. Cinque Ports RFC, who play at Grove School, Darwell Close, St Leonards, had the lyrics posted on a section
An actor who weighed 31 stone was so fed up being offered "fat parts" he took up an extraordinary challenge to get fit. Vincent Youngman, 25, of Egmont Road, Hove, was always offered small comedy television roles, mostly mocking his huge frame.
Big Brother's Pete wants to marry his new love up a tree and have 23 babies. The bohemian 24-yearold's girlfriend, student Gemma Costain, 22, said she would like her dog to be their pageboy. He said: "She's definitely the one for me. I can't
A government report has rated services for children in East Sussex "excellent" and placed the area in the top ten nationally. The Annual Performance Assessment for 2005-6 found East Sussex County Council's children's services were the best in
A friend of ex-EastEnders star Hilda Braid has told how the star suffered a fall and cut her head. However, drama producer Brian Ralfe rebuffed reports that Ms Braid, who played Nana Moon in Eastenders, had retired to a rest home. A national
Paul Thomsett has told Lewes players to enjoy what could be the best day of their football lives. Thomsett was man-of-the-match the only previous time Lewes reached the first round of the FA Cup. He was part of Jimmy Quinn's team that lost 2-0 to Stoke
Micky Adams has given his old club a headache by refusing Albion permission to play Andrew Whing in the FA Cup. The Seagulls have badgered the Coventry chief to change his mind but Adams does not want the on-loan Whing to be Cup-tied by playing in Saturday's
Albion prospects Joel Lynch and Dean Cox have given the club a huge boost by signing contract extensions. Lynch has added an extra year to his three-year deal, keeping him with the Seagulls until June 2010. Cox, due to be out of contract at the end
