Eastbourne Eagles returned to winning ways with a rain-affected home success over Oxford Cheetahs. But their hopes of a bonus point were dashed by the weather. Eagles won 43-31 in a match which was abandoned after 12 heats due to steady rain and an
A helpline for women with mental health problems could be forced to shut next month because of a funding crisis. Threshold, in St George's Place, Brighton, provides a freephone, confidential and anonymous service to more than 1,000 women, their carers
A film director completed her debut project with money reclaimed from her bank. Ruth Torjussen thought she was going to have to abandon her first feature film because her budget was running out. But the 44-year-old mother successfully challenged her
The Labour Party suffered its worst election results in Brighton and Hove for two decades on May 3, prompting Argus columnist Adam Trimingham to write the obituary of the political Left. Lord Bassam was Labour leader of Brighton from 1987-97 and
The last of the scaffolding is being taken down from one of the most prestigious hotels in Sussex - after 18 months of refurbishment. The entire facade of Hilton Brighton Metropole in Kings Road has been covered during a painstaking £1.8 million recreation
Racist incidents reported in schools in parts of Sussex have more than doubled in the past seven years, according to new statistics. Schools in West Sussex recorded 191 racist episodes last year, compared to 91 in 2000/01. Apart from a slight dip in
A teenage boy hanged himself after logging on to a suicide website. Christopher Gray attached a belt to a hook on the back of his bedroom door at his family home in Lower Dicker, East Sussex, after a row with his parents over homework. Just minutes
A 24-year-old holidaymaker is in a Greek hospital after a vicious street attack left him needing emergency brain surgery. Clive Ramsey spent six days in a coma after a stag night on the island of Zakynthos went horribly wrong. He was beaten unconscious
