Rising Russian star Denis Gizatullin is on Eastbourne Eagles' wanted list. The 24-year-old Oktyabrsky rider is being offered the chance to show what he can do at reserve during Cameron Woodward's injury absence. Any deal will depend on Gizatullin's
Sussex still have work to do to claim a victory which would put them right back in the Championship title race. Hampshire were set an improbable 500 to win a minimum off 139 overs after Sussex declared at Arundel yesterday once skipper Chris Adams had
WORTHING will almost certainly be playing in the Ryman premier division again next season. The Rebels were told of a likely 11th hour reprieve yesterday afternoon. Scarborough are about to go into liquidation and the knock-on effect throughout the pyramid
Anyone who watched the first episode of new reality make- over show Mary Queen Of Shops last month will have witnessed the proprietors of Brighton's very own Ju Ju being set the task of styling electro-pop outfit Coco Electrik. When the shopkeepers
Director Martin Connor and Choreographer Bill Deamer have nurtured their production of Rogers and Hart's classic musical since its conception at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2002, and its subsequent gestation at the Cardiff Festival of Musical
In 1988 Alan Plater wrote a short play about a woman who bought a second-hand saxophone to remind her of the war years and, much to the horror of her children, took to playing it in the Underground. The award-winning screenwriter had already used pre-rock
Last year, folk singer Adem sang on a Levis advert for straight-leg jeans, but don't blame him for all those chubby-legged men in circulation-stopping denim. "To be honest Levis were a bit slow on the uptake," he says. "People in Hoxton had
This filthy five-piece is headed up by Sussex University graduate Tahita Bulmer. The potty-mouthed English and Media graduate's backcatalogue includes the lascivious Jerk Me, Get Lucky and Ice Cream. And the line from the latter, "Drink me like
Taxpayers are being asked to fork out after a museum renovation project went £300,000 over budget. The bill for refurbishing Bexhill Museum is almost £300,000 more than has been allocated through lottery and town hall grants and museum fund-raising.
"I'm going back to the music I loved the first time around. The thing with the blues is, it is one of the places where you find real honesty and truth." Brighton-based guitarist Gary Moore is back on the road supporting his latest album Close As
It's nice outside, really pretty," purrs a terminally distracted Sierra Casady. "Where it is I'm not exactly sure." To Sierra and Bianca Casady, the former opera singer and model who are CocoRosie, geography is unimportant. The American sisters prefer
Marsupial indie rockers The Wombats met at Paul McCartney's performing arts school in Liverpool - but try not to hold that against them. Comprised of two Scousers and a Norwegian, they bonded over the desire to, "write some songs involving animals"
Hadouken are the biggest thing since whichever nu-rave band the NME name-dropped as the biggest thing last week. A garish mess of luminious outfits and baseball caps, this grime-toting fousome create music to make your ears bleed and your temples throb
As a child Green starred in Superman opposite the late Christopher Reeve. As an adult she's fronting her own jazz 1quartet. While Krypton might not have been in her blood, music was - her father was a professional jazz drummer and her grandmother played
Police following a tip-off stopped a bus to catch a passenger suspected of carrying drugs. Ciaran MacNamara, 28, was arrested as he got off the number 49 in Church Road, Hove. Officers found he had a bag of ecstasy worth about £1,400 as well as cocaine
Techno-lovers are in for a treat tonight as the man behind the independent labels Perverter and Advanced comes out to play at the Pressure Point. Last month Ade Fenton released his solo debut album Artificial Perfect, featuring a highly-acclaimed collaboration
In London they troop the colour to mark the Queen's birthday, but in Brighton the empress Lola Lasagne and her royal highness Queen Dolly Of Rocket are taking over a magnificent house to mark the occasion with Wild Fruit. Stanmer House and gardens
It's 12 months since the city's own blend of DJ-driven beats and live music was launched at Pressure Point. So the organisers are celebrating this weekend with a big party featuring special guests Leeky Beatz, Jay J Lovelle, Rusty and the Shofar
A DJ knows he's made it when he is asked to mix a Global Underground CD. Adam Freeland has been on the international club circuit for more than a decade, and has already mixed compilations for Fabric and Back To Mine. Now he is following in the
The UK's greatest Eurovision winners are back in the city for a one-off performance at Revenge this week. With one skirt-whipping move Bucks Fizz printed themselves indelibly in Eurovision history when they won the competition with Making Your
The Big Day Out goes international this year with traders from France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and Italy offering their wares. As well as foreign food, there'll be local stalls and performances in the arena broadcast live by Uckfield FM (10am
After last year's successful cabaret show, Pink Paradiso is back with a night full of glitz, glamour, song and sauciness. The Old Market will be transformed into a cabaret club, complete with waiter service and a company of gorgeous boys, glamorous
The words "experimental open mic night" will strike fear into the hearts of most right-thinking members of society. However, the session at The Great Eastern pub isn't some showcase for the loathsome Nathan Barleys of Brighton and Hove, but part
More than 10,000 people are expected to descend on Brighton's Stanmer Park for the Springwatch Festival this weekend. The family nature event launches a Year of Action for wildlife across Brighton and Hove. There are a whole host of free activities
A drunken husband who threatened to kill his wife after drinking 16 pints of beer has been given a suspended jail sentence. Dennis King, 64, brandished a serrated steak knife as he pushed his wife Janet to the floor in the kitchen of their home in Eastbourne
A mismatched, unhappy husband and wife travel to a cholera-stricken province in China. Here, through adversity and suffering, the relationship is transformed into a passionate love. Naomi Watts as Kitty Fane moves from bored, adulterous wife to
Celebrating his 50-year association with Wick Theatre Company, Ray Hopper has chosen to direct the play as it was his first play with them. The choice has provided him with a lot of nostalgia and a whiff of it will reach those members of the audience
It's not hard to see why the Manic Street Preachers inspire so much devotion among their fans yet so much revulsion among critics. Right from their early days as fresh-faced punk rock band Betty Blue, the schoolfriends from Oakdale Comprehensive
A couple who had sex in an aeroplane toilet and then forced their flight to divert at a cost of more than £12,000 have been sentenced. Trevor Blake, 44, and Nicola Fitzgerald, 28, became abusive after being refused drinks on board BA flight 2263 from
There are a lot of solo shows at the moment, because actors are rebelling. "In a solo show you can't bluff it, and audiences know that," says Brighton-based writer and performer Siobhan Nicholas. "We have got such a crazy world of celebrity but
The partner of a man imprisoned in Italy for a murder he says he did not commit has complained that none of her letters have reached him in jail. Enrico Mariotti, 66, was extradited to Italy to begin a 26-year jail term on May 17. His partner Christine
Thousands of disabled and disadvantaged children are to gather in Sussex this weekend for a day at the seaside. The Variety Club Children's Charity will welcome more than 2,000 children to Harbour Park Amusements at Little Hampton Sea Front from 12pm
Bob Brimson today called on Sky Sports to increase their seven-figure backing of speedway or risk seeing more clubs go to the wall. But the Eastbourne Eagles boss is convinced his club is stable and on course to being profitable. The Elite League
Homes are needed for a cat and her kittens found in a compost bin. A woman opened the bin at her home in East Grinstead and discovered the litter. She called Cats Protection which collected the stray mum and her three kittens. Karen Thompson, deputy
A series of complaints about the actions of councillors involved in controversial decisions about school admissions in Brighton and Hove have been dismissed. Around 40 complaints were submitted to Brighton and Hove City Council and both the Standards
An art gallery is offering to swap one print by graffiti artist Banksy if ten stolen in smash and grab raids are returned. Art Republic in Bond Street, Brighton, has put up a limited edition piece worth £1,000 as a reward for information leading to the
Fears are growing for the future of a multi-million pound hospital. Plans for the Arun Community Hospital in Littlehampton were suspended more than a year ago by health managers ahead of a major review of all hospital services across West Sussex. Many
A bereaved mother is appealing for the return of a stolen mobile phone containing her only pictures of her lost son. Tammi Lane was drinking in a bar in West Street, Brighton when the navy blue, silver and black Nokia 6280 phone containing the memory
Adur Festival's star-filled programme continues with a live visit from the cardigan-loving Radio 4 favourite. Described as "less a one-man show and more of an understaffed cavalcade", Jeremy's main subject will almost certainly be politics,
So Sue Power thinks privatisation of the health service is a disastrous policy (Letters, June 2). What about the contributions of GPs, dentists, opticians, pharmacists, drug producers and manufacturers of life-saving equipment - all of whom fall
Every time the glamorous all-girl swing band The Blonde Bombshells visit a GI camp they lose members. Now with a BBC job in the offing Betty, the bandleader, needs to find new musicians fast. Answering the call are a naive schoolgirl,
Owing to its association with bums and excreta, I thought that Endemol was a haemorrhoid preparation. But my well-informed chemist explained and advised that Endemol actually makes piles, while Anusol is best for shrinking them. Why is it so easy
You might be interested in the dog waste box that is almost next door to my home. It hasn't been emptied for a couple of months, and now people are putting their dogs' mess in carrier bags as you can see. It is starting to really smell
"This show will be dark, full of surprises, and hopefully both entertaining and thoughtprovoking." That's all Derren Brown is prepared to let slip about his new show, which takes in the Congress Theatre as part of a 35-date tour. Following on from
Having seen your story on Brighton police and the full moon reaching the BBC and the broadsheets this week, I feel we deserve rather more than a letter of ridicule about silver bullets (Letters, June 6). Many in psychiatric and mental health organisations
I had a georgous baby girl on May 6 but deciding which hospital I wanted to give birth to her in was a nightmare. I have two boys aged 11 and 14, and they were both born in Southlands Hospital in Shoreham. I lived in Lancing at that time and didn't
The state of Brighton's Birdcage Bandstand deteriorated further last week, when the copper roof blew off and was replaced with roofing felt (The Argus, June 4). Four years ago the conservation architect Harrap, in a report commissioned by Brighton
Britain is getting fatter and so, with typical community spirit, Sheffield's most celebrated singer/songwriter/organist John Shuttleworth is on the case. With a little knowledge gained from his dinner-lady wife Mary John he is spreading the
Was not public deception depicted in the artist's drawing illustrating the letter from Dr Michael Ray (Letters, June 2-3)? The artist's shading depicts the sun shining on the north-facing elevations, and shadow at the same time on eastern elevations
The education of a generation of school children is in the hands of just one man. Canon Richard Lindley, the schools adjudicator, must make the difficult decision either to back or reject the highly controversial new "lottery" admissions policy in Brighton
I strongly disagree with Jane Erin's letter (The Argus, May 28). I live close to Wickhurst Rise, Portslade and I am buying my own house. I am sandwiched between two council houses. Neither of my neighbours have much prospect of being able to buy
We saw the last night of La Di Da sing Sparkling Whines, an intriguing show because it was listed under comedy, cabaret and classical. We didn't think anybody could fulfil all three criteria. This female duo, however, had all of the audience giggling
I refer to the article by Lawrence Marzouk concerning teenage antisocial behaviour ("Teen yobs blight posh city square", The Argus, June 5). As a resident of the Preston Park area, where we have had a dispersal order for a couple of years now,
Hadouken are the biggest thing since whichever nu-rave band the NME name-dropped as the biggest thing last week. A garish mess of luminious outfits and baseball caps, this grime-toting fousome create music to make your ears bleed and your temples
Fire crews are battling a large fire at a recycling plant. The blaze started in a shredding machine at the 45 metre (148ft) by 50 metre (164ft) building on Lancing Business Park. Six fire crews from Lancing, Shoreham and Worthing were called to the
Church and school leaders have celebrated a council's decision to reconsider charging pupils for transport to faith schools. A West Sussex County Council select committee has asked cabinet member Mark Dunn to reassess his plan to charge pupils up to
READING Glen Williams' views (The Argus, June 5) I am amazed at how short and selective people's memories are. The RAF had been flying over the north and south of Iraq in the "safe havens" to protect Iraqi citizens since the end of the Gulf War
I am the author of the forthcoming biography, Marilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed, which will be published this summer by Constable and Robinson. News of the book has been so well received that a documentary is going to be made around it,
Nearly 90 per cent of residents in a city street have voted in favour of parking reforms. A survey carried out by the Viaduct Rise Parking Group found that 89.5 per cent of householders in Shaftesbury Road, central Brighton wanted an end to dangerous
A couple who had sex in an aeroplane toilet and then forced their flight to divert when they became rowdy will be sentenced today. Trevor Blake, 44, and Nicola Fitzgerald, 28, became abusive after being refused drinks on board BA flight 2263 from Gatwick
The Government has granted permission for a school's playing fields to be sold paving the way for part of the land to be used for a giant football stadium car park. Brighton and Hove Albion fans will be able to make use of 1,000 parking bays at Falmer
Patients and staff at a hospital have been struck down by a bug which causes vomiting and diarrhoea. Four wards at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton have had to be closed to new admissions after an outbreak of Winter Vomiting Disease. Twenty
The South of England Show is upon us once again. Andy Dickenson reaches for the straw, dusts off his wellies and gets stuck in. Farmers celebrated the South of England Agricultural Society's 40th birthday in style, exhibiting more livestock than
An NHS trust which needs to save £49 million is spending half a million pounds on consultants - sparking fears of job losses. West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) needs to save the huge sum this year if it is to break even by next April. In a bid to
Residents fed up with a new fortnightly waste collection are causing chaos as they descend en masse to a tip to dump their rubbish. Loaded up with black bin bags, residents of Rother District queue two hours before the gates open at the Pebsham Lane
A man who savagely beat a woman to death before leaving her body to rot for four weeks until it was discovered by her daughter must serve a minimum of 14 years in jail. Mr Justice Ouseley said it was the least Stephen Johnston deserved for the
The Government's flagship policy to ensure no patient waits longer than 18 weeks for hospital treatment is in tatters after it was revealed the NHS is nowhere near the target. The Department of Health has announced that just 24 per cent of patients
A man in his 70s who fell 20ft down a hill has died in hospital. The pensioner was seen on Wolstonbury Hill, north of Pyecombe, by a dog walker at 6.30pm on Monday. An ambulance was called and paramedics had to search for the man on foot. They
Ben Watts can go all the way in the Golden Belts Championships, according to his coach. Watts, the Southern Counties champion (class 4, under-54kg), beat his Midlands counterpart Ishmail Ghafour (Birmingham City) 10-8 on points in the prequarter
