Ady Colwell is planning to prove a lot of people wrong when Eastbourne Town start life in Ryman division one south this season. It has been a difficult summer for the County League champions after securing promotion for the first time last season.
Findon skipper Graham Waller insists his side will not freeze on the big occasion ahead of their National Village Cup semi-final. Findon travel to Oxfordshire side Oxford Downs on Sunday hoping to clinch a place in the final at Lord's. They were knocked
Luol Deng gave Sussex basketball fans a taste of the NBA, then promised there's still a lot more to come. The Chicago Bulls star top-scored with 26 points, on 11-for-17 shooting, and added seven rebounds in almost 33 minutes of court time as Great Britain
Eastbourne Eagles were well beaten in their Elite League B fixture at Swindon last night - though a rally in the last two races nearly saw them force a run off for the bonus point. Swindon trailed by 16 points from Saturday's defeat at Arlington but
Crawley boss Steve Evans believes his young, new-look side will not be a force in the Conference premier until next season. Reds have made a promising start to the campaign, beating title favourites Stevenage on the opening day, before going down 2-0
Emergency crews rescued four passengers aboard a yacht when they got into difficulty near Saltdean beach today. Brighton Lifeboat launched at about 5pm to help the yacht, which was a mile south of the beach. The passengers sent out the alert when they
A music video of a young musician who was killed in an horrific car crash is being released by his bandmates as a tribute to him. Jon Chandler, 26, and fellow musicians Andrew Graney, 29, and Rohan Chadwick, 27, doctors Matthew O'Donnell, 30, and Christopher
A Brighton schoolboy has registered one of the best sets of A-level exam results in the country. Alex Sobolev, 18, was celebrating yesterday after finding out he had earned a staggering seven A grades. His remarkable success was made all the more incredible
A photographer has been spared a jail term for assaulting Heather Mills-McCartney. Jay Kaycappa, 32, grabbed the estranged wife of ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney by her right shoulder to swing her round and take her photograph in a Brighton subway. He
Road resurfacing is expected to cause disruption over the next six weeks. West Sussex County Council will begin a programme of works on Monday which will run until the end of September. They will focus on roads around Shoreham, Worthing and Burgess
A top new music venue in the same building that once played host to The Beatles and the Rolling Stones has moved a step closer. Proposals for an "opulent" and "theatrical" Brighton Academy have been sent to planning chiefs. If the scheme at the Brighton
Hard-Fi are to play a low-key gig in Worthing next month. The band from Staines will play the Worthing Pavilion on Monday September 10 ahead of their new album. Tickets are on sale at www.gigsandtours.com
A barrister who filmed up the skirts of unsuspecting supermarket shoppers has lost an appeal against conviction - but won a reduction in his jail sentence. Simon Austin Hamilton was found guilty in April last year of five offences of outraging public
A man charged in connection with the failed July 21 bombings was committed for trial today at the Old Bailey. Lukimon Sulaimon, 24, is charged with failing to disclose information that "might help in bringing a terrorist to justice in the UK". Sulaimon
Thursday 9th Another good display from Luke Wright in the batting department but otherwise Warwickshire have got a pretty firm grip on this game now. Sussex will need something pretty special to get out of this one. Friday 10th Well, that’s not a bad
A Brighton schoolboy has scored A-level results believed to be among the best in Britain. Alex Sobolev, one of thousands of teenagers collecting their results this morning, earned a staggering seven A grades. The pupil from Brighton College in Eastern
A plan to ease pressure on doctors by getting patients to 'self care' has been ridiculed by health campaigners. Bosses at West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) say encouraging people take better care of themselves would reduce the number of attendances
Animals...I cannot resist animals in a comedy and this light hearted re-make of the biblical tale of Noah and the Ark has some particularly good moments involving them - although it's the birds and the baboons that steal the show in this one. Evan (Steve
Animals...I cannot resist animals in a comedy and this light hearted re-make of the biblical tale of Noah and the Ark has some particularly good moments involving them - although it's the birds and the baboons that steal the show in this one. Evan (Steve
Humour expert Stanley Furlong (Letters, August 13) needs to remember Frank Carson's immortal words about jokes: "It's the way I tell 'em!" As to suggestions for possible subjects for a new statue instead of the one of Max Miller, I don't know
Had a good Pride weekend, boys and girls? Well done then. Well done yet again for turning our city into a rubbish tip. Year after year our cash-strapped council (so they tell us) has to pay to clean up after Pride. On Sunday, August 5 at 8.30am
Fast food fanatics Lee and Mary Humphrey are really Lovin' It at McDonald's - eating at their local branch every day for the past 17 YEARS. The pair have scoffed the same meal - a double hamburger each with a shared large fries - more than 4,500 times
Today's A-level exam results will bring disappointment for hundreds of students who have missed the grades they needed to get into university. But all is not lost. There will be thousands of university places available through the clearing process
The ill-thought-out proposals on recycling by the majority Lib Dem Seaford Town Council can be summed up by Councillor Collick's desire "to put Seaford on the map" (The Argus, August 9). Judging by the overwhelming and, in my opinion, justified
The position involves completing telephone checks to verify the distribution of our free newspapers including the Brighton and Hove Leader. A good telephone manner is essential and computer literacy would be an advantage although full training
Plans to create new villages and towns across parts of rural Sussex have attracted an unprecedented response from the public. Wealden District Council has received 11,000 comments regarding its proposed sites for building 8,000 new homes in the next
In reply to Betty Hammond's letter (July 28), I worked at the Boots restaurant in Western Road from 1943-46. The resident orchestra consisted of a pianist, a violinist and cellist. What a wonderful crowd of people worked there. Although names now
What a welcome decision by the Government to call for the release of Omar Deghayes and the others held in Guantanamo Bay without charge. Congratulations to the campaigners and The Argus for the support they gave to Omar and his family. At the Brighton
Upon reading Mr Booker's letter (August 3), I felt compelled to defend Brighton and Hove City Council. A few weeks ago, I rang Tim Squires in the footpaths department at about midday because nettles and brambles were encroaching on parts of a public
Joel Lynch faces a race against time to be fit for Albion's first home game of the season. The highly rated young defender was hurt in a first-half tackle with Cardiff's Paul Parry during Tuesday's exit from the Carling Cup. Lynch had a scan yesterday
John Wilderspin, the chief executive of West Sussex primary care trust, stated that the proposed health care changes are about how best to provide services in the future with the intention to provide "as many services as possible on a local basis
A few days after celebrating my 80th birthday, I suddenly felt ill - breathing was difficult, my head felt as if it would burst and I could not stand. My wife phoned Dr Robert Williams at the Mile Oak Surgery who visited, diagnosed a rapid heart
Does anyone have photographs of the Home Guard stationed at Sussex Square, Brighton in 1942? If you could send them to me at the address below I would be most grateful. If anyone can help, I would have the photos copied and returned immediately
Around 150,000 visitors are expected to look to the skies for an airshow which takes off today. Eastbourne Airbourne, a four day celebration of flight, begins on August 16 until 19 on Eastbourne Seafront. The event will include a display by the Red
A month ago Sussex was struggling to stay afloat. Torrential downpours left homes under feet of water, parts of hospitals and whole schools were forced to shut and transport networks went into meltdown with trains and roads coming to a standstill
Albion Reserves suffered play-off despair last night, despite going up against ten men for 43 minutes. The Seagulls' second string went down 2-0 at Ipswich in their Combination title play-off. Chris Casement and Billy Clarke had given Ipswich a half-time
I hope the mindless idiots who caused so much damage at Shoreham Lifeboat Station (The Argus, August 10) will one day be adrift on a stormy sea, waiting to be rescued, and on calling for help on their mobiles would be told: "Sorry, we can't help
Rehearsals start on September 3 for the Spotlight Players' Sun And Moon Cabaret 2008 which takes place on February 22 and 23 at the Windmill Theatre in Hove. Anyone interested in joining, particularly men, please call me on 01273 387755 or 07815
It's unfortunate John Stevens (Letters, August 9) failed to mention that when an energy performance certificate survey is carried out on a home, in particular the heating and boiler section, part of the survey asks if the boiler is serviced on
One Sunday recently I decided to visit my mother and take her into Brighton for the afternoon. We went to Churchill Square, the North Laine and finally out to the marina for her to see what it looks like these days. The weather was glorious and
Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior has copped some fearful stick in the last week. He is just six matches into his fledgling Test match career with England but his credentials have already been cruelly questioned in the national media. Firstly he was criticised
Fans of Elvis Presley across Sussex have been getting all shook up as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of his death. Many will be donning their blue suede shoes today - exactly 30 years after the King died - and will be swivelling their hips in his
There will be cause for celebrations at schools and colleges across Sussex today as A-level results rise yet again. More than a quarter of a million teenagers in Britain will be collecting their results for the exams for sixth-formers this morning and
A wartime hero died after a hospital failed to diagnose rib injuries suffered in a fall on a sharply braking bus, an inquest heard. Paul Bobryk tumbled over as the 5b approached traffic lights. Both the bus company and Royal Sussex Hospital were criticised
Next year students in Brighon will pay rent of more than £100 a week for the first time. The University of Sussex will charge up to £104 a week for en-suite rooms in some halls of residence. Critics say the move could lead to students choosing to
Council tax dodgers cost each household an extra £30 in bills last year. More than £3 million of council tax was left uncollected in Brighton and Hove in the year ending April 2007, new figures reveal. And with 115,000 households across the city
An angler died after diving into an icy reservoir to rescue his rod, which had been pulled into the water by a carp. Ian Cooper, 35, of Ironlatch Avenue in St Leonards, got into difficulty as he swam after the angling gear at Wishing Tree Reservoir
In our Streetlife series we visit roads across Sussex and meet the people behind the front doors. This week Siobhan Ryan visits Wilbury Avenue in Hove.It may be a street of two halves, split by a major road, but the people of Wilbury Avenue are
A street is being transformed by a flood of late-night drinking dens. With a strip club set to open later this year, two bars vying for a later throwing-out time and an 800-strong venue recently reopened, police, residents and some traders fear East
A new report placed seaside towns in Sussex as some of the best places to live in Britain. But what do residents of these towns actually think about their own backyard? Reporter Miles Godfrey investigates.It will come as no surprise to many that
