A cyclist was fatally injured when he was hit by a car travelling at about 60mph near a Sussex beauty spot. Keen cyclist James Danson-Hatcher, 23, was thrown into the air by the force of the impact. The kitchen hand, who lived in Rugby Place, Brighton
Albion striker Joe Gatting is expected to sign a three-month loan deal with Woking tomorrow. The 19-year-old is unlikely to be the only fringe first-teamer to go out to a lower division club. Gatting has yet to get a taste of first-team action this
Eastbourne Eagles have axed their absent Russian champion and signed a young Swedish prospect. Denis Gizatullin has been told he is no longer wanted following his no-show for Monday's defeat at Belle Vue. Eagles have drafted in 17-year-old Simon Gustafsson
Sussex's destiny in this season's Championship race could be out of their hands unless their batsmen can summon up the resolve shown by their bowlers earlier in another fluctuating day at the Riverside. The evergreen Ottis Gibson took three wickets in
Google the name Ken Brown and you will find references to both the golfer and footballer, who played for West Ham and managed Norwich. You will not find mention of Albion's new managing director, which probably suits this Ken Brown fine. According to
Gillingham, according to conventional wisdom, will be devilishly difficult for Albion to beat on Saturday. You know how it goes. A team with a new man at the helm - as is the case with the Gills following Ronnie Jepson's departure last weekend - instantly
A man found hanged in bushes has been identified. The man's body was discovered near Hove Lagoon on Tuesday, August 14. His remains were discovered by a woman dog walker at the Portslade end of the lagoon. Staff at nearby Lagoon Watersports contacted
A policeman has been suspended after he attacked his ex-wife with a crutch. Kevin Garman jabbed estranged partner Trudi Garman in the bottom during a heated row. Today the Bognor PC was convicted of assaulting his former wife and fined and ordered to
Steven King believes new signing Matt Groves can be a big hit at Lewes. Dorchester striker Groves has joined the Rooks until the end of the season at the same time as boss King confirmed Craig O'Connor's departure from the club. Groves, 27, was in
Even if you've never seen a production of The Pirates Of Penzance before, you've no doubt heard mention of it. Like much of Gilbert and Sullivan's work, it is thoroughly embedded in our collective cultural imagination and references pop up in the strangest
Catherine Feeny would like to have you believe she's Miss Average. She grew up in Philadelphia listening to Simon & Garfunkel and Cat Stevens. She writes alone on her guitar or at the piano and doesn't use a whole load of chords. She's pretty straightforward
Sussex coach Mark Robinson admitted that the sight of stricken fast bowler Rana Naved had been "very distressing" for his players. Naved, 29, suffered a serious dislocation of his right shoulder trying to stop the ball from going to the boundary during
A supermarket which has halted deliveries to a large slice of east Brighton because of safety fears is facing a boycott by a growing band of residents. Whitehawk neighbours have contacted The Argus to say they will no longer be shopping at the Brighton
Fire brigade bosses have warned lives are being put at risk following an increase in prank emergency calls. East Sussex Fire and Rescue officers say vital resources are being diverted away from life threatening blazes by time wasters. The number of
Sussex fast bowler Rana Naved was taken to hospital with what appears to be a serious shoulder injury during the county's Championship game against Durham today. Rana, 29, was given oxygen treatment on the pitch by paramedics and his head placed in a
A nine-year-old girl has launched a revolt after her school cook was banned from selling her home-made cakes. Flapjack-loving Mathilda Hutchinson was devastated when she returned to school last week and discovered her favourite treats were no longer
"I heard the last person who came through here was Ken Dodd," said Hard-Fi singer Richard Archer. "It's about time Worthing rocked." At times during the Staines four-piece's gig it was difficult to believe they were playing this venue. Worthing
The Argus today launches a campaign to provide a lasting tribute to The Body Shop founder Anita Roddick. Following her death there has been growing support for a plaque to be put up at 22 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, on the spot where the entrepreneur
People from all walks of life have paid tribute to Dame Anita Roddick following her death on Monday evening. Here is a selection, including some posted on The Argus website. Geoff Davis, deputy head at Littlehampton Community School, said: "She was
Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in British history, died on Monday after suffering a brain haemorrhage. She combined success in business with a passion for environmentalism before corporate
A climate change camp protest and worries about long check-in queues failed to deter passengers from flocking to Britain's biggest airport last month, figures out today showed. Heathrow handled 6.37 million passengers in August 2007 - a 6.5% increase
Please leave your memories of Anita Roddick and your messages of sympathy for her family and colleagues below.
A patient who suffered severe burns from a scalding bath was left writhing in agony while a nurse took a shower, a misconduct panel heard. The 59-year-old woman, who has Down's syndrome and uses a wheelchair, was left with huge blisters on her
At last a real reality show! I was very interested to read about local band Drookit Dogs appearing in an online TV programme about making an album, gigging and doing whatever other crazy things "punk-folksters" might get up to (The Argus, September
Unfortunately we have another badly thought-out idea from the Green Party (The Argus, September 4). They think we should keep the current temporary one-way system for North Street and West Street in Brighton. Has the Green Party thought about
When I was at Brighton College of Technology studying beauty therapy in 1980-81, fellow students and I would go to the Body Shop in Kensington Gardens to have bottles refilled. Anita Roddick was way, way ahead of her time. She wasn't being politically
The North Mid Sussex county local committee hosted a public meeting on Monday, September 3, to listen to the views of local people on the primary care trust's consultation on Fit for the Future. It was the unanimous view of the meeting that none
I share Robert Dunkley's admiration for Meteor Parking's efficiency in issuing parking tickets at Brighton station (Letters, September 6). Sadly they are so busy issuing tickets they don't have time to fix the entrance and exit barriers, exhibit
Those of us who want good, even essential, books so often lacking in the city's public library system sometimes make use of the library at St Peter's House in the Steine. This is part of the University of Brighton, and non-members can read but
Congratulations to those involved in Starlite Theatre Company's Les Miserables at Roedean Theatre recently. What a wonderful performance yet again from such talented youngsters. It was hard to remember that all on stage were 19 years or under -
The article about living in a student ghetto was so very accurate (The Argus, August 22). My wife and I live in a small block of flats, one of which is rented to students. With no soundproofing, the noise of their comings and goings at all hours
A primary school's new head made herself an instant hit with the pupils by turning up with her pet tortoise. Jenny Aldridge and Bam-Bam introduced themselves to the children at Rudyard Kipling Primary in Chalkland Rise, Woodingdean, at the start
I was disappointed to see Derek Marshall, a 76-year-old who dislocated a shoulder hiking on the Downs, states no one will help him (The Argus, August 27). As an occupational therapist in another county, I know we also receive negative publicity
The article "CABs face closure if cash crisis continues" (The Argus, August 21) reveals the disparity between local authority funding and citizens advice bureaux across Sussex. Brighton and Hove CAB has seen a 25 per cent reduction in local authority
A little confusion crept into the news report about Super Irish Saturday (The Argus, September 4). The Irish cricket team were never expected to attend the Fontwell Park charity race event on October 6. But the best in Irish music and racing will
Further to our letter published on September 7 we need to clarify that the Sussex-wide CFS/ME service based at Haywards Heath recognises the symptoms of ME are of a physical nature and the multidisciplinary NHS team does not consider the illness
While watching a quiz programme on TV the other night I was interested that the answer to a question was that Laurence Olivier became Baron of Brighton in the Seventies. I (much to my shame) had no idea. So, more than ever, shouldn't we have
The conviction of a rapist more than 15 years after he attacked a girl in Sussex has been trumpeted as an example of the success of a Government-funded project to re-open unsolved cases. The Home Office cited the case of Paul Collings, who was jailed
Common sense appears to have prevailed at Crawley Borough Council and Horsham District Council ("2,500 new homes for town site", The Argus, September 6). Their "preferred option" is not to build on land which includes Ifield Brook Meadows and Ifield
Brighton has come out on top in a survey of the greenest conference venues. Thermal images showing heat emissions from buildings which will host party conferences this month ranked The Grand Hotel as the most energy-efficient. The Liberal Democrats
An innovative million pound scheme to provide a base for Sussex food producers and create dozens of jobs has been unveiled. The food innovation centre at Ockham Farm in Bodiam, near Robertsbridge, is owned by Tony Meredith, who uses it to run
Police have been overwhelmed by the number of calls to a hotline set up to report bad and illegal driving. Members of the public have flooded the Operation Crackdown phone line and website with details of drunk, antisocial and aggressive motorists
More than 120,000 half-days were lost in Sussex secondary schools due to "unauthorised absence" in a single term, new figures have revealed. The statistics include truancy, lateness and children who skipped school because their parents took them on holiday
Residents near a pub have objected to plans for more music nights. The Royal Coach in Brighton Road, Shoreham, has applied to Adur District Council to remove special conditions on its licence. These include ensuring windows and doors are closed
An amateur dog breeder who chopped off the tales of puppies with kitchen scissors has been jailed. In a landmark case, Gillian Breden is the first person ever prosecuted in England under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which came into force in April this
Two former soldiers who cut a man's throat and left him for dead in a field have been jailed. Dominic Chapman, 27, and Carl Williams, 26, showed no emotion as they were convicted by a jury at Lewes Crown Court of attempted murder and each sentenced to
The new principal of a city centre college has pledged to drive down the number of teenage dropouts in the area. Phil Frier, who started work at City College Brighton and Hove this month, said he was determined to help the city shed its reputation as
The Government minister who could hand over the cash for a congestion-busting transport scheme has been taken on a tour of the proposed route. Transport minister Rosie Winterton was shown around Brighton and Hove by councillors who explained how limited-stop
Twenty-eight jobs have been safeguarded after buyers were found for a luxury boat dealership that had run aground. BA Peters, the Chichester Marina-based company which sold luxury motor boats around the world, ran into trouble when it lost a
