Detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of filming a YouTube video showing two bloodied schoolchildren fighting. Officers from Sussex Police child protection team based in Crawley have arrested a 21-year-old man from the town. The man walked into
Boss Michael Birmingham believes Bognor may need another three wins to avoid relegation from Blue Square south. Birmingham had set his side a target of reaching 40 points to be safe a few weeks ago but the resurgence of St Albans and Welling has forced
Worthing Thunder will accept an offer to play top flight basketball next season. As revealed at theargus.co.uk yesterday, the outgoing England Basketball League champions have been invited to join the British Basketball League. Although they have yet
Eastbourne Eagles have been knocked out of the Craven Shield on points difference. Poole Pirates go through as Group C winners after losing just 46-44 at Swindon tonight. Pirates' qualification overall was assured with one race to spare after they fought
Paul Rogers will call time on his playing career at the end of the season. The former Albion skipper is packing up at the age of 43. It will bring to an end a career spanning nearly 30 years which started and finished in non-league, took in Wembley
Campaigners are calling for urgent funding to save Sussex's crumbling piers. The renewed pleas came after Bognor Pier yesterday became the latest pier casualty, when a section of it was demolished on safety grounds. It follows Brighton's West Pier,
Put your money on Leeds for promotion. That is the message from a play-off rival beaten by both the Yorkshiremen and Albion this month. The Seagulls won 2-1 at Walsall and Richard Money's men lost to a Jermaine Beckford brace at Elland Road last Saturday
A foreign lorry driver who knocked over and killed a cyclist is facing jail. Polish national Robert Plichta mowed down Barabra Brown, 53, on the A259 in Littlehampton. She died in hospital hours after the crash on the afternoon of April 27 last year
Dale Binns is set to return for Lewes away to his old club on Saturday. Binns has missed five games with an ankle injury suffered in the 1-0 win at home to Thurrock at the start of March. However, he is back for the trip to Cambridge City, the club
A man has been arrested on suspicion of filming two bloodied school children fighting and posting it on YouTube. Officers from Sussex Police child protection team based in Crawley have arrested a 21-year-old man from the town. He is being held on suspicion
Eastbourne Borough boss Garry Wilson has warned his players they cannot afford to feel sorry for themselves after blowing the chance to take a firm grip on the title race. Borough boasted a four-point lead at the top going into the Easter weekend but
Council workers have thrown out a soldier's service medals - along with the rest of his belongings. Thor Taylor, 40, placed his and his family's possessions in storage four years ago when he was having housing problems. When he contacted the storage
MUSHTAQ Ahmed will definitely be part of Sussex's bid for a County Championship hat-trick. His registration was this afternoon ratified by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Mushtaq received a No Objection certificate from the Pakistan Cricket Board
MATT Jones has called it a fantastic milestone in East Grinstead's history after it was confirmed the club would be playing in the EuroHockey League next season. Grinstead got the news this week that England had been granted the expected three places
A wealthy barber who set his mistress up in a detached house has been found guilty of sexually assaulting young girls. A judge said Robert Coulson had "lived a lie", deceiving his wife and two sons while abusing four girls in 35 years. Coulson, 74,
Residents have spoken of their dismay after Worthing's first lapdancing club was given the go-ahead. Councillors today agreed to grant the controversial Chatsworth Road Le Chic club a year's trial run following a stormy meeting which led to protesters
A young protester took part in a demonstration at the new Heathrow Terminal Five (T5) today to show her opposition to aviation growth. Esme Needham, three, from Hastings, joined mum Andrea and about 250 others in the "flash mob" protest today. The demonstration
Protesters fighting plans for a lapdancing club were dramatically ordered out of a licensing meeting after a war hero refused to sit down and shut up. Around 25 campaigners were in Worthing Town Hall's public gallery when veteran anti-sleaze campaigner
A teenager will appear in court today charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also faces charges of causing death by careless driving while drunk, aggravated vehicle taking, disqualified
Crawley boss Steve Evans believes he is being victimised by referees and has accused the FA of not condemning abuse of his family. Evans was sent to the stand for the sixth time this season during Monday's 1-0 home defeat against Aldershot after
It is great news for Sussex supporters that Mushtaq Ahmed will be leading their bid for a hattrick of Championship titles. Mind you, after all the prevaricating that has gone on in the last month over his registration, Mark Robinson and Chris Adams
Worthing Thunder have been invited to play in basketball's top flight next season. But there is bad news for Brighton Cougars, whose bid to enter the British Basketball League has been turned down. Thunder must now consider the terms of a franchise
The owner of Shoreham airport has had almost £400 million wiped off its share value since taking over - casting doubts over massive expansion plans. Erinaceous, the property firm which bought the airport in a cut-price £8.6 million deal in 2006
A councillor facing sex charges broke down and wept as colleagues paid tribute to him. Mark McCarthy is quitting after nine years as a Worthing borough councillor before the May 1 local elections. Coun McCarthy, 36, who represents Offington as
A builder's son has not been to lessons for six months because he was not allocated his first choice of school. George Hatton, 12, was a pupil at Queen's Park Primary School, Park Street, Brighton, until July last year. His parents, Nikki and
A pensioner whose neighbour attacked him with a garden hose says he lives in fear of further attacks. John Tait called police after his next door neighbour sprayed him in the face. The 67-year-old, of The Avenue in Shoreham, said his health
A busy commuter train was pulled back into the station after a man boarded it with a gun. Armed police surrounded the 7.26am departure from East Grinstead when it returned to the station. They searched the carriages and every member of public on board
Hundreds of police are taking long-term sick leave because of illnesses including stress. Sussex Police officers were off for more than 28 working days on 266 separate occasions last year - equivalent to one in 12 officers being ill for a stretch
An animal lover's bid to help an elephant escape its truck and say goodbye to the circus almost ended in disaster. Jenny Wilkins, 45, was in Dieppe celebrating her best friend's birthday over the Easter weekend, staying in a hotel opposite a
It is totally unacceptable to allow the French owners of Newhaven Port to close the access to the west beach sands and the breakwater. This area has been used by the general public for untold number of years. There must be a right to continue
Christians in Bevendean who staged an open air re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus were told by Father John Wall of St Andrew's Church: "It's important that all the churches in the area get together for this each year" (The Argus, March 22
Gordon Brown has told Brighton and Hove City Council to build more affordable homes (The Argus, March 20). Unfortunately he forgot to say where. Other than building north of the A27 or on existing playing fields or allotments, there is no land left
There has been much discussion recently regarding proposals to ban dogs from all Brighton and Hove beaches all year round. Although I feel it would be unfair to a lot of dog owners, something does need to be done. On Good Friday afternoon my own
I agree with the annoyed tone of the letters about the youth with an Asbo who has been granted anonymity (Letters, March 24). We're supposed to have open justice but I read less and less about who appears in court and how they've been punished.
Aa a keen supporter of the Alpha Course, I was thrilled to see that the home of the course, Holy Trinity, Brompton, is in discussion with the congregation of St Peter's Church, Brighton, regarding the possibility of a church plant in an attempt
With regard to being charged for underpaid Royal Mail items (Letters, March 26), I fail to see the problem. Why should Royal Mail deliver an item to your door if the sender hasn't paid for that service? Why should they subsidise people who don't
Selma Montford writes on the subject of public consultation and the response of local authorities to the outcome (Letters, March 19). May I say that in Adur District Council, councillors debating a report which advised them on a decision which
In his letter, A West takes me to task for my reservations about links made - not by me, but by the director of forensic sciences at Scotland Yard - between fingerprinting in schools and the proposal that primary school children could be put on
Men and women returning from active service in Afghanistan are allowed to wear the General Service Medal given to them by the British Government and since they are part of the Nato coalition forces they are also given a Nato medal but they are
I agree with P Hall, the Sinatra show was wonderful - all credit to the performers (Letters, March 24). It was just a shame it was held at the Brighton Centre as there was no atmosphere, especially as it was only half full. The people in the side
My council tax bill arrived this week and although the percentage increase was predicted, it's still a shock and an unwelcome increase of 4.1 per cent. Brighton and Hove City Council does not have a record to be proud of. Checking back over the
In reply to Geoff Simpson's comments about wheel clamping (Letters, March 25), anyone with internet access can look up the Acts of Parliament I quoted (Letters, March 17). Anyone who has been wheel clamped also needs to look up section 40 of the
I support Councillor Maria Caulfield who proposes Brighton and Hove City Council and Sussex Police should fine drivers who block cycle lanes (The Argus, March 24). I have recently returned to cycling after many years. Riding to and from work I
Police last night told the YouTube thug who filmed bloodied children fighting: "It's time to give yourself up." The net is closing on the man who ordered kids to punch, kick and headbutt each other as national media followed up The Argus's exclusive
Although we all like to complain about the EU we are all probably very happy to be EU citizens. Evidence suggests that we love to be part of Europe. Each year UK citizens make 50,000,000 visits to mainland Europe. Three hundred thousand British
Councillors have called for an inquiry after housing refurbished using public cash was trashed. Brighton and Hove City Council spent £300,000 of Government grants on the self-contained flats, which are used for temporary housing in two listed buildings
Patients from Sussex are increasingly travelling overseas to visit a dentist. Residents of Chichester and Crowborough are the most likely in the county to head to places such as Hungary for cut-price dental treatments, according to new research
A Grade I listed medieval house and its world-famous garden have been earmarked for a £4 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it was announced today. The backing from the Fund will support a £7 million project to preserve the timber-frame house
A hospital fire is believed to have been started deliberately. Firefighters attended Eastbourne District General Hospital yesterday after a fire alarm was activated at 6.40pm. The alarm had been set off in a computer suite but when they arrived firefighters
Dean Wilkins has challenged his in-form defenders to silence one of League One's most potent attacking double acts. The Albion manager admits it is unlikely he will make a deadline-beating move into the loan market ahead of Saturday's trip to Leeds United
Scott Nicholls has had a week at home ahead of the Elite League season, thanks to 20 centimetres of snow in Poland. Nicholls and his Eastbourne Eagles colleagues host Peterborough on Saturday in the first league meeting of the season. Eagles' star winter
Albion's charge for the play-offs emphasises the benefits of a good scouting system and the shrewd judgement of the man at the helm, Barry Lloyd. Latest recruit Therry Racon is another player scouted by the Seagulls' former manager. The groundwork on
Judged purely in terms of results, Sussex's pre-season tour of Dubai was not successful. But as he returned from the desert today, coach Mark Robinson was adamant that it has been perfect in terms of their preparation for the serious challenges which
