Archive
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A27 queues caused by overturned lorry
A lorry has overturned on the junction of two main roads. The vehicle, from clothes chain New Look, overbalanced near the junction of the A27 and A29. The incident happened near the Fontwell roundabout about 6.30pm today. Firefighters
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Sussex star Dame Vera flies back into music charts
Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has become the oldest living artist to make it into the top 20 of the UK albums chart. Dame Vera, who kept up the spirits of millions with her songs and personality during the darkest days of the Second World War, entered
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Police start searching Brighton sites before Labour Party conference
Specialist police officers have begun searching in and around the Labour Party conference venues. The announcement comes as Sussex Police introduces a daily increase of visible teams around the Brighton Centre, Grand Hotel and Brighton Hilton Metropole
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Portslade Fete and Flower Show a roaring success
After a few scares in the run up to the summer fete well over 5oo people attended during the day. There had been worries on the weeks preceding over grass cutting where the daffodils had been and the discovery of a wasp nest in the centre of the green
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BREAKING NEWS: Murder inquiry launched after man stabbed to death in Bognor
A man is being questioned on suspicion of murder after a 36-year-old was stabbed to death inside a house. Officers were called to Elbridge Crescent in Aldwick, Bognor, just before 1pm yesterday following reports that a man had been stabbed.
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Bus service
Dr Earthey (Letters, August 25) complains no express buses have been introduced along the A259 bus lanes. They are, indeed, running and are the ones others have written to The Argus about to complain they don't stop at every stop! Roger
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Thieves prey on Brighton and Hove pensioners
Pensioners are being targeted by thieves posing as Age Concern volunteers. Police say there has been an increase in the number of distraction burglaries in Brighton and Hove in the last few months. Now they are urging residents to be careful who they
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Cycle hopes
As a cyclist and a car driver, I was delighted to receive a letter from Brighton and Hove City Council outlining its plans for an east-west cycle route on Old Shoreham Road. I cycle down Old Shoreham Road to get to work and am fully aware of the dangers
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Pill factory memories
Regarding Memory Lane “The Pill Factory”, (Letters August 21). With respect, could HG Martin be confusing The Dubarry Factory with, Arthur H. Cox and Co, manufacturing chemists’ large factory at 93 Lewes Road, Brighton. It was at the Junction of Upper
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Storage woes
Due to a cancelled meeting, I found myself with a couple of hours to kill in Brighton this week – surely a happy state of affairs. I could perhaps go to the beach, go shopping, spend a bit of me-time and a bit of money. I struggled back to the station
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Bomb facts
The bomb which has been found in Bazehill Road (Argus, August 22) was probably the result of a raid on Rottindean by a Junkers 88 which dropped several bombs, hitting the flats on the seafront opposite the White Horse public house, the vicarage
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'Let us go'
I saw a feature this morning on TV in which they reported Brighton and Hove had the highest instances of drug abuse in the UK. Yet again, because of our unwanted and maligned union with Brighton (I am a Hovite living in the “town of Hove”), Hove gets
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Rail scheme
The fact the rail infrastructure has served us for 170 years is testament to the vision and engineering capability of the Victorian civil engineers who overcame the difficulties they faced in constructing the bridges, cuttings, embankments and viaducts
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Latest parking legislation will be hard to enforce
While I cannot condone selfish parking by the motorists who feel that they have the right to park anywhere they choose, I have concerns over the new legislation recently introduced. When Brighton and Hove started to rearrange double and
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Success of Sussex universities linked to rise in house prices
Soaring house prices in Brighton and Hove over the last ten years have been linked to the success of its two universities. Average house values in the city have rocketed by 197% according to Lloyds TSB. Growth in the number of university places for
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Sussex tip bosses ordered to tackle stink
Waste bosses face prosecution if they fail to reduce the smell coming from a controversial tip. People living near the Horton landfill site at Small Dole, near Henfield, have been plagued by a summer of bad smells. They have been forced to keep doors
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I'm coming back as a barnacle, please
Bank Holiday weekend. I believe we were promised a yummy one, weather-wise. Well, yesterday was gorgeous, but today, frankly, I'm not impressed. Nevertheless, apart from cycling to work a few times this week, I've fallen off the old exercise
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Kuipers: We love a battle
Michel Kuipers believes Albion have proved they have the appetite for a battle. The Seagulls overcame a rocky start and an early deficit to draw 1-1 at Millwall on Friday. It was only their second point of the season and came largely
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Sussex Police to look into Brian Jones death again
The death of Rolling Stone Brian Jones is being reinvestigated by police - 40 years after his body was found in a swimming pool. New evidence has been unearthed which may back up the theory that Jones, a founder member of the Stones in 1962
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Paralysed Sussex soldier to take on Brighton Marathon
A former soldier left blind and paralysed after a motorbike accident is preparing to take on a tough new challenge. Matthew Rhodes is to join thousands of people taking part in the first ever Brighton Marathon next April. Mr Rhodes has been given
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Beachdown replacement night tonight
An act that was supposed to be headlining at the now cancelled Beachdown festival will still play at a new location. Dub House Disco was supposed to be headlining the Beach Tent this year with Brighton’s Soft Rocks, who have remixed for MGMT
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Fire engine damaged by impatient driver in Brighton
A fire engine and four cars were damaged after they were hit by an impatient driver. The 12 tonne Volvo was on its way to a fire alarm call at Sussex University when the crash happened. Other drivers on both sides of Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, pulled
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Brighton woman stole nearly £10,000 from Sussex Police to pay for debts
A woman who worked for Sussex Police stole nearly £10,000 in wages she had not earned. Katie Sanders, worked in the human resources department at force headquarters in Lewes. Hove Crown Court was told that the 29-year-old got the job
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Addict is jailed for attack on Sussex paramedic
A heroin addict who broke the nose of a paramedic who tried to help him has been jailed for two years. Sean Abraham punched Clifford Winch in the face in the back of an ambulance. The medic was left with a fractured nose and colleague Max Braham's
