Archive
-
Date
Lewes complete Blewden signing
Lewes have confirmed the signing of Luke Blewden on a one-year contract. The former Crawley Down striker impressed for the Rooks on loan from Tonbridge Angels at the end of last season. Blewden scored 12 goals in 25 appearances and has now
-
Date
Concern growing for missing Lancing man
Concern is growing for a man who has been missing from his home since last month. Mark Manning, 54, of Brighton Road, Lancing, was reported missing on April 22 after his family last spoke to him on April 19. He is described as white, 5' 9",
-
Date
Blind man victim of hit and run driver
A blind man was victim to a hit and run collision at a pedestrian crossing. Police are investigating the incident at Marina, St Leonards, at about 8.30am on Friday May 2. The blind pedestrian, who was carrying a cane, was left dazed and injured
-
Date
Fresh appeal after gang of men sexually assault woman
A fresh appeal for information has been launched after a woman was dragged to the ground and sexually assaulted by a gang of men. Sussex Police has launched an appeal asking to speak to two men who met the 45-year-old victim while she was sitting
-
Date
Man missing after "out of character" disappearance
A man is missing from his home after an "out of character" disappearance. Police are becoming concerned for the welfare of Mark Manning who has been missing from his Lancing home since last month. Mr Manning, 54, of Brighton Road, was reported
-
Date
Man sets himself on fire
A MAN doused himself in liquid and set himself alight in the street in front of screaming onlookers. Eyewitnesses said the man, believed to be in his thirties, took his top off and knelt down on the pavement before pouring what smelt like petrol
-
Date
Chance to see Albion in play-off action now open to more fans
The chance to see Albion in play-off action has been opened up to more fans. Brighton and Hove Albion fans who have previously bought tickets in the past three years are now invited to purchase up to four tickets for the play-off semi-final home
-
Date
Play-off update: Tickets available - if you have bought before
Albion fans have been told they can still snap up play-off tickets. But they must have bought a home or away ticket from the club in the last three seasons. Tickets for the first leg of the semi-final at home to Derby on Thursday are available
-
Date
Macca worthy of extra-time, says Albion boss
Albion head coach Oscar Garcia says supersub Craig Mackail-Smith deserves more game time. He has saluted the desire of his back-up striker ahead of Derby's visit in the first leg of the play-offs on Thursday night. Mackail-Smith came off the
-
Date
Stevie, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, until May 24
Her most famous poem talked about a man “much too far out all my life and not waving but drowning”. Similarly Hugh Whitemore’s 1977 play, drawing on text from Stevie Smith’s own work, presents both the surface happi-ness of the poet and her lion aunt
-
Date
Travellers arrive in Brighton field
Travellers have arrived in a field in Brighton. Around 30 caravans and vehicles set-up camp in Surrenden Field last night (Monday). A resident of Regency Court, situated opposite the field, said: "Around 30 caravans rolled up last night and
-
Date
ARGUS ANGEL WINNER Brighton Fringe: John Robertson: The Dark Room, Upstairs At Three And Ten, also May 23 to 25
“When you awake, you find yourself in a dark room,” bellowed our host, inexhaustible Australian YouTube star John Robertson, and not for the first time. A hundred-plus shows into his touring choose-your-own-adventure comedy video game-show, audiences
-
Date
ARGUS ANGEL WINNER Brighton Festival: Opus No 7, Corn Exchange, Brighton, until May 8
Beautiful, beguiling and incredibly evocative, Dmitry Krymov Lab’s Opus No 7 received its UK premiere on Saturday. A fusion of theatre, dance and visual art, shot through with subtle and haunting musical touches, the two-act performance defies
-
Date
Tek-One, Bermuda Triangle, Brighton, May 5
Blood, beats and booze: Tek-One brought it all on Monday evening, rounding off what’s been billed as a final live tour. Fast-rising crossover crew Tyler Mae provided support, their relentless, grime-metal mash-up getting bodies moving on the dancefloor
-
Date
The Sonics, Concorde 2, Brighton, May 5
A jubilant atmosphere radiated around Concorde 2 as vintage rockers The Sonics rolled back the years with an energising performance of new and old material. Apart from a slight line-up change and a few grey hairs, it’s difficult to tell The Sonics
-
Date
Nick Lowe, Komedia, Brighton, May 5
No waves rose in the 1970s that didn't have Nick Lowe cheerfully surfing their crest. The veteran of pub, punk and power-pop turned 65 in March, but when he sailed into Komedia this bank holiday he politely declined the audience’s invitation to take
-
Date
Shearwater, The Haunt, Brighton, May 3
Jonathan Meiburg must like Brighton. It seems his band is constantly performing here to an ever-loyal local crowd. This searing set represented a return to form and maybe their greatest show in the city to date. Supporting, the Bella Union-signed
-
Date
Sam Lee And Friends, Ropetackle, Shoreham, May 2
Kicking off their latest tour, Sam Lee and his band of friends matched an earnest appreciation of traditional song with a sense of wonder and a commendable eagerness to experiment. The result? A diverse, compelling set of songs played on an impressive
-
Date
Fairport Convention, Concorde 2, Brighton, May 2
Now approaching a half-century of activity at the forefront of the English folk-rock movement, Fairport Convention have an understandably relaxed assuredness that presents itself in the band's playing and on-stage presence. The result was two full
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Brainsex, Komedia, until May 6
This interactive biology-based comedy show aims to determine the differences between the male and female brain via a charismatic one-and-a-half-hour multimedia extravaganza. Impressive graphs, singalong songs (complete with hand gestures) and pet
-
Date
ARGUS ANGEL WINNER: Brighton Fringe: The Bloody Ballad, The Warren, until May 6
“I’ve had quite a weekend...” Lucy Rivers’ blackly comic tale of “girl meets boy and murders folks” draws from Badlands, Natural Born Killers and the gore of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But by integrating Americana-inflected songs with tongue-in-cheek
-
Date
Calls for Lewes council leader to resign
COUNCILLORS have called for an investigation after accusing the leader of Lewes District Council of trying to use his position to get the authority to help out a club linked to the Tory Party. Liberal Democrat councillors have said Conservative
-
Date
ARGUS ANGEL WINNER: Brighton Fringe: The Opinion Makers, Latest Music Bar, until May 11
Whether there will be a wittier, better crafted or more entertaining show at the Fringe this year remains to be seen, but Brighton boys Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon have set the bar high. The Opinion Makers is billed as a comedy musical rather
-
Date
Next phase of 'boulevard' station work begins
Work on the next phase to create a ‘boulevard’ around Brighton Station is set to start this week. Redevelopment has already been carried out on the Brighton Station Gateway, including extending the footways on Surrey Street and installing a loading
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Casting The Runes, The Burrow, until June 1
Now in its 25th year in the West End, The Woman In Black has set the standard for live horror on stage. With its use of simple stagecraft, sparing sound effects and a repeating a capella refrain, Box Tale Soup’s take on one of MR James’s best-loved
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Muffragette, The Blue Man, until May 26
Mary Bourke’s engaging stand-up comedy show follows the mantra “a fun look at feminism”. Muffragette is an intelligent blend of light-hearted gags and thought-provoking social commentary. This well-balanced comedy act, warmly received in the
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Bourgeois And Maurice, Spiegeltent, May 4
“What’s that?” gasped Georgeois Beorgeois delightedly, staring starry-eyed over our heads. “A house!” retorted his sister, Maurice, in her position over the keys of the grand piano, all pink-fringed dress and towering black beehive. “Can I have one
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Anatomy Of The Piano, The Warren At St Paul’s, also May 24
There is a lot to be impressed with when Will Pickvance takes to the piano. Here we have a colossal talent of the instrument – classically trained yet liberated through the familiarity of rule-breaking. “Part recital, part dissection” as it's
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Soulful Singing, Brighton Buddhist Centre
A sense of intimacy and shared experience was established from the outset, well before any soulful singing was accomplished. Various warm-up stretches and vocal exercises were followed by forming a circle and massaging the shoulders of the person
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: The McMagicSandwich! [with fries], The Blue Man, various dates until May 31
The kids giggled with appreciation at comic magician Seska’s silliness during his The McMagicSandwich! show. His performance in the basement of North African restaurant The Blue Man is aimed at making the kids laugh and so keeping the adults happy
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Baby Disco Dance Hall, Spiegeltent, also on May 17 and May 31
The enthusiasm was there from the start in the form of DJ Monski Mouse plus her two dancing sidekicks Tessa and Nick, not to mention scores of eager, excited toddlers, but unfortunately, the sound system kept failing. The disco began 20 minutes
-
Date
Brighton Fringe: Hedwig And The Angry Inch, New Venture Theatre, until May 17
Fintan Shevlin gives a brave performance as the wounded but waspish Hedwig, East German migrant and survivor of a botched sex change operation leaving her with the titular “angry inch”. Her story is told as an extended monologue, questioning identity
-
Date
Brighton Festival: Little Fugitive, Duke Of York’s Picturehouse, May 5
Academy-award nominated Little Fugitive is regarded to be a pivotal film in the history of cinema that influenced French New Wave. The naturalistic style in which the movie was shot and the use of non-professional actors in the lead roles made
-
Date
Brighton Festival: Angela Hewitt, Glyndebourne, May 4
A performance of Bach’s Art of Fugue, the great composer’s musical treatise on this most austere of forms, was challenging programming even by the standards of the Brighton Festival’s now traditional Piano Recital at Glyndebourne. Challenging both
-
Date
Brighton Festival: Irvine Welsh, The Old Market, May 4
It’s been more than 20 years since Irvine Walsh’s first novel, the hugely influential Trainspotting, was published, and he’s continued in the same gritty literary vein ever since. New novel The Sex Lives Of Siamese Twins has just been released
-
Date
Brighton Festival: Viv Albertine, The Old Market, May 4
Sid Vicious had girly handwriting, pastel colours should only be worn ironically and Johnny Rotten’s c*** tasted of stale urine. Just some of the revelations provided by former Slits guitarist turned memoirist Viv Albertine in an insightful, engaging
-
Date
Brighton Festival: What Happens To Hope At The End Of The Evening, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, May 3
What Happens… began life as a gentle piece of correspondence between playwright and actor Tim Crouch and performer, director and drama academic Andy Smith. Old friends who have neglected one another for various reasons were depicted meeting each
-
Date
ARGUS ANGEL WINNER Brighton Festival: Murikamification, Brighton Dome Cafe Bar, May 3
This magical promenade performance led the audience on an intriguing journey through car parks and alleyways on to the streets of Brighton. Three dancers used a mixture of contact improvisation, softly extending their limbs to map the doorways
-
Date
Brighton Festival: The White Balloon And 10 Minutes Older, Duke Of York’s Picturehouse, May 3
Herz Frank proves reactions are equally as entertaining as performance in his short film 10 Minutes Older. The close-up shots of children’s faces in the silent movie sparked laughs and entranced silence from the audience at Duke Of York’s as the
-
Date
Brighton Festival: Sun, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, May 3
This hour of dance/performance art, while not filled with the rays of light and hope inferred by its title, inspired with its vigour, intensity, elegance and intelligence. A dark brown voice boomed out from the shadows. “Everything is going to
-
Date
Brighton Festival: One, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, May 3
For Mani Soleymanlou, the man behind solo drama One, national identity is a complex issue. At five-years-old, his liberal parents fled the Ayatolloh’s Islamic Republic of Iran to Paris, followed by moves to Toronto, Quebec and Montreal. All
-
Date
History helpful to Albion in the play-offs
Albion can derive inspiration from a former favourite, their bitter rivals and another seaside resort in their bid to reach the Premier League. Three clubs in the last ten years have won the Championship play-offs after finishing sixth. Crystal
-
Date
Motorcyclist crashes into tree
A motorcyclist was hospitalised after colliding with a tree. Police were called to the A259 Barnhorn Road in Bexhill on Monday to reports a motorbike collided with a tree outside Lamb Cottage. The rider of the black Kawasaki, a 53-year-old
-
Date
Harley Davidson rider seriously injured in crash
A man was flown to hospital by air ambulance after his motorcycle collided with a car. The incident happened on the A259 Marsh Road between Little Common and Pevensey shortly after 3pm yesterday (Monday). A 44-year-old man riding a black Harley
-
Date
Drunks at 10am, pennies stacked up to the Empire State Building and how to be a chocolate bar - the highs and lows of job interviews
From entry level positions to high-powered executive appointments, interviews can be a daunting prospect with the pressure doing strange things to applicant’s nerves. On the other side of the table recruiters are increasingly throwing in sticky questions
-
Date
Rory heads up Great Escape
A leading festival for new music and industry networking will kick off this week with a new chief executive at the helm. Rory Bett, of Hove, is in charge of MAMA and Company – the company which produces The Great Escape. The ninth annual festival
-
Date
Bright future for Yelo Architects
A thiving architects firm has announced ambitions for 100% growth in 2014 as it begins its 100th project. Yelo Architects has doubled staff numbers and commissions in the past year and just moved to a new seafront office. To meet increased
-
Date
The perfect blend of food, drink and music
Those who like a personal soundtrack with their evening cocktail will be in safe hands at the city’s newest bar and kitchen concept. Shuffle Bar and Kitchen, which opened in York Place, Brighton, is a project spearheaded by World Flair Cocktail
-
Date
Crafty idea as pub and cafe team up
Rising star of the dining scene Curry Leaf Cafe hosted a pop-up kitchen at the Craft Beer Company. The South Indian cafe opened its doors in Ship Street less than a month ago, and has since been rated the city’s 10th best restaurant on TripAdvisor
-
Date
Nuffield director gets involved in Artists Open Houses with shots of beloved Brighton
A hospital director is the latest executive to get in touch with his artistic side as part of the Artists Open Houses. Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital is an official sponsor of the Artists Open Houses this year. And Geoff Bailey, director
-
Date
To tweet or not to tweet - is social media a waste of time?
Social media – is it actually useful? Even worse it is a colossal waste of time? For some businesses it is the magic wand in the digital age, for others it is needless distraction. To find out the answer once and for all business editor FINN SCOTT-DELANY
-
Date
Local food network launched
The cream of the food scene gathered at an award-winning pub to celebrate the launch of a new network. Local Food Britain aims to connect producers with customers and has launched a pilot scheme in Sussex. Sussex was chosen to launch at the
-
Date
Store closure is no joke
ONE of the last remaining joke shops in Sussex has closed its doors due to expensive rents and sluggish sales. Frighton, located in an alleyway off Brighton Square, was so small it barely counted as a shop. It was opened two-and-a-half years
-
Date
Let’s Do Business back at Racecourse
Free seminars are on offer at a business to business show next week. Let’s Do Business, the number one B2B exhibition and networking event on the south coast, returns to Brighton Racecourse on Thursday, May 15. More than 120 exhibition stands
-
Date
Civil engineering feats vying for top honours
Bridges, flood defences and arches are some of the major civil engineering projects vying for a prestigious award. The Institution of Civil Engineers has nominated The Kings Road Arches Renovation, the Seven Dials Improvement Scheme, The Adur Ferry
-
Date
Travel in style with cabaret bus service
A cabaret bus service will give high-rollers some glamour with a stop at the Rendezvous Casino. Visitors can drop into the Brighton Marina casino by taking the free Proud Bus service on Friday and Saturday nights. Ji Park, general manager of
-
Date
48 jobs created as growth grants allocated
Scores of new jobs will be created after £224,000 in growth grants were awarded to seven companies. Forty-eight positions will be created after the first round of business growth grants were handed out by Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership
-
Date
Company confirms sale of The Grand hotel in Brighton
The Grand hotel in Brighton has been sold. The hotel in Kings Road Brighton had been up for sale with a £50 million price tag after owners the De Vere Group spent more than £7 million on improvements to the hotel. The Argus reported in March
-
Date
Councils make overpayments of £2.6 million
A TOTAL of £2.6 million has been overpaid to council workers in the past three years. Administrative errors have seen hundreds of staff receive money they were not entitled to in the last three financial years – including one Brighton and Hove
-
Date
Re-enactment kicks off 750th anniversary of the Battle of Lewes
A FESTIVAL of medieval re-enactments and exhibitions kicked off to mark the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Lewes over the weekend. Battle of Lewes 750, organised by a community project based at Lewes Castle, will be taking place in and around
-
Date
Classic novels to be adapted into a TV series
A SET of classic novels that lampoon the snobberies of England village life is set to be adapted into a TV series in filmed in the very town on which it was based. Author Edward Frederic Benson’s series Mapp and Lucia, which are set in the fictional
-
Date
Investigation launched into industrial unit fire in Bevendean
An investigation has been launched after a fire at an industrial park in Bevendean last night. Fire fighters from East Sussex were called to The Hyde Business Park at about 7:27pm last night (MON) following reports of a fire at Harman Plant Hire
-
Date
Appeal for information to find missing 63-year-old Rosalind Forrester
Police are asking for the public's help to find 63-year-old Rosalind Forrester from St Leonards. Rosalind, who has early onset dementia, has not been seen or heard from since leaving her care home in Upper Maze Hill on Sunday night. Sergeant
-
Date
Sussex MP mocked for spelling Sussex as Susex
A Sussex MP has come under fire for spelling the name of the county wrong on the front page of a booklet sent out to constituents. Liberal Democrat Norman Baker, MP for Lewes, blamed a typo for the spelling of Sussex as Susex on the front of the
-
Date
Seven Dials: an all-round improvement or time for an about-turn?
Some of the Green Party’s councillors for Brighton and Hove have recently claimed that there have been “improvements” at Seven Dials as a result of the traffic scheme. But I feel the reality is somewhat different. Having endured months of noise
-
Date
Pub returns 100 years on
Beers and banter are set to return to a lost pub where time was last called almost a century ago. Friends Hugh Robinson and Marc Kent have been handed the keys of the old Star Inn in Shoreham High Street as they look to open the town's first micropub
-
Date
Bikers airlifted to hospital during Motorcycle festival
Around 50,000 bikers gathered for Britain’s biggest free motorcycle festival yesterday – but two serious crashes led to three people being airlifted to hospital while the event took place. Within 50 minutes of the event starting, part of the A259
-
Date
City libraries earn £170 in fines every day
Libraries in Brighton and Hove collected an average of almost £170 in fines nearly every day last year. The fines relate to books, DVDs and CDs that have not been returned on time and cost library users 20p for every day the item borrowed is overdue
-
Date
It's good to have the millions, but let’s build a new hospital in Stanmer Park
With regard to the new Royal Sussex County Hospital facilities being built at a cost of £440 million (The Argus, May 2), to spend this sort of money on this old hospital is crazy. While all the work is going on patients would be transfered to other
-
Date
Hove Park School: No say on academy but all options on uniforms
This is an open letter to Mr Trimmer, the head of Hove Park School. Dear Sir, you have been asked by the council of Brighton and Hove to conduct a ballot of parents’ opinions on the proposal to turn Hove Park School into an academy. This has been
-
Date
Was hospital announcement just political opportunism from the Tories?
Call me a cynic but was George Osborne’s recent pre-election visit to Brighton, when he formally announced the long-awaited go-ahead for the re-development of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, purely coincidental or just blatant political opportunism
-
Date
Preston Street trader hits back at 'unsustainable situation'
I own one of the three off-licences in Preston Street, Brighton. Since work started for the i360 at the bottom of the street I have been losing trade not only in the morning but also at night. If you carefully look at all the works going on
-
Date
Oscar pledges his battered troops will be ready for Rams
Albion head coach Oscar Garcia has vowed to have his battered troops ready for the challenge of toppling Derby County in the play-offs. The Seagulls have refocused on Thursday evening’s first leg at the Amex following Saturday’s sapping and exhilarating
-
Date
Solly wants to keep his dad quiet with faultless play-off display
Solly March is hoping for a short conversation with his biggest supporter after Albion face Derby in the play-offs. Dad Steve, a former Albion apprentice, watches him regularly and tells the Seagulls’ teenage midfield prospect what he has done
