The Argus • 03/12/2024

Works has begun on £7 million pound expansion of hospital

Hospital colleagues were joined by invited guests and construction partners Morgan Sindall on November 22 to celebrate building works getting underway for a new urgent treatment centre. Known as UTCs, urgent treatment centres provide faster medical help for people when their condition is not life-threatening. They offer appointments via the NHS 111 service and are equipped to investigate, diagnose and treat the most common illnesses people come to A&E for. It was announced in the sum...

The Argus • 03/12/2024

The ‘King of Motown’ announced as act at Sussex’s biggest jazz festival

Smokey Robinson will perform at next summer’s Love Supreme which returns to Glynde Place near Lewes from July 4 to 6. Robinson is a Grammy winner who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. This will be his first performance in the UK in more than 15 years. Early bird tickets start at £72 and can be booked by visiting: www.lovesupremefestival.com READ MORE: East Sussex: Sam Ryder brings his winter tour to Hastings Robinson is considered one of the most influ...

The Argus • 02/12/2024

Over 100 lanterns to be displayed on seafront in solidarity with Israeli hostages

The Yellow Ribbon Campaign will create a giant yellow ribbon with lanterns on Hove Lawns on Monday at 7pm. The lanterns will be held by 101 people to symbolise the number of hostages taken after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The event will mark the launch of a national campaign that aims at getting people to wear a yellow ribbon, tie a ribbon around a tree or write to their representatives about the hostages.  There are 101 people still in hostage situations accordin...

The Argus • 02/12/2024

School sports coach assaulted young girl

Ajaz Karim, who worked at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham between 1983 and 1993, has been found guilty of one count of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14 on November 29.    Police received the report in November 2022 that Karim, 70, of Broadlove Lane, Greater London, abused a girl, who is now aged in her 40s, when she was 12 and then 13. Karim was previously jailed for ten years after a jury found him guilty of nine counts of indecent assault and one of attempt in April 2...

The Argus • 02/12/2024

Outrage as school vomiting 'outbreak' causes children 'to be sick on each other'

According to several parents, the sickness swept through Telscombe Cliffs Academy in Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven - with children covered in sick and whole classes affected. The school said its pupils' health was of the 'utmost importance' and had encouraged staff and children to wash their hands thoroughly among other preventative measures. But parents have criticised the school's response, saying there had been a lack of communication and that classrooms or the school itself should hav...

The Argus • 30/11/2024

Year-round sea water testing will be done by volunteers in new scheme

Peter Kyle, Labour MP for Hove and Portslade and Bella Sankey, leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, approached Southern Water and got them to agree to fund the project. Residents volunteered to be part of the citizen science project and were trained to use testing equipment. Peter Kyle MP and Bella Sankey being shown how the testing equipment works (Image: Peter Kyle MP) The volunteers, many of whom are open water swimmers, test the Hove seawater every other day. READ MORE: Brig...

The Argus • 29/11/2024

Drug dealer who ran a major drug line selling crack cocaine and heroin is jailed

Following a joint investigation by Brighton’s Community Investigation Team and the Metropolitan Police, it was found that Jahzadd Ryan was running and controlling a drug line, named Major. The line had been actively selling crack cocaine and heroin in Brighton and was linked to Ryan’s phone. Officers conducted a warrant at an address frequented by Ryan in Woolwich, London in August 2023 and he was located with two live firearms, ammunition as well as evidence of the drug line. The 25...

The Argus • 29/11/2024

Majority of Sussex MPs vote in favour of Assisted Dying Bill

The first assisted dying debate in the House of Commons in almost a decade took place on Friday. Assisted dying could now be legalised in England and Wales after a historic vote saw proposed legislation clear its first hurdle in Parliament. The new law is proposing to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. This would only affect terminally adults who are expected to die within six months and who have been resident in England and Wales and registered with a GP for at least 12 m...

The Argus • 29/11/2024

Parents and children will peacefully march to 'Save our School'

Supporters of St. Joseph’s School in Hollingdean, Brighton will be participating in a march this Saturday to raise awareness about the potential closure of the school. The march will begin at the school in Davey Drive at 10am, where they will walk together to St Joseph's Catholic Church for a short break.  From there they will continue their walk to the Old Steine. A letter written by a student in the school (Image: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School) Along the way, children will wa...

The Argus • 28/11/2024

Short bus journeys to be capped at £1

Brighton and Hove City Council is capping short single journeys around the city from December 1 until January 31, 2025. Passengers will be able to check local operators' websites to discover where you can get to for £1. They will be working with all the local bus operators and using funding from their Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP). The BSIP, which was approved in September 2021, aims to grow passenger numbers, increase bus passenger satisfaction levels and improve bus reliabili...

The Argus • 24/11/2024

Three stores in Sussex put up for sale as Homebase goes into administration

Homebase was waiting on around £5 million of tax rebates before collapsing into administration last week. It comes as the stricken firm has set a deadline of the end of next week for potential buyers to snap up its remaining shops in the UK and Ireland. Homebase appointed administrators at consultancy Teneo after it was hit hard by an “incredibly challenging” three years for the DIY sector. Administrators struck a deal to sell Homebase to retail group CDS, which owns The Range and Wi...

The Argus • 23/11/2024

Gatwick Airport reopens terminal after package triggers security alert

The South Terminal was closed to new passengers for more than four hours on Friday as Sussex Police deployed its bomb disposal unit because of “the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage”. The force said it was called to the airport at 8.20am and passengers who had not cleared security were required to evacuate at around 10.30am. Police said a “security cordon had been put in place” inside the South Terminal. Police blocked the entrance to the South Terminal (Image: Eddi...

The Argus • 23/11/2024

Man killed in crash

The 65-year-old was driving alone along Ardingly Road, Lindfield at around 6.35am on Friday when he crashed. Police sadly confirmed he was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed. A closure was put in place from Stonecross Lane to Francis Road in both directions.  Sussex Police and West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance.  An investigation is ongoing to understand the full circumstances of the incident. A Sussex Police spokesman said: “...

The Argus • 23/11/2024

Former Sussex Police officer accused of rape and sexual assault

Christopher Mallet, 40, will appear at Guildford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The former Sussex Police constable based in Horsham, has been accused of attacking a woman he met on a dating app when he was off-duty in May 2019. READ MORE: Hastings: Woman arrested on suspicion of common assault He was charged with two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault following an investigation by the police watchdog, the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The probe ended in March...

The Argus • 23/11/2024

Traffic at a standstill in city centre as Storm Bert causes more chaos

Sussex Police have partially closed Cannon Place in Brighton causing delays to hundreds of shoppers trying to leave city centre. Cars can be seen stuck at a standstill as police divert the traffic from Churchill Square Car Park on to Russell Road. Police have blocked the junction with the seafront and Russell Road. The scaffolding at the bottom of Cannon Place has been deemed to be ‘unsafe’ and so safety precautions have been put in place. This is not the first case of scaffoldin...

The Argus • 22/11/2024

Recap: Police deem suspicious package at Gatwick Airport 'no risk'

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The Argus • 22/11/2024

Police release statement on 'suspect package' at Gatwick Airport

Sussex police were called to the South Terminal at Gatwick Airport at 8.20am on Friday following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage. A security cordon has been put in place, people have been evacuated from the terminal and trains are not stopping at the airport. As a precaution, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team was deployed to the airport. They have now concluded their investigation into the report of a “suspect package”. Officers from the EOD team m...

The Argus • 21/11/2024

Albion, Fatboy Slim and politicians remember the man who said yes to the Amex dream

Though many may know him as a key figure of Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour project, across Sussex Mr Prescott is celebrated as helping to usher in the “new era of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club”. John Prescott speaking at the AITC in the Amex, from left: Peter Kyle, Nancy Platts and Martin Perry (Image: The Argus) Martin Perry, former chief executive of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, has paid tribute saying: “Lord Prescott was a key player in our fight for planning permission f...

The Argus • 21/11/2024

Tributes to former deputy prime minister John Prescott who helped with Amex campaign

The former trade union activist and ex-merchant seaman died “peacefully” and surrounded by relatives at his care home, they said. Though many may know him as a key figure of Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour project, across Sussex Mr Prescott is celebrated as helping to usher in the “new era of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club”. John Prescott with former Albion chairman Dick Knight at Withdean (Image: The Argus) Brighton and Hove Albion had been without a home since the Goldstone Ground...

The Argus • 20/11/2024

'Predatory' vicar given life sentence

Ifor Whittaker, 80, admitted rape and gross indecency with the child in the vestry of St John The Baptist Church in Sedlescombe, near Hastings, where he served as a priest under the name Colin Pritchard. Hove Crown Court heard that Whittaker had baptised the boy, who he went on to abuse. Sentencing him to a discretionary life sentence on Tuesday, Judge Gary Lucie said: “You are a predatory paedophile and have been for many years. “I doubt that you will ever cease to be a serious dang...