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Becky Snowden

An experienced content and communications manager, well versed in producing blogs, templates, e-books, communications plans and content and more for a variety of clients.Recently, I have been working with the …

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Patrick Barlow

I'm a young journalist currently working at The Argus in Brighton. I have worked on a range of different stories including live court reporting, extensive investigations and breaking news scenarios.

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Joel Adams is an investigative news reporter. He currently writes for the Cayman Compass. He previously worked in the UK for the Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail Online, the Archant …

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A journalist and creative writer with a particular interest in arts & culture, mental health, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Has experience in producing opinion pieces, listicles, and news reports.

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Ramy Abou-Setta

Reporter - The Argus Words: Derry Journal - CLASH - LOOP- Whynow and more. Contact: ramy.abou-setta@theargus.co.uk / ramyabousetta@outlook.com

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Latest Articles

Mother seeks justice for 'murdered' daughter who drowned in river

Pat Tompkins from Saltdean is still fighting for her daughter Angela Read, who drowned in the Hastings River, New South Wales, in April 2000. Australian police and pathologists in New South Wales believed the 34-year-old killed herself, but Ms Tompkins believes she was murdered. READ MORE: Road blocked as emergency …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Landmark store transformed into art gallery

Kellie Miller Art (KMA) gallery opened its doors to invited guests on Friday evening in its new Church Street home. The former Dockerills hardware store was bubbling with people from all backgrounds, and decorated with fascinating paintings, potteries and various artistic pieces. The two floors were filled with people from …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

One person electrocuted and two others injured at St George's Day fete

Police officers assisted emergency services with the incident in Markstates Common, near Chailey on Saturday at 11am. The event was immediately abandoned. The bungee cord trampoline ride was set up under a pylon at the event. The police force said that it was understood that a man in his 20s …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Man seeks ‘never before seen’ angle of aristocrat who was born into slavery

Etienne Daly, who lives in Brighton, has been researching Dido Elizabeth Belle for 12 years and wants to see what she would look like face-on. Dido Elizabeth Belle holds historical significance as a mixed-race woman raised as a free gentlewoman in 18th-century Britain, an almost unheard of status for someone …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Plan unveiled for direct train from Brighton to Birmingham and Newcastle

Arriva Group said the trains would run under its Grand Central brand and call at stations such as York, Sheffield, Birmingham New Street, Oxford, Reading and Gatwick airport. The train operator is submitting an application to regulator the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for permission to launch the services. …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Airport is a step closer to opening another runway after latest announcement

The Secretary of State for Transport’s said on February 27 she is “minded to grant consent” for the Northern Runway at planning application if it met certain requests. London Gatwick has today (April 25) responded positively to these, stating it will accept stricter limits on aircraft noise and has put …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

US citizens to be charged 25 more at theatre show - unless they're a Democrat

The Treason Show, which will be coming to Brighton as part of the Brighton Fringe festival, has said that it will be imposing 25 per cent tariffs to American attendees. The organisers have said that there will be exemptions to US citizens who can prove they’re Democrats, and that they …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Drugs and illegal working practices uncovered at barber and vape shops

Officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) were joined by agencies including Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement and the Department of Work and Pensions along with local police forces to visit 11 barber and vape shops across Sussex, Hampshire and Thames Valley. In Sussex, officers visited a premises …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Ancient woodland saved after high court battle with country club

Wealden District Council challenged an appeal decision on a proposed development on an ancient woodland at Wellshurst Golf and Country Club in Hellingly at the High Court. Councillor Ian Tysh, Alliance for Wealden (Green Party) and lead councillor for planning and environment, said that the outcome is a “triumph for …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

'I've been tempted to buy a hammer and start knocking down the King Alfred myself'

Peter Kyle, MP for Hove and Portslade, has raised his concerns over the redevelopment of the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Kingsway, Hove. In an interview with The Argus, Mr Kyle said that if he could, he would “buy a hammer” himself and knock the site down himself. He said: …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Technology secretary and Hove MP reveals why he used ChatGPT to ask about policy

Peter Kyle, the secretary of State for science, innovation and technology, told The Argus that media reports about his AI usage in government have “no context”. On March 13 an article was published in New Scientist headlined "How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice" following a Freedom …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Residents contact MP ‘in terror’ over disability benefit cuts

In an exclusive interview, Sian Berry, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion slammed the government’s proposed £5 billion of savings through welfare reforms, as she says it "rips away" vulnerable people’s ability to live. She told the Argus that 31 per cent of her constituents are living with someone who is …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Man charged with sexual offences against young girl

Sussex Police launched an investigation in 2023, into offences against a girl who cannot be identified for legal reasons. The alleged offences relate to the early 2020s and the girl has since received support from specially-trained officers. READ MORE: Full police statement after women dies following sea search Shaun Gannon, …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Constance Marten’s baby potentially exposed to 'substantial risk of hypothermia'

Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria who died after they went off-grid and slept in a tent in early 2023. The child’s body was discovered with rubbish inside a shopping bag for life in a disused shed near Brighton after the …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

School teacher banned after sending ‘intimate’ emails to female pupils

Reece Morgan was teaching English, classics and Latin at Seaford College near Petworth, West Sussex, when he began regularly emailing a girl, referred to by the panel as Pupil A. The teacher and pupil sent dozens of emails to each other, a Teaching Regulation Agency panel heard, which “became increasingly …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Kebab shop found guilty of selling lamb doners made with 'other meats'

Directors of Worthing Kebab Ltd, trading as Worthing Kebab House & Pizza at 32 Teville Road, Worthing, appeared at Crawley Magistrates’ Court on April 3 and pleaded guilty to all charges. West Sussex Trading Standards had previously visited the premises in August 2021 and July 2022, providing detailed food safety …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Company boss stole £150,000 in Covid support funds

Mehmet Akyuz of Conway Street in Hove, fraudulently obtained three maximum-value Bounce Back Loans worth £50,000 each in 2020 for his Green and Hove Limited and Leathers Wear Limited companies. Both Green and Hove, trading as Organic Earth Cafe, and Leathers Wear, were not trading at the time of Akyuz’s …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus

Woman with 'limitless greed' stole from club and pushed it to near bankruptcy

Jeanette Gardner, 66, of Meadow Road, Hailsham, had worked her way up from bar staff to a position where she controlled the club’s finances at The Hailsham Memorial Institute. The family social club in Western Road, was facing bankruptcy after Gardner abused her position as an employee to steal thousands …
By Ramy Abou-Setta
• The Argus