Ramy Abou-Setta

Reporter - The Argus


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A look back at some of the big stories as The Argus celebrates 145 years

The newspaper began life on March 30, 1880. Since the paper's inception, it has covered major historic events across the county, country and internationally. From both World Wars, devastating storms, fires and the change of the national political landscape - The Argus has been, and continues to be, a true and accurate source of information. Your very important source of trusted news. Journalism is the first draft of history and The Argus archive remains the best place to look back at...
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MPs condemn government’s ‘reckless’ Spring Budget

On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her spring statement to announce a series of public spending cuts in order to balance the books without raising taxes. Following the Spring Statement, Liberal Democrat MP James for Lewes has said that the Chancellor “missed her chance” to deliver the change needed for his constituents, whilst Tory MP Mims Davies for East Grinsted and Uckfield called it “reckless”. Liberal Democrat MP James for Lewes in the House of Commons (Image: House of Comm...
The Argus •

A look back at some of the big stories as The Argus celebrates 145 years

The newspaper began life on March 30, 1880. Since the paper's inception, it has covered major historic events across the county, country and internationally. From both World Wars, devastating storms, fires and the change of the national political landscape - The Argus has been, and continues to be, a true and accurate source of information. Your very important source of trusted news. Journalism is the first draft of history and The Argus archive remains the best place to look back at...
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Dad wins lottery for the second time amid daughter's cancer battle

Paul Tolhurst, 61, of Framfield near Uckfield, won a £142,857 share of the People's Postcode Lottery £1 million jackpot. His daughter Hayley, 30, is currently in her last month of chemotherapy for cervical cancer. Paul said this money will be of great help. The Gatwick Airport worker said: “It’s just wonderful! The lift this is going to give my family, it’s like something from God.    “It’s been a really difficult year; my daughter is suffering with cervical cancer, and she’s had...
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Academic says university must ‘move on’ from free speech row after investigation

The Office for Students (OfS) issued a record penalty of £585,000 to the university after an investigation ruled it had failed in its duty to uphold freedom of speech on campus. The investigation, which took nearly three-and-a-half years, came after protests called for the dismissal of former academic Professor Kathleen Stock in 2021 over her views on gender identity. University of Sussex in Falmer (Image: Eddie Mitchell) Writing for the online magazine UnHerd today, professor Stock said...
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Grandfather guilty of groping younger woman on flight while she slept

Momade Jussab, 66, sexually assaulted the woman in her twenties after she fell asleep watching Grease on a flight from Doha. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court she woke to find him sexually assaulting her under her clothing. Jussab, from London, admitted touching the woman and told police she had led him on and was 'asking for it'. A judge told him the woman was wholly blameless and he had shown no remorse. The woman had wrapped herself in blankets,...
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Men charged after thousands of pounds worth of stock taken from phone shop

Sussex Police were called to the Three store in Montague Street, Worthing, following a break-in on March 7. Stock, including mobile phones and electronic devices such as headphones, was missing from the store room area, police said. Two suspects were identified by officers following CCTV enquiries. READ MORE: Man found not guilty of rape The two men were subsequently arrested on March 25. Robert May, 50, of no fixed address, and Joseph Perry, 41, of Whitebeam Road, Northbrook...
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Teenage girl sexually assaulted in church grounds

Officers responded to a report that a girl had been sexually assaulted in the grounds of St Andrew & St Cuthman's Church, in Vicarage Lane, Steyning on Thursday at 9am. The incident is under investigation, and the victim is being supported by specialist officers. READ MORE: Man began sexually abusing girls when he was ten, court told Police have described the person they are looking for as a white man in his 20s, around 5 foot 7, with dark brown short hair, stubble, and brown eyes....
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Councils will get millions more to fix potholes - if they prove they are fixing them

From mid-April, local authorities will start to receive their share of the Government’s record £1.6bn highway maintenance funding, including an extra £79m for the South East.  This includes Brighton and Hove City Council (BHCC), West Sussex County Council and East Sussex County Council. But to get the full amount, all councils in England must now publish annual progress reports and prove public confidence in their work.  Local authorities who fail to meet these strict conditions will...
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Teen accused of stabbing man in graveyard says he 'tried to defend himself'

Billy Ripley died soon after the knife fight in Hailsham last summer. The 20-year-old's single wound was not survivable, a jury at Lewes Crown Court was told earlier this month. The 17-year-old boy, who denies murder, said he froze when he saw Billy Ripley confront him with a huge knife in August 2024. The teen who denies the charge, told the jury at Lewes Crown Court that Ripley stabbed him twice in the arm and that he tried again but the boy had "jumped back". He said: "He trie...
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Brighton runner makes British sporting history in China

Amber Anning, a Brighton and Hove AC runner, stormed to 400 metres gold to claim her first senior individual international medal on Saturday at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in China. The 24-year-old, who grew up in Hove and attended BHASVIC, became the first British woman to win an individual world indoor sprint title. It was redemption for Anning, who was disqualified from the same event due to a lane infringement at the European Indoor Championships earlier this month....
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Half marathon cancelled due to major chemical incident

Hastings Half Marathon has announced that it will not be going ahead today due to the multi-agency emergency incident launched when chemicals were found inside a property on the A259 Marina, St Leonards. The Nice Work Team and Hasting Lions have said that it is with "great disappointment" that they made the decision to cancel the event.  The statement on social media read: "Please know this decision was not taken lightly, we have tried absolutely everything, and we fully understand how d...
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Armed police descend on house and seize 'offensive weapon'

The police were called to a report of a man having been seen with an axe in South Farm Road in Worthing on Saturday at 7pm. A local shopworker was said to have been threatened by the man that evening. The offensive weapon being seized (Image: EDDIE MITCHELL) A 40-year-old man of no fixed address was located in a property nearby and arrested on suspicion of affray and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. A small hatchet was seized from the property. Sussex Police h...
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Protest held against welfare reforms in Brighton city centre

Supporters of Crips Against Cuts Brighton (CACB), a disabled-led pressure group, were demonstrating at the Clock Tower, Brighton on Saturday. The demonstration aimed to raise awareness of the “devastating impact” that the recently announced cuts will have on local residents. The £5 billion of savings, through the welfare reforms, will largely come from changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip), but also from a reduction of the health element of universal credit,...
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Four teens arrested after shop worker attacked

Officers were called to reports of a group of youths stealing from the Co-Op in Barnham Road, Barnham, on March 13 at 5.44pm. Sussex Police said that after a member of staff challenged one of the teenagers, he was pushed and punched in the face, causing bleeding. Police reported that the youths then fled the scene, and that two of them ran across open fields and were pursued by officers for approximately one mile, where they were detained and arrested. The other two returned to the s...
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Police officer blames parents for his driving offences

Seren Sriganesh, was a police officer in Brighton and Hove when he falsely blamed his parents as responsible for three separate driving offences. The 23-year-old pleaded guilty in January this year to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information, and unlawfully obtaining personal data. The charges relate to offending between September 2020 and February 2024 when the then officer falsely blamed hi...
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Critically acclaimed singer says city is ‘super special’ ahead of show

Critically acclaimed Georgia Cecile will be performing her recently released project City Girl at the Brighton Dome on March 20. Championed by leading contemporaries Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum, Cecile has been touring the UK with a run of shows at the Royal Albert Hall and a recent visit to Sussex’s very own Love Supreme summer festival. 'The Dome is so beautiful; it's a dream to play in there' (Image: Carver PR)Tickets for Thursday's show, with support by Amethyst, at 8pm can be...
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Firefighters tackle house fire

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