So the Irish didn't get it right the first time with the Treaty of Nice and therefore had to have a second ballot a year later to get the correct answer. Well, they got there in the end. In view of this great acquiescence to "people power" by the Irish
Flood defences for Uckfield, devastated in the deluge of October 2000, are still several years away. Wealden and Uckfield councillors and Wealden MP Charles Hendry, met environment minister Elliot Morley at the Department for the Environment, Food and
Thieves left a great-grandmother housebound by stealing her electric buggy from a lock-up outside her home. Mary Forster, of Stapely Road, Hove, was devastated to find her scooter had been taken. The 80-year-old can only walk using two sticks and depends
In response to John Hatton (Letters, October 17), I can only restate that Brighton and Hove City Council's preferred policy is to redevelop the King Alfred site with a new sports centre and housing. This decision was made at a legally constituted meeting
Councillor Tehmtan Framroze and others are reported as wanting to encourage landlords to let out more properties (The Argus, October 16). At the same time, Brighton and Hove City Council has issued notices to me as landlord of a house with ten flats to
Australian police today issued an arrest warrant for their prime suspect in the hunt for the murderer of Brighton graduate Peter Falconio. Assistant commissioner of crime John Daulby of Northern Territories Police said a warrant had been issued for Bradley
The coverage of the youth cafe Bites in Haywards Heath for 11-to-25-year-olds (October 21) reminded me of a project in Lewes called the Nutty Wizard. Is this still running? It would be great if there were equivalent places in Portslade, Brighton and Hove
I read with interest the report on the elderly lady who died because of neglect from nursing staff (The Argus, October 18). For more than 20 years, I held a senior post with the NHS in Brighton and Hove, working with elderly people. This is not the first
Sussex composer Peter Copley has come up with a piece of music which speaks for the city. Unveiled by the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra at Sunday's concert, it is a beautifully-worked and totally-accessible portrait of Brighton and Hove called A City
I find it amazing the MP for Hove, Ivor Caplin, finds time to investigate the outcome of a football match instead of helping to resolve and support the fire service campaign for fair pay. Where are his priorities? -B Barnes, Portland Road, Hove
I find it amazing that the Government has said it will fund the already overpaid police to escort each Green Goddess fire engine. The police will be on overtime, costing millions of pounds. How has the Government found money for this but not for a fair
Brighton Mitre have attracted top field for their 34th annual 25-mile time trial at Steyning on Sunday. Although it comes towards the end of a long season, more than 100 riders have entered the men's event. The 20 seeded riders include five from Sussex
As an aspiring young actor in the early Sixties, I was thrilled to get the part of a drummer in a TV commercial for Player's Bachelor cigarettes (especially as I have never played the drums). It only lasted for 15 seconds but I could not have been more
We are looking for you to pack the Brighton Centre and raise the roof when we take on Sheffield on Saturday. The only reason we are not top of the league with the Sharks is because we have only played two BBL games. Overall, though, we are five from five
Health authorities and trusts are always urging people to ensure their body parts are made available for much-needed transplants. The parents of Sam Griffiths did exactly that when he was killed in a motorcycle crash four years ago. They felt he would
When is work going to begin on the restoration of the West Pier? I have been following the ongoing battle that has been taken place between various organisations for however many years it has been and we still seem to be no nearer. From an outsider's
It may be the first month of the season but Brighton Bears' showdown with Sheffield is already being talked off as a possible title decider. Not just by euphoric fans buzzing after five straight wins but also by the man likely to be at the very heart
Lilian Knowles has been sent scores of cards to celebrate her 101st birthday. Among the greetings from friends and family is an unusual giant hand-made card from her chiropodist, trimmed with lace and depicting a pair of feet. Lilian, who lives in Woodingdean
The Palace Pier's objections to the West Pier redevelopment are absolutely disgusting. The Noble Organisation, which runs the Palace Pier, is objecting to the West Pier on the grounds it will compete with its own pier. This is utterly ridiculous. Noble
People with stressful jobs have double the risk of death from heart disease compared to those in less demanding occupations. Researchers followed 812 healthy men and women who worked at factories in Finland for an average of 25 years. They had jobs ranging
Brighton pub licensees Neil Woodcock and Richard Clarke have won the newcomer of the year award and £1,000 in a competition run by the Unique Pub Company. The award was presented to the pair, who transformed a run-down pub into a thriving business, by
Phil Bell, the general manager of Brighton racecourse, is to take responsibility for the management of the Fontwell Park. Northern Racing created the new position of general manager for both its Sussex courses having recently taken over Fontwell. Mr Bell
Steve Coppell has admitted "it will bring a lump to my throat" when he takes Albion to Selhurst Park for Saturday's long-awaited derby against Crystal Palace. Fate has decreed his first away match in charge of the Seagulls is at the ground and against
Albion chairman Dick Knight says any supporters guilty of racial abuse will be banned from Withdean stadium. Referee Phil Prosser has reported Albion fans to the FA for racially abusing him and Sheffield United's Peter Ndlovu after Saturday's match at
A barmaid was horrified when she discovered a yellow plastic pellet in her box of mushrooms. Pregnant Gemma Ray, 19, was slicing vegetables for dinner when she found it inside one of the caps. She continued chopping but discovered another two small plastic
Anglo-Dutch steel group Corus is to further slash its debt mountain after agreeing a £543 million sale of two aluminium businesses, it was announced today. Corus is selling the businesses, which have operations in Germany, Belgium, Canada and China, to
The financial strength of UK life insurers has fallen by the largest margin for more than five years due to volatile stock markets. In the last year, 12 life insurers have had their credit rating, which measures their financial strength, downgraded, according
Worthing Council could offer students a £10,000 incentive in an effort to beat a shortage of environmental health officers. Trainee environmental health officers (EHOs) will receive council cash support through their four-year courses, if Worthing Borough
A post office robber who was caught after drawing attention to himself by reading a newspaper upside down was due for sentence today. He was one of four men who escaped with £1,700 after a raid on the post office in Downland Parade, Upper Brighton Road
Paul Kitson is not the only Albion player dogged by back trouble this season. It has been no laughing matter for the versatile teenager dubbed 'Tickle' by his team-mates. Dan Harding, nicknamed after Mr Tickle because of his long legs and arms, has been
A shrine to murder victim Sarah Payne was removed in the middle of the night - but police forgot to tell her family. Teddies, floral tributes and sympathy messages were put into eight bin liners and flowers and bulbs planted in Sarah's memory were dug
The Argus' campaign to keep glass off the beach has received a boost as ministers consider forcing pubs to use more plastic glasses. They also want to cut the number of drinks served in glass bottles. However, the move has left a bad taste in the mouths
A thief walked out of an art gallery with five original paintings under his arm. The thief strolled into the Philtre gallery in Gloucester Road, Brighton, and took five pictures off the walls. The paintings by three artists are worth more than £1,000.
The Government is to announce the cities shortlisted to become European Capital of Culture in 2008. Officials working on Brighton and Hove's bid have been told the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will now be making an announcement on October 30
Hollingbury residents have nothing to fear from a new prison cell block in their community, Home Office minister John Denham says. Launching the multi-million-pound facility yesterday Mr Denham said more police would be travelling around the area every
Surely Rik Child should have realised the financial implications of being a councillor when he chose to represent the people of St Peter's? There are many ecological activists who never receive a penny for their hard work and there are many workers in
Flood defences for Uckfield, devastated in the deluge of October 2000, are still several years away. Wealden and Uckfield councillors and Wealden MP Charles Hendry, met environment minister Elliot Morley at the Department for the Environment, Food and
A 100-tonne crane was drafted in to lift a 30-tonne bridge into position over the new Angmering bypass. The 35-metre bridge, which arrived on the back of a low-loader lorry, was given a police escort on its three-day journey from Doncaster to Angmering
Animal welfare workers have been inundated with animals and pets dumped on their doorstep in the past five days. They have taken in a basket of six cats left in an animal charity shop in Worthing, a box of nine rats left on a beach, a sick rabbit dumped
A mother has broken her silence to highlight a hospital blunder which denied her dead son a last chance to save others' lives. After her teenager son was killed in a motorcycle crash Kay Garton wanted to donate his organs. She knew it was what he would
Councillor Tehmtan Framroze and others are reported as wanting to encourage landlords to let out more properties (The Argus, October 16). At the same time, Brighton and Hove City Council has issued notices to me as landlord of a house with ten flats to
The story stating that council rents are set to increase well above inflation rates had one sentence in it that would be overlooked by most people (The Argus, October 12). There are more than 13,000 council tenants in Brighton and Hove but must receive
I read with interest the report on the elderly lady who died because of neglect from nursing staff (The Argus, October 18). For more than 20 years, I held a senior post with the NHS in Brighton and Hove, working with elderly people. This is not the first
Sussex composer Peter Copley has come up with a piece of music which speaks for the city. Unveiled by the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra at Sunday's concert, it is a beautifully-worked and totally-accessible portrait of Brighton and Hove called A City
If you have ever wanted to be totally enchanted and moved then head to the Theatre Royal this week for the Moscow City Ballet season. Be warned, no matter how old and fit you are, you will end up feeling very unfit and very much older. The young cast
Everyone loves firefighters. They are brave. They are strong. They rescue people from blazes while often risking their own lives. They are there to help us at all times of the day and night. They are speedy and efficient. When the league table of jobs
Tearful schoolfriends have gathered to support each other following the sudden death of an East Sussex girl from meningitis. Pupils at Bexhill High School were told to remember the good times they had enjoyed with Francesca Ward. Many struggled to keep
Why this outrage regarding firemen wanting a large increase in pay just to bring them to about the same level as scaffolders and bricklayers? All they have to do is put one pole or brick on top of another. There is no comparison. A firefighter has a very
Brighton Mitre have attracted top field for their 34th annual 25-mile time trial at Steyning on Sunday. Although it comes towards the end of a long season, more than 100 riders have entered the men's event. The 20 seeded riders include five from Sussex
We are looking for you to pack the Brighton Centre and raise the roof when we take on Sheffield on Saturday. The only reason we are not top of the league with the Sharks is because we have only played two BBL games. Overall, though, we are five from five
Few pop fans will remember The Lotus Eaters, whose one British hit scraped into number 15 in the charts back in 1983. But on a trip to the Philippines they were mobbed and asked for autographs by screaming fans. The band may not be right on in Brighton
Michael Parker's letter (October 19) spurred me to point out that the Max Miller Appreciation Society to celebrate the life of Max was formed in 1999 and has more than 400 members. It meets monthly, issues quarterly journals and puts on special events
It may be the first month of the season but Brighton Bears' showdown with Sheffield is already being talked off as a possible title decider. Not just by euphoric fans buzzing after five straight wins but also by the man likely to be at the very heart
The Palace Pier's objections to the West Pier redevelopment are absolutely disgusting. The Noble Organisation, which runs the Palace Pier, is objecting to the West Pier on the grounds it will compete with its own pier. This is utterly ridiculous. Noble
People with stressful jobs have double the risk of death from heart disease compared to those in less demanding occupations. Researchers followed 812 healthy men and women who worked at factories in Finland for an average of 25 years. They had jobs ranging
Brighton pub licensees Neil Woodcock and Richard Clarke have won the newcomer of the year award and £1,000 in a competition run by the Unique Pub Company. The award was presented to the pair, who transformed a run-down pub into a thriving business, by
Phil Bell, the general manager of Brighton racecourse, is to take responsibility for the management of the Fontwell Park. Northern Racing created the new position of general manager for both its Sussex courses having recently taken over Fontwell. Mr Bell
Paul Kitson is not the only Albion player dogged by back trouble this season. It has been no laughing matter for the versatile teenager dubbed 'Tickle' by his team-mates. Dan Harding, nicknamed after Mr Tickle because of his long legs and arms, has been
A Romanian student who ran out of cash and was forced to return home can continue her research thanks to a £6,000 grant. Silvia Murari began her postgraduate English literature studies at the University of Sussex in January. But she could not afford to
Volunteers at a centre for youngsters in Bevendean which has been targeted by vandals are looking to build a new one. Leaders of the Children's Centre are asking the community what it wants from a new centre. The centre opened in 1987 when the portable
A barmaid was horrified when she discovered a yellow plastic pellet in her box of mushrooms. Pregnant Gemma Ray, 19, was slicing vegetables for dinner when she found it inside one of the caps. She continued chopping but discovered another two small plastic
More than £9,000 worth of fireworks were stolen in a raid on a garden centre at Handcross. Thieves drove a white Ford Transit-style van into the car park of Wyevale Garden Centre on the A23 on Monday. They used bolt cutters to open a locked metal storage
Anglo-Dutch steel group Corus is to further slash its debt mountain after agreeing a £543 million sale of two aluminium businesses, it was announced today. Corus is selling the businesses, which have operations in Germany, Belgium, Canada and China, to
The financial strength of UK life insurers has fallen by the largest margin for more than five years due to volatile stock markets. In the last year, 12 life insurers have had their credit rating, which measures their financial strength, downgraded, according
Flood defences for Uckfield, devastated in the deluge of October 2000, are still several years away. Wealden and Uckfield councillors and Wealden MP Charles Hendry, met environment minister Elliot Morley at the Department for the Environment, Food and
Worthing Council could offer students a £10,000 incentive in an effort to beat a shortage of environmental health officers. Trainee environmental health officers (EHOs) will receive council cash support through their four-year courses, if Worthing Borough
Albion chairman Dick Knight says any supporters guilty of racial abuse will be banned from Withdean stadium. Referee Phil Prosser has reported Albion fans to the FA for racially abusing him and Sheffield United's Peter Ndlovu after Saturday's match at
Albion chief Steve Coppell has urged the club to resist any fresh bids for star striker Bobby Zamora. Coppell is convinced Zamora has the talent to end up in the Premiership but he does not want to sell him to finance team strengthening when the Premiership
Paul Kitson is not the only Albion player dogged by back trouble this season. It has been no laughing matter for the versatile teenager dubbed 'Tickle' by his team-mates. Dan Harding, nicknamed after Mr Tickle because of his long legs and arms, has been
Steve Coppell has admitted "it will bring a lump to my throat" when he takes Albion to Selhurst Park for Saturday's long-awaited derby against Crystal Palace. Fate has decreed his first away match in charge of the Seagulls is at the ground and against
A post office robber who was caught after drawing attention to himself by reading a newspaper upside down was due for sentence today. He was one of four men who escaped with £1,700 after a raid on the post office in Downland Parade, Upper Brighton Road
A shrine to murder victim Sarah Payne was removed in the middle of the night - but police forgot to tell her family. Teddies, floral tributes and sympathy messages were put into eight bin liners and flowers and bulbs planted in Sarah's memory were dug
The Argus' campaign to keep glass off the beach has received a boost as ministers consider forcing pubs to use more plastic glasses. They also want to cut the number of drinks served in glass bottles. However, the move has left a bad taste in the mouths
The boys winced and the girls shouted in glee as a Mid Sussex pub regular had his back waxed to raise money for a new wheelchair for his friend. Joe Sutton, 34, from Burgess Hill, who has cerebral palsy, has been using a manual wheelchair since his electronic
The woman who christened Brighton and Hove the City by the Sea is leaving her tourism job. Amanda Shepherd is quitting Brighton and Hove City Council at the end of January to start her own marketing and communications consultancy. She has worked for the
Hollingbury residents have nothing to fear from a new prison cell block in their community, Home Office minister John Denham says. Launching the multi-million-pound facility yesterday Mr Denham said more police would be travelling around the area every
The headteacher of a special school threatened with closure under a shake-up of education is leading parents in a battle for its future. St Anne's Special School in Lewes, which has 73 pupils aged four to 16, many with severe learning difficulties, has
I was extremely confused to read that Brighton and Hove City Council "could not rent... an asbestos-filled building" in relation to Ovingdean Caf (October 22). Here, in Woodingdean, we have been fighting for six years to get the council to help the Community
A man was killed when he fell in front of a train at East Worthing station. Nine passengers and three crew members were escorted from the 9.14pm Portsmouth-Brighton train by firefighters after the accident at 11.30pm yesterday. British Transport Police
So the Irish didn't get it right the first time with the Treaty of Nice and therefore had to have a second ballot a year later to get the correct answer. Well, they got there in the end. In view of this great acquiescence to "people power" by the Irish
What a surprise to read about Tel-el-Kebir (Letters, October 17). I served there from May 1941 until July 1945, 50 months out of 75 months' wartime army service. To get there was a 45 day voyage all round Africa, in a 20-ship convoy guarded by the battleship
Thieves left a great-grandmother housebound by stealing her electric buggy from a lock-up outside her home. Mary Forster, of Stapely Road, Hove, was devastated to find her scooter had been taken. The 80-year-old can only walk using two sticks and depends
Ruth Arundell is quite wrong when she writes Tony Blair has promised to sell off 200,000 homes a year from the stock of council housing (Letters, October 21). She knows the Prime Minister has no power to sell any council homes without the tenants' consent
A radical shake up of housing benefit targeting landlords and anti-social tenants is to be piloted in Brighton and Hove. Tenants will be paid a flat-rate to cover their rent under the long-planned scheme. If their accommodation is cheaper than the allowance
The right-to-buy policy has caused many problems for councils up and down the country. There are 3, 250 people on the waiting list for a home and I fear they are going to be in for a long wait. Brighton and Hove City Council must look for land that will
So the Conservatives want to sell off the housing association stock now they have caused a housing crisis in Brighton and Hove by depleting our council housing stock? Only a few months ago, the local leader of the "quiet" Tory opposition said he did not
In response to John Hatton (Letters, October 17), I can only restate that Brighton and Hove City Council's preferred policy is to redevelop the King Alfred site with a new sports centre and housing. This decision was made at a legally constituted meeting
A policeman who split open a bouncer's head during violence outside a nightclub, broke down in tears as he gave evidence about the incident. PC Daren Egan was warned by a judge he did not have to answer any questions which might incriminate him. A jury
Tearful schoolfriends have gathered to support each other following the sudden death of an East Sussex girl from meningitis. Pupils at Bexhill High School were told to remember the good times they had enjoyed with Francesca Ward. Many struggled to keep
Australian police today issued an arrest warrant for their prime suspect in the hunt for the murderer of Brighton graduate Peter Falconio. Assistant commissioner of crime John Daulby of Northern Territories Police said a warrant had been issued for Bradley
The coverage of the youth cafe Bites in Haywards Heath for 11-to-25-year-olds (October 21) reminded me of a project in Lewes called the Nutty Wizard. Is this still running? It would be great if there were equivalent places in Portslade, Brighton and Hove
At home in Hove, Jem Kelly is the pop star no one notices. But in the Philippines he was mobbed by fans of Eighties duo The Lotus Eaters. Jem, 39, of Brunswick Road, had no idea of his act's far-flung success until a Filipino promoter invited him to play
I noticed that Jock Riddell, the former Seagulls kitman (among other things) has died of cancer (The Argus, October 20). This very sad news was conveyed in just ten words, stuck on the end of a back page report. I think Jock's long-standing association
I find it amazing the MP for Hove, Ivor Caplin, finds time to investigate the outcome of a football match instead of helping to resolve and support the fire service campaign for fair pay. Where are his priorities? -B Barnes, Portland Road, Hove
Police got an eyeful when they caught a teenage underwear thief prancing in front of his mates in a pink bra. The red-faced youth pinched the bra from a breast cancer awareness promotion in the Market Place Shopping Centre, Burgess Hill. His prank backfired
I find it amazing that the Government has said it will fund the already overpaid police to escort each Green Goddess fire engine. The police will be on overtime, costing millions of pounds. How has the Government found money for this but not for a fair
Why doesn't everyone cancel Bonfire Night this year and instead contribute the money to the firefighters' hardship fund? They fully deserve public support for the fantastic and brave job they all do. I know that's what I shall be doing. -D Lloyd, Bath
In October 1957 at St John's Church annual sale of work, held in the Riley Hall, Carlton Hill, I presented a rose buttonhole to Gilbert Harding, who opened the sale. The acclaimed play about him, starring Edward Woodward, is at the Theatre Royal this
As an aspiring young actor in the early Sixties, I was thrilled to get the part of a drummer in a TV commercial for Player's Bachelor cigarettes (especially as I have never played the drums). It only lasted for 15 seconds but I could not have been more
Daniel Hildreth will miss the double header which could send Worthing Thunder into the last eight of the NBL Trophy. Two wins this weekend will do it for Thunder, starting with a home clash against London United on Saturday. Point guard Hildreth twisted
Health authorities and trusts are always urging people to ensure their body parts are made available for much-needed transplants. The parents of Sam Griffiths did exactly that when he was killed in a motorcycle crash four years ago. They felt he would
Men secretly wanting to feel like a woman can cast off their inhibitions in a new shop billed as a cross-dresser's paradise. Lacies opens in Hove next week, promising to doll people up in outrageous outfits which would leave Lily Savage and Dame Edna
When is work going to begin on the restoration of the West Pier? I have been following the ongoing battle that has been taken place between various organisations for however many years it has been and we still seem to be no nearer. From an outsider's
Few tragedies have affected the public more that the disappearance and death of Sarah Payne two years ago. That is why so many people put tributes including flowers and toys at the spot near Pulborough where her body was found. Now council workmen have
Lilian Knowles has been sent scores of cards to celebrate her 101st birthday. Among the greetings from friends and family is an unusual giant hand-made card from her chiropodist, trimmed with lace and depicting a pair of feet. Lilian, who lives in Woodingdean
Brighton-based digital media company Victoria Real has developed an online game to promote the America's Cup international sailing race. The Flash game is called Captain Chaos and is produced jointly with the BBC. Players race a computer controlled boat
Building firm Rok Solutions has outlined its plans for Llewellyn, the Eastbourne-based firm it bought last month for £16.25 million. Former chief executive of Llewellyn's London office Neal Hunt takes over as managing director at Eastbourne. Mr Hunt,
A Worthing man choked to death during an epileptic fit, an inquest heard. Sound engineer Andrew Knight, 47, of Portland Road, developed the illness working in the United States after falling on to a concrete floor. His brother Michael, of Half Moon Lane
I am sure Brighton and Hove has a good chance of becoming the next European Capital of Culture. Whether it deserves to be, I am becoming increasingly doubtful. Saturday was the final day of the Big Draw, a series of 550 events around the UK to encourage
Steve Coppell has admitted "it will bring a lump to my throat" when he takes Albion to Selhurst Park for Saturday's long-awaited derby against Crystal Palace. Fate has decreed his first away match in charge of the Seagulls is at the ground and against
A housing scheme which sparked outrage among Worthing residents could finally be given the go-ahead today. Councillors are discussing plans for 90 homes at the north end of Beeches Avenue on land grazed by horses. Hundreds of people objected to the scheme
Albion chairman Dick Knight says any supporters guilty of racial abuse will be banned from Withdean stadium. Referee Phil Prosser has reported Albion fans to the FA for racially abusing him and Sheffield United's Peter Ndlovu after Saturday's match at
Albion chief Steve Coppell has urged the club to resist any fresh bids for star striker Bobby Zamora. Coppell is convinced Zamora has the talent to end up in the Premiership but he does not want to sell him to finance team strengthening when the Premiership
Carl Prean, who ten year ago was the superstar of English table tennis, was unbeaten for the Isle of Wight as they lost 8-2 against Sussex in the County Championships at Horsham. Prean, now 35, still plays in the German Bundesliga and is a true professional
Campaigner Sue Paskins is to stand for the Green Party in the next Brighton and Hove local council elections. Ms Paskins, 53, has been chosen to fight the party's strongest ward, St Peter's and North Laine, for a seat on the city council. Also selected
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline depressed investors with third-quarter figures at the lower-end of expectations. The firm, which has plants at Worthing and Crawley, also unveiled plans to return £4 billion to investors through another share buyback program-me
A man hailed as a hero after saving his neighbours from a house fire died six days later from a drug overdose. Kevin Everitt, 25, of Beech Grove, Sullington, near Storrington, battled through a smoke-filled house on August 8 this year to rescue the people
Two off-duty firefighters helped free a trapped woman from her overturned car in Haywards Heath today. The men drove past the Sussex roundabout seconds after the accident at 7.30am. Both helped stabilise the car, which was on its side, before firefighters
A post office robber who was caught after drawing attention to himself by reading a newspaper upside down was due for sentence today. He was one of four men who escaped with £1,700 after a raid on the post office in Downland Parade, Upper Brighton Road
A man was killed when he fell in front of a train at East Worthing station. Nine passengers and three crew members were escorted from the 9.14pm Portsmouth-Brighton train by firefighters after the accident at 11.30pm yesterday. British Transport Police
A man hailed as a hero after saving his neighbours from a house fire died six days later from a drug overdose. Kevin Everitt, 25, of Beech Grove, Sullington, near Storrington, battled through a smoke-filled house on August 8 this year to rescue the people
Tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten, who is due to be sentenced for manslaughter tomorrow, refused to leave his jail cell today for a High Court hearing. The civil hearing was due to be held over his failure to disclose his assets. Hoogstraten has applied
Worthing Council could offer students a £10,000 incentive in an effort to beat a shortage of environmental health officers. Trainee environmental health officers (EHOs) will receive council cash support through their four-year courses, if Worthing Borough
A thief walked out of an art gallery with five original paintings under his arm. The thief strolled into the Philtre gallery in Gloucester Road, Brighton, and took five pictures off the walls. The paintings by three artists are worth more than £1,000.
One of the best-known faces on BBC local television is retiring after more than 30 years reporting events in the south of England. Bruce Parker, of BBC South, has spent 38 years with the BBC, 35 of them with BBC South, reporting many events in Sussex.
The Government is to announce the cities shortlisted to become European Capital of Culture in 2008. Officials working on Brighton and Hove's bid have been told the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will now be making an announcement on October 30
The headteacher of a special school threatened with closure under a shake-up of education is leading parents in a battle for its future. St Anne's Special School in Lewes, which has 73 pupils aged four to 16, many with severe learning difficulties, has
Surely Rik Child should have realised the financial implications of being a councillor when he chose to represent the people of St Peter's? There are many ecological activists who never receive a penny for their hard work and there are many workers in
I was extremely confused to read that Brighton and Hove City Council "could not rent... an asbestos-filled building" in relation to Ovingdean Caf (October 22). Here, in Woodingdean, we have been fighting for six years to get the council to help the Community
A man was killed when he fell in front of a train at East Worthing station. Nine passengers and three crew members were escorted from the 9.14pm Portsmouth-Brighton train by firefighters after the accident at 11.30pm yesterday. British Transport Police
What a surprise to read about Tel-el-Kebir (Letters, October 17). I served there from May 1941 until July 1945, 50 months out of 75 months' wartime army service. To get there was a 45 day voyage all round Africa, in a 20-ship convoy guarded by the battleship
Animal welfare workers have been inundated with animals and pets dumped on their doorstep in the past five days. They have taken in a basket of six cats left in an animal charity shop in Worthing, a box of nine rats left on a beach, a sick rabbit dumped
Ruth Arundell is quite wrong when she writes Tony Blair has promised to sell off 200,000 homes a year from the stock of council housing (Letters, October 21). She knows the Prime Minister has no power to sell any council homes without the tenants' consent
A radical shake up of housing benefit targeting landlords and anti-social tenants is to be piloted in Brighton and Hove. Tenants will be paid a flat-rate to cover their rent under the long-planned scheme. If their accommodation is cheaper than the allowance
The right-to-buy policy has caused many problems for councils up and down the country. There are 3, 250 people on the waiting list for a home and I fear they are going to be in for a long wait. Brighton and Hove City Council must look for land that will
A mother has broken her silence to highlight a hospital blunder which denied her dead son a last chance to save others' lives. After her teenager son was killed in a motorcycle crash Kay Garton wanted to donate his organs. She knew it was what he would
So the Conservatives want to sell off the housing association stock now they have caused a housing crisis in Brighton and Hove by depleting our council housing stock? Only a few months ago, the local leader of the "quiet" Tory opposition said he did not
A policeman who split open a bouncer's head during violence outside a nightclub, broke down in tears as he gave evidence about the incident. PC Daren Egan was warned by a judge he did not have to answer any questions which might incriminate him. A jury
Tearful schoolfriends have gathered to support each other following the sudden death of an East Sussex girl from meningitis. Pupils at Bexhill High School were told to remember the good times they had enjoyed with Francesca Ward. Many struggled to keep
At home in Hove, Jem Kelly is the pop star no one notices. But in the Philippines he was mobbed by fans of Eighties duo The Lotus Eaters. Jem, 39, of Brunswick Road, had no idea of his act's far-flung success until a Filipino promoter invited him to play
The story stating that council rents are set to increase well above inflation rates had one sentence in it that would be overlooked by most people (The Argus, October 12). There are more than 13,000 council tenants in Brighton and Hove but must receive
I noticed that Jock Riddell, the former Seagulls kitman (among other things) has died of cancer (The Argus, October 20). This very sad news was conveyed in just ten words, stuck on the end of a back page report. I think Jock's long-standing association
If you have ever wanted to be totally enchanted and moved then head to the Theatre Royal this week for the Moscow City Ballet season. Be warned, no matter how old and fit you are, you will end up feeling very unfit and very much older. The young cast
Police got an eyeful when they caught a teenage underwear thief prancing in front of his mates in a pink bra. The red-faced youth pinched the bra from a breast cancer awareness promotion in the Market Place Shopping Centre, Burgess Hill. His prank backfired
Everyone loves firefighters. They are brave. They are strong. They rescue people from blazes while often risking their own lives. They are there to help us at all times of the day and night. They are speedy and efficient. When the league table of jobs
Why doesn't everyone cancel Bonfire Night this year and instead contribute the money to the firefighters' hardship fund? They fully deserve public support for the fantastic and brave job they all do. I know that's what I shall be doing. -D Lloyd, Bath
Why this outrage regarding firemen wanting a large increase in pay just to bring them to about the same level as scaffolders and bricklayers? All they have to do is put one pole or brick on top of another. There is no comparison. A firefighter has a very
In October 1957 at St John's Church annual sale of work, held in the Riley Hall, Carlton Hill, I presented a rose buttonhole to Gilbert Harding, who opened the sale. The acclaimed play about him, starring Edward Woodward, is at the Theatre Royal this
Few pop fans will remember The Lotus Eaters, whose one British hit scraped into number 15 in the charts back in 1983. But on a trip to the Philippines they were mobbed and asked for autographs by screaming fans. The band may not be right on in Brighton
Michael Parker's letter (October 19) spurred me to point out that the Max Miller Appreciation Society to celebrate the life of Max was formed in 1999 and has more than 400 members. It meets monthly, issues quarterly journals and puts on special events
Daniel Hildreth will miss the double header which could send Worthing Thunder into the last eight of the NBL Trophy. Two wins this weekend will do it for Thunder, starting with a home clash against London United on Saturday. Point guard Hildreth twisted
Men secretly wanting to feel like a woman can cast off their inhibitions in a new shop billed as a cross-dresser's paradise. Lacies opens in Hove next week, promising to doll people up in outrageous outfits which would leave Lily Savage and Dame Edna
Few tragedies have affected the public more that the disappearance and death of Sarah Payne two years ago. That is why so many people put tributes including flowers and toys at the spot near Pulborough where her body was found. Now council workmen have
Brighton-based digital media company Victoria Real has developed an online game to promote the America's Cup international sailing race. The Flash game is called Captain Chaos and is produced jointly with the BBC. Players race a computer controlled boat
Building firm Rok Solutions has outlined its plans for Llewellyn, the Eastbourne-based firm it bought last month for £16.25 million. Former chief executive of Llewellyn's London office Neal Hunt takes over as managing director at Eastbourne. Mr Hunt,
I am sure Brighton and Hove has a good chance of becoming the next European Capital of Culture. Whether it deserves to be, I am becoming increasingly doubtful. Saturday was the final day of the Big Draw, a series of 550 events around the UK to encourage
Paul Kitson is not the only Albion player dogged by back trouble this season. It has been no laughing matter for the versatile teenager dubbed 'Tickle' by his team-mates. Dan Harding, nicknamed after Mr Tickle because of his long legs and arms, has been
A Romanian student who ran out of cash and was forced to return home can continue her research thanks to a £6,000 grant. Silvia Murari began her postgraduate English literature studies at the University of Sussex in January. But she could not afford to
Albion chief Steve Coppell has urged the club to resist any fresh bids for star striker Bobby Zamora. Coppell is convinced Zamora has the talent to end up in the Premiership but he does not want to sell him to finance team strengthening when the Premiership
Carl Prean, who ten year ago was the superstar of English table tennis, was unbeaten for the Isle of Wight as they lost 8-2 against Sussex in the County Championships at Horsham. Prean, now 35, still plays in the German Bundesliga and is a true professional
Campaigner Sue Paskins is to stand for the Green Party in the next Brighton and Hove local council elections. Ms Paskins, 53, has been chosen to fight the party's strongest ward, St Peter's and North Laine, for a seat on the city council. Also selected
Volunteers at a centre for youngsters in Bevendean which has been targeted by vandals are looking to build a new one. Leaders of the Children's Centre are asking the community what it wants from a new centre. The centre opened in 1987 when the portable
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline depressed investors with third-quarter figures at the lower-end of expectations. The firm, which has plants at Worthing and Crawley, also unveiled plans to return £4 billion to investors through another share buyback program-me
A man hailed as a hero after saving his neighbours from a house fire died six days later from a drug overdose. Kevin Everitt, 25, of Beech Grove, Sullington, near Storrington, battled through a smoke-filled house on August 8 this year to rescue the people
Tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten, who is due to be sentenced for manslaughter tomorrow, refused to leave his jail cell today for a High Court hearing. The civil hearing was due to be held over his failure to disclose his assets. Hoogstraten has applied
Albion chairman Dick Knight says any supporters guilty of racial abuse will be banned from Withdean stadium. Referee Phil Prosser has reported Albion fans to the FA for racially abusing him and Sheffield United's Peter Ndlovu after Saturday's match at
Albion chief Steve Coppell has urged the club to resist any fresh bids for star striker Bobby Zamora. Coppell is convinced Zamora has the talent to end up in the Premiership but he does not want to sell him to finance team strengthening when the Premiership
Steve Coppell has admitted "it will bring a lump to my throat" when he takes Albion to Selhurst Park for Saturday's long-awaited derby against Crystal Palace. Fate has decreed his first away match in charge of the Seagulls is at the ground and against
One of the best-known faces on BBC local television is retiring after more than 30 years reporting events in the south of England. Bruce Parker, of BBC South, has spent 38 years with the BBC, 35 of them with BBC South, reporting many events in Sussex.
The woman who christened Brighton and Hove the City by the Sea is leaving her tourism job. Amanda Shepherd is quitting Brighton and Hove City Council at the end of January to start her own marketing and communications consultancy. She has worked for the
