When the only act of rebellious dissent by young people seems to be the wearing of FCUK fashions ("Japanese FCUK link", The Argus Business, December 9), we have cause to worry about our ability to make this world a better place in the future. The powerful
Day trippers on an end-of-pier rollercoaster were left dangling inches from catastrophe when the ride shot over a missing piece of track. The two-metre section of rail had been removed for routine maintenance and the white-knuckle ride taken out of service
May we have some second thoughts on Medina House (Letters, December 5)? Why did the planners of Brighton and Hove City Council even entertain this full planning application? Surely there was some contact between the architects for this scheme and the
Two women seriously hurt when they were hit by a reversing car at a bus stop were stable in hospital last night. The pair were critically injured following the crash in Blatchington Road, Hove, on Wednesday. The women, 87 and 59, were hit by a Peugeot
For years the extent of Nicholas Hoogstraten's amassed fortune and assets have remained shrouded in mystery. That is all about to change following a ruling yesterday at the High Court in London. A judge found the property baron had lied about the extent
New England Consortium manager Chris Gilbert (The Argus, November 29) claims to "aim to make this one of the UK's greenest community developments by using the latest technology". Yet all he is proposing is a combined heat and power gas-fired power station
I have no objection to the debate about culture continuing but when people write asking us to "imagine the Brighton Festival Chorus head-to-head with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra" (Letters, December 10), it sounds like Arsenal being asked to play
Many of us appreciate the interesting things we see in The Argus each day. I refer, of course, to Gordon Dean, who I see has moved to the Lancing area. I know I speak for hundreds when I wish Gordon and his family all the best in his new residence. Don't
As a 68-year-old person born and bred in Brighton, I must say the Marina is a great place to visit, as I do on a regular basis. Where else in this city of ours can you find free parking, nice shops, ten-pin bowling, a casino, a cinema, lovely places to
Campaigning for next May's local elections has clearly begun early. David Smart, Nevill ward chairman of the Hove and Portslade Conservative Association, complains about a picture story on Thursday, November 28, about a new crossing in Olive Road, Hove
Pupils of several Sussex schools have worked with the artists of Same Sky to create a jungle like installation in the Gardner Arts Gallery. Same Sky is a Brighton based organisation with a national reputation for producing community arts events. Since
There is an old and well-known Yorkshire saying: "There's nowt so queer as folk". And my goodness, folk really do get some queer notions in their heads. Just how misguided and often ill informed those ideas can be has been revealed in the latest annual
Two of Tchaikovsky's greatest ballets get a Christmas/New Year outing thanks to the St Petersburg Ballet. Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake contain some of the composer's finest music, chock-full of great tunes and fabulous melodies. Both ballets tell well-known
Rude returns, it's a Concorde 2 Christmas and there's a bout of musical chairs for Brighton's seafront clubs. RUDE, The Zap, Fridays Rude's launch at The Zap last Friday was a great night - even for a confirmed r'n'b hater like me - so it has warranted
Jools Holland, Beverley Knight, Blondie, INXS and Daniel O'Donnell are all entertaining in the run-up to Christmas. JOOLS HOLLAND and his RHYTHM & BLUES ORCHESTRA, Brighton Centre, December 15 The man with the wizard fingers and bouncy style has been
Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth, aka Chas Smash, singer, dancer, washboard and spoon player in Madness, is doing the washing up when we speak on the phone. "I've just moved house so there's a lot to sort out," he says, partly drowned out up by the sound of
I would like to say a big thank you to the kind ladies in the Lewes Tourist Office. They offered us a chair and drink after we had been sitting upstairs on a 123 bus which smashed into an overhanging window opposite the Town Hall and shattered the upstairs
St Leonards boss Terry White has a depleted line-up for the trip to second-placed Banbury. White, who was formally confirmed as manager last week after a stint as caretaker, is without seven players as he bids to lift Saints out of the releagtion zone
I was amazed to read Councillor Brian Fitch asking for traffic-calming measures in King George VI Avenue, Hove (The Argus, December 9). I suggest if he wishes to be a councillor in Hove, as he obviously does, he should do some research in the area before
Horsham boss John Maggs is holding talks with Rob Collins amid speculation the former Crawley striker wants to leave the club. Collins is believed to be keen to go travelling and Maggs admitted: "I need to find out exactly what is happening." Maggs will
Worthing striker Mark Knee has been ruled out for at least two weeks after suffering a facial injury in midweek. Knee misses tomorrow's trip to Ashford Town while defender Andy Beech is rated doubtful after also suffering in the midweek cup win at Tooting
For many of us, Christmas decorations are restricted to a few baubles in the front room and fairy lights on a Christmas tree. But as The Argus shows today, some Sussex householders think nothing of spending thousands of pounds on making the outsides of
Crawley will be without striker Dave Stevens as they bid to revive their Premier League promotion challenge at home to Stafford Rangers tomorrow. Stevens is banned after collecting five bookings which means Danny Hockton is likely to partner Nic McDonnell
Former beauty queen Kate Reeves is taking action to publicise a rare condition that almost killed her during childbirth. She will swim 20 miles for the charity Action on Pre-Eclampsia and hopes to raise more than £5,000. Pre-Eclampsia can threaten the
I read Superintendent David Gaylor's comments stating the main reason for the introduction of the "metal mugger" that is the Falmer "temporary speed-trap" roadworks was protection of the public and roadwork contractors (Letters, November 29). I was flashed
Further to the letters by R W Carden (December 2) and the reply by R J Sharpe (December 6) regarding the police, Brighton Police (County Borough) manned fire escapes in various parts of the town including the south end of the Level, Preston Village and
Eastbourne Eagles have signed Swedish whizz-kid Peter Ljung. The 20-year-old is the Sussex speedway squad's first new signing for the 2003 season. Ljung will fill one of the reserve berths and joins the club after an impressive season with Swedish side
Littlehampton have signed midfielder Cameron Johnson from Shoreham. He will bolster their squad in the battle to avoid the drop from County League division one. Lee Howard is also set to join the club from Wick with just the paperwork to be completed.
Improved security to prevent refugees boarding trains heading for the UK has helped freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel increase by more than 40 per cent. English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) said it operated 43 per cent more freight services
A memorial to members of a wartime bomber crew who gave their lives to save others has been unveiled. Relatives of the seven airmen travelled from Cardiff and Lincoln to Worthing to attend the ceremony on the town's pier. They were joined by ageing veterans
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned his side to expect a backlash from Derby and Malcolm Christie at Pride Park tomorrow. The Rams are still smarting over their 1-0 defeat at Withdean last month, when Christie was sent-off for two bookable offences.
Business across Sussex are being offered a new service to help stop dripping water. Southern Water has teamed up with water management company Flow Control Water Conservation to help firms reduce water wastage. The new one-stop shop water management service
Three businesses have been awarded £35,000 to improve the condition of their buildings. The Brighton and Hove Regeneration Partnership gave the cash to firms on the Hollingbury and Centenary Industrial Estates. Money from the Single Regeneration Budget
Longer holidays and fun working conditions are two of the secrets of a successful business. A group of Eastbourne entrepreneurs revealed their golden rules for getting to the top at a meeting of the Business Builder Forum for Entrepreneurs. Simon Dodds
Fresh from launching a £5 million multi-entertainment venue that changed the face of Cardiff nightlife, Neil Lucas intends to do the same as manager of Creation in Brighton. Neil, 28, has ambitious plans for the venue in West Street. He joined the club's
Many businesses are failing to claim their full tax breaks when buying or selling commercial property. Brighton-based Mazars tax partner and specialist writer on tax issues Ray Chidell said with businesses feeling a heavy and growing tax burden claims
Security has been stepped up at a school where an arsonist has struck twice in two days, leaving his graffiti tag daubed on the walls. Detectives have appealed for help in tracking down the vandal who has left behind his distinctive OC1 Crew tag after
A decision will be made early next year on whether there should be a major new development at the West Pier in Brighton. City council planning officers are examining a huge amount of information on the bid to build on either side of the pier. Developers
Gatwick is trailing badly in the passenger stakes, according to figures from airport operator BAA. Although general figures are up in the UK, the North Atlantic market is still being affected by the aftermath of last year's September 11 terror attacks
Rail fares across Sussex are set to go up by more than the current inflation rate from January 5. The main train operators will be making a joint announcement on Tuesday in an attempt to limit the negative impact of further bad news for rail travellers
I support Bob Cannings' assertion that the cinema near Hove station was the Odeon. It was opened in 1948 and, upon closure, was converted into a ten-pin bowling alley. It was one of three Odeons in Brighton and Hove, the others being in West Street and
I have an autograph album which I found many years ago in an old record cabinet. It may be of interest to people who worked at Hanningtons years ago. On the first page it says: "The staff of Hanningtons Ltd desire to express there sincere appreciation
I recently read in a Sunday newspaper that, each year, 35,000 turkeys are boiled alive when dunked into the scalding tank to loosen their feathers. I will never be able to eat turkey again. Fortunately, I love roast vegetables so will enjoy them on Christmas
Brighton and Hove needs a Changing Rooms-style makeover, according to one of the stars of the hit TV show. Oliver Heath, one of the designers on the BBC programme, added his voice to calls for a fresh vision for the city as one of a panel discussing the
I arrived home a few days ago to find a Conservative Party letter had been put through my door, writing about asylum seekers. It stated the members of the Conservative Party were "jubilant" because they had succeeded in stopping asylum seekers from staying
It may interest Malcolm Prescott, who collected names for a petition to tidy up the Warren Way shopping parade in Woodingdean (Letters, December 6), to know I tried this in 1994 with respect to getting echelon parking there. I was told by the highways
Although some may argue Brighton and Hove's streets are strewn with litter because there are too few rubbish bins, I would contend the issue is not the number of bins but the type. While some litter originates from mindless individuals dropping it on
May we have some second thoughts on Medina House (Letters, December 5)? Why did the planners of Brighton and Hove City Council even entertain this full planning application? Surely there was some contact between the architects for this scheme and the
I am one of hundreds of people who need to live near Brighton station to commute to London for work. Why on Earth do they need to build two hotels when there is a far greater need to supply the city with homes and flats at affordable prices, especially
For years the extent of Nicholas Hoogstraten's amassed fortune and assets have remained shrouded in mystery. That is all about to change following a ruling yesterday at the High Court in London. A judge found the property baron had lied about the extent
Jeremy Phillips was a little harsh on JoAnne Goode (Letters, December 11). I discovered her only in the past three months, having been persuaded to drop breakfast TV by friends in favour of BBC Southern Counties Radio. Some of her comments I find bizarre
With the Government's intention to transfer money paid by council taxpayers from the South to the North (The Argus, December 4), I wondered what are the local Labour councillors' views on it? They seem conspicuous by their silence. I am sure the electorate
The Police Complaints Authority is supervising an inquiry into a crash between a car and a police van which left a woman injured. The smash happened at 9.13pm on Tuesday on the A270 Lewes Road, Brighton, at the junction with Southover Street. A police
Campaigning for next May's local elections has clearly begun early. David Smart, Nevill ward chairman of the Hove and Portslade Conservative Association, complains about a picture story on Thursday, November 28, about a new crossing in Olive Road, Hove
Pupils of several Sussex schools have worked with the artists of Same Sky to create a jungle like installation in the Gardner Arts Gallery. Same Sky is a Brighton based organisation with a national reputation for producing community arts events. Since
There is an old and well-known Yorkshire saying: "There's nowt so queer as folk". And my goodness, folk really do get some queer notions in their heads. Just how misguided and often ill informed those ideas can be has been revealed in the latest annual
Two of Tchaikovsky's greatest ballets get a Christmas/New Year outing thanks to the St Petersburg Ballet. Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake contain some of the composer's finest music, chock-full of great tunes and fabulous melodies. Both ballets tell well-known
Jools Holland, Beverley Knight, Blondie, INXS and Daniel O'Donnell are all entertaining in the run-up to Christmas. JOOLS HOLLAND and his RHYTHM & BLUES ORCHESTRA, Brighton Centre, December 15 The man with the wizard fingers and bouncy style has been
Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth, aka Chas Smash, singer, dancer, washboard and spoon player in Madness, is doing the washing up when we speak on the phone. "I've just moved house so there's a lot to sort out," he says, partly drowned out up by the sound of
A driver followed a 12-year-old boy and assaulted him as he walked with two friends in Lancing. A man driving a white Vauxhall Vectra in the opposite direction stopped after driving past the boy and his two female friends in Greet Road, Lancing. The man
Why has it taken so long for Henry Cohen's name to be recognised in connection with the Brighton Marina project? When we were asked to submit names for the Walk of Fame, I wrote in with Cohen's name as first choice and, in my opinion, it should have been
I would like to say a big thank you to the kind ladies in the Lewes Tourist Office. They offered us a chair and drink after we had been sitting upstairs on a 123 bus which smashed into an overhanging window opposite the Town Hall and shattered the upstairs
Goalkeeper Paul Stark and defender Ben Austin are set to miss Eastbourne Borough's trip to Spalding tomorrow through injury. Dean Lightwood will continue in goal after keeping a clean sheet in the 0-0 draw with eastern division leaders Salisbury this
Parking enforcement is helping to ensure that disabled people can park more easily in Brighton and Hove. There are 11,000 disabled badge-holders in the city, so ticketing or moving a blue badge vehicle is not something the council does lightly (Mrs V
I am swiftly coming to the conclusion Brighton and Hove City Council just is not interested in enforcing its own rules, which are there to benefit local people. After inquiring as to how many people had actually been prosecuted for dog fouling in our
Worthing striker Mark Knee has been ruled out for at least two weeks after suffering a facial injury in midweek. Knee misses tomorrow's trip to Ashford Town while defender Andy Beech is rated doubtful after also suffering in the midweek cup win at Tooting
I wonder if Brighton and Hove City Council gave any thought to the residents of Hangleton, Nevill and Knoll when they gave permission for travellers to return to Hangleton Valley? The travellers had been given permission to stay for 30 days and water
Former beauty queen Kate Reeves is taking action to publicise a rare condition that almost killed her during childbirth. She will swim 20 miles for the charity Action on Pre-Eclampsia and hopes to raise more than £5,000. Pre-Eclampsia can threaten the
I read Superintendent David Gaylor's comments stating the main reason for the introduction of the "metal mugger" that is the Falmer "temporary speed-trap" roadworks was protection of the public and roadwork contractors (Letters, November 29). I was flashed
The problems are piling up for Hastings ahead of tomorrow's premier division match with Tiverton. Manager George Wakeling is without three players and the crisis is set to get worse. United, without a victory in their last eight games, will be missing
Alan Rogers may be 55 but he has no intention of hanging up his boots. Sussex soccer's super veteran plans to play on for a few more years yet, possibly until he is 60. Goalkeeper Rogers is probably the oldest player in Britain still playing county league
Further to the letters by R W Carden (December 2) and the reply by R J Sharpe (December 6) regarding the police, Brighton Police (County Borough) manned fire escapes in various parts of the town including the south end of the Level, Preston Village and
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned his side to expect a backlash from Derby and Malcolm Christie at Pride Park tomorrow. The Rams are still smarting over their 1-0 defeat at Withdean last month, when Christie was sent-off for two bookable offences.
Improved security to prevent refugees boarding trains heading for the UK has helped freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel increase by more than 40 per cent. English Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) said it operated 43 per cent more freight services
Major shareholder organisations have demanded an end to big pay-offs for failed chief executives. The Association for British Insurers (ABI) and the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), whose members collectively own about half the shares traded
A memorial to members of a wartime bomber crew who gave their lives to save others has been unveiled. Relatives of the seven airmen travelled from Cardiff and Lincoln to Worthing to attend the ceremony on the town's pier. They were joined by ageing veterans
Police in Haywards Heath are hunting a blood-stained burglar who escaped when his two accomplices were caught. The owner of a flat in Franklyn Road was assaulted with a weapon when the three burglars broke in. His partner and 11-month-old baby were at
Gatwick is trailing badly in the passenger stakes, according to figures from airport operator BAA. Although general figures are up in the UK, the North Atlantic market is still being affected by the aftermath of last year's September 11 terror attacks
Business across Sussex are being offered a new service to help stop dripping water. Southern Water has teamed up with water management company Flow Control Water Conservation to help firms reduce water wastage. The new one-stop shop water management service
Three businesses have been awarded £35,000 to improve the condition of their buildings. The Brighton and Hove Regeneration Partnership gave the cash to firms on the Hollingbury and Centenary Industrial Estates. Money from the Single Regeneration Budget
Longer holidays and fun working conditions are two of the secrets of a successful business. A group of Eastbourne entrepreneurs revealed their golden rules for getting to the top at a meeting of the Business Builder Forum for Entrepreneurs. Simon Dodds
Readers of The Argus in Brighton are helping to trace a woman who has been missing from her Sheffield home for more than a year. After we published an appeal yesterday, readers told police Carly Pinder had been seen in Church Road, Brighton, opposite
The family of a student who died while working in a dockyard is urging people to lobby the Government to secure a new law of corporate killing. Simon Jones, 24, was on a year out from studying at Sussex University when he took a job with Euromin at Shoreham
A former beauty queen who almost died during childbirth is hoping to raise £5,000 by swimming 20 miles for charity. Kate Reeves, 25, suffered extreme high blood pressure, liver failure and temporarily lost her sight after her son Louis was born prematurely
A decision will be made early next year on whether there should be a major new development at the West Pier in Brighton. City council planning officers are examining a huge amount of information on the bid to build on either side of the pier. Developers
Gatwick is trailing badly in the passenger stakes, according to figures from airport operator BAA. Although general figures are up in the UK, the North Atlantic market is still being affected by the aftermath of last year's September 11 terror attacks
Friends and relatives erupted in fury when a jury cleared a man of murdering Brighton man Daniel Collard in a street attack. There were shouted threats from the public gallery as Derry Davis was sentenced to eight years jail for manslaughter. Davis killed
A Kemp Town cafe owner has been fined £6,000 by magistrates after breaching food hygiene regulations. Timothy Davies, who runs Naff Caff, in Upper St James Street, Brighton, admitted three offences under the Food Safety Act, during a hearing at Brighton
A friend and former employee of Sussex animal rights campaigner Carla Lane has been jailed for helping to stage two bombing campaigns. David Blenkinsop made incendiary devices which were placed under lorries belonging to an abattoir and cars owned by
A woman lay unconscious in a car park for an hour after thieves hit her over her head and stole her shopping and cash. The 27-year-old victim was returning to her car after shopping in Crawley when she was attacked by two men in the NCP car park in Parkside
I support Bob Cannings' assertion that the cinema near Hove station was the Odeon. It was opened in 1948 and, upon closure, was converted into a ten-pin bowling alley. It was one of three Odeons in Brighton and Hove, the others being in West Street and
I recently read in a Sunday newspaper that, each year, 35,000 turkeys are boiled alive when dunked into the scalding tank to loosen their feathers. I will never be able to eat turkey again. Fortunately, I love roast vegetables so will enjoy them on Christmas
I arrived home a few days ago to find a Conservative Party letter had been put through my door, writing about asylum seekers. It stated the members of the Conservative Party were "jubilant" because they had succeeded in stopping asylum seekers from staying
It has been nearly three decades since the disappearance of one of the Spanish Royal Collection's most famous paintings. Bodegon de Pesca, by 18th Century Spanish painter Bartolome Montalvo, vanished while on loan from the world-famous Prado Museum in
It may interest Malcolm Prescott, who collected names for a petition to tidy up the Warren Way shopping parade in Woodingdean (Letters, December 6), to know I tried this in 1994 with respect to getting echelon parking there. I was told by the highways
Although some may argue Brighton and Hove's streets are strewn with litter because there are too few rubbish bins, I would contend the issue is not the number of bins but the type. While some litter originates from mindless individuals dropping it on
A woman of 86 suffered shock after a thief snatched her purse, containing pension money and her house keys. The woman was walking in Marlow Road, near the junction with Reading Road, Brighton, when the thief struck. She was so shaken she was unable to
I was born and bred in Brighton and started my railway career at the BR goods yard before the war. It was then a hive of industry, serving Brighton and Hove with a very efficient service for inwards and outwards traffic. This depot, like many other large
I am one of hundreds of people who need to live near Brighton station to commute to London for work. Why on Earth do they need to build two hotels when there is a far greater need to supply the city with homes and flats at affordable prices, especially
It seems somewhat ironic the now redundant railway line to be converted into a "greenway" in the Brighton station site redevelopment once brought most of Brighton's goods into town by train. Now, presumably all the materials for the new buildings and
So, Simon Fanshawe is miffed some theatre producers are miffed he raises £150,000 a year for all who can apply for some of it to fund arts projects in Brighton and Hove (Letters, December 12). What he fails to say is why producers are so miffed with him
I could not help thinking how nice it was to see the picture of the former president of the US Jimmy Carter accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (The Argus December 11). How true what he said: "The world has become a very dangerous place." He also urged people
Medical student Sam Beatson has gone cold turkey on television this Christmas despite being crowned king of the couch potatoes. Sam, 22, of Chantry Road, Worthing, is recovering from a bad case of square eyes after watching the box for 47 hours - a feat
Jeremy Phillips was a little harsh on JoAnne Goode (Letters, December 11). I discovered her only in the past three months, having been persuaded to drop breakfast TV by friends in favour of BBC Southern Counties Radio. Some of her comments I find bizarre
With the Government's intention to transfer money paid by council taxpayers from the South to the North (The Argus, December 4), I wondered what are the local Labour councillors' views on it? They seem conspicuous by their silence. I am sure the electorate
The Police Complaints Authority is supervising an inquiry into a crash between a car and a police van which left a woman injured. The smash happened at 9.13pm on Tuesday on the A270 Lewes Road, Brighton, at the junction with Southover Street. A police
This multiple award-winning blues band play with authenticity and drive which is hard to match. Dominating the British blues scene for the past decade, they are led by the outstanding Paul Lamb on harp, who has been awarded Best UK Harmonica Player for
Why has it taken so long for Henry Cohen's name to be recognised in connection with the Brighton Marina project? When we were asked to submit names for the Walk of Fame, I wrote in with Cohen's name as first choice and, in my opinion, it should have been
Goalkeeper Paul Stark and defender Ben Austin are set to miss Eastbourne Borough's trip to Spalding tomorrow through injury. Dean Lightwood will continue in goal after keeping a clean sheet in the 0-0 draw with eastern division leaders Salisbury this
Parking enforcement is helping to ensure that disabled people can park more easily in Brighton and Hove. There are 11,000 disabled badge-holders in the city, so ticketing or moving a blue badge vehicle is not something the council does lightly (Mrs V
I am swiftly coming to the conclusion Brighton and Hove City Council just is not interested in enforcing its own rules, which are there to benefit local people. After inquiring as to how many people had actually been prosecuted for dog fouling in our
I wonder if Brighton and Hove City Council gave any thought to the residents of Hangleton, Nevill and Knoll when they gave permission for travellers to return to Hangleton Valley? The travellers had been given permission to stay for 30 days and water
The problems are piling up for Hastings ahead of tomorrow's premier division match with Tiverton. Manager George Wakeling is without three players and the crisis is set to get worse. United, without a victory in their last eight games, will be missing
The Palace Pier in Brighton is lucky not to be facing headlines about death and disaster on one of its rides. As The Argus reveals today, eight employees of a design firm travelled to Brighton for a Christmas seaside outing. They went on the Turbo roller
Instead of indulging in an arrogant rant (Letters, December 6), why does Inspector Mark Powles not follow my example and ask South Portslade residents their policing views? He would find, as I have, they do not want a Hove-based team but a Portslade-based
Alan Rogers may be 55 but he has no intention of hanging up his boots. Sussex soccer's super veteran plans to play on for a few more years yet, possibly until he is 60. Goalkeeper Rogers is probably the oldest player in Britain still playing county league
Haywards Heath can make it a near-perfect ten by boosting their London One title aspirations with a win over Cheshunt tomorrow. Heath run out for their 11th and last home game of 2002 having already enjoyed nine wins at Whitemans Green in the calendar
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned his side to expect a backlash from Derby and Malcolm Christie at Pride Park tomorrow. The Rams are still smarting over their 1-0 defeat at Withdean last month, when Christie was sent-off for two bookable offences.
Our readers have helped solve the TV squirrel mystery. Last week, we appealed to readers to help find a family of squirrels which featured in a BBC TV programme called Daylight Robbery. They were seen scaling the outside of a seven-story block of flats
Men are twice as likely to start their own business as women. Although the gender gap narrowed last year and British entrepreneurs fared well in the face of a global economic slump, the Government admitted there is "still much more to do." Figures from
Major shareholder organisations have demanded an end to big pay-offs for failed chief executives. The Association for British Insurers (ABI) and the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), whose members collectively own about half the shares traded
Readers of The Argus in Brighton are helping to trace a woman who has been missing from her Sheffield home for more than a year. After we published an appeal yesterday, readers told police Carly Pinder had been seen in Church Road, Brighton, opposite
A clinical psychologist is resting in Cuba before setting off on the next leg of an epic round-the-world yacht race. Polly Pratt, 29, from Brighton, and her fellow amateur crew members, are currently in Havana before beginning stage two of their journey
The family of a student who died while working in a dockyard is urging people to lobby the Government to secure a new law of corporate killing. Simon Jones, 24, was on a year out from studying at Sussex University when he took a job with Euromin at Shoreham
A former beauty queen who almost died during childbirth is hoping to raise £5,000 by swimming 20 miles for charity. Kate Reeves, 25, suffered extreme high blood pressure, liver failure and temporarily lost her sight after her son Louis was born prematurely
Ambitious £14 million plans to revitalise Newhaven were unveiled today. A total of 105 flats and six shops in four blocks will be built at the port town's West Quay. There are also plans to extend the riverside walk and cycleway, create new public access
Friends and relatives erupted in fury when a jury cleared a man of murdering Brighton man Daniel Collard in a street attack. There were shouted threats from the public gallery as Derry Davis was sentenced to eight years jail for manslaughter. Davis killed
Day trippers on an end-of-pier rollercoaster were left dangling inches from catastrophe when the ride shot over a missing piece of track. The two-metre section of rail had been removed for routine maintenance and the white-knuckle ride taken out of service
A Kemp Town cafe owner has been fined £6,000 by magistrates after breaching food hygiene regulations. Timothy Davies, who runs Naff Caff, in Upper St James Street, Brighton, admitted three offences under the Food Safety Act, during a hearing at Brighton
A friend and former employee of Sussex animal rights campaigner Carla Lane has been jailed for helping to stage two bombing campaigns. David Blenkinsop made incendiary devices which were placed under lorries belonging to an abattoir and cars owned by
A woman lay unconscious in a car park for an hour after thieves hit her over her head and stole her shopping and cash. The 27-year-old victim was returning to her car after shopping in Crawley when she was attacked by two men in the NCP car park in Parkside
When the only act of rebellious dissent by young people seems to be the wearing of FCUK fashions ("Japanese FCUK link", The Argus Business, December 9), we have cause to worry about our ability to make this world a better place in the future. The powerful
It has been nearly three decades since the disappearance of one of the Spanish Royal Collection's most famous paintings. Bodegon de Pesca, by 18th Century Spanish painter Bartolome Montalvo, vanished while on loan from the world-famous Prado Museum in
Day trippers on an end-of-pier rollercoaster were left dangling inches from catastrophe when the ride shot over a missing piece of track. The two-metre section of rail had been removed for routine maintenance and the white-knuckle ride taken out of service
A woman of 86 suffered shock after a thief snatched her purse, containing pension money and her house keys. The woman was walking in Marlow Road, near the junction with Reading Road, Brighton, when the thief struck. She was so shaken she was unable to
I was born and bred in Brighton and started my railway career at the BR goods yard before the war. It was then a hive of industry, serving Brighton and Hove with a very efficient service for inwards and outwards traffic. This depot, like many other large
Two women seriously hurt when they were hit by a reversing car at a bus stop were stable in hospital last night. The pair were critically injured following the crash in Blatchington Road, Hove, on Wednesday. The women, 87 and 59, were hit by a Peugeot
It seems somewhat ironic the now redundant railway line to be converted into a "greenway" in the Brighton station site redevelopment once brought most of Brighton's goods into town by train. Now, presumably all the materials for the new buildings and
New England Consortium manager Chris Gilbert (The Argus, November 29) claims to "aim to make this one of the UK's greenest community developments by using the latest technology". Yet all he is proposing is a combined heat and power gas-fired power station
So, Simon Fanshawe is miffed some theatre producers are miffed he raises £150,000 a year for all who can apply for some of it to fund arts projects in Brighton and Hove (Letters, December 12). What he fails to say is why producers are so miffed with him
I have no objection to the debate about culture continuing but when people write asking us to "imagine the Brighton Festival Chorus head-to-head with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra" (Letters, December 10), it sounds like Arsenal being asked to play
I could not help thinking how nice it was to see the picture of the former president of the US Jimmy Carter accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (The Argus December 11). How true what he said: "The world has become a very dangerous place." He also urged people
Medical student Sam Beatson has gone cold turkey on television this Christmas despite being crowned king of the couch potatoes. Sam, 22, of Chantry Road, Worthing, is recovering from a bad case of square eyes after watching the box for 47 hours - a feat
Many of us appreciate the interesting things we see in The Argus each day. I refer, of course, to Gordon Dean, who I see has moved to the Lancing area. I know I speak for hundreds when I wish Gordon and his family all the best in his new residence. Don't
As a 68-year-old person born and bred in Brighton, I must say the Marina is a great place to visit, as I do on a regular basis. Where else in this city of ours can you find free parking, nice shops, ten-pin bowling, a casino, a cinema, lovely places to
This multiple award-winning blues band play with authenticity and drive which is hard to match. Dominating the British blues scene for the past decade, they are led by the outstanding Paul Lamb on harp, who has been awarded Best UK Harmonica Player for
Rude returns, it's a Concorde 2 Christmas and there's a bout of musical chairs for Brighton's seafront clubs. RUDE, The Zap, Fridays Rude's launch at The Zap last Friday was a great night - even for a confirmed r'n'b hater like me - so it has warranted
Pupils in Ringmer were met by drug sniffer dogs checking for cannabis as they arrived for college. Ringmer Community College invited the Sussex Police passive drugs dog team to make checks to identify any pupil taking the drug into school. The dogs, accompanied
Ambitious £14 million plans to revitalise Newhaven were unveiled today. A total of 105 flats and six shops in four blocks will be built at the port town's West Quay. There are also plans to extend the riverside walk and cycleway, create new public access
A woman lay unconscious in a car park for an hour after thieves hit her over her head and stole her shopping and cash. The 27-year-old victim was returning to her car after shopping in Crawley when she was attacked by two men in the NCP car park in Parkside
A motorist died when his car went over a roundabout and hit a house. The crash happened yesterday afternoon at the Turners Hill Road roundabout in East Grinstead. The driver was in a white Renault Clio going towards East Grinstead through roadworks when
A friend and former employee of Sussex animal rights campaigner Carla Lane has been jailed for helping to stage two bombing campaigns. David Blenkinsop made incendiary devices which were placed under lorries belonging to an abattoir and cars owned by
Fears a £2 million deal to sell off a public golf course is in danger of falling through were dismissed today. Councillors in Worthing had been asked to draw up contingency plans for the running of Hill Barn if talks broke down. But today both the council
St Leonards boss Terry White has a depleted line-up for the trip to second-placed Banbury. White, who was formally confirmed as manager last week after a stint as caretaker, is without seven players as he bids to lift Saints out of the releagtion zone
I was amazed to read Councillor Brian Fitch asking for traffic-calming measures in King George VI Avenue, Hove (The Argus, December 9). I suggest if he wishes to be a councillor in Hove, as he obviously does, he should do some research in the area before
Horsham boss John Maggs is holding talks with Rob Collins amid speculation the former Crawley striker wants to leave the club. Collins is believed to be keen to go travelling and Maggs admitted: "I need to find out exactly what is happening." Maggs will
For many of us, Christmas decorations are restricted to a few baubles in the front room and fairy lights on a Christmas tree. But as The Argus shows today, some Sussex householders think nothing of spending thousands of pounds on making the outsides of
Crawley will be without striker Dave Stevens as they bid to revive their Premier League promotion challenge at home to Stafford Rangers tomorrow. Stevens is banned after collecting five bookings which means Danny Hockton is likely to partner Nic McDonnell
The Palace Pier in Brighton is lucky not to be facing headlines about death and disaster on one of its rides. As The Argus reveals today, eight employees of a design firm travelled to Brighton for a Christmas seaside outing. They went on the Turbo roller
Instead of indulging in an arrogant rant (Letters, December 6), why does Inspector Mark Powles not follow my example and ask South Portslade residents their policing views? He would find, as I have, they do not want a Hove-based team but a Portslade-based
Haywards Heath can make it a near-perfect ten by boosting their London One title aspirations with a win over Cheshunt tomorrow. Heath run out for their 11th and last home game of 2002 having already enjoyed nine wins at Whitemans Green in the calendar
Eastbourne Eagles have signed Swedish whizz-kid Peter Ljung. The 20-year-old is the Sussex speedway squad's first new signing for the 2003 season. Ljung will fill one of the reserve berths and joins the club after an impressive season with Swedish side
Littlehampton have signed midfielder Cameron Johnson from Shoreham. He will bolster their squad in the battle to avoid the drop from County League division one. Lee Howard is also set to join the club from Wick with just the paperwork to be completed.
The biggest road-building programme for 20 years has been condemned by transport lobbyists in East Sussex. They say the £5.5 billion package announced by Transport Secretary Alistair Darling contains nothing for the struggling rail network in the county
Our readers have helped solve the TV squirrel mystery. Last week, we appealed to readers to help find a family of squirrels which featured in a BBC TV programme called Daylight Robbery. They were seen scaling the outside of a seven-story block of flats
A wealthy property owner has been cleared of threatening to get two neighbourhood wardens the sack if they did not withdraw a police complaint against him. Paul Routledge admitted telling the men that he would use his wealth to launch a High Court action
Men are twice as likely to start their own business as women. Although the gender gap narrowed last year and British entrepreneurs fared well in the face of a global economic slump, the Government admitted there is "still much more to do." Figures from
Six key workers including a teacher, a social worker and hospital staff have been helped onto the property ladder with half-price homes. The public sector workers are moving into a subsidised development in Tangmere, near Chichester, where their mortgages
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned his side to expect a backlash from Derby and Malcolm Christie at Pride Park tomorrow. The Rams are still smarting over their 1-0 defeat at Withdean last month, when Christie was sent-off for two bookable offences.
Plans are moving forward to fit CCTV cameras in Eastbourne taxi cabs to counter theft and violence against drivers. Approval is being sought from licensing officials for in-car spy cameras to be installed in the seaside town. Drivers have raised concerns
Fresh from launching a £5 million multi-entertainment venue that changed the face of Cardiff nightlife, Neil Lucas intends to do the same as manager of Creation in Brighton. Neil, 28, has ambitious plans for the venue in West Street. He joined the club's
Many businesses are failing to claim their full tax breaks when buying or selling commercial property. Brighton-based Mazars tax partner and specialist writer on tax issues Ray Chidell said with businesses feeling a heavy and growing tax burden claims
A clinical psychologist is resting in Cuba before setting off on the next leg of an epic round-the-world yacht race. Polly Pratt, 29, from Brighton, and her fellow amateur crew members, are currently in Havana before beginning stage two of their journey
Security has been stepped up at a school where an arsonist has struck twice in two days, leaving his graffiti tag daubed on the walls. Detectives have appealed for help in tracking down the vandal who has left behind his distinctive OC1 Crew tag after
Ambitious £14 million plans to revitalise Newhaven were unveiled today. A total of 105 flats and six shops in four blocks will be built at the port town's West Quay. There are also plans to extend the riverside walk and cycleway, create new public access
Day trippers on an end-of-pier rollercoaster were left dangling inches from catastrophe when the ride shot over a missing piece of track. The two-metre section of rail had been removed for routine maintenance and the white-knuckle ride taken out of service
Rail fares across Sussex are set to go up by more than the current inflation rate from January 5. The main train operators will be making a joint announcement on Tuesday in an attempt to limit the negative impact of further bad news for rail travellers
I have an autograph album which I found many years ago in an old record cabinet. It may be of interest to people who worked at Hanningtons years ago. On the first page it says: "The staff of Hanningtons Ltd desire to express there sincere appreciation
Brighton and Hove needs a Changing Rooms-style makeover, according to one of the stars of the hit TV show. Oliver Heath, one of the designers on the BBC programme, added his voice to calls for a fresh vision for the city as one of a panel discussing the
