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  • Thieves wreck rest home party

    Residents of a rest home had to cancel their Golden Jubilee party when thieves stole their decorations. Staff at Elreg House in Rosslyn Road, Shoreham, spent hours putting up the flags, bunting and streamers in the car park only to find yesterday morning

  • Binmen earn Blue Peter badges

    A team of binmen will have their 15 minutes of fame on Blue Peter during a feature about their work. The five-man team was filmed by the BBC TV crew as they collected rubbish on their round in Saltdean. Brighton and Hove City Council refuse collectors

  • Poor service

    Everyone knows the problems Marks & Spencer has been through and it is good to see there is light at the end of the tunnel for this great British company. The product mix is at last right and the staff are friendly and helpful. So why can they not

  • Building beauty

    I intend to build an area of outstanding natural beauty at Falmer and wonder how many people from Falmer and the rest of Brighton and Hove will object to this proposal. -Bennett Dean, St Michael's Place, Brighton

  • A private act?

    I do hope Ms Katie Price, better known as Jordan, was in a private room at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, because she often boasted what she earned each year. -Mrs R Cole, Portland Road, Hove

  • Go-ahead for greenfield homes

    Hundreds of new homes will be built in the countryside after a controversial blueprint for the future was unveiled. Following a 53-day public inquiry, Government inspector Alan Foster ruled that 1,670 houses must be constructed in the Arun area around

  • World Cup: Sven stays positive

    Sven-Goran Eriksson has told his players not to let self doubt creep into their minds after their struggle against Sweden. The Swede is urging his players not to give up and believes positive thoughts are the key to reviving England's World Cup hopes.

  • Watchdog knocks railcard hike

    A watchdog says rail companies could be driving people on to the roads after changes to Railcard conditions lifted some Sussex fares by half. Until Sunday, 360,000 annual users of the Newtwork Card were able to get one-third off the price of journeys

  • Same place?

    Louise Ramsay's review of One Paston Place (May 31) bore no relation to the excellent service and exquisite cuisine I have always enjoyed on the occasions I have been privileged to dine there. If Ms Ramsay found the proprietress unwelcoming, I can only

  • Solidarity now

    I, too, am a firefighter and am in a similar situation to P J Steward (Letters, May 24). I have been a firefighter in Hove for five years and, like him, did not join for the money and accepted the long, unsociable hours. But, like many other public sector

  • Spitfire's Jubilee fly-by

    A Second World War Spitfire is the centrepiece of Seaford's Golden Jubilee celebrations today. The Spitfire, one of a handful still operating, will be the highlight of the celebrations centred around the Golden Galleon pub at Cuckmere, overlooking the

  • Back marker

    D Phillips was obviously playing truant from school during his maths and reading lessons (Letters, May 30). The community stadium at Falmer has been designed for 15,000 people during the first phase and up to 25,000 during the second phase. Mr Phillips

  • Good to talk

    Brighton and Hove City Council's leaflet asking the public to choose between three options for the King Alfred site is no choice at all, since all of them require between 300 and 400 hundred flats - which are unlikely to be for social housing - to finance

  • Cricket: West Sussex League

    Jeremy Carthew continued his impressive form at the crease for leaders West Blatchington in a win over rivals Hove Medina. West Blatchington made it five wins out of five in division one to open a 25-point lead at the top from closest rivals Three Bridges

  • Cricket: Findon win again

    Findon continued their impressive start to the season with their fourth successive win. The champions defeated second-placed Arundel by four runs to go ten points clear with a game in hand on the visitors in division one and skipper Nigel Waller warned

  • King Alfred survey is selling us short

    Councillor Mike Middleton (Letters, May 29) will have had my opinion of the proposals for the King Alfred in answer to his questionnaire if he cares to read it. However, since I could not agree with any of the three proposals, my suggestions are unlikely

  • Cricket: Sussex taught harsh lesson

    Sussex are learning the hard way that unless they are on their game for every session their experience of Division One cricket is going to be short-lived. The county slipped into the bottom three yesterday after losing their second match of the season

  • Kirtley's on trial

    Sussex fast bowler James Kirtley hopes to revive his international career when he takes part in an unofficial England trial on Thursday. The county's vice-captain is in an MCC side to play Sri Lanka in a three-day match at Chesterfield starting on Thursday

  • Milking the cardboard cow

    A milk-the-cow competition was among the most popular attractions at the Hove Lions Carnival. Competitors in the competition, organised by the Church of the Good Shepherd, paid 50p to squeeze the two rubber teats of a cardboard cow as fast as they could

  • Airport's bid to cut test noise

    Gatwick Airport bosses are making plans to build a £3 million engine testing area in a 15 metre-high pen. The enclosure would help reduce noise levels from the tests, which at present can be heard by communities nearby. The airport has applied to Crawley

  • Police crackdown on World Cup yobs

    Police have vowed to crack down on World Cup troublemakers after violence erupted following England's first game in the Far East. Dozens of officers, some in riot gear, sealed off Worthing seafront on Sunday when drunken fans started throwing glasses

  • Village centre boost on cards

    Plans are on the table to build a multi-million pound shopping, housing and health centre in Southwater, near Horsham. The village's population has risen from 2,000 to 9,000 in 25 years. Horsham District Council will ask its own development control committee

  • Buses en route to country

    Buses from Brighton to the countryside are back on the road and will be operating throughout the summer. The buses will be running to the South Downs, through Devil's Dyke and Stanmer Park, Brighton, every weekend and bank holiday. The 77 runs up to twice

  • School-run parents face yellow line fine

    Brighton and Hove Council is painting double yellow lines outside all its schools to stop parents putting their kids' lives in peril. The problem of parents parking on the yellow zigzag lines, which were painted to create safe crossing areas for children

  • Binmen earn Blue Peter badges

    A team of binmen will have their 15 minutes of fame on Blue Peter during a feature about their work. The five-man team was filmed by the BBC TV crew as they collected rubbish on their round in Saltdean. Brighton and Hove City Council refuse collectors

  • Building beauty

    I intend to build an area of outstanding natural beauty at Falmer and wonder how many people from Falmer and the rest of Brighton and Hove will object to this proposal. -Bennett Dean, St Michael's Place, Brighton

  • Go-ahead for greenfield homes

    Hundreds of new homes will be built in the countryside after a controversial blueprint for the future was unveiled. Following a 53-day public inquiry, Government inspector Alan Foster ruled that 1,670 houses must be constructed in the Arun area around

  • June 3: Kent v Sussex (CC)

    Sussex are learning the hard way that unless they are on their game for every session their experience of Division One cricket is going to be short-lived. The county slipped into the bottom three after losing their second match of the season against Kent

  • Not a no-hoper

    Des Marshall worked his manuscript for Journal Of An Urban Robinson Crusoe through meetings of my writing group, North Laine Autobiography and Fiction. During these sessions, I did not detect any of the "zero self-esteem" commented upon by John Richards

  • Heart 'n' sole

    Another shopping trip over. Trudging from shop to shop has made me feel really weary. My master shows no mercy towards me, thinking I can go on forever. I have to carry him wherever he goes. At least he has rested me on another stool while he reads The

  • Bin on telly

    Binmen do not have the most glamorous job but one crew has achieved every boy's ambition later in life. As they clutch their gleaming Blue Peter badges after appearing on the show, it's plain none of us really lose the child within. It's never too late

  • Spitfire's Jubilee fly-by

    A Second World War Spitfire is the centrepiece of Seaford's Golden Jubilee celebrations today. The Spitfire, one of a handful still operating, will be the highlight of the celebrations centred around the Golden Galleon pub at Cuckmere, overlooking the

  • Back marker

    D Phillips was obviously playing truant from school during his maths and reading lessons (Letters, May 30). The community stadium at Falmer has been designed for 15,000 people during the first phase and up to 25,000 during the second phase. Mr Phillips

  • Good to talk

    Brighton and Hove City Council's leaflet asking the public to choose between three options for the King Alfred site is no choice at all, since all of them require between 300 and 400 hundred flats - which are unlikely to be for social housing - to finance

  • Not just the ticket

    Rail companies have done themselves no favours by their latest exploit. Customer resentment will undoubtedly swell at the slashing of the one third discount on out-of-morning rush-hour journeys less than £10 with the popular Network Railcard. The move

  • Bad form

    Further to his smoke-screen reply to Peter Salvage and Margaret Fleet, I would like to ask Councillor Mike Middleton why, as a resident whose flat overlooks the King Alfred site, I have yet to receive the current survey form. Having asked my immediate

  • New cash demands anger flat owners

    A company which bombarded Sussex firms with letters demanding cash for adverts they did not know they had placed is still demanding payment a year later. Michaela Sheldon, from Brighton, is still receiving letters threatening legal action if she does

  • Cantona: Brighton rocks for beach soccer

    Eric Cantona has endorsed Brighton as the home of beach football in Britain. Cantona was in the city on Sunday and yesterday leading his French side in two friendlies against European champions Portugal. The former Manchester United favourite showed off

  • Kirtley's on trial

    Sussex fast bowler James Kirtley hopes to revive his international career when he takes part in an unofficial England trial on Thursday. The county's vice-captain is in an MCC side to play Sri Lanka in a three-day match at Chesterfield starting on Thursday

  • £1m landmark for hospital

    Fund-raisers are celebrating after raising more than £1 million towards the refurbishment of Victoria Hospital, Lewes. The League of Friends marked the end of a six-year campaign when they went to the official opening of the new-look hospital. Chairman

  • Brigades hopeful in pay dispute

    Firefighters demanding a £10,000 pay rise will have their claim heard. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and the Fire Service National Employers agreed to meet on Thursday and discuss the pay claim after a meeting of the National Joint Council

  • Buses en route to country

    Buses from Brighton to the countryside are back on the road and will be operating throughout the summer. The buses will be running to the South Downs, through Devil's Dyke and Stanmer Park, Brighton, every weekend and bank holiday. The 77 runs up to twice

  • Thieves wreck rest home party

    Residents of a rest home had to cancel their Golden Jubilee party when thieves stole their decorations. Staff at Elreg House in Rosslyn Road, Shoreham, spent hours putting up the flags, bunting and streamers in the car park only to find yesterday morning

  • Poor service

    Everyone knows the problems Marks & Spencer has been through and it is good to see there is light at the end of the tunnel for this great British company. The product mix is at last right and the staff are friendly and helpful. So why can they not

  • A private act?

    I do hope Ms Katie Price, better known as Jordan, was in a private room at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, because she often boasted what she earned each year. -Mrs R Cole, Portland Road, Hove

  • I knew Mitford sisters' secrets

    It isn't just the Queen who will be sending Annie Pulham a message of congratulations on her 100th birthday. She will also be displaying birthday letters from the legendary Mitford sisters - among the most celebrated society heiresses of the Twenties

  • Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield

    James has been trying to impress the unimpressionable Rugrats with account of very famous person he met. Our friend - an actor of incredible potential who happens to look after his two children while waiting for big break - met the celebrity while going

  • World Cup: Sven stays positive

    Sven-Goran Eriksson has told his players not to let self doubt creep into their minds after their struggle against Sweden. The Swede is urging his players not to give up and believes positive thoughts are the key to reviving England's World Cup hopes.

  • Watchdog knocks railcard hike

    A watchdog says rail companies could be driving people on to the roads after changes to Railcard conditions lifted some Sussex fares by half. Until Sunday, 360,000 annual users of the Newtwork Card were able to get one-third off the price of journeys

  • Voluntary board bar

    Voice of The Argus (May 29) referred to banning estate agents' boards in Sussex Square, Kemp Town. This was voluntarily done by the owners four years ago. It is a Grade I conservation area where all the houses are listed Grade I and visited by tourists

  • Same place?

    Louise Ramsay's review of One Paston Place (May 31) bore no relation to the excellent service and exquisite cuisine I have always enjoyed on the occasions I have been privileged to dine there. If Ms Ramsay found the proprietress unwelcoming, I can only

  • Solidarity now

    I, too, am a firefighter and am in a similar situation to P J Steward (Letters, May 24). I have been a firefighter in Hove for five years and, like him, did not join for the money and accepted the long, unsociable hours. But, like many other public sector

  • Athletics: Success for Sussex runners

    Sussex athletes won two gold medals on the second day of the South of England Track and Field Championships at Watford. Sean Baldock, from Hastings, regained the 400m crown he won at Withdean two years ago. He was an easy winner by nearly ten metres in

  • Sporting hope

    A ray of light is shining across Brighton and Hove in the shape of a new sports and leisure complex. The Dorothy Stringer centre will hopefully herald a new era of first-class facilities for a city in the 21st Century. Sporting clubs across Sussex might

  • Parties to remember

    Sussex cranked up the carnival atmosphere over the weekend as revellers celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Union Flags and red, white and blue bunting adorned pubs, shops and homes across the county. Some partygoers painted Union Flags on their faces

  • Cricket: West Sussex League

    Jeremy Carthew continued his impressive form at the crease for leaders West Blatchington in a win over rivals Hove Medina. West Blatchington made it five wins out of five in division one to open a 25-point lead at the top from closest rivals Three Bridges

  • Cricket: Findon win again

    Findon continued their impressive start to the season with their fourth successive win. The champions defeated second-placed Arundel by four runs to go ten points clear with a game in hand on the visitors in division one and skipper Nigel Waller warned

  • King Alfred survey is selling us short

    Councillor Mike Middleton (Letters, May 29) will have had my opinion of the proposals for the King Alfred in answer to his questionnaire if he cares to read it. However, since I could not agree with any of the three proposals, my suggestions are unlikely

  • Cricket: Sussex taught harsh lesson

    Sussex are learning the hard way that unless they are on their game for every session their experience of Division One cricket is going to be short-lived. The county slipped into the bottom three yesterday after losing their second match of the season

  • OAP's two-hour lift ordeal

    An elderly man who was trapped in a newly-refurbished lift for two hours called for help on his mobile phone. Firefighters came to the man's rescue but could not free him until an engineer arrived with a key to open the lift doors. Residents at the block

  • Kids' night at the OSCAs

    The glitz of Hollywood will be brought to a group of deserving youngsters when Brighton hosts the first OSCAs ceremony. Celebrities will join young starlets from across the region for the Outstanding Sussex Children's Awards. The ceremony at the Brighton

  • Milking the cardboard cow

    A milk-the-cow competition was among the most popular attractions at the Hove Lions Carnival. Competitors in the competition, organised by the Church of the Good Shepherd, paid 50p to squeeze the two rubber teats of a cardboard cow as fast as they could

  • Airport's bid to cut test noise

    Gatwick Airport bosses are making plans to build a £3 million engine testing area in a 15 metre-high pen. The enclosure would help reduce noise levels from the tests, which at present can be heard by communities nearby. The airport has applied to Crawley

  • Flat-owners' fury at cash demand

    A company which demanded money from Sussex firms for adverts they didn't know they'd placed is still demanding payment a year on. Michaela Sheldon, from Brighton, is still receiving letters threatening legal action if she does not pay up the money the

  • Police crackdown on World Cup yobs

    Police have vowed to crack down on World Cup troublemakers after violence erupted following England's first game in the Far East. Dozens of officers, some in riot gear, sealed off Worthing seafront on Sunday when drunken fans started throwing glasses

  • Go-kart crash boy critical

    A teenager was fighting for his life today after his go-kart ploughed through a fence and into a lorry trailer while his horrified family watched. Dana Curtis, 15, from the Lewes area, was driving the motorised kart around a car park in Nuneaton, Warwickshire

  • Buses replace weekend trains

    Buses will replace some Sussex rail services this weekend as engineering works on the Coastway route disrupt services. Buses will take over services between Brighton and Worthing on Saturday and Sunday as Railtrack upgrades the line. South West Trains

  • Village centre boost on cards

    Plans are on the table to build a multi-million pound shopping, housing and health centre in Southwater, near Horsham. The village's population has risen from 2,000 to 9,000 in 25 years. Horsham District Council will ask its own development control committee

  • Can city leave sporting slow lane?

    Things are looking up for sport in Brighton and Hove as the new complex at Dorothy Stringer School takes shape. Sport and leisure have been two of the fastest-growing industries in the past decade, yet many believe Brighton and Hove has been lagging behind

  • Vandals wreck World Cup tribute

    A pub boss has been left with a bill of hundreds of pounds after vandals attacked his England display. Strings of St George Crosses were ripped down from the front of the Blue Anchor in Portslade. Lights around the pub signs were also badly damaged. Des

  • School-run parents face yellow line fine

    Brighton and Hove Council is painting double yellow lines outside all its schools to stop parents putting their kids' lives in peril. The problem of parents parking on the yellow zigzag lines, which were painted to create safe crossing areas for children

  • I knew Mitford sisters' secrets

    It isn't just the Queen who will be sending Annie Pulham a message of congratulations on her 100th birthday. She will also be displaying birthday letters from the legendary Mitford sisters - among the most celebrated society heiresses of the Twenties

  • Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield

    James has been trying to impress the unimpressionable Rugrats with account of very famous person he met. Our friend - an actor of incredible potential who happens to look after his two children while waiting for big break - met the celebrity while going

  • June 3: Kent v Sussex (CC)

    Sussex are learning the hard way that unless they are on their game for every session their experience of Division One cricket is going to be short-lived. The county slipped into the bottom three after losing their second match of the season against Kent

  • Not a no-hoper

    Des Marshall worked his manuscript for Journal Of An Urban Robinson Crusoe through meetings of my writing group, North Laine Autobiography and Fiction. During these sessions, I did not detect any of the "zero self-esteem" commented upon by John Richards

  • Voluntary board bar

    Voice of The Argus (May 29) referred to banning estate agents' boards in Sussex Square, Kemp Town. This was voluntarily done by the owners four years ago. It is a Grade I conservation area where all the houses are listed Grade I and visited by tourists

  • Heart 'n' sole

    Another shopping trip over. Trudging from shop to shop has made me feel really weary. My master shows no mercy towards me, thinking I can go on forever. I have to carry him wherever he goes. At least he has rested me on another stool while he reads The

  • Bin on telly

    Binmen do not have the most glamorous job but one crew has achieved every boy's ambition later in life. As they clutch their gleaming Blue Peter badges after appearing on the show, it's plain none of us really lose the child within. It's never too late

  • Athletics: Success for Sussex runners

    Sussex athletes won two gold medals on the second day of the South of England Track and Field Championships at Watford. Sean Baldock, from Hastings, regained the 400m crown he won at Withdean two years ago. He was an easy winner by nearly ten metres in

  • Sporting hope

    A ray of light is shining across Brighton and Hove in the shape of a new sports and leisure complex. The Dorothy Stringer centre will hopefully herald a new era of first-class facilities for a city in the 21st Century. Sporting clubs across Sussex might

  • Parties to remember

    Sussex cranked up the carnival atmosphere over the weekend as revellers celebrated the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Union Flags and red, white and blue bunting adorned pubs, shops and homes across the county. Some partygoers painted Union Flags on their faces

  • Not just the ticket

    Rail companies have done themselves no favours by their latest exploit. Customer resentment will undoubtedly swell at the slashing of the one third discount on out-of-morning rush-hour journeys less than £10 with the popular Network Railcard. The move

  • Bad form

    Further to his smoke-screen reply to Peter Salvage and Margaret Fleet, I would like to ask Councillor Mike Middleton why, as a resident whose flat overlooks the King Alfred site, I have yet to receive the current survey form. Having asked my immediate

  • New cash demands anger flat owners

    A company which bombarded Sussex firms with letters demanding cash for adverts they did not know they had placed is still demanding payment a year later. Michaela Sheldon, from Brighton, is still receiving letters threatening legal action if she does

  • Cantona: Brighton rocks for beach soccer

    Eric Cantona has endorsed Brighton as the home of beach football in Britain. Cantona was in the city on Sunday and yesterday leading his French side in two friendlies against European champions Portugal. The former Manchester United favourite showed off

  • OAP's two-hour lift ordeal

    An elderly man who was trapped in a newly-refurbished lift for two hours called for help on his mobile phone. Firefighters came to the man's rescue but could not free him until an engineer arrived with a key to open the lift doors. Residents at the block

  • Kids' night at the OSCAs

    The glitz of Hollywood will be brought to a group of deserving youngsters when Brighton hosts the first OSCAs ceremony. Celebrities will join young starlets from across the region for the Outstanding Sussex Children's Awards. The ceremony at the Brighton

  • £1m landmark for hospital

    Fund-raisers are celebrating after raising more than £1 million towards the refurbishment of Victoria Hospital, Lewes. The League of Friends marked the end of a six-year campaign when they went to the official opening of the new-look hospital. Chairman

  • Flat-owners' fury at cash demand

    A company which demanded money from Sussex firms for adverts they didn't know they'd placed is still demanding payment a year on. Michaela Sheldon, from Brighton, is still receiving letters threatening legal action if she does not pay up the money the

  • Brigades hopeful in pay dispute

    Firefighters demanding a £10,000 pay rise will have their claim heard. Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and the Fire Service National Employers agreed to meet on Thursday and discuss the pay claim after a meeting of the National Joint Council

  • Go-kart crash boy critical

    A teenager was fighting for his life today after his go-kart ploughed through a fence and into a lorry trailer while his horrified family watched. Dana Curtis, 15, from the Lewes area, was driving the motorised kart around a car park in Nuneaton, Warwickshire

  • Buses replace weekend trains

    Buses will replace some Sussex rail services this weekend as engineering works on the Coastway route disrupt services. Buses will take over services between Brighton and Worthing on Saturday and Sunday as Railtrack upgrades the line. South West Trains

  • Can city leave sporting slow lane?

    Things are looking up for sport in Brighton and Hove as the new complex at Dorothy Stringer School takes shape. Sport and leisure have been two of the fastest-growing industries in the past decade, yet many believe Brighton and Hove has been lagging behind

  • Vandals wreck World Cup tribute

    A pub boss has been left with a bill of hundreds of pounds after vandals attacked his England display. Strings of St George Crosses were ripped down from the front of the Blue Anchor in Portslade. Lights around the pub signs were also badly damaged. Des