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  • Radio bosses angry at DJ's Christmas spirit'

    A radio DJ has angered station bosses with a campaign against tacky Christmas decorations. Duncan Barkes, of Spirit FM, says he is driven to distraction by flashing lights, inflatable Santas and other over-the-top displays. He is telling his listeners

  • Letter: Don't mention the war

    How dare members of this duplicitous government avoid mention of Iraq. David Blunkett on Thursday and John Prescott earlier in the week both suggested on BBC Radio 4's Today the subject shouldn't be discussed. Who do they think they are? An illegal invasion

  • Letter: No compromise

    With the fox-hunting controversy going to the High Court, I wonder how many more years this issue will go unresolved? The Countryside Alliance want a judicial review of the newly-imposed ban on their sport and way of life which was passed by Parliament

  • Letter: There is no excuse for such cruelty

    So much media coverage has been given to the lamentable bellicose behaviour of the so-called "pillars of the community" (The Argus, November 20) it seems fair and fitting to also give the view of ex-Master of Foxhounds Robert Churchward who, late in life

  • Investigation into bus ordeal claim

    Transport bosses are investigating claims that an angry bus driver shouted and swore at a French woman before locking her inside his vehicle. Maria Perpen-Aragones said the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company driver lost his temper after she got on

  • Kiss star descends on public school

    Singer Gene Simmons has been teaching children at a £17,900 a year public school how to rock 'n' roll. The Kiss frontman, 55, has sold 100 million albums, launched his own comic series, published books and claims to have wooed 4,600 women. He shot to

  • Letter: Tea, anybody?

    As a non-smoking teetotaller who does not gamble, I feel I can justify the expense of going out to tea once a week. This weekly outing has been a habit for many years and I have taken tea and cake in every imaginable establishment, from the panelled elegance

  • Police suspect murder in missing peer case

    Police and family today said they fear a missing Hove aristocrat has been murdered. With no sightings of the tenth Earl of Shaftesbury for three weeks and no ransom demand from kidnappers, they are left with only one tragic conclusion. Detective Chief

  • Letter: Empty homes

    It was piquant to hear the Council has won an award for its management of empty houses. The previous day I looked at the exhibition for the block of flats proposed for the Marina, and asked one of the fellows if he was sure he would be able to sell so

  • Mystery of erotic symbol smashed in church

    The provocative sexuality of an ancient pagan symbol finally proved too much for one disgruntled visitor to a small church in rural Sussex. 1,000 years of history were destroyed when someone took a hammer to the lewd pagan carving in Buncton Church near

  • Top officer's driving ban

    A senior Sussex police officer was today starting a six-month driving ban for speeding. Eastbourne-based Chief Inspector Peter Mills was flashed by a speed camera doing 88mph on a 70mph road. He was driving his BMW 525 series on the A21 Tonbridge bypass

  • Letter: Ban such music

    Well done, those who have called for a complete ban on "murder music" being sold in our shops. How long before this sort of nasty lyric includes, say, big noses, red hair or short people and old people? It's revolting. -Jo Lake, Hove

  • Badminton: Sussex pair go for glory

    Heather Olver and Dean George are going for glory in the badminton competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games They are in a six-strong England team as badminton makes its Youth Games debut. They are expected to team up with regular partners Jenny Wallwork

  • Senior Cup: Bognor boss wants victory

    Jack Pearce has warned his side he will not accept another cup disappointment when Bognor take on Southwick at Nyewood Lane tonight. The Rocks crashed out of the FA Trophy at the first hurdle and then exited the FA Cup at home to Isthmian premier division

  • Young chef is hungry for success

    Teenager John Johnson is on his way to becoming a qualified chef after joining an apprenticeship scheme set up by a national pub chain and a college. The City College Brighton and Hove student is honing his skills at the Katarina restaurant at Brighton

  • Watchdog says first class post is unreliable

    Postal watchdog Postwatch has urged people to send Christmas cards second class because of the "dramatic" decline in the delivery of first-class letters in recent years. It said more than three out of every 10 first-class letters posted over the past

  • Santa's Stylish new underwater grotto

    Foam and bubbles fell like snow as Santa arrived at The Argus Appeal grotto in The Lanes. He travelled in style through Brighton and Hove in a horse-drawn carriage and was greeted by crowds of children. This year the grotto has an underwater theme, with

  • Letter: Lenient course

    Illegal hare coursing has operated, even flourished, for years without police or political interference. It will be interesting to see if illegal fox hunting is offered the same leniency and if not, why not? -Andrew Shanks, Uckfield

  • Letter: Co-ordination

    If you wonder what your ever-increasing council tax is being spent on, The Argus jobs pages often provide useful clues. I was struck by a recent advert for a Walking and Cycling Officer on £25,000 to "co-ordinate a whole range of services to promote and

  • Radio bosses angry at DJ's 'Christmas spirit'

    A radio DJ has angered station bosses with a campaign against tacky Christmas decorations. Duncan Barkes, of Spirit FM, says he is driven to distraction by flashing lights, inflatable Santas and other over-the-top displays. He is telling his listeners

  • £200k flood feasibility bill prompts inquiry call

    More than £200,000 has been spent by a Government body on a controversial scheme to flood a Sussex beauty spot by taking the bends out of a river. There is bitter opposition to the scheme to flood the Cuckmere Valley between Seaford and Eastbourne by

  • Letter: Join a Green Gym

    Portslade Green Gym, an associated group of the British Trust For Conservation Volunteers, undertakes many conservation-based tasks, mainly in the Portslade area. At this time of the year it is mainly downland scrub clearance, pollarding, etc. An extensive

  • Tesco garden centre plans cause uproar

    Tesco has provoked anger by unveiling controversial plans for a garden centre in the car park at its Hove superstore. One local businessman has threatened to start a campaign to get people to boycott the store. Hove Tory councillor Jan Young has vowed

  • Letter: Skating winners

    It was good to see a recent Looking Back article on John and Jennifer Nicks, two now-forgotten local heroes of the skating world. I have suggested a plaque be put up to them where their family business once was in Duke Street but have received no reply

  • Letter: Improve parenting

    Jean Calder's article on "jerks" (The Argus, November 20) will have struck chords with many. These antisocial, graceless, self-centred, bullying louts are increasingly dominant in modern British society. Her remark that jerks "see children as rivals"

  • Letter: Ghastly noises

    Circumstances forced me into a rare foray today to a fast food restaurant. I spent an irritating half-hour watching the antics of two boys "fighting" with balloons. One wonders why the staff didn't ask them, "Where are your parents?" But much worse was

  • Athletics: Sussex trio go for gold

    Wade Bennett-Jackson is determined to be wearing a gold medal the first time he meets his little sister. The sprinter from Worthing has never set eyes on Alina since she was born three years ago but will finally get his chance on Thursday. Bennett-Jackson

  • Letter: Let us trade

    My wife and I have been keen supporters of the Martlet's Hospice charity for many years and were really keen to support their Collections Fair at Hove Town Hall on Sunday, November 28, until we read their opening times - 10am-4pm. Underneath these times

  • Letter: Dangerous contraflow bus lane must be closed

    I was sorry but not surprised to read the bus lane scheme in Valley Gardens, Brighton, had claimed another life (The Argus, November 19). Three years ago, following a fatality in the bus lane in Gloucester Place, I wrote to Brighton and Hove City Council's

  • Senior Cup: Tait goes back to his roots

    Crawley striker Allan Tait admits it will be strange playing against his home-town club tonight. Tait will be part of a full-strength squad that travels to East Grinstead Town in the Sussex Senior Cup second round. The in-form forward, who has scored

  • Seagulls want to pump up volume

    Albion have set up a working party to look at ways of improving the atmosphere at Withdean. Staff have been asked to come up with ideas following an Argus story criticising the match day experience at the Seagulls' temporary home. Albion writer Andy Naylor

  • Virgo gets Scotland call up

    Albion's Adam Virgo is in shock today after earning an international call-up, thanks to his manager and a long lost relative. Virgo has been named in Scotland's Future squad for a friendly against Germany in Mannheim next Tuesday. He is one of only two

  • 2020 vision for disabled rail access

    The Government yesterday announced that all trains will be accessible to disabled people by the year 2020, but campaigners said the date was too far away. Transport minister Charlotte Atkins said existing trains will also be made more accessible when

  • Business leaders predict tax hike

    Any future Government will be forced to cuts pending or raise taxes by £7 billion a year to meet Chancellor Gordon Brown's economic rules, business leaders warned yesterday. The Confederation of British Industry warned that tax rises would be "extremely

  • Housing crash fears ease

    Fears of a housing market crash were calming after figures from the Bank of England yesterday showed an easing rather than a full-scale drop in activity. Economists said the data suggested an all-out collapse was unlikely and the market was levelling

  • Support for enterprising mental health sufferers

    A £100,000 project has been set up to help people with mental health problems become successful entrepreneurs. About 60 people from East Sussex, including drug users, the homeless and people with criminal convictions, will benefit from the Government

  • Small firms ignorant of pension changes

    A worrying number of smaller firms have no idea about impending changes to laws on pensions and age discrimination, according to a new report yesterday. A survey of 200 firms found that almost half were unaware of changes in the Pensions Bill and how

  • Cider firm drinks to profits upturn

    Drinks Group Merrydown, the company behind adult soft drink Shloer and a range of vintage cider brands, has posted its first interim profits in four years. The firm, which is in the early stages of takeover talks with an unnamed party, said operating

  • November 30: Seagulls want to pump up volume

    Albion have set up a working party to look at ways of improving the atmosphere at Withdean. Staff have been asked to come up with ideas following an Argus story criticising the match day experience at the Seagulls' temporary home. Albion writer Andy Naylor