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  • £50 to park for couple of minutes

    Welcome to what could be Britain's most expensive car park. You could be charged £50 to stop for a couple of minutes if you park in the wrong section of The Lanes multi-storey on Brighton seafront. That is what happened to cameraman Alastair McCormick

  • Letter: No more flats

    The general response from Hove residents is outrage at the constant demolition of family homes so they can be replaced with uncharacteristic blocks of flats. We are currently campaigning against the demolition of 51 Wilbury Avenue and in doing so have

  • I just wish I hadn't bought him tickets

    As she queued for hours to get a ticket to see Brighton and Hove Albion's crucial play-off match, Sarah Haywood thought she was doing the decent thing for her football-mad husband. Days later she is facing a 400-mile round trip to see their two young

  • Letter: Immoral meats

    With National Vegetarian Week over (it was the last week in May), many people will be weighing up the pros and cons of eating meat and deciding if it really is ethical to use animals in this way. I have been vegetarian for 20 years (I am now 31). Since

  • Car lands on patio after flying into flat

    A driver who left a trail of devastation before plummeting on to the patio of a basement flat was today being questioned by police. Witnesses watched in horror as the BMW convertible sped across a junction, clipped a passing car and demolished a garden

  • Letter: Different planet

    It would be appreciated if Lynn Daly's replacement, Rebecca Maer, could talk less out of her "Barefaced chic" when it relates to loving parents struggling desperately "against the odds" to bring up their children healthily and happily (The Argus, June

  • Seagulls to parade trophy

    A victory parade will be held to celebrate Brighton and Hove Albion's triumphant return to Division One. The promotion heroes will be carried in an open-top bus through the city, which will be bathed in a sea of blue and white on Sunday, July 18. Thousands

  • June 4: Butters to sign new deal

    Guy Butters is poised for long-distance talks with manager Mark McGhee which will keep him at Albion beyond his 35th birthday. The rejuvenated central defender flew out to Majorca yesterday for a family holiday, safe in the knowledge that he will be with

  • Seagulls to get a parade

    A victory parade will be held to celebrate Brighton and Hove Albion's triumphant return to Division One. The promotion heroes will be carried in an open-top bus through the city, which will be bathed in a sea of blue and white on Sunday, July 18. Thousands

  • Letter: Why do they lie?

    As I read Jean Calder's denunciation of torture and human rights abuse in Iraq and elsewhere, I listened to the Commander of US Forces in Iraq, Mark Kimmits, explain that "only six or seven Americans have been charged with such abuse and maybe another

  • Letter: Terrorists, not freedom fighters, kill children

    As a long-term reader of The Argus, I have been greatly disturbed by your biased coverage of the ongoing conflict in Iraq, including the routine recycling of anti-Coalition diatribes in your letters pages. However, the largely unsubstantiated ranting

  • Lib Dems gain key equality position

    Liberal Democrats have been given a key position on Brighton and Hove City Council. Until now, the minority Labour group has, with consent, taken the chairs of all the major committees. Now Liberal Democrat group leader Paul Elgood has been appointed

  • Ferry service faces losses of £12m

    A popular Sussex ferry service needs 18 million euros to cover losses accumulated since it began operating three years ago. The Seine-Maritime Department, the French regional authority which heads the Transmanche consortium, expects to cover the deficit

  • Recruitment crisis

    Sussex is still playing catch up with the rest of the South-East in terms of productivity. Difficulties in recruiting trained staff, especially sales people, mean the county's gross domestic product is below the regional average. According to Nik Askaroff

  • Soccer fans' Euro bribes

    Men will spend £56 million this summer bribing their girlfriends to let them watch Euro 2004 matches, new research claims. One in two men admitted they would either have to treat their partner in order to watch the tournament or promise to behave well

  • I got the bug early on to make money

    Andrew Foyle was 12 when he began selling computer software packages to schools on the other side of the world. A decade later he was being feted in the national Press as one of the best entrepreneurs and among the "richest under-30s" in Britain. He shrugs

  • Road to anywhere is just a click away

    Cadging a lift with friends can save you money, reduce congestion and turn a tedious journey into a bit of a jolly. That's the logic behind a supply teacher's business venture, which she hopes will strike a chord with hard-up students. Juliet Greig's

  • Two arrests in badger baiting raid

    Police have arrested two men suspected of being involved in badger baiting. Officers who raided a house found dogs with injuries they said could have been caused by the illegal sport, in which organisers pit badgers against dogs. Inspector Mark Piper,

  • Beaches win chance to fly the flag at last

    Beaches in Sussex are among the best in Europe but poor seawater quality still affects Brighton, Hove and Worthing. New recipients of the coveted Blue Flag awards for good beaches include Bognor and Eastbourne alongside regular winners Camber Sands, Littlehampton

  • Letter: We need firefighters to only put out fires

    I read about Brighton fire station's turntable ladder answering an emergency call in Portslade while the hydraulic platform based at Hove fire station which is a similar machine was on station at the time. Where is the logic in this? The machine at Hove

  • The day chaos checked in

    A day of airport chaos signalled the start of what appears to be a summer of travel misery. Soaring petrol prices and the decision by Gatwick and Heathrow baggage handlers to strike were just the start. At 6am yesterday calamity struck when an air traffic

  • Letter: No more flats

    The general response from Hove residents is outrage at the constant demolition of family homes so they can be replaced with uncharacteristic blocks of flats. We are currently campaigning against the demolition of 51 Wilbury Avenue and in doing so have

  • I just wish I hadn't bought him tickets

    As she queued for hours to get a ticket to see Brighton and Hove Albion's crucial play-off match, Sarah Haywood thought she was doing the decent thing for her football-mad husband. Days later she is facing a 400-mile round trip to see their two young

  • Letter: Different planet

    It would be appreciated if Lynn Daly's replacement, Rebecca Maer, could talk less out of her "Barefaced chic" when it relates to loving parents struggling desperately "against the odds" to bring up their children healthily and happily (The Argus, June

  • Bling date

    We've had blind dating - so how about bling dating? Stretch limousines were once the preserve of the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Madonna and P Diddy. However, a growing number of the vehicles have made it to these shores and one Brighton and Hove owner has

  • Seagulls to parade trophy

    A victory parade will be held to celebrate Brighton and Hove Albion's triumphant return to Division One. The promotion heroes will be carried in an open-top bus through the city, which will be bathed in a sea of blue and white on Sunday, July 18. Thousands

  • Letter: Microwave danger

    Using specialised equipment, I have measured an unbroken field of microwaves throughout central Brighton at levels warned by independent researchers to cause serious biological effects. In 2002 The Freiberger Appeal - a document detailing research on

  • Seagulls to get a parade

    A victory parade will be held to celebrate Brighton and Hove Albion's triumphant return to Division One. The promotion heroes will be carried in an open-top bus through the city, which will be bathed in a sea of blue and white on Sunday, July 18. Thousands

  • Letter: Why silent?

    Again, terrorists butcher innocent men and women, some from America, some from Great Britain, and not one word is heard from Amnesty International or the Red Cross condemning this atrocity. It seems when westerners are cut to pieces these two organizations

  • Letter: Terrorists, not freedom fighters, kill children

    As a long-term reader of The Argus, I have been greatly disturbed by your biased coverage of the ongoing conflict in Iraq, including the routine recycling of anti-Coalition diatribes in your letters pages. However, the largely unsubstantiated ranting

  • Soccer fans' Euro bribes

    Men will spend £56 million this summer bribing their girlfriends to let them watch Euro 2004 matches, new research claims. One in two men admitted they would either have to treat their partner in order to watch the tournament or promise to behave well

  • Road to anywhere is just a click away

    Cadging a lift with friends can save you money, reduce congestion and turn a tedious journey into a bit of a jolly. That's the logic behind a supply teacher's business venture, which she hopes will strike a chord with hard-up students. Juliet Greig's

  • Two arrests in badger baiting raid

    Police have arrested two men suspected of being involved in badger baiting. Officers who raided a house found dogs with injuries they said could have been caused by the illegal sport, in which organisers pit badgers against dogs. Inspector Mark Piper,

  • Bid to sue drug giant is backed

    The parents of a brilliant young artist who hanged herself after taking a controversial drug have backed plans to sue its manufacturer. New York's top prosecutor has filed fraud charges against Crawley-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) claiming the company

  • You'll never walk alone

    Two children will be given the gift of life after the death of an eight-year-old boy in a motorbike crash. The family of Sean Pearce-Weston is allowing his organs to be donated to 14-year-old and eight-year-old boys who both desperately need transplants

  • Beaches win chance to fly the flag at last

    Beaches in Sussex are among the best in Europe but poor seawater quality still affects Brighton, Hove and Worthing. New recipients of the coveted Blue Flag awards for good beaches include Bognor and Eastbourne alongside regular winners Camber Sands, Littlehampton

  • Letter: We need firefighters to only put out fires

    I read about Brighton fire station's turntable ladder answering an emergency call in Portslade while the hydraulic platform based at Hove fire station which is a similar machine was on station at the time. Where is the logic in this? The machine at Hove

  • The day chaos checked in

    A day of airport chaos signalled the start of what appears to be a summer of travel misery. Soaring petrol prices and the decision by Gatwick and Heathrow baggage handlers to strike were just the start. At 6am yesterday calamity struck when an air traffic

  • Bling date

    We've had blind dating - so how about bling dating? Stretch limousines were once the preserve of the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Madonna and P Diddy. However, a growing number of the vehicles have made it to these shores and one Brighton and Hove owner has

  • Letter: Microwave danger

    Using specialised equipment, I have measured an unbroken field of microwaves throughout central Brighton at levels warned by independent researchers to cause serious biological effects. In 2002 The Freiberger Appeal - a document detailing research on

  • Letter: Labour is addressing gay and lesbian issues

    Your article on political parties and the "gay vote" (The Argus, May 22) contained nothing on how Labour is addressing issues that concern lesbian and gay residents. Nationally we are changing legislation, such as equalising the age of consent, abolishing

  • Letter: Why silent?

    Again, terrorists butcher innocent men and women, some from America, some from Great Britain, and not one word is heard from Amnesty International or the Red Cross condemning this atrocity. It seems when westerners are cut to pieces these two organizations

  • Worry at security staff cuts

    Gatwick airport is cutting security staff. Fifteen community support officers (CSOs) being moved and deployed elsewhere in Sussex. A wage bill of more than £250,000 will be slashed from the airport's security costs. CSOs' salaries start at £17,412. BAA

  • Bid to sue drug giant is backed

    The parents of a brilliant young artist who hanged herself after taking a controversial drug have backed plans to sue its manufacturer. New York's top prosecutor has filed fraud charges against Crawley-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) claiming the company

  • You'll never walk alone

    Two children will be given the gift of life after the death of an eight-year-old boy in a motorbike crash. The family of Sean Pearce-Weston is allowing his organs to be donated to 14-year-old and eight-year-old boys who both desperately need transplants

  • £50 to park for couple of minutes

    Welcome to what could be Britain's most expensive car park. You could be charged £50 to stop for a couple of minutes if you park in the wrong section of The Lanes multi-storey on Brighton seafront. That is what happened to cameraman Alastair McCormick

  • Letter: Immoral meats

    With National Vegetarian Week over (it was the last week in May), many people will be weighing up the pros and cons of eating meat and deciding if it really is ethical to use animals in this way. I have been vegetarian for 20 years (I am now 31). Since

  • Car lands on patio after flying into flat

    A driver who left a trail of devastation before plummeting on to the patio of a basement flat was today being questioned by police. Witnesses watched in horror as the BMW convertible sped across a junction, clipped a passing car and demolished a garden

  • June 4: Butters to sign new deal

    Guy Butters is poised for long-distance talks with manager Mark McGhee which will keep him at Albion beyond his 35th birthday. The rejuvenated central defender flew out to Majorca yesterday for a family holiday, safe in the knowledge that he will be with

  • Letter: Labour is addressing gay and lesbian issues

    Your article on political parties and the "gay vote" (The Argus, May 22) contained nothing on how Labour is addressing issues that concern lesbian and gay residents. Nationally we are changing legislation, such as equalising the age of consent, abolishing

  • Letter: Why do they lie?

    As I read Jean Calder's denunciation of torture and human rights abuse in Iraq and elsewhere, I listened to the Commander of US Forces in Iraq, Mark Kimmits, explain that "only six or seven Americans have been charged with such abuse and maybe another

  • Lib Dems gain key equality position

    Liberal Democrats have been given a key position on Brighton and Hove City Council. Until now, the minority Labour group has, with consent, taken the chairs of all the major committees. Now Liberal Democrat group leader Paul Elgood has been appointed

  • Ferry service faces losses of £12m

    A popular Sussex ferry service needs 18 million euros to cover losses accumulated since it began operating three years ago. The Seine-Maritime Department, the French regional authority which heads the Transmanche consortium, expects to cover the deficit

  • Worry at security staff cuts

    Gatwick airport is cutting security staff. Fifteen community support officers (CSOs) being moved and deployed elsewhere in Sussex. A wage bill of more than £250,000 will be slashed from the airport's security costs. CSOs' salaries start at £17,412. BAA

  • Recruitment crisis

    Sussex is still playing catch up with the rest of the South-East in terms of productivity. Difficulties in recruiting trained staff, especially sales people, mean the county's gross domestic product is below the regional average. According to Nik Askaroff

  • I got the bug early on to make money

    Andrew Foyle was 12 when he began selling computer software packages to schools on the other side of the world. A decade later he was being feted in the national Press as one of the best entrepreneurs and among the "richest under-30s" in Britain. He shrugs