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  • The White Devil, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton

    I had the impression much was at stake in bringing this, the first allprofessional play by InService Productions, to the stage. The company's aim is to "build Brighton's reputation as a theatrical hotbed" and it has had sell-out successes with its youth

  • Letter: Posting a point

    Why has Lewes District Council complained to Sussex Police about a poster telling residents of attempts to "murder" the Albion (The Argus, today, page five). It is a light-hearted poster misconstrued by the politically correct brigade as offensive. Can't

  • Letter: Passing the cost

    How can Brighton and Hove City Council say it is disappointed it has been left to pay for free bus passes for the elderly? Residents are sent a form to fill in and a replacement pass is sent annually. We have, in fact, had free passes for several years

  • Letter: People not cars

    Michael "Dick Whittington" Anthony is quite right his car wasn't designed for Brighton's oh-so inconvenient speed humps (Letters, January 9). Neither was Brighton designed for the car, having been built long before motorised transport. Mr Antony is only

  • Letter: Right medicine

    A big thank you to staff at O'Flyns Chemist in Islingword Road, Brighton, for the care and attention they have shown me in the past few weeks. -D James, Brighton

  • Bankruptcy on the rise

    A court has revealed it has a six-week waiting list to hear applications for bankruptcy. Brighton County Court has had to take on more staff and employees are working extra hours to cope with the rise in people going bust. It is the latest evidence that

  • Bug forces more ward closures

    A highly infectious and debilitating virus has struck at two more Sussex hospitals. Two wards at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and four at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath are not taking any new patients until the infection

  • Extra security for crucial gipsy vote

    Security guards have been drafted in to attend a meeting about two controversial gipsy sites. Crawley Borough Council was branded "racist" after voting against plans for traveller sites to be built in the town. The Argus reported how a row broke out when

  • Tories turn on own councillor

    A leading councillor faces the sack from a top job - by his own party. The ruling Tory group on Worthing Borough Council has called an extraordinary council meeting to oust George Stephens from its cabinet. Liberal Democrats said the council was in crisis

  • Letter: Just cut it out

    I've seen it all now with Brighton and Hove City Council, which is cutting our grass verges in the middle of January. Last summer, the verges became so overgrown, cars were getting scratched so residents had to cut the verges themselves. What is being

  • Letter: Newhaven is quay

    As I understand it, to operate efficiently, an incinerator must run continuously at maximum capacity. Therefore, if the amount of rubbish recycled increases, where would the extra fuel for an incinerator come from? It would probably be shipped in from

  • Football: Pacquette doubles up for Worthing

    Richard Pacquette scored twice as Worthing returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory at Harrow Borough in the Westview League Cup. But it was the manner of the performance which delighted joint manager Danny Bloor following Saturday's disappointing

  • Thousands turn out as Chelsea are beaten

    Albion chairman Dick Knight has apologised to fans for under-estimating the interest in last night's stunning FA Youth Cup victory over Chelsea at Withdean. An official crowd of 2,927 packed into the Seagulls' temporary home to see Dean Wilkins' under

  • Brighton bucks the downward trend in tourism

    Eight million people visit Brighton and Hove every year - equivalent to 27 times the city's permanent population. This month, national tourism agency VisitBritain revealed the number of people coming to the UK has doubled in the last 25 years, but the

  • Cheers to six of the best pubs in the South-East

    Six Sussex pubs have been named best in the South-East. The six - in Brighton, Arundel, Hastings, Cooksbridge and Findon - now go on to the national finals of the Best Pub Awards 2006 next month. Hastings Pubwatch was named best scheme of its kind in

  • Coast flood defences improved

    Flood defences are being improved on a stretch of beach. A strengthened plastic barrier is being dug into the shingle bank on the coast at Worthing. The work is being carried out on the low-lying coastal area from George V Avenue to Alinora Crescent.

  • Protesters sunk over mast fight

    Workers who fought to stop a mobile phone mast being put on their office roof have been forced to admit defeat. Vodafone was given permission by Brighton and Hove City Council to put the mast on Intergen House in Western Road, Hove. About 100 people work

  • Victim tried to protect her parents

    Murdered Billie-Jo Jenkins "suffered in silence" as she was subjected to violence by her foster father, a jury was told. She told schoolfriends but did not confide in any adults because she feared her foster parents, Sion and Lois, would lose their jobs

  • Preston wants to play

    Big Brother contestant Preston has escaped being nominated for eviction. But the Ordinary Boys singer from Worthing has spent the last 24-hours denying a relationship between himself and fake celebrity Chantelle. Preston, 24, told former FA secretary

  • Letter: Policing a party town isn't easy

    In response to Mr Booker's complaints about policing in Brighton (Letters, January 12), keeping the peace on football days is carefully planned and we do all we can to keep it proportionate. In 2004, after the Leeds match, the city experienced mindless

  • Letter: Conservation or convenience?

    Conservation can be an inconvenient thing. Imagine how it feels for Brazilian farmers not to be allowed to cultivate land on which rain forest is growing. Or how the Maasai must feel when their traditional grazing land in East Africa is turned into wildlife

  • Letter: Home for elderly

    Saltdean's Ocean Hotel, formerly a Butlin's, has been empty for months and is progressively resembling a deteriorating, derelict eyesore. It is an attraction for anti-social behaviour and a waste of precious residential accommodation. I suggest it be

  • The 19-year-old following her parents into a teaching job

    The daughter of a celebrated headteacher is following in his footsteps by taking on a voluntary teaching job. Jess Seldon, 19, is to spend three months of her gap year teaching English to children at a high school in Hanoi, Vietnam, as part of an eight-month

  • Parking mad for yet another year

    Drivers in Brighton and Hove have received the second highest number of parking tickets in the country - for the third year running. Parking attendants dished out 168,172 tickets in 2004, a five per cent increase on the previous year. Brighton and Hove

  • Letter: A waste of water

    Given the present "drought" conditions so often cited by Southern Water, I was amazed to read the article about the Queen's Park reservoir (The Argus, January 12). Perhaps Southern Water's new managing director might explain to the public why a reservoir

  • Letter: Live and let love

    I have followed the Worthing sex shop dispute in The Argus for some time now and am fed up to the back teeth with the puritanical ramblings of its leading opponent, Steve Stevens (The Argus, January 13). People who purchase sex toys or lingerie are not

  • Letter: Bowling over Hove's sexists

    Hurrah for the Rosens (The Argus, January 11). I hope they are successful in their bid to allow "mere wimmin" to bowl in Hove and Kingsway Bowling Club's competitions. We'll be allowed to vote and wash up next. I can only assume that, as there are still

  • Letter: Show me the evidence or pipe down

    I read with concern the comments made by Brighton University's Student Union president, Rebecca Mann (The Argus, January 12), following the refusal by Brighton and Hove City Council to grant planning permission for a six-storey block of student accommodation

  • Council leader Ken Bodfish resigns job

    Brighton and Hove City Council's leader resigned last night only a week after he denied he was about to step down. Ken Bodfish OBE, who has led the city council for six years, announced his decision to colleagues at a Labour Party meeting in King's House

  • Letter: Birds can't help it

    With regard to the reports of "attacks" by "greedy" seagulls on children with food, don't their mothers realise these birds aren't greedy but hungry? Seagulls are part and parcel of seaside towns and, in winter, their need for food increases in order

  • Pervert teacher slipped through the net

    A perverted teacher was cleared to work in a Brighton school despite being accused of "grooming" a 14-year-old girl over the internet weeks earlier. Nigel Jackson, 48, was free to walk into a job at East Brighton College of Media Arts (Comart) within

  • Basketball: Nurse backs scheme to link up with NBA

    Nick Nurse wants to make Brighton part of the NBA. The head coach will attempt to make Genesis Brighton Bears a feeder team to one of the sport's biggest clubs. And that could mean up-and-coming NBA players featuring on a regular basis at the Brighton

  • Letter: High coastal risks

    I was interested in your front-page report and page eight comment on the Environment Agency's dire warnings of freak storms and tidal surges along the Sussex Coast (The Argus, January 5). These warnings were connected with a planning application for a

  • Letter: BBC radio sackings are sad but could be a tonic

    Readers denouncing the impending departure from BBC Southern Counties Radio of John Radford, Bill Buckley, Dominic Busby and Ed Douglas have inundated the Letters pages. I will be sorry to see John Radford, an erudite and witty man with a beautiful speaking

  • Match report: Albion youth 2 Chelsea Youth 1

    Dean Wilkins watched his Albion wonder kids dump super-rich Chelsea out of the FA Youth Cup at Withdean last night, then insisted: "We can play better". First half goals by the outstanding Joe Gatting and strike partner Dan Leach in front of an extraordinary

  • Albion revive Henderson deal

    Wayne Henderson's on-off move back to Albion is on again. The Seagulls' former loan keeper from Aston Villa expects to complete his permanent return to the club before Saturday's trip to Sheffield United. Henderson, who will sign a two-and-a-half year

  • A boards are cause for alarm

    Traders have rebelled against a council crackdown on advertising boards obstructing the highway. Shopkeepers in The Royal Arcade, off Montague Street, Worthing, warned they were already fighting for survival and this might force some of them out of business

  • Plan on track to save the Gatwick Express

    Airport managers have put together a rail timetable which they claim will make life easier for commuters and save the Gatwick Express route from the axe. The plan has been drawn up by the company running the Gatwick Express rail route, National Express

  • Tramp TV, Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, until Sat, 8pm,

    "There are all these channels, but you end up watching nothing because most of it's just crap, terrible programmes," says Jamie Martin. "I'm addressing that and the impact it is having on society and families. I think television's really irresponsible

  • Bankruptcy on the rise

    A court has revealed it has a six-week waiting list to hear applications for bankruptcy. Brighton County Court has had to take on more staff and employees are working extra hours to cope with the rise in people going bust. It is the latest evidence that

  • Graffiti vandal is sent to jail for 90 days

    A Graffiti vandal has been jailed for 90 days in what police believe is a new "get tough" approach to the crime by courts. One senior policeman said: "It is very unusual to see a tag 'artist' put behind bars but we are delighted - graffiti blights our

  • Outrage as rural trains are slashed

    A direct train link between Brighton and Ashford has resulted in drastic cuts to rural rail services. Journey times have been slashed 35 minutes by the link, which was launched last month and connects Brighton to Eurostar services at Ashford in one hour

  • Technology results in quality on tap

    Specialist technology is boosting the quality of a town's tap water. A £3 million scheme at Southern Water's supply works in Arundel has been completed and aims to provide high-quality drinking water and vital supplies to the area during a time of drought

  • Athena, Komedia, Brighton, Wednesday, January 18

    The success of Athena Andreadis is a testament to the power of word of mouth. A Greek singer who was born in England, last year she sold out her debut London concert, a green light for this ten-date British tour. Yet she has received next to no press,