I, too, remember visiting the Arcadia as a small boy nearly 50 years ago. It was called The Scratch because of the legendary quality of its resident fleas. A member of staff (who doubled as the half-time ice cream purveyor) would walk up and down the
Sussex Police is to merge with Surrey Police in the biggest shake-up of its kind in 40 years, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced. Not since 1967 when borough and county forces merged to form Sussex Police has there been such a radical remodelling
A team of specialist cancer care staff are to continue their vital work despite their hospital base being closed. Workers at the Macmillan Cancer Relief Unit at King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst have been re-employed by Western Sussex Primary Care
A yard-worker who was sacked after being photographed sleeping on the job has been awarded almost £10,000 for unfair dismissal. Steven Lord, 19, was fired from his £250-a-week job at Parker Building Supplies when bosses were shown a mobile phone picture
While I applaud any initiative to promote access to the arts for all, I'm ambivalent about the "Celebrating Age" festival in July. As someone well above the defining age of 50, I find it hard to believe the programme is aimed at people like me, or maybe
More than 20 people were evacuated in the early hours when fire threatened to turn gas cylinders into bombs. They were led to safety as fire tore through a commercial garage near their homes. Evacuees were drifting back to their homes yesterday afternoon
Ken Fines and Mike James both underestimate the number of people who support the plans for the King Alfred (Letters, April 4). In a recent poll carried out by Argus Lite, a whopping 89.7 per cent voted in favour of the scheme. Mr Fines might not like
I enjoyed Miles Godfrey's article (The Argus, April 8) and I welcome the well-designed and planned landmark developments proposed for the city of Brighton and Hove. I like both the new proposed developments for the marina and the Brighton Centre, so bring
As borough Planning Officer of Brighton for nine years before retiring in 1983 and now a campaigner against the King Alfred proposals, I am sure to be asked for my views on the Brighton Eye. I know only too well the detailed investigations which will
Skipper Chris Adams fired 91 from only 79 balls before Sussex's fifth pre-season friendly against Surrey was ruined by rain at Hove. Adams helped his side to a competitive 259-6 in the 50-overs game but rain prevented Surrey from making a reply. The Sussex
A scaffolder has invented a simple safety device he claims could prevent up to 40 deaths a year caused by falls from height on building sites. Barry Snell, owner of Cowfold-based Orion Scaffolding, was prompted to act after one of his workers suffered
A trader is urging a council to let him keep a bench outside his shop after he was presented with it to mark his community work. Stephen Lowndes was given the seat by HIV support group Open Door in appreciation of his decision to plant a tree outside
An MP has called for the Government to wipe clean a hospital trust's debt. Lewes MP, Norman Baker, spoke after meeting with the chief executive and chairman of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust owes more than £21 million and
Conservation experts have criticised plans to demolish a former children's centre and sell the land to developers. Dr Kathryn Ferry, of the Victorian Society, is urging Brighton and Hove City Council to make the detached house in Wellington Road, Brighton
A pensioner was killed in a house fire after leaving candles burning as she slept, an inquest heard yesterday. June Bateup, 77, died in the blaze which broke out at her bungalow in Netherfield Green, Woodingdean, Brighton, on January 7 this year. She
Celebrity Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton last night announced her engagement to fellow housemate Preston. The couple met during the Channel 4 series in January when Essex model Chantelle was planted as a "fake celebrity" and told to convince the
After creeping out almost unnoticed, the Swedish indie-pop octet began where they left off in 2004. With a set of jangling, summery tunes, the band drew an indistinguishable line under the sweetly melancholic material of their self-titled debut album
Reviewing Festen without revealing the elephant in the room around which the plot twists is like reviewing a restaurant and rating only the cutlery. This is a darkly comic thriller with a disturbing sexual storyline. A stage adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's
In reading both Claire Truscott's review and its subsequent damnation by reader and obvious die-hard Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) fan Simon Smith, it is apparent that, by side-swiping her professionalism, he is missing the point of critical review. The
I was saddened by Brighton and Hove City Council's comments in the article about The Lanes (The Argus, April 4). It is difficult for small entrepreneurs to compete with infiltration into Brighton's bohemian areas by multiples. The council forgets Brighton
With regard to old cinemas in Brighton (Letters, April 3), I well remember the Regent Cinema and the News Cinema in North Street. Very good they were too, also the Astoria in London Road. However, they were outclassed by the Gaiety Cinema at the bottom
A mother is organising a campaign to send jumpers, shirts and sports kit worth thousands of pounds to developing countries after the shock closure of her children's school. Mother-of-three Michele Riley said uniforms bearing the logo of Newlands School
I used to work at the Astoria Cinema and well remember the minors club on Saturday morning and their song. When they got to "shout aloud with glee", the kids used to raise the roof. I met my late husband there. He was a projectionist. His name was Bill
A couple thinking they'd bought a laptop computer opened the box to find bottles of water. Other victims have found potatoes or bottles of lemonade in their boxes. Police said tricksters were getting away with up to £600 each time and were mocking the
Detectives arrested a man in connection with Britain's biggest cash heist during a raid at a Sussex address. Police investigating the £53 million Securitas raid in Tonbridge, Kent, arrested a 27-year-old man in Crowborough. An 18-year-old suspect was
I can only assume our ministers are out of touch and thick-skinned. To top up their pension pots at our expense when it is the policies of Gordon Brown that have contributed to the penury of many is brazen. If I were a Labour MP, I would hang my head
It took Brighton and Hove City Council about 20 years to allow Sainsbury's to build behind London Road. Any bets on whether this record will be broken with the new buildings at the King Alfred or the marina? -John Leighton, Hove
Frank Blake is quite wrong (Letters, April 4). By stating: "No doubt money will win and ordinary people will lose out once again", he utterly misrepresents the opportunities contained within this project. The people he calls "ordinary" are the very people
A policeman who sped through a red light and killed a motorist has been fined just £2,000. Karen Stagg's husband Graeme, 61, spoke of his anger after Nicholas Andrews-Faulkner was cleared yesterday of causing death by dangerous driving and convicted instead
The plans for King Alfred are totally unsuitable for Hove. They do not reflect and uplift the environment and, in a few years, after some wear and tear, will stick out like two sore thumbs. The buildings are too high and block the view and the houses
You'll see re-enactments of stories from Chat magazine, hear accordion cover versions of Queen and Radiohead, participate in live Boggle matches and meet a character called Dali Parton whose breasts drop open to reveal Salvador Dali-esque images of Dolly
Boxing champion Michael Alldis is fighting to be ready for his next big date. The former British and European super-bantamweight champion from Crawley will be running the Flora London Marathon on April 23 after a change of heart. Alldis, who is retired
Former England international Andy Sinton has backed Horsham to win the Ryman division one title. Sinton's Fleet side were blown away by the in-form Hornets at the Atspeed Stadium last night. Two goals by Carl Rook, plus strikes by Nigel Brake and Jamie
Skipper Chris Adams fired 91 from only 79 balls before Sussex's fifth pre-season friendly against Surrey was ruined by rain at Hove. Adams helped his side to a competitive 259-6 in the 50-overs game but rain prevented Surrey from making a reply. The Sussex
A massive advertising campaign has been launched to entice 40,000 young people across the South East to join the construction industry. ConstructionSkills, the skills council for the construction industry, has spent £1 million on television adverts as
A £9 million proposal to transform a run-down market into a European-style arts and crafts centre is at the heart of plans to regenerate a down-at-heel shopping precinct. Under the Open Market Traders' Association's plans, visitors would be able to watch
A finanace officer from Hove has fulfilled her ambition by becoming the first British woman to run a marathon on all seven continents and the North Pole. Kate Charles, 33, had already pounded her way across Europe, Africa, South America, North America
Guillemot's detractors (and, alas, some of their champions) will compare them to Keane, Coldplay et al. But they are far better than that. They deal in wilfully eccentric, heartfelt and opulent pop music which is full of surprises, most of them welcome
