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  • Albion face new Falmer delay after challenge

    Brighton and Hove Albion has warned it faces financial ruin after Lewes District Council decided to press on with its High Court action against Falmer stadium. The council's Cabinet voted unanimously in a behind-closed-doors meeting last night to decline

  • Letter: Not out of mind

    This is a message from the other side of the world. Since my brother lives in Brighton (Hi, Grant), I access your newspaper on the internet. It gives a fascinating glimpse of life in a land which is both far away and, at the same time, very similar to

  • 'Drunken brawl' led to a murder charge

    A man has been charged with murder and another is on the run following an alcoholic's death nine months ago. Patrick Quinn, 56, was found badly beaten last September at his home in Cavendish Place, Eastbourne, after what police described as a drunken

  • Riders cover up 'rude bits'

    Cyclists planning to take part in a naked bike ride will cover up their modesty with fig leaves after being warned they could be arrested if they expose any "rude bits". Up to 100 people are expected to strip on Saturday for a World Naked Bike Ride through

  • £200m scheme to build 'Eco village'

    An eco-village which would form part of a £200 million development would be the most environmentally-friendly scheme in the UK. Residents in part of the proposed New England Quarter scheme in Brighton would have "green lifestyle" lessons and the support

  • Letter: Tenants to decide on their future

    I would like to support Councillor Warren Morgan on the issue of the proposed transfer of council housing to a new tenant-led housing association for Brighton and Hove (Letters, June 1). As someone who campaigned for the so-called "Fourth Option", I did

  • Letter: Caring is not related to political allegiance

    Nicole Murphy's comment on Jean Calder's moving article about the remoteness of politicians (Letters, June 1) suggests you must be both poor and New Labour to care about those less fortunate than yourself. I grew up in a working class family where, in

  • Water supply 'being taken for granted'

    The government has been accused of "taking the supply of water for granted" when planning an estimated 96,000 new homes in Sussex in the next 20 years. Planners want to build a minimum of 900,000 new homes in England by 2023 and water use is expected

  • Letter: Keep 'em coming

    Recent letters from DR Sawyers suggest he's the type of person who calls a spade an horticultural digging implement. As a year-round sea swimmer myself, I'm not unsympathetic to his views but laughed out loud at his use of the English language. I was

  • Letter: A merry immersion in waves of words

    I was interested to read David Sawyers appears to believe that unless we 21st-Century sea swimmers brave the waves in a cognitively historical sense, we are missing out on the experience (Letters, June 1). As a keen local sea swimmer myself, I certainly

  • Falmer stadium battle rages on

    Brighton and Hove Albion has warned it faces financial ruin after Lewes District Council decided to press on with its High Court action against Falmer stadium. The council's Cabinet voted unanimously in a behind-closed-doors meeting last night to decline

  • Letter: But not too much

    I pay private medical bills because, for me, it works out better value than private insurance. Although I also pay my NHS dues through taxation, my private payments are not tax exempt. As consultants' fees are increasing breathtaking, it makes me wonder

  • Letter: Pay for health

    We had our beloved pet put to sleep at the vet's last week. This cost about £750. In contrast, I have worked for the National Health Service (NHS) for 36 years and it is totally free from the cradle to the grave, which is ridiculous, as so much more can

  • Letter: Local councils can stop unwanted phone masts

    Note Councillor Lynda Hyde's observations about mobile phone base stations (Letters, June 2) and empathise with what she says about central Government banning the right to turn down such installations on health grounds. She is also right to ask whether

  • Mushtaq holds key for Sussex

    Sussex were expecting Lancashire to provide their toughest test of the season so far so they will not have been surprised by events at Liverpool yesterday. Led by the excellent Glenn Chapple, who took four of the first five wickets to fall, the first

  • Majeeds ready to fight for Crawley

    Crawley's owners insists they will not leave without a fight, despite revealing debts of £500,000. Hertfordshire-based businessman John Goodwin told The Argus yesterday about his interest in taking over the crisis club which went into administration on

  • £10 billion bid for airport group

    Some of the UK's biggest airports - including Gatwick - look poised for Spanish ownership after a dramatic bid battle drove the value of BAA above £10 billion. The airports operator, which owns seven UK airports, backed a bid from the consortium headed

  • Letter: Windmill efficiency is not of the best

    So Attila the Stockbroker's wife would rather have wind turbines than the Shoreham power station. Does she realise it would require 400 wind turbines to replace its 400 megawatt output. These 1 megawatt turbines would stand 69 metres (226ft) high and

  • Letter: The right amount

    Of course, Gary Kemp is correct about the effects of overfluoridation, whether natural or artifical (Letters, June 3). That is how it was originally discovered. However, excessive fluoride is needless and harmful, which is true of almost anything we ingest

  • Letter: Played a coward

    I Have another interesting snippet about supporting movie actor Eddie Albert, Gordon Dean's subject last Saturday (Letters, June 3). This real-life war hero's most serious film role and, arguably, his best, was as a cowardly US Army captain in Attack!

  • Letter: Canada calling

    I live in British Columbia, Canada, with my husband, Bill. A few weeks ago, my husband came to Brighton to be with his mum, who had suffered a stroke and was in the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Sadly, his mum passed away but, during the two-week period

  • Body in Spain confirmed as missing man

    The body of a man found in a popular gay Spanish resort has been confirmed as that of a missing Bognor man, police said. Relatives of Kevin Hoare flew to Barcelona to formally identify the body, which was discovered in an apartment close to where he was

  • Letter: Rift over thrift

    I was enjoying a day out at half-term on Southwick Beach with a group of artists. Just beyond Carat's Cafe were some wonderful, pink mounds of wild flowers called thrift, which some of our group incorporated into their paintings. Some time later, we were

  • Royal hooray fo Henry, 110

    The Queen led the nation in congratulating Britain's oldest man on his 110th birthday yesterday. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown presented Henry Allingham with a letter of good wishes from the Queen at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne. Mr Brown

  • Station parking is 'a nightmare'

    Commuters could be banned from all-day parking near a busy train station after residents accused them of using streets as "parking lots". Brighton and Hove City Council is considering a new scheme to stop drivers packing roads near Hove station with their

  • Police are accused of racism

    Sussex Police have been accused of racism after a plot to monitor traveller and gipsy activities in a top hotel was uncovered. The force tried to make the Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel inform officers if groups of travellers or gipsies were suspected

  • Epileptic is robbed as he has seizure

    An epilepsy sufferer's shoulder bag was stolen as he had a seizure in a busy street. Steven Douglas, right, 38, realised he was about to have a seizure as he was returning home from the shops. He made his way to the side of a church, where he collapsed

  • Driver found dying in pool of blood

    A man died of head injuries after a suspected case of road rage. The 64-year-old is believed to have been in a fracas with another motorist on the A259 near Bognor moments before he got out of his car and was hit by a second vehicle. He fell to the ground

  • Letter: Save our trees

    Considering the water shortages we face in the South-East, the John Prescott policy of plastering thousands of houses across our countryside will only put more stress on our environment. Developers would rather build houses on our precious green belt

  • Mayo backing Albion for play-offs

    Kerry Mayo has been to some pretty impressive venues with Albion in recent seasons, places like the Millennium Stadium, White Hart Lane and The Stadium of Light. Now he has grounds for hoping the bookmakers are right and that the relegated Seagulls are

  • Rate relief unclaimed

    Half of small firms are missing out on rate relief that could make the difference between staying afloat and going bust, according to a new survey. A survey covering 78,000 small businesses found that one in two had failed to apply for relief that could

  • Big change to company law

    The Government has pledged to make "sweeping changes" to company law to make it easier for smaller firms in particular to do business. Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling published a reform Bill which he estimated would save companies £250 million

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