The soya industry has exploded in recent years as more people latch on to its potential health benefits. Many of those recommended to buy the growing number of products such as soya milk and tofu are menopausal women looking for an alternative to hormone
I was interested in the story of the Polish community in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, June 28). In the post-war years, The Argus had a Polish compositor. He was a jolly nice chap and, one day I jokingly called him a Polish Lancer, a unit famous in history
Lives and properties are being put at a risk by arson attacks which have shot up by 50 per cent in just one month. Across Hastings, but especially in Churchfields, Wishing Tree and Harley Shute, there were 34 deliberate fires in June compared with 22
David Lepper MP is wrong about council housing in Brighton and Hove (Letters, June 28). Any transfer is still a transfer. A housing association is a housing association, even if dressed up as some sort of co-operative. The houses are taken out of municipal
How does Eastbourne Borough Council think screening off the seafront bandstand from visitors and residents alike will help anyone change their view of Eastbourne? Certainly, it will change the look of the bandstand from a seafront landmark to something
Neighbours have spent more than a week trapped in their homes after sewage swamped their gardens. Pensioner Mavis Shields and single mum Tammie Whitney had to keep their doors and windows closed as temperatures soared above 30C. Miss Whitney's two children
Coastguards today warned they may have to use anti-social behaviour laws to stop youngsters leaping into the sea from piers, rocks, cliffs and groynes. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is considering using ASBOs to stop habitual 'tombstoners' before
If Deborah Newman read the notices she derides on the seafront (Letters, July 5), she would know dogs are not allowed on the beach from the end of May to September. She would not have been stung and would not be complaining now. -J Wagstaff, Hove
This time every year, I find myself dripping with sweat and gasping for breath while I marvel that people go to a gym and pay good money to get themselves into this state. How much better if they achieved it for free by pulling ragwort from fields, verges
Nicki Pedersen ditched his first choice bike just in time to ensure Eastbourne Eagles made the most of a timely change of luck. The dashing Dane's second machine powered him to a crucial victory in heat 15 as Eagles edged past title-chasing Reading 46
Patients around the country will be disappointed the British Medical Association (BMA) last week voted to oppose changing the law on assisted dying. The organisation Dignity in Dying believes this issue is about what dying patients want for themselves
A conservation group has warned that building a football stadium at Falmer "could destroy people's enjoyment of our finest landscapes". Tom Oliver of the Campaign to Protect Rural England said the Seagulls' plans to move from Withdean could damage a protected
Surf chicks Clair Mold and Kelly Childs think they've found a niche selling clobber for children who know the difference between a duck dive and a fakie. The pals have opened a shop in Westdene, Brighton, called Groms - short for grommets or "young surfers
A substance misuse clinic could help lower the number of drug-related deaths in a city which has topped the table for the last three years. Mike Pattinson, director of Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI), said bringing addiction services in Brighton and
A few weeks after a triumphant show here, as part of the Great Escape festival, Midlake returned to the Hanbury to play to a sold-out crowd. None of the band appeared to have shaved in the meantime. The Texas five-piece's second album, The Trials Of Van
"The last time I was here was 20-something years ago and I nearly died ...so it's great to be back," deadpanned Green Gartside before his first song. During those two decades he became a pop star, conflated the political and the personal with unrivalled
US officials have revealed the Government has begun talks about returning the British residents held in Guantanamo Bay to the UK. It is a major boost for the campaign for justice for Omar Deghayes, the 37-year-old from Saltdean who has been captive in
Ambulance workers who claimed lives were being put at risk from a lack of meal breaks have reached a deal with bosses. Unions complained Sussex staff work long hours without a break which affects their physical and mental welfare. Many members believe
Back in 2000, American author Eve Ensler conducted interviews with 200 women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and walks of life, asking them to share their most intimate thoughts about their vaginas, from birth to orgasms and from relationships to rape
Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who worked so hard to make the Bates Road Street Party such a success and to all who contributed in any way to give us such an enjoyable day. Dorothy Latter, 91, is our eldest resident and she opened the proceedings
With regard to the article headlined "Police put stop to festival of sex", could the local people who were interviewed please explain why they are "very, very concerned" about the attendees of Club Liberty and "what goes on there generally"? (The Argus
I would like to agree with Dr Boyask on several points (Letters, July 1). He correctly stated "the only reason for chlorination is to stop us from getting ill" but it is the treating of water and not the enforced medication of the population. Now, while
Anti-war protesters have lodged 13 complaints over Sussex Polices handling of a two-year campaign against a factory providing parts for fighter jets. One refers to the attempted eviction of a peace camp outside EDO MBM in Home Farm Road, Brighton, last
Sentimental Big Brother star Pete Stephenson paid tribute to evicted housemate Lea by bleaching his hair. Lea had made it clear she was a sucker for men with blond, spiky hair and before she left on Friday she asked Pete to bleach his hair for her. Aisleyne
Hundreds of residents have been reporting their neighbours for breaking hosepipe and sprinkler bans. Southern Water and South East Water, which supply all of Sussex between them, have received scores of complaints. From June 5 to July 2 Southern Water
Christian groups confronted the makers of Jerry Springer The Opera at a fiery public debate. Passionate beliefs about blasphemy, freedom of speech and the purpose of art were discussed at the Brighton Dome, ahead of the show's final performance on a UK
Gary Kemp dismisses my implication that, if fluoridation is mass medication, so is chlorination (Letters, July 6). Consider: Both are derived from elements of the same halogen family; both are added to drinking water; both would enter our bodies whether
Bride-to-be Rebecca Lee will be gliding down the aisle at her wedding later this summer after losing more than eight stone in weight. The super slimmer tipped the scales at 20st 6lb before she joined a weight-loss programme last September and now is near
Dr Boyask takes great pains to emphasise water fluoridation is safe and beneficial, providing it is "properly applied and in the correct amounts" (Letters, June 24). This carefully qualified statement makes our case exactly. There is no way fluoridation
A Crawley Town supporters group is preparing a six-figure bid to buy the crisis-hit football club from the controversial Majeed brothers, The Argus can today reveal. The Devils Trust has received big-money pledges thought to total more than £100,000 from
With reference to Tony Bailey's comments on the fines handed out to two small boat fishermen (Letters, July 5), he is quite correct that they were out of all proportion to the offence. It seems to me the entire regime is set against the individual or
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust "will replace two maternity consultants and a part-time staff member with a single locum to help ease a mounting debt crisis" (The Argus, July 3). Unbelievable - that's our NHS. Does no one think of the poor patients? I
Injury-hit Eastbourne Eagles will continue to track just six men for the foreseeable future, including in tonight's return meeting at Reading (7.30). Eagles boss Jon Cook believes there are no suitable stand-ins available for the sidelined Adam Shields
Jake Robinson has been a bright young prospect waiting to fully blossom for longer than he probably cares to remember. But the Denton Destroyer was arguably the player who shone brightest as Albion got through 22 men and cast their eyes over trialists
New boy Alex Revell has set his sights on a starting role in League One after wasting little time scoring his first goal for Albion. Revell struck just 15 minutes after leaving the bench as the Seagulls opened their pre-season campaign with a 4-0 friendly
A business centre has welcomed the first start-ups into its new building. The Adur Business Centre's iconic Ropetackle building, on the waterfront at Shoreham, has been developed by the South East England Development Agency (Seeda) and Incubation South
A massive development complete with homes, offices and shops will overhaul the small market town of Lewes if it gets the go-ahead. Proposals have been put forward to revamp the Phoenix Quarter in the centre of Lewes including 800 homes, a three-screen
A campaign to save a threatened hospital is gathering strength. MPs Tim Loughton and Peter Bottomley visited Worthing Hospital to hand out hard copies of an online petition they have launched to save it. They spoke to patients, staff, visitors and the
Sussex MPs have taken a swipe at TV brainbox Carol Vorderman for endorsing loans secured against borrowers' homes. David Lepper, Brighton Pavilion, Celia Barlow, Hove and Portslade, and Laura Moffatt, Crawley, criticised celebrities like the Countdown
A woman who lost her leg in the London bombings is preparing to take on a 66-mile charity walk across the Sussex Downs. Susan Harrison, 30, from Crouch End, north London, was training to complete the 30-hour Oxfam Trailwalker challenge this time last
Back gardens across Sussex are disappearing under housing developments because of growing pressure for new homes. Figures from the Department of Communities and Local Government reveal the number of homes bought up and bulldozed for flats in Sussex is
Hip hop is the weapon of choice for the angry, or nihilistic, artist. But Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal is neither of those, though he has every reason to be. As a boy soldier in southern Sudan he learned about violent death, hunger and how to use an AK
A reporter working for The Argus has won a prestigious industry award for helping to crack a paedophile ring. Senior reporter Ruth Lumley, 26, won Scoop Of The Year at the Press Gazette Regional Press Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, on Friday
College lecturers could take industrial action in a row over plans to restructure jobs and pay. Staff at City College Brighton and Hove are furious and say they have not been consulted over plans forcing staff to accept new jobs or demotions. The University
A dog dressed as Olivia Newton John 'doing Xanadu', complete with pink tutu and headband, and another claiming to be a Johnny Depp lookalike. Not your usual dog show fodder but then Brighton's annual Gay Pride Dog Show is anything but predictable. The
The last time I saw Carousel performed was in the Spiegeltent, by the wild-hearted beauty Camille, as more than tipsy foreplay to the orgiastic splendours of La Clique. Tonight it concluded a revue of Jacques Brel's work in which cords, khaki and cautious
