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  • COMMUNITY NEWS FROM THE BRIGHTON AREA

    Central Hove Averil Older 01273 772071 VALENTINES NIGHT: For a Valentine's night out with a difference, why not come along to St Catherine's Lodge Hotel, Kingsway, on Monday, February 14, at 7.30pm. Video horse racing is promised, together with black-jack

  • Battling for a place at Butlins

    Hundreds of hopefuls queued around the block for the chance to become a Butlins Redcoat. Former Brighton Redcoat Ted Rogers was one of the judges picking the next wave of family entertainers. The holiday company, which has a resort in Bognor, is about

  • Vive le chateau

    CHAMPAGNE flowed at the French Convalescent Home yesterday as it was revealed the building had been saved from demolition. But at the same time, staff and residents were gearing up for the second stage of the fight, as Bovis insisted it would still try

  • Goal-hungry Sussex sink The Navy

    Matt Russell plundered another two goals as Sussex kept their feet on the Lancing Ice. The Horsham YMCA marksman's second-half brace on top of Gavin Geddes's first half double secured a comfortable win. Victory at Aldershot against Army FC on Tuesday,

  • Adam keeps it in the family

    Sixteen-year-old Adam Hinshelwood is Albion's Boy From Uncle. The 16-year-old nephew of the Seagulls director of youth, Martin, impressed his relative on a full debut for the youth team in a 1-1 draw at Gillingham. And defender Hinshelwood, who was on

  • Pinamote: I want to stay

    Loan signing Lorenzo Pinamonte's future with Albion is on a knife-edge. The Italian loan signing will make his mind up on a £75,000 move to Brentford after speaking to his agent. The Bees have offered him a lucrative three and a half year contract, but

  • SIMON FANSHAWE, MAN ABOUT CITY

    A couple of weeks ago I had had it with moaners. I had had it up to here (I am pointing at my cheek). And now somebody's written to me, in response to the column, to say that "moaning" about things - the Government, the litter, New Year's Eve, the Dome

  • How Del Boy's fall cost us jobs

    IT WAS the high and low point of Eighties style - the tastes of Del Boy Trotter. The ultimate entrepreneur standing at the bar with a Filofax in one hand and a glass of white wine spritzer in the other. As he leant towards the bar of a City winery, staring

  • Simply the Becks for football mad Shane

    Like most young kids, Shane Ward dreams of being a Premiership footballer. The 12-year-old plays the game every Saturday for his local youth team, Peacehaven Under-12s, and has been an avid supporter of Manchester United for as long as he can remember

  • Safety review gives pier thumbs-up

    A full safety review has been carried out on Eastbourne Pier after the second fire there in just over a month. Pier bosses announced that a nightclub hit by fire at the weekend has now re-opened and gave assurances that the attraction was safe. Manager

  • CONFIDENCE TAKES SHOCK DOWNTURN

    A NEW Sussex business survey has shown a surprise result. Sussex Enterprise's quarterly economic survey of 200 businesses in the final quarter of 1999 revealed that confidence among businesses in the county fell for the first time since 1997. Mark Froud

  • Mum bowls out bosses

    A former bowling centre manager from Burgess Hill has won almost £200,000 compensation in a landmark victory over her ex-employers who refused to give her a reference for another job. Belinda Coote, 38, has been fighting for six years against leisure

  • ADAM TRIMINGHAM, THE SAGE OF SUSSEX

    Shoreham was one of the first airports in Britain and early aviation pioneers might have expected it to become a real high flyer. But it has remained a little local airfield while Gatwick up the road has become one of the busiest in the world. No one

  • Older and web-wiser

    WHEN grandmother Ann Turner bought a new knitting machine it led to a silent revolution among her friends. After learning how to use the computer needed to work the machine, she discovered a lot of other people in her community were also desperate to

  • How Del Boy's fall cost us jobs

    IT WAS the high and low point of Eighties style - the tastes of Del Boy Trotter. The ultimate entrepreneur standing at the bar with a Filofax in one hand and a glass of white wine spritzer in the other. As he leant towards the bar of a City winery, staring

  • Simply the Becks for football mad Shane

    Like most young kids, Shane Ward dreams of being a Premiership footballer. The 12-year-old plays the game every Saturday for his local youth team, Peacehaven Under-12s, and has been an avid supporter of Manchester United for as long as he can remember

  • Addicts' support centre planned

    A support centre for 5,000 drug and alcohol abusers is planned for the centre of Brighton. It will be in an empty building on the corner of Ship Street and Ship Street Gardens. Residents, shopkeepers and businesses, many of whom do not know the full extent

  • Safety review gives pier thumbs-up

    A full safety review has been carried out on Eastbourne Pier after the second fire there in just over a month. Pier bosses announced that a nightclub hit by fire at the weekend has now re-opened and gave assurances that the attraction was safe. Manager

  • Are you really going to throw Rose out?

    HAVE building firm Bovis no shame? The Argus revealed yesterday the developers who want to tear down the historic French Convalescent Home had been stopped in their tracks. The Government's Culture Minister, Alan Howarth, awarded the building Grade II

  • CONFIDENCE TAKES SHOCK DOWNTURN

    A NEW Sussex business survey has shown a surprise result. Sussex Enterprise's quarterly economic survey of 200 businesses in the final quarter of 1999 revealed that confidence among businesses in the county fell for the first time since 1997. Mark Froud

  • Fans queue to see funnyman

    Michael Palin drew in the crowds when he visited Sussex to promote his new book. The former Monty Python star and world explorer signed hundreds of copies of his book, Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure. More than 150 of his fans queued up to meet their

  • Mum bowls out bosses

    A former bowling centre manager from Burgess Hill has won almost £200,000 compensation in a landmark victory over her ex-employers who refused to give her a reference for another job. Belinda Coote, 38, has been fighting for six years against leisure

  • ADAM TRIMINGHAM, THE SAGE OF SUSSEX

    Shoreham was one of the first airports in Britain and early aviation pioneers might have expected it to become a real high flyer. But it has remained a little local airfield while Gatwick up the road has become one of the busiest in the world. No one

  • Goal-hungry Sussex sink The Navy

    Matt Russell plundered another two goals as Sussex kept their feet on the Lancing Ice. The Horsham YMCA marksman's second-half brace on top of Gavin Geddes's first half double secured a comfortable win. Victory at Aldershot against Army FC on Tuesday,

  • Mayo likes life on the road

    KERRY Mayo has backed the unusual travel arrangements for the trek to Torquay. Mayo reckons the coach journey hours before kick-off had no adverse effect on the players. Adams abandoned the normal policy of an overnight hotel stay for the 200-mile haul

  • Duke campaigns to save tourist centre

    THE Duke of Richmond and Arun council leader Gordon Whittaker launched an appeal to save an award-winning tourist information centre threatened with closure. The Fontwell Visitor Information Centre is high on a hit list of services and facilities that

  • Fire wrecks a bookshop

    A BOOKSHOP manager was today counting the cost after a fire ripped through his store, causing tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage. More than 15 firefighters tackled the blaze at The Works bookshop in the centre of Worthing shortly after 4 o'clock

  • SIMON FANSHAWE, MAN ABOUT CITY

    A couple of weeks ago I had had it with moaners. I had had it up to here (I am pointing at my cheek). And now somebody's written to me, in response to the column, to say that "moaning" about things - the Government, the litter, New Year's Eve, the Dome

  • Older and web-wiser

    WHEN grandmother Ann Turner bought a new knitting machine it led to a silent revolution among her friends. After learning how to use the computer needed to work the machine, she discovered a lot of other people in her community were also desperate to

  • Addicts' support centre planned

    A support centre for 5,000 drug and alcohol abusers is planned for the centre of Brighton. It will be in an empty building on the corner of Ship Street and Ship Street Gardens. Residents, shopkeepers and businesses, many of whom do not know the full extent

  • Are you really going to throw Rose out?

    HAVE building firm Bovis no shame? The Argus revealed yesterday the developers who want to tear down the historic French Convalescent Home had been stopped in their tracks. The Government's Culture Minister, Alan Howarth, awarded the building Grade II

  • Drink-driver kills friends

    A 24-year-old man almost twice over the drink-drive limit lost control of his car at 90mph, killing himself and two friends, a Hastings inquest heard. Driver Robert Larrad, an ice-cream salesman from Stockleigh Road, Leonard Benton, 30, of Marina, both

  • COMMUNITY NEWS FROM THE BRIGHTON AREA

    Central Hove Averil Older 01273 772071 VALENTINES NIGHT: For a Valentine's night out with a difference, why not come along to St Catherine's Lodge Hotel, Kingsway, on Monday, February 14, at 7.30pm. Video horse racing is promised, together with black-jack

  • Fans queue to see funnyman

    Michael Palin drew in the crowds when he visited Sussex to promote his new book. The former Monty Python star and world explorer signed hundreds of copies of his book, Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure. More than 150 of his fans queued up to meet their

  • Battling for a place at Butlins

    Hundreds of hopefuls queued around the block for the chance to become a Butlins Redcoat. Former Brighton Redcoat Ted Rogers was one of the judges picking the next wave of family entertainers. The holiday company, which has a resort in Bognor, is about

  • Vive le chateau

    CHAMPAGNE flowed at the French Convalescent Home yesterday as it was revealed the building had been saved from demolition. But at the same time, staff and residents were gearing up for the second stage of the fight, as Bovis insisted it would still try

  • Goal-hungry Sussex sink The Navy

    Matt Russell plundered another two goals as Sussex kept their feet on the Lancing Ice. The Horsham YMCA marksman's second-half brace on top of Gavin Geddes's first half double secured a comfortable win. Victory at Aldershot against Army FC on Tuesday,

  • Goal-hungry Sussex sink The Navy

    Matt Russell plundered another two goals as Sussex kept their feet on the Lancing Ice. The Horsham YMCA marksman's second-half brace on top of Gavin Geddes's first half double secured a comfortable win. Victory at Aldershot against Army FC on Tuesday,

  • Adam keeps it in the family

    Sixteen-year-old Adam Hinshelwood is Albion's Boy From Uncle. The 16-year-old nephew of the Seagulls director of youth, Martin, impressed his relative on a full debut for the youth team in a 1-1 draw at Gillingham. And defender Hinshelwood, who was on

  • Mayo likes life on the road

    KERRY Mayo has backed the unusual travel arrangements for the trek to Torquay. Mayo reckons the coach journey hours before kick-off had no adverse effect on the players. Adams abandoned the normal policy of an overnight hotel stay for the 200-mile haul

  • Pinamote: I want to stay

    Loan signing Lorenzo Pinamonte's future with Albion is on a knife-edge. The Italian loan signing will make his mind up on a £75,000 move to Brentford after speaking to his agent. The Bees have offered him a lucrative three and a half year contract, but

  • Duke campaigns to save tourist centre

    THE Duke of Richmond and Arun council leader Gordon Whittaker launched an appeal to save an award-winning tourist information centre threatened with closure. The Fontwell Visitor Information Centre is high on a hit list of services and facilities that

  • Fire wrecks a bookshop

    A BOOKSHOP manager was today counting the cost after a fire ripped through his store, causing tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage. More than 15 firefighters tackled the blaze at The Works bookshop in the centre of Worthing shortly after 4 o'clock

  • SIMON FANSHAWE, MAN ABOUT CITY

    A couple of weeks ago I had had it with moaners. I had had it up to here (I am pointing at my cheek). And now somebody's written to me, in response to the column, to say that "moaning" about things - the Government, the litter, New Year's Eve, the Dome

  • SIMON FANSHAWE, MAN ABOUT CITY

    A couple of weeks ago I had had it with moaners. I had had it up to here (I am pointing at my cheek). And now somebody's written to me, in response to the column, to say that "moaning" about things - the Government, the litter, New Year's Eve, the Dome

  • Drink-driver kills friends

    A 24-year-old man almost twice over the drink-drive limit lost control of his car at 90mph, killing himself and two friends, a Hastings inquest heard. Driver Robert Larrad, an ice-cream salesman from Stockleigh Road, Leonard Benton, 30, of Marina, both