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Shoreham's Wednesday market at the community centre has become an integral part of our thriving community. Thanks to everyone concerned - may it long continue. -Mrs P. Williams, Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea

A big thank you to all the kind people who came to my assistance when my nan fell in George Street, Hove, recently. -Robert English, Locks Crescent, Portslade

I cannot praise highly enough the staff on the maternity unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. After having my baby by emergency caesarean I spent more than a week there. The doctors, auxiliary staff and particularly the midwives provided

Despite winning compensation from a council over glaring security lights, a man is still thousands of pounds out of pocket. David Bonwick, 61, of Stonery Road in Mile Oak, complained to Brighton and Hove Council about the lights in nearby Downland Court

When Sir Alec Guinness died on Sunday, it brought memories flooding back for pupils who went to school with him in Sussex. To Alan Burtenshaw, Sir Alec was more than just a famous face and the star of countless stage shows and big screen productions.

A chairman of governors has raised serious concerns about security at a Sussex school. The recent abduction and murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne has heightened worries about access at Thomas a Becket Middle School in Worthing. A West Sussex Education

It comes as no surprise Liberal Democrat Paul Elgood voted with the ruling Labour group to help destroy part of the South Downs with park and ride sites. As with the Newbury bypass, you can always count on the Liberal Democrats to bow to vested interests

Camp comic Julian Clary is moving to Brighton for five weeks while he stars in this year's panto at the Theatre Royal. He spent yesterday afternoon flat hunting after a photo shoot for Cinderella with co-stars Dave Benson-Phillips, presenter of children's

Gerry Woolf, secretary of the Electric Vehicle Association of Great Britain, deserves congratulations on his efforts and dedication to the production and use of electric vehicles. He is rendering an important public service. As an Independent parliamentary

It is hard to imagine a more traumatic experience than losing a child, sister, brother or parent. But to know that your loved one was murdered can make the grief, anger and hurt intolerable. For Joan Martin the details of her sister Betty's violent death

Sussex Police welcomed their youngest recruit ever when six-week-old Meghan Newman was carried through the door. Her mother, Lewes-based Inspector Becky Newman, was still breast feeding when she attended a training course at Bramshill in Hampshire, so

Twenty new jobs will be created when a supermarket starts 24-hour trading next month. Asda at Brighton Marina is to open round the clock from Monday to Saturday from September 11. The store will be recruiting shift workers during the next month. It is

Making a small charge for calls to visitor information centres (VICs) has done the opposite of putting people off calling them (Opinion, August 2). The charge, publicised by Brighton and Hove Council two months ago, has been used to fund a better-staffed

It is a nightmare every expectant parent prays will never happen to them. Two years after the botched birth of her first child, Clare Brown is still traumatised by the death of her brain-damaged baby. Months of planning for a future as a family disappeared

Grieving Azra Mutombo wants answers after her dying mother was left on a hospital trolley for more than ten hours. Mrs Mutombo is outraged her mother spent one of her last days alive confused, distressed and in pain in the accident and emergency department

Stories of medical mistakes break with alarming regularity these days. From baby deaths at Bristol Royal Infirmary, to the organs of dead children being removed without parental consent in Liverpool, people sometimes feel senior managers run hospitals

Two Sussex children spent their holiday battling a serious stomach bug which struck down dozens of fellow holidaymakers. At least 22 Britons fell ill after catching the bug at a Spanish hotel. Jackie Lewis said her seven-year-old daughter, Alice, was

Bus drivers in Brighton and Hove are to receive an inflation-busting 13 per cent pay rise. The move follows a troubled time for Brighton and Hove Buses, which has had to cut services to cope with a shortfall in staff. It had also been threatened with

Pensioner Peggy Rousell is threatening to superglue herself to her chair rather than leave her home. Mrs Rousell, who has lived at Nyewood House, Bognor, for the last four years, is refusing to leave despite a letter from social services warning the residential

Horsham III captain Graham Carter blasted the British League fixtures list. Carter insists it is "unacceptable" that his team have to make TWO 600-mile round trips to the Tregorrick Palace Club, St Austell, Cornwall, under the new system. League organisers

The Lewis family from Hove were looking forward to their two-week holiday in a hotel in Majorca, enjoying the sun and swimming in the pool. Instead, they spent most of their time sick and ill after being infected by a dangerous water-borne parasite in

It is a shame Councillor Barnard is trying to make political mischief out of Brighton and Hove Council's efforts to help Hangleton Community Association revitalise its centre (Argus, July 31). The trustees are working with the council to encourage more

This latest addition to Body Shop founder Anita Roddick's home could certainly do with some of her skin-care products. The gnarled wooden sculpture has been put in her garden at Slindon, near Chichester. The 6ft 2in-high sculpture, called Greenman, was

A young pilot from Burgess Hill who gave his life in the Battle of Britain will be remembered at a service in the town next month. The two surviving brothers of Sergeant Pilot Philip Norris will attend the Battle of Britain Day service at the war memorial

Police fear a child sex pervert is on the prowl after an 11-year-old girl was indecently assaulted. He approached the victim while she was playing in an arcade on Brighton Pier, Brighton. The man, with a stubble beard and wearing a red, black and blue-striped

Little Florin Benfell is hoping to beat the boys at their own game. The six-year-old American is the only girl in her class at a summer football school, but she is not fazed by the boisterous on-pitch antics of her team-mates. Instead she sees it as part

I am trying to trace Sharon Morley (previously Loveland), last known living in Lancing. We did our general nurse training together at Worthing and Southlands hospitals 1975-78. I lost touch with her several years ago. -Marion Beloe (nee Tennant), 38 Mulberry

A big thank you to all the kind people who came to my assistance when my nan fell in George Street, Hove, recently. -Robert English, Locks Crescent, Portslade

Is it any wonder the public are cynical about local councillors when they give themselves another pay rise without public consultation (Argus, August 5)? One can only presume they are all intent on getting as much as they can before the local government

Few people think about rubbish after they have put it in their bin except when things go wrong. That happened this week for thousands of people in Brighton and Hove when contractors Sita experienced problems after changing the dates for many household

A woman accused of trying to kill her husband said he came at her with a knife, a court heard. Dena Thompson said in a police statement read out at Hove Crown Court the fight started after an argument about money. She said he wanted to go to America the

A £30 million leisure development can go ahead after the Government refused to hold a public inquiry. Developers Citygrove can start on the new 11-screen cinema, bars, restaurants and new sports centre proposed for the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove

A chairman of governors has raised serious concerns about security at a Sussex school. The recent abduction and murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne has heightened worries about access at Thomas a Becket Middle School in Worthing. A West Sussex Education

Camp comic Julian Clary is moving to Brighton for five weeks while he stars in this year's panto at the Theatre Royal. He spent yesterday afternoon flat hunting after a photo shoot for Cinderella with co-stars Dave Benson-Phillips, presenter of children's

It is hard to imagine a more traumatic experience than losing a child, sister, brother or parent. But to know that your loved one was murdered can make the grief, anger and hurt intolerable. For Joan Martin the details of her sister Betty's violent death

Stinking, rotting, rubbish is proving an inspiration to Darvish Fakhr and Jim Seal. The decaying bin bags are bringing out the creative side of the pair who are using their skills to show Brighton and Hove's rubbish situation stinks. Kemp Town artist

My wife and I returned recently from a tour taking in all the Scandinavian capitals which are so clean and put to shame large parts of Brighton and Hove where the streets range from dirty to disgusting. However, those in the centre of Brighton will no

Sussex Police welcomed their youngest recruit ever when six-week-old Meghan Newman was carried through the door. Her mother, Lewes-based Inspector Becky Newman, was still breast feeding when she attended a training course at Bramshill in Hampshire, so

Twenty new jobs will be created when a supermarket starts 24-hour trading next month. Asda at Brighton Marina is to open round the clock from Monday to Saturday from September 11. The store will be recruiting shift workers during the next month. It is

Grieving Azra Mutombo wants answers after her dying mother was left on a hospital trolley for more than ten hours. Mrs Mutombo is outraged her mother spent one of her last days alive confused, distressed and in pain in the accident and emergency department

Two Sussex children spent their holiday battling a serious stomach bug which struck down dozens of fellow holidaymakers. At least 22 Britons fell ill after catching the bug at a Spanish hotel. Jackie Lewis said her seven-year-old daughter, Alice, was

Bus drivers in Brighton and Hove have won an inflation-busting 13 per cent pay rise. The news follows a troubled time for Brighton and Hove Buses, which has been forced to slash services because of staff shortages. The company hopes the increase will

Bus drivers in Brighton and Hove are to receive an inflation-busting 13 per cent pay rise. The move follows a troubled time for Brighton and Hove Buses, which has had to cut services to cope with a shortfall in staff. It had also been threatened with

As I am a hypocrite, according to East Sussex County Councillor Mike Skinner (Opinion, July 31), I felt I should put the record straight. Nicholas Hoogstraten, or one of his companies, has blocked a right of way. This is illegal. The courts rightly have

Horsham III captain Graham Carter blasted the British League fixtures list. Carter insists it is "unacceptable" that his team have to make TWO 600-mile round trips to the Tregorrick Palace Club, St Austell, Cornwall, under the new system. League organisers

It is a shame Councillor Barnard is trying to make political mischief out of Brighton and Hove Council's efforts to help Hangleton Community Association revitalise its centre (Argus, July 31). The trustees are working with the council to encourage more

A young pilot from Burgess Hill who gave his life in the Battle of Britain will be remembered at a service in the town next month. The two surviving brothers of Sergeant Pilot Philip Norris will attend the Battle of Britain Day service at the war memorial

Police fear a child sex pervert is on the prowl after an 11-year-old girl was indecently assaulted. He approached the victim while she was playing in an arcade on Brighton Pier, Brighton. The man, with a stubble beard and wearing a red, black and blue-striped

Profits at Britain's second largest holiday operator, Airtours, slumped drastically in the last quarter. The group said it had taken a loss on its operations on the Continent and in North America. In the three months to June 30 Airtours made only £700,000

I am trying to trace Sharon Morley (previously Loveland), last known living in Lancing. We did our general nurse training together at Worthing and Southlands hospitals 1975-78. I lost touch with her several years ago. -Marion Beloe (nee Tennant), 38 Mulberry

Is it any wonder the public are cynical about local councillors when they give themselves another pay rise without public consultation (Argus, August 5)? One can only presume they are all intent on getting as much as they can before the local government

Few people think about rubbish after they have put it in their bin except when things go wrong. That happened this week for thousands of people in Brighton and Hove when contractors Sita experienced problems after changing the dates for many household

A woman accused of trying to kill her husband said he came at her with a knife, a court heard. Dena Thompson said in a police statement read out at Hove Crown Court the fight started after an argument about money. She said he wanted to go to America the

A £30 million leisure development can go ahead after the Government refused to hold a public inquiry. Developers Citygrove can start on the new 11-screen cinema, bars, restaurants and new sports centre proposed for the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove

A woman whose father died in an accident at Shoreham Harbour in 1976 is sending her support to the parents of Simon Jones, who was killed at the same site. Simon, a 24-year-old student who was taking a year out from Sussex University, died in 1998 while

Stinking, rotting, rubbish is proving an inspiration to Darvish Fakhr and Jim Seal. The decaying bin bags are bringing out the creative side of the pair who are using their skills to show Brighton and Hove's rubbish situation stinks. Kemp Town artist

My wife and I returned recently from a tour taking in all the Scandinavian capitals which are so clean and put to shame large parts of Brighton and Hove where the streets range from dirty to disgusting. However, those in the centre of Brighton will no

Rubbish collections in Brighton and Hove were delayed by two hours today as dustmen held an emergency meeting over working conditions. Almost all the 100 refuse staff employed by the council's waste contractor Sita attended the meeting, which followed

After suffering yet another week of appalling journeys (trains late and overcrowded) back to Preston Park from Redhill, I was interested to read the article from the head of Govia, the company which runs Thameslink and the recent report on how poor the

As I am a hypocrite, according to East Sussex County Councillor Mike Skinner (Opinion, July 31), I felt I should put the record straight. Nicholas Hoogstraten, or one of his companies, has blocked a right of way. This is illegal. The courts rightly have

A few weeks ago, I visited Croydon and was very impressed by the excellent tramway system it has in operation. They have 18 miles of tramtrack reaching to all parts of the area. Such a system would be ideal for Brighton and could help solve our traffic

Crawley star Steve Elms warmed up for his defence of the county 25-mile time trial title next month with a victory. He won Brighton Excelsior's Ringdale-sponsored event over the championship course at Steyning. Elms (In Gear) sped round the undulating

Miss M. Watts is right when she says how vital the accident and emergency department at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, is (Opinion, August 3). A few years ago my sister-in-law collapsed on the pavement in Brighton and was taken by ambulance

Darren Freeman doesn't want Albion to win 6-0 at Southend on Saturday, and he doesn't want to hit a hat-trick either. No Seagulls supporter needs reminding that was the result in the opening match last season. Micky Adams' men celebrated their Withdean

Albion manager Micky Adams is urging fans not to expect "too much too soon" from Bobby Zamora. Adams knows a lot will be expected of the £100,000 signing from Bristol Rovers after his six goals in six games on loan to the Seagulls last season. "That is

A row has broken out in a fashionable neighbourhood over plans to strip the white paint off the front of an historic Regency house. Homeowner Todd Cooper has applied for planning permission to uncover the original yellow brickwork of Fife House, in Lewes

Profits at Britain's second largest holiday operator, Airtours, slumped drastically in the last quarter. The group said it had taken a loss on its operations on the Continent and in North America. In the three months to June 30 Airtours made only £700,000

Shoreham's Wednesday market at the community centre has become an integral part of our thriving community. Thanks to everyone concerned - may it long continue. -Mrs P. Williams, Swiss Gardens, Shoreham-by-Sea

I cannot praise highly enough the staff on the maternity unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. After having my baby by emergency caesarean I spent more than a week there. The doctors, auxiliary staff and particularly the midwives provided

Despite winning compensation from a council over glaring security lights, a man is still thousands of pounds out of pocket. David Bonwick, 61, of Stonery Road in Mile Oak, complained to Brighton and Hove Council about the lights in nearby Downland Court

When Sir Alec Guinness died on Sunday, it brought memories flooding back for pupils who went to school with him in Sussex. To Alan Burtenshaw, Sir Alec was more than just a famous face and the star of countless stage shows and big screen productions.

A woman whose father died in an accident at Shoreham Harbour in 1976 is sending her support to the parents of Simon Jones, who was killed at the same site. Simon, a 24-year-old student who was taking a year out from Sussex University, died in 1998 while

It comes as no surprise Liberal Democrat Paul Elgood voted with the ruling Labour group to help destroy part of the South Downs with park and ride sites. As with the Newbury bypass, you can always count on the Liberal Democrats to bow to vested interests

Gerry Woolf, secretary of the Electric Vehicle Association of Great Britain, deserves congratulations on his efforts and dedication to the production and use of electric vehicles. He is rendering an important public service. As an Independent parliamentary

Rubbish collections in Brighton and Hove were delayed by two hours today as dustmen held an emergency meeting over working conditions. Almost all the 100 refuse staff employed by the council's waste contractor Sita attended the meeting, which followed

Making a small charge for calls to visitor information centres (VICs) has done the opposite of putting people off calling them (Opinion, August 2). The charge, publicised by Brighton and Hove Council two months ago, has been used to fund a better-staffed

It is a nightmare every expectant parent prays will never happen to them. Two years after the botched birth of her first child, Clare Brown is still traumatised by the death of her brain-damaged baby. Months of planning for a future as a family disappeared

Stories of medical mistakes break with alarming regularity these days. From baby deaths at Bristol Royal Infirmary, to the organs of dead children being removed without parental consent in Liverpool, people sometimes feel senior managers run hospitals

It was hats off to the girls during Ladies Day at Brighton Racecourse yesterday. A fantastic array of millinery was on show as the women of the town enjoyed a day out. Among them was a group of traders from the Lanes led by Sue Addis, chairman of The

A nursing home is to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday a week late after a planned party was abandoned because of a fire. More than 40 residents at Regency Court in Littlehampton were to crack open the champagne and cut a cake during a celebration

After suffering yet another week of appalling journeys (trains late and overcrowded) back to Preston Park from Redhill, I was interested to read the article from the head of Govia, the company which runs Thameslink and the recent report on how poor the

Pensioner Peggy Rousell is threatening to superglue herself to her chair rather than leave her home. Mrs Rousell, who has lived at Nyewood House, Bognor, for the last four years, is refusing to leave despite a letter from social services warning the residential

A few weeks ago, I visited Croydon and was very impressed by the excellent tramway system it has in operation. They have 18 miles of tramtrack reaching to all parts of the area. Such a system would be ideal for Brighton and could help solve our traffic

The Lewis family from Hove were looking forward to their two-week holiday in a hotel in Majorca, enjoying the sun and swimming in the pool. Instead, they spent most of their time sick and ill after being infected by a dangerous water-borne parasite in

Crawley star Steve Elms warmed up for his defence of the county 25-mile time trial title next month with a victory. He won Brighton Excelsior's Ringdale-sponsored event over the championship course at Steyning. Elms (In Gear) sped round the undulating

Miss M. Watts is right when she says how vital the accident and emergency department at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, is (Opinion, August 3). A few years ago my sister-in-law collapsed on the pavement in Brighton and was taken by ambulance

Darren Freeman doesn't want Albion to win 6-0 at Southend on Saturday, and he doesn't want to hit a hat-trick either. No Seagulls supporter needs reminding that was the result in the opening match last season. Micky Adams' men celebrated their Withdean

Albion manager Micky Adams is urging fans not to expect "too much too soon" from Bobby Zamora. Adams knows a lot will be expected of the £100,000 signing from Bristol Rovers after his six goals in six games on loan to the Seagulls last season. "That is

This latest addition to Body Shop founder Anita Roddick's home could certainly do with some of her skin-care products. The gnarled wooden sculpture has been put in her garden at Slindon, near Chichester. The 6ft 2in-high sculpture, called Greenman, was

A row has broken out in a fashionable neighbourhood over plans to strip the white paint off the front of an historic Regency house. Homeowner Todd Cooper has applied for planning permission to uncover the original yellow brickwork of Fife House, in Lewes

Little Florin Benfell is hoping to beat the boys at their own game. The six-year-old American is the only girl in her class at a summer football school, but she is not fazed by the boisterous on-pitch antics of her team-mates. Instead she sees it as part