Aero engine maker Rolls-Royce has reported a 76 per cent fall in half-year profits before tax as the company spent £120 million developing new emissions technologies. For the six months to June 30, pre-tax profits at the group were £38 million, compared
Can Coun Simon Sinnatt explain why he said "it is a complete disgrace" that a farmer is having to sell off her dairy herd because of the impact of low milk prices and a drop in demand (Argus, August 21). Would he prefer consumers went back to paying the
In spite of its predictability, the BBC's decision to saturate its output in both TV and radio with the Olympic Games from September 15 is acutely disappointing. How can the Corporation get it so badly wrong? Of course the Games must be comprehensively
Brighton and Hove has decided not to join other cities and towns across Europe to hold a car-free day. The event is taking place on September 22, but Brighton and Hove Council has declined an invitation by cyclists and environmentalists to take part.
Brighton comedian George Egg was cracked up today after thieves stole his props. The off-the-wall funny man has had to cancel £600-worth of gigs this weekend after losing his hallmark briefcase with all his props inside, including a bowling ball and giant
Pressure on Sussex and other parts of the South East from people moving out of London is set to continue, according to a new report. More than 48,000 people a year moved out of London in the Nineties, many of them heading for the coast and countryside
Whatever happened to the old no 13 bus which came down Hove Street, ran along the front to West Street and turned up to Brighton station via the Clock Tower and Queens Road? This service was a boon to all who lived on the seafront, who were spared having
A council has clamped down on the children's scooter craze by banning a model after a 15-year-old boy was injured. Trading standards officers from Brighton and Hove Council have told branches of Woolworth's in the towns they can no longer sell the 900R
Schoolboy Oliver Brown was nursing a broken leg in hospital today after jumping from a harbour pier into the sea and finding the water only a metre deep. Coastguards and the Sussex Ambulance Service who took him to hospital said the 14-year-old was lucky
Having been led to believe this was a once-in-a-lifetime show, I was extremely disappointed in This Rough Magic. It was obvious parachutists were in the sky and pyrotechnics were being set off, but as for any evidence of a play being performed, it must
Another school at Chichester has been badly damaged in an arson attack. A timber-framed building containing two classrooms was destroyed early yesterday in the grounds of Chichester High School for Girls. It was the second night running that a school
Pro-hunt campaigners are planning to have 1,000 demonstrators a day in Brighton during next month's Labour Party conference. In a statement, the Countryside Alliance warned the demonstrations would be "high-profile" throughout the conference week, September
The daughter of horror writer James Herbert celebrated her GCSE results yesterday - and immediately ruled out following in her father's footsteps. Casey Herbert, who lives with her parents near Henfield, picked up 13 A grade GCSEs, including 11 A*s. She
This Rough Magic was the kind of event that gives performance art a bad name. Too large, too unfocused, lacking any kind of narrative drive and entirely self-indulgent. "What does it all mean?" I asked myself. I came to the conclusion I didn't care, because
They have become as synonymous with Brighton and Hove as the piers or the pavilion. The towns have always had a high number of rough sleepers who have often been bypassed by society and descended into the hell of drink and drug dependencies. While the
Police are hunting a bike-riding sex attacker who pounced on an 11-year-old girl in a busy shopping street in Brighton. The victim was at the junction of London Road and Ann Street when the cyclist stopped, chatted to her and then carried out the indecent
An armed raider was "Tango-ed" yesterday as he fled with bundles of notes from a Brighton travel agents. Tucked inside the haul was a device that exploded minutes after he escaped - showering him in indelible orange ink. Startled shoppers looked on as
I am sure I am not the only one who found This Rough Magic over-praised, badly organised and over-hyped (Argus, August 21). Much of the spectacle could only be appreciated by those lucky enough to have front-row seats. Little thought had been given to
A council clerk has been suspended while allegations concerning his "conduct of council business" are investigated. Paul Archer, clerk of Newhaven Town Council, is suspended on full pay after a unanimous decision by the finance and general purposes committee
A driver died after his car hit a roundabout and smashed into three parked cars. The 38-year-old man from Littlehampton was driving his Ford Escort when the accident happened last night. He was travelling east along the A259 Littlehampton Road when the
The proposed downgrading of A&E at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, was today branded "dangerous" and "crazy". David Gold, who hopes to win back Brighton Pavilion for the Tories at the next general election, spoke out against plans for
Will Funnell and John Popely were among the Sussex riders in the thick of it as the Traxdata British Derby Meeting got underway at hickstead yesterday. But it was Yorkshireman John Whitaker's 17-year-old son Robert who fired a telling salvo across the
Government figures show the number of people sleeping rough in Brighton and Hove has fallen in the past year. It's only a guess because there are always going to be plenty of people under park benches and in derelict houses who are missed in these counts
I lost my grey cat, Mouse, from Hangleton more than six weeks ago and am amazed at how many cats go missing each week. Every time I read the Argus or Friday Ad, someone, somewhere is appealing for information on a lost cat. Often these cats get locked
Scott Nightingale and Nigel Harrington, two key members of Worthing's successful Davies & Tate Trophy side, have decided to go for their Tour cards. They don't throw their hats into the ring until after the final against East Brighton on September
No doubt Amanda Shepherd, head of tourism, gets a good salary (out of my council tax) for saying the "right thing" (Opinion, August 17). I wish I could get one penny out of the £380 million she says tourists bring into Brighton. As a resident (and voter
Eastbourne Eagles have a score to settle when they take on Elite League rivals Wolverhampton at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night from 7.30. Wolves are the only team to have beaten the Sussex outfit on their own track this season and, although Eagles have
If Chris Adams felt he was taking on Glamorgan single-handedly at Colwyn Bay yesterday it was with some justification. Adams can seldom have batted better for Sussex than he did here in making 156, his first Championship hundred since last May. He followed
Albion have been hit for six by an injury crisis ahead of tomorrow's trip to Lincoln. The Seagulls have half-a-dozen players who were unable to train yesterday and are under treatment for the trip to Sincil Bank. Manager Micky Adams is hopeful captain
A Country Fayre and flower festival is to be held this weekend to raise cash for a church ravaged by woodpeckers. The theme of the festivities is Findon Past and Present and parishioners have been busy putting together flower displays. Woodpeckers have
A comic who made headlines with tasteless jokes about the Holocaust has caused a storm of protest among Brighton and Hove's Jewish community. Jewish leaders have expressed disgust over Scott Capurro's proposed visit to Brighton after the comic's anti-Semitic
Aero engine maker Rolls-Royce has reported a 76 per cent fall in half-year profits before tax as the company spent £120 million developing new emissions technologies. For the six months to June 30, pre-tax profits at the group were £38 million, compared
Can Coun Simon Sinnatt explain why he said "it is a complete disgrace" that a farmer is having to sell off her dairy herd because of the impact of low milk prices and a drop in demand (Argus, August 21). Would he prefer consumers went back to paying the
If the health service mandarins get their way and create a traffic lane between Brighton and Haywards Heath a patient shuttle will be created. Maybe the welcome plinth at Patcham could be modified to indicate the fast route to A&E and expected waiting
In spite of its predictability, the BBC's decision to saturate its output in both TV and radio with the Olympic Games from September 15 is acutely disappointing. How can the Corporation get it so badly wrong? Of course the Games must be comprehensively
Brighton and Hove has decided not to join other cities and towns across Europe to hold a car-free day. The event is taking place on September 22, but Brighton and Hove Council has declined an invitation by cyclists and environmentalists to take part.
The Fox brothers Simon and Mark will turn back the clock six years when they are reunited in the same team on Bank Holiday Monday. Simon and Mark were the first brothers to play for Albion in April 1994 since Jack and Jim Rutherford in the 1920s. Now
Having been led to believe this was a once-in-a-lifetime show, I was extremely disappointed in This Rough Magic. It was obvious parachutists were in the sky and pyrotechnics were being set off, but as for any evidence of a play being performed, it must
Another school at Chichester has been badly damaged in an arson attack. A timber-framed building containing two classrooms was destroyed early yesterday in the grounds of Chichester High School for Girls. It was the second night running that a school
Plans to bolster protection for rare species and habitats in England were announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Eighty-one new Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are being proposed to ensure long-term protection of species and sites
This Rough Magic was the kind of event that gives performance art a bad name. Too large, too unfocused, lacking any kind of narrative drive and entirely self-indulgent. "What does it all mean?" I asked myself. I came to the conclusion I didn't care, because
Alice Brett joined the A team after notching up nine out of nine in her GCSE exams. Alice, 16, a student at Burgess Hill High School for Girls, achieved seven A* and two A grades. Yesterday, hundreds of students from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Crawley
An armed raider was "Tango-ed" yesterday as he fled with bundles of notes from a Brighton travel agents. Tucked inside the haul was a device that exploded minutes after he escaped - showering him in indelible orange ink. Startled shoppers looked on as
I am sure I am not the only one who found This Rough Magic over-praised, badly organised and over-hyped (Argus, August 21). Much of the spectacle could only be appreciated by those lucky enough to have front-row seats. Little thought had been given to
Travellers who have brought chaos to parts of Brighton have been given their marching orders. Two camps of travellers in Wilson Avenue in Whitehawk and another contingent in Stanmer Park were given writs yesterday ordering them to leave the sites by noon
A council clerk has been suspended while allegations concerning his "conduct of council business" are investigated. Paul Archer, clerk of Newhaven Town Council, is suspended on full pay after a unanimous decision by the finance and general purposes committee
A driver died after his car hit a roundabout and smashed into three parked cars. The 38-year-old man from Littlehampton was driving his Ford Escort when the accident happened last night. He was travelling east along the A259 Littlehampton Road when the
The firm responsible for collecting rubbish in Brighton and Hove has agreed to improve its service after crunch talks with council leaders. Sita has been at the centre of controversy for the past month after reorganising its collection rounds. Rubbish
Labour's reluctance to get tough with criminal wrongdoing is yet again confirmed by the truly shocking figures released last week indicating social security fraud currently amounting to £4 billion a year. The failure to recover a further £1 million in
Government figures show the number of people sleeping rough in Brighton and Hove has fallen in the past year. It's only a guess because there are always going to be plenty of people under park benches and in derelict houses who are missed in these counts
Scott Nightingale and Nigel Harrington, two key members of Worthing's successful Davies & Tate Trophy side, have decided to go for their Tour cards. They don't throw their hats into the ring until after the final against East Brighton on September
No doubt Amanda Shepherd, head of tourism, gets a good salary (out of my council tax) for saying the "right thing" (Opinion, August 17). I wish I could get one penny out of the £380 million she says tourists bring into Brighton. As a resident (and voter
If Chris Adams felt he was taking on Glamorgan single-handedly at Colwyn Bay yesterday it was with some justification. Adams can seldom have batted better for Sussex than he did here in making 156, his first Championship hundred since last May. He followed
Albion have been hit for six by an injury crisis ahead of tomorrow's trip to Lincoln. The Seagulls have half-a-dozen players who were unable to train yesterday and are under treatment for the trip to Sincil Bank. Manager Micky Adams is hopeful captain
A museum of dolls' houses is to close after five years with the loss of eight part-time jobs. The museum in Station Road, Petworth, will close on October 29 after the building's owner decided to sell. More than 100 dolls' houses will be auctioned off
A council clerk has been suspended while allegations concerning his "conduct of council business" are investigated. Paul Archer, clerk of Newhaven Town Council, is suspended on full pay after a unanimous decision by the finance and general purposes committee
My friend found you could indeed purchase an ice cream for £1.20 on Brighton seafront (Opinion, August 15). However, £1.20 buys a meagre portion and she decided only a £2.20 cone would satisfy her needs. I stand by my claim: An ice cream on Brighton seafront
I am amazed at the constant moaning of D. Bonwick, self-appointed speaker for Stonery Road. Brighton and Hove Council has now provided security lighting and there are no unlit areas for anti-social activies. Come on, give the council credit when due.
If the health service mandarins get their way and create a traffic lane between Brighton and Haywards Heath a patient shuttle will be created. Maybe the welcome plinth at Patcham could be modified to indicate the fast route to A&E and expected waiting
For the last two Sundays I have taken an early-morning walk through the town and along the seafront. I have been appalled at the amount of litter left on our beaches. What is the point in an award for clean bathing water if the beach looks like a rubbish
In an Opinion column last week we spoke up in favour of a park-and-ride scheme based at Braypool in Brighton. We acknowledged that other schemes had had their problems and voted Braypool the best of the bunch. Notwithstanding that environmentalists say
A catering firm has joined forces with council chiefs in a tribunal battle about redundancy payments. The panel will decide who will pay the money to sacked dinner ladies. West Sussex County Council, former caterers Castle View Services, and new firm
The Fox brothers Simon and Mark will turn back the clock six years when they are reunited in the same team on Bank Holiday Monday. Simon and Mark were the first brothers to play for Albion in April 1994 since Jack and Jim Rutherford in the 1920s. Now
Birdman Adrian Martin is putting the finishing touches to his wacky flying machine, Operation Daft Star. Adrian, 48, from Durrington, will be one of 27 people taking the plunge from Bognor pier on September 3 in the town's annual birdmen rally. He is
OH dear! Sally Hall's review of This Rough Magic (Argus, August 22) makes me wonder if she saw the same production as I did - which was thoroughly enjoyed by all those watching around me. Her description of it as a "shambles, elitist, pretentious and
Months of waiting came to an end yesterday when hundreds of teenagers across Sussex were given their GCSE results. It was another record year for the pupils and figures showed that girls have outstripped boys again in the exams. The number of students
Plans to bolster protection for rare species and habitats in England were announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Eighty-one new Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) are being proposed to ensure long-term protection of species and sites
DJ Norman Cook has told how he is hooked on TV programme Big Brother because he knows one of the remaining contestants. Norman became friends with Mel when she was dating his best friend four years ago. But he said both he and his wife, Zoe Ball, want
Travellers who have brought chaos to parts of Brighton have been given their marching orders. Two camps of travellers in Wilson Avenue in Whitehawk and another contingent in Stanmer Park were given writs yesterday ordering them to leave the sites by noon
An amazing run of success came to an end last night as a Sussex man bowed out of TV quiz show The People Versus with £65,000 in his pocket. Ian Gretton, 53, of Southampton Street, Brighton, has been on the ITV show hosted by Kirsty Young since it started
The firm responsible for collecting rubbish in Brighton and Hove has agreed to improve its service after crunch talks with council leaders. Sita has been at the centre of controversy for the past month after reorganising its collection rounds. Rubbish
A citrus-growing couple reveal what the secret of their success is. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations
Labour's reluctance to get tough with criminal wrongdoing is yet again confirmed by the truly shocking figures released last week indicating social security fraud currently amounting to £4 billion a year. The failure to recover a further £1 million in
F. G. Robinson (Opinion, August 17) misses the obvious. Labour lost power because the electorate voted them out and the Tories in. Fed up with the militants, millions, like myself, deserted Labour for nearly 20 years until Tony Blair ousted them and brought
A museum of dolls' houses is to close after five years with the loss of eight part-time jobs. The museum in Station Road, Petworth, will close on October 29 after the building's owner decided to sell. More than 100 dolls' houses will be auctioned off
My friend found you could indeed purchase an ice cream for £1.20 on Brighton seafront (Opinion, August 15). However, £1.20 buys a meagre portion and she decided only a £2.20 cone would satisfy her needs. I stand by my claim: An ice cream on Brighton seafront
I am amazed at the constant moaning of D. Bonwick, self-appointed speaker for Stonery Road. Brighton and Hove Council has now provided security lighting and there are no unlit areas for anti-social activies. Come on, give the council credit when due.
For the last two Sundays I have taken an early-morning walk through the town and along the seafront. I have been appalled at the amount of litter left on our beaches. What is the point in an award for clean bathing water if the beach looks like a rubbish
In an Opinion column last week we spoke up in favour of a park-and-ride scheme based at Braypool in Brighton. We acknowledged that other schemes had had their problems and voted Braypool the best of the bunch. Notwithstanding that environmentalists say
Brighton comedian George Egg was cracked up today after thieves stole his props. The off-the-wall funny man has had to cancel £600-worth of gigs this weekend after losing his hallmark briefcase with all his props inside, including a bowling ball and giant
A catering firm has joined forces with council chiefs in a tribunal battle about redundancy payments. The panel will decide who will pay the money to sacked dinner ladies. West Sussex County Council, former caterers Castle View Services, and new firm
Birdman Adrian Martin is putting the finishing touches to his wacky flying machine, Operation Daft Star. Adrian, 48, from Durrington, will be one of 27 people taking the plunge from Bognor pier on September 3 in the town's annual birdmen rally. He is
Pressure on Sussex and other parts of the South East from people moving out of London is set to continue, according to a new report. More than 48,000 people a year moved out of London in the Nineties, many of them heading for the coast and countryside
Whatever happened to the old no 13 bus which came down Hove Street, ran along the front to West Street and turned up to Brighton station via the Clock Tower and Queens Road? This service was a boon to all who lived on the seafront, who were spared having
A council has clamped down on the children's scooter craze by banning a model after a 15-year-old boy was injured. Trading standards officers from Brighton and Hove Council have told branches of Woolworth's in the towns they can no longer sell the 900R
Schoolboy Oliver Brown was nursing a broken leg in hospital today after jumping from a harbour pier into the sea and finding the water only a metre deep. Coastguards and the Sussex Ambulance Service who took him to hospital said the 14-year-old was lucky
Pro-hunt campaigners are planning to have 1,000 demonstrators a day in Brighton during next month's Labour Party conference. In a statement, the Countryside Alliance warned the demonstrations would be "high-profile" throughout the conference week, September
OH dear! Sally Hall's review of This Rough Magic (Argus, August 22) makes me wonder if she saw the same production as I did - which was thoroughly enjoyed by all those watching around me. Her description of it as a "shambles, elitist, pretentious and
Months of waiting came to an end yesterday when hundreds of teenagers across Sussex were given their GCSE results. It was another record year for the pupils and figures showed that girls have outstripped boys again in the exams. The number of students
The daughter of horror writer James Herbert celebrated her GCSE results yesterday - and immediately ruled out following in her father's footsteps. Casey Herbert, who lives with her parents near Henfield, picked up 13 A grade GCSEs, including 11 A*s. She
DJ Norman Cook has told how he is hooked on TV programme Big Brother because he knows one of the remaining contestants. Norman became friends with Mel when she was dating his best friend four years ago. But he said both he and his wife, Zoe Ball, want
They have become as synonymous with Brighton and Hove as the piers or the pavilion. The towns have always had a high number of rough sleepers who have often been bypassed by society and descended into the hell of drink and drug dependencies. While the
Police are hunting a bike-riding sex attacker who pounced on an 11-year-old girl in a busy shopping street in Brighton. The victim was at the junction of London Road and Ann Street when the cyclist stopped, chatted to her and then carried out the indecent
The proposed downgrading of A&E at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, was today branded "dangerous" and "crazy". David Gold, who hopes to win back Brighton Pavilion for the Tories at the next general election, spoke out against plans for
Council chiefs are offering an amnesty to people who want to dispose of their vehicles. Crawley Borough Council launched the new initiative today in a bid to reduce the number of vehicles abandoned around the town. If owners sign over their documents
An amazing run of success came to an end last night as a Sussex man bowed out of TV quiz show The People Versus with £65,000 in his pocket. Ian Gretton, 53, of Southampton Street, Brighton, has been on the ITV show hosted by Kirsty Young since it started
A citrus-growing couple reveal what the secret of their success is. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations
F. G. Robinson (Opinion, August 17) misses the obvious. Labour lost power because the electorate voted them out and the Tories in. Fed up with the militants, millions, like myself, deserted Labour for nearly 20 years until Tony Blair ousted them and brought
Will Funnell and John Popely were among the Sussex riders in the thick of it as the Traxdata British Derby Meeting got underway at hickstead yesterday. But it was Yorkshireman John Whitaker's 17-year-old son Robert who fired a telling salvo across the
I lost my grey cat, Mouse, from Hangleton more than six weeks ago and am amazed at how many cats go missing each week. Every time I read the Argus or Friday Ad, someone, somewhere is appealing for information on a lost cat. Often these cats get locked
Eastbourne Eagles have a score to settle when they take on Elite League rivals Wolverhampton at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night from 7.30. Wolves are the only team to have beaten the Sussex outfit on their own track this season and, although Eagles have
A Country Fayre and flower festival is to be held this weekend to raise cash for a church ravaged by woodpeckers. The theme of the festivities is Findon Past and Present and parishioners have been busy putting together flower displays. Woodpeckers have
A comic who made headlines with tasteless jokes about the Holocaust has caused a storm of protest among Brighton and Hove's Jewish community. Jewish leaders have expressed disgust over Scott Capurro's proposed visit to Brighton after the comic's anti-Semitic
