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  • Officer's memorial to fallen colleague

    A memorial plaque to PC Jeff Tooley, killed in a hit-and-run crash, was unveiled yesterday at the police station where he was based. Brighton, Hove and Shoreham police chaplain the Rev Stephen Terry said the plaque at Shoreham police station would be

  • Crisis of too few nurses

    Hospitals across Sussex are working flat out to plug a severe nursing shortage. Managers are again considering recruiting nurses from overseas to make sure as many posts as possible are filled because of the crisis. The Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton's

  • Arsonist who wanted to die

    A man who burned down his estranged wife's home was today starting a life sentence. Mark Simmonds called police after the arson attack and pretended he was armed because he wanted to be shot dead by a marksman. Chichester Crown Court heard 37-year-old

  • Tomboy - Tank Attack

    A war veteran has a special ride in a tank. 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 and other work by Alex

  • Lincoln 2, Albion 0: Minute-by-minute

    Scott Ramsay won a surprise call-up for Albion Sincil Bank today. The 19-year-old striker from Hastings was given his first start of the season in preference to Darren Freeman. Ramsay, who scored twice in 24 League games last term, partnered Bobby Zamora

  • Officer's memorial to fallen colleague

    A memorial plaque to PC Jeff Tooley, killed in a hit-and-run crash, was unveiled yesterday at the police station where he was based. Brighton, Hove and Shoreham police chaplain the Rev Stephen Terry said the plaque at Shoreham police station would be

  • Cobbler rolls up to perform great feat

    Cobbler Dennis Manville did not drag his feet to rise to the challenge of repairing Tweedy the clown's size 37 shoes. As soon as he spotted Tweedy's plea for help in the Argus, Dennis hotfooted it down to Zippo's Circus and offered his services for free

  • Crisis of too few nurses

    Hospitals across Sussex are working flat out to plug a severe nursing shortage. Managers are again considering recruiting nurses from overseas to make sure as many posts as possible are filled because of the crisis. The Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton's

  • Lincoln 2, Albion 0: Minute-by-minute

    Scott Ramsay won a surprise call-up for Albion Sincil Bank today. The 19-year-old striker from Hastings was given his first start of the season in preference to Darren Freeman. Ramsay, who scored twice in 24 League games last term, partnered Bobby Zamora

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    Last Saturday morning our friend Jake phoned in a state of panic. He was working away from home and was desperately trying to contact his wife, Rafia, to wish her a happy birthday. "I've phoned six times and she's not yet picked up the receiver," he said

  • Fred's riding high on a trip down memory lane

    The last time Fred Goddard was in a tank, he almost died when an enemy shell slammed into its turret. The young driver-wireless operator of the Crusader was fighting the Axis forces in Tobruk, North Africa during the Second World War when he was seriously

  • Cobbler rolls up to perform great feat

    Cobbler Dennis Manville did not drag his feet to rise to the challenge of repairing Tweedy the clown's size 37 shoes. As soon as he spotted Tweedy's plea for help in the Argus, Dennis hotfooted it down to Zippo's Circus and offered his services for free

  • Last respects to man drowned on holiday

    More than 100 people attended the funeral yesterday of a Brighton man who drowned in a freak accident in a Spanish resort. David Hawkins, 35, of Kemp Town, was on holiday with his partner Paul Rogers when he was dragged out to sea by the current in Sitges

  • Cameron goal haunts Albion

    David Cameron came back to haunt Albion at rain-swept Sincil Bank. The Seagulls' reject, branded 'useless' by assistant Alan Cork, scored the second goal for Lincoln as Micky Adams' men crashed to consecutive 2-0 away defeats. Cameron's moment of sweet

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    Last Saturday morning our friend Jake phoned in a state of panic. He was working away from home and was desperately trying to contact his wife, Rafia, to wish her a happy birthday. "I've phoned six times and she's not yet picked up the receiver," he said

  • Fred's riding high on a trip down memory lane

    The last time Fred Goddard was in a tank, he almost died when an enemy shell slammed into its turret. The young driver-wireless operator of the Crusader was fighting the Axis forces in Tobruk, North Africa during the Second World War when he was seriously

  • Last respects to man drowned on holiday

    More than 100 people attended the funeral yesterday of a Brighton man who drowned in a freak accident in a Spanish resort. David Hawkins, 35, of Kemp Town, was on holiday with his partner Paul Rogers when he was dragged out to sea by the current in Sitges

  • Arsonist who wanted to die

    A man who burned down his estranged wife's home was today starting a life sentence. Mark Simmonds called police after the arson attack and pretended he was armed because he wanted to be shot dead by a marksman. Chichester Crown Court heard 37-year-old

  • Tomboy - Tank Attack

    A war veteran has a special ride in a tank. 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 and other work by Alex

  • Cameron goal haunts Albion

    David Cameron came back to haunt Albion at rain-swept Sincil Bank. The Seagulls' reject, branded 'useless' by assistant Alan Cork, scored the second goal for Lincoln as Micky Adams' men crashed to consecutive 2-0 away defeats. Cameron's moment of sweet