Albion manager Mark McGhee challenged Kerry Mayo today to make the leftback spot his for keeps again by getting in tip-top shape. Dan Harding's move to Leeds has left a hole for long-serving Mayo to re-establish himself in the Seagulls' defence. McGhee
A former soldier who is paralysed down his right side is going to swim the mile between West Pier and Palace Pier to raise money for St Dunstan's. Matthew Rhodes, 30, of Tor Road, Peacehaven, lost full mobility and half his vision in a motorbike accident
A council is to hand over management of three leisure centres as it strives to cut costs. Cash-strapped Adur District Council will retain ownership of Wadurs swimming pool at Shoreham as well as Lancing and Southwick leisure centres. But the day-to-day
A police doctor told a jury he suspected a teenager under arrest had been drinking or taking drugs. Dr Simon Harris examined John Whelan the night he was arrested in December 1997 when he was aged 15. Mr Whelan, now 22, is taking legal action against
Celia Barlow claims the King Alfred redevelopment would bring "world-class" sports facilities to Hove but the plans for the sports centre are pitiful. No Olympic-size swimming pool, no wave machines, no water slides, no ice rink, no ten-pin bowling, no
This carping against the design for the King Alfred site is really a protest against anything new or innovative. Mr Gehry's designs are good and the council should go-ahead. Council taxpayers should be getting something for their money instead of subsidising
I have just seen Frank Gehry's "radical" proposals for the King Alfred site. The scheme looks as if it has escaped from the Hollywood set of either Night Of The Living Dead or Frankenstein's Monster. I hope the good citizens of Hove put a stake through
Hundreds of anti-war protesters plan to converge on Brighton for the latest demonstration against a factory which makes bomb release components for fighter jets. Campaigners from across the north and south of England are expected to flock to the city
Why has the proposed King Alfred project not been killed off when the council admits the sports facilities have been reduced, an indoor bowls facility removed and the swimming pool slashed in size by a third, making it smaller than the existing facility
A £5,000 reward is being offered to catch the burglar who broke into the home of RAF veteran Robert Morris who later died from a stroke. The Argus has joined the effort by printing hundreds of reward posters which were being distributed throughout Sussex
I pulled into what I thought was a valid parking space in Rosehill Terrace, Brighton, last week. I saw the voucher parking sign and got out of my car to buy one, when an angry resident demanded I move, telling me I had parked in a residents-only bay.
If Mr Andrews (Letters, June 7) takes a look at our Lewes Road bus garage next time he passes, he will be reassured to see the original tramways building he criticises us for demolishing is still standing. It's the unsightly newer building, south of the
I write about the appalling case of cruelty inflicted on the eight-year-old orphaned girl from Angola. She could be mentally and physically scarred for life just because a church branded her a witch and interpreted the Bible so erroneously. In the 15th
Albion manager Mark McGhee challenged Kerry Mayo today to make the leftback spot his for keeps again by getting in tip-top shape. Dan Harding's move to Leeds has left a hole for long-serving Mayo to re-establish himself in the Seagulls' defence. McGhee
A vintage magazine store is cashing in on the revival of Doctor Who and Star Wars. Fans are visiting Two Way Books in Gardner Street, Brighton, to seek out original publications relating to the science fiction stories. The shop finds its customers mirror
Council bosses are urging pub, club and restaurant bosses to fill in paperwork to avoid getting a booze ban when new law changes are introduced. Officials at Hastings Borough Council have said publicity surrounding the changes had still not reached the
An appeal has been launched to raise £100,000 for life-saving equipment at a hospital. The Nigel Porter Breast Cancer Unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Edward Street, Brighton, needs the money for a new ultrasound machine. The equipment could
A council blunder has left a neighbourhood lumbered with a mobile phone mast built without planning controls. Planning officers were going to object to phone operator 02 building a 30ft mast in Carden Avenue, near the junction with Dale Drive in Hollingbury
A mother is taking part in a march to Downing Street to call for research funding to help her son live longer. Sue Berry, from Angmering, near Worthing, is taking part in the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign's Race Against Time march to Downing Street and
It's 2002, and Billy Lunn - teenage guitarist and resident of not-so-glamorous Welwyn Garden City - fancies entering the local band competition. The only problem is he doesn't have a band. So, undeterred by their complete lack of experience, he enlists
Half of Brighton seems to descend on the Big Chill each summer and now the festival is repaying the compliment. What began as a mellow Sunday afternoon session in Islington back in 1994 is now a staple of the festival season, offering great music, a refined
John Shuttleworth, everyone's favourite failed musician and Northern pedant, is getting on a bit. His latest tour, titled Fawn Again, has him "wearing the subdued shades of late autumn". His kids have left home and he's retired. All he has to look forward
This adaptation of the gothic classic may stay closer to the Bram Stoker novel than swashbuckling films such as last year's Van Helsing, but it still manages to get in some contemporary twists. Whereas Stoker's Victorian world revolved around diary entries
The name for this troupe of dancers and musicians derives from the Twa (pygmy people from Rwanda) word for the mud found near a river. As the Twa's economic survival depends on pottery made from this mud the word more accurately translates as "Source
If brass bands remind you of coalfields and God-fearing Sally Army matrons waving collection boxes, this Bollywood version will make you think again. Their wild and exotic-sounding repertory includes classic Indian hits, wedding songs, folk tunes from
If you need your faith restored in live music, go and see Nizlopi. Although only a duo, they have more passion and vibrance than most bands you'll see. With the extraordinary John Parker on double bass and human beatbox and soulful Luke Concannon on guitar
(Cert 15, 120mins), Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn. Directed by Doug Liman. All publicity is good publicity, or so the saying goes. The media-fuelled speculation over Angelina Jolie's possible romantic involvement with Brad Pitt will no doubt
I was disappointed Celia Barlow MP openly attacked two well-respected local councillors (Letters, June 6). Jan Young and Averil Older are hard-working councillors who don't need to apologise for standing up for local residents. Councillors Young and Older
Why does the new MP for Hove, Celia Barlow, think the Gehry design for the King Alfred site represents 21st-Century progress? It is no more about progress than were the ghastly council tower blocks built in north Brighton in the Sixties. They may look
Something crucial has been overlooked about the King Alfred. How can the developer and the backers hope to sell all these flats? Potential purchasers should realise buying a flat will make them social outcasts. We wouldn't want to know those living in
You know it's summer when the Newpalm Productions murder mysteries return to Eastbourne. This year the company is staging just two weeks instead of the usual three, which will be a disappointment to many fans. Judging by the standard of the first production
Temporary planning permission has been granted for a 9ft Tetra radio mast in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The mast will be in place for five years at Court Barn Farm on Devil's Dyke Road, Brighton, and will replace an unauthorised mast already
A medical expert said it was impossible to believe Sion Jenkins got blood spots on his clothes from battering his foster daughter to death. Professor Robin Schroter said the tiny particles would only have travelled 20cm in the air during the ferocious
Julie Burchill's controversial book about schoolgirls discovering lesbian love has been shortlisted for a teen fiction prize. The Hove writer's novel, Sugar Rush, which has been adapted into a current Channel 4 drama series, is one of seven books vying
The death of an RAF veteran after a burglary was described as "atrocious" at his funeral yesterday. Robert Morris's widow collapsed with grief and had to be supported by her son after the service at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton. Kathleen Morris, 82
The following information from Brighton and Hove Council's web site, might be of interest. "The developer has sought the council's agreement to reduce the area of the leisure pool from 300sqm to 200sqm and has provided a design of a 200sqm pool. "The
HUNDREDS of anti-war protesters plan to converge on Brighton for the latest demonstration against a factory which makes bomb release components for fighter jets. Campaigners from across the north and south of England are expected to flock to the city
Pavements aren't for wheelie bins, but people, as are bus shelters, not cars, which park in Downs Valley Road's only bus shelter. Car owners don't use buses, so it doesn't bother them people have to stand in the road for the bus to stop. What is the matter
Elena Baltacha is planning to carry out a spot of giant-killing at Eastbourne next week. Superstars like Kim Clijsters, Amelie Mauresmo, Anastasia Myskina, Daniela Hantuchova and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova are among a star-studded field for
Elena Baltacha is planning to carry out a spot of giant-killing at Eastbourne next week. Superstars like Kim Clijsters, Amelie Mauresmo, Anastasia Myskina, Daniela Hantuchova and defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova are among a starstudded field for
Matthew Hayden made a sparkling Twenty20 debut as Australia launched their tour with victory in front of nearly 10,000 cricket fans last night. The big opener cracked 79 as the tourists beat the PCA Masters by eight wickets as they reached their target
Hopes tougher restrictions on Gatwick airport night flights could come into force later this year have been dashed. Aviation minister Karen Buck said yesterday the Government had run out of time to implement a new night flying regime from the end of October
The first hosepipe ban in Sussex in nine years comes into force today. Southern Water has introduced the restrictions on hosepipes and sprinklers to 110,000 homes in northern Sussex because water levels at the Weir Wood Reservoir, near East Grinstead,
Some have suggested his rag-mat of a hairstyle denotes a fusion between heavy metal and jazz, but Pat Metheny is a zealous advocate of a purer jazz cause. The musician from Missouri formed his group in 1977 with keyboard virtuoso Lyle Mays and has since
Local boy made good Killa Kela is the king of UK beatboxing. He has risen from the sleepy streets of Billinghurst to collaborate with N*E*R*D, Super Furry Animals and Dizzee Rascal. His stunning ability to create a studio's worth of sonic effects with
The Engine Room, Brighton, Wednesday, June 15 The Towers Of London look like Motley Crue on a bad hair day and they sound like The Sex Pistols welded to Guns 'n' Roses riffs. On stage, they shout "boring" at the audience, and after driving home threeminute
this is brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week: Caravan, on Friday, June 10 at The Old Market, plus David Grubbs, Misty's Big Adventure, Buck 65, King Creosote and Saint Etienne. Caravan The Old Market, Brighton, Friday, June
"I think Queen Victoria is just as entertaining a character as Sybil Fawlty ever was," says Prunella Scales, the Fawlty Towers favourite who will be swapping one imperious female for another. With Scales in the lead role, An Evening With Queen Victoria
I rely on So You Think You're Funny? to find the best new acts around the country - so I don't have to!" says Helen Hawkins, the editor of Culture, the Sunday Times' entertainment supplement. "It's the best place to catch tomorrow's stars." Such is the
With a few exceptions - such as Godfather 2 - it's a pretty solid rule that film sequels are inferior to the original that spawned them. And, once you get past a second sequel, you're in the increasingly ropey company of Police Academy, Rocky, Halloween
(12A, 101mins) Starring Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan. Directed by Robert Luketic and written by Anya Kochoff. Monster-In-Law is a comedy which proves positively that when it comes to affairs of the heart, women are anything but the fairer
(18, 89mins) Narrated by Dennis Hopper. Directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato. Back in the heady days of 1972, an adult film became a cause celebre for a nation and turned buying a ticket into an act of revolution. Made for a paltry 25,000 US dollars
If you need your faith restored in live music, go and see Nizlopi. Although only a duo, they have more passion and vibrance than most bands you'll see. With the extraordinary John Parker on double bass and human beatbox and soulful Luke Concannon on guitar
