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  • Bus boss receives OBE

    The boss of Brighton and Hove's buses has been honoured for his services to public transport. Roger French, the managing director of Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company, receives an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. He said: "I feel so lucky to

  • Wheel in our bins to end birds menace

    Householders are calling for controversial wheelie bins on their estate to stop their bin bags being pecked open by birds. While many in Brighton and Hove are against the bins, residents of Beatty Road, Coldean, say the bins are the only thing which will

  • Police quiz pair over bus robbery

    Two men have been arrested after pictures of an alleged robbery appeared in The Argus. A 15-year-old boy told police he was robbed by the two suspects as he returned home from a night in Brighton. The teenager, who has not been named, said he caught the

  • Fury at nuclear dump scheme in beauty spot

    Woodland protected by conservation status was included on a list of places earmarked for a nuclear waste dump. Ashdown Forest was named as a potential location for disposing of radioactive waste under secret Government plans released for the first time

  • Delays risk to holidays'

    Tourism chiefs have warned that uncertainty over the future of one of the largest conference centres in Sussex is becoming a threat to the holiday trade. They say planners are taking too long to announce a decision on what will replace the dated Brighton

  • Clapp: My 99 not out

    Dominic Clapp today backed a revolution in Sussex League points-scoring, despite the fact it might have cost him a century. Clapp was left on 99 not out as the Brighton and Hove side he captains successfully chased 148 to beat East Grinstead, having invited

  • Albion cash in on TV deal

    Albion chairman Dick Knight today hailed a new TV deal which will give the Seagulls and their Championship rivals a major cash boost. The Football League has agreed a three-year contract with Sky Sports and ITV believed to be worth about £110 million,

  • Skipper's challenge to Prior

    Chris Adams today challenged in-form Matt Prior to join one-day cricket's fortysomethings. Prior fired 93 not out off just 72 balls, including 14 fours and three sixes, to help Sussex Sharks brush aside Scottish Saltires north of the border yesterday.

  • Adams plays down promotion talk

    Chris Adams today played down promotion talk after helping his Sussex Sharks go second in the table. But the county skipper admits his team have broken "the habit of a lifetime" by getting off to a flyer in totesport League division two. Sussex beat hosts