Mark McGhee today called for fans' patience as he plans how to spend Albion's summer transfer windfall. The Seagulls boss has been told he can spend part of the £1.5 million Celtic are paying for Adam Virgo. Albion are also waiting to hear how much they
Renowned architects have been brought on board to remodel three town centres. Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead will each receive multi-million pound facelifts under ambitious plans announced by Mid Sussex District Council. Michael Capocci
I am writing in response to Dr Caroline Lucas MEP's comments on housing (Letters, July 19). She is probably right, the region probably will not cope with 100,000 more homes. Water shortages are just one risk, what about the strain on public services?
We live in Eastbourne, near the seafront, and see people lying on the beach wearing not much more than a smile, soaking up the intense rays of the noonday sun. I am amazed the sun worshippers appear to have never heard of the dangers of so much exposure
Your report "Team behind scultpures forgot to ask for permission to build" (The Argus, July 19) borders on the scandalous. The site is owned by Brighton and Hove City Council. So tell me, if someone comes and asks you if they can dump 650 lorry loads
Pop star Peter Andre arrived in court today to answer a speeding charge. The fiance of glamour model Jordan, real name Katie Price, is alleged to have driven at 49mph in a 30mph on the A2038 King George VI Avenue in Hove on February 9 this year. It is
I would like to express my thanks to Roger and Fleur Musselle of Roger's Wildlife Rescue for the endless work they do caring for the injured and orphaned wildlife of Sussex. While creatures in need are given care and sanctuary with them throughout the
Sussex Ladies were today fighting relegation from division one of County Week. The county are joint bottom with one win in four matches following a 6-3 defeat against relegation rivals Oxfordshire at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, yesterday. Sussex were
It is all very well for the Brighton Health chief executive to criticise the Panorama programme, saying "we were doing something about it". Why was it allowed to get like that in the first place? Over 100 years ago, Florence Nightingale laid down the
As a state-registered nurse of 35 years, I found, as most viewers would, the programme on the Peel and Stewart wards at the Royal Sussex County Hospital very depressing indeed. Yes, the nursing care was, in effect, non existent but just let's think about
Law firm DMH Stallard has announced a 30 per cent leap in turnover since the company was merged earlier this year. Turnover grew to £20 million, making Brighton-based DMH Stallard one of the largest legal practices in the country and comfortably inside
A postmaster or mistress is urgently being sought to take over a village post office. The Barns Green post office near Horsham closed yesterday following the resignation of its sub-postmaster. A spokesman said: "We share the disappointment of our loyal
The nuisance of having up to six remote controls for household electrical items led Walter D'Cruz to setting up new venture iEverything. The IT developer decided he wanted to control his TV, DVD, computer, downloaded music and visual files, lights, heating
A group of traders visiting Canterbury say dirty Brighton and Hove could learn valuable lessons from the cathedral city. The delegation of shopkeepers from Brighton's North Laine were impressed by Canterbury's park-and-ride system and amazed at how clean
A television channel dedicated to news and views from Brighton and Hove will become the first community station to broadcast across the globe. Brighton and Hove-based company Global Digital Broadcast Limited (GDB) is to pioneer TVbrighton, the first broadcast
It's no wonder Cassetteboy hides behind a lion's mask. His anonymity is all that protects him for a whole bunch of libel suits. That's because the mischievious music-maker loves assembling tracks using stolen voice samples. He has looped and warped the
There's nothing we like more than a summertime music all-nighter. Wandering from room to room checking out the bands while not sticking to your pre-planned schedule always makes for a superb night, and tomorrow's Smirnoff Experience should be no different
this is brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week: Alan Tyler and The Lost Sons Of Littlefield is at the Hanbury Ballroom on Saturday 23rd July, plus Chicana Tango, Duracell, Big Chief, Los Albertos and Brakes. Alan Tyler and The
Anti-poverty protesters who spent 11 hours chained to the jib of an 150ft crane could be sued for £7,000 by the owners. Paul Hutchings, Leila Deen and Kath Pasteur scaled the machine during the G8 demonstrations in Edinburgh earlier this month to demonstrate
Equipment lost during a blaze at a school will be replaced thanks to a donation from a business. Tideway School, in Southdown Road, Newhaven, suffered damage costing £3 million following a suspected arson attack in April. Since then staff, parents, governors
The UK's first Messianic Jewish synagogue could be converted into six flats. The building in Livingstone Road, Hove, opened by Rabbi Philip Sharp and his wife in 1994, was sold last year. David Morrison, of Total Orthodontics in Worthing Road, Horsham
A mother has spoken of her terror when a runaway speedboat hurtled towards her and her baby as she sat on a beach. Onora Gill-Fitch, 29, was sunbathing near her home in Seaford with her seven-month-old daughter Lily when the out-of-control vessel mounted
"What a piece of work is man!" cries Hamlet, sure of this one thing but very little else. Shakespeare's Hamlet is haunted by the deception and power games that surround him following his father's death. Determined to avenge his murder and desperate to
Don't Feed The Poets! is a hybrid of literature and performance featuring cult comedy hero Stewart Lee. A classic comedian's comedian, Ricky Gervais called him "the cleverest, funniest, most cliche-free comedian on the circuit." Back in the UK following
(15, 104mins) Thriller. Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, John C Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite. Directed by Walter Salles Do not - whatever else you do - ingest any liquids in the four hours prior to seeing this film. I have no wish
How lovely it was to be reminded of that great lady of song, Kathy Kirby (Letters, July 14). Kathy was discovered by band leader Bert Ambrose in the early Sixties. In the Forties, he had discovered two of our most famous ladies of song - Anne Shelton
I also remember seeing Kathy Kirby and Arthur Askey at the Theatre Royal in 1970 (Letters, July 14). The show was called Startime and, having always loved the theatre from an early age, I was taken by my parents after sitting my first O-Level in English
This born-and-bred Brightonian would like to know just what is happening to the city I once loved and admired. Firstly, I do not understand why cyclists - myself included - have to use the ridiculously narrow path on the coast road. It's dangerous. On
Should we not begin our hosepipe ban with a ban on the washing of cars? Our gardens are a habitat, which is not just for us to enjoy but for other species to thrive in and to give value to life in the city. Or do we all look forward to the concrete city
When the curtain rose on Peter Colley's thriller I'll Be Back Before Midnight I had high hopes of reliving the frightening experience I had when I saw the original production of Wait Until Dark. The eerie music set the scene for a spinetingling evening
Civic leaders will be among mourners attending the funeral service today of a senior councillor who died from a heart attack following a meeting. Dozens of people are expected at St Mary's Church at Westham, near Eastbourne, in a final farewell to John
A parking attendant ticketed a car which had been broken into and walked off without reporting it to the police. Richard Pilton, 25, of Chichester Place, Brighton, returned with girlfriend Erin Bruce to the Rover 100 to find a fine slapped on the window
This is the kind of fun the Long Man of Wilmington could only dream of. While the chalk attraction cuts a lonely figure on a hillside near Polegate, his latest rival is seen frolicking with two naked women in a field. This new figure is based on the Long
Tens of thousands of library books have been sold to an out-of-town literary festival for a bargain basement £4,000. It is thought enough volumes to fill eight transit vans could have been shipped from the Jubilee Library in Brighton to Hay-on-Wye without
Last night (Monday, July 18), I joined more than 250 parents at a packed meeting in Queens Park School to discuss how the new secondary school allocation system will operate in 2006/2007. As readers of this Letters Page will know, the new "distance from
Twenty-four stone Chris Leppard today backed demands by doctors' leaders to ban junk food advertising and sponsorship aimed at children. Chris, 24, said children were being influenced by fast food ads on television, radio and in the press, fuelling a
Brighton and Hove has been awarded more than £5 million of regeneration money to tackle the effects of deprivation. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister announced the cash yesterday as part of a £1.3 billion bonanza to help councils fight crime and
Two brothers today told how they pulled a drowning woman from rough seas after she tried to rescue her dog. Chris and Alex Stavrou plunged into stormy waters in an attempt to save the unconscious woman. The woman, aged around 40, was last night in a critical
A teenager's dreams of becoming an air hostess were shattered when she fractured her spine in a car crash, a court heard. Jordana Bissett was a passenger in a stolen car driven by Laurie Buttergieg when it smashed into a brick wall at an accident blackspot
Council tenants will be asked to surrender their homes to a housing association. Brighton and Hove City councillors last night resigned themselves to giving up ownership of the city's 13,000 homes as the only way to guarantee millions of pounds of investment
Dozens of families have condemned the hospital at the centre of an investigation into the mistreatment of elderly patients. The Argus has been inundated with calls from former patients and their relatives angry at the standard of care at the Royal Sussex
The Panorama programme, about the state of the National Health Service, with emphasis on the treatment given to patients at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, will highlight what many people in Britain already know - that despite billions of pounds being
Davey Watt is targeting a swift return to action for club and country. The Eastbourne Eagles and Australia star somehow escaped any broken bones after being sent crashing into the air fence by Oxford's Niels-Kristian Iversen last Saturday. But he misses
Lewes are hoping to complete the signing of former Charlton trainee Karl Beckford. The midfielder has impressed in friendlies against Albion and Horsham and manager Steven King is keen to strike a permanent deal. King is also taking another look at Australian
Having watched the Panorama Special on care of the elderly at The Royal Sussex County Hospital, I was shocked at the shameful treatment given to very vulnerable patients. The harrowing images of terminally-ill patients in extreme pain were, I thought,
It did not have the fireworks of Lord's. But six wickets taken for 26 runs at either end of the day, three of them lbw to Mushtaq Ahmed and two for James Kirtley, have thrust Sussex into pole position in this slow-burner of a Championship tussle. Mushtaq
Mark McGhee today called for fans' patience as he plans how to spend Albion's summer transfer windfall. The Seagulls boss has been told he can spend part of the £1.5 million Celtic are paying for Adam Virgo. Albion are also waiting to hear how much they
A fashion brochure described as "a work of art in itself" has won a top industry accolade for printing firm Beacon Press. The Uckfield-based company scooped the honurs in the hotly contested brochure and catalogue category of the Printing World awards
Renowned architects have been brought on board to remodel three town centres. Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead will each receive multi-million pound facelifts under ambitious plans announced by Mid Sussex District Council. Michael Capocci
"I once read a piece by a music journalist, saying that if I died I'd be as big as Nick Drake. So I just decided to try to develop a posthumous following...but without the whole dying thing. This is how The Auteurs frontman Luke Haines, whom critics regard
Normally two venues under one roof, Komedia is using both its upstairs and downstairs performance spaces into service for this one-off special event, with people free to move between the two. Upstairs is headlined by Bacalao, an 11-piece local band who
Break-ins at an outdoor swimming pool have dropped off since managers said vandalism and thefts were driving it out of business. Tony Sarin, manager of the Saltdean Lido, said there had been no break-ins since an article appeared in The Argus earlier
The nephew of former world middleweight boxing champ Alan Minter could face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict yesterday. Lewis Minter claims he was defending his brother Lee when he felled a nightclub reveller with a single punch. He was
When Brenda Bly: Teen Detective premiered at London's Bridewell Theatre in 2002, it was universally adored by critics who hailed it as "one of the most original shows anywhere in town". Created by experienced duo Charles Miller and Kevin Hammonds, this
Natalie Haynes loves to rant. "Irritation and anger set me off," admits the 30-year-old Brummie comic, whose much-anticipated show Run Or Die hits Brighton in a double bill preview before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The first woman ever
(PG, 95 mins) Starring Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall and Mike Ditka. Phil Weston (Ferrell) is a nice guy but a bad sportsman and therefore something of a disappointment to his soccer-obsessed dad Buck (Duvall). When cruel Buck transfers Phil's son Sam to
(PG, 100mins) Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon. Directed by Tim Story. The comic-book movie trend may be beginning to wear thin but, as long as the stories remain original, there are no signs of it faltering
