Congratulations to The Dome for bringing Jerry Springer The Opera to Brighton. I saw it during its run at the Cambridge Theatre in London and can say it was one of the funniest and most wonderful pieces of work I have seen on the stage. Those who rattle
Our very own Hovian seagulls are going to have a lovely time with the lady's coloured crinolines. That's why the seafront buildings are white. -Mary Gage, Hove
I am writing to say a big thank you to the staff at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children in Brighton. My three-year-old son, Lucas, had a hernia operation there on Wednesday and is now back at home playing with his toys. I was told by a consultant
Labour's leadership suffered a fourth conference defeat as delegates called for fairer funding for council houses. The vote, in the dying moments of the conference, came despite a plea from Local Government Minister David Miliband. He warned public borrowing
Labour was today embroiled in allegations that cocaine was widely abused at its Brighton conference. An investigation has found traces of the class-A drug in lavatories at parties attended by members of the Government, journalists and lobbyists. Swabs
A jeweller saved from a gunman's bullet by his mobile phone was hit by a modified blank, it was learned last night. Darren Prior walked away unscathed when the bullet penetrated his jacket but bounced off the battery of his flip-phone. A fingertip search
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has spoken for the first time about Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes. Mr Clarke, asked if he would intervene to help Mr Deghayes, said: "The campaign has made its representations and will continue to do so and I will
Thank you so much for the wonderful article, "Story behind signs of the times" (The Argus, September 28), because our unique pub sign heritage is often overlooked. I am a signmaker who specialises in pub signs. One I painted last year was "The Dinkum"
Children could get daily fish oil supplements at school to improve learning and behaviour. David Hawker, the director of children, families and schools in Brighton and Hove, said he would look into the possibility of supplying supplements to schools after
With a habit for lavish holidays and expensive meals at top London restaurants, friends of Ian Chaplin probably assumed he owned a lucrative accounting practice. In reality he funded his lifestyle by fleecing the Crawley company hiring him out of £1.3million
Council tax Rebel Sylvia Hardy should sue the Government for false imprisonment and call for the magistrates to be dismissed for incompetence. Gordon Brown promised all pensioners £200 towards payment of their rates back in April. This payment has not
Rev Rob Esdaile is clearly a difficult man to please (Letters, September 28). The police estimation, as published by The Argus, is that there were more than 9,000 people present at the Falmer For All march, which is more than undertook the far less testing
Nicki Pedersen today prepared to clinch cup glory for Eastbourne Eages and declared: "This has been my best year ever in league speedway." The daredevil Dane is firing on all cylinders again, boosted by signing a lucrative new deal in Sweden this week
David Lepper and Dr Des Turner, two of our local MPs, have expressed their concern that the law is about to change and seriously disadvantage all social sector leaseholders. Des Turner has told the Brighton and Hove Council Leaseholders' Independent Forum
Terrance McGee has made a career out of proving his critics wrong. And Brighton Bears' point guard will happily ruffle a few more feathers as he leads his new team into British League action. The 24-year-old 6ft American will take centre stage when Bears
I disagree with Rev Rob Esdaile (Letters, September 28). To get 7,000-plus people - many taking time off work - to turn up for the Falmer march on a Monday evening was an excellent effort. If Rev Esdaile wants proof of the Albion's need for a 22,000-seat
Crawley striker Jamie Cade today admitted: "We are playing to save the manager's job". Cade scored his first league goal for Reds in Tuesday's vital 2-0 win against Kidderminster Harriers. It was only Crawley's second victory of the season and took some
Albion manager Mark McGhee today urged his players to pull off a winning coincidence before putting their feet up for a fortnight. The Seagulls' only Championship victory so far, at home to Plymouth, arrived immediately prior to an international break
Where can you find more than 250 bands in 19 venues in the space of one week? Brighton Live is a kaleidoscope of sounds which will have music emanating from every corner of the city, from the weird and wonderful to the deep and dirty. The event, in its
Half Icelandic and half Italian, 27-year-old Emiliana Torrini is a romantic at heart. Discovered in Iceland by the MD of One Little Indian, who happened to be eating in a restaurant where she was singing, Emiliana had grown up in a town outside Reykjavik
Sex, glamour, style, subversion. It's all there in Supernature, the latest offering from Goldfrapp. "It's an uber-world of sound and hybrid creatures," says Alison Goldfrapp. "It's a place to take part in fortnightly disco seances, where people dance
Stilettos kitten-heels, mules or wedges, it is a well-known fact a girl simply can't have too many shoes. Shoe designer Danny Sullivan and his Brighton-based company Irregular Choice clearly understand this. His funky individual designs add colour to
A seafront hotel where film stars stayed in the Fifties and Sixties is closing today for a £5 million makeover. Once the refit of the Sackville Hotel, Kingsway, Hove, is completed in 18 months time, it will be back to its former glory and may even be
A bus service has been nominated for a top national awards scheme dubbed the "Bus Oscars". Brighton and Hove City Council is up for the transport authority of the year prize at the UK Bus Awards. This accolade is designed to reward bus-friendly local
High energy, humour and thought-provoking dance theatre is the territory of the award-winning Protein Dance company. Relishing the extraordinary in everyday life, artistic director Luca Silvestrini puts human behaviour under the microscope with a new
Brighton and Hove is a city which loves to party, so it's no surprise audiences were captivated by the first visit of Lady Salsa, a show with seductive Cuban beats and sexy dance routines. Now there's another chance to join the party. Lady Salsa charts
Harry Hill's sell-out live show, Harry Hill In "Hooves", has been extended by 25 dates from October 1. The floppy-collared, self-proclaimed clown prince of daft brings mayhem, and members of the animal kingdom, to the stage. With a cordless mic in tow
For those who enjoy having their spines tingled and their nerves frayed, The Woman In Black should truly deliver. But this ghost story is more than just a spooky tale well told. Based on Susan Hill's novel and adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt
With its latest production, Wick Theatre Company is offering two comedies for the price of one - Harold Pinter's play The Dumb Waiter and Stephen Dinsdale's ironic yet touching monologue Anorak Of Fire. In the former, Ben and Gus are holed up in an empty
Two men accused of kicking to death a coffee shop worker both blamed each other for starting the violence, a court heard. Seph Lawrance, 22, who worked for Costa Coffee at Gatwick, was found dying on a footpath in Goffs Park, Crawley. Andrew Goss, 24,
Only five out of 381 pubs which applied for late drinking hours have been turned down, despite thousands of objections from worried neighbours. Just one pub in Brighton and Hove, the Preston Park Tavern, has been rejected due to concerns about noise and
Residents have been urged to demand a fairer deal from central Government. East Sussex County Council wants to impose a maximum five per cent increase on council tax next year but believes this would still leave the council with a funding gap of £5.6
(18, 96 mins) Starring Viggo Mortenson, Maria Bello, Ed Harris. Directed by David Cronenberg. That David Cronenberg, he likes films with plenty of sexual depravity, extreme violence, a gloopy melding of flesh fusing with technology and fantasy crashing
Hailing originally from London, this straight-down-the-line indie punk five-piece, who all now live in Brighton, are an exciting live spectacle. Crammed into the newly-revamped Zap club, now known as Union, the crowd of students celebrating their freshers
Regarding your otherwise very interesting supplement on the Sixties (Celebrating 125 Years, September 24), I feel I must correct the use of the picture on page 11, which clearly shows an E-reg VW Beatle, which means the photo relates to another bad winter
Tony Blair has thanked Sussex Police officers for keeping Labour delegates safe from harm. In a visit to the conference security HQ in central Brighton yesterday, the Prime Minister said: "It's a huge operation and it's difficult because security has
Tony Benn was in a comfortable condition in hospital yesterday after collapsing at the Labour Party Conference. Staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, said the 80-year-old former Labour MP was likely to remain there for another couple of
What a humiliation for Michael Howard and Tory party chairman, the Horsham MP Francis Maude, in failing to garner sufficient support to force a change in the rules governing the selection of Tory party leader. It serves them right, though, for trying
A council is calling for a public consultation on the shake-up of health services to be referred to the Secretary of State. Mid Sussex District Council wants Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt to take a closer look at the way the Best Care, Best Place consultation
A councillor being urged to quit after moving to the Isle of Man will still receive more than £3,000 from taxpayers this year. Tory Richard Falk, who is now living in the Manx capital, Douglas, said it would help pay for his air fares to Worthing. Liberal
I am 76 and I went to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton for an X-ray on my neck because it was giving me trouble. The staff were marvellous in every way and they looked after me and gave me tea. I've never been treated like that before and
The former bouncer at the centre of a political storm over Labour's heavy-handed eviction of delegates from the party conference has defended himself. Joe Ifill, 40, from Hove, yesterday said: "I'm no thug." Mr Ifill, a conference steward, spoke to The
I am delighted to hear Dr Helen Boyle's name is to be put on a Brighton and Hove bus. For anyone who has not heard of her, Helen Boyle was a pioneer in psychiatric care. In an era when certification and incarceration of sufferers was the general rule,
I don't think G Roberts (Letters, September 21), would praise Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company so much if he lived in Bevendean and used the No 10/10A route. We only have one bus which serves the estate, which runs only every 20 minutes if you
The defence which kept Albion in the Championship last season has been continually disrupted but some things never change. Adam Virgo and Dan Harding have left, injuries have hampered Adam Hinshelwood and Kerry Mayo. Even two of the newcomers, Jason Dodd
Nigel Worthington wants Norwich to kick-start their season by maintaining their 100 per cent record at Withdean. The Canaries coped well with the unusual surroundings on their only previous visit, a 2-0 victory in August 2002. Boss Worthington is desperate
The spaced-out beats and cinematic atmospherics of trip-hop have found their avatar in downtempo pioneer Richard Dorfmeister of Kruder & Dorfmeister and Tosca fame. Despite his wry attitude, sharp opinions and a Viennese predilection for half-adozen
The precise difference between Soulwax and their alter ego 2 Many DJs may be difficult to fathom at the best of times. Not least because Belgian brothers David and Stephen Dewaele lead both. And now they're confusing things even more by appearing on the
this is Brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week. T-Rextasy, Concorde 2, Brighton, Friday, September 30 - Nearly three decades after his untimely death, Marc Bolan is still a glam legend and widely hailed for paving the way for
When World Cup Final 1966 kicks off on Wednesday, the stage at the Gardner Arts Centre will transform into a stadium, complete with frenzied fans and oranges at half-time. See this play and you might get more than you bargained for because directors Carl
A bear rescued from cruelty thanks to the fund-raising efforts of one woman is being named after her. Phillipa Alexander hopes to come face-to-face with her hairy namesake after raising £6,000 for International Animal Rescue (IAR) and their work to rehome
A football club could fold because it keeps breaching rules banning it from playing football after hours. Burgess Hill Football Club is only supposed to use the floodlights at its Leyland Park ground up to 9.30pm to stop residents being disturbed by light
Pub goers in Sussex are paying some of the most expensive prices for a pint of beer in the UK. A report out yesterday revealed pubs across the county charge an average of £2.35 for a pint of real ale. Only four other counties were more expensive, with
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has spoken for the first time about Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes. Mr Clarke, asked if he would intervene to help Mr Deghayes, said: "The campaign has made its representations and will continue to do so and I will
