Activists have welcomed new laws bringing the campaign for a national park in the South Downs back on track. The designation of the south downs national park was put on hold by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in February
Being retired and kept in by the cold weather, and as a change from knitting, which I find keeps my blood pressure down, I looked for something different to do. I purchased a large scrap book in which I have been pasting pictures. I take The Argus daily
My six-year-old daughter goes to Downs Infants and has loved going to this fantastic school. So I am horrified to find I can only protest about a dump being built next to this school until April 19. I have not been told this by Brighton and Hove City
A historic coach house used by a hospital for storage could be transformed into a museum and community centre. The Grade II listed Old Coach House in Clifton Hill, Brighton, would also become the base for the newly-formed City of Brighton and Hove Historic
Householders are being called to snitch on neighbours watering their gardens with hosepipes. Lewes MP Norman Baker wants the public to think of the water restrictions as the country thought of the petrol rationing in the Forties informing on your neighbours
Regarding Fiona Wilding's complaint at the cost of bus travel in our city (Letters, March 27), last week I bought a daily ticket for £2.80. I travelled from my home to George Street in Hove, then to Churchill Square, where I spent a couple of hours shopping
So Gordon Brown thinks giving children savings is more important than the Health Service. Parents should be responsible for their children's savings, not the Government. Also, who is responsible for looking into the expenses of MPs. With the taxes the
A lesbian estate agent claims she was sacked from her job when she revealed she was 16-weeks pregnant. Corrina Slow told a tribunal her boss at 2Let estate agency, whose distinctive rainbow advertising boards are a familiar sight in Brighton and Hove,
So Brighton is to be the site of yet another half-baked, altimetric, monumental folly so high it might even touch cloud cuckoo land. If the ideas for the King Alfred towers, the marina skyscraper and Per Lindstrand's balloons were not grotesque enough
What a splendid attraction the proposed viewing tower will be. The perfect replacement for the much-loved West Pier. Let's hope it will be built without objection, delay or incident. -From one of Simon Fanshawe's allegedly rare Brighton-born-and-bred
With the current political situation of "no overall control" in Brighton and Hove, worries have recently been expressed about the possible difficulties of attracting architects worth their salt to the city. Perhaps doubters will be reassured now internationally-renowned
James Kirtley will put his new-look bowling action to the test for the first time today. Kirtley, 31, lines up for Sussex in their two-day friendly against Northamptonshire at Hove (11am). He has been working hard in the nets since his remodelled action
Kerry Mayo today admitted escaping the drop would be stranger than fiction. The long-serving defender called on Albion to match the fairytale script of a famous football film and insisted: "It can be done." Mayo returned to first team action as a substitute
The watchdog which scrutinises Gatwick Airport has a new boss. BAA Gatwick has appointed a new chairman of the Gatwick Airport Consultative Committee (GATCOM), to succeed Peter Bryant on his retirement in summer 2007. Dr Godfrey is currently clerk to
A new tourist guide is hoping to attract young, rich and trendy visitors. Hastings Borough Council and 1066 Country Marketing say the town's image is changing from a down-at-heel backwater to a resort on the up. Their two-booklet tourist guide is aimed
Protesters fighting plans for an Asda superstore on their doorsteps staged a huge demonstration at the start of a public inquiry into the £35 million scheme. Demonstrators waved placards stating "No to Asda" over the proposed store in Worthing. There
Activists have welcomed new laws bringing the campaign for a national park in the South Downs back on track. The designation of the south downs national park was put on hold by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in February as
Senior police are being instructed to refuse all requests for the destruction of innocent children's DNA records. Earlier this year The Argus revealed Sussex Police is storing the details of 644 under-18s who have been arrested but neither charged or
A pier which has been burnt down and blown up has been voted 2006 Pier of the Year despite concerns over the future of its nightclub. The accolade was bestowed on Worthing Pier by the National Piers Society. Paul High, executive member for leisure and
Salsa Celtic are surely the only band in the world to successfully fuse Latin and Celtic themes and instruments. The band began in 1995 in the bars and clubs of Edinburgh and Glasgow, where their Scottish take on Salsa was an immediate hit with both the
Waiting (two hours!) for the Sugababes was like sitting in a giant aviary. During the support acts, the shrill screaming of pre-pubescent girls echoed through the auditorium. The shrieking reached a climax as boyband Fundamental 03 worked the girls into
The contrasting worlds of fine painting and popular music would seem an unlikely formula for success yet canvas and vinyl have blended with great harmony on a number of occasions. Famous artists and their paintings have inspired such great songs as Mona
If the majority of the residents of the relative streets of the Hanover area of Brighton have made an informed decision not to have a Home Zone after four years of endless dialogue and consultation, why can Joyce Edmond-Smith not accept and respect this
Last week you published a spread about the new application Voelia has made for a waste recycling centre at Hollingdean depot. As a result, I visited Priory House, Brighton, on Wednesday, March 29, in order to look at the plans. I was unable to see them
I was horrified to hear on the radio today the question, "should premature babies under a certain weight be given special care?" - to save NHS money. Can you imagine what parents who give birth to premature babies are going to say about this? I consider
Would any other readers like to see a direct bus route from Brighton to Drusilla's Zooin Alfriston? As we have never had a car it is nearly impossible for us to get there. It is such a lovely and popular place to visit, so come on, Mr French - please
As a wayward pupil, Sussex supermodel Jodie Kidd may well have got out of handing in her homework with a plaintive: "The dog ate it, Miss." But it is not an excuse which tends to impress the bureaucrats at the DVLA - even if you happen to be an Amazonian
Parents are annoyed the price of school dinners has rocketed five times the rate of inflation despite millions of pounds of Government investment. Families in Brighton and Hove are being asked to pay 15p extra on school meals, taking the total cost to
A businessman has exposed blundering parole officers who sold a filing cabinet containing a confidential dossier on three rape victims. The entrepreneur, from Shoreham, raised the alarm after finding the document which listed details of attacks by sex
Last Saturday, I took my grandson, Harry, into town on the bus. He was very excited as he does not come to stay very often. This was the first day of free travel for OAPS. He sat beside me, on a nearly empty bus, in the seat that says, "if asked, please
Rectors of a major community group have drawn up contingency plans to deal with a possible bird flu epidemic. More than 30 groups including Mencap and Victim Support Brighton use Community Base in Queen's Road, Brighton. Thousands of people use the services
The first gay man in Britain to be prosecuted for infecting his partner with the HIV virus faces jail after he admitted a charge of causing grievous bodily harm. The 45-year-old unemployed florist, from Burgess Hill, was living with his 37-year-old partner
Hundreds of hospital jobs have been axed in a bid to stem debts spiralling by millions of pounds a month. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Crawley Hospital, is cutting 400 posts as part of plans to bring a deficit of more than £41 million
I am writing to let the people of this city know I and, I'm sure, most of my colleagues on Brighton and Hove City Council will whole-heartedly support this fantastic and fitting replacement for the West Pier. Tourists and residents alike will flock to
It was heartening to hear the proposal for i360 at the West Pier, not just because the project itself is so inspirational but also because we need to maintain and enhance the tourism industry in this city for the next generation and beyond. Tourism-hungry
Phil Waghorn's men could be heading for mission near-impossible away to newly crowned champions Newcastle in the British League play-offs. And that daunting prospect is now their best-case scenario after this dispiriting defeat at the Bognor Arena last
Families have spoken of their shock and disbelief that an independent school has suddenly closed. Newlands School in Seaford announced it had closed yesterday after 11th hour discussions with education company Cognita ground to a halt. Cognita offered
Plans for Brighton and Hove's first fully naked strip joint have raised concerns. Brighton and Hove City Council has received an application from Southampton-based company For Your Eyes Only to open at the former ABC cinema in East Street, Brighton. Although
The country's most expensive private home, which has been standing half-built for five years, might never be completed, a confidential report says. Nicholas Hoogstraten, who was freed on appeal two years ago after being jailed over the killing of a business
You've probably heard Imogen Heap without knowing it - hers was the a cappella, multi-layered vocal which rung out as Marissa shot Tres on cult teen drama the OC, and hers was the twinkling snow song played as the credits rolled on The Lion The Witch
