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  • THE COLUMN WHERE WE RESPOND TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS

    I EXPECT you all know that marvellous phrase in Casablanca - possibly the greatest movie of all time - about rounding up "the usual suspects." It came to mind again this week when a note from a Brighton teacher called Val fluttered on to my desk. She

  • Knight fights to keep boss

    ALBION chairman Dick Knight was last night battling to keep hold of Seagulls boss Brian Horton. Port Vale want Horton to be their new manager and they have made an official approach for him. Knight was locked in crisis talks with Horton at the chairman's

  • WHY CAN'T I BE A NURSE?

    EVERY time traffic warden Justine Watkins hears of staffing shortages in our hospitals she seethes with frustration. For the 28-year-old mother-of-two has been desperate to become a nurse or midwife for the past eight years. Justine, from Peacehaven,

  • HOME MAY CLOSE AS BEDS LIE EMPTY

    A CHARITY offering care to people discharged from hospital faces closure - because it can't get enough patients to fill its beds. Hove-based Catisfield House has warned it is in danger of shutting after 75 years. The charity, run by trained nurses, has

  • SHOPS UNDER SEIGE FEAR MORE DREADED DIGGING

    TRADERS and motorists in Brighton's London Road face more roadwork misery. Digging is to start to repair drains less than two months after the completion of a £4 million traffic management scheme. Problems with the drains were reported by butcher Neil

  • GUN-RUNNER WAS SPECIAL CONSTABLE

    TONY Mitchell, a Sussex arms dealer who supplied the criminal underworld with deadly weapons, was a former Sussex Police Special Constable, it was confirmed today. Mitchell, 44, was a police volunteer in Brighton but was kicked out of the service in 1993

  • MISSING GIRLS, 10, FOUND

    MISSING schoolgirls Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless were found safe and well today. A 45-year-old man has been arrested. The girls were discovered in Eastbourne and were taken straight to Battle police station. Their families cried tears of joy when

  • ASHLEY CHIEF QUITS AS SALES PLUMMET

    THE group chief executive of fashion and furnishings retailer Laura Ashley is to quit the struggling company. Victoria Egan's move, which was said to be "for personal reasons", coincided with a trading statement from the company which showed sales had

  • HOME MAY CLOSE AS BEDS LIE EMPTY

    A CHARITY offering care to people discharged from hospital faces closure - because it can't get enough patients to fill its beds. Hove-based Catisfield House has warned it is in danger of shutting after 75 years. The charity, run by trained nurses, has

  • ASHLEY CHIEF QUITS AS SALES PLUMMET

    THE group chief executive of fashion and furnishings retailer Laura Ashley is to quit the struggling company. Victoria Egan's move, which was said to be "for personal reasons", coincided with a trading statement from the company which showed sales had

  • April return for Albion

    ALBION will not be playing at Withdean until the penultimate home match of the season. The Seagulls have targeted the game against Barnet on March 27 for the big homecoming. But sources have told the Argus that their first fixture back in Brighton will

  • THE COLUMN WHERE WE RESPOND TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS

    I EXPECT you all know that marvellous phrase in Casablanca - possibly the greatest movie of all time - about rounding up "the usual suspects." It came to mind again this week when a note from a Brighton teacher called Val fluttered on to my desk. She

  • April return for Albion

    ALBION will not be playing at Withdean until the penultimate home match of the season. The Seagulls have targeted the game against Barnet on March 27 for the big homecoming. But sources have told the Argus that their first fixture back in Brighton will

  • Knight fights to keep boss

    ALBION chairman Dick Knight was last night battling to keep hold of Seagulls boss Brian Horton. Port Vale want Horton to be their new manager and they have made an official approach for him. Knight was locked in crisis talks with Horton at the chairman's

  • WHY CAN'T I BE A NURSE?

    EVERY time traffic warden Justine Watkins hears of staffing shortages in our hospitals she seethes with frustration. For the 28-year-old mother-of-two has been desperate to become a nurse or midwife for the past eight years. Justine, from Peacehaven,

  • SHOPS UNDER SEIGE FEAR MORE DREADED DIGGING

    TRADERS and motorists in Brighton's London Road face more roadwork misery. Digging is to start to repair drains less than two months after the completion of a £4 million traffic management scheme. Problems with the drains were reported by butcher Neil

  • GUN-RUNNER WAS SPECIAL CONSTABLE

    TONY Mitchell, a Sussex arms dealer who supplied the criminal underworld with deadly weapons, was a former Sussex Police Special Constable, it was confirmed today. Mitchell, 44, was a police volunteer in Brighton but was kicked out of the service in 1993

  • MISSING GIRLS, 10, FOUND

    MISSING schoolgirls Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless were found safe and well today. A 45-year-old man has been arrested. The girls were discovered in Eastbourne and were taken straight to Battle police station. Their families cried tears of joy when