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  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Sir Bellotti is an insult If David Bellotti is given a gong in the New Year's Honours, the whole system will take a bad knock. The rumour sweeping Westminster, which has not been denied, is that Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has nominated the former

  • Hart of the matter - by Ian Hart

    Never look a gift horse in the mouth, so congratulations to Dick Knight for winning a Sussex Sporting achievement award! I'll grant you that it was a tad confusing, the award was in recognition of the club returning to Withdean, but as a colleague at

  • We must all tow the line, says Adams

    MICKY Adams reckons his Albion side are getting a raw deal from Premiership officials. Top flight referee Paul Durkin will be in charge when the Seagulls take on Barnet at Withdean on Sunday. But Adams, whose men have come under the control of a series

  • Feeling at home with pets

    Many retirement homes won't allow people to bring their pets with them. But Hanover Walk, Storrington, is a glowing exception. Now the sheltered housing project, which recognises the benefits pets can make to residents' lives, has reached the finals of

  • Terrifying ordeal in early-morning road

    A SHOPKEEPER spoke today of her horror after being confronted by two robbers in an early-morning raid. Mother-of-three Lorraine Lovelock, who was left devastated by the incident, said it would take a long time to recover from the ordeal. The 39-year-old

  • IRA no longer threat to Labour meeting

    ANIMAL rights activists have supplanted the IRA as the major security threat to party conferences in Brighton. Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has warned security at Labour's conference in the town in September will be just as tight as ever. As first

  • police bungled hunt for my brother's killers

    ESSIE Menson had just given birth to her third child when the telephone rang in the Australian hospital room. In just a few seconds the joy she felt at the arrival of her daughter turned to horror. Her younger brother Michael was in hospital with horrific

  • SUPER MUM! Jean has cared for 636 children

    JEAN Forrest is a super mum. The 64-year-old grandmother has cared for more than 636 children as a foster parent during the last 37 years. Next month she will receive a Kidscape Children's Champion Award. Rebecca Drought reports on Jean's lifetime labour

  • Paedophile dressed as Father Christmas

    POLICE were today keeping a close eye on a paedophile who is luring children by dressing as Father Christmas. The man has been seen in Eastbourne town centre on a number of occasions over the past week. Eastbourne police have discovered the man has had

  • Car driver badly hurt

    A driver was badly hurt in a crash on a country road last night. He was at the wheel of a Ford Focus in collision with a lorry on the A281 at Shaves Thatch, on the Newtimber-Henfield road at 11.30pm. The Focus driver was taken to the Royal Sussex County

  • £10,000 reward to nab knife raiders

    A reward of £10,000 was offered today following the stabbing of a Hove store manager. The 25-year-old victim is recovering in hospital after undergoing treatment for five puncture wounds to the stomach. He was opening up his branch of Currys electrical

  • Let the big screen battle begin!

    A CONTROVERSIAL bid to redevelop a seafront leisure centre could be blocked by a rival developer. Citygrove Leisure plans to spend up to £30 million transforming the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove. The scheme would involve building a casino, 11 cinema

  • We must all tow the line, says Adams

    MICKY Adams reckons his Albion side are getting a raw deal from Premiership officials. Top flight referee Paul Durkin will be in charge when the Seagulls take on Barnet at Withdean on Sunday. But Adams, whose men have come under the control of a series

  • Feeling at home with pets

    Many retirement homes won't allow people to bring their pets with them. But Hanover Walk, Storrington, is a glowing exception. Now the sheltered housing project, which recognises the benefits pets can make to residents' lives, has reached the finals of

  • Terrifying ordeal in early-morning road

    A SHOPKEEPER spoke today of her horror after being confronted by two robbers in an early-morning raid. Mother-of-three Lorraine Lovelock, who was left devastated by the incident, said it would take a long time to recover from the ordeal. The 39-year-old

  • Connex to seek court ban on millennium strikes

    CONNEX said today it would take legal action against the train drivers' union whose members are refusing to work overtime and rest days. It has had to cancel scores of services into London from Sussex over the past two days because drivers have stopped

  • IRA no longer threat to Labour meeting

    ANIMAL rights activists have supplanted the IRA as the major security threat to party conferences in Brighton. Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has warned security at Labour's conference in the town in September will be just as tight as ever. As first

  • police bungled hunt for my brother's killers

    ESSIE Menson had just given birth to her third child when the telephone rang in the Australian hospital room. In just a few seconds the joy she felt at the arrival of her daughter turned to horror. Her younger brother Michael was in hospital with horrific

  • BELLOTTI 'UP FOR HONOUR'

    FORMER Albion director David Bellotti is a front-runner for a New Year honour or peerage. The former Eastbourne MP, who became a target for the club's fans after the shock sale of the Goldstone Ground, is thought to have been nominated by Liberal Democrat

  • Paedophile dressed as Father Christmas

    POLICE were today keeping a close eye on a paedophile who is luring children by dressing as Father Christmas. The man has been seen in Eastbourne town centre on a number of occasions over the past week. Eastbourne police have discovered the man has had

  • Beef ban boosts our wine market

    Christmas and the millennium will be celebrated with English bubbly and wine as more and more shoppers boycott French produce. The country's English wine producers are enjoying their most successful festive season ever as consumers turn their back on

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME - BY VANORA LEIGH

    ASK me what I want for Christmas and I'll tell you - I'll even tell you if you don't ask, or don't want to know. Sorry, there's no escape. I want to be a size ten again. I want to be able to walk up to those cruel full-length mirrors in M & S without

  • Car driver badly hurt

    A driver was badly hurt in a crash on a country road last night. He was at the wheel of a Ford Focus in collision with a lorry on the A281 at Shaves Thatch, on the Newtimber-Henfield road at 11.30pm. The Focus driver was taken to the Royal Sussex County

  • £10,000 reward to nab knife raiders

    A reward of £10,000 was offered today following the stabbing of a Hove store manager. The 25-year-old victim is recovering in hospital after undergoing treatment for five puncture wounds to the stomach. He was opening up his branch of Currys electrical

  • Let the big screen battle begin!

    A CONTROVERSIAL bid to redevelop a seafront leisure centre could be blocked by a rival developer. Citygrove Leisure plans to spend up to £30 million transforming the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove. The scheme would involve building a casino, 11 cinema

  • SEVEN years ago Craig Whitington had the world at his feet.

    The striker was tipped for the top after scoring 72 goals in 173 appearances for Crawley Town. That was impressive enough for Division Three Scarborough Town to pay £50,000 for him. He went on to join Hudder- sfield Town but his football career hit the

  • Connex to seek court ban on millennium strikes

    CONNEX said today it would take legal action against the train drivers' union whose members are refusing to work overtime and rest days. It has had to cancel scores of services into London from Sussex over the past two days because drivers have stopped

  • MP's plea for winter fuel cash

    MP Nigel Waterson has challenged the Government to extend winter fuel payments to benefit disabled people below retirement age. The Eastbourne MP has tabled a Commons question asking Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling what plans he has to help

  • BELLOTTI 'UP FOR HONOUR'

    FORMER Albion director David Bellotti is a front-runner for a New Year honour or peerage. The former Eastbourne MP, who became a target for the club's fans after the shock sale of the Goldstone Ground, is thought to have been nominated by Liberal Democrat

  • Beef ban boosts our wine market

    Christmas and the millennium will be celebrated with English bubbly and wine as more and more shoppers boycott French produce. The country's English wine producers are enjoying their most successful festive season ever as consumers turn their back on

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME - BY VANORA LEIGH

    ASK me what I want for Christmas and I'll tell you - I'll even tell you if you don't ask, or don't want to know. Sorry, there's no escape. I want to be a size ten again. I want to be able to walk up to those cruel full-length mirrors in M & S without

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Sir Bellotti is an insult If David Bellotti is given a gong in the New Year's Honours, the whole system will take a bad knock. The rumour sweeping Westminster, which has not been denied, is that Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has nominated the former

  • Hart of the matter - by Ian Hart

    Never look a gift horse in the mouth, so congratulations to Dick Knight for winning a Sussex Sporting achievement award! I'll grant you that it was a tad confusing, the award was in recognition of the club returning to Withdean, but as a colleague at

  • SEVEN years ago Craig Whitington had the world at his feet.

    The striker was tipped for the top after scoring 72 goals in 173 appearances for Crawley Town. That was impressive enough for Division Three Scarborough Town to pay £50,000 for him. He went on to join Hudder- sfield Town but his football career hit the

  • SUPER MUM! Jean has cared for 636 children

    JEAN Forrest is a super mum. The 64-year-old grandmother has cared for more than 636 children as a foster parent during the last 37 years. Next month she will receive a Kidscape Children's Champion Award. Rebecca Drought reports on Jean's lifetime labour

  • MP's plea for winter fuel cash

    MP Nigel Waterson has challenged the Government to extend winter fuel payments to benefit disabled people below retirement age. The Eastbourne MP has tabled a Commons question asking Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling what plans he has to help