Four Sussex banks are included in a list of 172 branches of banking giant Barclays due to close next month. The bank is under fire from rural customers over plans to axe all the branches on April 7. The move will leave 90 communites in the UK without
Children must come first, Tip off, The hard sell Important questions in the appalling Brighton child abuse and neglect case revealed last week by the Argus have still not been answered. The most pressing of all is why the parents of these poor children
A country road was closed for more than an hour last night after a head-on crash between two cars. Passers-by rushed to the scene after a Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra collided in Isaacs Lane, near Haywards Heath, at about 7pm. Police sealed the road
Social habits and hysteria can be created or stopped by viruses fed into people's minds. According to Paul Marsden, 32, a part-time research student at Sussex University, "mind viruses" can trigger "social epidemics" and influence people's behaviour.
In hockey, Nyssa McNeil has completed a remarkable comeback to junior international hockey after illness. McNeil has been selected for England under-16, along with fellow Eastbourne club-mates Carolyn Perry and Sophy Mills. The 15-year-old Seaford College
Chichester High School's astonishing four-year unbeaten run has been ended. The under-15s were pipped 14-13 in the semi-finals of the Daily Mail Cup at Bramhall. Skipper Robert Lawrence admitted: "We lost it rather than Bramhall won it. It was the end
Final day of the Cheltenham festival and further cards at Hexham and Wolverhampton In the Tote Gold Cup, the emergence of Gloria Victis as a top-class chaser has undermined confidence behind the favourite, See More Business. Florida Pearl, last year's
The campaign to save Littlehampton Hospital today received a setback when health chiefs backed plans to redevelop another hospital instead. Members of the Worthing Priority Care NHS Trust board supported moves to improve facilities at Zachary Merton Hospital
A woman jumped to her death after mistakingly thinking she was the target of a fraud investigation. Joan Sutton, 54, was found dead at the foot of cliffs at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, after telling her husband she had gone to the hairdressers. On December
Outside East Brighton College of Media Arts, parents dropping off their children were shocked. They said Mr Garwood's resignation had left teachers and pupils reeling. They said all the changes had an unsettling effect on their children's education. But
The man killed in yesterday's M23 pile-up was a married British Airways worker with a young daughter. Lee Carter, 28, died when the baggage transfer vehicle he was driving shot through the central reservation north of Gatwick and crashed with oncoming
A woman jumped to her death after mistakingly thinking she was the target of a fraud investigation. Joan Sutton, 54, was found dead at the foot of cliffs at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, after telling her husband she had gone to the hairdressers. On December
London mayor contender Ken Livingstone was today rebuked by the Commons watchdog. He was urged to apologise personally to MPs for failing to register properly outside interests worth £158,599. The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee said in a report
The head teacher of one of the county's most troubled schools is quitting after a row over a letter. The damning letter outlining council concerns about pupil behaviour, attendance, high exclusion rates and staff morale was not released to teachers and
More than 250 pupils at a Sussex school are being offered tuberculosis tests after a former student was discovered with the disease. Health chiefs say the risk of any of the children, aged 14 and 15, contracting the infection are "very low". School nurses
Shares in internet shopping business lastminute.com jumped ahead on their first day of trading on the stock market, boosting the paper fortunes of the company's founders. The shares, placed at 380p, each leapt to 511p in the first hour of trading, boosting
Four Sussex banks are included in a list of 172 branches of banking giant Barclays due to close next month. The bank is under fire from rural customers over plans to axe all the branches on April 7. The move will leave 90 communites in the UK without
Marion Brown is looking for youngsters to add a dash of Hollywood-style colour to her Easter Bonnet parade. The event is being organised for April 22 in the Market Place at Burgess Hill. Marion, of St Andrews Road, Burgess Hill, says she is willing to
A millionaire businessman awarded £10,750 damages because the peace of his rural home was blighted by aircraft noise is facing a fresh Appeal Court bid to strip him of the award. In a case which broke new legal grounds, Graham Farley, 52, was awarded
A rubbish tip has been forced to close amid fears it has become a health hazard. Now the site in Leighton Road, Hove, could lose its operating licence after Environment Agency inspectors discovered the tip was full. It is the latest twist in a two-week
The future is looking bright for Brighton Racecourse as it sheds its rundown image. With an ambitious programme of investment and modernisation, manager Northern Racing hopes it can bring back the glory days of the 1950s when Brighton races regularly
In hockey, Nyssa McNeil has completed a remarkable comeback to junior international hockey after illness. McNeil has been selected for England under-16, along with fellow Eastbourne club-mates Carolyn Perry and Sophy Mills. The 15-year-old Seaford College
Seventeen-year-old Krishana Singh has been called up by England. The batsman, from Crawley, is in the under-17s training squad and in contention for the summer internationals against Sri Lanka and Scotland. Singh, who attends Hurstpierpoint College, was
Micky Adams has been defended by a player from the opposing team following a misconduct charge. Adams was charged by the Football Association yesterday for remarks made to the fourth official in the 2-1 home win against Halifax earlier this month. Chris
The campaign to save Littlehampton Hospital today received a setback when health chiefs backed plans to redevelop another hospital instead. Members of the Worthing Priority Care NHS Trust board supported moves to improve facilities at Zachary Merton Hospital
A woman jumped to her death after mistakingly thinking she was the target of a fraud investigation. Joan Sutton, 54, was found dead at the foot of cliffs at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, after telling her husband she had gone to the hairdressers. On December
Artists are furious after plans were revealed to close a shop to make way for another coffee outlet in North Laine, Brighton. The CJ Graphics shop has traded in Bond Street for more than 20 years and will close for the last time on Friday, leaving eight
Brighton and Hove Buses have announced a £3 million improvement programme for 20 new double-decker buses to make access easier for disabled people. The latest measures mean the company has now spent £17 million on new vehicles in the last five years.
A child abuse consultant who teaches police and social workers has backed the Argus' call for a public inquiry into the Brighton child neglect case. The key question in any public inquiry should be whether the agencies involved with the family were adhering
The man killed in yesterday's M23 pile-up was a married British Airways worker with a young daughter. Lee Carter, 28, died when the baggage transfer vehicle he was driving shot through the central reservation north of Gatwick and crashed with oncoming
A school head who was sacked after downloading child porn from the internet has been jailed. Bob Shepherd has been sent to prison for five months. He is married with four children, and was suspended as head of Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
London mayor contender Ken Livingstone was today rebuked by the Commons watchdog. He was urged to apologise personally to MPs for failing to register properly outside interests worth £158,599. The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee said in a report
Damage costing thousands of pounds was caused when a stock room collapsed into a shop last night. Firefighters were called to Adams and Jarrett in St Leonards at around 9pm when the first floor of the Norman Road building crashed into the ground floor
The head teacher of one of the county's most troubled schools is quitting after a row over a letter. The damning letter outlining council concerns about pupil behaviour, attendance, high exclusion rates and staff morale was not released to teachers and
More than 250 pupils at a Sussex school are being offered tuberculosis tests after a former student was discovered with the disease. Health chiefs say the risk of any of the children, aged 14 and 15, contracting the infection are "very low". School nurses
The Internet is the 21st century market place for businesses. Now Sussex companies can reach millions of potential customers using a free web directory. Fish4 It was launched in October 1999 and operates a national database of 1.9 million businesses accessible
Shares in internet shopping business lastminute.com jumped ahead on their first day of trading on the stock market, boosting the paper fortunes of the company's founders. The shares, placed at 380p, each leapt to 511p in the first hour of trading, boosting
I WAS walking briskly along Brighton's London Road one morning recently - and please note I say "walking briskly" rather than stumbling or lurching - when a woman wearing a fur hat and clutching a clipboard scurried towards me from the direction of Sainsbury's
I was walking briskly along Brighton's London Road one morning recently - and please note I say "walking briskly" rather than stumbling or lurching. It was then that a woman wearing a fur hat and clutching a clipboard scurried towards me from the direction
Marion Brown is looking for youngsters to add a dash of Hollywood-style colour to her Easter Bonnet parade. The event is being organised for April 22 in the Market Place at Burgess Hill. Marion, of St Andrews Road, Burgess Hill, says she is willing to
A millionaire businessman awarded £10,750 damages because the peace of his rural home was blighted by aircraft noise is facing a fresh Appeal Court bid to strip him of the award. In a case which broke new legal grounds, Graham Farley, 52, was awarded
A rubbish tip has been forced to close amid fears it has become a health hazard. Now the site in Leighton Road, Hove, could lose its operating licence after Environment Agency inspectors discovered the tip was full. It is the latest twist in a two-week
The future is looking bright for Brighton Racecourse as it sheds its rundown image. With an ambitious programme of investment and modernisation, manager Northern Racing hopes it can bring back the glory days of the 1950s when Brighton races regularly
Seventeen-year-old Krishana Singh has been called up by England. The batsman, from Crawley, is in the under-17s training squad and in contention for the summer internationals against Sri Lanka and Scotland. Singh, who attends Hurstpierpoint College, was
Andrew Ducille fired Langney Sports 12 points clear in Divison 1 last night. His 15th-minute, 25-yard volley earned Sports a 1-0 home win over bottom side Ringmer who belied their position with a spirited performance. Garry Wilson's men attacked from
A newborn baby girl died after a routine medical procedure, an inquest heard. Little Jasmine Denscombe was less than five hours old. Sarah Denscombe, 30, went into labour on January 18 at Worthing Hospital but when natural procedures did not seem to work
Micky Adams has been defended by a player from the opposing team following a misconduct charge. Adams was charged by the Football Association yesterday for remarks made to the fourth official in the 2-1 home win against Halifax earlier this month. Chris
Ten pubs are being given photographs of suspected criminals and drug dealers this week. In the latest police campaign to cut crime, the rogues' gallery scheme is being tested in Crawley and will run for six months, after which police and landlords will
Artists are furious after plans were revealed to close a shop to make way for another coffee outlet in North Laine, Brighton. The CJ Graphics shop has traded in Bond Street for more than 20 years and will close for the last time on Friday, leaving eight
Brighton and Hove Buses have announced a £3 million improvement programme for 20 new double-decker buses to make access easier for disabled people. The latest measures mean the company has now spent £17 million on new vehicles in the last five years.
A child abuse consultant who teaches police and social workers has backed the Argus' call for a public inquiry into the Brighton child neglect case. The key question in any public inquiry should be whether the agencies involved with the family were adhering
A school head who was sacked after downloading child porn from the internet has been jailed. Bob Shepherd has been sent to prison for five months. He is married with four children, and was suspended as head of Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Damage costing thousands of pounds was caused when a stock room collapsed into a shop last night. Firefighters were called to Adams and Jarrett in St Leonards at around 9pm when the first floor of the Norman Road building crashed into the ground floor
Brake Bros has consolidated its position as the leading supplier of food to the UK catering industry by snapping up fish wholesaler M&J Seafoods. The group is to buy M&J, which supplies seafood to national catering groups and airline and contract
The Internet is the 21st century market place for businesses. Now Sussex companies can reach millions of potential customers using a free web directory. Fish4 It was launched in October 1999 and operates a national database of 1.9 million businesses accessible
I WAS walking briskly along Brighton's London Road one morning recently - and please note I say "walking briskly" rather than stumbling or lurching - when a woman wearing a fur hat and clutching a clipboard scurried towards me from the direction of Sainsbury's
Children must come first, Tip off, The hard sell Important questions in the appalling Brighton child abuse and neglect case revealed last week by the Argus have still not been answered. The most pressing of all is why the parents of these poor children
I was walking briskly along Brighton's London Road one morning recently - and please note I say "walking briskly" rather than stumbling or lurching. It was then that a woman wearing a fur hat and clutching a clipboard scurried towards me from the direction
A country road was closed for more than an hour last night after a head-on crash between two cars. Passers-by rushed to the scene after a Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra collided in Isaacs Lane, near Haywards Heath, at about 7pm. Police sealed the road
Social habits and hysteria can be created or stopped by viruses fed into people's minds. According to Paul Marsden, 32, a part-time research student at Sussex University, "mind viruses" can trigger "social epidemics" and influence people's behaviour.
Chichester High School's astonishing four-year unbeaten run has been ended. The under-15s were pipped 14-13 in the semi-finals of the Daily Mail Cup at Bramhall. Skipper Robert Lawrence admitted: "We lost it rather than Bramhall won it. It was the end
Andrew Ducille fired Langney Sports 12 points clear in Divison 1 last night. His 15th-minute, 25-yard volley earned Sports a 1-0 home win over bottom side Ringmer who belied their position with a spirited performance. Garry Wilson's men attacked from
Final day of the Cheltenham festival and further cards at Hexham and Wolverhampton In the Tote Gold Cup, the emergence of Gloria Victis as a top-class chaser has undermined confidence behind the favourite, See More Business. Florida Pearl, last year's
A newborn baby girl died after a routine medical procedure, an inquest heard. Little Jasmine Denscombe was less than five hours old. Sarah Denscombe, 30, went into labour on January 18 at Worthing Hospital but when natural procedures did not seem to work
Ten pubs are being given photographs of suspected criminals and drug dealers this week. In the latest police campaign to cut crime, the rogues' gallery scheme is being tested in Crawley and will run for six months, after which police and landlords will
Outside East Brighton College of Media Arts, parents dropping off their children were shocked. They said Mr Garwood's resignation had left teachers and pupils reeling. They said all the changes had an unsettling effect on their children's education. But
A woman jumped to her death after mistakingly thinking she was the target of a fraud investigation. Joan Sutton, 54, was found dead at the foot of cliffs at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, after telling her husband she had gone to the hairdressers. On December
Brake Bros has consolidated its position as the leading supplier of food to the UK catering industry by snapping up fish wholesaler M&J Seafoods. The group is to buy M&J, which supplies seafood to national catering groups and airline and contract
