The recent article on Robin Maughan reminded me of the time I met him several years ago. I found him a very pleasant person. I read his hand, which was most interesting. He was a very gifted man. -Margaret Cullen, Elm Grove, Brighton
I have never understood why pop singers from Great Britain, be it from Glasgow, Stepney, Cardiff or Shoreham, often put on quasi-American accents. All becomes clear, however, when you examine what they are singing more closely. To sing such lyrics with
I agree with Bond buff Daryl Burchmore that the best Bond films were the earlier ones (Argus, September 14). I've seen every 007 film and, in my opinion, the latest ones have become tiresome and overdependent on special effects. They've become too fast
Should charity fund-raisers in the form of abseilers be allowed to use Peacehaven cliffs because of the risk of damage? The town council was reported as being against the idea in these pages last Thursday, prompting much comment. Even the Voice of the
A solicitor's clerk who forged a client's signature has been temporarily banned from working in the legal profession. Heather Thompson was working for Brighton solicitors Griffith Smith at offices in the Old Steine when she forged the signature on a conveyancing
A battery hen rescue centre faces closure after receiving a £6,250 bill from a council. Linda Turvey, who runs Hen Heaven, has been told Horsham District Council will charge her for the removal of vehicles, old baths and pallets from her Henfield sanctuary
Local people have drawn up a redevelopment plan for a park they say is used by drug dealers. They want Brighton and Hove Council to take action to restore Stoneham Park, off Marmion Road. Stoneham Park Association has prepared the £160,000 plan. Chairman
Brighton and Hove Council is guilty of the most breathtaking hypocrisy by blaming Sussex Police for the disproportionate number of travellers now descending on our town (Opinion, September 5). Has Lynette Gwyn Jones so quickly and conveniently forgotten
A controversial welcome sign criticised as an eyesore cost £8,000 to install. But environment councillor John Ballance said Brighton and Hove taxpayers had not paid a penny towards it. He told a Brighton and Hove Council meeting last night that the sign
A solicitor appeared before magistrates to face 44 charges of deception and false accounting. Nigel Weller, 47, of Park Lane, Laughton, who runs a firm of lawyers in the Brighton area, denied one charge of attempting to obtain a money transfer by deception
Mayor Andy Durr is back in hospital after being taken ill for the second time in a month. The Brighton and Hove mayor was first admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital after feeling unwell on his way to an engagement. He was discharged but has been
Preston Park is regarded as one of our town's greatest assets and rightly so. As a ward councillor, I have had many letters and telephone calls complaining the large influx of travellers at the end of August deprived people of their enjoyment of the park
This is the dramatic moment a masked gunman burst into a crowded pub and opened fire during a karaoke session, hitting a man in the thigh. Terrified customers and staff at the Railway Emporium in London Road, Bognor, dived for cover as he fired three
A man was today jailed for two-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of an antiques dealer. Beggar David Gibson, 28, of Grand Parade, Brighton, killed John HartGould with one punch on October 23 last year. Mr HartGould, 46, who ran the Brighton Flea Market
The Argus coverage of the fuel tax protest was helpful and interesting. In hindsight, I wonder if the Government now wishes the money spent on the Millennium Dome had gone into funding a research programme to find an alternative source of energy. We've
If diesel is so expensive, perhaps truck drivers should be taking more care not to slop it all over our roads, killing and injuring hundreds of motorcyclists every year. Farmers get their diesel tax-free, so what is their complaint? Perhaps they want
Several interested points came out of the fuel crisis. The main one is it is now clear any determined organisation wishing to make a point can put the country to ransom by blocking all Britains's fuel depots. We have no national public transport strategy
Witnesses in a murder case at Lewes Crown Court showed great bravery in giving statements and evidence. Some of them were friends of Jarno Cable, who was jailed for life after strangling Karen Heywood with his bare hands. Threats were made to witnesses
Paul Lyons is fast clearing up in Sussex. He retained the Sussex Open title at Littlehampton when a record £5,500 kitty was on offer only ten days after scooping the Clearview Windows Short Course Championship at Burgess Hill. The Paxhill Park pro, this
A patients' watchdog has attacked campaigns to save a mid Sussex acc-ident and emergency unit. Brighton, Hove and Lewes Community Health Council said the campaigns had "totally missed" the major impact that other changes suggested in the review of care
The result of the Portobello inquiry into plans for a giant sewage treatment works at Telscombe Cliffs is scheduled for December. The 150-page report by Simon Gibbs of the Planning Inspectorate into Southern Water's £60 million scheme for works on the
With all the warnings against drinking and driving, is it a good idea to combine petrol stations and supermarkets, where alcohol is on sale? Surely, out of sight, out of mind? -E. Mara, St Leonards Gardens, Hove
Badminton's bronze medallist is at the peak of a career which started in West Sussex Olympic star Jo Goode hit the headlines yesterday when she won Britain's first badminton medal. But her road to stardom in Australia started in a leafy West Sussex town
As the joyful celebration of human excellence that is the Sydney Olympics gets underway, G. Hall's dismal, misinformed letter regarding drug misuse at the Games (Opinion, September 18) is a real disappointment. A very small minority of Olympic athletes
Raiders stole £250 and 2,600 cigarettes from a post office. A man and woman went into the Southover Street Post Office in Brighton at 2.10pm yesterday. The woman distracted owner Saroj Bala Treon at the counter, asking her to change bags of silver coins
Local people have drawn up a redevelopment plan for a park they say is used by drug dealers. They want Brighton and Hove Council to take action to restore Stoneham Park, off Marmion Road. Stoneham Park Association has prepared the £160,000 plan. Chairman
Giving birth is stressful at the best of times but the anxiety is usually reserved for the mum. But for two Sussex couples it was the fathers who were left holding their babies this week. Both performed the delivery with a phone in one hand as they were
Brighton and Hove Council is guilty of the most breathtaking hypocrisy by blaming Sussex Police for the disproportionate number of travellers now descending on our town (Opinion, September 5). Has Lynette Gwyn Jones so quickly and conveniently forgotten
A controversial welcome sign criticised as an eyesore cost £8,000 to install. But environment councillor John Ballance said Brighton and Hove taxpayers had not paid a penny towards it. He told a Brighton and Hove Council meeting last night that the sign
Security has been stepped up at an East Sussex holiday camp following the murder of a worker. The Argus told yesterday how a 31-year-old agency worker was found dead at Camber Sands Holiday Camp after being stabbed repeatedly. Dozens of police officers
Customs and Excise officers have arrested four people in connection with alleged VAT offences of more than £500,000. Thirty officers visited seven premises in the operation yesterday. Three men and one woman were arrested. Officers searched the premises
The mother of murdered Karen Heywood believes justice has been done. Yesterday her daughter's killer was sentenced to life after being found guilty of strangling the mother of two with his bare hands. Shirley Crane and Sue Green cried with delight when
A council has been fined £14,000 for putting a family at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty gas fire. Karla Johnson, 16, and sister Corrien, 14 months old at the time, were taken to hospital amid fears they were suffering from the effects
Mayor Andy Durr is back in hospital after being taken ill for the second time in a month. The Brighton and Hove mayor was first admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital after feeling unwell on his way to an engagement. He was discharged but has been
Preston Park is regarded as one of our town's greatest assets and rightly so. As a ward councillor, I have had many letters and telephone calls complaining the large influx of travellers at the end of August deprived people of their enjoyment of the park
This is the dramatic moment a masked gunman burst into a crowded pub and opened fire during a karaoke session, hitting a man in the thigh. Terrified customers and staff at the Railway Emporium in London Road, Bognor, dived for cover as he fired three
A mother was today being questioned by police over the death of her 13-year-old son. Officers called to Mayfield Close in Findon just after 10am yesterday found the body in a semi-detached house. A woman, believed to be in her late thirties, was taken
As far as Cuckfield Rural Parish Council is concerned, the lack of sixth form facilities in Burgess Hill is a separate issue to the one of a change of site for St. Paul's School. Perhaps Burgess Hill town councillors should take this issue up independently
Several interested points came out of the fuel crisis. The main one is it is now clear any determined organisation wishing to make a point can put the country to ransom by blocking all Britains's fuel depots. We have no national public transport strategy
Witnesses in a murder case at Lewes Crown Court showed great bravery in giving statements and evidence. Some of them were friends of Jarno Cable, who was jailed for life after strangling Karen Heywood with his bare hands. Threats were made to witnesses
So many people seem to be missing the point of the petrol protest. It was a spontaneous act, started by a few people, which rapidly gained public support because this particular tax has become unfair and unjust. The tax hits those who can least afford
Onochie 'Larry' Achike will go through a familiar routine at the Sydney Olympics. The 25-year triple jumper, who begins qualifying tomorrow, was a Crawley club member and Worth College pupil when he began using an eye-catching warm-up which helped him
Worthing manager Sammy Donnelly says prize signing Ben Andrews is going nowhere yet. Donnelly is riled after fellow Ryman Leaguers Bognor approached him to talk to the former Albion centre-back before the ink had hardly dried on his registration for the
Francis Vines has every reason to be happy at Crawley despite his regular role as a substitute. The veteran marksman has played an influential part in the club's recovery from basement boys to top-of-table promotion challengers. Vines scored twice on
Boss Micky Adams has taken a swipe at the Albion Board following the shock switch to Cardiff by his sidekick Alan Cork. Cork has doubled his money by joining the Welsh giants. Adams says Albion did their best to persuade him to stay, including the offer
Residents think their council does not do enough to keep parks clean, a survey has revealed. The questionnaire was sent to 3,623 residents by Hastings Council. It invited them to take part in a citizens' panel to voice their views on council services
Lower speed limits in Mid Sussex villages could become permanent after successful trials. Staplefield, near Haywards Heath, and Bucks Green, near Horsham, were among areas chosen in a safety campaign by West Sussex County Council. At Staplefield the limit
The result of the Portobello inquiry into plans for a giant sewage treatment works at Telscombe Cliffs is scheduled for December. The 150-page report by Simon Gibbs of the Planning Inspectorate into Southern Water's £60 million scheme for works on the
A rare breed cow has raised £550 for charity by simply doing what comes naturally. Edna, one of the white park herd at Tilgate Nature Centre, Crawley, was the star of a cowpat competition organised by the Crawley Weald Lions group. Members sold squares
Army officials are trying to trace a former prisoner of war from Brighton. Personal papers belonging to Guardsman Stanley Russell have been returned to the Ministry of Defence from Russia. But efforts to trace Mr Russell or his relatives have failed and
The Britannia Building Society unveiled higher half-year profits of £70 million. It also announced it had handed back £40 million to members in the form of better interest rates and a loyalty bonus in the past six months. Chief executive Graham Stow said
Sussex astronomer Patrick Moore has given his fee from his first ever radio advertisement to the Royal Observatory. The stargazer is the voice behind Brighton-based Mind's Eye's latest radio campaign for electric fuel, which is broadcast in London and
Alliance Unichem is to sell the 48 Moss pharmacies it runs in Asda stores to the supermarket chain for £100 million. The deal includes the Moss pharmacies in both Asda's Brighton stores. The Surrey-based company, which has more than 700 Moss outlets in
With all the warnings against drinking and driving, is it a good idea to combine petrol stations and supermarkets, where alcohol is on sale? Surely, out of sight, out of mind? -E. Mara, St Leonards Gardens, Hove
A visitor from the USA this summer pointed out to me what he considered one of the most bizarre sights he had ever seen in Brighton. Dozens of young people were sitting on the pavements in Western Road where they were claiming to be unemployed. They were
Does the Friends of Preston Park group still exist? I had been hoping to catch the group's views on the recent problems surrounding the park: The travellers camped there, arguments for and against cars being re-admitted to the park centre and the holdups
Badminton's bronze medallist is at the peak of a career which started in West Sussex Olympic star Jo Goode hit the headlines yesterday when she won Britain's first badminton medal. But her road to stardom in Australia started in a leafy West Sussex town
As the joyful celebration of human excellence that is the Sydney Olympics gets underway, G. Hall's dismal, misinformed letter regarding drug misuse at the Games (Opinion, September 18) is a real disappointment. A very small minority of Olympic athletes
Raiders stole £250 and 2,600 cigarettes from a post office. A man and woman went into the Southover Street Post Office in Brighton at 2.10pm yesterday. The woman distracted owner Saroj Bala Treon at the counter, asking her to change bags of silver coins
Giving birth is stressful at the best of times but the anxiety is usually reserved for the mum. But for two Sussex couples it was the fathers who were left holding their babies this week. Both performed the delivery with a phone in one hand as they were
Work on a new refuge across the busy A270 will probably start soon after Christmas. Brighton and Hove environment councillor John Ballance said preparations would be made shortly for the work in Old Shoreham Road, Hove. He was replying at a council meeting
Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for their bus services not to be cut. Last night campaigners handed it over, accompanied by children's drawings of the buses which may disappear. The 500-signature petition was presented to Brighton and
A council has been fined £14,000 for putting a family at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty gas fire. Karla Johnson, 16, and sister Corrien, 14 months old at the time, were taken to hospital amid fears they were suffering from the effects
A mother was today being questioned by police over the death of her 13-year-old son. Officers called to Mayfield Close in Findon just after 10am yesterday found the body in a semi-detached house. A woman, believed to be in her late thirties, was taken
As far as Cuckfield Rural Parish Council is concerned, the lack of sixth form facilities in Burgess Hill is a separate issue to the one of a change of site for St. Paul's School. Perhaps Burgess Hill town councillors should take this issue up independently
So many people seem to be missing the point of the petrol protest. It was a spontaneous act, started by a few people, which rapidly gained public support because this particular tax has become unfair and unjust. The tax hits those who can least afford
Findon trainer Josh Gifford and his son Nick, 28, have been fending for themselves on the domestic front for more than a week. Josh's wife Althea flew to Sydney nine days ago in the hope that daughter Tina would get a ride in the Olympic Three-Day Event
Many recent letters to the Argus Opinion page argued against the fuel tax protest, whereas TV polls showed more than 90 per cent of the population was in favour of them. I see this as a desperate attempt by anti-motorists to appear credible. Their arguments
Onochie 'Larry' Achike will go through a familiar routine at the Sydney Olympics. The 25-year triple jumper, who begins qualifying tomorrow, was a Crawley club member and Worth College pupil when he began using an eye-catching warm-up which helped him
Worthing manager Sammy Donnelly says prize signing Ben Andrews is going nowhere yet. Donnelly is riled after fellow Ryman Leaguers Bognor approached him to talk to the former Albion centre-back before the ink had hardly dried on his registration for the
Francis Vines has every reason to be happy at Crawley despite his regular role as a substitute. The veteran marksman has played an influential part in the club's recovery from basement boys to top-of-table promotion challengers. Vines scored twice on
Boss Micky Adams has taken a swipe at the Albion Board following the shock switch to Cardiff by his sidekick Alan Cork. Cork has doubled his money by joining the Welsh giants. Adams says Albion did their best to persuade him to stay, including the offer
Albion manager Micky Adams is looking for outsiders as his new assistant and reserve coach. The Seagulls' youth team duo Martin Hinshelwood and Dean Wilkins and injured midfielder Warren Aspinall have all been ruled out of the running. Adams wants Hinshelwood
Former postman Frank Haynes has taken delivery of a postcard he sent to his family 24 years ago. Frank popped it into a letterbox on Hove seafront while he was convalescing after a back operation in 1976. He expected the card to drop through the letterbox
Army officials are trying to trace a former prisoner of war from Brighton. Personal papers belonging to Guardsman Stanley Russell have been returned to the Ministry of Defence from Russia. But efforts to trace Mr Russell or his relatives have failed and
The Labour conference could cause a crisis for homeless people in East Sussex as guest houses are swamped by delegates. Homeless families in Seaford have been told there is no temporary accommodation for them in the area until it is over. One family,
The Britannia Building Society unveiled higher half-year profits of £70 million. It also announced it had handed back £40 million to members in the form of better interest rates and a loyalty bonus in the past six months. Chief executive Graham Stow said
Sussex astronomer Patrick Moore has given his fee from his first ever radio advertisement to the Royal Observatory. The stargazer is the voice behind Brighton-based Mind's Eye's latest radio campaign for electric fuel, which is broadcast in London and
Alliance Unichem is to sell the 48 Moss pharmacies it runs in Asda stores to the supermarket chain for £100 million. The deal includes the Moss pharmacies in both Asda's Brighton stores. The Surrey-based company, which has more than 700 Moss outlets in
The recent article on Robin Maughan reminded me of the time I met him several years ago. I found him a very pleasant person. I read his hand, which was most interesting. He was a very gifted man. -Margaret Cullen, Elm Grove, Brighton
I have never understood why pop singers from Great Britain, be it from Glasgow, Stepney, Cardiff or Shoreham, often put on quasi-American accents. All becomes clear, however, when you examine what they are singing more closely. To sing such lyrics with
A visitor from the USA this summer pointed out to me what he considered one of the most bizarre sights he had ever seen in Brighton. Dozens of young people were sitting on the pavements in Western Road where they were claiming to be unemployed. They were
Does the Friends of Preston Park group still exist? I had been hoping to catch the group's views on the recent problems surrounding the park: The travellers camped there, arguments for and against cars being re-admitted to the park centre and the holdups
I agree with Bond buff Daryl Burchmore that the best Bond films were the earlier ones (Argus, September 14). I've seen every 007 film and, in my opinion, the latest ones have become tiresome and overdependent on special effects. They've become too fast
Should charity fund-raisers in the form of abseilers be allowed to use Peacehaven cliffs because of the risk of damage? The town council was reported as being against the idea in these pages last Thursday, prompting much comment. Even the Voice of the
A solicitor's clerk who forged a client's signature has been temporarily banned from working in the legal profession. Heather Thompson was working for Brighton solicitors Griffith Smith at offices in the Old Steine when she forged the signature on a conveyancing
A battery hen rescue centre faces closure after receiving a £6,250 bill from a council. Linda Turvey, who runs Hen Heaven, has been told Horsham District Council will charge her for the removal of vehicles, old baths and pallets from her Henfield sanctuary
A factory worker accused of writing an obscenity about a colleague on a loo roll holder has lost his claim for constructive dismissal. Machine operative Benjamin Chapman, 19, said his position at plastics firm CT Moulds Ltd, of Small Dole, became untenable
A bomb hidden during the Second World War to fight the Nazis was unearthed by workmen and blown up. Engineers digging a trench to lay power cables found the end of the 22ft pipe bomb at Ford aerodrome, near Arundel, yesterday. During the war it would
Work on a new refuge across the busy A270 will probably start soon after Christmas. Brighton and Hove environment councillor John Ballance said preparations would be made shortly for the work in Old Shoreham Road, Hove. He was replying at a council meeting
Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for their bus services not to be cut. Last night campaigners handed it over, accompanied by children's drawings of the buses which may disappear. The 500-signature petition was presented to Brighton and
A solicitor appeared before magistrates to face 44 charges of deception and false accounting. Nigel Weller, 47, of Park Lane, Laughton, who runs a firm of lawyers in the Brighton area, denied one charge of attempting to obtain a money transfer by deception
A man was today jailed for two-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of an antiques dealer. Beggar David Gibson, 28, of Grand Parade, Brighton, killed John HartGould with one punch on October 23 last year. Mr HartGould, 46, who ran the Brighton Flea Market
The father of missing Mid Sussex backpacker Luke Dance fears his son is being held hostage by drug gangs. Michael Dance is flying out to look for his son tomorrow and has been told Luke is likely to still be in Bolivia. Luke, 19, is known to have gone
The Argus coverage of the fuel tax protest was helpful and interesting. In hindsight, I wonder if the Government now wishes the money spent on the Millennium Dome had gone into funding a research programme to find an alternative source of energy. We've
If diesel is so expensive, perhaps truck drivers should be taking more care not to slop it all over our roads, killing and injuring hundreds of motorcyclists every year. Farmers get their diesel tax-free, so what is their complaint? Perhaps they want
Findon trainer Josh Gifford and his son Nick, 28, have been fending for themselves on the domestic front for more than a week. Josh's wife Althea flew to Sydney nine days ago in the hope that daughter Tina would get a ride in the Olympic Three-Day Event
Paul Lyons is fast clearing up in Sussex. He retained the Sussex Open title at Littlehampton when a record £5,500 kitty was on offer only ten days after scooping the Clearview Windows Short Course Championship at Burgess Hill. The Paxhill Park pro, this
Many recent letters to the Argus Opinion page argued against the fuel tax protest, whereas TV polls showed more than 90 per cent of the population was in favour of them. I see this as a desperate attempt by anti-motorists to appear credible. Their arguments
Albion manager Micky Adams is looking for outsiders as his new assistant and reserve coach. The Seagulls' youth team duo Martin Hinshelwood and Dean Wilkins and injured midfielder Warren Aspinall have all been ruled out of the running. Adams wants Hinshelwood
A patients' watchdog has attacked campaigns to save a mid Sussex acc-ident and emergency unit. Brighton, Hove and Lewes Community Health Council said the campaigns had "totally missed" the major impact that other changes suggested in the review of care
Filipino nurses are to be recruited to fill the continuing vacancies at Worthing Hospital. More than 60 posts still need filling despite a major recruitment drive launched in the summer. In July, two wards had to closed because of the shortage of staff
Former postman Frank Haynes has taken delivery of a postcard he sent to his family 24 years ago. Frank popped it into a letterbox on Hove seafront while he was convalescing after a back operation in 1976. He expected the card to drop through the letterbox
The Labour conference could cause a crisis for homeless people in East Sussex as guest houses are swamped by delegates. Homeless families in Seaford have been told there is no temporary accommodation for them in the area until it is over. One family,
