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  • The nightmare before Christmas

    It should have been the trip of a lifetime for newsagent Bharat Amin and his family when they set off on a Christmas cruise around the Mediterranean. But they and hundreds of other passengers were forced off the liner Costa Riveria after sewage starting

  • 70,000 thanks

    You've done it - once again, Argus readers have surpassed all expectations in raising cash for the annual appeal. The total of £70,000 is a new record. It's more than twice the sum raised last year and there's still more to come. This year the Argus Appeal

  • Davis joins Lewes

    FORMER Albion midfielder Danny Davis has snubbed a move to Bognor and instead signed for Lewes. Davis, 20, has been looking for a club to relaunch his career since being released by the Albion a fortnight ago. He had been expected to sign for Jack Pearce's

  • Shooting treated as attempted murder

    Detectives hunting gunmen who shot a security guard in the face in front of Christmas shoppers are treating the incident as attempted murder. The Securicor guard was seriously injured after being blasted in the face at close range in High Street, Hastings

  • Clary keeps panto in the family

    When Julian Clary says it's like a happy family backstage at his pantomime, it's true. The comedian, who is starring in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, has invited his sister Frankie Castro to be his personal dresser and assistant. What's

  • Thanks for your hate mail

    Robbie Raggio has a message for the person who sent him hate mail over his Christmas lights: "Thank You!" The lights he used to decorate his house in Woodland Drive, Hove, to raise money for Rett syndrome sufferers have made him famous. It started when

  • Our sewage hell on luxury cruise

    A newsagent and his family told today how their dream Mediterranean Christmas cruise turned into a nightmare. Bharat Amin, his wife Amita and their sons Sachin, eight, and Dhilan, six, were among 700 passengers forced off the Italian luxury liner Costa

  • 70,000 thanks

    You've done it - once again, Argus readers have surpassed all expectations in raising cash for the annual appeal. The total of £70,000 is a new record. It's more than twice the sum raised last year and there's still more to come. This year the Argus Appeal

  • Rogers ends goal drought

    ALBION skipper Paul Rogers has revealed his relief at ending a long goal drought. Rogers opened the scoring in last night's vital 2-0 victory against lowly Exeter at Withdean. His first goal since October 6 sparked the Seagulls to a seventh successive

  • Agony of New Year's Eve rape victim

    The millennium night rape victim did not hesitate when asked for her thoughts on Reynolds: "I would like to kill him. I would make it slow and I would make it painful." She is relieved the trial is over and intends enjoying Christmas with friends, but

  • Jagabongo: It's the name of the game

    Developing a new board game isn't all fun, as the Prout family have discovered. It has cost them £100,000 and they have endured countless hiccups along the way. But after two years' hard graft, their creation is finally on the shelves in time for Christmas

  • Shooting treated as attempted murder

    Detectives hunting gunmen who shot a security guard in the face in front of Christmas shoppers are treating the incident as attempted murder. The Securicor guard was seriously injured after being blasted in the face at close range in High Street, Hastings

  • Clary keeps panto in the family

    When Julian Clary says it's like a happy family backstage at his pantomime, it's true. The comedian, who is starring in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, has invited his sister Frankie Castro to be his personal dresser and assistant. What's

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    Just for a change, my husband did something last week that made me deeply embarrassed. He thought it would liven up my office Christmas dinner if my colleagues were to see an unflattering holiday snap of me semi-naked. That's shocking enough, but it was

  • Thanks for your hate mail

    Robbie Raggio has a message for the person who sent him hate mail over his Christmas lights: "Thank You!" The lights he used to decorate his house in Woodland Drive, Hove, to raise money for Rett syndrome sufferers have made him famous. It started when

  • Our sewage hell on luxury cruise

    A newsagent and his family told today how their dream Mediterranean Christmas cruise turned into a nightmare. Bharat Amin, his wife Amita and their sons Sachin, eight, and Dhilan, six, were among 700 passengers forced off the Italian luxury liner Costa

  • Dame on

    Comedian Julian Clary has so many costumes in his starring pantomime role he's had to employ his own dresser. The camp comic, who plays Dandini in Cinderella, chose his sister, Frankie Castro, to work backstage with him at the Theatre Royal in Brighton

  • Albion are flying again

    Albion made it a magnificent seven wins on the trot at Withdean against struggling Exeter last night. Goals in each half by captain Paul Rogers and Gary Hart kept the Seagulls on course for promotion before a record crowd of 6,758. Exeter had no fewer

  • Rogers ends goal drought

    ALBION skipper Paul Rogers has revealed his relief at ending a long goal drought. Rogers opened the scoring in last night's vital 2-0 victory against lowly Exeter at Withdean. His first goal since October 6 sparked the Seagulls to a seventh successive

  • Agony of New Year's Eve rape victim

    The millennium night rape victim did not hesitate when asked for her thoughts on Reynolds: "I would like to kill him. I would make it slow and I would make it painful." She is relieved the trial is over and intends enjoying Christmas with friends, but

  • Argus Appeal's £70,000 record

    The Argus Appeal has raised a staggering £70,000. The cash, which will help needy people across Sussex, is more than the appeal has ever raised before. Last year's total was £34,000 and the previous highest sum was in 1998 when it collected £50,000. Organisers

  • Jagabongo: It's the name of the game

    Developing a new board game isn't all fun, as the Prout family have discovered. It has cost them £100,000 and they have endured countless hiccups along the way. But after two years' hard graft, their creation is finally on the shelves in time for Christmas

  • Possible sighting of lost girl, 7

    A seven-year-old girl missing for more than a year may have been spotted in Sussex. The sighting follows an appeal earlier this week by the girl's mother Marcela Alvarez for the return of her daughter Esmeralda. She was abducted in July 1999 by her father

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    Just for a change, my husband did something last week that made me deeply embarrassed. He thought it would liven up my office Christmas dinner if my colleagues were to see an unflattering holiday snap of me semi-naked. That's shocking enough, but it was

  • Dame on

    Comedian Julian Clary has so many costumes in his starring pantomime role he's had to employ his own dresser. The camp comic, who plays Dandini in Cinderella, chose his sister, Frankie Castro, to work backstage with him at the Theatre Royal in Brighton

  • The nightmare before Christmas

    It should have been the trip of a lifetime for newsagent Bharat Amin and his family when they set off on a Christmas cruise around the Mediterranean. But they and hundreds of other passengers were forced off the liner Costa Riveria after sewage starting

  • Albion are flying again

    Albion made it a magnificent seven wins on the trot at Withdean against struggling Exeter last night. Goals in each half by captain Paul Rogers and Gary Hart kept the Seagulls on course for promotion before a record crowd of 6,758. Exeter had no fewer

  • Davis joins Lewes

    FORMER Albion midfielder Danny Davis has snubbed a move to Bognor and instead signed for Lewes. Davis, 20, has been looking for a club to relaunch his career since being released by the Albion a fortnight ago. He had been expected to sign for Jack Pearce's

  • Argus Appeal's £70,000 record

    The Argus Appeal has raised a staggering £70,000. The cash, which will help needy people across Sussex, is more than the appeal has ever raised before. Last year's total was £34,000 and the previous highest sum was in 1998 when it collected £50,000. Organisers

  • Possible sighting of lost girl, 7

    A seven-year-old girl missing for more than a year may have been spotted in Sussex. The sighting follows an appeal earlier this week by the girl's mother Marcela Alvarez for the return of her daughter Esmeralda. She was abducted in July 1999 by her father