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  • Who rules?

    Before the last General Election it was said by the Tories if you elect Labour the "trade union barons" would take over and run the country. I think they are leaving it a bit late. Who is it to be this time? I know - it's the European bureaucrats. -H

  • Famous graves

    I worked in Brighton Extra-Mural, Lewes Road, Bear Road and Lawn Memorial Park cemeteries for 17 years ("Weekend walk", Weekend, March 24). John Rastrick, who built the London-to-Brighton railway, has a marvellous tomb in Lewes Road cemetery. Also there

  • I'm drawing away

    What, if anything, is Brighton and Hove City Council doing about graffiti these days? I would dearly like to know how many people are employed to paint over the offending scribble. I am getting so fed up with this city being so scruffy and dirty I feel

  • Pause to think

    I am opposed to telesales, especially from market researchers and replacement window firms who happen to be in my area. I went ex-directory to avoid them but still get calls from essential services who have to have my telephone number. It drives me mad

  • How universities score on job-seeking success

    Fewer graduates from Brighton and Sussex universities find work than those from some of their rivals, it was revealed today. The Higher Education Funding Council has for the first time published a league table of how graduates fare in the jobs market.

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    It was The Mother's turn to sleep on the sofa on Friday night. After my aunt returned to Yorkshire last week I thankfully vacated said spot and returned to my bed. At last it seemed sleeping arrangements in our house had returned to normal. And they had

  • Surrogate claim woman can't have kids

    A woman who hit the headlines for agreeing to give birth to a child for a gay couple cannot have children, it emerged today. Janie Davies is furious a story appeared in a series of national newspapers claiming she was going to give birth later in the

  • Gay attacks treble

    Homophobic attacks in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham have trebled in the past year, new figures show. But the dramatic jump from 12 to 37 is seen as a result of growing confidence within the homosexual community to report offences. Even so, the figures represent

  • Dog bite trauma

    To the lady whose dog bit my five-year-old daughter's leg on her way to Sunday School in Holmes Avenue, Hove, and walked off totally unconcerned: Sarah is fine now, thank you, but was very traumatised at the time and will no doubt be forever scared of

  • Be positive

    Last Friday, the mayor of Brighton and Hove gave a party to celebrate city status and thank those involved with the Place To Be. This was a party for the many and not the few. It was like the tower of Babel. From pensioners to toddlers, millionaires to

  • Swimming: Brighton are the best

    Brighton were confirmed as the No.1 club after the last of this year's Sussex County Championships events. Amy Kent scored a hat-trick and Claire Manton and Hannah Belameh completed doubles as Brighton won 13 titles in their own pool at the Prince Regent

  • Dogs' dinner

    I have lived in Coldean for 37 years and have never known it to be surrounded by travellers. Now we have travellers up on the high fields for months, in the car park on Coldean Lane, by the bridge and in Stanmer Park. What makes me annoyed is that their

  • Sussex Specials tournament

    Two hundred youngsters played for trophies that linked three generations at the Sussex Specials football tournament for special needs children at the Portslade Community College. Burgess Hill claimed two and Forest Flyers (Crawley/Horsham) one of the

  • Teenage striker smashes winner

    Substitute Jamie Cole hit a dramatic last-minute winner as Worthing followed up last Saturday's division one win over Yeading with a fine 2-1 victory at promotion-chasing Ford United. Teenage striker Cole seized on a clearance from Ben Carrington to beat

  • Prizes for customer No. 35m

    One lucky customer is in for a big surprise at Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton. Managers expect to welcome the mall's 35 millionth customer over the next three days - and he or she will be showered with gifts. Retailers including Virgin Megastore

  • Council guilty of unfair fight

    People with mental health problems who attend a day centre in Newhaven really look forward to their pay packets. Even though the amount is just 80p a day, it's a symbol to them that their hard effort is appreciated. Now East Sussex County Council is planning

  • Above the law

    Why are travellers above the law? What hold do they have over Brighton and Hove City Council and the police? The disgusting travellers' camps in Ditchling Road and Coldean Lane have been there since November. Buses, coaches, tipper trucks - nearly all

  • Crawley claim place in final

    Deadly Dean Wordsworth scored Crawley's extra time winner as they beat King's Lynn 3-2 to reach the final of the Dr Martens League Cup. Town thought they had already done enough to book their place in the final for the first time after going 2-1 up through

  • Solutions, not promises

    Brighton, a place to be? All candidates for the position of elected mayor should publish in detail their proposals to solve the following problems facing the city, all solutions to be practical and legal under present laws. First, to close the ongoing

  • Angry scenes follow draw

    Albion boss Micky Adams has played down a tunnel clash with Rochdale substitute Michael Oliver. The pair were involved in angry scenes after a dramatic finish to last night's 1-1 draw at Spotland. Richard Carpenter curled Albion ahead in the 87th minute

  • Husband on fire charge

    A man appeared in court at Brighton accused of causing an explosion at the home he shared with his wife. Timothy Gallagher, 47, is charged with arson and damaging a spare bedroom at the house in Lustrells Vale, Saltdean, on March 28 and recklessly endangering

  • Work to start on bridge

    Major maintenance work on the A27 Adur viaduct is due to begin next week. The scheme, scheduled for completion in mid December, will involve major strengthening on the bridge's steel structure and concrete deck. The work is to ensure the long-term maintenance

  • Sex attack bid on woman, 84

    An 84-year-old Crawley woman was savagely beaten in her home by a man who tried to sexually assault her. The pensioner was punched in the face as she answered the door of her flat. The man barged in and pushed the terrified woman into the bathroom, where

  • Lift-off for crashed plane

    The light aircraft flattened the home in seconds but the painstaking clean-up, which began yesterday, could take months. Crowds gathered to watch the three-tonne wreckage of the plane being hoisted above the roof of the house it crashed into. It was lifted

  • Bid to stop single mum flats plan

    Traders are fighting a housing scheme for single parents because they claim it goes against their human rights. Solicitor Jill Whittaker is objecting on behalf of the Kemp Town Business Association against proposals for seven flats for single parents

  • Slaughtered sheep buried at tip

    Animal carcasses have been dumped at a West Sussex landfill site and could be buried at another. Protests are mounting amid fears the decision could leave Sussex vulnerable to foot and mouth disease, which it has so far escaped. County council chiefs

  • Helicopter keeps track of robbers

    Armed police and a helicopter were involved in a chase on the A23 today after a robbery. Raiders threatened staff with a gun and grabbed thousands of pounds at a sub-post office in Sam's newsagents, Beatty Avenue, Coldean, shortly before noon. No shots

  • Traders' worry over young drinkers

    Seafront traders are calling for a clampdown by police on under-age drinkers who gather under Brighton's Palace Pier. Peter Avey, who runs a gift shop, amusement arcade and fast food outlet, said teenage drinkers were turning the seafront into a "no-go

  • Who rules?

    Before the last General Election it was said by the Tories if you elect Labour the "trade union barons" would take over and run the country. I think they are leaving it a bit late. Who is it to be this time? I know - it's the European bureaucrats. -H

  • Battery life record?

    In 1967, I purchased an electrical test meter which came complete with batteries. The meter has now developed an internal fault and no longer functions but, remarkably, one of the original batteries has outlived the meter and is still giving a full output

  • Famous graves

    I worked in Brighton Extra-Mural, Lewes Road, Bear Road and Lawn Memorial Park cemeteries for 17 years ("Weekend walk", Weekend, March 24). John Rastrick, who built the London-to-Brighton railway, has a marvellous tomb in Lewes Road cemetery. Also there

  • Parents' grief for brave little Zoe

    A toddler who spent most of her young life in a body cast to correct her spine has died unexpectedly of leukaemia. Grieving parents Douglas and Janice Hatchman had no idea their daughter, Zoe, had contracted a particularly aggressive and virulent strain

  • I'm drawing away

    What, if anything, is Brighton and Hove City Council doing about graffiti these days? I would dearly like to know how many people are employed to paint over the offending scribble. I am getting so fed up with this city being so scruffy and dirty I feel

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    It was The Mother's turn to sleep on the sofa on Friday night. After my aunt returned to Yorkshire last week I thankfully vacated said spot and returned to my bed. At last it seemed sleeping arrangements in our house had returned to normal. And they had

  • Surrogate claim woman can't have kids

    A woman who hit the headlines for agreeing to give birth to a child for a gay couple cannot have children, it emerged today. Janie Davies is furious a story appeared in a series of national newspapers claiming she was going to give birth later in the

  • Truck hits level crossing

    A lorry caused hold-ups for motorists this morning when it struck a level crossing barrier. The collision caused the barriers at the crossing on the A27 at Beddingham to be stuck down for about 15 minutes at the height of the rush hour. Long tailbacks

  • Gay attacks treble

    Homophobic attacks in Brighton, Hove and Shoreham have trebled in the past year, new figures show. But the dramatic jump from 12 to 37 is seen as a result of growing confidence within the homosexual community to report offences. Even so, the figures represent

  • Woman stung in cashpoint con

    A conman snatched a woman's money after giving up his place to her in a cashpoint queue. The woman was using the machine outside the HSBC bank in The Broadway, Haywards Heath when she was distracted by the man. He had let her go in front of him after

  • Pool stays shut for Easter

    A trouble-hit swimming pool will not reopen in time for the Easter break, Mid Sussex Council has admitted. Work is continuing at the Aztec leisure pool at the £13.5 million Triangle Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill, which was closed on February 24. Staff

  • Sex attack bid on woman, 84

    An 84-year-old Crawley woman was savagely beaten in her home by a man who tried to sexually assault her. The pensioner was punched in the face as she answered the door of her flat. The man barged in and pushed the terrified woman into the bathroom, where

  • Masts ban on council land

    East Sussex County Council has joined the list of local authorities to ban mobile phone masts from its land. Councillors have voted 19-18 in favour of stopping new masts being built on council land until research proves they are safe. They also agreed

  • Survivor slams coach crash driver's sentence

    A survivor of a South African coach crash that killed 28 people has hit out at the "lenient" six-year jail sentence given to the driver yesterday. Lesley Dick, from Worthing, suffered a broken collarbone, broken ribs and gashes to her face and legs when

  • Foot the bill

    Give lottery money to the farmers (Opinion, March 28)? With billions of pounds of taxpayers' money already poured into farming as compensation for BSE and now foot-and-mouth - money that should have rightly been spent on hospitals and schools - I, for

  • Up in smoke

    I cannot understand why people write expressing sadness regarding the efforts being made in trying to eradicate the shocking foot-and-mouth disease. It is distressing but am I the only one who owns a TV set with an on/off switch? To suggest it is the

  • Swimming: Brighton are the best

    Brighton were confirmed as the No.1 club after the last of this year's Sussex County Championships events. Amy Kent scored a hat-trick and Claire Manton and Hannah Belameh completed doubles as Brighton won 13 titles in their own pool at the Prince Regent

  • Dogs' dinner

    I have lived in Coldean for 37 years and have never known it to be surrounded by travellers. Now we have travellers up on the high fields for months, in the car park on Coldean Lane, by the bridge and in Stanmer Park. What makes me annoyed is that their

  • Sussex Specials tournament

    Two hundred youngsters played for trophies that linked three generations at the Sussex Specials football tournament for special needs children at the Portslade Community College. Burgess Hill claimed two and Forest Flyers (Crawley/Horsham) one of the

  • Teenage striker smashes winner

    Substitute Jamie Cole hit a dramatic last-minute winner as Worthing followed up last Saturday's division one win over Yeading with a fine 2-1 victory at promotion-chasing Ford United. Teenage striker Cole seized on a clearance from Ben Carrington to beat

  • Above the law

    Why are travellers above the law? What hold do they have over Brighton and Hove City Council and the police? The disgusting travellers' camps in Ditchling Road and Coldean Lane have been there since November. Buses, coaches, tipper trucks - nearly all

  • Pagham boss threatens to quit

    Richie Reynolds saw his Pagham side step up the title pressure, then revealed: "I might quit at the end of the season." Reynolds was outraged by the 44th minute dismissal of teenager Danny Horrill as his Lions won a County League thriller last night.

  • Rochdale 1, Albion 1: Seagulls sickener

    Albion were robbed of a richly deserved victory in a tale of two late free-kicks. The first, a sublime effort by Richard Carpenter with three minutes left, was due reward for the Seagulls on the balance of play. But little Lee Todd levelled in similar

  • Sex attack bid on woman, 84

    An 84-year-old Crawley woman was savagely beaten in her home by a man who tried to sexually assault her. The pensioner was punched in the face as she answered the door of her flat. The man barged in and pushed the terrified woman into the bathroom, where

  • Plan to stop future floods

    Millions of pounds could be spent protecting the coastline so homes and businesses do not flood in the future. Experts are recommending spending £10 million on improving coastal defences between the beaches at Kemp Town and Shoreham Harbour. They say

  • Fears for recycling co-op

    A decision to award a £120,000 recycling contract to waste firm Sita could spell the end of city-based co-op Magpie, councillors fear. Brighton and Hove City Council's ruling Cabinet approved a deal yesterday, which will see Sita run a pilot door-to-door

  • Tomboy - Miss World

    A Brighton man used to coach Miss World contestants. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations

  • City bore

    I dreamt I was reading a copy of The Argus in which the word "city" did not appear. Do you think my dream will ever come true? -Victor Edwards, Brighton

  • I remember courtesy

    What is happening to what was normal courtesy? If you contact a business, you are told you will be rung back. Oh yes? You'll be lucky. Or if you answer an ad and make an appointment, no appointment is kept and no apology made. Have you sent a present

  • Pause to think

    I am opposed to telesales, especially from market researchers and replacement window firms who happen to be in my area. I went ex-directory to avoid them but still get calls from essential services who have to have my telephone number. It drives me mad

  • How universities score on job-seeking success

    Fewer graduates from Brighton and Sussex universities find work than those from some of their rivals, it was revealed today. The Higher Education Funding Council has for the first time published a league table of how graduates fare in the jobs market.

  • Cliff landmark crumbles into sea

    The Devil's Chimney has disappeared in another large cliff collapse on the Sussex Coast. Hundreds of tons of chalk fell into the sea as the landmark, which juts out from underneath one of the highest points of the cliffs at Beachy Head, crumbled yesterday

  • Slaughtered sheep buried at tip

    Animal carcasses have been dumped at a West Sussex landfill site and could be buried at another. Protests are mounting amid fears the decision could leave Sussex vulnerable to foot and mouth disease, which it has so far escaped. County council chiefs

  • Seagulls fans are second sharpest

    Albion fans have been voted the second trendiest in the country, according to a new study. They came behind Leeds fans in the table in the Match Of The Day Magazine survey carried out by Burton Menswear. The study revealed that seven out of ten Brighton

  • Dog bite trauma

    To the lady whose dog bit my five-year-old daughter's leg on her way to Sunday School in Holmes Avenue, Hove, and walked off totally unconcerned: Sarah is fine now, thank you, but was very traumatised at the time and will no doubt be forever scared of

  • Be positive

    Last Friday, the mayor of Brighton and Hove gave a party to celebrate city status and thank those involved with the Place To Be. This was a party for the many and not the few. It was like the tower of Babel. From pensioners to toddlers, millionaires to

  • Deadly gamble

    Could someone tell us why thousands of sheep that are healthy but happen to be in fields adjacent to a case of foot-and-mouth disease have to be slaughtered? Who can say in which direction the virus is spreading - it doesn't necessarily go in a straight

  • Model job

    Stuart Flynn from Brighton had one of the toughest jobs in the country. He groomed Miss UK and Miss World contestants so they sounded bright and intelligent. One of his most difficult assignments concerned Miss Wales who was keen to plug the fish and

  • Cure for violence

    The level of violence has become unacceptable in the place where many people would least expect it - hospitals. Many hospital accident and emergency wards are dangerous places, especially after closing time on Saturday nights. Drunks and drug addicts

  • Too soft

    Once again, Brighton and Hove City Council's "softly, softly" approach to the problem of travellers has resulted in them overrunning our public parks and places. Not content with breaking down barriers to enter such places, they then make them a no-go

  • Prizes for customer No. 35m

    One lucky customer is in for a big surprise at Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton. Managers expect to welcome the mall's 35 millionth customer over the next three days - and he or she will be showered with gifts. Retailers including Virgin Megastore

  • Council guilty of unfair fight

    People with mental health problems who attend a day centre in Newhaven really look forward to their pay packets. Even though the amount is just 80p a day, it's a symbol to them that their hard effort is appreciated. Now East Sussex County Council is planning

  • Crawley claim place in final

    Deadly Dean Wordsworth scored Crawley's extra time winner as they beat King's Lynn 3-2 to reach the final of the Dr Martens League Cup. Town thought they had already done enough to book their place in the final for the first time after going 2-1 up through

  • Solutions, not promises

    Brighton, a place to be? All candidates for the position of elected mayor should publish in detail their proposals to solve the following problems facing the city, all solutions to be practical and legal under present laws. First, to close the ongoing

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    Football fans are indeed a strange breed. Imagine the furore there would have been back in the summer of 1988 if the then Albion chairman, Dudley Sizen, had announced that the next year's season ticket prices would be rising by as much as 20 per cent.

  • Angry scenes follow draw

    Albion boss Micky Adams has played down a tunnel clash with Rochdale substitute Michael Oliver. The pair were involved in angry scenes after a dramatic finish to last night's 1-1 draw at Spotland. Richard Carpenter curled Albion ahead in the 87th minute

  • Husband on fire charge

    A man appeared in court at Brighton accused of causing an explosion at the home he shared with his wife. Timothy Gallagher, 47, is charged with arson and damaging a spare bedroom at the house in Lustrells Vale, Saltdean, on March 28 and recklessly endangering

  • Work to start on bridge

    Major maintenance work on the A27 Adur viaduct is due to begin next week. The scheme, scheduled for completion in mid December, will involve major strengthening on the bridge's steel structure and concrete deck. The work is to ensure the long-term maintenance

  • Lift-off for crashed plane

    The light aircraft flattened the home in seconds but the painstaking clean-up, which began yesterday, could take months. Crowds gathered to watch the three-tonne wreckage of the plane being hoisted above the roof of the house it crashed into. It was lifted

  • Bid to stop single mum flats plan

    Traders are fighting a housing scheme for single parents because they claim it goes against their human rights. Solicitor Jill Whittaker is objecting on behalf of the Kemp Town Business Association against proposals for seven flats for single parents

  • 'Blundering' lawyer is fined £10,000

    A solicitor who took thousands of pounds from clients has been struck off and his colleague fined by the lawyers' governing body. Peter Mason, 43, was found to have plundered £66,000 from accounts after he was reported by his wife. His former partner,

  • Slaughtered sheep buried at tip

    Animal carcasses have been dumped at a West Sussex landfill site and could be buried at another. Protests are mounting amid fears the decision could leave Sussex vulnerable to foot and mouth disease, which it has so far escaped. County council chiefs

  • Disabled trainees lose 80p daily wage

    Day centre users with mental health problems have had their 80p daily "wages" axed by social services. More than 40 people attending the Avis Way adult training centre in Newhaven were being paid between 70p and 80p a day for carrying out basic factory-type

  • Helicopter keeps track of robbers

    Armed police and a helicopter were involved in a chase on the A23 today after a robbery. Raiders threatened staff with a gun and grabbed thousands of pounds at a sub-post office in Sam's newsagents, Beatty Avenue, Coldean, shortly before noon. No shots

  • Traders' worry over young drinkers

    Seafront traders are calling for a clampdown by police on under-age drinkers who gather under Brighton's Palace Pier. Peter Avey, who runs a gift shop, amusement arcade and fast food outlet, said teenage drinkers were turning the seafront into a "no-go

  • Fears for recycling co-op

    A decision to award a £120,000 recycling contract to waste firm Sita could spell the end of city-based co-op Magpie, councillors fear. Brighton and Hove City Council's ruling Cabinet approved a deal yesterday, which will see Sita run a pilot door-to-door

  • Battery life record?

    In 1967, I purchased an electrical test meter which came complete with batteries. The meter has now developed an internal fault and no longer functions but, remarkably, one of the original batteries has outlived the meter and is still giving a full output

  • Parents' grief for brave little Zoe

    A toddler who spent most of her young life in a body cast to correct her spine has died unexpectedly of leukaemia. Grieving parents Douglas and Janice Hatchman had no idea their daughter, Zoe, had contracted a particularly aggressive and virulent strain

  • Tomboy - Miss World

    A Brighton man used to coach Miss World contestants. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations

  • City bore

    I dreamt I was reading a copy of The Argus in which the word "city" did not appear. Do you think my dream will ever come true? -Victor Edwards, Brighton

  • I remember courtesy

    What is happening to what was normal courtesy? If you contact a business, you are told you will be rung back. Oh yes? You'll be lucky. Or if you answer an ad and make an appointment, no appointment is kept and no apology made. Have you sent a present

  • Cliff landmark crumbles into sea

    The Devil's Chimney has disappeared in another large cliff collapse on the Sussex Coast. Hundreds of tons of chalk fell into the sea as the landmark, which juts out from underneath one of the highest points of the cliffs at Beachy Head, crumbled yesterday

  • Seagulls fans are second sharpest

    Albion fans have been voted the second trendiest in the country, according to a new study. They came behind Leeds fans in the table in the Match Of The Day Magazine survey carried out by Burton Menswear. The study revealed that seven out of ten Brighton

  • Masts ban on council land

    East Sussex County Council has joined the list of local authorities to ban mobile phone masts from its land. Councillors have voted 19-18 in favour of stopping new masts being built on council land until research proves they are safe. They also agreed

  • Survivor slams coach crash driver's sentence

    A survivor of a South African coach crash that killed 28 people has hit out at the "lenient" six-year jail sentence given to the driver yesterday. Lesley Dick, from Worthing, suffered a broken collarbone, broken ribs and gashes to her face and legs when

  • Foot the bill

    Give lottery money to the farmers (Opinion, March 28)? With billions of pounds of taxpayers' money already poured into farming as compensation for BSE and now foot-and-mouth - money that should have rightly been spent on hospitals and schools - I, for

  • Up in smoke

    I cannot understand why people write expressing sadness regarding the efforts being made in trying to eradicate the shocking foot-and-mouth disease. It is distressing but am I the only one who owns a TV set with an on/off switch? To suggest it is the

  • Deadly gamble

    Could someone tell us why thousands of sheep that are healthy but happen to be in fields adjacent to a case of foot-and-mouth disease have to be slaughtered? Who can say in which direction the virus is spreading - it doesn't necessarily go in a straight

  • Model job

    Stuart Flynn from Brighton had one of the toughest jobs in the country. He groomed Miss UK and Miss World contestants so they sounded bright and intelligent. One of his most difficult assignments concerned Miss Wales who was keen to plug the fish and

  • Cure for violence

    The level of violence has become unacceptable in the place where many people would least expect it - hospitals. Many hospital accident and emergency wards are dangerous places, especially after closing time on Saturday nights. Drunks and drug addicts

  • Too soft

    Once again, Brighton and Hove City Council's "softly, softly" approach to the problem of travellers has resulted in them overrunning our public parks and places. Not content with breaking down barriers to enter such places, they then make them a no-go

  • Pagham boss threatens to quit

    Richie Reynolds saw his Pagham side step up the title pressure, then revealed: "I might quit at the end of the season." Reynolds was outraged by the 44th minute dismissal of teenager Danny Horrill as his Lions won a County League thriller last night.

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    Football fans are indeed a strange breed. Imagine the furore there would have been back in the summer of 1988 if the then Albion chairman, Dudley Sizen, had announced that the next year's season ticket prices would be rising by as much as 20 per cent.

  • Rochdale 1, Albion 1: Seagulls sickener

    Albion were robbed of a richly deserved victory in a tale of two late free-kicks. The first, a sublime effort by Richard Carpenter with three minutes left, was due reward for the Seagulls on the balance of play. But little Lee Todd levelled in similar

  • 'Blundering' lawyer is fined £10,000

    A solicitor who took thousands of pounds from clients has been struck off and his colleague fined by the lawyers' governing body. Peter Mason, 43, was found to have plundered £66,000 from accounts after he was reported by his wife. His former partner,

  • Plan to stop future floods

    Millions of pounds could be spent protecting the coastline so homes and businesses do not flood in the future. Experts are recommending spending £10 million on improving coastal defences between the beaches at Kemp Town and Shoreham Harbour. They say

  • Disabled trainees lose 80p daily wage

    Day centre users with mental health problems have had their 80p daily "wages" axed by social services. More than 40 people attending the Avis Way adult training centre in Newhaven were being paid between 70p and 80p a day for carrying out basic factory-type