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  • Praise as Fatboy's video wins

    Fatboy Slim's bizarre low-budget film for hit single Praise You has beaten off competition by pop superstars to be named the best video of all time. Brighton's big beat guru even pipped Michael Jackson's ground-breaking mini-movie for Thriller into second

  • The glory of Goodwood

    It was party time on the South Downs as the Duke of Richmond launched "glorious" Goodwood festival week with a bang. Multi-coloured firecrackers marked the start of a five-day race meeting which is more like one big garden party for people from every

  • Book boycott

    One way to punish perjurious peer Jeffrey Archer would be for everyone to boycott his wretched books. They're rubbish anyway. Don't buy them. His biggest con was persuading millions of gullible folk into believing he was a writer. And if you happen to

  • Train monopoly

    Train services in our area seem to be going from a public monopoly to a private monopoly. The idea of privatisation, I thought, was for fair competition to provide good, safe, reliable services for passengers. Although Thameslink appears to run a fairly

  • Council tax rise

    I see we city dwellers may be due for a large increase in our council tax because of Sita. Will this also include the extra tax for the large increase in councillors' expenses? Surely we have competent councillors to organise our refuse and cleaning services

  • A new force to be reckoned with

    They have given up jobs as diverse as ambulance driving and managing a High Street store to join a new civvy detective team. The unit of eight women and one man has been enlisted to take on CID duties at Brighton police station and free up officers for

  • Feature: A bright future for derelict sites

    Adam Trimingham reports on the prospects for the latest grand designs for two city centre sites in Brighton and Hove which have been derelict for many years. Buddleia blooms year after year on the long-abandoned goods yard site next to Brighton Station

  • Freeman jinx strikes again

    Albion forward Darren Freeman faces a fourth hernia operation in less than a year. The Seagulls are waiting for confirmation of the results of a scan Freeman had while they were away in Ireland. But the outlook appears bleak for the Brighton-born marksman

  • Blaze victim fights for life

    A man was fighting for life tonight after a fire swept through a derelict building being used by squatters. Firefighters were tonight still searching for others in the six-storey block on Brighton seafront as forensic scientists checked for evidence of

  • Services hit by funding delay

    Thousands of people face losing vital services because the future of charities and organisations has been thrown into doubt due to a delay in funding. The delay has hit groups which help some of the community's most vulnerable members of society, including

  • Take a seat in theatre history

    They have been sat on by famous bottoms, including those of Laurence Olivier, Joan Collins and Lauren Bacall. Steeped in history, they have witnessed hundreds of performances and almost every actor and actress from the English stage of the last century

  • Gentleman Jack

    Michael Parker's reference to his brief experience in the thriller Jigsaw (Letters, July 17) brought back pleasant memories. Jigsaw was shot in and around Brighton in the Sixties, when I was head of Brighton CID. I was deputed by the chief constable,

  • Yet again

    Yet another light plane crashes in Sussex and still the Shoreham air show goes on, year after year. Fair enough - I know it's only for two days but could there not be a static display instead? Why should the residents of Shoreham and Lancing have to cower

  • Airport folly

    The report on the plane crash near the Hove Lagoon (Argus, July 30) implied the pilot took off from Shoreham airport to fly over people and buildings despite the plane's instruments not giving 100 per cent safety readings. This underlines the folly of

  • Sham slam

    So much for getting tough on wayward parkers. The new scheme is a sham. Why else has a dumped Ford Fiesta with no tax disc been allowed to sit in a valuable voucher space in Madeira Place, Hove, for more than one month? I know the traffic wardens have

  • Wrong link

    Liz Walker (Letters, July 25) links Vardean School with selling land for houses, waste disposal and incinerators. Surrenden Campus is home to four schools, including Varndean School, as well as Varndean College. It is the College that has submitted a

  • Phone mast clampdown urged

    Tories are calling on the Government to ensure all mobile phone masts have to go before planners before they can be built. At present there is consultation on new masts but many of them can be put up without planning permission unless they are tall or

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    Sol Campbell's move across North London rocked the soccer world and after what I witnessed last weekend I find it even harder to fathom out. I totally agree that he had to leave Tottenham, they are going nowhere and given a straight choice between them

  • Face burning issue now

    Incineration is the burning question for East Sussex County Council and it has to make a decision soon. Landfill sites for rubbish will be full within a few years and there is no way in which most rubbish will be recycled in the foreseeable future despite

  • Youth swimming: Claire close to medal

    Claire Manton missed out on a national medal by three hundredths of a second. The 14-year-old Brighton club swimmer was fourth in the 14-15 50m breaststroke at the ASA Age Group Championships at Sheffield. Coach Nigel Currucan said: "It was a good effort

  • Goodwood: Atavus clear favourite

    George Margarson's Atavus, a real revelation in two of this season's biggest handicaps, is 5-1 clear favourite to land another in the £100,000 William Hill Mile at Goodwood tomorrow. The Leeds-based firm have also removed Surprise Encounter from their

  • Mystery buyer of Liberace's links

    Cufflinks belonging to Mr Showmanship himself have been sold for thousands of pounds to an overseas buyer. The ivory pieces, in the shape of a grand piano, once belonged to showbiz legend Liberace but were auctioned on Tuesday for £2,200. They had been

  • Goodwood: Alexius leaves it late for glory

    Ice-cool Kieren Fallon is eyeing the one British Classic missing from his collection after romping home on Alexius on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood. His mount leapt to favouritism for the Rothmans Royal St Leger in September as he turned certain

  • Big day for graduates

    Students gathered to celebrate three years of hard work at their degree ceremonies today. Hundreds of students from the faculty of business at the University of Brighton lined up to receive their certificates in front of their proud parents this morning

  • Youth cycling: Jack's all right

    Jack Smith, Brighton Mitre's youngest member, is aiming to win his club's trophy for most victories in a season. The nine-year-old, from Shoreham, has been inspired by watching the Tour de France on television. He said: "I loved watching the Tour de France

  • Family's pain over missing man

    An 84-year-old mother has sent out a desperate plea to find out if her missing son, Colin Fawbert, is alive. Mr Fawbert, 47, has not been seen since leaving his Brighton flat last September. The Benefits Agency, which could reveal whether he has been

  • Pride short of funds

    This year's Pride, the flamboyant gay and lesbian festival, is still £8,500 short of sponsorship, with just 11 days left before the big day. Organisers said they had funded 90 per cent of the costs, thanks to support from the community. But they could

  • Incinerator day trip fury

    People living near proposed incinerator sites in Sussex are to be offered visits to working plants elsewhere in the UK. The idea was put forward as councils named the two companies they want to bid for the multi-million pound waste disposal contract.

  • Pleas for parking action

    City residents demanded action to ease chronic parking shortages at a heated public meeting last night. The group argued about the best way to tackle car parking but all agreed the problem had become intolerable and something needed to be done. They called

  • Fair will miss a favourite face

    Rottingdean Village Fair will go ahead this Saturday without one of its favourite characters. For 30 years Winifred Hoyle provided costumes for the colourful costume parade along High Street which kicks off the fair. She died in March but donated her

  • Day of the dolphins

    A couple on a boating trip were delighted to be joined by three dolphins who swam and played around their catamaran. Russell and Dawn Austin, of First Avenue, Hove, were on their way back to Shoreham from Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, in their 27ft boat

  • Praise as Fatboy's video wins

    Fatboy Slim's bizarre low-budget film for hit single Praise You has beaten off competition by pop superstars to be named the best video of all time. Brighton's big beat guru even pipped Michael Jackson's ground-breaking mini-movie for Thriller into second

  • Book boycott

    One way to punish perjurious peer Jeffrey Archer would be for everyone to boycott his wretched books. They're rubbish anyway. Don't buy them. His biggest con was persuading millions of gullible folk into believing he was a writer. And if you happen to

  • Train monopoly

    Train services in our area seem to be going from a public monopoly to a private monopoly. The idea of privatisation, I thought, was for fair competition to provide good, safe, reliable services for passengers. Although Thameslink appears to run a fairly

  • Council tax rise

    I see we city dwellers may be due for a large increase in our council tax because of Sita. Will this also include the extra tax for the large increase in councillors' expenses? Surely we have competent councillors to organise our refuse and cleaning services

  • Spark sets off blaze in attic

    The roof of a house was badly damaged by fire after plumbers working in the attic space set the insulation alight. But firefighters stopped flames spreading throughout a house in Cripland Close, Lindfield. The householder raised the alarm at 1.40pm and

  • A new force to be reckoned with

    They have given up jobs as diverse as ambulance driving and managing a High Street store to join a new civvy detective team. The unit of eight women and one man has been enlisted to take on CID duties at Brighton police station and free up officers for

  • Freeman jinx strikes again

    Albion forward Darren Freeman faces a fourth hernia operation in less than a year. The Seagulls are waiting for confirmation of the results of a scan Freeman had while they were away in Ireland. But the outlook appears bleak for the Brighton-born marksman

  • Services hit by funding delay

    Thousands of people face losing vital services because the future of charities and organisations has been thrown into doubt due to a delay in funding. The delay has hit groups which help some of the community's most vulnerable members of society, including

  • Equestrian: Sarah's fourth in Europeans

    Sarah Millis, from Cuckfield, helped Britain finish fourth in the European Young Riders Dressage Championships in Germany. Sarah, who rode Ludo 11, was 21st overall with her team and individual scores combined. The 19-year-old, on the same horse, was

  • Sham slam

    So much for getting tough on wayward parkers. The new scheme is a sham. Why else has a dumped Ford Fiesta with no tax disc been allowed to sit in a valuable voucher space in Madeira Place, Hove, for more than one month? I know the traffic wardens have

  • Youth cricket: At the double

    Sussex under-14s secured five-wicket wins against Hampshire and Kent. The under-tens were defeated by Surrey despite a man-of-the-match innings of 45 by Michael Chapman. He shared partnerships with Stuart Flint (34 runs) and Luke Wells (23). Bradley Bridson

  • Dennis Wagner: Clarification

    An Argus article on December 16/17 2000, stated that a tenant of Dennis Wagner, of Wilbury Avenue, Hove, was told he could not leave his wheelchair assembled in the hall. The tenant suggested that Mr Wagner was not sympathetic to his tenant's disability

  • Face burning issue now

    Incineration is the burning question for East Sussex County Council and it has to make a decision soon. Landfill sites for rubbish will be full within a few years and there is no way in which most rubbish will be recycled in the foreseeable future despite

  • Sense at last

    Good for Councillor Bodfish. Finally, a sensible voice. Obviously Clive Tinker doesn't live in the Rottingdean, Ovingdean or Falmer area. If he is so keen on a stadium, let them build it near his home. The traffic is already horrendous, with massive tailbacks

  • Youth Swimming: Lisa's at a crossroads

    Lisa Chapman has been painting the living room of the family bungalow while she recovers from a mystery illness that threatens her career. Lisa, 16, who attends Hastings Sixth Form College, said: "This is a true test of my dedication to get to the top

  • Youth swimming: Claire close to medal

    Claire Manton missed out on a national medal by three hundredths of a second. The 14-year-old Brighton club swimmer was fourth in the 14-15 50m breaststroke at the ASA Age Group Championships at Sheffield. Coach Nigel Currucan said: "It was a good effort

  • Mystery buyer of Liberace's links

    Cufflinks belonging to Mr Showmanship himself have been sold for thousands of pounds to an overseas buyer. The ivory pieces, in the shape of a grand piano, once belonged to showbiz legend Liberace but were auctioned on Tuesday for £2,200. They had been

  • Goodwood: Alexius leaves it late for glory

    Ice-cool Kieren Fallon is eyeing the one British Classic missing from his collection after romping home on Alexius on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood. His mount leapt to favouritism for the Rothmans Royal St Leger in September as he turned certain

  • Youth athletics: Amala's French connection

    Amala Onoura, in her first year at under-17s, has earned an invitation to compete for the Great Britain under-19s against France. The Eastbourne sprinter impressed selectors finishing fourth behind Olympian Marcia Richardson in the senior 100m while competing

  • Big day for graduates

    Students gathered to celebrate three years of hard work at their degree ceremonies today. Hundreds of students from the faculty of business at the University of Brighton lined up to receive their certificates in front of their proud parents this morning

  • Youth cycling: Jack's all right

    Jack Smith, Brighton Mitre's youngest member, is aiming to win his club's trophy for most victories in a season. The nine-year-old, from Shoreham, has been inspired by watching the Tour de France on television. He said: "I loved watching the Tour de France

  • Family's pain over missing man

    An 84-year-old mother has sent out a desperate plea to find out if her missing son, Colin Fawbert, is alive. Mr Fawbert, 47, has not been seen since leaving his Brighton flat last September. The Benefits Agency, which could reveal whether he has been

  • Search for crash driver

    Police are looking for the driver of a car involved in a collision with a cyclist in Eastbourne. It happened at 7.20am today in Santa Cruz Drive. The car involved was a white Ford Fiesta, registration number B815 OHC. It was later found by police abandoned

  • Stars head for coast

    Atomic Kitten, Louise and Damage will be headlining a town's first pop music festival. More than 20,000 are expected to flock to Eastbourne for KidsAid 2001 in association with The Argus. Organisers are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for children's

  • Fire trap warning after homes swoop

    Students looking for cheap digs could be putting their lives at risk in fire traps, consumer watchdogs have warned. The warning follows a check on privately-owned houses in Chichester offering accommodation to university students. The operation uncovered

  • Pleas for parking action

    City residents demanded action to ease chronic parking shortages at a heated public meeting last night. The group argued about the best way to tackle car parking but all agreed the problem had become intolerable and something needed to be done. They called

  • MP seeks end to hospital bed-block

    An MP has called on Health Secretary Alan Milburn to intervene to alleviate an unprecedented summer bed-blocking crisis at a hospital. More than 70 beds, the equivalent of two wards, are being taken up at Eastbourne District General Hospital by patients

  • Libraries scrap internet censorship

    Software designed to stop people looking at internet pornography in libraries has been scrapped. Brighton and Hove City Council found it was also blocking web sites on subjects ranging from cats to furniture. Instead, customers will be banned from using

  • Bad taste

    The two-page spread given in The Argus to Jenny Langston's engagement, coming only four months after her husband's death, was extremely insensitive and in unbelievable bad taste on her part. Since Jenny loves the limelight, does that now mean she will

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    Until last week I didn't know how to spell cholesterol. It was a word I rarely used, either speaking or writing, so I thought it was called cholestrol. But times have changed and now I not only know how to spell and pronounce the word correctly but I

  • Editors win court gag appeal

    Two Sussex newspaper editors have won a landmark test case about reporting court hearings involving children. The Argus editor Simon Bradshaw, 42, of Brunswick Square, Hove, and former editorial director of the West Sussex County Times David Briffett,

  • Big problem

    Another light aircraft crash, adding to the one that landed in a tree and one on Lancing Green, all within the space of six months. It seems there have been no fatalities only because of the skill of the pilots (and, in Lancing, a quick-thinking passer-by

  • Ten-pin bowling: Cup call-up

    Lisa John, 19, from Worthing, will compete for England in next month's European Senior Cup in Moscow, where she won the world junior title. Lisa, a member at Worthing and Crawley, recently claimed two gold medals and two bronzes in the European Senior

  • Equestrian: Sarah's fourth in Europeans

    Sarah Millis, from Cuckfield, helped Britain finish fourth in the European Young Riders Dressage Championships in Germany. Sarah, who rode Ludo 11, was 21st overall with her team and individual scores combined. The 19-year-old, on the same horse, was

  • Youth cricket: At the double

    Sussex under-14s secured five-wicket wins against Hampshire and Kent. The under-tens were defeated by Surrey despite a man-of-the-match innings of 45 by Michael Chapman. He shared partnerships with Stuart Flint (34 runs) and Luke Wells (23). Bradley Bridson

  • Dennis Wagner: Clarification

    An Argus article on December 16/17 2000, stated that a tenant of Dennis Wagner, of Wilbury Avenue, Hove, was told he could not leave his wheelchair assembled in the hall. The tenant suggested that Mr Wagner was not sympathetic to his tenant's disability

  • Rich myth

    I notice Chris Baker's hotline to Brighton Urban Design and Development (BUDD) and its allies has been buzzing in order to write the piece "A tale of a new city" (Argus, July 25). The notion that city status has made Brighton and Hove a place where big

  • Sense at last

    Good for Councillor Bodfish. Finally, a sensible voice. Obviously Clive Tinker doesn't live in the Rottingdean, Ovingdean or Falmer area. If he is so keen on a stadium, let them build it near his home. The traffic is already horrendous, with massive tailbacks

  • Youth Swimming: Lisa's at a crossroads

    Lisa Chapman has been painting the living room of the family bungalow while she recovers from a mystery illness that threatens her career. Lisa, 16, who attends Hastings Sixth Form College, said: "This is a true test of my dedication to get to the top

  • Let the kids create things on their own

    Steyning youngsters bemoan the fact they have "nothing to do in the evenings" (Argus, July 24). All they want is a coffee shop or a hut. Would it not be wonderful in this age of "someone must provide it for me" if these youngsters were to do it for themselves

  • Youth football: Hinsh's challenge

    Martin Hinshelwood has laid down a challenge to Albion under-17s to retain their Youth Alliance title. The team provisionally kick off their season at Northampton on August 18 and entertain Wycombe the following week. Albion director of youth Hinshelwood

  • Rail firms lag in payout league

    Sussex rail operators have fared badly in a survey assessing their compensation packages. The one exception is the Gatwick Express service, linking London Victoria with the airport, which headed the league table drawn up by consumer magazine Which? The

  • Youth athletics: Amala's French connection

    Amala Onoura, in her first year at under-17s, has earned an invitation to compete for the Great Britain under-19s against France. The Eastbourne sprinter impressed selectors finishing fourth behind Olympian Marcia Richardson in the senior 100m while competing

  • Massage guru in sex assault claim

    An eminent massage guru molested two clients while supposedly practising an ancient oriental therapy, a court was told. Mark Bishop, an authority on Japanese shiatsu, allegedly fondled one woman's breasts and put his hands down her knickers. The 51-year-old

  • Sussex get a timely boost

    All-rounder Robin Martin-Jenkins is poised to make his comeback after two months on the sidelines when Sussex take on Middlesex under the Hove floodlights tonight (4.10pm). Martin-Jenkins has been named in a 12-man squad for the Norwich Union League game

  • Library scheme is axed

    The new Lewes library, a school sports development and disabled access schemes for council buildings have been axed following a multi-million pound blunder. We exclusively revealed East Sussex County Council had counted a sum of money twice and made over

  • City's bins pile up again

    Brighton and Hove's rubbish problem is showing no signs of improving. Piles of uncollected rubbish line city streets, seafront waste bins are overflowing and one resident reported a rat on the streets. Rotting rubbish is attracting flies, seagulls are

  • Stars head for coast

    Atomic Kitten, Louise and Damage will be headlining a town's first pop music festival. More than 20,000 are expected to flock to Eastbourne for KidsAid 2001 in association with The Argus. Organisers are hoping to raise thousands of pounds for children's

  • The glory of Goodwood

    It was party time on the South Downs as the Duke of Richmond launched "glorious" Goodwood festival week with a bang. Multi-coloured firecrackers marked the start of a five-day race meeting which is more like one big garden party for people from every

  • Libraries scrap internet censorship

    Software designed to stop people looking at internet pornography in libraries has been scrapped. Brighton and Hove City Council found it was also blocking web sites on subjects ranging from cats to furniture. Instead, customers will be banned from using

  • Bad taste

    The two-page spread given in The Argus to Jenny Langston's engagement, coming only four months after her husband's death, was extremely insensitive and in unbelievable bad taste on her part. Since Jenny loves the limelight, does that now mean she will

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    Until last week I didn't know how to spell cholesterol. It was a word I rarely used, either speaking or writing, so I thought it was called cholestrol. But times have changed and now I not only know how to spell and pronounce the word correctly but I

  • Library scheme is axed

    The new Lewes library, a school sports development and disabled access schemes for council buildings have been axed following a multi-million pound blunder. We exclusively revealed East Sussex County Council had counted a sum of money twice and made over

  • Fire delays train

    Passengers travelling from Brighton to Victoria this morning were delayed due to a fire under a train. The 5.02am Connex SouthCentral train to London Victoria was stopped at Gatwick after reports of flames under the train. The train was evacuated but

  • Feature: A bright future for derelict sites

    Adam Trimingham reports on the prospects for the latest grand designs for two city centre sites in Brighton and Hove which have been derelict for many years. Buddleia blooms year after year on the long-abandoned goods yard site next to Brighton Station

  • Blaze victim fights for life

    A man was fighting for life tonight after a fire swept through a derelict building being used by squatters. Firefighters were tonight still searching for others in the six-storey block on Brighton seafront as forensic scientists checked for evidence of

  • Massage guru in sex assault claim

    An eminent massage guru molested two clients while supposedly practising an ancient oriental therapy, a court was told. Mark Bishop, an authority on Japanese shiatsu, allegedly fondled one woman's breasts and put his hands down her knickers. The 51-year-old

  • Is sea spout plan down plughole?

    Controversial plans for a £230,000 waterspout on Worthing seafront were today hanging in the balance after a public outcry. Many people who responded to a consultation exercise branded the sea fountain a waste of money. Now supporters are considering

  • Take a seat in theatre history

    They have been sat on by famous bottoms, including those of Laurence Olivier, Joan Collins and Lauren Bacall. Steeped in history, they have witnessed hundreds of performances and almost every actor and actress from the English stage of the last century

  • Gentleman Jack

    Michael Parker's reference to his brief experience in the thriller Jigsaw (Letters, July 17) brought back pleasant memories. Jigsaw was shot in and around Brighton in the Sixties, when I was head of Brighton CID. I was deputed by the chief constable,

  • Editors win court gag appeal

    Two Sussex newspaper editors have won a landmark test case about reporting court hearings involving children. The Argus editor Simon Bradshaw, 42, of Brunswick Square, Hove, and former editorial director of the West Sussex County Times David Briffett,

  • Yet again

    Yet another light plane crashes in Sussex and still the Shoreham air show goes on, year after year. Fair enough - I know it's only for two days but could there not be a static display instead? Why should the residents of Shoreham and Lancing have to cower

  • Big problem

    Another light aircraft crash, adding to the one that landed in a tree and one on Lancing Green, all within the space of six months. It seems there have been no fatalities only because of the skill of the pilots (and, in Lancing, a quick-thinking passer-by

  • Airport folly

    The report on the plane crash near the Hove Lagoon (Argus, July 30) implied the pilot took off from Shoreham airport to fly over people and buildings despite the plane's instruments not giving 100 per cent safety readings. This underlines the folly of

  • Ten-pin bowling: Cup call-up

    Lisa John, 19, from Worthing, will compete for England in next month's European Senior Cup in Moscow, where she won the world junior title. Lisa, a member at Worthing and Crawley, recently claimed two gold medals and two bronzes in the European Senior

  • Wrong link

    Liz Walker (Letters, July 25) links Vardean School with selling land for houses, waste disposal and incinerators. Surrenden Campus is home to four schools, including Varndean School, as well as Varndean College. It is the College that has submitted a

  • Phone mast clampdown urged

    Tories are calling on the Government to ensure all mobile phone masts have to go before planners before they can be built. At present there is consultation on new masts but many of them can be put up without planning permission unless they are tall or

  • Rich myth

    I notice Chris Baker's hotline to Brighton Urban Design and Development (BUDD) and its allies has been buzzing in order to write the piece "A tale of a new city" (Argus, July 25). The notion that city status has made Brighton and Hove a place where big

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    Sol Campbell's move across North London rocked the soccer world and after what I witnessed last weekend I find it even harder to fathom out. I totally agree that he had to leave Tottenham, they are going nowhere and given a straight choice between them

  • Let the kids create things on their own

    Steyning youngsters bemoan the fact they have "nothing to do in the evenings" (Argus, July 24). All they want is a coffee shop or a hut. Would it not be wonderful in this age of "someone must provide it for me" if these youngsters were to do it for themselves

  • Goodwood: Atavus clear favourite

    George Margarson's Atavus, a real revelation in two of this season's biggest handicaps, is 5-1 clear favourite to land another in the £100,000 William Hill Mile at Goodwood tomorrow. The Leeds-based firm have also removed Surprise Encounter from their

  • Youth football: Hinsh's challenge

    Martin Hinshelwood has laid down a challenge to Albion under-17s to retain their Youth Alliance title. The team provisionally kick off their season at Northampton on August 18 and entertain Wycombe the following week. Albion director of youth Hinshelwood

  • Rail firms lag in payout league

    Sussex rail operators have fared badly in a survey assessing their compensation packages. The one exception is the Gatwick Express service, linking London Victoria with the airport, which headed the league table drawn up by consumer magazine Which? The

  • Massage guru in sex assault claim

    An eminent massage guru molested two clients while supposedly practising an ancient oriental therapy, a court was told. Mark Bishop, an authority on Japanese shiatsu, allegedly fondled one woman's breasts and put his hands down her knickers. The 51-year-old

  • Sussex get a timely boost

    All-rounder Robin Martin-Jenkins is poised to make his comeback after two months on the sidelines when Sussex take on Middlesex under the Hove floodlights tonight (4.10pm). Martin-Jenkins has been named in a 12-man squad for the Norwich Union League game

  • Library scheme is axed

    The new Lewes library, a school sports development and disabled access schemes for council buildings have been axed following a multi-million pound blunder. We exclusively revealed East Sussex County Council had counted a sum of money twice and made over

  • City's bins pile up again

    Brighton and Hove's rubbish problem is showing no signs of improving. Piles of uncollected rubbish line city streets, seafront waste bins are overflowing and one resident reported a rat on the streets. Rotting rubbish is attracting flies, seagulls are

  • Pride short of funds

    This year's Pride, the flamboyant gay and lesbian festival, is still £8,500 short of sponsorship, with just 11 days left before the big day. Organisers said they had funded 90 per cent of the costs, thanks to support from the community. But they could

  • Blaze victim fights for life

    A man was fighting for life tonight after a fire swept through a derelict building being used by squatters. Firefighters were tonight still searching for others in the six-storey block on Brighton seafront as forensic scientists checked for evidence of

  • Reprieve for care homes

    Two residential care homes for elderly people have been given a six-month reprieve while their futures are decided. East Sussex county councillors agreed the consultation period should go ahead and will look at whether or not to keep open Parker House

  • Cabinet houses new-look council

    A council which has been handling business in the same way for more than 100 years has updated its methods. Worthing Borough Council has made the changes after 111 years to meet new Government requirements for all councils responsible for populations

  • Hunt for sex pest pair

    Police are hunting sex pests who indecently exposed themselves to young girls in Eastbourne. In the first incident, a man exposed himself to two German students as they walked along the beach from Holywell. Police said they were approached by a man in

  • Incinerator day trip fury

    People living near proposed incinerator sites in Sussex are to be offered visits to working plants elsewhere in the UK. The idea was put forward as councils named the two companies they want to bid for the multi-million pound waste disposal contract.

  • Fair will miss a favourite face

    Rottingdean Village Fair will go ahead this Saturday without one of its favourite characters. For 30 years Winifred Hoyle provided costumes for the colourful costume parade along High Street which kicks off the fair. She died in March but donated her

  • Day of the dolphins

    A couple on a boating trip were delighted to be joined by three dolphins who swam and played around their catamaran. Russell and Dawn Austin, of First Avenue, Hove, were on their way back to Shoreham from Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, in their 27ft boat