Three Sussex farmers have been paid almost £138,000 in foot-and-mouth compensation by the Government. The highest payment was £64,225, according to figures released in a Commons written reply. A second farmer received £45,205 while a third got £27,570
Christmas rail travellers may have to change their plans if guards and drivers on South West Trains opt for strike action. The company, which operates an hourly service from Brighton to Reading, is facing action from guards and station staff after its
I am dismayed local MPs are against the idea of a National Park for the Downs. Other than the political sway they will lose and the fact they are ignoring a public request, I can only see one answer for the public. When you next go to the polls, make
Dear Fido, Chester, Brecon and Buttons. Last weekend, I was having a snooze on mum and dad's settee and, yes, you guessed it, more fireworks were let off. I was scared stiff and started to shake. Mum gave me a cuddle to try to reassure me. It is three
Paul Brooker was back in the starting line-up for Albion's testing trip to home specialists Bury. Brooker was preferred to Robbie Pethick in the only change to the team which drew 1-1 at Swindon last Saturday. German striker Dirk Lehmann took the place
Bobby Zamora wrote his name into the record books as Albion marched on at the top of the Second Division. The young marksman's 17th goal of the season killed off Bury after Paul Brooker celebrated his recall by giving Peter Taylor's rampant Seagulls an
My 91-year-old mother has a service contract with British Gas for her gas fire. The appliance was serviced in August but we have had difficulty lighting it from the ignition system. I phoned British Gas to ask someone from the company to check out the
I got fed-up with being pestered outside several stores to change from my current electricity and gas company to British Gas. In the end, I gave in. The gas side of the contract was done quickly but after numerous phone calls, at my expense, I finally
A 20-year-old peer shot himself in the head with his father's gun while on leave from a mental hospital. Alexander Macrae Carnegie, Lord Rosehill, was on anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs for a year before his death on August 31. On the day of
The Christmas season starts today now it's December and to mark the occasion, Santa will be arriving at his grotto. He's forsaking his reindeer and sleigh for a horse and carriage to ride through the streets of Brighton before arriving at the Gingerbread
I must respond to a number of points made about Brighton and Hove City Council's parking services (Letters, November 27). The parking service is most certainly not a "stealth tax on people" as Mike Sherlock implied. The purpose of the parking service
It took intervention by The Argus to get a refund and an apology for Hazel Craig-Hallam after she had her car wrongly clamped. It should never had come to that. Her vehicle was targeted at Bognor station even though she had paid for a parking ticket at
The quiet Beatle George Harrison was an "English Gentleman", according to Sussex people who knew him. Saxophone player Johnnie Gray spent hours at the now legendary Abbey Road studios, recording with the Fab Four when they were at their peak. A top session
Worthing's Dave Longhurst, driving his Ford powered Renault Clio, won the 2-litre Best in Britain title last weekend. Unlike most forms of motor racing, in hot rod racing the top drivers start from the rear of the field. As the current 2-litre world champion
My name is B H Albion. I am otherwise known affectionately to my thousands of admirers, both locally and throughout the land, by my pseudonym, C Gull. My profession is "sporting entertainment", a calling I have practised for 100 years, during which time
Worthing's Dave Longhurst, driving his Ford powered Renault Clio, won the 2-litre Best in Britain title last weekend. Unlike most forms of motor racing, in hot rod racing the top drivers start from the rear of the field. As the current 2-litre world champion
Brighton have celebrated their 50th anniversary with a commitment to youth. They have pledged themselves to the Sussex Youth League that is scheduled to begin next month and provided three of 11 teams at a pre-season tournament at Falmer. Coach Holly
Nick Nurse takes his Brighton Bears to London Towers for a hastily arranged Southern Conference clash tonight (6.30pm) aiming for a fifth successive win. Bears have stepped in at short notice for the trip to Crystal Palace after Manchester Giants withdrew
History was made when the Brighton club played their counterparts from the city's college at under-tens and under-11s for the first time. Brighton under-tens beat Brighton College 45-5 with the tries scored by Craig Holland (3), George Taylor (3), James
MP Des Turner's bid to introduce legislation to tackle fuel poverty and Rising Damp-style landlords has cleared a major hurdle in the Commons. The Brighton Kemp Town member said he was delighted his Home Energy Conservation Bill had successfully completed
Special constables were riding Brighton and Hove buses on Saturday night after a string of vandalism attacks. In one recent attack, a snooker ball was hurled at a number 25 bus as it travelled north near Wild Park off the Lewes Road, Brighton, shattering
Soaring demand from young single women for houses and flats is helping to force up Sussex house prices. One of the biggest gatherings of estate agents in Europe was told single women home buyers aged 25-35 now outnumbered single male buyers by almost
Dave Corke's first launch as lifeboat coxswain could be described as a baptism of fire - literally. He remembers how, in 1991, he and his RNLI crew were summoned from exercises to an emergency call south of Newhaven. They got within five miles of a blazing
Police and trading standards officers arrested eight people at a store following complaints from shoppers. The store insisted it had not broken any laws. Shoppers watched as staff at The Outlet, in North Street Quadrant, Brighton, were led away yesterday
The man accused of killing Sarah Payne remained silent when he was formally charged with her murder, a court heard. Roy Whiting was arrested for the third time during the investigation into the eight-year-old schoolgirl's death on February 6, more than
A decision to only partially compensate firefighters for flood damage to their cars has been labelled "mean". Crews in Uckfield and Lewes have been told they will have to meet some of the costs from their own pockets, even though it happened as they were
Student William Hackman gambled £35 on a postcard - and discovered it was a work of art worth £4,000. William picked out the card in an exhibition at London's Royal College of Art and took a chance it would be worth his investment. Only after stumping
A pensioner was left stranded at midnight at a railway station after her car was wrongly wheel-clamped. Now 76-year-old widow Hazel Craig-Hallam has won back her £60 clamping fee back and an apology after The Argus intervened. Mrs Craig-Hallam's ordeal
I am dismayed local MPs are against the idea of a National Park for the Downs. Other than the political sway they will lose and the fact they are ignoring a public request, I can only see one answer for the public. When you next go to the polls, make
Forgive me if little of what I write this week makes sense. I seem to have a flu-like virus and it's making me a tad delirious. Just a minute, the doorbell is ringing. It might be Robbie Williams wanting his slippers back ... Nope, my mistake. It was
Paul Brooker was back in the starting line-up for Albion's testing trip to home specialists Bury. Brooker was preferred to Robbie Pethick in the only change to the team which drew 1-1 at Swindon last Saturday. German striker Dirk Lehmann took the place
Bobby Zamora wrote his name into the record books as Albion marched on at the top of the Second Division. The young marksman's 17th goal of the season killed off Bury after Paul Brooker celebrated his recall by giving Peter Taylor's rampant Seagulls an
I can still remember the days when night clubs were places where you could go for an evening of sophisticated entertainment. There was a strict dress code and women, especially, loved dressing up for a night out. Everyone was very well behaved and there
A Sussex college has produced international footballers for the third year in a row. Liam O'Brien and Lee Newman's selection for the English Colleges squad follows on from call-ups for Ollie Rowland in 1999 and Tom Djamaluddin last year. The Brighton,
After receiving four parking tickets, my partner and I paid a visit to the Hove parking office, where we were advised we had, in fact, received seven parking tickets and that children are removing tickets from cars. We had a residents' parking permit
The Christmas season starts today now it's December and to mark the occasion, Santa will be arriving at his grotto. He's forsaking his reindeer and sleigh for a horse and carriage to ride through the streets of Brighton before arriving at the Gingerbread
I must respond to a number of points made about Brighton and Hove City Council's parking services (Letters, November 27). The parking service is most certainly not a "stealth tax on people" as Mike Sherlock implied. The purpose of the parking service
It took intervention by The Argus to get a refund and an apology for Hazel Craig-Hallam after she had her car wrongly clamped. It should never had come to that. Her vehicle was targeted at Bognor station even though she had paid for a parking ticket at
I read with incredulity the comments of Martin Perry, CEO of Brighton and Hove Albion (The Argus, November 27), as he dismissed Waterhall as an alternative site because of "transport difficulties involving cash having to be spent on new roads". Either
Firefighters were hailed heroes last year when they helped scores of people whose homes were devastated by floods in Lewes and Uckfield. Some lost their cars or had them badly damaged as they tackled the rising water. Now they have been told they will
I caught the 8.17am train from Hassocks last Saturday, not realising it was to be full of football supporters from Brighton. I was on my way to Guildford, changing at Gatwick, and so were they. There must have been a game out west somewhere. What a noisy
Worthing's Dave Longhurst, driving his Ford powered Renault Clio, won the 2-litre Best in Britain title last weekend. Unlike most forms of motor racing, in hot rod racing the top drivers start from the rear of the field. As the current 2-litre world champion
Brighton have celebrated their 50th anniversary with a commitment to youth. They have pledged themselves to the Sussex Youth League that is scheduled to begin next month and provided three of 11 teams at a pre-season tournament at Falmer. Coach Holly
MP Des Turner's bid to introduce legislation to tackle fuel poverty and Rising Damp-style landlords has cleared a major hurdle in the Commons. The Brighton Kemp Town member said he was delighted his Home Energy Conservation Bill had successfully completed
Special constables were riding Brighton and Hove buses on Saturday night after a string of vandalism attacks. In one recent attack, a snooker ball was hurled at a number 25 bus as it travelled north near Wild Park off the Lewes Road, Brighton, shattering
Dave Corke's first launch as lifeboat coxswain could be described as a baptism of fire - literally. He remembers how, in 1991, he and his RNLI crew were summoned from exercises to an emergency call south of Newhaven. They got within five miles of a blazing
A decision to only partially compensate firefighters for flood damage to their cars has been labelled "mean". Crews in Uckfield and Lewes have been told they will have to meet some of the costs from their own pockets, even though it happened as they were
Student William Hackman gambled £35 on a postcard - and discovered it was a work of art worth £4,000. William picked out the card in an exhibition at London's Royal College of Art and took a chance it would be worth his investment. Only after stumping
A pensioner was left stranded at midnight at a railway station after her car was wrongly wheel-clamped. Now 76-year-old widow Hazel Craig-Hallam has won back her £60 clamping fee back and an apology after The Argus intervened. Mrs Craig-Hallam's ordeal
I wish people who want to see Peter Taylor sacked would stop writing such rubbish and, instead, think back to the Kent era and let Peter do his job without nasty comments. I do not understand why some Albion fans had to boo at Bobby last week. Nutters
Forgive me if little of what I write this week makes sense. I seem to have a flu-like virus and it's making me a tad delirious. Just a minute, the doorbell is ringing. It might be Robbie Williams wanting his slippers back ... Nope, my mistake. It was
Firefighters are fuming over plans to expand a Brighton cinema - into their fire station. The Duke of York's cinema wants to take over part of Preston Circus fire station. East Sussex Combined Fire Authority will discuss the issue on Thursday. Steve Petch
Walking through the streets of Brighton and Hove, I have become increasingly disturbed by a recent trend, which is that small babies, supported in baby-slings, are carried facing outwards. Tiny babies should always be carried in close frontal contact
Bev Wallace has just had the most extraordinary day of her life. During what started as a routine working day she: became a Good Samaritan for a foul-mouthed, dope-smoking "vicar" bought sexy underwear with a star from her favourite soap turned down a
I can still remember the days when night clubs were places where you could go for an evening of sophisticated entertainment. There was a strict dress code and women, especially, loved dressing up for a night out. Everyone was very well behaved and there
A Sussex college has produced international footballers for the third year in a row. Liam O'Brien and Lee Newman's selection for the English Colleges squad follows on from call-ups for Ollie Rowland in 1999 and Tom Djamaluddin last year. The Brighton,
After receiving four parking tickets, my partner and I paid a visit to the Hove parking office, where we were advised we had, in fact, received seven parking tickets and that children are removing tickets from cars. We had a residents' parking permit
I read with incredulity the comments of Martin Perry, CEO of Brighton and Hove Albion (The Argus, November 27), as he dismissed Waterhall as an alternative site because of "transport difficulties involving cash having to be spent on new roads". Either
Firefighters were hailed heroes last year when they helped scores of people whose homes were devastated by floods in Lewes and Uckfield. Some lost their cars or had them badly damaged as they tackled the rising water. Now they have been told they will
I caught the 8.17am train from Hassocks last Saturday, not realising it was to be full of football supporters from Brighton. I was on my way to Guildford, changing at Gatwick, and so were they. There must have been a game out west somewhere. What a noisy
Michael Alldis says he is ready to reclaim his British super-bantamweight crown. The Crawley fighter has been lined up to fight Scotsman Brian Carr for the British and Commonwealth titles in January. The only dispute now is whether Alldis will be defending
Police are appealing for witnesses after a couple dressed in brightly coloured scarves and hats robbed an off-licence. The man and woman in their 30s went into Mulberry Wines in Bristol Road, Brighton, at about 8.50pm on Friday and threatened staff. Police
The man accused of killing Sarah Payne remained silent when he was formally charged with her murder, a court heard. Roy Whiting was arrested for the third time during the investigation into the eight-year-old schoolgirl's death on February 6, more than
A car worker who lost her job after telling her boss she might suffer a miscarriage has won £6,000 compensation at an employment tribunal. Angela French was told by a doctor to take a few days off from her job as an agency worker at the Crawley branch
Three Sussex farmers have been paid almost £138,000 in foot-and-mouth compensation by the Government. The highest payment was £64,225, according to figures released in a Commons written reply. A second farmer received £45,205 while a third got £27,570
Christmas rail travellers may have to change their plans if guards and drivers on South West Trains opt for strike action. The company, which operates an hourly service from Brighton to Reading, is facing action from guards and station staff after its
Dear Fido, Chester, Brecon and Buttons. Last weekend, I was having a snooze on mum and dad's settee and, yes, you guessed it, more fireworks were let off. I was scared stiff and started to shake. Mum gave me a cuddle to try to reassure me. It is three
I wish people who want to see Peter Taylor sacked would stop writing such rubbish and, instead, think back to the Kent era and let Peter do his job without nasty comments. I do not understand why some Albion fans had to boo at Bobby last week. Nutters
Firefighters are fuming over plans to expand a Brighton cinema - into their fire station. The Duke of York's cinema wants to take over part of Preston Circus fire station. East Sussex Combined Fire Authority will discuss the issue on Thursday. Steve Petch
Walking through the streets of Brighton and Hove, I have become increasingly disturbed by a recent trend, which is that small babies, supported in baby-slings, are carried facing outwards. Tiny babies should always be carried in close frontal contact
Bev Wallace has just had the most extraordinary day of her life. During what started as a routine working day she: became a Good Samaritan for a foul-mouthed, dope-smoking "vicar" bought sexy underwear with a star from her favourite soap turned down a
My 91-year-old mother has a service contract with British Gas for her gas fire. The appliance was serviced in August but we have had difficulty lighting it from the ignition system. I phoned British Gas to ask someone from the company to check out the
I got fed-up with being pestered outside several stores to change from my current electricity and gas company to British Gas. In the end, I gave in. The gas side of the contract was done quickly but after numerous phone calls, at my expense, I finally
A 20-year-old peer shot himself in the head with his father's gun while on leave from a mental hospital. Alexander Macrae Carnegie, Lord Rosehill, was on anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs for a year before his death on August 31. On the day of
The quiet Beatle George Harrison was an "English Gentleman", according to Sussex people who knew him. Saxophone player Johnnie Gray spent hours at the now legendary Abbey Road studios, recording with the Fab Four when they were at their peak. A top session
Worthing's Dave Longhurst, driving his Ford powered Renault Clio, won the 2-litre Best in Britain title last weekend. Unlike most forms of motor racing, in hot rod racing the top drivers start from the rear of the field. As the current 2-litre world champion
My name is B H Albion. I am otherwise known affectionately to my thousands of admirers, both locally and throughout the land, by my pseudonym, C Gull. My profession is "sporting entertainment", a calling I have practised for 100 years, during which time
Nick Nurse takes his Brighton Bears to London Towers for a hastily arranged Southern Conference clash tonight (6.30pm) aiming for a fifth successive win. Bears have stepped in at short notice for the trip to Crystal Palace after Manchester Giants withdrew
Michael Alldis says he is ready to reclaim his British super-bantamweight crown. The Crawley fighter has been lined up to fight Scotsman Brian Carr for the British and Commonwealth titles in January. The only dispute now is whether Alldis will be defending
History was made when the Brighton club played their counterparts from the city's college at under-tens and under-11s for the first time. Brighton under-tens beat Brighton College 45-5 with the tries scored by Craig Holland (3), George Taylor (3), James
Police are appealing for witnesses after a couple dressed in brightly coloured scarves and hats robbed an off-licence. The man and woman in their 30s went into Mulberry Wines in Bristol Road, Brighton, at about 8.50pm on Friday and threatened staff. Police
Soaring demand from young single women for houses and flats is helping to force up Sussex house prices. One of the biggest gatherings of estate agents in Europe was told single women home buyers aged 25-35 now outnumbered single male buyers by almost
The man accused of killing Sarah Payne remained silent when he was formally charged with her murder, a court heard. Roy Whiting was arrested for the third time during the investigation into the eight-year-old schoolgirl's death on February 6, more than
A car worker who lost her job after telling her boss she might suffer a miscarriage has won £6,000 compensation at an employment tribunal. Angela French was told by a doctor to take a few days off from her job as an agency worker at the Crawley branch
Police and trading standards officers arrested eight people at a store following complaints from shoppers. The store insisted it had not broken any laws. Shoppers watched as staff at The Outlet, in North Street Quadrant, Brighton, were led away yesterday
The man accused of killing Sarah Payne remained silent when he was formally charged with her murder, a court heard. Roy Whiting was arrested for the third time during the investigation into the eight-year-old schoolgirl's death on February 6, more than
