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  • Stickers ban to stop car thieves

    Orange stickers will no longer be slapped on Brighton's abandoned vehicles because thieves have been using them for practise. Brighton and Hove City Council workers usually place the stickers on cars if they believe they have been abandoned. Owners then

  • The importance of zinc is elemental

    Take a moment to look at your fingernails. Are they brittle and do they peel easily? Are they so thin you are inclined to bite them? Perhaps they grow very slowly, are opaquely white or splattered with white dots. Any one of these symptoms could indicate

  • Coded message

    Your story "Sex hoax links with chatline" (The Argus, March 1) brings a whole new meaning to STD codes. -Callum May, Frenchwood Street, Preston

  • Road rage

    Mrs J M Page wrote "All those poor students and underpaid teachers appear to have cars and the council has been trying out traffic lights to try to ease the congestion. "The locals have learnt to avoid the road after 4.30pm" (Letters, February 28). Does

  • Headache that can ruin lives

    Frequent migraine attacks have made Geraldine van Buren's life a misery. The debilitating condition, which she has suffered for many years, has caused her to lose jobs and miss out on family get-togethers. She has also had to stop eating certain foods

  • Family Life, by Bini McCall

    My few days away were good fun although it was nice to come home again. I was looking forward to the luxury of a room all to myself. Hotels are soulless places and I missed him indoors snoring, the dog sneaking in to jump up on the end of the bed and

  • Golden girls who inspired Corrie

    Have-a-go "golden girls" who fought off an armed carjacker believe they are the inspiration for a dramatic soap storyline. The trio of retired women, who were applauded for their bravery in disarming the gunman, think their real-life terror prompted the

  • I dressed Harry Potter

    The school uniforms are as much a part of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as ghosts, Quidditch and Harry Potter. Anyone who has seen the film will be familiar with the grey V-neck jumpers and stripy scarves, which, far from being the product

  • Rail savings

    Even if planned expenditure is realised, it will take many years to provide anything like the European rail system. Why replace the slam-door trains at the moment? These trains were very well built (in Britain) and reportedly have the most reliable electric

  • Another view

    I am a resident of Vallance Gardens, Hove. Only about 50 per cent of the properties have off-road parking here, not "all of them" as Trevor Pateman stated (Letters, February 27). There are a lot of flats on the eastern side of the road and I, for one,

  • Cabital idea

    Sammy the cabbie (Letters, February 27) asked where I get my information from. In fact, it is from Tim Nichols, environmental health and licensing manager, corroborated by David Collins, the Hackney carriage officer. My letter should not be seen as an

  • Choc cheek

    I cannot believe the audacity of P R Edwards (Letters, February 28), who complained about the "petty-minded people" upset by the noise he made while gorging on chocolates. There is nothing worse, while concentrating on a film or play in a public venue

  • Single point

    How refreshing to read Brian Jeffries' letter. I can fully endorse his comments on badly behaved children and their disrespectful parents. As a single person, I find I am penalised in almost everything I do, from booking a hotel room to paying taxes.

  • Dr Martens: Hastings in top spot

    Hastings Town returned to the top of the eastern division with a thrilling 3-2 win at promotion outsiders Fisher Athletic, thanks to a freak own goal. They overtook Dorchester Town who slipped to a 1-0 defeat at title rivals Grantham Town. The visitors

  • Tories throw party for gay community

    Brighton and Hove's Conservatives have invited leaders of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to a party. It will be staged at Pool nightclub in the centre of Brighton on April 18. Several top Tories will attend, including MP John Bercow

  • Dr Martens: Crawley snatch crucial win

    Crawley's Premier Division title bid is back on track following a dramatic 4-3 victory over Cambridge City. Danny Carroll hit an injury-time winner as Reds, who have slipped from top spot in recent weeks, rode their luck with an erratic display. Manager

  • Lax response to needles

    Peaceful Jesmond Road in Hove looks an unlikely spot for the taking of hard drugs. But Katie Stone, the mother of two children, found two hypodermic needles lying there. She called Brighton and Hove City Council, expecting the needles would be removed

  • Bitter and blind to the joy of children

    Brian Jeffries (Letters, February 27) is quite obviously ignorant of the purpose of parent-and-child parking spaces at supermarkets. They are not there so parents don't have to walk far but so parents can remove their children to the safety of their buggies

  • FA Vase: Hillians blow big chance

    Daren Newman surveyed the wreckage of an FA Vase dream and said what 1,600 people were thinking. Burgess Hill will never get a better chance to reach the semi-finals. Hillians wasted a series of chances, hit the post twice and were sunk by the softest

  • Basketball: Bears hang on for dramatic win

    Bears took another huge step towards a possible Southern Conference title last night, but only after putting their fans' nerves through the shredder once again. They squandered a 15-point lead in the third quarter and had to survive two missed free throws

  • Rank punters are a good bet

    Leisure group Rank said bingo players and gamblers had helped protect it from the economic climate. Rank owns 55 Hard Rock cafes, primarily in the UK and United States, which were rocked by the slump in tourism after September 11. The fall in demand meant

  • Sexual assault at club

    A young woman was sexually assaulted at the back of a busy town centre nightclub. The 24-year-old victim told police she was attacked by an Eastern Mediterranean man at the rear of Kings nightclub in Langney Road, Eastbourne. She had earlier been speaking

  • Ferry sailings cancelled

    Delays of up to six hours and cancellations have hit the first crossings of the latest ferry to be introduced on the troubled Newhaven to Dieppe route. Sailings of the 17,500 tonne vessel Dieppe, which made its first scheduled passenger crossings at the

  • 6,000 have say on park

    More than 6,000 people have given their views on the proposed South Downs national park - and most are all for it. Countryside watchdogs believe the final number responding to a consultation could be close to 8,000. Jane Cecil, of the Countryside Agency's

  • New delay for library

    A multi-million pound city centre development on a site which has been empty 50 years has been further delayed. Work was due to start last month on the Jubilee Street site between North Road and Church Street in Brighton. But it has now been delayed two

  • Off-peak travel bargains face axe

    Thousands of rail passengers face fare increases after train companies said they would cut the number of discounted tickets. Under the plan people who buy the popular Network Card would be unable to get reductions on any off-peak journey costing less

  • Is this a fair test for our children?

    When the first youngsters sat their AS-Level papers last summer, the Government trumpeted that the exams would broaden the post-16 curriculum. Instead of narrowing their options at 16, most would now go on to take four or five subjects at AS-Level, rather

  • Lifting the lid on royal nicknames

    The Queen Mother's siblings used to call her Buffy, decades before the vampire-slaying TV character first hit our screens. Author Stephen Shannon has completed a book on royal nicknames and is now working on another about what the Mafia call each other

  • Mother caught in needles dilemma

    A mother who found syringes in the street has condemned Brighton and Hove City Council for failing to remove them. Katie Stone, 32, of Portland Road, Hove, was taking her sons, George, three, and Henry, one, shopping when she found two needles in nearby

  • Road rage

    Mrs J M Page wrote "All those poor students and underpaid teachers appear to have cars and the council has been trying out traffic lights to try to ease the congestion. "The locals have learnt to avoid the road after 4.30pm" (Letters, February 28). Does

  • Pride in the pier

    Tim Brown (Letters, February 28) articulated better than I ever could my feelings about Brighton's West Pier. Why does the beauty of the frail old pier at sunset, with its murmuration of starlings sweeping and swooping, rank less as "heritage" than what

  • Golden girls who inspired Corrie

    Have-a-go "golden girls" who fought off an armed carjacker believe they are the inspiration for a dramatic soap storyline. The trio of retired women, who were applauded for their bravery in disarming the gunman, think their real-life terror prompted the

  • Driver arrested after leaving crash

    A 21-year-old man was arrested after a smash at a road junction in which four people were injured. One car flipped onto its roof while another ploughed through a set of traffic lights after they were in collision. Emergency services freed the three occupants

  • Guests flee from burning hotel

    Guests fled from a Worthing hotel in their pyjamas when a fire took hold of the basement. About 35 guests were led from the Berkley Hotel on Marine Parade at 7am this morning. They had to walk 200 yards along the seafront, some with bare feet, to the

  • Opposition to homes scheme

    Plans to build 50 new homes in Burgess Hill have come under fire. Burgess Hill town councillors are tonight expected to turn down the application for the houses in Cants Lane, Burgess Hill. They will be arguing the development will put even greater pressure

  • 6,000 vote for downland park

    More than 6,000 people have given their views on the proposed South Downs national park - and most are all for it. Countryside watchdogs believe the final number responding to a consultation could be close to 8,000. Jane Cecil of the Countryside Agency's

  • Metric rebels change road signs

    Residents of a seaside town branded a metric blackspot rubbed their eyes in disbelief today. More than 160 road and pavement signs in Hastings have been secretly changed from metric to imperial measurements. Signs which previously showed kilometres or

  • Woman leaves £100,000 to council

    A spinster has left £100,000 in her will to the town she loved. Mary Shaw left almost £1 million, much of it to charities. But her will also specified £100,000 should go to Worthing Borough Council in memory of her brother John, who died in 1984. She

  • Another view

    I am a resident of Vallance Gardens, Hove. Only about 50 per cent of the properties have off-road parking here, not "all of them" as Trevor Pateman stated (Letters, February 27). There are a lot of flats on the eastern side of the road and I, for one,

  • Basketball: Bears enjoy best win of season

    Bears enjoyed their biggest win of the season by crushing Derby Storm 125-98 at the Thunderdome on Saturday night. Nick Nurse's men had things their own way and Sterling Davis closed in on 500 points for the season by hitting 21. Bears produced a 10-0

  • Cabital idea

    Sammy the cabbie (Letters, February 27) asked where I get my information from. In fact, it is from Tim Nichols, environmental health and licensing manager, corroborated by David Collins, the Hackney carriage officer. My letter should not be seen as an

  • Ryman League: Horsham go top

    Title-chasing Horsham were four up at Marlow in Division Two but were happy to hang for a 4-3 win as they leapfrogged Lewes to go top. The Hornets, with Rooks playing in the FA Vase, went ahead after 39 minutes when Gary Charman beat goal-keeper Lee Carroll

  • Ryman League: Rebels hit seven

    Mark Knee is revelling in the role of makeshift striker after bagging four goals in the 7-1 division one destruction of Yeading at Woodside Road. Gavin Geddes (2) and Ben Carrington scored to complete Rebels' biggest win of the season. Knee said: "We've

  • Relieving the stress levels

    A recent television documentary showed how a school has developed a revolutionary method of teaching and controlling its young pupils through group meditation exercise. Pupils at the school in Southampton have a regular class where they are allowed to

  • Single point

    How refreshing to read Brian Jeffries' letter. I can fully endorse his comments on badly behaved children and their disrespectful parents. As a single person, I find I am penalised in almost everything I do, from booking a hotel room to paying taxes.

  • It's new Tory

    One of the reasons Tories lost the last two general elections was that they were perceived to be out of touch with modern society. The typical Tory, white, elderly and middle class, did not represent the bulk of Britain today. Now the party in Brighton

  • Tories throw party for gay community

    Brighton and Hove's Conservatives have invited leaders of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community to a party. It will be staged at Pool nightclub in the centre of Brighton on April 18. Several top Tories will attend, including MP John Bercow

  • Dr Martens: Crawley snatch crucial win

    Crawley's Premier Division title bid is back on track following a dramatic 4-3 victory over Cambridge City. Danny Carroll hit an injury-time winner as Reds, who have slipped from top spot in recent weeks, rode their luck with an erratic display. Manager

  • Deal with it

    In reply to Brian Jeffries, I am interested to know how a "good slap" would teach a child who is "in charge" and how to "respect" someone. Is this not teaching the "spoilt brats" that a good slap is what to do if they don't like what someone else is doing

  • Sussex League: Ash late show for Wickers

    Defender Jamie Ash signed off before a suspension with a crucial winning goal for Southwick as the battle to beat the drop from Division One intensified. Ash found enough energy to get forward from rightback to force home a left-wing cross from Simon

  • Bitter and blind to the joy of children

    Brian Jeffries (Letters, February 27) is quite obviously ignorant of the purpose of parent-and-child parking spaces at supermarkets. They are not there so parents don't have to walk far but so parents can remove their children to the safety of their buggies

  • FA Vase: Quinn's title challenge to Rooks

    Jimmy Quinn has challenged his Lewes players to bounce back from their FA Vase exit. The Rooks turned in a below-par display as they crashed out at home to AFC Sudbury. Now Quinn wants to salvage something from the season by winning the Ryman League division

  • FA Vase: Hillians blow big chance

    Daren Newman surveyed the wreckage of an FA Vase dream and said what 1,600 people were thinking. Burgess Hill will never get a better chance to reach the semi-finals. Hillians wasted a series of chances, hit the post twice and were sunk by the softest

  • Athletics: Stephens sprints to victory

    Worthing sprinter Gavin Stephens swept to a convincing victory in the British Universities Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. The former Sussex champion, who is at Brunel University, set 22.07sec, a remarkable time with two tight bends

  • Basketball: Bears hang on for dramatic win

    Bears took another huge step towards a possible Southern Conference title last night, but only after putting their fans' nerves through the shredder once again. They squandered a 15-point lead in the third quarter and had to survive two missed free throws

  • Seagulls get a double boost

    Albion go into tomorrow night's home game against Wycombe Wanderers with a double boost for their automatic promotion bid. Bobby Zamora returns from suspension as the Seagulls try to take advantage of a favourable set of results on Saturday. Zamora's

  • Badminton: Goode's going for gold again

    Mother-of-two Jo Goode believes she can become a golden girl all over again. The 29-year-old, from Bognor, retired from badminton following the birth of her second child, Molly, after winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics. But Jo launches her comeback

  • Burglars punch office worker

    An office worker was punched and knocked out during a burglary. A large amount of computer equipment was taken from the office block on the Manor Royal industrial estate in Crawley. Two men were working late when they challenged two strangers who had

  • Rank punters are a good bet

    Leisure group Rank said bingo players and gamblers had helped protect it from the economic climate. Rank owns 55 Hard Rock cafes, primarily in the UK and United States, which were rocked by the slump in tourism after September 11. The fall in demand meant

  • Woman in attack ordeal

    A woman was indecently assaulted as she walked home. The 19-year-old victim was outside Brighton University in Lewes Road, Brighton, on Friday at 10.30pm when a man approached and grabbed her. The woman reported the offence when she got home an hour later

  • Body that walked off

    The alarm was raised at the weekend when a body was reported among rubbish at the rear of a shop in London Road, Brighton. Staff reported seeing feet and arms sticking out from behind bin bags and boxes. One said: "The body was lifeless." Police were

  • Sexual assault at club

    A young woman was sexually assaulted at the back of a busy town centre nightclub. The 24-year-old victim told police she was attacked by an Eastern Mediterranean man at the rear of Kings nightclub in Langney Road, Eastbourne. She had earlier been speaking

  • Classroom assistants' pay fight

    Union officials have met politicians to lobby for better pay and conditions for classroom assistants. They say assistants are treated as second-class citizens despite the Government talking about enhancing their roles. Gary Smith, organiser for the GMB

  • Delays risk cancer patients' lives

    The number of cancer patients waiting a dangerously long time for treatment has doubled in two years. People in Brighton wait an average three months for treatment, despite a Government target of four weeks, during which time their cancer could develop

  • New delay for library

    A multi-million pound city centre development on a site which has been empty 50 years has been further delayed. Work was due to start last month on the Jubilee Street site between North Road and Church Street in Brighton. But it has now been delayed two

  • Dead shoplifter was a pop star

    A shoplifter who died as she ran from a store in front of traffic was a singer with one of the UK's most successful dance bands. Doreen Waddell, 36, of Clarendon Villas, Hove, sang lead vocals on Soul II Soul's Club Classics Volume 1 album, considered

  • Is this a fair test for our children?

    When the first youngsters sat their AS-Level papers last summer, the Government trumpeted that the exams would broaden the post-16 curriculum. Instead of narrowing their options at 16, most would now go on to take four or five subjects at AS-Level, rather

  • Criminal neglect

    Thanks for the article about the number of complaints against the police (The Argus, February 27). Now can we have one about the number of complaints against criminals? -Stephen Cheffy, Herrick Close, Crawley

  • Culture crisis

    So Brighton and Hove City Council is to bid for European Capital of Culture? If this is as successful as the Place To Be campaign, we can look forward to another massive hike in property prices with the inevitable problems for low-paid and public-sector

  • Pride in the pier

    Tim Brown (Letters, February 28) articulated better than I ever could my feelings about Brighton's West Pier. Why does the beauty of the frail old pier at sunset, with its murmuration of starlings sweeping and swooping, rank less as "heritage" than what

  • Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon

    These days I allow myself the odd Sunday lunch out, something which a few years ago I would have regarded as bizarre and almost daring. Now I find that if I want to go to lunch at the weekend anywhere halfway decent, I need to book well in advance. The

  • Albion boss stalls on contract

    Albion boss Peter Taylor confirmed today that he has still not signed a contract. Taylor has refused to put pen to paper due to concerns over the time it will take for the Seagulls to move into a new stadium at Falmer and the club's training facilities

  • Woman leaves £100,000 to council

    A spinster has left £100,000 in her will to the town she loved. Mary Shaw left almost £1 million, much of it to charities. But her will also specified £100,000 should go to Worthing Borough Council in memory of her brother John, who died in 1984. She

  • Basketball: Bears enjoy best win of season

    Bears enjoyed their biggest win of the season by crushing Derby Storm 125-98 at the Thunderdome on Saturday night. Nick Nurse's men had things their own way and Sterling Davis closed in on 500 points for the season by hitting 21. Bears produced a 10-0

  • Ryman League: Horsham go top

    Title-chasing Horsham were four up at Marlow in Division Two but were happy to hang for a 4-3 win as they leapfrogged Lewes to go top. The Hornets, with Rooks playing in the FA Vase, went ahead after 39 minutes when Gary Charman beat goal-keeper Lee Carroll

  • Ryman League: Rebels hit seven

    Mark Knee is revelling in the role of makeshift striker after bagging four goals in the 7-1 division one destruction of Yeading at Woodside Road. Gavin Geddes (2) and Ben Carrington scored to complete Rebels' biggest win of the season. Knee said: "We've

  • Relieving the stress levels

    A recent television documentary showed how a school has developed a revolutionary method of teaching and controlling its young pupils through group meditation exercise. Pupils at the school in Southampton have a regular class where they are allowed to

  • Looks familiar

    Have-a-go golden girls from Sussex hit the headlines when they disarmed a gunman who tried to hijack their car in France. Now soap opera Coronation Street has mirrored their tale in its latest storyline by having a man pull a gun during Rita Sullivan's

  • It's new Tory

    One of the reasons Tories lost the last two general elections was that they were perceived to be out of touch with modern society. The typical Tory, white, elderly and middle class, did not represent the bulk of Britain today. Now the party in Brighton

  • Sadly unfit

    Brian Jeffries, child-hater, it's you I would like to give a "good slap" to, not anyone's child. Obviously you were born straight into adulthood and have no children or grandchildren yourself. Sadly, in future years, my children will be paying your pension

  • Deal with it

    In reply to Brian Jeffries, I am interested to know how a "good slap" would teach a child who is "in charge" and how to "respect" someone. Is this not teaching the "spoilt brats" that a good slap is what to do if they don't like what someone else is doing

  • Sussex League: Ash late show for Wickers

    Defender Jamie Ash signed off before a suspension with a crucial winning goal for Southwick as the battle to beat the drop from Division One intensified. Ash found enough energy to get forward from rightback to force home a left-wing cross from Simon

  • FA Vase: Quinn's title challenge to Rooks

    Jimmy Quinn has challenged his Lewes players to bounce back from their FA Vase exit. The Rooks turned in a below-par display as they crashed out at home to AFC Sudbury. Now Quinn wants to salvage something from the season by winning the Ryman League division

  • Athletics: Stephens sprints to victory

    Worthing sprinter Gavin Stephens swept to a convincing victory in the British Universities Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. The former Sussex champion, who is at Brunel University, set 22.07sec, a remarkable time with two tight bends

  • Seagulls get a double boost

    Albion go into tomorrow night's home game against Wycombe Wanderers with a double boost for their automatic promotion bid. Bobby Zamora returns from suspension as the Seagulls try to take advantage of a favourable set of results on Saturday. Zamora's

  • Badminton: Goode's going for gold again

    Mother-of-two Jo Goode believes she can become a golden girl all over again. The 29-year-old, from Bognor, retired from badminton following the birth of her second child, Molly, after winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics. But Jo launches her comeback

  • Consignia chiefs decline pay rise

    Two directors of postal group Consignia have decided not to accept recommended pay rises of 10%. The increases were proposed for chief executive John Roberts and managing director of mail services Jerry Cope. The suggestion had been attacked as being

  • Woman in attack ordeal

    A woman was indecently assaulted as she walked home. The 19-year-old victim was outside Brighton University in Lewes Road, Brighton, on Friday at 10.30pm when a man approached and grabbed her. The woman reported the offence when she got home an hour later

  • Body that walked off

    The alarm was raised at the weekend when a body was reported among rubbish at the rear of a shop in London Road, Brighton. Staff reported seeing feet and arms sticking out from behind bin bags and boxes. One said: "The body was lifeless." Police were

  • Cocaine hoax at school

    Teachers called police after a 14-year-old pupil was spotted with what was believed to be a bag of cocaine in her pencil case. The white powder turned out to be Lemsip - the student at Worthing High School had been imitating EastEnders character Janine

  • Delays risk cancer patients' lives

    The number of cancer patients waiting a dangerously long time for treatment has doubled in two years. People in Brighton wait an average three months for treatment, despite a Government target of four weeks, during which time their cancer could develop

  • Job fears after store frozen out

    Food giant Iceland has been ousted from the Bhs store in Brighton, putting almost 20 jobs on the line. Store bosses at Bhs have issued the frozen food chain notice to quit its concession in the basement of the Churchill Square store. The 19 full and part-time

  • Dead shoplifter was a pop star

    A shoplifter who died as she ran from a store in front of traffic was a singer with one of the UK's most successful dance bands. Doreen Waddell, 36, of Clarendon Villas, Hove, sang lead vocals on Soul II Soul's Club Classics Volume 1 album, considered

  • Stickers ban to stop car thieves

    Orange stickers will no longer be slapped on Brighton's abandoned vehicles because thieves have been using them for practise. Brighton and Hove City Council workers usually place the stickers on cars if they believe they have been abandoned. Owners then

  • The importance of zinc is elemental

    Take a moment to look at your fingernails. Are they brittle and do they peel easily? Are they so thin you are inclined to bite them? Perhaps they grow very slowly, are opaquely white or splattered with white dots. Any one of these symptoms could indicate

  • Criminal neglect

    Thanks for the article about the number of complaints against the police (The Argus, February 27). Now can we have one about the number of complaints against criminals? -Stephen Cheffy, Herrick Close, Crawley

  • Coded message

    Your story "Sex hoax links with chatline" (The Argus, March 1) brings a whole new meaning to STD codes. -Callum May, Frenchwood Street, Preston

  • Culture crisis

    So Brighton and Hove City Council is to bid for European Capital of Culture? If this is as successful as the Place To Be campaign, we can look forward to another massive hike in property prices with the inevitable problems for low-paid and public-sector

  • Headache that can ruin lives

    Frequent migraine attacks have made Geraldine van Buren's life a misery. The debilitating condition, which she has suffered for many years, has caused her to lose jobs and miss out on family get-togethers. She has also had to stop eating certain foods

  • Family Life, by Bini McCall

    My few days away were good fun although it was nice to come home again. I was looking forward to the luxury of a room all to myself. Hotels are soulless places and I missed him indoors snoring, the dog sneaking in to jump up on the end of the bed and

  • Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon

    These days I allow myself the odd Sunday lunch out, something which a few years ago I would have regarded as bizarre and almost daring. Now I find that if I want to go to lunch at the weekend anywhere halfway decent, I need to book well in advance. The

  • Albion boss stalls on contract

    Albion boss Peter Taylor confirmed today that he has still not signed a contract. Taylor has refused to put pen to paper due to concerns over the time it will take for the Seagulls to move into a new stadium at Falmer and the club's training facilities

  • Rail bargains face the axe

    Thousand of rail passengers face fare rises after train companies said they would cut the number of discounted tickets. People who buy the popular Network Card would be unable to get reductions on any off-peak journey costing less than £10. The card,

  • Cocaine hoax at school

    Police were called to a school after a 14-year-old pupil was spotted with what was believed to be a bag of cocaine in her pencil case. The white powder turned out to be Lemsip - the student at Worthing High School had been imitating EastEnders character

  • Ferry sailings cancelled

    Delays of up to six hours and cancellations have hit the first crossings of the latest ferry to be introduced on the troubled Newhaven to Dieppe route. Sailings of the 17,500 tonne vessel Dieppe, which made its first scheduled passenger crossings at the

  • Widow fined for parking 'error'

    A war widow received a £40 parking fine for placing her pay-and-display ticket upside-down on her car dashboard. Elsie Scollick, 81, paid £1 at 10am for an hour's stay at the Hyde Gardens car park in Eastbourne town centre. When she returned to her X-reg

  • Perfect ending

    This Australian-born supporting actress of the Thirties and Forties was really one of the best. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in Lady For A Day (1933). I liked the 1961 remake, Pocket Full Of Miracles, with Bette Davis in the role

  • I dressed Harry Potter

    The school uniforms are as much a part of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as ghosts, Quidditch and Harry Potter. Anyone who has seen the film will be familiar with the grey V-neck jumpers and stripy scarves, which, far from being the product

  • Rail savings

    Even if planned expenditure is realised, it will take many years to provide anything like the European rail system. Why replace the slam-door trains at the moment? These trains were very well built (in Britain) and reportedly have the most reliable electric

  • Choc cheek

    I cannot believe the audacity of P R Edwards (Letters, February 28), who complained about the "petty-minded people" upset by the noise he made while gorging on chocolates. There is nothing worse, while concentrating on a film or play in a public venue

  • Looks familiar

    Have-a-go golden girls from Sussex hit the headlines when they disarmed a gunman who tried to hijack their car in France. Now soap opera Coronation Street has mirrored their tale in its latest storyline by having a man pull a gun during Rita Sullivan's

  • Dr Martens: Hastings in top spot

    Hastings Town returned to the top of the eastern division with a thrilling 3-2 win at promotion outsiders Fisher Athletic, thanks to a freak own goal. They overtook Dorchester Town who slipped to a 1-0 defeat at title rivals Grantham Town. The visitors

  • Sadly unfit

    Brian Jeffries, child-hater, it's you I would like to give a "good slap" to, not anyone's child. Obviously you were born straight into adulthood and have no children or grandchildren yourself. Sadly, in future years, my children will be paying your pension

  • Lax response to needles

    Peaceful Jesmond Road in Hove looks an unlikely spot for the taking of hard drugs. But Katie Stone, the mother of two children, found two hypodermic needles lying there. She called Brighton and Hove City Council, expecting the needles would be removed

  • Consignia chiefs decline pay rise

    Two directors of postal group Consignia have decided not to accept recommended pay rises of 10%. The increases were proposed for chief executive John Roberts and managing director of mail services Jerry Cope. The suggestion had been attacked as being

  • Priests to go to Butlins

    The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England is taking 400 of his priests for a mini holiday at Butlins. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor has booked every chalet at the seafront holiday complex at Bognor for a midweek break in November. He will be

  • Ferry sailings cancelled

    Delays of up to six hours and cancellations have hit the first crossings of the latest ferry to be introduced on the troubled Newhaven to Dieppe route. Sailings of the 17,500 tonne vessel Dieppe, which made its first scheduled passenger crossings at the

  • 6,000 have say on park

    More than 6,000 people have given their views on the proposed South Downs national park - and most are all for it. Countryside watchdogs believe the final number responding to a consultation could be close to 8,000. Jane Cecil, of the Countryside Agency's

  • Cocaine hoax at school

    Teachers called police after a 14-year-old pupil was spotted with what was believed to be a bag of cocaine in her pencil case. The white powder turned out to be Lemsip - the student at Worthing High School had been imitating EastEnders character Janine

  • Off-peak travel bargains face axe

    Thousands of rail passengers face fare increases after train companies said they would cut the number of discounted tickets. Under the plan people who buy the popular Network Card would be unable to get reductions on any off-peak journey costing less

  • Job fears after store frozen out

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