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  • Why so sad?

    I write in response to the report in The Argus (March 8) which had a picture of pupil Eleri Seddon, 13, rehearsing for Downlands School's music evening by Andy Lowe. I know when involved in music, song, poetry and other arts, happiness invades my soul

  • I'm for more traffic

    You hear about and see people being killed in crashes, yet the Government does not care or worry about what happens on the roads. The more traffic the better because of the tax income. -L Stringer, Peveril Drive, Sompting

  • Is Bin Laden laughing?

    Are George W Bush and Tony Blair going to push us into yet another war? Iraq this time? Is it really necessary to keep on meddling in other countries when Mr Blair can't even manage to get his own country organised? Osama bin Laden must be laughing up

  • Polar trek under way

    A Sussex woman and two colleagues have set off on their expedition to become the first all-woman team to walk to the North and South poles. Pom Oliver, 50, from Billingshurst, and colleagues Ann Daniels and Caroline Hamilton set off last night after they

  • Don't close the General

    I have spent two weeks in the Royal Sussex County Hospital. I had a splendid operation, the nurses were kindness itself, the doctors were all right but the management was not up to scratch. Don't close Brighton General Hospital, for God's sake, or it

  • PC loses fight with cancer

    A traffic policeman from Brighton has died from cancer at the age of 49, leaving a wife and two children. PC Glyn Vaughan, based in Shoreham, joined Sussex Police in 1974 and was posted to Eastbourne for three years. He moved to Brighton and spent the

  • School room

    With the withdrawal of the Varndean planning application, I am all for using any spare capacity for further education places, not selling it, as claimed (March 8). In view of the success of Labour's policies to encourage more youngsters into further education

  • MPs split over future energy

    Deep divisions over how to cater for Britain's future energy needs emerged today in a debate launched by a Brighton MP. Kemp Town MP Des Turner called for more investment in renewable sources like wind and wave power. Speaking in Westminster Hall, he

  • Real toll

    Most towns lucky enough to have an area of outstanding beauty and importance on their doorstep enjoyed by many people would, I think, feel very smug. Alas, not Haywards Heath. Ancient woodlands, meadows and ponds are being destroyed for the sake of the

  • Answering machine limbo

    The lady who phoned Brighton and Hove City Council about finding needles in the road should think herself lucky to have got an answer. Every time I ring for something, I get an answerphone saying call back later because they are very busy. When I do,

  • Old trains safety row

    A rail operator wants to have vital safety rules overturned because they are "not economically viable". South Central said spending £7.5 million altering ageing slam door carriages would save only one life a year. The company, with South West Trains and

  • TV bid for Jennings author

    The Sussex author who created schoolboy classic Jennings is in TV production talks with the company which makes Da Ali G Show. Anthony Buckeridge, 89, who wrote a famous string of stories about the mischievous Jennings, was approached by Talkback Productions

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    I can do it lying down, sitting in a chair or standing up. Mostly I do it in bed at night but I used to do it a lot on the Brighton-London train and on warm days Ill do it in the garden or on the beach. Some people say they don't get enough but I reckon

  • Ear bitten off, jury told

    The manager of a boys' football team had his ear bitten off by a Portslade parent supporting the opposition team, a court heard today. Simon Kay was attacked by Peter Tucker after his team, Hove Park Colts, beat Fishersgate Flyers 6-2 on November 19,

  • Baby killer jailed for life

    A drug addict who beat his girlfriend's baby to death was today sentenced to life for murder. Aaron Goodman, 27, hit little Sam Back so hard his bowel ruptured. Goodman and Sam's mother Emma Back, 22, then left the tiny corpse lying in a cot next to a

  • Bottom line

    With so many kinky poses by Kylie Minogue being thrust upon us, the bottom line is she will soon be more easily recognised by her bum than her face. -Victor Shepherd, Peacehaven

  • Prisoners get cell phones

    Prisoners in Eastbourne will be invited to "grass up" suspected criminals by phone from the privacy of their cells. Direct-dial phones have been installed in cells in the Eastbourne police custody block. They connect straight to the Crimestoppers call-handling

  • Priced out

    How can first-time buyers and low-paid workers get on the property-owning ladder? A year ago, a £10,000 deposit gave you a slight chance. Today, £30,000 is needed and even this might not be sufficient. The housing market has become an investor's market

  • Please move

    Johnny (from the Male Alliance and Our Space) has no doubt confused many readers (Letters, March 11). But there has never been a riot at Club Revenge so I would warn everyone to be aware of his hidden agenda and question his ulterior motive. Was he attempting

  • Ryman League: Rocks beaten

    Bognor suffered a second defeat in four days as they lost 1-0 at home to Wealdstone. The Rocks started well and in the opening ten minutes Matt Russell met a David Birmingham cross only to see his header tipped over the top by David Godfrey. With the

  • Boxing clever

    Former champion boxer Chris Eubank admits he is not a lot of help around his luxury home in Hove, which even has a gymnasium and boxing ring attached. His wife, Karron, explained on Louis Theroux's TV show last night that she looks after the four children

  • Fenced in

    Worthing Borough Council is being bureaucratic in dealing with Ronald and Patricia Borthwick, who have a son with Down's syndrome. They served an enforcement notice on the couple ordering them to remove a two-metre high fence put round their house in

  • Safe city

    Brighton and Hove is well-known for its cosmopolitan population and, as a French visitor, I feel comfortable and secure in the city. Even if I meet eccentric or drunk people in the street, I don't feel threatened. This also applies on the well-organised

  • Sussex Cup: Newman fires Lewes to final

    Lee Newman fired Lewes into the final of the Sussex Senior Cup last night with a superb double at Eastbourne Borough's Priory Lane. The teenage marksman cancelled out Adam Flanagan's opener with a individual effort and then snatched the winner in extra-time

  • Give us amateurs a chance, Mr Parry

    Perhaps now is the time for John Parry to consider retirement. Why would we want to "think of it this way" (March 9)? Has he nothing better to do than criticise people? Here is a new word for Mr Parry's vocabulary: Fun. Dictionary definition: Lively or

  • Cricket: Cleared Kirtley will be quicker

    James Kirtley believes his re-modelled action will make him bowl even quicker. Sussex's vice-captain was cleared to continue his domestic and international career by an ECB bowling panel after three hours of deliberations at Lord's yesterday. And that

  • Morgan keeps Albion on course

    Simon Morgan kept Albion on course for automatic promotion with a collector's item at Withdean last night. The veteran centre half slotted his first League goal for nearly three years to clinch a 2-0 victory against relegation candidates Northampton.

  • Jobs axe at engineering giant

    Engineering group Smiths is to cut 1,450 jobs, a large number of which will be in the UK. The cuts come on top of 1,600 cuts made in the first six months of the financial year to January 31. It said that in the second half-year (to July 31) and in the

  • Cancer patient's NHS delay

    A woman has waited 16 weeks for vital breast cancer treatment. Her surgeon told her she needed radiotherapy within four to six weeks after she underwent surgery but she is still waiting. The woman, from Bexhill, was diagnosed with breast cancer on November

  • Why so sad?

    I write in response to the report in The Argus (March 8) which had a picture of pupil Eleri Seddon, 13, rehearsing for Downlands School's music evening by Andy Lowe. I know when involved in music, song, poetry and other arts, happiness invades my soul

  • I'm for more traffic

    You hear about and see people being killed in crashes, yet the Government does not care or worry about what happens on the roads. The more traffic the better because of the tax income. -L Stringer, Peveril Drive, Sompting

  • Is Bin Laden laughing?

    Are George W Bush and Tony Blair going to push us into yet another war? Iraq this time? Is it really necessary to keep on meddling in other countries when Mr Blair can't even manage to get his own country organised? Osama bin Laden must be laughing up

  • PC loses fight with cancer

    A traffic policeman from Brighton has died from cancer at the age of 49, leaving a wife and two children. PC Glyn Vaughan, based in Shoreham, joined Sussex Police in 1974 and was posted to Eastbourne for three years. He moved to Brighton and spent the

  • School room

    With the withdrawal of the Varndean planning application, I am all for using any spare capacity for further education places, not selling it, as claimed (March 8). In view of the success of Labour's policies to encourage more youngsters into further education

  • MPs split over future energy

    Deep divisions over how to cater for Britain's future energy needs emerged today in a debate launched by a Brighton MP. Kemp Town MP Des Turner called for more investment in renewable sources like wind and wave power. Speaking in Westminster Hall, he

  • Car chase ram bid

    A driver tried to ram a police vehicle during a car chase in Brighton last night. A VW Golf failed to stop for police near Asda supermarket in Hollingbury and was followed to Popes Folly, near the gyratory in Lewes Road. The Golf hit and damaged one car

  • Of mice and men

    I am only 48 years old yet had never seen a wild mouse until the other day, when I saw several in the space of 20 minutes. I was in my garage, around lunchtime, and saw a mouse walk down the wall. He (or she) took no notice of me while on this Sunday

  • Seeds of ruin

    So we could be in for GM crop trials on up to 38 new sites in Sussex (March 8). It has now been established that pollen from such crops can spread over a much wider area than had previously been thought possible and contaminate other farms. The latest

  • Foxy tactics

    I am sorry the Government has decided to press ahead with its plans to ban hunting. That it has chosen this particular moment to do so suggests it is less to do with concern for the welfare of foxes than as a sweetener for its Old Labour backbenchers.

  • Ancient wrong

    With the fox hunting bill once more in the news, I would like to mention an incident that occurred a short while ago. A friend was enjoying the scene of two foxes playing. One of the foxes was heavily pregnant. A few days later, the male fox was killed

  • Real toll

    Most towns lucky enough to have an area of outstanding beauty and importance on their doorstep enjoyed by many people would, I think, feel very smug. Alas, not Haywards Heath. Ancient woodlands, meadows and ponds are being destroyed for the sake of the

  • Old trains safety row

    A rail operator wants to have vital safety rules overturned because they are "not economically viable". South Central said spending £7.5 million altering ageing slam door carriages would save only one life a year. The company, with South West Trains and

  • Thanks, Mike

    On behalf of Sussex Clubs for Young People (SCYP), I would like to thank Mike Mendoza, Stephanie Hike and all their team for their efforts at Collectomania at Hove Town Hall on Sunday. The event was a great success. Thank you, also, everyone who supported

  • Jail warder in drugs trial

    A prison officer attempted to smuggle heroin, cannabis and steroids into Lewes prison, a jury has been told. Wraps of the drugs were found in a kitbag carried in to the prison by Andrew Hubbard, Hove Crown Court heard. The court was told Hubbard, 39,

  • School's out as teachers strike

    Hundreds of pupils in Crawley face disruption when teachers walk out for a one-day strike tomorrow. The 1,400 pupils at Thomas Bennett Community College, Tilgate, have been told it will close for the day. A further seven schools will have some lessons

  • Did Louis Theroux meet his match?

    He is the champion of ingratiating himself with unwary celebrities. But Louis Theroux may have met his match in Chris Eubank last night. Few will have been disappointed at the former boxer's knockout performance in the BBC Two documentary, When Louis

  • Yob fence must come down

    The parents of a man with Down's syndrome have been told to take down a garden fence they put up to protect him from harassment. Ronald and Patricia Borthwick surrounded their house in Lindum Way, Worthing, with a two metre-high fence after their son

  • Ear bitten off, jury told

    The manager of a boys' football team had his ear bitten off by a Portslade parent supporting the opposition team, a court heard today. Simon Kay was attacked by Peter Tucker after his team, Hove Park Colts, beat Fishersgate Flyers 6-2 on November 19,

  • Baby killer jailed for life

    A drug addict who beat his girlfriend's baby to death was today sentenced to life for murder. Aaron Goodman, 27, hit little Sam Back so hard his bowel ruptured. Goodman and Sam's mother Emma Back, 22, then left the tiny corpse lying in a cot next to a

  • Bottom line

    With so many kinky poses by Kylie Minogue being thrust upon us, the bottom line is she will soon be more easily recognised by her bum than her face. -Victor Shepherd, Peacehaven

  • Hockey: Horne earns sweet revenge

    Simon Horne led Sackville to a revenge victory against Brighton College and the Sussex Schoolboys Sixes title at Eastbourne. The East Grinstead school were beaten by Brighton in last year's final. But free-scoring Horne helped reverse the result with

  • Rugby: Kids on road to Twickenham

    Two Sussex teams are on the road to a national final at Twickenham. Lewes Priory under-12s and Varndean under-13s will represent Sussex in the qualifying round after winning their age groups in the Sussex finals of the National Schools Festival at Waterhall

  • Tempus fugit

    I am a Brazilian studying English in Brighton and Hove. In my country, we are used to seeing electronic signs around the streets that show us the time and temperature. They don't seem to exist here. Time is a very important issue in England. People have

  • Ryman League: Rocks beaten

    Bognor suffered a second defeat in four days as they lost 1-0 at home to Wealdstone. The Rocks started well and in the opening ten minutes Matt Russell met a David Birmingham cross only to see his header tipped over the top by David Godfrey. With the

  • Boxing clever

    Former champion boxer Chris Eubank admits he is not a lot of help around his luxury home in Hove, which even has a gymnasium and boxing ring attached. His wife, Karron, explained on Louis Theroux's TV show last night that she looks after the four children

  • Lots to offer

    When I arrived in England to learn English two months ago, I thought Brighton was a small town without too many attractions to offer. I was so wrong. Soon I realised there is much to see and do. With nearly 300 pubs in Brighton and Hove, you can live

  • League Cup: Shock exit for Hillians

    Depleted Ringmer produced the shock of the season as they beat Burgess Hill 4-2 at Gorings Mead to earn a League Cup Final place against Horsham YMCA. Without eight regular first teamers, Ringmer boss Glen Geard was forced to call on a favour from his

  • Fenced in

    Worthing Borough Council is being bureaucratic in dealing with Ronald and Patricia Borthwick, who have a son with Down's syndrome. They served an enforcement notice on the couple ordering them to remove a two-metre high fence put round their house in

  • Safe city

    Brighton and Hove is well-known for its cosmopolitan population and, as a French visitor, I feel comfortable and secure in the city. Even if I meet eccentric or drunk people in the street, I don't feel threatened. This also applies on the well-organised

  • Kirtley: My job was on line

    A relieved James Kirtley is ready to resume his England career after his re-modelled action got the all-clear from the cricket authorities yesterday. The 27-year-old Sussex vice-captain has set his sights on playing in this summer's triangular series

  • Give us amateurs a chance, Mr Parry

    Perhaps now is the time for John Parry to consider retirement. Why would we want to "think of it this way" (March 9)? Has he nothing better to do than criticise people? Here is a new word for Mr Parry's vocabulary: Fun. Dictionary definition: Lively or

  • Hart of the matter, by Ian Hart

    Talk about a Junior Lewis transfer from Leicester to Reading is probably more gamesmanship by Alan Pardew and John Madejski than clear intent to sign the player. Saturday's match at Reading was a great occasion. It is clear the referee bottled it when

  • Morgan keeps Albion on course

    Simon Morgan kept Albion on course for automatic promotion with a collector's item at Withdean last night. The veteran centre half slotted his first League goal for nearly three years to clinch a 2-0 victory against relegation candidates Northampton.

  • Funeral to celebrate daughter's life

    The funeral of a woman found dead at her home in Bognor takes place next week. The parents of Natalie Scott are inviting all those who knew and loved her to come to the funeral. Natalie, 21, was discovered in her flat in Kyoto Court, by police on February

  • New-look store boosts jobs

    More than 120 jobs have been created at a Worthing supermarket, which opens its doors tomorrow after a £4.5 million makeover. The Sainsburys store at Lyons Farm has been extended by 32,000sqft, to house four new shopping sections and 3,700 new product

  • Cancer patient's NHS delay

    A woman has waited 16 weeks for vital breast cancer treatment. Her surgeon told her she needed radiotherapy within four to six weeks after she underwent surgery but she is still waiting. The woman, from Bexhill, was diagnosed with breast cancer on November

  • No hostel for homeless

    Plans to turn an empty rest home in Eastbourne into a hostel for homeless youngsters have been blocked. Councillors last night rejected plans to convert the former Cherrywood Rest Home in Enys Road. The council's housing department wanted to change the

  • Ear bitten off, jury told

    The manager of a boys' football team had his ear bitten off by a parent supporting the opposition team, a court heard today. Simon Kay was attacked by Peter Tucker after his team, Hove Park Colts, beat Fishersgate Flyers 6-2 on November 19, 2000, at playing

  • Contempt of ex-police chief's daughter

    The daughter of former Sussex police chief Paul Whitehouse has slammed the force in a TV interview, saying she will never dial 999 again. Frances Whitehouse - put on probation last year for kicking a policeman - said she had nothing but contempt for her

  • Autistic woman could face traumatic move

    An autistic woman adopted as a two-year-old could be moved more than 50 miles from her elderly father. The care home where Teresa Spence, 37, lives is closing later this year. Her father, Albert Spence, has been told Teresa could be moved to Kent, Surrey

  • Corrie actor's double life revealed

    There are two sides to Sussex actor Brian Capron - much like the character he currently plays in Coronation Street. Brian is keeping Corrie fans guessing as Gail's lover, the nasty-but-nice Richard Hillman. His home life is also divided in two parts.

  • Swastika clue to theft victims

    Nazi swastika stamps could help police trace burglary victims whose property has been recovered. They were found in old passports recovered by officers during raid on suspects in Brighton. The passports were stamped as the owners entered Germany for the

  • Car chase ram bid

    A driver tried to ram a police vehicle during a car chase in Brighton last night. A VW Golf failed to stop for police near Asda supermarket in Hollingbury and was followed to Popes Folly, near the gyratory in Lewes Road. The Golf hit and damaged one car

  • Of mice and men

    I am only 48 years old yet had never seen a wild mouse until the other day, when I saw several in the space of 20 minutes. I was in my garage, around lunchtime, and saw a mouse walk down the wall. He (or she) took no notice of me while on this Sunday

  • Sick man missing

    Police are concerned about the safety of a man with severe multiple sclerosis who has gone missing from his Southwick home. Arthur Bragg has not been seen since he left home early yesterday driving his red electric buggy. Mr Bragg, 57, has missed his

  • Seeds of ruin

    So we could be in for GM crop trials on up to 38 new sites in Sussex (March 8). It has now been established that pollen from such crops can spread over a much wider area than had previously been thought possible and contaminate other farms. The latest

  • Foxy tactics

    I am sorry the Government has decided to press ahead with its plans to ban hunting. That it has chosen this particular moment to do so suggests it is less to do with concern for the welfare of foxes than as a sweetener for its Old Labour backbenchers.

  • Ancient wrong

    With the fox hunting bill once more in the news, I would like to mention an incident that occurred a short while ago. A friend was enjoying the scene of two foxes playing. One of the foxes was heavily pregnant. A few days later, the male fox was killed

  • Earth dearth

    When I think of "urban renaissance", I don't think of offices being built on valuable allotment land as proposed by the Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership (March 6). I think of community groups taking over underused allotment sites and teaching people

  • Yob fence must come down

    The parents of a man with Down's syndrome have been told to take down a garden fence they put up to protect him from harassment. Ronald and Patricia Borthwick surrounded their house in Lindum Way, Worthing, with a two metre-high fence after their son

  • Cuddly sentiments can't hide tragedy

    The article on the dormice rope bridge (March 8) at the heart-breaking Bolnore Village development, Haywards Heath, bought straight into developer Crest Nicholson's "greenwashing" spin. This is a cosmetic exercise to disguise that this housing development

  • Cartoon answer

    One of Alex Hallatt's BN1 cartoon characters said: "I can't believe that Stephen Byers is still in government" (March 11). Would the answer be nobody now wants to be Transport Minister? It's similar to when the Tories had been in power too long and discovered

  • Thanks, Mike

    On behalf of Sussex Clubs for Young People (SCYP), I would like to thank Mike Mendoza, Stephanie Hike and all their team for their efforts at Collectomania at Hove Town Hall on Sunday. The event was a great success. Thank you, also, everyone who supported

  • Jail warder in drugs trial

    A prison officer attempted to smuggle heroin, cannabis and steroids into Lewes prison, a jury has been told. Wraps of the drugs were found in a kitbag carried in to the prison by Andrew Hubbard, Hove Crown Court heard. The court was told Hubbard, 39,

  • School's out as teachers strike

    Hundreds of pupils in Crawley face disruption when teachers walk out for a one-day strike tomorrow. The 1,400 pupils at Thomas Bennett Community College, Tilgate, have been told it will close for the day. A further seven schools will have some lessons

  • Did Louis Theroux meet his match?

    He is the champion of ingratiating himself with unwary celebrities. But Louis Theroux may have met his match in Chris Eubank last night. Few will have been disappointed at the former boxer's knockout performance in the BBC Two documentary, When Louis

  • Mother's Day is wrong

    Once again, Mothering Sunday has been and gone and, once again, most people got it quite wrong. Many years ago, young girls from poor families used to be sent to better-off families as nursemaids or maids of all work because there were no other jobs available

  • Hockey: Horne earns sweet revenge

    Simon Horne led Sackville to a revenge victory against Brighton College and the Sussex Schoolboys Sixes title at Eastbourne. The East Grinstead school were beaten by Brighton in last year's final. But free-scoring Horne helped reverse the result with

  • Rugby: Kids on road to Twickenham

    Two Sussex teams are on the road to a national final at Twickenham. Lewes Priory under-12s and Varndean under-13s will represent Sussex in the qualifying round after winning their age groups in the Sussex finals of the National Schools Festival at Waterhall

  • Tempus fugit

    I am a Brazilian studying English in Brighton and Hove. In my country, we are used to seeing electronic signs around the streets that show us the time and temperature. They don't seem to exist here. Time is a very important issue in England. People have

  • Lots to offer

    When I arrived in England to learn English two months ago, I thought Brighton was a small town without too many attractions to offer. I was so wrong. Soon I realised there is much to see and do. With nearly 300 pubs in Brighton and Hove, you can live

  • League Cup: Shock exit for Hillians

    Depleted Ringmer produced the shock of the season as they beat Burgess Hill 4-2 at Gorings Mead to earn a League Cup Final place against Horsham YMCA. Without eight regular first teamers, Ringmer boss Glen Geard was forced to call on a favour from his

  • Fight to kick heroin habit

    Far too many stories are of people who undertake a terrifying descent into drug dependency and sometimes even death. The city of Brighton and Hove has the highest rate of heroin-related deaths in Britain. But today The Argus demonstrates it is possible

  • Evaporation

    Where has the spirit of Brighton gone? I recently returned after living in Cornwall for a couple of years. I had always found Brighton varied and welcoming and was looking forward to moving back. However, the atmosphere seems to have changed somewhat.

  • Kirtley: My job was on line

    A relieved James Kirtley is ready to resume his England career after his re-modelled action got the all-clear from the cricket authorities yesterday. The 27-year-old Sussex vice-captain has set his sights on playing in this summer's triangular series

  • Hart of the matter, by Ian Hart

    Talk about a Junior Lewis transfer from Leicester to Reading is probably more gamesmanship by Alan Pardew and John Madejski than clear intent to sign the player. Saturday's match at Reading was a great occasion. It is clear the referee bottled it when

  • Honour for professor

    A Sussex University professor has been appointed president of the leading national body for psychologists. Professor Graham Davey, from the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the university, will become president of the British Psychological

  • Contempt of ex-police chief's daughter

    The daughter of former Sussex police chief Paul Whitehouse has slammed the force in a TV interview, saying she will never dial 999 again. Frances Whitehouse - put on probation last year for kicking a policeman - said she had nothing but contempt for her

  • Autistic woman could face traumatic move

    An autistic woman adopted as a two-year-old could be moved more than 50 miles from her elderly father. The care home where Teresa Spence, 37, lives is closing later this year. Her father, Albert Spence, has been told Teresa could be moved to Kent, Surrey

  • Biker dies in truck smash

    A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a lorry near Uckfield. Police cordoned off the B2102 Framfield Road for most of yesterday afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses, especially a car and bus driver believed to have seen what happened. School

  • Corrie actor's double life revealed

    There are two sides to Sussex actor Brian Capron - much like the character he currently plays in Coronation Street. Brian is keeping Corrie fans guessing as Gail's lover, the nasty-but-nice Richard Hillman. His home life is also divided in two parts.

  • Swastika clue to theft victims

    Nazi swastika stamps could help police trace burglary victims whose property has been recovered. They were found in old passports recovered by officers during raid on suspects in Brighton. The passports were stamped as the owners entered Germany for the

  • Polar trek under way

    A Sussex woman and two colleagues have set off on their expedition to become the first all-woman team to walk to the North and South poles. Pom Oliver, 50, from Billingshurst, and colleagues Ann Daniels and Caroline Hamilton set off last night after they

  • Don't close the General

    I have spent two weeks in the Royal Sussex County Hospital. I had a splendid operation, the nurses were kindness itself, the doctors were all right but the management was not up to scratch. Don't close Brighton General Hospital, for God's sake, or it

  • Sick man missing

    Police are concerned about the safety of a man with severe multiple sclerosis who has gone missing from his Southwick home. Arthur Bragg has not been seen since he left home early yesterday driving his red electric buggy. Mr Bragg, 57, has missed his

  • Earth dearth

    When I think of "urban renaissance", I don't think of offices being built on valuable allotment land as proposed by the Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership (March 6). I think of community groups taking over underused allotment sites and teaching people

  • Yob fence must come down

    The parents of a man with Down's syndrome have been told to take down a garden fence they put up to protect him from harassment. Ronald and Patricia Borthwick surrounded their house in Lindum Way, Worthing, with a two metre-high fence after their son

  • Cuddly sentiments can't hide tragedy

    The article on the dormice rope bridge (March 8) at the heart-breaking Bolnore Village development, Haywards Heath, bought straight into developer Crest Nicholson's "greenwashing" spin. This is a cosmetic exercise to disguise that this housing development

  • Answering machine limbo

    The lady who phoned Brighton and Hove City Council about finding needles in the road should think herself lucky to have got an answer. Every time I ring for something, I get an answerphone saying call back later because they are very busy. When I do,

  • Cartoon answer

    One of Alex Hallatt's BN1 cartoon characters said: "I can't believe that Stephen Byers is still in government" (March 11). Would the answer be nobody now wants to be Transport Minister? It's similar to when the Tories had been in power too long and discovered

  • TV bid for Jennings author

    The Sussex author who created schoolboy classic Jennings is in TV production talks with the company which makes Da Ali G Show. Anthony Buckeridge, 89, who wrote a famous string of stories about the mischievous Jennings, was approached by Talkback Productions

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    I can do it lying down, sitting in a chair or standing up. Mostly I do it in bed at night but I used to do it a lot on the Brighton-London train and on warm days Ill do it in the garden or on the beach. Some people say they don't get enough but I reckon

  • School's out as teachers strike

    Hundreds of pupils in Crawley face disruption when teachers walk out for a one-day strike tomorrow. The 1,400 pupils at Thomas Bennett Community College, Tilgate, have been told it will close for the day. A further seven schools will have some lessons

  • Biker dies in truck smash

    A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a lorry near Uckfield. Police cordoned off the B2102 Framfield Road for most of yesterday afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses, especially a car and bus driver believed to have seen what happened. School

  • Prisoners get cell phones

    Prisoners in Eastbourne will be invited to "grass up" suspected criminals by phone from the privacy of their cells. Direct-dial phones have been installed in cells in the Eastbourne police custody block. They connect straight to the Crimestoppers call-handling

  • Baby killer jailed for life

    A drug addict from St Leonards who beat his girlfriend's baby to death was today sentenced to life for murder. Aaron Goodman, 27, hit little Sam Back so hard his bowel ruptured. Goodman and Sam's mother Emma Back, 22, then left the tiny corpse lying in

  • Prisoners get cell phones

    Prisoners in Eastbourne will be invited to "grass up" suspected criminals by phone from the privacy of their cells. Direct-dial phones have been installed in cells in the Eastbourne police custody block. They connect straight to the Crimestoppers call-handling

  • Mother's Day is wrong

    Once again, Mothering Sunday has been and gone and, once again, most people got it quite wrong. Many years ago, young girls from poor families used to be sent to better-off families as nursemaids or maids of all work because there were no other jobs available

  • Priced out

    How can first-time buyers and low-paid workers get on the property-owning ladder? A year ago, a £10,000 deposit gave you a slight chance. Today, £30,000 is needed and even this might not be sufficient. The housing market has become an investor's market

  • Please move

    Johnny (from the Male Alliance and Our Space) has no doubt confused many readers (Letters, March 11). But there has never been a riot at Club Revenge so I would warn everyone to be aware of his hidden agenda and question his ulterior motive. Was he attempting

  • Sussex Cup: Newman fires Lewes to final

    Lee Newman fired Lewes into the final of the Sussex Senior Cup last night with a superb double at Eastbourne Borough's Priory Lane. The teenage marksman cancelled out Adam Flanagan's opener with a individual effort and then snatched the winner in extra-time

  • Fight to kick heroin habit

    Far too many stories are of people who undertake a terrifying descent into drug dependency and sometimes even death. The city of Brighton and Hove has the highest rate of heroin-related deaths in Britain. But today The Argus demonstrates it is possible

  • Evaporation

    Where has the spirit of Brighton gone? I recently returned after living in Cornwall for a couple of years. I had always found Brighton varied and welcoming and was looking forward to moving back. However, the atmosphere seems to have changed somewhat.

  • Cricket: Cleared Kirtley will be quicker

    James Kirtley believes his re-modelled action will make him bowl even quicker. Sussex's vice-captain was cleared to continue his domestic and international career by an ECB bowling panel after three hours of deliberations at Lord's yesterday. And that

  • Jobs axe at engineering giant

    Engineering group Smiths is to cut 1,450 jobs, a large number of which will be in the UK. The cuts come on top of 1,600 cuts made in the first six months of the financial year to January 31. It said that in the second half-year (to July 31) and in the

  • Honour for professor

    A Sussex University professor has been appointed president of the leading national body for psychologists. Professor Graham Davey, from the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the university, will become president of the British Psychological

  • Time called on seafront pub

    Bulldozers have rolled in to begin the demolition of a landmark seafront pub in Worthing. The Spanish-style Litten Tree, at the junction of Marine Parade and West Buildings, is being ripped down to make way for Regency-style flats. The building dates

  • Teenager attacked near school

    A thug punched a 13-year-old boy in the face and demanded money outside a Crawley school. The boy was walking past St Wilfrid's School in Southgate, Crawley, when the offender, who was aged 13 or 14, grabbed him. He left empty-handed as the victim did

  • Celebrate Jubilee for free

    Crawley residents can party throughout the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations without having to pay a fee. Crawley Borough Council has agreed not to charge its usual fee for street parties held between June 1 and 8. Party organisers will have to sign

  • Biker dies in truck smash

    A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a lorry near Uckfield. Police cordoned off the B2102 Framfield Road for most of yesterday afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses, especially a car and bus driver believed to have seen what happened. School