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  • The man for the job

    So Rob Carron has been promoted by Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company. Good luck to him. Most members of staff applaud Rob. To be able to hold your head up high after an incident like the one he was involved in takes a lot of guts. A PCV driver with

  • Scurrilous story

    I was disappointed by The Argus's scurrilous and frivolous report on Burgess Hill Town Council and its town clerk. It is impossible for me to reconcile this portrayal of a bureaucratic and wasteful local authority with the enlightened and public-spirited

  • Nasty Tory

    As a resident of Hove, I was saddened to see Tory councillor Brian Oxley is taking his Labour opposite number Jackie Lythell to the District Auditor (The Argus, March 11). This is not in the public interest. It is all over the council tax increase being

  • Don't bother

    What exactly is the agenda of South Central? Last week it didn't want people to travel off-peak except if they paid high fares for what is laughingly called a train service. This week it doesn't want people with long legs (or maybe just average legs),

  • Car smash wrecks phone shop

    A shop was wrecked after a car crashed through the window. The silver car smashed through the window of the Mobile Phone Centre in London Road, Brighton, last night following a collision. Manager Darren Jones said: "One side of the shop was demolished

  • Sterling efforts

    The sterling efforts made by all concerned regarding the Varndean College planning application should not go unnoticed. The coming together of individuals and groups to contest the application goes some way to show that democracy is alive and well in

  • Unpleasant remarks

    People such as Mark Bycroft (Letters, March 12) seem to rejoice in making unpleasant remarks about the monarchy and the Golden Jubilee. Perhaps these people would rather have a socialist state headed by the likes of Josef Stalin or Robert Mugabe? This

  • Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw

    Phew, there is not a mole at The Argus supplying Councillor Bob Carden with information about our letter writers. He was accused of having an insider by Dean Martin after saying he suspected some "name and address supplied" writers were not whom they

  • Man guilty of hostel death blaze

    A homeless man who started an Australian hostel blaze that killed a Sussex backpacker has been convicted of murder and arson. Fifteen young travellers - including Adam Rowland 19, of Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards, and six other Britons - died in

  • Adams' ultimatum for Leicester

    Ex-Albion boss Micky Adams has warned he will quit Leicester unless he replaces Dave Bassett as manager next season. Assistant boss Adams has gone public for the first time in stating he will leave the Foxes unless he steps up into the City hotseat. Adams

  • Four-tunate

    There are only four pupils at The School House in Carlton Hill, making it the smallest school in Brighton and Hove. But the youngsters who are in the teacher's own house think that learning in a little class is fun. The city is struggling to keep down

  • Hastings target seven victories

    Hastings goalkeeper Dave King says seven wins from the final 11 matches will be enough to clinch promotion to the Dr Martens premier division. King, 26, has been Hastings' only ever-present player this campaign and has enjoyed a superb season since signing

  • Price to pay for change

    The King Alfred Leisure Centre was the pride of Hove when it was built just before the Second World War. But now the old building on the seafront is shabby and showing its age. It is hard to maintain and expensive to run. Action must be taken to restore

  • Police lose murder weapon

    Sussex Police investigating the 1967 murder of a 14-year-old schoolboy have lost the murder weapon. The boy's blood-stained clothes have also gone missing along with the kitchen knife. Keith Lyon was found murdered on downland at Woodingdean, Brighton

  • Taylor turns down Sven

    Albion boss Peter Taylor has turned down a World Cup scouting role with England to concentrate on the promotion push. The offer from coach Sven Goran Eriksson to join his backroom staff for Japan and Korea has been reluctantly rejected by the Seagulls

  • Joy at meeting sponsored child

    Meeting Widchayud Jamphorai is an experience John Blackburn will never forget. Widchayud is the six-year-old boy who John sponsors through charity Plan International UK. Now Mr Blackburn has taken a trip to Thailand to meet him for the first time. Mr

  • Council signs deal to help homeless

    Groups working with homeless people have signed a strategy aimed at tackling their problems. Signing on behalf of the council at its headquarters in Hove were cabinet partnership councillor Sue John and chief executive David Panter. Agencies signing included

  • Jobseekers flock to fair

    The Argus Careers and Training Fair opened to a queue of visitors. More than 100 people passed through the doors in the first three minutes as the one-day event opened at the Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, yesterday. Organisers were expecting

  • 400 flats needed for leisure site

    Up to 400 flats will be needed to fund the rebuilding of the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. Forty per cent would be low-cost homes available to rent or aimed at key workers. The figures, from a property expert's report, are due to go before a public

  • Fare cop as driver nabs thief

    A bus driver commandeered a passing bus to chase a thief who snatched an elderly woman's handbag. Mark Gould was hit by a car as he jumped off to pursue the thief on foot - but got up and carried on running. Battered and bruised, he grabbed the thief

  • Beat floods with stockings

    Stockings filled with sand are an effective DIY way of protecting homes from flooding, the Environment Agency says. Stockings and tights are among cheap emergency solutions the agency is promoting to raise flood-defence awareness. A line of tights will

  • Swimming pool hero dies at 47

    Two families brought together by an act of heroism 35 years ago have been reunited in grief. As a 12-year-old, Leonard White saved Jeannette Hughes, then aged nine, from drowning at a Brighton swimming pool in 1967. He received a football signed by the

  • Court fines go unpaid

    More than one in three fines imposed by Sussex magistrates is going unpaid, according to figures released today. In the year to March 2001, 37 per cent were not paid. The 63 per cent payment rate by criminals - which includes compensation they were ordered

  • Death crash rider named

    A motorcyclist who died after an accident on the A272 in West Sussex on Monday night has been identified. Christopher Clark, 25, from Tillington, near Petworth, was struck by a 4x4 vehicle which did not stop after coming off his Triumph in The Street,

  • The man for the job

    So Rob Carron has been promoted by Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company. Good luck to him. Most members of staff applaud Rob. To be able to hold your head up high after an incident like the one he was involved in takes a lot of guts. A PCV driver with

  • Scurrilous story

    I was disappointed by The Argus's scurrilous and frivolous report on Burgess Hill Town Council and its town clerk. It is impossible for me to reconcile this portrayal of a bureaucratic and wasteful local authority with the enlightened and public-spirited

  • I'm attracted to Frances

    Is it just me or does anyone else find Frances Whitehouse, the wayward daughter of the former Sussex Chief Constable, incredibly attractive? She is a strong, dominant woman who obviously doesn't stand for any nonsense from anybody. Just the sort of young

  • Offside, m'lud

    I wonder if others are getting a little fed up with eminent people such as Lord Bassam and Sven Goran Eriksson "getting behind" and "giving weight" to the plan for a football stadium at Falmer? Exactly what questions were they asked? If it was only "do

  • Nasty Tory

    As a resident of Hove, I was saddened to see Tory councillor Brian Oxley is taking his Labour opposite number Jackie Lythell to the District Auditor (The Argus, March 11). This is not in the public interest. It is all over the council tax increase being

  • Mellow velo

    At Cycle Training, we deliver cycle training to individuals or groups all over Sussex. Some of these may be schools, clubs, local authorities and businesses. Naturally, we travel by bike but where training is too far away we put our bikes on the train

  • Don't bother

    What exactly is the agenda of South Central? Last week it didn't want people to travel off-peak except if they paid high fares for what is laughingly called a train service. This week it doesn't want people with long legs (or maybe just average legs),

  • Wrong way

    New trains are soon to be introduced on the South Coast. Superficially, this sounds like good news since the present rolling stock is well past its sell-by date. But the new trains have very little space for cycles. Each has room for just two bikes and

  • Sterling efforts

    The sterling efforts made by all concerned regarding the Varndean College planning application should not go unnoticed. The coming together of individuals and groups to contest the application goes some way to show that democracy is alive and well in

  • Disabled man foils robber

    A man in a wheelchair scared off a would-be robber who cornered him in a disabled toilet in Worthing. A man approached the victim in Chatsworth Road and followed him to the nearby toilets at the Guildbourne Centre. As the victim left the toilet, the man

  • Blitz on orange badges

    Disabled drivers may be banned from parking on a busy road in Worthing town centre after causing traffic chaos. Highway officials are looking at ways to stop motorists with disabled badges parking in Chapel Road. With taxis on one side of the road and

  • Worry at deal for schools

    Community leaders fear a multi-million pound shake-up of Crawley schools will leave tax payers short-changed and deliver a poorer service. The Government has approved a controversial private finance package worth more than £50 million to build new schools

  • Woman trapped in crash

    Fire crews freed a woman who was trapped when her car was involved a head-on collision near Crowborough early today. She was taken to the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells following the collision on the A26 at on the Erridge Road at Crowborough

  • Attack would be crazy

    With the Prime Minister apparently supporting any future strikes by the US on Iraq (The Argus, March 12), we should remember the long-suffering Iraqi people did not vote for Saddam Hussein and it is they who would be maimed and die in thousands if the

  • Boys' soccer fan guilty of GBH

    A supporter at a boys' Sunday football match who bit off a manager's ear after a touchline fracas was found guilty today of causing grievous bodily harm. Holistic therapist Peter Tucker locked himself in a nearby shop when pursued by a gang of angry parents

  • Man guilty of hostel death blaze

    A homeless man who started an Australian hostel blaze that killed a Sussex backpacker has been convicted of murder and arson. Fifteen young travellers - including Adam Rowland 19, of Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards, and six other Britons - died in

  • Price ain't right

    I am studying English in Brighton and Hove and enjoying it very much but one thing I don't like is the high prices. When I go to the shops, I sometimes hesitate to buy something I really want. Although the yen has been weak against the pound lately, prices

  • Local loonies

    There was a period when Labour was tagged the Loony Left. It appears West Sussex county councillors and Adur District Council have their shore of loonies. Firstly, Adur District Council and its staff take a three-year holiday from contributions to its

  • School with more teachers than pupils

    Five teachers, four pupils and a classroom with one table - welcome to Brighton and Hove's smallest school. Lessons are taught in the teacher's own house and the school desk is a large table surrounded by home-made thrones. Pupils at The School House

  • Price to pay for change

    The King Alfred Leisure Centre was the pride of Hove when it was built just before the Second World War. But now the old building on the seafront is shabby and showing its age. It is hard to maintain and expensive to run. Action must be taken to restore

  • Money talks

    I read with interest Howard Bayley's comments regarding the latest proposed desecration of Brighton's seafront in the interests of saving the West Pier (Letters, March 12). It brought back memories. When this campaign first started more than 25 years

  • Last chance for Crawley

    Crawley boss Billy Smith is going for broke in tomorrow's must-win game against promotion rivals Tamworth. Smith will abandon his 4-4-2 formation and instead employ Nigel Brake and Stewart Holmes as wingbacks. Their instruction will be to get forward

  • Police lose murder weapon

    Sussex Police investigating the 1967 murder of a 14-year-old schoolboy have lost the murder weapon. The boy's blood-stained clothes have also gone missing along with the kitchen knife. Keith Lyon was found murdered on downland at Woodingdean, Brighton

  • Both piers require shore development

    Our opposition to the West Pier project is well known but it is less well known we have always supported the restoration of the pier itself. It is only the flagrant commerciality of the St Modwen scheme we oppose, which, on any view, represents unfair

  • Lewes hand title to Horsham

    Lewes boss Jimmy Quinn has conceded the Ryman Two championship to Sussex rivals Horsham. His astonishing admission, with six weeks of the season left, follows Horsham's impressive 3-0 win against Great Wakering Rovers in midweek which took them three

  • Taylor turns down Sven

    Albion boss Peter Taylor has turned down a World Cup scouting role with England to concentrate on the promotion push. The offer from coach Sven Goran Eriksson to join his backroom staff for Japan and Korea has been reluctantly rejected by the Seagulls

  • Joy at meeting sponsored child

    Meeting Widchayud Jamphorai is an experience John Blackburn will never forget. Widchayud is the six-year-old boy who John sponsors through charity Plan International UK. Now Mr Blackburn has taken a trip to Thailand to meet him for the first time. Mr

  • Council signs deal to help homeless

    Groups working with homeless people have signed a strategy aimed at tackling their problems. Signing on behalf of the council at its headquarters in Hove were cabinet partnership councillor Sue John and chief executive David Panter. Agencies signing included

  • Referee injured in pitch assault

    A referee has spoken out against increasing "football rage" after he was beaten to the ground. David Winter was taken to hospital with a broken nose in an attack during a match. Surgeons operated to reconstruct his shattered face following the incident

  • 400 flats needed for leisure site

    Up to 400 flats will be needed to fund the rebuilding of the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. Forty per cent would be low-cost homes available to rent or aimed at key workers. The figures, from a property expert's report, are due to go before a public

  • Beat floods with stockings

    Stockings filled with sand are an effective DIY way of protecting homes from flooding, the Environment Agency says. Stockings and tights are among cheap emergency solutions the agency is promoting to raise flood-defence awareness. A line of tights will

  • Campaign members' trial date

    The date for the trial of five members of the Simon Jones Memorial Campaign has been set. Farah Bishnani, 26, of Lewes Road, Brighton; Crispin Dowler, 23, of Brunswick Terrace, Hove; David Harbinson, 34, of Egremont Place, Brighton; Sarah McLaughlin,

  • Better investment

    Regarding Brighton and Hove's bid to be European Capital of Culture, surely the city council could do more for culture by increasing, rather than reducing, as it has been doing, the money spent on children with special educational needs? That would be

  • I'm attracted to Frances

    Is it just me or does anyone else find Frances Whitehouse, the wayward daughter of the former Sussex Chief Constable, incredibly attractive? She is a strong, dominant woman who obviously doesn't stand for any nonsense from anybody. Just the sort of young

  • Offside, m'lud

    I wonder if others are getting a little fed up with eminent people such as Lord Bassam and Sven Goran Eriksson "getting behind" and "giving weight" to the plan for a football stadium at Falmer? Exactly what questions were they asked? If it was only "do

  • Slow down

    As a resident of Albion Street in Southwick, on the A259, just on the bend that overlooks the power station, I am amazed at the number of near-misses with vehicles. I witnessed a truck run somebody off the road by overtaking. Later, a car had to swerve

  • Stand up

    I read in the January issue of Modern Railways that Connex has reduced the seating capacity by 20 per cent in its new trains, which are now operating between Victoria and Ramsgate. This reduction has been made by placing two seats each side of the gang-way

  • Mellow velo

    At Cycle Training, we deliver cycle training to individuals or groups all over Sussex. Some of these may be schools, clubs, local authorities and businesses. Naturally, we travel by bike but where training is too far away we put our bikes on the train

  • Last chance to claim historic grave

    Worn and discoloured with age, a gravestone is at the centre of a mystery on the other side of the world. The grave lies in the Bidadari Christian cemetery in Singapore, one of the country's oldest burial grounds. It has been the final resting place for

  • Wrong way

    New trains are soon to be introduced on the South Coast. Superficially, this sounds like good news since the present rolling stock is well past its sell-by date. But the new trains have very little space for cycles. Each has room for just two bikes and

  • Why give bikes even less room on trains?

    Many cyclists are already familiar with the topic of new trains (March 9). If the new commuter trains are introduced to the South Central area without an equivalent to the guards' van, the consequences for cycling in Brighton and Hove and Sussex will

  • Murder suspect used victim's phone, trial told

    A murder suspect used a telephone belonging to a man who had been beaten to death to phone his sister in the United States, a jury heard. Richard Sumner, 35, of Grand Parade, Brighton, and Richard Price, 24, of Denmark Terrace, Brighton, are charged with

  • Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

    It is important to bear in mind, whenever the Prince of Wales is critical of the British Press as he was this week, he does not hesitate to manipulate newspapers to his own advantage. At the moment he and his team at St James's Palace are involved in

  • Pier chiefs in development fight

    Palace Pier boss David Biesterfield has issued a stark warning to Brighton and Hove City Council over plans for the rival West Pier. He said if councillors approved a large-scale development at the shore end of the listed Brighton landmark, his company

  • Attack would be crazy

    With the Prime Minister apparently supporting any future strikes by the US on Iraq (The Argus, March 12), we should remember the long-suffering Iraqi people did not vote for Saddam Hussein and it is they who would be maimed and die in thousands if the

  • Boys' soccer fan guilty of GBH

    A supporter at a boys' Sunday football match who bit off a manager's ear after a touchline fracas was found guilty today of causing grievous bodily harm. Holistic therapist Peter Tucker locked himself in a nearby shop when pursued by a gang of angry parents

  • Dome performance was great

    I am a student who loves performing and theatre. I went to join the Brighton Muses performance at the Dome. The performance was great and everyone enjoyed themselves. Many would say it looked good and was a world of fun and exploration. Everyone was involved

  • Price ain't right

    I am studying English in Brighton and Hove and enjoying it very much but one thing I don't like is the high prices. When I go to the shops, I sometimes hesitate to buy something I really want. Although the yen has been weak against the pound lately, prices

  • Local loonies

    There was a period when Labour was tagged the Loony Left. It appears West Sussex county councillors and Adur District Council have their shore of loonies. Firstly, Adur District Council and its staff take a three-year holiday from contributions to its

  • Need support

    How much the Government wants everybody to go back to work. This is fine - a wonderful idea - until you start to try to have a life as well. I am a single mum. I work and am in the process of trying to find somewhere to live. Trying to stay out of B&

  • A lot meant

    The Argus has reported on the interest in hiving off allotments for use in building development which would, of course, assist Brighton and Hove City Council's expansionist drive. We are told by 2008 the population is expected to rise by 27,000 to 277,000

  • It's a fare cop

    Nothing was going to stop bus driver Mark Gould when he saw someone snatch a woman's bag. Although knocked down by the thief, he followed the man and commandeered a colleague in an empty bus to follow him. Jumping down from the bus, he was hit by a car

  • School with more teachers than pupils

    Five teachers, four pupils and a classroom with one table - welcome to Brighton and Hove's smallest school. Lessons are taught in the teacher's own house and the school desk is a large table surrounded by home-made thrones. Pupils at The School House

  • Not worth it

    On August 18, 1998, I proposed the motion to the members of the Brighton and Hove Debating Society that the "West Pier should be blown up". This is still my opinion. The motion, not unexpectedly, was lost. At that time, it had recently been announced

  • Money talks

    I read with interest Howard Bayley's comments regarding the latest proposed desecration of Brighton's seafront in the interests of saving the West Pier (Letters, March 12). It brought back memories. When this campaign first started more than 25 years

  • Last chance for Crawley

    Crawley boss Billy Smith is going for broke in tomorrow's must-win game against promotion rivals Tamworth. Smith will abandon his 4-4-2 formation and instead employ Nigel Brake and Stewart Holmes as wingbacks. Their instruction will be to get forward

  • Both piers require shore development

    Our opposition to the West Pier project is well known but it is less well known we have always supported the restoration of the pier itself. It is only the flagrant commerciality of the St Modwen scheme we oppose, which, on any view, represents unfair

  • Lewes hand title to Horsham

    Lewes boss Jimmy Quinn has conceded the Ryman Two championship to Sussex rivals Horsham. His astonishing admission, with six weeks of the season left, follows Horsham's impressive 3-0 win against Great Wakering Rovers in midweek which took them three

  • Referee injured in pitch assault

    A referee has spoken out against increasing "football rage" after he was beaten to the ground. David Winter was taken to hospital with a broken nose in an attack during a match. Surgeons operated to reconstruct his shattered face following the incident

  • Teacher swaps 'walkies' for run

    Never mind walkies - Carolyn Johnson is ready to run, and she's taking a four-legged friend with her. The 28-year-old teacher hopes to take the lead when she hits the streets for the London Marathon. But sporty Carolyn won't be taking her pet, Norton

  • We help shop get back in business

    A mini-supermarket's parking headache has been solved with a little help from The Argus. Rosemary and Bill Moffett, who own Bagnalls Stores in South Coast Road, Peacehaven, said cars parked outside their business for longer than the one-hour limit were

  • Park bid to show flicks tricks

    A park looks set to become the venue for a celebration of cinema. Work is under way for St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove to host The Cinema of Comic Illusions, an exhibition planned for summer 2003. The park at the junction of Somerhill Road and Nizells

  • Adviser axed in charity cash cut

    Mentally-ill people in Brighton and Hove will be left without advice on benefits after funding for a charity was slashed. Campaigners have attacked the decision, which they say will cause hardship and distress. Kathy Mather criticised priorities after

  • Q&A: The King Alfred centre

    Brighton and Hove councillor Ian Duncan answers questions about the contentious issue of replacing the King Alfred leisure centre, Hove. What stage are we at now and what status does this latest report have? The latest report is the result of a great

  • Campaign members' trial date

    The date for the trial of five members of the Simon Jones Memorial Campaign has been set. Farah Bishnani, 26, of Lewes Road, Brighton; Crispin Dowler, 23, of Brunswick Terrace, Hove; David Harbinson, 34, of Egremont Place, Brighton; Sarah McLaughlin,

  • Better investment

    Regarding Brighton and Hove's bid to be European Capital of Culture, surely the city council could do more for culture by increasing, rather than reducing, as it has been doing, the money spent on children with special educational needs? That would be

  • Slow down

    As a resident of Albion Street in Southwick, on the A259, just on the bend that overlooks the power station, I am amazed at the number of near-misses with vehicles. I witnessed a truck run somebody off the road by overtaking. Later, a car had to swerve

  • Stand up

    I read in the January issue of Modern Railways that Connex has reduced the seating capacity by 20 per cent in its new trains, which are now operating between Victoria and Ramsgate. This reduction has been made by placing two seats each side of the gang-way

  • Last chance to claim historic grave

    Worn and discoloured with age, a gravestone is at the centre of a mystery on the other side of the world. The grave lies in the Bidadari Christian cemetery in Singapore, one of the country's oldest burial grounds. It has been the final resting place for

  • Car smash wrecks phone shop

    A shop was wrecked after a car crashed through the window. The silver car smashed through the window of the Mobile Phone Centre in London Road, Brighton, last night following a collision. Manager Darren Jones said: "One side of the shop was demolished

  • Why give bikes even less room on trains?

    Many cyclists are already familiar with the topic of new trains (March 9). If the new commuter trains are introduced to the South Central area without an equivalent to the guards' van, the consequences for cycling in Brighton and Hove and Sussex will

  • Unpleasant remarks

    People such as Mark Bycroft (Letters, March 12) seem to rejoice in making unpleasant remarks about the monarchy and the Golden Jubilee. Perhaps these people would rather have a socialist state headed by the likes of Josef Stalin or Robert Mugabe? This

  • Murder suspect used victim's phone, trial told

    A murder suspect used a telephone belonging to a man who had been beaten to death to phone his sister in the United States, a jury heard. Richard Sumner, 35, of Grand Parade, Brighton, and Richard Price, 24, of Denmark Terrace, Brighton, are charged with

  • Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw

    Phew, there is not a mole at The Argus supplying Councillor Bob Carden with information about our letter writers. He was accused of having an insider by Dean Martin after saying he suspected some "name and address supplied" writers were not whom they

  • Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

    It is important to bear in mind, whenever the Prince of Wales is critical of the British Press as he was this week, he does not hesitate to manipulate newspapers to his own advantage. At the moment he and his team at St James's Palace are involved in

  • Pub banks on a change of plan

    Last orders have not been called on controversial plans to turn a former bank in West Sussex into a pub. Plans to turn the Barclays Bank in East Preston into a pub divided the village, with some residents complaining they would suffer more noise and disturbance

  • Pier chiefs in development fight

    Palace Pier boss David Biesterfield has issued a stark warning to Brighton and Hove City Council over plans for the rival West Pier. He said if councillors approved a large-scale development at the shore end of the listed Brighton landmark, his company

  • Referee injured in pitch assault

    A West Sussex referee has spoken out against increasing "football rage" after he was beaten to the ground. David Winter was taken to hospital with a broken nose in an attack during a match. Surgeons operated to reconstruct his shattered face following

  • Fear as police numbers drop

    Residents have been left in fear of crime because of a fall in the number of police officers in Sussex, an MP claims. The number of officers in Sussex has fallen from 3,085 in March 1997 to 2,837 in September 2001. The figures were obtained by Lewes Liberal

  • Dome performance was great

    I am a student who loves performing and theatre. I went to join the Brighton Muses performance at the Dome. The performance was great and everyone enjoyed themselves. Many would say it looked good and was a world of fun and exploration. Everyone was involved

  • Need support

    How much the Government wants everybody to go back to work. This is fine - a wonderful idea - until you start to try to have a life as well. I am a single mum. I work and am in the process of trying to find somewhere to live. Trying to stay out of B&

  • Adams' ultimatum for Leicester

    Ex-Albion boss Micky Adams has warned he will quit Leicester unless he replaces Dave Bassett as manager next season. Assistant boss Adams has gone public for the first time in stating he will leave the Foxes unless he steps up into the City hotseat. Adams

  • Four-tunate

    There are only four pupils at The School House in Carlton Hill, making it the smallest school in Brighton and Hove. But the youngsters who are in the teacher's own house think that learning in a little class is fun. The city is struggling to keep down

  • A lot meant

    The Argus has reported on the interest in hiving off allotments for use in building development which would, of course, assist Brighton and Hove City Council's expansionist drive. We are told by 2008 the population is expected to rise by 27,000 to 277,000

  • It's a fare cop

    Nothing was going to stop bus driver Mark Gould when he saw someone snatch a woman's bag. Although knocked down by the thief, he followed the man and commandeered a colleague in an empty bus to follow him. Jumping down from the bus, he was hit by a car

  • Not worth it

    On August 18, 1998, I proposed the motion to the members of the Brighton and Hove Debating Society that the "West Pier should be blown up". This is still my opinion. The motion, not unexpectedly, was lost. At that time, it had recently been announced

  • Hastings target seven victories

    Hastings goalkeeper Dave King says seven wins from the final 11 matches will be enough to clinch promotion to the Dr Martens premier division. King, 26, has been Hastings' only ever-present player this campaign and has enjoyed a superb season since signing

  • Biker badly hurt after night crash

    A motorcyclist is in hospital with serious injuries after a collision with a camper van in Bognor. The 21-year-old biker is being treated in St Richard's Hospital, Chichester. The accident happened at 10.35pm on Wednesday night on the A259 Felpham Way

  • Superstore opens after refit

    More than 120 jobs have been created at a supermarket which opened its doors after a £4.5 million makeover. New staff celebrated with the old hands before the launch of the revamped Sainsbury's at Lyons Farm retail park in Worthing yesterday. Sales assistant

  • Jobseekers flock to fair

    The Argus Careers and Training Fair opened to a queue of visitors. More than 100 people passed through the doors in the first three minutes as the one-day event opened at the Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, yesterday. Organisers were expecting

  • Teacher swaps 'walkies' for run

    Never mind walkies - Carolyn Johnson is ready to run, and she's taking a four-legged friend with her. The 28-year-old teacher hopes to take the lead when she hits the streets for the London Marathon. But sporty Carolyn won't be taking her pet, Norton

  • Fare cop as driver nabs thief

    A bus driver commandeered a passing bus to chase a thief who snatched an elderly woman's handbag. Mark Gould was hit by a car as he jumped off to pursue the thief on foot - but got up and carried on running. Battered and bruised, he grabbed the thief

  • We help shop get back in business

    A mini-supermarket's parking headache has been solved with a little help from The Argus. Rosemary and Bill Moffett, who own Bagnalls Stores in South Coast Road, Peacehaven, said cars parked outside their business for longer than the one-hour limit were

  • Park bid to show flicks tricks

    A park looks set to become the venue for a celebration of cinema. Work is under way for St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove to host The Cinema of Comic Illusions, an exhibition planned for summer 2003. The park at the junction of Somerhill Road and Nizells

  • Adviser axed in charity cash cut

    Mentally-ill people in Brighton and Hove will be left without advice on benefits after funding for a charity was slashed. Campaigners have attacked the decision, which they say will cause hardship and distress. Kathy Mather criticised priorities after

  • Swimming pool hero dies at 47

    Two families brought together by an act of heroism 35 years ago have been reunited in grief. As a 12-year-old, Leonard White saved Jeannette Hughes, then aged nine, from drowning at a Brighton swimming pool in 1967. He received a football signed by the

  • Q&A: The King Alfred centre

    Brighton and Hove councillor Ian Duncan answers questions about the contentious issue of replacing the King Alfred leisure centre, Hove. What stage are we at now and what status does this latest report have? The latest report is the result of a great

  • Court fines go unpaid

    More than one in three fines imposed by Sussex magistrates is going unpaid, according to figures released today. In the year to March 2001, 37 per cent were not paid. The 63 per cent payment rate by criminals - which includes compensation they were ordered

  • Death crash rider named

    A motorcyclist who died after an accident on the A272 in West Sussex on Monday night has been identified. Christopher Clark, 25, from Tillington, near Petworth, was struck by a 4x4 vehicle which did not stop after coming off his Triumph in The Street,