Ruddy ducks are to be banished from Sussex forever in a bid to save rare Spanish ducks from extinction. A cull of the entire population of the ducks in this country is planned because the species is migrating to other areas of the Continent and breeding
Council chiefs have warned government plans for an overhaul of the national parks system would cut down on local democracy in the South Downs. Leader of West Sussex County Council, Harold Hall, said the proposed shake-up would reduce the number of local
A man has won a battle to stop his road name being changed - despite neighbours claiming it gives the street a bad reputation. Residents were so fed up with people poking fun at the name of their road they voted to change it. They said The Bricky in Peacehaven
Few councillors leave such a lasting and remarkable legacy as Andy Durr. He has decided to retire from politics and has seen Brighton seafront transformed since he returned to council politics ten years ago. Then, you were more likely to get a glass of
The loss to Kemp Town of Stuart Harrison from the police force is great. His initiatives were no-nonsense and effective. I have a business and also live here. I'm passionate about the area and concerned to ensure that I, my staff and customers can enjoy
Stephen Jackson (Letters, July 25) is "bemused" by bus enthusiasts photographing buses. He may like to know this interest is quite widely followed and there is a monthly magazine, Buses, to cater for this enthusiasm. I fail to understand why rail, bus
A taxi driver who fell asleep at the wheel, causing a crash which almost killed his passengers, was today facing prison. Michael Breeds, 55, had been on the road for 19 hours without a break when he nodded off and slammed into the back of a parked Transit
The freehold of St Annes Mansions, Montefiore Road, Hove, has been bought at auction for £550,000. The property comprises seven flats, with ground floor units used as shops and catering premises. There are also 12 garages on-site. The current annual rent
Fewer than half of workers take all their holidays, often blaming pressure of work or fear that being away from the office will damage their career. One in five employees takes less than a quarter of what he or she is owed, a poll of 2,800 workers found
Concern among small firms about late payments is increasing despite imminent changes to the law to tackle the problem. Next week, the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act will make it possible for small businesses to charge interest on all late-paid bills
I wonder whether the local councillors actually know the city we live in. I was at a meeting organised by Brighton and Hove City Council on Saturday for an initiative called Street Doctors. During a round-table discussion on rubbish collection, Coun Morley
Jan Price may have walked past Dorset Gardens Peace Park and found it empty on that occasion (The Argus, July 23) but she would be wrong to think it is not used. Many residents and local workers get great enjoyment from it, not least at lunch time on
People who think they are posh did not like the name of The Bricky in Peacehaven. They wanted it changed to Field View Close to sound less common. But, by a narrow vote, residents in the street have decided to keep the name, which comes from a local brickworks
Following the letter from Hugh Barney Miller, in which he asked where the other political parties were during last year's Brighton and Hove Pride, I'd like to remind him I was there along with a good many others from the Conservative Party. Unlike some
Sussex diving is in crisis. The County Amateur Association had just nine competitors in its one-metre championships at the Prince Regent pool, Brighton, including only three boys. Organisers blame the state of the Commonwealth Games and Olympic sport
Two social workers saw a four-year-old boy with appalling injuries at the home of his adoptive parents. They made no attempt to rescue John Smith and he died at home on Christmas Eve 1999. Now the social workers have been sacked by Brighton and Hove City
Mike Wheeler spun himself into the record books by claiming all ten wickets in a top-of-the-table league clash. The 43-year-old's feat came for Willingdon 2nd XI against their Hailsham counterparts in an East Sussex League division seven encounter on
Scott Newman and Michael Carberry both hammered centuries as Surrey rattled up 464-4 against Sussex on the opening day of the Second XI Championship match. The left-handed pair made Sussex suffer by sharing in an opening stand of 289 after Surrey won
Back in 1975 I went on a school trip to the Imperial War Museum in London and I witnessed good old-fashioned daylight robbery for the first time. Waiting for the coach to pick us up, we watched a cowboy vendor charge some foreign students £1 for a can
Albion manager Martin Hinshelwood is "disappointed and hurt" after the Seagulls' pre-season preparations suffered a shock setback. They were thumped 4-2 by Second Division newcomers Cheltenham in their penultimate friendly. It could have been even worse
Struggling fibre-optics company Bookham Technology showed its cost-cutting drive was paying off as it pared back losses for the first half. The group laid off nine per cent of its workforce earlier this month following a wave of job cuts last year as
Slug & Lettuce owner SFI showed the World Cup boosted sales as customers flocked to its pubs to watch key matches. The group, which has 186 pubs in total - also including Litten Tree and Bar Med outlets - said it benefited strongly from the football
A pensioner forced to sell her cliff-top house for £5 to the National Trust is still waiting to receive the meagre payment five months after the sale. Elizabeth Lazareno's home was demolished because it was teetering on the edge of a cliff and in danger
Organisers have cancelled a festival at the last minute after their chief walked out. The Whitehawk and Manor Farm Festival was due to take place this weekend in Brighton. But the festival queen, stall holders, children's entertainers and caterers have
A bungalow blaze in which an elderly woman died could have been started by her son who was also killed in the flames, police said today. Murder squad detectives are investigating whether the man, married to a leading figure in the South-East's tourism
The battle is hotting up and both camps are desperate for victory. The campaign to have a new breast cancer unit in either Brighton or Haywards Heath is nearing its end. It began when health chiefs announced last year that they wanted to close the Nigel
Two teenage brothers and a classically-trained pianist are among 12 nominees for Britain's most prestigious music prize. Brighton-based teen rockers The Electric Soft Parade and experimental musician Joanna MacGregor, also of Brighton, will vie for the
A group of anti-metric activists was celebrating today after a police investigation against them for tampering with road signs was dropped. Tony Bennett and his supporters, Active Resistance to Metrification, have been painting over road signs with distances
Social services workers today staged a protest against the sacking of two of their colleagues. More than 50 Brighton and Hove City Council workers stood outside the offices in Grand Avenue, Hove, claiming their colleagues had been used as scapegoats.
Although opera diva Maria Ewing is particularly noted for the roles of Salome and Carmen, she will swap hats to sing American popular songs and Broadway hits at Chichester this Sunday. Born in Detroit, Ms Ewing has returned to her musical roots for this
Of all the mid-Nineties Britpop success stories, The Bluetones were the least rock 'n' roll. Seven years and nine Top 20 hits later, they seem content to carry on making simple, cheerful pop tunes about drinking, staying in bed, putting the kettle on
Murder squad detectives today released a description of a man they want to trace in connection with a fatal stabbing in St Leonards. Andrew Wynd, 37, died a week after being stabbed twice in the back in an unprovoked attack as he walked home from a pub
Ruddy ducks are to be banished from Sussex forever in a bid to save rare Spanish ducks from extinction. A cull of the entire population of the ducks in this country is planned because the species is migrating to other areas of the Continent and breeding
Council chiefs have warned government plans for an overhaul of the national parks system would cut down on local democracy in the South Downs. Leader of West Sussex County Council, Harold Hall, said the proposed shake-up would reduce the number of local
A man has won a battle to stop his road name being changed - despite neighbours claiming it gives the street a bad reputation. Residents were so fed up with people poking fun at the name of their road they voted to change it. They said The Bricky in Peacehaven
Few councillors leave such a lasting and remarkable legacy as Andy Durr. He has decided to retire from politics and has seen Brighton seafront transformed since he returned to council politics ten years ago. Then, you were more likely to get a glass of
The loss to Kemp Town of Stuart Harrison from the police force is great. His initiatives were no-nonsense and effective. I have a business and also live here. I'm passionate about the area and concerned to ensure that I, my staff and customers can enjoy
Stephen Jackson (Letters, July 25) is "bemused" by bus enthusiasts photographing buses. He may like to know this interest is quite widely followed and there is a monthly magazine, Buses, to cater for this enthusiasm. I fail to understand why rail, bus
Whoopee! More affordable housing in the South to be allocated to key essential workers - nurses, firemen, police etc. The word essential means "vitally important, absolutely necessary". I wonder if the bricklayers, hod carriers, labourers and various
Forget all about HRT and Botox injections . . . there is nothing quite like a ride in an open-top sports car, especially a red one, to make a middle-aged woman feel 25 again. "I've got a surprise for you," said a friend (middle-aged, of course) who was
The freehold of St Annes Mansions, Montefiore Road, Hove, has been bought at auction for £550,000. The property comprises seven flats, with ground floor units used as shops and catering premises. There are also 12 garages on-site. The current annual rent
A Sussex business adviser has won an award for his work with young entrepreneurs. Brian McGeary received the Young Enterprise business adviser award for the South-East region, sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr McGeary, a business
Fewer than half of workers take all their holidays, often blaming pressure of work or fear that being away from the office will damage their career. One in five employees takes less than a quarter of what he or she is owed, a poll of 2,800 workers found
A DIY firm is appealing against refusal of its plans for a large superstore at a marina. Council planners rejected an application for a B&Q warehouse near the Crumbles Retail Park at Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, in May. But B&Q and developers
A bungalow blaze in which an elderly woman died could have been started by her son who was also killed in the flames, police said today. Murder squad detectives are investigating whether the man, married to a leading figure in the South-East's tourism
I would like to say thank you to the gentleman, driving a van from The Argus, who stopped on Thursday afternoon about 2.15pm in New Road, Durrington, and helped my friend and myself to stand up after we both fell. When he left, a lady driving a car stopped
I wonder whether the local councillors actually know the city we live in. I was at a meeting organised by Brighton and Hove City Council on Saturday for an initiative called Street Doctors. During a round-table discussion on rubbish collection, Coun Morley
I write in response to the letter from the Male Alliance, (The Argus, July 22), regarding the intervention of Guy Newson when he saw a female friend upset. How sad these unnamed people (or person) feel that looking out for a friend is now down to being
Following the letter from Hugh Barney Miller, in which he asked where the other political parties were during last year's Brighton and Hove Pride, I'd like to remind him I was there along with a good many others from the Conservative Party. Unlike some
Environmental campaigners are showing they are people of action as well as words in Brighton and Hove. They are building an earthship on land behind Stanmer House in Stanmer Park north of Brighton. Built partly of old tyres and powered by solar energy
Mike Wheeler spun himself into the record books by claiming all ten wickets in a top-of-the-table league clash. The 43-year-old's feat came for Willingdon 2nd XI against their Hailsham counterparts in an East Sussex League division seven encounter on
Guilty or not (an appeal will follow), I was a bit taken aback by the vitriolic lynch-mob commentaries of both The Argus and the readers' letters with regard to the Hoogstraten verdict, the contents of which would usually be reserved for the child-molesting
Albion manager Martin Hinshelwood is "disappointed and hurt" after the Seagulls' pre-season preparations suffered a shock setback. They were thumped 4-2 by Second Division newcomers Cheltenham in their penultimate friendly. It could have been even worse
A controversial "earthship" made of old tyres has been given permission to land in a Sussex beauty spot. Planners have given the final go-ahead for the environmentally-friendly building in Stanmer Park, Brighton. Planning officers originally recommended
Drug addicts are causing havoc in a block of flats. Residents of exclusive Blenheim Court in Hove have complained about blood splattered walls, discarded needles and squatters roaming the stairs and entrance foyer. The flats in New Church Road are some
The number of customers moving their current accounts from the big four banks to ones offering higher interest rates is accelerating. Consumer magazine Which? estimates 3.5 per cent of people who have current accounts with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and
Organisers have cancelled a festival at the last minute after their chief walked out. The Whitehawk and Manor Farm Festival was due to take place this weekend in Brighton. But the festival queen, stall holders, children's entertainers and caterers have
Two teenage brothers and a classically-trained pianist are among 12 nominees for Britain's most prestigious music prize. Brighton-based teen rockers The Electric Soft Parade and experimental musician Joanna MacGregor, also of Brighton, will vie for the
Brighton and Hove is bracing itself for a rise in applications from homeless people with the introduction of a new law to get people off the streets. The Homelessness Act 2002, which came into force today, makes councils directly responsible for providing
Firefighters cut two teenagers free after their car smashed into a cemetery wall. The accident happened at 1am today at the junction of Bear Road and Tenantry Down Road, Brighton. The women, both about 19, were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital
A group of anti-metric activists was celebrating today after a police investigation against them for tampering with road signs was dropped. Tony Bennett and his supporters, Active Resistance to Metrification, have been painting over road signs with distances
A name has been agreed for Brighton's new central library. The modern building in Jubilee Street, Brighton, will be called the Jubilee Library. Although planning permission was granted in November for the multi-million pound scheme, it had been held up
Deep in the Sussex countryside a killer is lurking which faces being burnt to death when it is caught. The culprit is strong enough to kill horses and cattle because of its poisonous nature. But there is no need for people to fear it as the killer in
A teenager needed 15 stitches and lost several teeth and another suffered a broken nose after a large-scale fight broke out. Police think a group of about 14 men, aged in their 30s, set upon a group of six teenagers. The fight broke out at 1.25am last
An elderly couple made an unexpected call on a neighbour when their car careered through the wall of her bungalow. Harold and Bunty Secrett were going to their doctor's surgery when Mr Secrett's automatic Citreon shot across the road, through a garden
Social services workers today staged a protest against the sacking of two of their colleagues. More than 50 Brighton and Hove City Council workers stood outside the offices in Grand Avenue, Hove, claiming their colleagues had been used as scapegoats.
Neighbours have accused a property developer of bulldozing a nature reserve which was a "green oasis" among a sea of new homes. People living in Southdown Road, Newhaven, stopped diggers crashing through the last section of a strip of green land which
A taxi driver who fell asleep at the wheel, causing a crash which almost killed his passengers, was today facing prison. Michael Breeds, 55, had been on the road for 19 hours without a break when he nodded off and slammed into the back of a parked Transit
Banoffee pie, the great British pudding invented by Sussex restaurateur Nigel Mackenzie, has been developed into an ice cream by Haagen Dazs. Mr Mackenzie, who runs the Hungry Monk restaurant at Jevington, near Eastbourne, has given his blessing to the
Concern among small firms about late payments is increasing despite imminent changes to the law to tackle the problem. Next week, the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act will make it possible for small businesses to charge interest on all late-paid bills
A group of anti-metric activists was celebrating today after a police investigation against them for tampering with road signs was dropped. Tony Bennett and his supporters, Active Resistance to Metrification, have been painting over road signs with distances
The police may well have broken up the raves in East Sussex (The Argus, July 29) but they did little to protect other people in the area from the aftermath. We were enjoying a family camping weekend at a site near Bodiam, when the relaxed atmosphere was
Jan Price may have walked past Dorset Gardens Peace Park and found it empty on that occasion (The Argus, July 23) but she would be wrong to think it is not used. Many residents and local workers get great enjoyment from it, not least at lunch time on
People who think they are posh did not like the name of The Bricky in Peacehaven. They wanted it changed to Field View Close to sound less common. But, by a narrow vote, residents in the street have decided to keep the name, which comes from a local brickworks
Sussex diving is in crisis. The County Amateur Association had just nine competitors in its one-metre championships at the Prince Regent pool, Brighton, including only three boys. Organisers blame the state of the Commonwealth Games and Olympic sport
The Greens (Letters, July 29) try to score a cheap political point by describing themselves as the "only" political party on the Pride parade last year. The local Labour Party always has a stall at Pride, as we will this year. Our Labour MPs, councillors
Christina Houslop has suffered a chamber of horrors after being called up for the England under-21s. She had to acclimatise with the rest of the squad bound the European Cup in Spain today. Christina and her squad mates sweated it out in two sessions
Two social workers saw a four-year-old boy with appalling injuries at the home of his adoptive parents. They made no attempt to rescue John Smith and he died at home on Christmas Eve 1999. Now the social workers have been sacked by Brighton and Hove City
In answer to Roger Lee (The Argus, July 27), the red diagonal cross on the flag is not placed centrally upon the white. So if he looks again at a flag, he will clearly see there is a wide, white diagonal stripe on one side of the red, and a narrow stripe
Scott Newman and Michael Carberry both hammered centuries as Surrey rattled up 464-4 against Sussex on the opening day of the Second XI Championship match. The left-handed pair made Sussex suffer by sharing in an opening stand of 289 after Surrey won
Back in 1975 I went on a school trip to the Imperial War Museum in London and I witnessed good old-fashioned daylight robbery for the first time. Waiting for the coach to pick us up, we watched a cowboy vendor charge some foreign students £1 for a can
Albion crashed to their first defeat in seven pre-season friendlies at rain-drenched Whaddon Road last night. Chirpy Cheltenham embarrassed Martin Hinshelwood's men with four goals in the opening hour, including a pair for new signing Paul Brayson from
Struggling fibre-optics company Bookham Technology showed its cost-cutting drive was paying off as it pared back losses for the first half. The group laid off nine per cent of its workforce earlier this month following a wave of job cuts last year as
Slug & Lettuce owner SFI showed the World Cup boosted sales as customers flocked to its pubs to watch key matches. The group, which has 186 pubs in total - also including Litten Tree and Bar Med outlets - said it benefited strongly from the football
A pensioner forced to sell her cliff-top house for £5 to the National Trust is still waiting to receive the meagre payment five months after the sale. Elizabeth Lazareno's home was demolished because it was teetering on the edge of a cliff and in danger
A bungalow blaze in which an elderly woman died could have been started by her son who was also killed in the flames, police said today. Murder squad detectives are investigating whether the man, married to a leading figure in the South-East's tourism
Neighbours have accused a property developer of bulldozing a nature reserve which was a "green oasis" among a sea of new homes. People living in Southdown Road, Newhaven, stopped diggers crashing through the last section of a strip of green land which
A father has told of the moment he slammed on the brakes of his car in a desperate attempt to avoid the head-on collision which killed his teenage son. Stephen Suckling relived the moment a Subaru, driven by Brian Moon, swerved across the road and crashed
The battle is hotting up and both camps are desperate for victory. The campaign to have a new breast cancer unit in either Brighton or Haywards Heath is nearing its end. It began when health chiefs announced last year that they wanted to close the Nigel
A police helicopter was scrambled last night to search for an overturned car. The helicopter scanned the A259 between Littlehampton and Bognor after reports of a car careering off the road. An overturned silver Nissan Primera was found in a field in Middleton
An incident at a kebab shop where staff were beaten up and threatened with a knife is being treated by police as racially motivated. The attack took place at the Barnham Pizza and Kebab shop in The Square, Barnham, at about 11.30pm on Monday. A youth
A teenager is so eager to make a splash she has changed her name to that of one of the UK's most famous acting dynasties. Katie Salt, 16, has become Kate McGann in the hope it will give her an edge as she tries to break into the world's toughest profession
Police have issued a description of a man they believe slashed a woman across her face and neck with a knife seconds after she answered her front door. Police are anxious to trace the man who rang the woman's doorbell in Martyrs Avenue, Langley Green,
Neighbours have accused a property developer of bulldozing a nature reserve which was a "green oasis" among a sea of new homes. People living in Southdown Road, Newhaven, stopped diggers crashing through the last section of a strip of green land which
Although opera diva Maria Ewing is particularly noted for the roles of Salome and Carmen, she will swap hats to sing American popular songs and Broadway hits at Chichester this Sunday. Born in Detroit, Ms Ewing has returned to her musical roots for this
Of all the mid-Nineties Britpop success stories, The Bluetones were the least rock 'n' roll. Seven years and nine Top 20 hits later, they seem content to carry on making simple, cheerful pop tunes about drinking, staying in bed, putting the kettle on
Whoopee! More affordable housing in the South to be allocated to key essential workers - nurses, firemen, police etc. The word essential means "vitally important, absolutely necessary". I wonder if the bricklayers, hod carriers, labourers and various
Forget all about HRT and Botox injections . . . there is nothing quite like a ride in an open-top sports car, especially a red one, to make a middle-aged woman feel 25 again. "I've got a surprise for you," said a friend (middle-aged, of course) who was
Banoffee pie, the great British pudding invented by Sussex restaurateur Nigel Mackenzie, has been developed into an ice cream by Haagen Dazs. Mr Mackenzie, who runs the Hungry Monk restaurant at Jevington, near Eastbourne, has given his blessing to the
A Sussex business adviser has won an award for his work with young entrepreneurs. Brian McGeary received the Young Enterprise business adviser award for the South-East region, sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr McGeary, a business
I would like to say thank you to the gentleman, driving a van from The Argus, who stopped on Thursday afternoon about 2.15pm in New Road, Durrington, and helped my friend and myself to stand up after we both fell. When he left, a lady driving a car stopped
The police may well have broken up the raves in East Sussex (The Argus, July 29) but they did little to protect other people in the area from the aftermath. We were enjoying a family camping weekend at a site near Bodiam, when the relaxed atmosphere was
I write in response to the letter from the Male Alliance, (The Argus, July 22), regarding the intervention of Guy Newson when he saw a female friend upset. How sad these unnamed people (or person) feel that looking out for a friend is now down to being
Environmental campaigners are showing they are people of action as well as words in Brighton and Hove. They are building an earthship on land behind Stanmer House in Stanmer Park north of Brighton. Built partly of old tyres and powered by solar energy
The Greens (Letters, July 29) try to score a cheap political point by describing themselves as the "only" political party on the Pride parade last year. The local Labour Party always has a stall at Pride, as we will this year. Our Labour MPs, councillors
Christina Houslop has suffered a chamber of horrors after being called up for the England under-21s. She had to acclimatise with the rest of the squad bound the European Cup in Spain today. Christina and her squad mates sweated it out in two sessions
In answer to Roger Lee (The Argus, July 27), the red diagonal cross on the flag is not placed centrally upon the white. So if he looks again at a flag, he will clearly see there is a wide, white diagonal stripe on one side of the red, and a narrow stripe
Guilty or not (an appeal will follow), I was a bit taken aback by the vitriolic lynch-mob commentaries of both The Argus and the readers' letters with regard to the Hoogstraten verdict, the contents of which would usually be reserved for the child-molesting
Albion crashed to their first defeat in seven pre-season friendlies at rain-drenched Whaddon Road last night. Chirpy Cheltenham embarrassed Martin Hinshelwood's men with four goals in the opening hour, including a pair for new signing Paul Brayson from
A controversial "earthship" made of old tyres has been given permission to land in a Sussex beauty spot. Planners have given the final go-ahead for the environmentally-friendly building in Stanmer Park, Brighton. Planning officers originally recommended
Drug addicts are causing havoc in a block of flats. Residents of exclusive Blenheim Court in Hove have complained about blood splattered walls, discarded needles and squatters roaming the stairs and entrance foyer. The flats in New Church Road are some
The number of customers moving their current accounts from the big four banks to ones offering higher interest rates is accelerating. Consumer magazine Which? estimates 3.5 per cent of people who have current accounts with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and
Brighton and Hove is bracing itself for a rise in applications from homeless people with the introduction of a new law to get people off the streets. The Homelessness Act 2002, which came into force today, makes councils directly responsible for providing
Firefighters cut two teenagers free after their car smashed into a cemetery wall. The accident happened at 1am today at the junction of Bear Road and Tenantry Down Road, Brighton. The women, both about 19, were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital
A name has been agreed for Brighton's new central library. The modern building in Jubilee Street, Brighton, will be called the Jubilee Library. Although planning permission was granted in November for the multi-million pound scheme, it had been held up
Deep in the Sussex countryside a killer is lurking which faces being burnt to death when it is caught. The culprit is strong enough to kill horses and cattle because of its poisonous nature. But there is no need for people to fear it as the killer in
An elderly couple made an unexpected call on a neighbour when their car careered through the wall of her bungalow. Harold and Bunty Secrett were going to their doctor's surgery when Mr Secrett's automatic Citreon shot across the road, through a garden
A teenager is so eager to make a splash she has changed her name to that of one of the UK's most famous acting dynasties. Katie Salt, 16, has become Kate McGann in the hope it will give her an edge as she tries to break into the world's toughest profession
