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  • Pick of the bunch

    I write about the poorness of pick-your-own places - we have a very good one near us at Stones Cross called Sharnfold, part of the family-run Stones Cross Nurseries, and they have lots of strawberries raspberries, and a wide variety of other fruit and

  • Chip Taylor, The Greys, Brighton

    Songwriter Chip Taylor proved he was an angel of the evening at two sell-out nights at The Greys. Taylor, who wrote the hit Wild Thing, has been in and out of the music business since the Sixties and has consistently produced superb material both for

  • Nothing rural about 'village'

    Adam Trimingham's article on the Brighton Station site (The Argus, August 5), said the supermarket, with its attendant car park, had been opposed as being out of keeping with the area. The reason for this opposition is because the car park will generate

  • Bad Manners, Concorde 2, Brighton

    Now in their fourth decade, it is fair to say Bad Manners have not withered in style or stature. Lead singer Buster Bloodvessel was still larger than life as he jiggled on stage, his vast stomach an entity in its own right. The other seven members of

  • Name game

    All power to the Lib Dem campaign for extra money to fund increased opening hours and more books for public libraries in Brighton and Hove. While on the subject, public libraries are quintessentially apolitical and non-partisan so I agree with Simon Cross

  • Dead wrong

    In the article about Reg Dudley and Bob Maynard finally being cleared of murder (The Argus, July 29), it was stated the late Oliver Kenny died at 6am. It is important to now say that Kenny did not die at home but in a ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital

  • Punish cruelty

    Thank you for the article on little John Smith (The Argus, August 1). The sadness of it all and the suffering he went through, the cruelty was beyond words. I, for one, was at the A&E at the Royal Sussex Hospital when that little darling was brought

  • Pair were plagued by letter campaign

    A disabled man who sent threatening and sexually explicit letters to a couple he befriended has been found guilty of harassment. Barrie Ebdon, 58, of Rowlands Road, Worthing, denied intending to harass the couple between July and December last year. He

  • Good investment

    There has been so much publicity about nursing homes closing because their owners allegedly find it uneconomic to continue, it is understandable if we believe all nursing homes are personally run. It therefore comes as surprise to learn that Four Seasons

  • Thanks, from the wildlife

    On behalf of all the local wildlife, I would like to thank the local environmental services for leaving our rubbish uncollected in Rottingdean for the past six days so there are plenty of bags to rifle through and spread around the pavements and roads

  • What kind of village is this?

    I was brought up in a village and it didn't have two hotels, a supermarket, a language school or a business space. Three hundred and fifty-five homes, 30 per cent of which will be so-called social housing i.e. bedsit accommodation for the people not able

  • Between You and me, by Vanora Leigh

    One day last week I spent the best part of a hot afternoon with a horse's backside a couple of feet from my face. It was part of a surprise trip organised by friends who reckoned The Mother and myself could do with some country air. They didn't tell us

  • Marketing foursome to spur expansion

    Gatwick-based Times Right Marketing has kicked off its expansion programme with four new appointments. John Gallie has been appointed creative director. In the last 15 years, he has won a number of awards for design and art direction and worked for several

  • Traders welcome car-ban delay

    Plans to extend a ban on cars at a shopping precinct have been put on hold. Brighton and Hove City Council was keen to keep cars out of George Street in Hove until 6pm, rather than the existing 4pm deadline. It was worried about the safety of pedestrians

  • Cost of fraud doubles to more than £250m

    Fraudsters may be operating unhindered because of business indifference and dwindling police resources, warns the Fraud Advisory Panel. It urged the Government to beef up local anti-fraud teams, which have suffered in recent years from a loss of experienced

  • Home bake

    Returning from shopping, I realised I had forgotten to buy my favourite cake, a Victoria sponge. Having the necessary butter, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla essence and icing sugar (six items) I decided I would enjoy "homemade" for a change. I am no Delia

  • Wrong to buy

    Tory zealot Jonathan Sheppard (Letters, July 30) narrow-mindedly refuses to enter into a meaningful debate about causes of the current housing crisis. At the same time, he offers people with severe housing difficulties unreconstructed Thatcherite self-interest

  • Youth Cricket: Sophie celebrates in style

    Sophie Hoskins became the first female to compete in the Sussex Junior Under-16s Festival when she helped Horsham defeat Brighton and Hove in the Bowl final at Arundel. Sophie, who celebrated her 15th birthday during the group matches, was voted Horsham's

  • Good shot

    It's refreshing to see a newspaper that isn't afraid to print articles involving controversial subjects. By this I mean the sport of clay-pigeon shooting. The article about gold medal winner Charlotte Kerwood (The Argus, August 2) was a breath of fresh

  • Rugby: Fast-track pair's big break

    Two Sussex juniors have been called up to the new England Rugby Academy. Kiba Richards and Hove team-mate Matt Evans have been picked out as potential stars of the future. Richards is just 15 years old, but stands 6ft.4in tall and weighs 15st.2lb and

  • Vive le France

    In his video review (August 2) Glen Ferris savages Just Visiting, a US remake which sees a medieval French knight and his servant transported to modern Chicago. He dismisses the original film, Les Visiteurs, in which the pair are transported to 20th Century

  • Hats off to a refund

    Motorists who have been given tickets for parking illegally may have a head start on the attendants. Driver Eddie Mitchell found out parking attendants must be properly dressed when they write tickets - and that means wearing hats. The Argus has found

  • Big brother

    Something strange seems to be happening. Recently it was reported about 200,000 failed asylum seekers had vanished before they could be deported. For a government that is always devising new ways to spy on the population, it seems rather careless to allow

  • Cricket: Adams set to return

    Skipper Chris Adams says his side are relishing the prospect of back-to-back games against high-flying Surrey. The Sharks meet the Lions in a floodlit National League game at Hove tonight (4.10pm) before tackling the Championship leaders over four-days

  • Farewell to mayor's driver

    Peter May, mace bearer and mayor's chauffeur in Brighton and Hove for the past five years, was right on time for his farewell reception. Before the merged city council was created he was at Hove Council in the same role. He is retiring from council duties

  • Pro-hunt march on RSPCA

    Hundreds of pro-hunting protesters gathered outside the RSPCA's Horsham HQ to demonstrate against its campaign to ban the sport. More than 300 owners and their dogs marched from fields in Southwater to the charity's new £16 million base. The protesters

  • Pre-Season Friendly: Crawley hammered

    Steve Kabba scored all four goals as Crystal Palace out-played Crawley Town to beat them 4-0 at Broadfield Stadium. Reds held out for 43 minutes before conceding their first goal when Kabba scored from just inside the penalty area, placing the ball to

  • Brooker set for new deal

    Paul Brooker is poised to give Albion another boost by pledging his long term future to the club. The in-form winger has revealed he is in new contract talks with the Seagulls. Brooker said: "I've got a year left and I am in discussions now with the chairman

  • Youth Athletics: 22-year record falls

    Charlotte Browning bounced back from national championship dissapointment to break a 22-year-old Sussex track record. The Chichester High pupil set 2min.12.31sec in the under-15s' 800m at the Watford Senior Open to beat Donna Thomas' mark. Browning was

  • The £3m bachelor pad

    A telecoms millionaire plans to turn the former luxury home of the Duke of Devonshire back into Brighton's premier bachelor pad. It is almost 150 years since the duke hosted lavish champagne parties at Fife House in Lewes Crescent. Telecoms millionaire

  • Give dads more time off, says minister

    Bosses were today urged to give fathers an hour off work to spend with their sons in a bid to improve boys' performance at school. Stephen Twigg, the minister for young people and learning, was launching the Dads and Sons Give an Hour programme, being

  • Lastminute heads for profit

    Online retailer lastminute.com's bid for profitability remained on course today after losses narrowed in its most recent financial quarter. The group said it had made further progress during the three months to June 30 and was poised for more growth in

  • Royal Bank profits lift

    Royal Bank of Scotland bucked the trend in the banking sector today after seeing half-year profits rise. The lift came despite a sharp increase in the amount set aside to cover bad debts. The charge for bad debt provisions soared 66 percentage points

  • Poodle loses eye in attack

    A poodle had its eye ripped out when it was savaged by another dog, a court heard. The miniature black poodle, called Mr Dibbles, needed emergency vet treatment following the attack on Hove seafront. Peter Edwards, who owns cross-breed Freddie which carried

  • Ambulance crew assaults rising

    Ambulance crews are becoming increasingly likley to be the victim of an assault Sussex Ambulance Service says. The service says its 999 crews are now abused, threatened or attacked in one in 100 call-outs. There were more than 120 reported incidents in

  • Traders plan second go-slow

    Brighton and Hove traders have voted unanimously to stage a second go-slow protest against parking charges. Supporters of protest group Traders Against Parking Persecution (Tapp) met last night and decided to act on August 19. They also declared that

  • Fury at wardens' chip stop

    Residents were outraged when they saw two parking attendants stop on double-yellow lines to buy fish and chips. They were even angrier when another pair of attendants stopped at the same place a few days later to buy their supper. Malcolm Novell, who

  • Tributes to boat crash victim

    Tributes are being paid to chef Ian Langan who was killed in a powerboat crash. Police are continuing to investigate the collision off the Palace Pier, Brighton, which left another man seriously injured. Mr Langan, 45, of Springfield Road, Brighton, worked

  • Sarah police aid hunt for girls

    Detectives who ran the Sarah Payne inquiry today joined the search for missing ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Cambridgeshire Police say the move does not mean they believe the girls have been abducted. They say the disappearances are being

  • Bizarre parking loophole

    Hundreds of dud parking tickets may have been issued because attendants were not wearing hats when they wrote them. Parking attendants' contracts stipulate they must be properly dressed when they issue fines. That means they must wear hats at the time

  • Developer may sue council

    A council could be taken to court after plans to build homes on a wildlife site it sold to a developer were thrown out. Developer Whitgift said it would try to recover its costs from Brighton and Hove City Council after a public inquiry rejected the bid

  • School bus routes due to change

    A major shake-up of school bus routes is due to come into force at the start of the new term. Brighton and Hove City Council has negotiated a new deal with bus firms aimed at cutting costs and providing a better service for children who mainly attend

  • Nuclear madness

    News that the Government is taking the precaution of buying anti-radiation sickness medication for all of us is welcome - the dangers posed by terrorism shouldn't be ignored. The protection being purchased shows we face a greater threat from our nuclear

  • School lit up by £55,000 award

    A grant of more than £55,000 has been awarded to build solar panels at a new school. It is hoped the panels will provide some of the electricity needed to run St Paul's Catholic College in Burgess Hill when it is built next year. David Carden, clerk to

  • Danger on the sea

    I wrote to The Argus last year about the problem of jet skiers at Shoreham. The following article appeared in The British Medical Journal and I thought it might be of interest. "The speed and use of small boats and watercraft have increased dramatically

  • Name game

    All power to the Lib Dem campaign for extra money to fund increased opening hours and more books for public libraries in Brighton and Hove. While on the subject, public libraries are quintessentially apolitical and non-partisan so I agree with Simon Cross

  • Punish cruelty

    Thank you for the article on little John Smith (The Argus, August 1). The sadness of it all and the suffering he went through, the cruelty was beyond words. I, for one, was at the A&E at the Royal Sussex Hospital when that little darling was brought

  • Fine care

    With reference to the article "14 hours in hospital just for a splinter" (The Argus, August 2), it seems to me all articles and correspondence in the Press and on the television regarding the NHS are negative and critical. I had the misfortune of being

  • Nurse abused patient, jury hears

    A male nurse from Worthing indecently assaulted a nursing home patient during her bath time, a court was told. Ex-serviceman Ronald Mason of Garrick Road, Broadwater, is alleged to have repeatedly abused the 53-year-old disabled woman, who cannot be named

  • Pair were plagued by letter campaign

    A disabled man who sent threatening and sexually explicit letters to a couple he befriended has been found guilty of harassment. Barrie Ebdon, 58, of Rowlands Road, Worthing, denied intending to harass the couple between July and December last year. He

  • Thanks, from the wildlife

    On behalf of all the local wildlife, I would like to thank the local environmental services for leaving our rubbish uncollected in Rottingdean for the past six days so there are plenty of bags to rifle through and spread around the pavements and roads

  • Between You and me, by Vanora Leigh

    One day last week I spent the best part of a hot afternoon with a horse's backside a couple of feet from my face. It was part of a surprise trip organised by friends who reckoned The Mother and myself could do with some country air. They didn't tell us

  • Marketing foursome to spur expansion

    Gatwick-based Times Right Marketing has kicked off its expansion programme with four new appointments. John Gallie has been appointed creative director. In the last 15 years, he has won a number of awards for design and art direction and worked for several

  • Pro-hunt march on RSPCA

    Hundreds of pro-hunting protesters gathered outside the RSPCA's Horsham HQ to demonstrate against its campaign to ban the sport. More than 300 owners and their dogs marched from fields in Southwater to the charity's new £16 million base. The protesters

  • Pair were plagued by letter campaign

    A disabled man who sent threatening and sexually explicit letters to a couple he befriended has been found guilty of harassment. Barrie Ebdon, 58, of Rowlands Road, Worthing, denied intending to harass the couple between July and December last year. He

  • Nurse abused patient, jury hears

    A male nurse from Worthing indecently assaulted a nursing home patient during her bath time, a court was told. Ex-serviceman Ronald Mason of Garrick Road, Broadwater, is alleged to have repeatedly abused the 53-year-old disabled woman, who cannot be named

  • Grandad strides to find a cure

    Alan Trussler is stepping out to raise thousands of pounds towards research into his grandson's rare medical condition. Scott Trussler was born with tuberous sclerosis, a genetic condition where tuber-like growths form on the brain and other organs. The

  • Thumbs up for harbour homes

    Residents have vowed to fight on after they failed to stop plans for dozens of high-rise apartments in their waterfront neighbourhood. People living at Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne fear the £100 million marine development will be turned into a concrete

  • Youth Football: Bridgeview triumph

    Lewes Bridgeview have won the prestigious Manchester Umbro International Under-11s seven-a side Cup. They pipped Fife 1-0 when Steven Brinkhurst's shot from a Jayson Sowter pass hit the post and rebounded in off a defender. Bridgeview, winners of a Sussex

  • Wrong to buy

    Tory zealot Jonathan Sheppard (Letters, July 30) narrow-mindedly refuses to enter into a meaningful debate about causes of the current housing crisis. At the same time, he offers people with severe housing difficulties unreconstructed Thatcherite self-interest

  • Youth Cricket: Sophie celebrates in style

    Sophie Hoskins became the first female to compete in the Sussex Junior Under-16s Festival when she helped Horsham defeat Brighton and Hove in the Bowl final at Arundel. Sophie, who celebrated her 15th birthday during the group matches, was voted Horsham's

  • Good shot

    It's refreshing to see a newspaper that isn't afraid to print articles involving controversial subjects. By this I mean the sport of clay-pigeon shooting. The article about gold medal winner Charlotte Kerwood (The Argus, August 2) was a breath of fresh

  • Rugby: Fast-track pair's big break

    Two Sussex juniors have been called up to the new England Rugby Academy. Kiba Richards and Hove team-mate Matt Evans have been picked out as potential stars of the future. Richards is just 15 years old, but stands 6ft.4in tall and weighs 15st.2lb and

  • Sssurprise!

    A snake belonging to 15-year-old Ashley Smallwood was given up for lost when it escaped and was not seen for two months. Ashley, of Sandgate Road in Brighton, was relieved when it turned up at his nan's home two doors away. Shirley Gardiner, who's terrified

  • Vive le France

    In his video review (August 2) Glen Ferris savages Just Visiting, a US remake which sees a medieval French knight and his servant transported to modern Chicago. He dismisses the original film, Les Visiteurs, in which the pair are transported to 20th Century

  • Basketball: Bears' stars hit the beach

    Basketball fans are taking the winter game and turning it into Brighton seafront's hottest sporting passion. Streetball is reaching new heights of popularity, partly as a result of Brighton Bears' dramatic upturn in fortunes. Brighton beach is the top

  • College extension topped out

    Builders are racing to get a new college building in Brighton ready for students. A topping-out ceremony was held at the extension to City College Brighton and Hove in Whitecross Street yesterday. The large building will include a library, learning resource

  • Big brother

    Something strange seems to be happening. Recently it was reported about 200,000 failed asylum seekers had vanished before they could be deported. For a government that is always devising new ways to spy on the population, it seems rather careless to allow

  • Cricket: Adams set to return

    Skipper Chris Adams says his side are relishing the prospect of back-to-back games against high-flying Surrey. The Sharks meet the Lions in a floodlit National League game at Hove tonight (4.10pm) before tackling the Championship leaders over four-days

  • New boy grateful for chance

    Trialist Andy Roberts made his bow for Albion last night after his dad phoned Martin Hinshelwood urging him to give his son a chance. The former Wimbledon and Crystal Palace player enjoyed a full 90 minutes alongside Adam Virgo at centre back in a 3-2

  • Youth Athletics: 22-year record falls

    Charlotte Browning bounced back from national championship dissapointment to break a 22-year-old Sussex track record. The Chichester High pupil set 2min.12.31sec in the under-15s' 800m at the Watford Senior Open to beat Donna Thomas' mark. Browning was

  • The £3m bachelor pad

    A telecoms millionaire plans to turn the former luxury home of the Duke of Devonshire back into Brighton's premier bachelor pad. It is almost 150 years since the duke hosted lavish champagne parties at Fife House in Lewes Crescent. Telecoms millionaire

  • Give dads more time off, says minister

    Bosses were today urged to give fathers an hour off work to spend with their sons in a bid to improve boys' performance at school. Stephen Twigg, the minister for young people and learning, was launching the Dads and Sons Give an Hour programme, being

  • Rail passengers stranded

    Passengers were stranded on a Brighton-Edinburgh train after it hit a branch which had fallen off a nearby tree during flash floods. All were back home today, a British Transport Police spokesman said. About 160 people were on the Virgin train heading

  • Jealous ex broke rival's jaw

    A teenager was kidnapped, stripped, beaten and abandoned in a country lane by the jealous ex-lover of his new girlfriend. Simon Buckley, 18, from Haywards Heath, was bundled into the back of a car and driven to the remote spot where the "revolting" attack

  • Traders plan second go-slow

    Brighton and Hove traders have voted unanimously to stage a second go-slow protest against parking charges. Supporters of protest group Traders Against Parking Persecution (Tapp) met last night and decided to act on August 19. They also declared that

  • Tributes to boat crash victim

    Tributes are being paid to chef Ian Langan who was killed in a powerboat crash. Police are continuing to investigate the collision off the Palace Pier, Brighton, which left another man seriously injured. Mr Langan, 45, of Springfield Road, Brighton, worked

  • Sarah police aid hunt for girls

    Detectives who ran the Sarah Payne inquiry today joined the search for missing ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Cambridgeshire Police say the move does not mean they believe the girls have been abducted. They say the disappearances are being

  • Bizarre parking loophole

    Hundreds of dud parking tickets may have been issued because attendants were not wearing hats when they wrote them. Parking attendants' contracts stipulate they must be properly dressed when they issue fines. That means they must wear hats at the time

  • Police name new deputy chief

    Sussex Police have announced the name of the new deputy chief constable of the county. Joe Edwards, currently an assistant chief constable with Essex Police, will take up his new post on October 1. The chairman of Sussex Police Authority, David Rogers

  • School bus routes due to change

    A major shake-up of school bus routes is due to come into force at the start of the new term. Brighton and Hove City Council has negotiated a new deal with bus firms aimed at cutting costs and providing a better service for children who mainly attend

  • School lit up by £55,000 award

    A grant of more than £55,000 has been awarded to build solar panels at a new school. It is hoped the panels will provide some of the electricity needed to run St Paul's Catholic College in Burgess Hill when it is built next year. David Carden, clerk to

  • Danger on the sea

    I wrote to The Argus last year about the problem of jet skiers at Shoreham. The following article appeared in The British Medical Journal and I thought it might be of interest. "The speed and use of small boats and watercraft have increased dramatically

  • Appeal for flood force

    Lib Dems have stepped up calls for a National Flood Task Force to help protect towns like Lewes and Uckfield. Heavy downpours led to flood warnings being put in place last week - at the height of summer. Now the Lib Dems insist a single body must be formed

  • Better service

    Last winter, West Sussex County Council achieved the furthest drop in delayed discharges from hospital of any county in the UK. Currently, there are less than 50 older people throughout West Sussex whose discharge from hospital is being delayed. This

  • Fine care

    With reference to the article "14 hours in hospital just for a splinter" (The Argus, August 2), it seems to me all articles and correspondence in the Press and on the television regarding the NHS are negative and critical. I had the misfortune of being

  • Bad choice

    I use city buses much more than I did a year ago and I like the service which along the main east-west city axis is frequent, quite fast and cheap. The company seems to be managed well and with quite a bit of flair. If this is Roger French's doing, he

  • Nurse abused patient, jury hears

    A male nurse from Worthing indecently assaulted a nursing home patient during her bath time, a court was told. Ex-serviceman Ronald Mason of Garrick Road, Broadwater, is alleged to have repeatedly abused the 53-year-old disabled woman, who cannot be named

  • Buses only add to congestion worries

    In reply to Roger French's correspondence (Letters, August 2), I would like to set the record straight. I wrote that the emissions from buses are worse than from cars, meaning they are more harmful for an equal quantity of emissions. I did not write buses

  • Sad reflection

    Sitting on the sea front this afternoon; small girl to even smaller girl: "If you're not good Emma (name changed), you'll have to go and live with your dad." Sad reflection of the times or what? -Ivor L Challis Ditchling Road, Brighton

  • Who wants a war?

    Am I mad? Can I be the only one who does not want to go to war? I am told Saddam holds weapons of mass destruction. So does North Korea, India, Pakistan, Israel - the list is endless. Harold Wilson was asked by the US to go with them in Vietnam. Wily

  • New Skoda thrills mayor

    Don't snigger. This Skoda is the Mayor of Worthing's new set of wheels - and he's very pleased with it. The only clanking noise came from Eric Mardell's chain of office as he took the keys and settled into the driving seat yesterday. In other years, mayors

  • Snake slips through the net

    This slippery customer made a great escape from his owner Ashley Smallwood's home - and then turned up two month's later at his nan's house. Terrified Shirley Gardiner was so frightened she almost put a spade across the pet snake's head. But a last minute

  • Display of a family firm over 140 years

    An exhibition of one of Sussex's oldest and most prestigious family businesses has opened. Dear Little Bognor - Images From The Reynolds Collection is on display at the West Sussex Record Office in Orchard Street, Chichester. The exhibition draws on images

  • Group pledges help to family firms

    An association for family businesses has launched a branch in Sussex. The Stoy Centre for Family Business (SCFB), the UK's longest-established family business research and networking organisation, will operate from the Brighton offices of accountancy

  • Grandad strides to find a cure

    Alan Trussler is stepping out to raise thousands of pounds towards research into his grandson's rare medical condition. Scott Trussler was born with tuberous sclerosis, a genetic condition where tuber-like growths form on the brain and other organs. The

  • Ukrainian maestros

    What do they put in the water in Odessa to produce so many musicians? Violinists Nathan Milstein and David Oistrakh and pianists Shura Cherkassky, Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels are among those who have emerged from this Ukrainian city on the Black

  • Wrong choice

    "It all comes down to a question of choice. Conservative policies put faith in families and society to make the right decisions for themselves, giving them freedom and opportunity," said Jonathan Sheppard (Letters, July 30). Mr Sheppard seems to think

  • Youth Football: Bridgeview triumph

    Lewes Bridgeview have won the prestigious Manchester Umbro International Under-11s seven-a side Cup. They pipped Fife 1-0 when Steven Brinkhurst's shot from a Jayson Sowter pass hit the post and rebounded in off a defender. Bridgeview, winners of a Sussex

  • Sssurprise!

    A snake belonging to 15-year-old Ashley Smallwood was given up for lost when it escaped and was not seen for two months. Ashley, of Sandgate Road in Brighton, was relieved when it turned up at his nan's home two doors away. Shirley Gardiner, who's terrified

  • Basketball: Bears' stars hit the beach

    Basketball fans are taking the winter game and turning it into Brighton seafront's hottest sporting passion. Streetball is reaching new heights of popularity, partly as a result of Brighton Bears' dramatic upturn in fortunes. Brighton beach is the top

  • Land divide

    There are problems for councils when their roles as landowners conflict with those as planning authorities. It has happened to Brighton and Hove City Council over open space it sold to developers Whitgift and it could prove costly. Whitgift says it bought

  • Last post

    Who gave permission for Parliament to close Post Offices next year without consulting the people who use them all the time to collect their pensions? The weekly visit to the PO means people meet old friends, pay their bills over the counter, do any other

  • Speedway: Poles go through

    Poland are through to the World Cup final after a night of high drama at Arlington Stadium last night. The Poles won an incident-packed meeting which took nearly three hours to complete after a succession of spectacular crashes. Altogether there were

  • College extension topped out

    Builders are racing to get a new college building in Brighton ready for students. A topping-out ceremony was held at the extension to City College Brighton and Hove in Whitecross Street yesterday. The large building will include a library, learning resource

  • Comment: Ian Hart

    I think it was The Fast Show's Ron Manager who said football management was like wallpapering because ninth-tenths of it was preparation. It won't take that long to find out if Albion manager Martin Hinshelwood and his assistant, Bob Booker, have been

  • Patients would be losers in new plan

    I was quite appalled to learn of a petition calling for breast cancer services to be relocated from The Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton to Haywards Heath. Before seeking to conduct such a campaign it would have been better to establish a few facts.

  • New boy grateful for chance

    Trialist Andy Roberts made his bow for Albion last night after his dad phoned Martin Hinshelwood urging him to give his son a chance. The former Wimbledon and Crystal Palace player enjoyed a full 90 minutes alongside Adam Virgo at centre back in a 3-2

  • Sea change for fragile defences

    Work will get under way on a multi-million pound scheme to improve crumbling sea defences in the autumn. The Department of the Environment has given Brighton and Hove City Council £9.1 million to strengthen defences between Brighton Marina and Ovingdean

  • Rail passengers stranded

    Passengers were stranded on a Brighton-Edinburgh train after it hit a branch which had fallen off a nearby tree during flash floods. All were back home today, a British Transport Police spokesman said. About 160 people were on the Virgin train heading

  • Police name new deputy chief

    Sussex Police have announced the name of the new deputy chief constable of the county. Joe Edwards, currently an assistant chief constable with Essex Police, will take up his new post on October 1. The chairman of Sussex Police Authority, David Rogers

  • Pick of the bunch

    I write about the poorness of pick-your-own places - we have a very good one near us at Stones Cross called Sharnfold, part of the family-run Stones Cross Nurseries, and they have lots of strawberries raspberries, and a wide variety of other fruit and

  • Chip Taylor, The Greys, Brighton

    Songwriter Chip Taylor proved he was an angel of the evening at two sell-out nights at The Greys. Taylor, who wrote the hit Wild Thing, has been in and out of the music business since the Sixties and has consistently produced superb material both for

  • Nothing rural about 'village'

    Adam Trimingham's article on the Brighton Station site (The Argus, August 5), said the supermarket, with its attendant car park, had been opposed as being out of keeping with the area. The reason for this opposition is because the car park will generate

  • Bad Manners, Concorde 2, Brighton

    Now in their fourth decade, it is fair to say Bad Manners have not withered in style or stature. Lead singer Buster Bloodvessel was still larger than life as he jiggled on stage, his vast stomach an entity in its own right. The other seven members of

  • Dead wrong

    In the article about Reg Dudley and Bob Maynard finally being cleared of murder (The Argus, July 29), it was stated the late Oliver Kenny died at 6am. It is important to now say that Kenny did not die at home but in a ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital

  • Appeal for flood force

    Lib Dems have stepped up calls for a National Flood Task Force to help protect towns like Lewes and Uckfield. Heavy downpours led to flood warnings being put in place last week - at the height of summer. Now the Lib Dems insist a single body must be formed

  • Better service

    Last winter, West Sussex County Council achieved the furthest drop in delayed discharges from hospital of any county in the UK. Currently, there are less than 50 older people throughout West Sussex whose discharge from hospital is being delayed. This

  • Bad choice

    I use city buses much more than I did a year ago and I like the service which along the main east-west city axis is frequent, quite fast and cheap. The company seems to be managed well and with quite a bit of flair. If this is Roger French's doing, he

  • Buses only add to congestion worries

    In reply to Roger French's correspondence (Letters, August 2), I would like to set the record straight. I wrote that the emissions from buses are worse than from cars, meaning they are more harmful for an equal quantity of emissions. I did not write buses

  • Good investment

    There has been so much publicity about nursing homes closing because their owners allegedly find it uneconomic to continue, it is understandable if we believe all nursing homes are personally run. It therefore comes as surprise to learn that Four Seasons

  • What kind of village is this?

    I was brought up in a village and it didn't have two hotels, a supermarket, a language school or a business space. Three hundred and fifty-five homes, 30 per cent of which will be so-called social housing i.e. bedsit accommodation for the people not able

  • Sad reflection

    Sitting on the sea front this afternoon; small girl to even smaller girl: "If you're not good Emma (name changed), you'll have to go and live with your dad." Sad reflection of the times or what? -Ivor L Challis Ditchling Road, Brighton

  • Who wants a war?

    Am I mad? Can I be the only one who does not want to go to war? I am told Saddam holds weapons of mass destruction. So does North Korea, India, Pakistan, Israel - the list is endless. Harold Wilson was asked by the US to go with them in Vietnam. Wily

  • New Skoda thrills mayor

    Don't snigger. This Skoda is the Mayor of Worthing's new set of wheels - and he's very pleased with it. The only clanking noise came from Eric Mardell's chain of office as he took the keys and settled into the driving seat yesterday. In other years, mayors

  • Snake slips through the net

    This slippery customer made a great escape from his owner Ashley Smallwood's home - and then turned up two month's later at his nan's house. Terrified Shirley Gardiner was so frightened she almost put a spade across the pet snake's head. But a last minute

  • Traders welcome car-ban delay

    Plans to extend a ban on cars at a shopping precinct have been put on hold. Brighton and Hove City Council was keen to keep cars out of George Street in Hove until 6pm, rather than the existing 4pm deadline. It was worried about the safety of pedestrians

  • Display of a family firm over 140 years

    An exhibition of one of Sussex's oldest and most prestigious family businesses has opened. Dear Little Bognor - Images From The Reynolds Collection is on display at the West Sussex Record Office in Orchard Street, Chichester. The exhibition draws on images

  • Group pledges help to family firms

    An association for family businesses has launched a branch in Sussex. The Stoy Centre for Family Business (SCFB), the UK's longest-established family business research and networking organisation, will operate from the Brighton offices of accountancy

  • Cost of fraud doubles to more than £250m

    Fraudsters may be operating unhindered because of business indifference and dwindling police resources, warns the Fraud Advisory Panel. It urged the Government to beef up local anti-fraud teams, which have suffered in recent years from a loss of experienced

  • Travellers told to quit

    Travellers have been given 24 hours to leave a beauty spot at Burgess Hill. If families fail to comply they will be forced off fields at Leylands Road after Mid Sussex District Council obtained an eviction order against them yesterday. At one point last

  • Airgun kids shoot at train

    Teenagers who fired an air rifle at a moving train could have caused a disaster, Worthing police said today. Officers described the incident as "complete madness" urged parents to check on the activities of their children during the school holidays. Two

  • Sarah police aid hunt for girls

    Detectives who ran the Sarah Payne inquiry today joined the search for missing ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Cambridgeshire Police say the move does not mean they believe the girls have been abducted. They say the disappearances are being

  • Ukrainian maestros

    What do they put in the water in Odessa to produce so many musicians? Violinists Nathan Milstein and David Oistrakh and pianists Shura Cherkassky, Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels are among those who have emerged from this Ukrainian city on the Black

  • School lit up by £55,000 award

    A grant of more than £55,000 has been awarded to build solar panels at a new school. It is hoped the panels will provide some of the electricity needed to run St Paul's Catholic College in Burgess Hill when it is built next year. David Carden, clerk to

  • Home bake

    Returning from shopping, I realised I had forgotten to buy my favourite cake, a Victoria sponge. Having the necessary butter, sugar, eggs, flour, vanilla essence and icing sugar (six items) I decided I would enjoy "homemade" for a change. I am no Delia

  • Wrong choice

    "It all comes down to a question of choice. Conservative policies put faith in families and society to make the right decisions for themselves, giving them freedom and opportunity," said Jonathan Sheppard (Letters, July 30). Mr Sheppard seems to think

  • Arson theory over pet's death

    Police are investigating a fire at an East Sussex home in which a family's pet dog died. Detectives are investigating allegations that the blaze, which gutted the house at Sandgate Close, Seaford, was started by arsonists. The family managed to escape

  • Land divide

    There are problems for councils when their roles as landowners conflict with those as planning authorities. It has happened to Brighton and Hove City Council over open space it sold to developers Whitgift and it could prove costly. Whitgift says it bought

  • Appeal for flood force

    Lib Dems have stepped up calls for a National Flood Task Force to help protect towns like Lewes and Uckfield. Heavy downpours led to flood warnings being put in place last week - at the height of summer. Now the Lib Dems insist a single body must be formed

  • Last post

    Who gave permission for Parliament to close Post Offices next year without consulting the people who use them all the time to collect their pensions? The weekly visit to the PO means people meet old friends, pay their bills over the counter, do any other

  • Speedway: Poles go through

    Poland are through to the World Cup final after a night of high drama at Arlington Stadium last night. The Poles won an incident-packed meeting which took nearly three hours to complete after a succession of spectacular crashes. Altogether there were

  • Hats off to a refund

    Motorists who have been given tickets for parking illegally may have a head start on the attendants. Driver Eddie Mitchell found out parking attendants must be properly dressed when they write tickets - and that means wearing hats. The Argus has found

  • Comment: Ian Hart

    I think it was The Fast Show's Ron Manager who said football management was like wallpapering because ninth-tenths of it was preparation. It won't take that long to find out if Albion manager Martin Hinshelwood and his assistant, Bob Booker, have been

  • Farewell to mayor's driver

    Peter May, mace bearer and mayor's chauffeur in Brighton and Hove for the past five years, was right on time for his farewell reception. Before the merged city council was created he was at Hove Council in the same role. He is retiring from council duties

  • Pro-hunt march on RSPCA

    Hundreds of pro-hunting protesters gathered outside the RSPCA's Horsham HQ to demonstrate against its campaign to ban the sport. More than 300 owners and their dogs marched from fields in Southwater to the charity's new £16 million base. The protesters

  • Patients would be losers in new plan

    I was quite appalled to learn of a petition calling for breast cancer services to be relocated from The Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton to Haywards Heath. Before seeking to conduct such a campaign it would have been better to establish a few facts.

  • Pre-Season Friendly: Crawley hammered

    Steve Kabba scored all four goals as Crystal Palace out-played Crawley Town to beat them 4-0 at Broadfield Stadium. Reds held out for 43 minutes before conceding their first goal when Kabba scored from just inside the penalty area, placing the ball to

  • Brooker set for new deal

    Paul Brooker is poised to give Albion another boost by pledging his long term future to the club. The in-form winger has revealed he is in new contract talks with the Seagulls. Brooker said: "I've got a year left and I am in discussions now with the chairman

  • Lastminute heads for profit

    Online retailer lastminute.com's bid for profitability remained on course today after losses narrowed in its most recent financial quarter. The group said it had made further progress during the three months to June 30 and was poised for more growth in

  • Royal Bank profits lift

    Royal Bank of Scotland bucked the trend in the banking sector today after seeing half-year profits rise. The lift came despite a sharp increase in the amount set aside to cover bad debts. The charge for bad debt provisions soared 66 percentage points

  • Poodle loses eye in attack

    A poodle had its eye ripped out when it was savaged by another dog, a court heard. The miniature black poodle, called Mr Dibbles, needed emergency vet treatment following the attack on Hove seafront. Peter Edwards, who owns cross-breed Freddie which carried

  • Sea change for fragile defences

    Work will get under way on a multi-million pound scheme to improve crumbling sea defences in the autumn. The Department of the Environment has given Brighton and Hove City Council £9.1 million to strengthen defences between Brighton Marina and Ovingdean

  • Ambulance crew assaults rising

    Ambulance crews are becoming increasingly likley to be the victim of an assault Sussex Ambulance Service says. The service says its 999 crews are now abused, threatened or attacked in one in 100 call-outs. There were more than 120 reported incidents in

  • Fury at wardens' chip stop

    Residents were outraged when they saw two parking attendants stop on double-yellow lines to buy fish and chips. They were even angrier when another pair of attendants stopped at the same place a few days later to buy their supper. Malcolm Novell, who

  • Developer may sue council

    A council could be taken to court after plans to build homes on a wildlife site it sold to a developer were thrown out. Developer Whitgift said it would try to recover its costs from Brighton and Hove City Council after a public inquiry rejected the bid

  • Nuclear madness

    News that the Government is taking the precaution of buying anti-radiation sickness medication for all of us is welcome - the dangers posed by terrorism shouldn't be ignored. The protection being purchased shows we face a greater threat from our nuclear