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  • All-night opening

    Why not allow Po Na Na in Brighton to open all night, as on the Continent? That way, people will simply drift off in their own time and won't be forced out on to the street in a drunken stupor. -M Smith, Wilbury Villas, Hove

  • Soaring school's desks are empty

    Trouble-hit East Brighton College of Media Arts is less than half full, despite taking giant steps forward. Councillors were told the school is "trapped by its reputation." The Schools Admissions and Procedures Scrutiny Panel, set up to consider how the

  • Blast-off delayed

    Sussex spaceman Piers Sellers' blast-off to the international space station has been delayed by Hurricane Lili. Piers, originally from Crowborough, had been preparing to join five other astronauts on the 11-day Nasa mission to the space station tonight

  • The real target

    I was bemused by the Lib-Dem conference. Why attack the Tories, who appear to be a pale imitation of a political party, when the current lot are exhibiting unparalleled incompetence? Has it escaped Charles Kennedy's notice that we have a government incapable

  • Cross purpose

    Several blind pedestrians have asked me to help them cross the road at the traffic lights near George Street, Hove, at the Church Road end. People who are blind and partially sighted say they are disadvantaged in not being able to hear the signal given

  • DNA win for Falconio police

    Australian police today won the right to analyse DNA samples from a man they want to quiz over the disappearance of Sussex man Peter Falconio. Police took the samples after Bradley John Murdoch, 44, was arrested in early September in connection with another

  • Late gate

    The parking problems for both disabled and able-bodied swimmers at Wadurs swimming pool in Shoreham have been ongoing since the beginning of the year. To date, the gate and access have not been completed. We still have to try to park outside the pool.

  • Breakwater memories

    My old fisherman's eyes identified Roy Ledbetter's photo (Letters, September 28) as being the western breakwater, Newhaven. In my youth, I spent many a night there struggling with colossal cod, enormous eels, huge haddock, large lobsters and mighty mackerel

  • Foxes kill for fun

    I assure your Hove correspondent Gloria Wheatcroft (Letters, September 26) that I am neither stupid nor short-sighted. I have seen, too often, very clearly a fox attack and leave alone several of my chickens. These attacks have occurred during the day

  • £1,000 payout after robber jailed

    The Argus has paid a £1,000 reward following the jailing for life of one of Brighton and Hove's most wanted criminals. The money and £1,000 from Sussex Police was put up for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Sean Donoher. A cheque was

  • Wings Appeal keeps former flyers afloat

    I am pleased to report that the Royal Air Force Association Airshow held on August 31 and September 1 was again an undoubted success. The event was held solely in aid of the Wings Appeal charity and looks likely to have raised a similar amount to 2001

  • County food is chosen

    Food and drink from small producers in Sussex has been selected by Waitrose for stores across the South-East. Sue Scott, of food group A Taste of the South-East, said the roll out was a significant step forward in the campaign to persuade supermarkets

  • Language training sales job

    Regent, a Brighton-based English language training centre, has appointed Johnny Peters as sales and marketing director. Mr Peters is experienced in marketing, teaching and operations and has worked for Regent since 1999 as sales manager and sales director

  • No more Burnout Britain

    Employment minister Alan Johnson has urged firms to do more to help employees balance home and work lives. Firms where staff were working long hours ignored the causes of stress-related problems and only treated the symptoms. Mr Johnson said: "We only

  • We were war-torn too

    When people talk about asylum seekers coming from a war-torn country, they should remember this country was war-torn in the Forties but the population here was not given the option to do a runner somewhere else and live off anyone's state benefits. -D

  • Shipwrecked star moves to city

    Lucy Masoud made a few headlines when she took part in Channel 4 reality show Shipwrecked 2, but now she's learning to write the news. She has moved to Kemp Town, Brighton, to take a one-year journalism course at City College. When Lucy applied to be

  • Receivers should be punished

    The headline "Fingered" (The Argus, September 26) illustrates the sad state of affairs of our judicial system being so weak. Years ago, it was a more serious crime to be a receiver than a stealer but no mention is made of it today. Someone who finances

  • Rolling Stone's footpath victory

    Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has won his battle to protect his privacy from "nutters and paparazzi" by rerouting a footpath. The 60-year-old rocker, currently touring in America, wanted the path moved away from his rural retreat in West Wittering

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    According to The Mother, I have no shame. "You can't go into a shop and do THAT!" she said. "Does nothing embarrass you?" All I did, actually, was go into a shop, well three shops, open my mouth - and sing. You know: "Tra la la, tra la la ... " It certainly

  • Street drink ban plan

    A ban on drinking in the street could be extended across Brighton city centre. Police already have the power to confiscate bottles and cans from drinkers in Kemp Town and can arrest people who refuse to hand over their drinks. A report by community safety

  • Major puns

    Did Edwina curry John's favour, egg him on and make a major issue of it? -Michael Evans, Winton Avenue, Saltdean

  • Lowest of the low

    I find it quite intolerable that the media are allowed to persecute ministers by revealing their past and causing such heartache and anxiety within their marriages and homes. I wonder how many of them are whiter than white? What possible gain could be

  • People power

    Congratulations to all the people involved in the victorious campaign to keep breast cancer services in Brighton. This is a great victory for people power and common sense, keeping this very vital service in the city. With great support from The Argus

  • No place left to hide

    A crackdown on street drinking in East Brighton has worked so well, the only question is why it wasn't implemented much earlier. Now community workers are looking at whether it should be extended to other parts of the city centre. The only downside of

  • Victory for all

    At last the decision has been made. The new breast cancer unit will be built in Brighton (September 27) on the site of Rosaz House - ironically, a site identified by the campaigners and not the authorities. The decision made at a joint board meeting,

  • Dr Martens Cup: Crawley ease through

    Goals by Danny Hockton and Marlon Patterson gave Crawley a comfortable 2-0 victory over Sittingbourne in the preliminary round of the League Cup. Town boss Billy Smith made six changes to the starting line-up which had beaten Great Yarmouth 3-0 in the

  • Speedway: Boy wonder in for showdown

    Eastbourne Eagles have called in whizzkid Edward Kennett for tonight's Elite League championship showdown against Wolverhampton at Arlington Stadium. Kennett, 16 five weeks ago, has been drafted in as an 11th-hour replacement for Savalas Clouting, who

  • Bid to improve city planning

    Planning officials have published a series of recommendations they hope will appease angry residents and improve their chaotic department. David Panter, chief executive at Brighton and Hove City Council, ordered a review after architects, businesses,

  • Thugs break man's jaw

    Two twin brothers have been left too scared to go out in Brighton after one suffered a broken jaw in a vicious beating. The attack happened in London Road when Daniel and Nigel Craft were on their way home after an evening with friends. Two teenagers

  • Child killer hoax note

    An inquiry has been launched after a message claiming to be from convicted killer Sion Jenkins was posted on the Friends Reunited web site. Jenkins is serving life for bludgeoning 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins to death at the family home in Lower Park

  • Dog bit toddler

    A dog which bit a toddler staying at a Hove guest house has been banned from the building by magistrates. Owners of Sammy, a Shar-Pei, which also attacked a male customer, have been told it can no longer be kept at their seafront guest house. Brighton

  • Riddle of lotto winner

    A mystery Sussex resident is sitting on a National Lottery ticket that is worth more than £65,000. The search is now on to find the person who bought the lucky ticket in Worthing, before the time limit is up. The ticket was for the Lotto draw on Wednesday

  • Pavilion gets a piercing

    Landmark buildings in Brighton have been glammed up with studs, rings and other piercings. Four of the most prominent places in Brighton and Hove have been pierced as part of Adornment, one of the projects which is part of the where else campaign for

  • Reserves outing for new boys

    Two of Albion's new signings play in the reserves on Wednesday night hoping to fight their way into Martin Hinshelwood's team for Saturday's crunch game at Watford. Guy Butters and John Piercy will use the midweek fixture against Swindon in the Avon Insurance

  • Fubar, Komedia, Brighton, October 2

    Teaming top talent from the thriving local comedy scene with an eclectic grab-bag of up-and-coming bands, Fubar is set to tweak everybody's joy buttons. Hosted by Dan Urben, October's debut night launches with gut-busting comedy from a host of top performers

  • Blast-off delayed

    Sussex spaceman Piers Sellers' blast-off to the international space station has been delayed by Hurricane Lili. Piers, originally from Crowborough, had been preparing to join five other astronauts on the 11-day Nasa mission to the space station tonight

  • The real target

    I was bemused by the Lib-Dem conference. Why attack the Tories, who appear to be a pale imitation of a political party, when the current lot are exhibiting unparalleled incompetence? Has it escaped Charles Kennedy's notice that we have a government incapable

  • Cross purpose

    Several blind pedestrians have asked me to help them cross the road at the traffic lights near George Street, Hove, at the Church Road end. People who are blind and partially sighted say they are disadvantaged in not being able to hear the signal given

  • DNA win for Falconio police

    Australian police today won the right to analyse DNA samples from a man they want to quiz over the disappearance of Sussex man Peter Falconio. Police took the samples after Bradley John Murdoch, 44, was arrested in early September in connection with another

  • Morcheeba, Brighton Dome, September 30

    Kicking off with the sublime The Sea, taken from the hugely-popular album Deep Calm, Morcheeba proved they know how to please their fans. Better known for making cool and collected music rather than being ego-driven stars, Morcheeba have never had a huge

  • £1,000 payout after robber jailed

    The Argus has paid a £1,000 reward following the jailing for life of one of Brighton and Hove's most wanted criminals. The money and £1,000 from Sussex Police was put up for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Sean Donoher. A cheque was

  • Wings Appeal keeps former flyers afloat

    I am pleased to report that the Royal Air Force Association Airshow held on August 31 and September 1 was again an undoubted success. The event was held solely in aid of the Wings Appeal charity and looks likely to have raised a similar amount to 2001

  • We were war-torn too

    When people talk about asylum seekers coming from a war-torn country, they should remember this country was war-torn in the Forties but the population here was not given the option to do a runner somewhere else and live off anyone's state benefits. -D

  • Shipwrecked star moves to city

    Lucy Masoud made a few headlines when she took part in Channel 4 reality show Shipwrecked 2, but now she's learning to write the news. She has moved to Kemp Town, Brighton, to take a one-year journalism course at City College. When Lucy applied to be

  • Receivers should be punished

    The headline "Fingered" (The Argus, September 26) illustrates the sad state of affairs of our judicial system being so weak. Years ago, it was a more serious crime to be a receiver than a stealer but no mention is made of it today. Someone who finances

  • Rolling Stone's footpath victory

    Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has won his battle to protect his privacy from "nutters and paparazzi" by rerouting a footpath. The 60-year-old rocker, currently touring in America, wanted the path moved away from his rural retreat in West Wittering

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    According to The Mother, I have no shame. "You can't go into a shop and do THAT!" she said. "Does nothing embarrass you?" All I did, actually, was go into a shop, well three shops, open my mouth - and sing. You know: "Tra la la, tra la la ... " It certainly

  • Murder trial told of row

    A jury has been told how a man accused of murdering a former Brighton security guard was acting aggressively the night he met her. James Flynn, 34, also known as Paul, admits the manslaughter of Charmian Falkner, 33, but denies her murder. Lewes Crown

  • Street drink ban plan

    A ban on drinking in the street could be extended across Brighton city centre. Police already have the power to confiscate bottles and cans from drinkers in Kemp Town and can arrest people who refuse to hand over their drinks. A report by community safety

  • Waste plant set to stay

    A controversial West Sussex waste plant looks set to get a four-year stay of execution despite planners' opposition. Peter Davies, head of planning and policy at Adur District Council, says the authority is against West Sussex County Council's application

  • Concern over pier vagrants

    Police and council bosses are trying to stop homeless people from sleeping under Worthing Pier. A group of about ten rough-sleepers have set up camp among the support beams on the west side of the structure in Marine Parade. Worthing Borough Council and

  • Call for runway ban review

    Union leaders and Hove MP Ivor Caplin have called for a review of a legal agreement which rules out development at Gatwick until 2019. Mr Caplin and the GMB both say there should be an in investigation into the impact that permanently ruling out a new

  • High-rise vision for port

    Plans for an 18-storey landmark building in Newhaven, with homes, offices and shops, were unveiled today. Brighton-based development company Sign of Four is asking Lewes District Council to approve the £10 million scheme. It will be situated in the town

  • Major puns

    Did Edwina curry John's favour, egg him on and make a major issue of it? -Michael Evans, Winton Avenue, Saltdean

  • Lowest of the low

    I find it quite intolerable that the media are allowed to persecute ministers by revealing their past and causing such heartache and anxiety within their marriages and homes. I wonder how many of them are whiter than white? What possible gain could be

  • Snappy nappies

    I write to encourage readers with babies to use cotton or "real" nappies. Eight million nappies are thrown away daily in the UK alone and these will take several hundred years to decompose. Half the rubbish in a one-baby family is made of disposable nappies

  • Gymnastics: Stevens inspires Uckfield clean sweep

    Katherine Stevens retained her supreme champion title at the Sussex Championships. She was first in the floor, vault, beam and bar events during the artistic competition at Crawley Leisure Centre. Uckfield hogged the podium. Katherine's clubmates Amy

  • Piercing idea

    Four high-profile buildings in Brighton and Hove have been glammed up with studs and rings. It's part of Adornment, a section of the where else campaign for the city to become European Capital of Culture. Organisers figured that if Edinburgh can have

  • Keep it up

    Those of us who supported the campaign to retain improved breast care facilities in Brighton are absolutely delighted the Mid Sussex and Brighton and Hove PCTs reached the decision at their meeting on Friday that we had all wished for. This was principally

  • French bond

    There are signs that Newhaven, after many years in the doldrums, is heading for a revival. The popular high-speed catamaran has been backed by a conventional ferry service after fears the port would lose its link to France. There is a new look to the

  • No place left to hide

    A crackdown on street drinking in East Brighton has worked so well, the only question is why it wasn't implemented much earlier. Now community workers are looking at whether it should be extended to other parts of the city centre. The only downside of

  • Dr Martens Cup: Crawley ease through

    Goals by Danny Hockton and Marlon Patterson gave Crawley a comfortable 2-0 victory over Sittingbourne in the preliminary round of the League Cup. Town boss Billy Smith made six changes to the starting line-up which had beaten Great Yarmouth 3-0 in the

  • Senior Cup: Agutter shows who is boss

    Rookie boss Andy Agutter savoured a win over his mentor last night when Shoreham booked a Sussex Senior Cup second round clash with holders Eastbourne Borough. Shoreham dumped Sammy Donnelly's Southwick side out of the competition after prevailing in

  • Speedway: Boy wonder in for showdown

    Eastbourne Eagles have called in whizzkid Edward Kennett for tonight's Elite League championship showdown against Wolverhampton at Arlington Stadium. Kennett, 16 five weeks ago, has been drafted in as an 11th-hour replacement for Savalas Clouting, who

  • Slimline Guy's fighting fit

    Guy Butters launches a bid to regain his first team place with Albion tonight after a rigorous programme of weight-shedding. The former Gillingham centre half plays for the reserves against Swindon in the Avon Insurance Combination League at Worthing

  • Insurers able to ride more falls

    City watchdog the Financial Services Authority said life insurers could handle further stock market falls without facing insolvency. The regulator said firms had a significant ability to withstand more large falls in equity values, based on a survey of

  • Waste plant set to stay

    A controversial West Sussex waste plant looks set to get a four-year stay of execution despite planners' opposition. Peter Davies, head of planning and policy at Adur District Council, says the authority is against West Sussex County Council's application

  • Drugs case man loses appeal

    A prisoner who persuaded his solicitor to smuggle a syringe loaded with heroin into court cells has failed to get a cut in his jail term. William John Steele's barrister had argued that he should have received much less time than the solicitor, who was

  • Pavilion gets a piercing

    Landmark buildings in Brighton have been glammed up with studs, rings and other piercings. Four of the most prominent places in Brighton and Hove have been pierced as part of Adornment, one of the projects which is part of the where else campaign for

  • Marney wins PFA award

    Albion's rookie striker Daniel Marney celebrated his 21st birthday with a surprise present - the PFA's Division One player of the month award. Supporters cast their votes via the PFA website and Marney, 21 on Wednesday, was the unexpected winner for September

  • Reserves outing for new boys

    Two of Albion's new signings play in the reserves on Wednesday night hoping to fight their way into Martin Hinshelwood's team for Saturday's crunch game at Watford. Guy Butters and John Piercy will use the midweek fixture against Swindon in the Avon Insurance

  • Fubar, Komedia, Brighton, October 2

    Teaming top talent from the thriving local comedy scene with an eclectic grab-bag of up-and-coming bands, Fubar is set to tweak everybody's joy buttons. Hosted by Dan Urben, October's debut night launches with gut-busting comedy from a host of top performers

  • Jury told of 'superhuman' bouncer

    A policeman described how a nightclub doorman appeared to have "superhuman strength" as blows from police batons had no effect on him. Ian Jackson was hit repeatedly on the arms and legs by officers called to a disturbance outside the Honeyclub on Brighton

  • High-rise vision for port

    Plans for an 18-storey landmark building in Newhaven, with homes, offices and shops, were unveiled today. Brighton-based development company Sign of Four is asking Lewes District Council to approve the £10 million scheme. It will be situated in the town

  • Stay away, Ken

    What an awful thought, Ken Livingstone in Brighton. Not only would the motorist live in fear but also the local wildlife. Mr Livingstone would probably order a cull of gulls on the beach and surrounding area, just like Trafalgar Square's pigeons. No,

  • Thanks for having us

    On behalf of my colleagues in the Liberal Democrats, I want to put on record our thanks for the way Brighton and Hove looked after our delegates and guests during our conference week. We had a tremendous time. Thank you to the hoteliers, bars, pubs, restaurants

  • Listing badly

    Last Saturday, while walking on the canal bank at Southwick, I saw a poor cormorant really badly oiled up. It was trying desperately to clean itself and dry its wings but obviously could not fly and was swimming about, becoming weaker and weaker. Eventually

  • Why not us?

    So, Hoverspeed's Newhaven-Dieppe fair-weather ferry has scuttled away for the winter once again. The company obviously is not interested in the welfare of the port or in providing a service to the community. Thank goodness the French, in the shape of

  • Bad memory

    It sounds as though John Parry (September 27) went on the Countryside Alliance march and spent too long listening to angry white upper-middle-class foxhunting Conservatives. In trying to persuade us things have only got worse since Tony Blair entered

  • Morcheeba, Brighton Dome, September 30

    Kicking off with the sublime The Sea, taken from the hugely-popular album Deep Calm, Morcheeba proved they know how to please their fans. Better known for making cool and collected music rather than being ego-driven stars, Morcheeba have never had a huge

  • Euro is a hit with city's small firms

    Small firms in Brighton and Hove have emerged as some of the UK's biggest euro enthusiasts. Research by Parcelforce Worldwide revealed use of the new currency was highest in Brighton and the South-East, with 54 per cent using it compared to 51 per cent

  • Sickness

    I weep when I read of the untimely killing of young Kaiser Osman earlier this year, stabbed by a youth barely out of nappies. What is our country coming to? Why is an abandoned Jamaican orphan permitted to continue to live in London until he becomes a

  • Bill Clinton backs rival city

    Former US President Bill Clinton has backed one of Brighton and Hove's rivals in the race to become European Capital of Culture in 2008. Mr Clinton, who jetted in to the Labour conference in Blackpool last night, said he had been "bowled over" by Birmingham

  • Murder trial told of row

    A jury has been told how a man accused of murdering a former Brighton security guard was acting aggressively the night he met her. James Flynn, 34, also known as Paul, admits the manslaughter of Charmian Falkner, 33, but denies her murder. Lewes Crown

  • Financial promotion for Brighton firm

    Family Assurance, the UK's largest tax-exempt friendly society, has appointed advertising and marketing agency Designate to promote its products and services. The Brighton-based company has more than 500,000 members and offers savings and investment products

  • Police drivers hurt in crash

    Two police driving instructors have been involved in a crash at one of West Sussex's most notorious accident blackspots. Two training officers and two regular PCs were in an unmarked Honda which collided with a Mercedes on the A27 at Hammerpot, north

  • Snappy nappies

    I write to encourage readers with babies to use cotton or "real" nappies. Eight million nappies are thrown away daily in the UK alone and these will take several hundred years to decompose. Half the rubbish in a one-baby family is made of disposable nappies

  • Great support

    Thank you very much, Karen Hoy and The Argus, for your support and great coverage of the survival of the Brighton breast cancer unit. The campaigning of Jayne Bennett and Leonie Petrarca has worked wonders for our cause, too. Mo Marsh was great, as well

  • Squash: Crouch stoops to glory

    Alex Crouch is the Sussex boys junior champion after beating home-based Adam Bunn. The third seed, from Hailsham, won the under-19 crown at West Worthing 9-1 5-9 9-6 9-6. In the semi-finals, Crouch beat Middleton No.1 seed Brandon Hanley and Bunn overcame

  • Culture shock

    Brighton and Hove wishes to become a Capital of Culture. Culture is synonymous with intellect, so there must surely be debate about what kind of intellect is possessed by the individuals who suggested moving the Nigel Porter Breast Care Unit to Haywards

  • Gymnastics: Stevens inspires Uckfield clean sweep

    Katherine Stevens retained her supreme champion title at the Sussex Championships. She was first in the floor, vault, beam and bar events during the artistic competition at Crawley Leisure Centre. Uckfield hogged the podium. Katherine's clubmates Amy

  • Piercing idea

    Four high-profile buildings in Brighton and Hove have been glammed up with studs and rings. It's part of Adornment, a section of the where else campaign for the city to become European Capital of Culture. Organisers figured that if Edinburgh can have

  • Keep it up

    Those of us who supported the campaign to retain improved breast care facilities in Brighton are absolutely delighted the Mid Sussex and Brighton and Hove PCTs reached the decision at their meeting on Friday that we had all wished for. This was principally

  • Swimming: Brighton on crest of wave

    Brighton swept to an emphatic victory in the Ken Deeley Sprints at the Prince Regent. They defeated nationally-respected clubs like Portsmouth, Beckenham and Staines. Laura West, Emma Eaves and Holly White each completed a hat-trick of victories for Brighton

  • French bond

    There are signs that Newhaven, after many years in the doldrums, is heading for a revival. The popular high-speed catamaran has been backed by a conventional ferry service after fears the port would lose its link to France. There is a new look to the

  • Ryman League: Horsham held

    High-flying Horsham were held to a 1-1 draw by Epsom and Ewell at Banstead in a match they should have won. The Hornets created the early chances in the Division One (South) clash with Eddie French's header from a corner acrobatically tipped over by Epsom

  • Queues are far too long for our health

    My best wishes go to Nicholas Owen, who wrote about his recent experience of kidney cancer (The Argus, September 28). My own brush with this illness started last October, when I went to my GP with a urine infection. Even though she suspected I was seriously

  • Senior Cup: Agutter shows who is boss

    Rookie boss Andy Agutter savoured a win over his mentor last night when Shoreham booked a Sussex Senior Cup second round clash with holders Eastbourne Borough. Shoreham dumped Sammy Donnelly's Southwick side out of the competition after prevailing in

  • Hart of the Matter, by Ian Hart

    On the day the Argus Appeal raised £57,000 for local charities Albion gifted Grimsby Town what could well be their only away win in the league this season. Like thousands of other Albion fans, I found defeat against the Mariners hard to take. Post-match

  • Slimline Guy's fighting fit

    Guy Butters launches a bid to regain his first team place with Albion tonight after a rigorous programme of weight-shedding. The former Gillingham centre half plays for the reserves against Swindon in the Avon Insurance Combination League at Worthing

  • Exchange visit for Croatian police

    Two Croatian police officers are spending a week on the beat with Sussex bobbies to learn about community policing in the county. Damir Takac and Ivan Groznica, heads of uniform policing, are visiting Brighton, Chichester, Crawley and Gatwick. The aim

  • Boots staff go to IBM

    Health and beauty retailer Boots identified savings of £130 million over the next ten years after striking an IT outsourcing deal with IBM. More than 400 Boots staff will transfer to IBM when the retailer hands over responsibility for managing and developing

  • Virgin Mobile 'breaks sales records'

    Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile said it had broken sales records in the sector today after its customer base hit two million. The UK's fifth biggest mobile phone operator added 232,300 connections in the third quarter of the year, 36% above the previous

  • Insurers able to ride more falls

    City watchdog the Financial Services Authority said life insurers could handle further stock market falls without facing insolvency. The regulator said firms had a significant ability to withstand more large falls in equity values, based on a survey of

  • Drugs case man loses appeal

    A prisoner who persuaded his solicitor to smuggle a syringe loaded with heroin into court cells has failed to get a cut in his jail term. William John Steele's barrister had argued that he should have received much less time than the solicitor, who was

  • Waste plant set to stay

    A controversial West Sussex waste plant looks set to get a four-year stay of execution despite planners' opposition. Peter Davies, head of planning and policy at Adur District Council, says the authority is against West Sussex County Council's application

  • Nursery leaders' £90,000 quest

    Parents whose tots attend a Brighton pre-school are pinning their hopes on finding £90,000 for a new nursery building. Leaders of the Kipling Lions Pre-School in Woodingdean are having to turn people away because their cramped base is full. They have

  • Marney wins PFA award

    Albion's rookie striker Daniel Marney celebrated his 21st birthday with a surprise present - the PFA's Division One player of the month award. Supporters cast their votes via the PFA website and Marney, 21 on Wednesday, was the unexpected winner for September

  • Slimline Guy's fighting fit

    Guy Butters is fighting to regain his first team place after a rigorous programme of weight-shedding. Manager Martin Hinshelwood axed his second signing for last week's Worthington Cup defeat at Ipswich. Hinshelwood felt Butters, captured on a Bosman

  • Friends' athletic tribute

    A leukaemia victim affectionately nicknamed Bison has inspired 50 friends to run a half-marathon to raise £50,000 for charity. Ian Lane, 26, died of acute myeloid leukaemia in September last year. Now, his university friends have decided to run the Great

  • Jury told of 'superhuman' bouncer

    A policeman described how a nightclub doorman appeared to have "superhuman strength" as blows from police batons had no effect on him. Ian Jackson was hit repeatedly on the arms and legs by officers called to a disturbance outside the Honeyclub on Brighton

  • High-rise vision for port

    Plans for an 18-storey landmark building in Newhaven, with homes, offices and shops, were unveiled today. Brighton-based development company Sign of Four is asking Lewes District Council to approve the £10 million scheme. It will be situated in the town

  • All-night opening

    Why not allow Po Na Na in Brighton to open all night, as on the Continent? That way, people will simply drift off in their own time and won't be forced out on to the street in a drunken stupor. -M Smith, Wilbury Villas, Hove

  • Soaring school's desks are empty

    Trouble-hit East Brighton College of Media Arts is less than half full, despite taking giant steps forward. Councillors were told the school is "trapped by its reputation." The Schools Admissions and Procedures Scrutiny Panel, set up to consider how the

  • Stay away, Ken

    What an awful thought, Ken Livingstone in Brighton. Not only would the motorist live in fear but also the local wildlife. Mr Livingstone would probably order a cull of gulls on the beach and surrounding area, just like Trafalgar Square's pigeons. No,

  • Thanks for having us

    On behalf of my colleagues in the Liberal Democrats, I want to put on record our thanks for the way Brighton and Hove looked after our delegates and guests during our conference week. We had a tremendous time. Thank you to the hoteliers, bars, pubs, restaurants

  • Listing badly

    Last Saturday, while walking on the canal bank at Southwick, I saw a poor cormorant really badly oiled up. It was trying desperately to clean itself and dry its wings but obviously could not fly and was swimming about, becoming weaker and weaker. Eventually

  • Late gate

    The parking problems for both disabled and able-bodied swimmers at Wadurs swimming pool in Shoreham have been ongoing since the beginning of the year. To date, the gate and access have not been completed. We still have to try to park outside the pool.

  • Why not us?

    So, Hoverspeed's Newhaven-Dieppe fair-weather ferry has scuttled away for the winter once again. The company obviously is not interested in the welfare of the port or in providing a service to the community. Thank goodness the French, in the shape of

  • Breakwater memories

    My old fisherman's eyes identified Roy Ledbetter's photo (Letters, September 28) as being the western breakwater, Newhaven. In my youth, I spent many a night there struggling with colossal cod, enormous eels, huge haddock, large lobsters and mighty mackerel

  • Bad memory

    It sounds as though John Parry (September 27) went on the Countryside Alliance march and spent too long listening to angry white upper-middle-class foxhunting Conservatives. In trying to persuade us things have only got worse since Tony Blair entered

  • Foxes kill for fun

    I assure your Hove correspondent Gloria Wheatcroft (Letters, September 26) that I am neither stupid nor short-sighted. I have seen, too often, very clearly a fox attack and leave alone several of my chickens. These attacks have occurred during the day

  • County food is chosen

    Food and drink from small producers in Sussex has been selected by Waitrose for stores across the South-East. Sue Scott, of food group A Taste of the South-East, said the roll out was a significant step forward in the campaign to persuade supermarkets

  • Language training sales job

    Regent, a Brighton-based English language training centre, has appointed Johnny Peters as sales and marketing director. Mr Peters is experienced in marketing, teaching and operations and has worked for Regent since 1999 as sales manager and sales director

  • No more Burnout Britain

    Employment minister Alan Johnson has urged firms to do more to help employees balance home and work lives. Firms where staff were working long hours ignored the causes of stress-related problems and only treated the symptoms. Mr Johnson said: "We only

  • Euro is a hit with city's small firms

    Small firms in Brighton and Hove have emerged as some of the UK's biggest euro enthusiasts. Research by Parcelforce Worldwide revealed use of the new currency was highest in Brighton and the South-East, with 54 per cent using it compared to 51 per cent

  • Sickness

    I weep when I read of the untimely killing of young Kaiser Osman earlier this year, stabbed by a youth barely out of nappies. What is our country coming to? Why is an abandoned Jamaican orphan permitted to continue to live in London until he becomes a

  • Bill Clinton backs rival city

    Former US President Bill Clinton has backed one of Brighton and Hove's rivals in the race to become European Capital of Culture in 2008. Mr Clinton, who jetted in to the Labour conference in Blackpool last night, said he had been "bowled over" by Birmingham

  • Financial promotion for Brighton firm

    Family Assurance, the UK's largest tax-exempt friendly society, has appointed advertising and marketing agency Designate to promote its products and services. The Brighton-based company has more than 500,000 members and offers savings and investment products

  • OAP killed on road

    A pensioner has been killed in an accident involving a lorry as she crossed a village road in West Sussex. Police were today investigating the cause of the crash, which happened at 11.40am yesterday in Shoreham Road, Small Dole, near Henfield. The 29-

  • Drugs charge pilot jailed

    A jet captain who smuggled drugs worth more than £164,000 through Gatwick Airport has been jailed for 12 years. Hodge Robert Inaku Ogede, 53, of Shepherd's Close, Crawley, was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court yesterday. Ogede was a pilot for DAS cargo

  • Police drivers hurt in crash

    Two police driving instructors have been involved in a crash at one of West Sussex's most notorious accident blackspots. Two training officers and two regular PCs were in an unmarked Honda which collided with a Mercedes on the A27 at Hammerpot, north

  • Great support

    Thank you very much, Karen Hoy and The Argus, for your support and great coverage of the survival of the Brighton breast cancer unit. The campaigning of Jayne Bennett and Leonie Petrarca has worked wonders for our cause, too. Mo Marsh was great, as well

  • Squash: Crouch stoops to glory

    Alex Crouch is the Sussex boys junior champion after beating home-based Adam Bunn. The third seed, from Hailsham, won the under-19 crown at West Worthing 9-1 5-9 9-6 9-6. In the semi-finals, Crouch beat Middleton No.1 seed Brandon Hanley and Bunn overcame

  • Culture shock

    Brighton and Hove wishes to become a Capital of Culture. Culture is synonymous with intellect, so there must surely be debate about what kind of intellect is possessed by the individuals who suggested moving the Nigel Porter Breast Care Unit to Haywards

  • Swimming: Brighton on crest of wave

    Brighton swept to an emphatic victory in the Ken Deeley Sprints at the Prince Regent. They defeated nationally-respected clubs like Portsmouth, Beckenham and Staines. Laura West, Emma Eaves and Holly White each completed a hat-trick of victories for Brighton

  • People power

    Congratulations to all the people involved in the victorious campaign to keep breast cancer services in Brighton. This is a great victory for people power and common sense, keeping this very vital service in the city. With great support from The Argus

  • Ryman League: Horsham held

    High-flying Horsham were held to a 1-1 draw by Epsom and Ewell at Banstead in a match they should have won. The Hornets created the early chances in the Division One (South) clash with Eddie French's header from a corner acrobatically tipped over by Epsom

  • Victory for all

    At last the decision has been made. The new breast cancer unit will be built in Brighton (September 27) on the site of Rosaz House - ironically, a site identified by the campaigners and not the authorities. The decision made at a joint board meeting,

  • Queues are far too long for our health

    My best wishes go to Nicholas Owen, who wrote about his recent experience of kidney cancer (The Argus, September 28). My own brush with this illness started last October, when I went to my GP with a urine infection. Even though she suspected I was seriously

  • Hart of the Matter, by Ian Hart

    On the day the Argus Appeal raised £57,000 for local charities Albion gifted Grimsby Town what could well be their only away win in the league this season. Like thousands of other Albion fans, I found defeat against the Mariners hard to take. Post-match

  • Exchange visit for Croatian police

    Two Croatian police officers are spending a week on the beat with Sussex bobbies to learn about community policing in the county. Damir Takac and Ivan Groznica, heads of uniform policing, are visiting Brighton, Chichester, Crawley and Gatwick. The aim

  • Boots staff go to IBM

    Health and beauty retailer Boots identified savings of £130 million over the next ten years after striking an IT outsourcing deal with IBM. More than 400 Boots staff will transfer to IBM when the retailer hands over responsibility for managing and developing

  • Virgin Mobile 'breaks sales records'

    Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile said it had broken sales records in the sector today after its customer base hit two million. The UK's fifth biggest mobile phone operator added 232,300 connections in the third quarter of the year, 36% above the previous

  • Bid to improve city planning

    Planning officials have published a series of recommendations they hope will appease angry residents and improve their chaotic department. David Panter, chief executive at Brighton and Hove City Council, ordered a review after architects, businesses,

  • Thugs break man's jaw

    Two twin brothers have been left too scared to go out in Brighton after one suffered a broken jaw in a vicious beating. The attack happened in London Road when Daniel and Nigel Craft were on their way home after an evening with friends. Two teenagers

  • Child killer hoax note

    An inquiry has been launched after a message claiming to be from convicted killer Sion Jenkins was posted on the Friends Reunited web site. Jenkins is serving life for bludgeoning 13-year-old Billie-Jo Jenkins to death at the family home in Lower Park

  • Dog bit toddler

    A dog which bit a toddler staying at a Hove guest house has been banned from the building by magistrates. Owners of Sammy, a Shar-Pei, which also attacked a male customer, have been told it can no longer be kept at their seafront guest house. Brighton

  • Riddle of lotto winner

    A mystery Sussex resident is sitting on a National Lottery ticket that is worth more than £65,000. The search is now on to find the person who bought the lucky ticket in Worthing, before the time limit is up. The ticket was for the Lotto draw on Wednesday

  • Waste plant set to stay

    A controversial West Sussex waste plant looks set to get a four-year stay of execution despite planners' opposition. Peter Davies, head of planning and policy at Adur District Council, says the authority is against West Sussex County Council's application

  • Pavilion gets a piercing

    Landmark buildings in Brighton have been glammed up with studs, rings and other piercings. Four of the most prominent places in Brighton and Hove have been pierced as part of Adornment, one of the projects which is part of the where else campaign for

  • Street drink ban plan

    A ban on drinking in the street could be extended across Brighton city centre. Police already have the power to confiscate bottles and cans from drinkers in Kemp Town and can arrest people who refuse to hand over their drinks. A report by community safety

  • Nursery leaders' £90,000 quest

    Parents whose tots attend a Brighton pre-school are pinning their hopes on finding £90,000 for a new nursery building. Leaders of the Kipling Lions Pre-School in Woodingdean are having to turn people away because their cramped base is full. They have

  • Slimline Guy's fighting fit

    Guy Butters is fighting to regain his first team place after a rigorous programme of weight-shedding. Manager Martin Hinshelwood axed his second signing for last week's Worthington Cup defeat at Ipswich. Hinshelwood felt Butters, captured on a Bosman

  • Friends' athletic tribute

    A leukaemia victim affectionately nicknamed Bison has inspired 50 friends to run a half-marathon to raise £50,000 for charity. Ian Lane, 26, died of acute myeloid leukaemia in September last year. Now, his university friends have decided to run the Great