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  • Crazy creations of infamous inventor

    An ageing ginger tom worried about next door's cat stealing his dinner is credited with an invention which could save the world from nuclear war. Infamous inventor Arthur Pedrick patented 132 crazy creations during his lifetime. As the Patent Office celebrates

  • On stage this week, from November 1

    Drama with Edward Woodward, a classic musical with Su Pollard and comedy ancient and modern with Roy Hudd and Mark Thomas. GOODBYE GILBERT HARDING, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until November 2 Harding was one of Britain's first TV celebrities but his homosexuality

  • Gigs this week, from November 1

    Legends of heads-down rock and ska-reggae come to Sussex this week, along with Brixton's quirkiest party people. ALABAMA 3, Concorde 2, Brighton, November 3 These eccentric and politicised bods, named after three US activists slaughtered by the Ku Klux

  • Stage: Glastonbury, The Level, Brighton, November 6-10

    Zoe Lewis' play looks at society's obsession with youth and fame and how festivalgoers pin their hopes of happiness on a weekend of drugs, sex and music. A fascinating insight into the minds and experiences of the huge spectrum of characters at such a

  • Pop: Alicia Keys, Brighton Centre, November 5

    It's not enough that Alicia Keys rocked the music world with a fantastic debut album or walked away with five awards at this year's Grammys. She had to come to England and unsettle the establishment as well. It all happened in March when she sang at the

  • Specs found

    I have tried several times to report a find to the police but have been unable to make contact with the relevant department. I found a pair of Specsavers' spectacles at the bottom of Middle Street, Brighton, on October 6. Please call me on 01273 418891

  • The Joker stole our washerwoman

    A washerwoman has disappeared from her village home because she is fed up with people ogling as she washes her bloomers in public. The woman in question is a statue which formed part of a restoration project in Rottingdean - until it vanished one night

  • The cost of a life?

    I hope all those who criticised and condemned the fire service so recently are ashamed of themselves after the death of firefighter Bob Miller at a Leicester factory fire. He leaves a wife, two children and shattered work colleagues. Mr Miller paid the

  • Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

    That annual aberration known as the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize is with us again. The publicity generated each year by the entries for the £20,000 prize probably adds up to more than all the exhibitions at Tate Britain, Tate Modern and the regional Tate

  • Cruelty pair's appeal fails

    Evil Simon and Michelle McWilliam, who subjected a four-year-old to systematic cruelty which led to his death, today lost a bid to cut their jail sentences. The couple were jailed for eight years in October 2001 for an appalling catalogue of cruelty meted

  • Inquiry into race murder hunt

    A disciplinary inquiry has been launched into the way Sussex Police handled a suspected racist murder investigation. Avon and Somerset Police have begun investigating officers involved in the case of accountant Jay Abatan, from Eastbourne. The move comes

  • Real concern

    Brighton and Hove is a great and raffish place to be but it is not a great city. The money and energy spent on seeking Capital of Culture status has been misplaced. Anybody who has visited any of the six UK finalist cities will understand why Brighton

  • Humble pie

    So, the ugly stepsister will not go to the Capital of Culture ball after all. She will, instead, be kept behind closed council doors where, no doubt, more jealous schemings will be enviously obsessed over. The glass slipper that is this tiny geographical

  • Racing: Kinane criticism unfair

    I find it hard to agree with the criticism levelled at Mick Kinane in the wake of Rock of Gibraltar's failure to win the Breeders Cup in Chicago last weekend. With seven successive group one victories under his belt, it was no surprise that Rock of Gibraltar

  • Too grasping

    What a relief Brighton and Hove is not in the running for Capital of Culture. We are a capital of culture but not the type I like very much. It is a pity the money spent in preparation for the bid was not spent on cleaning up the filthy streets and getting

  • Golf: Champ Darren wants to turn pro

    Darren Mustchin has only been playing for two years yet his handicap is down to four and he is Sussex under-15s champion. He carded a one under par 71 at West Chiltington, his home course, to win the title by four strokes from another name to watch, Richard

  • Unhealthy abuse

    Violent patients cause trouble for family doctors all over Brighton and Hove. Some GPs have been physically attacked. It is totally unacceptable doctors, who are there to give help and guidance, should be the victims of abuse and assaults. The rising

  • Foggy notion

    Now our elders and betters have discovered it takes more than a few people on stilts and a samba band to make a Capital of Culture, maybe they will bring their heads out of the clouds and start to address the problems of restoring what little culture

  • Hockey: Brighton's title test

    Brighton face a test of their title credentials in the Kent/Sussex Regional League over the next two games as they face Herne Bay tomorrow and Tunbridge Wells next week. Skipper Carlo Missirian said: "Herne Bay has always been a difficult game for us

  • Battle to keep the peace

    After weeks of careful planning, hundreds of people took to the streets of Brighton last night to protest against war in Iraq. Despite a number of arrests, the vast majority of people simply wanted to have their say on an issue which is causing heated

  • Vain aim

    What do certain deluded persons in this traffic-down-and-out-yob-filth-and-drug-ridden so-called city class as culture? Beach binges, wannabes, pretension and clubs do not make for the culture tag. Brighton and Hove culture is not Fatboy Slim or even

  • Hockey: Jervis playing for keeps

    Rory Jervis is pushing for an outfield place for Lewes after losing his goalkeeper's spot. Jervis played on pitch last season but was back in goal for the start of the current campaign as regular keeper Marc Wilkinson returned late from South Africa.

  • FA Cup: Hastings buzzing after cup win

    Hastings skipper Tony Burt says his side's astonishing FA Cup victory has got the town buzzing. Burt, 34, lives and works in Hastings and has been overwhelmed by the public reaction to United's 5-0 win at Kettering on Tuesday. It earned Hastings a place

  • Meningitis student lucky to live

    A teenage student is lucky to be alive after being sent home from a walk-in medical centre despite showing the early signs of meningitis. Frederick McNeill is today recovering at his Hove home after developing the B strain of the disease. His father Duncan

  • City is low-paid capital of South

    Pay rises among Sussex workers failed to keep pace with national average increases over the past year, despite the soaring cost of living. A report reveals fulltime workers in East Sussex are paid just £5.65 a week more than at the same time last year

  • Dangers of £66bn savings shortfall

    Many consumers will be amazed to hear Britain has a savings crisis, when they have been urged for 18 months to keep spending to stave off economic recession. They have shopped hard but stock markets have crashed and we could wake up soon to harsh reality

  • Bradford boss adds spice to Withdean clash

    Albion's clash against Bradford City will have an extra edge for most of the Seagulls line-up now that Nicky Law is the Bantam's manager. He needed a police escort off the pitch and onto the team coach when he was in charge of Chesterfield in a stormy

  • 30 years of Radio Southlands

    When patients first listened to their hospital radio station, few would have realised that going off-air meant a 200-yard dash to the off switch. However, 30 years ago, the only place for Southlands Hospital's station in Shoreham could set up shop was

  • Drivers gear up for veteran car run

    A car which was once a milk float will be among the unique vehicles taking part in Sunday's London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The remodelled 1903 Gladiator Tonneau will line up alongside more than 400 entrants in the annual event for cars built before

  • Patient violence will be on record

    Doctors and nurses will be able to learn whether a patient has a history of violence because a note will be made on their records. The plan is part of a drive to reduce the number of attacks on medical staff in Brighton and Hove. The violent patient marker

  • Threat to rail extension

    Plans to extend a steam railway are under threat after it emerged that land it is due to be built on could be turned into a superstore car park. Land earmarked for the extension of the Bluebell Railway to East Grinstead may be sold for extra parking at

  • Call for nationwide child safety scheme

    Politicians across the UK have backed a Sussex MP in calling for a pioneering child kidnap alert system to be rolled out across the country. Child Alert, based on a US scheme to help find missing children within hours of their disappearance, is due to

  • FA Cup: Hastings buzzing after cup win

    Hastings skipper Tony Burt says his side's astonishing FA Cup victory has got the town buzzing. Burt, 34, lives and works in Hastings and has been overwhelmed by the public reaction to United's 5-0 win at Kettering on Tuesday. It earned Hastings a place

  • Meningitis student lucky to live

    A teenage student is lucky to be alive after being sent home from a walk-in medical centre despite showing the early signs of meningitis. Frederick McNeill is today recovering at his Hove home after developing the B strain of the disease. His father Duncan

  • Super talent of teenage biker

    A teenager who's mad about motorcycles has beaten experienced riders to one of the top slots in a Supercross event. Jack Grover, 15, was competing for the first time in the sixth Annual British International Supercross Competition at Sheffield Arena,

  • Change at top for firm

    Telecoms testing firm Spirent, based in Crawley, has appointed John Weston as non-executive chairman. Mr Weston was formerly chief executive of BAE Systems, growing the business from an organisation located mainly in the UK to an international group with

  • Business plea over taxes

    Sussex businesses are lobbying the Government to stop it taxing profits which have not yet been made. The Institute of Directors believes a bill proposing a tax on unrealised gains - such as where a property has increased in value but has not yet been

  • Plea for parking action

    Calls have been made to extend a restricted parking zone in Worthing to create easier access for care staff. In a questionnaire conducted by East Worthing MP Tim Loughton and borough councillors, 70 per cent of residents who responded supported Dawes

  • Dangers of £66bn savings shortfall

    Many consumers will be amazed to hear Britain has a savings crisis, when they have been urged for 18 months to keep spending to stave off economic recession. They have shopped hard but stock markets have crashed and we could wake up soon to harsh reality

  • Celebrity launch for Walk Of Fame

    Stars of stage and screen and people who have contributed to Brighton and Hove's unique character will be honoured at a ceremony. The Village Square at Brighton Marina will be transformed into a night club for the launch of the Brighton Walk of Fame on

  • Coppell keeps faith in players

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to give the players pummelled by arch rivals Crystal Palace a massive vote of confidence by keeping faith with them. He is expected to name an unchanged team for tomorrow's home game against mid-table Bradford following

  • Bradford boss adds spice to Withdean clash

    Albion's clash against Bradford City will have an extra edge for most of the Seagulls line-up now that Nicky Law is the Bantam's manager. He needed a police escort off the pitch and onto the team coach when he was in charge of Chesterfield in a stormy

  • Albion v Bradford: Team News

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to stick with the team hammered at Selhurst Park last Satuday. Goalkeeper Andy Petterson is due to take up his place on the bench after his return to the club on a one-month contract to provide cover for Michel Kuipers

  • 30 years of Radio Southlands

    When patients first listened to their hospital radio station, few would have realised that going off-air meant a 200-yard dash to the off switch. However, 30 years ago, the only place for Southlands Hospital's station in Shoreham could set up shop was

  • Clashes at peace demo

    Police made 15 arrests as between 300 and 500 anti-war campaigners brought chaos to the centre of Brighton. The protesters were demonstrating against possible military action in Iraq. Some accused police of using heavy-handed tactics, including baton

  • Albion v Bradford: Team News

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to stick with the team hammered at Selhurst Park last Satuday. Goalkeeper Andy Petterson is due to take up his place on the bench after his return to the club on a one-month contract to provide cover for Michel Kuipers

  • Rock shop hold-up

    A robber armed with a silver handgun threatened to shoot a shop assistant in the Brighton Rock Shop by the West Pier. The man demanded takings from the till, telling the 40-year-old woman: "Give me all your notes or I'll shoot you." She handed over £50

  • Call for nationwide child safety scheme

    Politicians across the UK have backed a Sussex MP in calling for a pioneering child kidnap alert system to be rolled out across the country. Child Alert, based on a US scheme to help find missing children within hours of their disappearance, is due to

  • Art: Feelers, Fabrica, Brighton, November 9-December 15

    Treat your senses to the luxury of this exhibition, which alternates to startle your eyes, nose and ears. Visual Impact is created by Judith Josso's Red's Cave, a large-screen close up of a pair of laughing, lipstick-clad mouths whose movements are slowed

  • Jazz this week, from November 1

    Here are the top Five jazz and blues events in Sussex this week. Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion: Heart-stopping tabla displays from pioneering Shakti member and his virtuosic sextet, featuring sarangi maestro Ustad Sultan Khan. Dome Concert

  • On stage this week, from November 1

    Drama with Edward Woodward, a classic musical with Su Pollard and comedy ancient and modern with Roy Hudd and Mark Thomas. GOODBYE GILBERT HARDING, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until November 2 Harding was one of Britain's first TV celebrities but his homosexuality

  • Gigs this week, from November 1

    Legends of heads-down rock and ska-reggae come to Sussex this week, along with Brixton's quirkiest party people. ALABAMA 3, Concorde 2, Brighton, November 3 These eccentric and politicised bods, named after three US activists slaughtered by the Ku Klux

  • Stage: Glastonbury, The Level, Brighton, November 6-10

    Zoe Lewis' play looks at society's obsession with youth and fame and how festivalgoers pin their hopes of happiness on a weekend of drugs, sex and music. A fascinating insight into the minds and experiences of the huge spectrum of characters at such a

  • Pop: Alicia Keys, Brighton Centre, November 5

    It's not enough that Alicia Keys rocked the music world with a fantastic debut album or walked away with five awards at this year's Grammys. She had to come to England and unsettle the establishment as well. It all happened in March when she sang at the

  • The Joker stole our washerwoman

    A washerwoman has disappeared from her village home because she is fed up with people ogling as she washes her bloomers in public. The woman in question is a statue which formed part of a restoration project in Rottingdean - until it vanished one night

  • Used stamps wanted

    I collect used stamps for charity and can now accept any quantity of used postage stamps. Please help. Need I say more? -Donald Reid, St Mary's Nursing Home, 41-42 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0JT

  • Querying the figures

    If it takes an annual salary of £20,000 to get a single-parent family off State benefits (Letters, October 29), they have been well overpaid. As a single person, I got £91 a fortnight. As for firefighters, they should try any cleaning job, portering or

  • I only called for parity

    If the scaffolders (Letters, October 29) had read my comments (Letters, October 24) without getting angry about them, they would have perceived I was not running down the building trade. I only said firefighters' pay should be raised to the same level

  • Feedback, with Rebecca Stephens

    Many readers have phoned or written to say how much they have enjoyed our series of Eye in the Sky supplements. Whether they're just spotting their own homes or those of friends and family or marvelling at the pictures of Sussex from the air, the photographs

  • Think Of It This Way, by John Parry

    That annual aberration known as the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize is with us again. The publicity generated each year by the entries for the £20,000 prize probably adds up to more than all the exhibitions at Tate Britain, Tate Modern and the regional Tate

  • The scruffiest man in art

    In the hallowed realms of the art world, Sussex-based Turner Prize nominee Keith Tyson is something of a rarity. While other artists in the prestigious competition were training at Goldsmiths art college in London, Keith was busy bingo-calling and working

  • Rubbish scheme to save binmen

    Worthing residents may be ordered to put their rubbish outside the front of their homes to stop binmen getting injured. Refuse bosses are worried about collectors going down rear alleyways to collect bins and hurting themselves on uneven surfaces, debris

  • Councillors' pay freeze

    Worthing Borough Council plans to freeze allowances paid to its councillors until November next year. An independent panel recommended the council not to raise allowances for the next 12 months. It said only members of the development control committee

  • Inquiry into race murder hunt

    A disciplinary inquiry has been launched into the way Sussex Police handled a suspected racist murder investigation. Avon and Somerset Police have begun investigating officers involved in the case of accountant Jay Abatan, from Eastbourne. The move comes

  • Inquiry into race murder hunt

    A disciplinary inquiry has been launched into the way Sussex Police handled a suspected racist murder investigation. Avon and Somerset Police have begun investigating officers involved in the case of accountant Jay Abatan, from Eastbourne. The move comes

  • No monkeys

    I did not support the Capital of Culture bid, although I had thought Brighton and Hove would be shortlisted. Things looked so different last year, when the campaign for a directly elected mayor was in full swing. Its defeat was the first strike against

  • Real concern

    Brighton and Hove is a great and raffish place to be but it is not a great city. The money and energy spent on seeking Capital of Culture status has been misplaced. Anybody who has visited any of the six UK finalist cities will understand why Brighton

  • Humble pie

    So, the ugly stepsister will not go to the Capital of Culture ball after all. She will, instead, be kept behind closed council doors where, no doubt, more jealous schemings will be enviously obsessed over. The glass slipper that is this tiny geographical

  • Racing: Kinane criticism unfair

    I find it hard to agree with the criticism levelled at Mick Kinane in the wake of Rock of Gibraltar's failure to win the Breeders Cup in Chicago last weekend. With seven successive group one victories under his belt, it was no surprise that Rock of Gibraltar

  • Wash and go

    When the model of a washerwoman disappeared from her village, most people in Rottingdean thought it was a prank. But now they are wondering whether the disappearance might not instead be a straightforward theft. If the life-size figure does not reappear

  • Too grasping

    What a relief Brighton and Hove is not in the running for Capital of Culture. We are a capital of culture but not the type I like very much. It is a pity the money spent in preparation for the bid was not spent on cleaning up the filthy streets and getting

  • Golf: Champ Darren wants to turn pro

    Darren Mustchin has only been playing for two years yet his handicap is down to four and he is Sussex under-15s champion. He carded a one under par 71 at West Chiltington, his home course, to win the title by four strokes from another name to watch, Richard

  • River death 'may be murder'

    The mother of a Sussex woman found drowned in Australia has been told she may have been murdered. A coroner in New South Wales has recorded an open verdict on Angela Read, whose body was discovered in the Hastings River in Western Australia two years

  • Foggy notion

    Now our elders and betters have discovered it takes more than a few people on stilts and a samba band to make a Capital of Culture, maybe they will bring their heads out of the clouds and start to address the problems of restoring what little culture

  • Vain aim

    What do certain deluded persons in this traffic-down-and-out-yob-filth-and-drug-ridden so-called city class as culture? Beach binges, wannabes, pretension and clubs do not make for the culture tag. Brighton and Hove culture is not Fatboy Slim or even

  • Hockey: Jervis playing for keeps

    Rory Jervis is pushing for an outfield place for Lewes after losing his goalkeeper's spot. Jervis played on pitch last season but was back in goal for the start of the current campaign as regular keeper Marc Wilkinson returned late from South Africa.

  • Art: Feelers, Fabrica, Brighton, November 9-December 15

    Treat your senses to the luxury of this exhibition, which alternates to startle your eyes, nose and ears. Visual Impact is created by Judith Josso's Red's Cave, a large-screen close up of a pair of laughing, lipstick-clad mouths whose movements are slowed

  • Jazz this week, from November 1

    Here are the top Five jazz and blues events in Sussex this week. Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion: Heart-stopping tabla displays from pioneering Shakti member and his virtuosic sextet, featuring sarangi maestro Ustad Sultan Khan. Dome Concert

  • Night clubbing, from November 1

    Take your pick this week from Wild Fruit's high-glamour jet set party or US vibes from DJ E Smoove. WILD FRUIT, Creation, Brighton, November 4 It's now your turn to clock up some air miles at Wild Fruit's latest themed party - the International Jet Set

  • Used stamps wanted

    I collect used stamps for charity and can now accept any quantity of used postage stamps. Please help. Need I say more? -Donald Reid, St Mary's Nursing Home, 41-42 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0JT

  • Querying the figures

    If it takes an annual salary of £20,000 to get a single-parent family off State benefits (Letters, October 29), they have been well overpaid. As a single person, I got £91 a fortnight. As for firefighters, they should try any cleaning job, portering or

  • I only called for parity

    If the scaffolders (Letters, October 29) had read my comments (Letters, October 24) without getting angry about them, they would have perceived I was not running down the building trade. I only said firefighters' pay should be raised to the same level

  • Feedback, with Rebecca Stephens

    Many readers have phoned or written to say how much they have enjoyed our series of Eye in the Sky supplements. Whether they're just spotting their own homes or those of friends and family or marvelling at the pictures of Sussex from the air, the photographs

  • The scruffiest man in art

    In the hallowed realms of the art world, Sussex-based Turner Prize nominee Keith Tyson is something of a rarity. While other artists in the prestigious competition were training at Goldsmiths art college in London, Keith was busy bingo-calling and working

  • River death 'may be murder'

    The mother of a Sussex woman found drowned in Australia has been told she may have been murdered. A coroner in New South Wales has recorded an open verdict on Angela Read, whose body was discovered in the Hastings River in Western Australia two years

  • Call to close child murder loophole

    Urgent changes are needed to ensure parents suspected of killing their child don't get away with murder, childcare and legal experts said today. They want to close a legal loophole under which parents accused of murdering their children can escape conviction

  • Upgraded downs

    Chris Baker's article on tourism and the South Downs National Park (The Argus, October 25) made the assumption many people misguidedly make, that National Park status will automatically increase visitor numbers. We can be sure, though, the increasing

  • Glitzy fiasco

    Thank goodness Brighton and Hove has lost its bid for European City of Culture. The bid was just another glitzy fiasco dreamed up by the powers that be and would have led to even higher housing and living costs for the real cultural identity of Brighton

  • No monkeys

    I did not support the Capital of Culture bid, although I had thought Brighton and Hove would be shortlisted. Things looked so different last year, when the campaign for a directly elected mayor was in full swing. Its defeat was the first strike against

  • Wash and go

    When the model of a washerwoman disappeared from her village, most people in Rottingdean thought it was a prank. But now they are wondering whether the disappearance might not instead be a straightforward theft. If the life-size figure does not reappear

  • Rugby: Heath raring to go

    Skipper Alex Meredith is convinced his Haywards Heath side are raring to go as Sussex stages a clutch of key league games tomorrow. Heath look to bounce back from defeat at Southend as they tackle improving London Nigerians at Whitemans Green. There are

  • FA Trophy: Payne ruled out by Hornets

    Horsham midfielder Steve Payne has spent the week in hospital after being taken ill after his side's FA Cup exit. Payne, who was substituted in monday's replay with Team Bath, is suffering from a blood disorder. He has been told to rest and misses the

  • FA Trophy: Rooks poised for new signings

    Ryman League Division One title hopefuls Lewes are hoping to tie up two new signings before tomorrow's FA Trophy game with Slough Town. Former St Leonards striker Dominic Barclay is expected to complete his prolonged move from Erith and Belvedere, while

  • Give the kids more than club culture

    So, Brighton and Hove has another national title - "UK capital for drug deaths" (October 31). Well, it's a lot more accurate than Capital of Culture. We should not believe for a moment all these deaths are hapless sorts from other places drawn to our

  • Dr Martens: Reds keep sights on title

    Crawley boss Billy Smith is determined his FA Cup heroes don't lose sight of where their priorities lie this season. Reds travel to Moor Green tomorrow knowing that victory could take them to the top of the Dr Martens League. Hinckley visit Sussex next

  • Dr Martens: Saints director quits

    St Leonards director of football Andy Thomson resigned yesterday from his position on the club's board. Thomson follows manager Glyn White out of The Firs after White quit last month. A club statement said: "The club regrets Andy's decision to step down

  • Coppell keeps faith in players

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to give the players pummelled by arch rivals Crystal Palace a massive vote of confidence by keeping faith with them. He is expected to name an unchanged team for tomorrow's home game against mid-table Bradford following

  • Happy 100th for Edith

    Edith Tookey welcomed the mayor and mayoress of Brighton and Hove to a celebration of her 100th birthday. Mayor David Watkins and mayoress Sheila Levenson helped celebrate her birthday on Saturday. Mrs Tookey received a card from the Queen congratulating

  • Net campaign wins award

    An internet-based environmental campaign by Brighton and Hove City Council has won another award for flair and innovation. The council's ninelives, a reality TV-style campaign on the web, followed nine residents from the city as they switched to a more

  • A home match for the Albion

    More than 20 community-minded businesses attended the launch of a networking group hosted by Brighton and Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium. A presentation on the benefits of community involvement was given by creative agency Lime. The companies discussed

  • Change at top for firm

    Telecoms testing firm Spirent, based in Crawley, has appointed John Weston as non-executive chairman. Mr Weston was formerly chief executive of BAE Systems, growing the business from an organisation located mainly in the UK to an international group with

  • Business plea over taxes

    Sussex businesses are lobbying the Government to stop it taxing profits which have not yet been made. The Institute of Directors believes a bill proposing a tax on unrealised gains - such as where a property has increased in value but has not yet been

  • Celebrity launch for Walk Of Fame

    Stars of stage and screen and people who have contributed to Brighton and Hove's unique character will be honoured at a ceremony. The Village Square at Brighton Marina will be transformed into a night club for the launch of the Brighton Walk of Fame on

  • Coppell keeps faith in players

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to give the players pummelled by arch rivals Crystal Palace a massive vote of confidence by keeping faith with them. He is expected to name an unchanged team for tomorrow's home game against mid-table Bradford following

  • Albion v Bradford: Team News

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to stick with the team hammered at Selhurst Park last Satuday. Goalkeeper Andy Petterson is due to take up his place on the bench after his return to the club on a one-month contract to provide cover for Michel Kuipers

  • Clashes at peace demo

    Police made 15 arrests as between 300 and 500 anti-war campaigners brought chaos to the centre of Brighton. The protesters were demonstrating against possible military action in Iraq. Some accused police of using heavy-handed tactics, including baton

  • Albion v Bradford: Team News

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to stick with the team hammered at Selhurst Park last Satuday. Goalkeeper Andy Petterson is due to take up his place on the bench after his return to the club on a one-month contract to provide cover for Michel Kuipers

  • Earnings fail to keep pace

    Pay rises among Sussex workers failed to keep pace with national average increases over the last year, despite the soaring cost of living. A report reveals that full time workers in East Sussex are paid just £5.65 a week more than at the same time last

  • Family's Hallowe'en firework shock

    A family of four escaped serious injury when youths threw a powerful firework through an open window. The attack was one of many acts of trick-or-treat terror which kept emergency services busy last night. Teacher David Etherton, of Ladies Mile Road,

  • Rock shop hold-up

    A robber armed with a silver handgun threatened to shoot a shop assistant in the Brighton Rock Shop by the West Pier. The man demanded takings from the till, telling the 40-year-old woman: "Give me all your notes or I'll shoot you." She handed over £50

  • Crazy creations of infamous inventor

    An ageing ginger tom worried about next door's cat stealing his dinner is credited with an invention which could save the world from nuclear war. Infamous inventor Arthur Pedrick patented 132 crazy creations during his lifetime. As the Patent Office celebrates

  • Night clubbing, from November 1

    Take your pick this week from Wild Fruit's high-glamour jet set party or US vibes from DJ E Smoove. WILD FRUIT, Creation, Brighton, November 4 It's now your turn to clock up some air miles at Wild Fruit's latest themed party - the International Jet Set

  • Specs found

    I have tried several times to report a find to the police but have been unable to make contact with the relevant department. I found a pair of Specsavers' spectacles at the bottom of Middle Street, Brighton, on October 6. Please call me on 01273 418891

  • The cost of a life?

    I hope all those who criticised and condemned the fire service so recently are ashamed of themselves after the death of firefighter Bob Miller at a Leicester factory fire. He leaves a wife, two children and shattered work colleagues. Mr Miller paid the

  • Threat to rail extension

    Plans to extend a steam railway are under threat after it emerged that land it is due to be built on could be turned into a superstore car park. Land earmarked for the extension of the Bluebell Railway to East Grinstead may be sold for extra parking at

  • Bumper bill to axe jobs

    Worthing Borough Council's money-saving staff shake-up could cost taxpayers nearly £350,000, we can reveal today. Worthing Borough Council is making three long-serving departmental heads redundant and replacing them with two strategic directors. Leaked

  • River death 'may be murder'

    The mother of a Sussex woman found drowned in Australia has been told she may have been murdered. A coroner in New South Wales has recorded an open verdict on Angela Read, whose body was discovered in the Hastings River in Western Australia two years

  • Call to close child murder loophole

    Urgent changes are needed to ensure parents suspected of killing their child don't get away with murder, childcare and legal experts said today. They want to close a legal loophole under which parents accused of murdering their children can escape conviction

  • Cruelty pair's appeal fails

    Evil Simon and Michelle McWilliam, who subjected a four-year-old to systematic cruelty which led to his death, today lost a bid to cut their jail sentences. The couple were jailed for eight years in October 2001 for an appalling catalogue of cruelty meted

  • Upgraded downs

    Chris Baker's article on tourism and the South Downs National Park (The Argus, October 25) made the assumption many people misguidedly make, that National Park status will automatically increase visitor numbers. We can be sure, though, the increasing

  • Glitzy fiasco

    Thank goodness Brighton and Hove has lost its bid for European City of Culture. The bid was just another glitzy fiasco dreamed up by the powers that be and would have led to even higher housing and living costs for the real cultural identity of Brighton

  • Unhealthy abuse

    Violent patients cause trouble for family doctors all over Brighton and Hove. Some GPs have been physically attacked. It is totally unacceptable doctors, who are there to give help and guidance, should be the victims of abuse and assaults. The rising

  • Rugby: Heath raring to go

    Skipper Alex Meredith is convinced his Haywards Heath side are raring to go as Sussex stages a clutch of key league games tomorrow. Heath look to bounce back from defeat at Southend as they tackle improving London Nigerians at Whitemans Green. There are

  • Hockey: Brighton's title test

    Brighton face a test of their title credentials in the Kent/Sussex Regional League over the next two games as they face Herne Bay tomorrow and Tunbridge Wells next week. Skipper Carlo Missirian said: "Herne Bay has always been a difficult game for us

  • Battle to keep the peace

    After weeks of careful planning, hundreds of people took to the streets of Brighton last night to protest against war in Iraq. Despite a number of arrests, the vast majority of people simply wanted to have their say on an issue which is causing heated

  • FA Trophy: Payne ruled out by Hornets

    Horsham midfielder Steve Payne has spent the week in hospital after being taken ill after his side's FA Cup exit. Payne, who was substituted in monday's replay with Team Bath, is suffering from a blood disorder. He has been told to rest and misses the

  • FA Trophy: Rooks poised for new signings

    Ryman League Division One title hopefuls Lewes are hoping to tie up two new signings before tomorrow's FA Trophy game with Slough Town. Former St Leonards striker Dominic Barclay is expected to complete his prolonged move from Erith and Belvedere, while

  • Give the kids more than club culture

    So, Brighton and Hove has another national title - "UK capital for drug deaths" (October 31). Well, it's a lot more accurate than Capital of Culture. We should not believe for a moment all these deaths are hapless sorts from other places drawn to our

  • Dr Martens: Reds keep sights on title

    Crawley boss Billy Smith is determined his FA Cup heroes don't lose sight of where their priorities lie this season. Reds travel to Moor Green tomorrow knowing that victory could take them to the top of the Dr Martens League. Hinckley visit Sussex next

  • Dr Martens: Saints director quits

    St Leonards director of football Andy Thomson resigned yesterday from his position on the club's board. Thomson follows manager Glyn White out of The Firs after White quit last month. A club statement said: "The club regrets Andy's decision to step down

  • Coppell keeps faith in players

    Albion boss Steve Coppell is poised to give the players pummelled by arch rivals Crystal Palace a massive vote of confidence by keeping faith with them. He is expected to name an unchanged team for tomorrow's home game against mid-table Bradford following

  • Happy 100th for Edith

    Edith Tookey welcomed the mayor and mayoress of Brighton and Hove to a celebration of her 100th birthday. Mayor David Watkins and mayoress Sheila Levenson helped celebrate her birthday on Saturday. Mrs Tookey received a card from the Queen congratulating

  • Net campaign wins award

    An internet-based environmental campaign by Brighton and Hove City Council has won another award for flair and innovation. The council's ninelives, a reality TV-style campaign on the web, followed nine residents from the city as they switched to a more

  • A home match for the Albion

    More than 20 community-minded businesses attended the launch of a networking group hosted by Brighton and Hove Albion at Withdean Stadium. A presentation on the benefits of community involvement was given by creative agency Lime. The companies discussed

  • City is low-paid capital of South

    Pay rises among Sussex workers failed to keep pace with national average increases over the past year, despite the soaring cost of living. A report reveals fulltime workers in East Sussex are paid just £5.65 a week more than at the same time last year

  • Call to close child murder loophole

    Urgent changes are needed to ensure parents suspected of killing their child don't get away with murder, childcare and legal experts said today. They want to close a legal loophole under which parents accused of murdering their children can escape conviction

  • Cruelty pair's appeal fails

    Evil Simon and Michelle McWilliam, who subjected a four-year-old to systematic cruelty which led to his death, today lost a bid to cut their jail sentences. The couple were jailed for eight years in October 2001 for an appalling catalogue of cruelty meted

  • Drivers gear up for veteran car run

    A car which was once a milk float will be among the unique vehicles taking part in Sunday's London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The remodelled 1903 Gladiator Tonneau will line up alongside more than 400 entrants in the annual event for cars built before

  • Patient violence will be on record

    Doctors and nurses will be able to learn whether a patient has a history of violence because a note will be made on their records. The plan is part of a drive to reduce the number of attacks on medical staff in Brighton and Hove. The violent patient marker

  • Earnings fail to keep pace

    Pay rises among Sussex workers failed to keep pace with national average increases over the last year, despite the soaring cost of living. A report reveals that full time workers in East Sussex are paid just £5.65 a week more than at the same time last

  • Family's Hallowe'en firework shock

    A family of four escaped serious injury when youths threw a powerful firework through an open window. The attack was one of many acts of trick-or-treat terror which kept emergency services busy last night. Teacher David Etherton, of Ladies Mile Road,

  • Threat to rail extension

    Plans to extend a steam railway are under threat after it emerged that land it is due to be built on could be turned into a superstore car park. Land earmarked for the extension of the Bluebell Railway to East Grinstead may be sold for extra parking at