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  • FA Vase: More sees Selsey through

    Clinton More scored a late winner as Selsey twice came from behind to beat Soham Town Rangers 3-2. The Eastern Counties League side boasted a record of one defeat in their last 15 games but the Sussex visitors deservedly clinched a place in the third

  • Brazen Reynard is ruining my garden

    I have gone off wildlife. My garden has been commandeered by it. Foxes have designated my garden chief repository, playground, supermarket and refuse tip. Their muddy paw marks are all over the garden furniture and children's slide. My bird bidet has

  • Stock cars: Sturt's the star

    Despite incessant rain, thousands of fans turned out for the annual gala night mix of racing and fireworks at Arlington Stadium. Three of the track's most popular formulas were on show, with former Arlington champion Andy Sturt the star of the night.

  • Dr Martens: Crawley suffer at home

    Crawley suffered more Broadfield Stadium blues as lowly Hinckley claimed their first away win of the season on Saturday to send the large crowd away disappointed. This defeat in front of a bumper 1,217 attendance leaves more question marks over Crawley's

  • Athletics: Gavin's back on right track

    Crawley's Gavin Thompson collected an impressive victory in the Mid America Conference cross-country championships at Oxford, Ohio. The win came after his East Michigan team-mate Boaz Cheboiywo took a wrong turn. Chedoiywo made the error when 100m clear

  • Seagulls happy to be underdogs

    Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on his players to exploit the memory of hungry Wolves' Premiership cop-out. He is content for the Seagulls to be overwhelming underdogs against the Black Country giants in tonight's Sky televised tussle at Molineux

  • Sidwell poised for debut

    New signing Steve Sidwell is on course for his Albion debut against Wolves at Molineux tonight. The teenage midfielder is expected to join fellow Arsenal loan capture Graham Barrett in the starting line-up, as Paul Brooker is banned and there is a slight

  • Plea for help after homeless man dies

    People in Sussex are being asked to help track down relatives of a homeless man who died after a fire. It is thought the man, who was identified from his fingerprints as Barry Alexander Page, lived for part of his life in Worthing and had relatives in

  • Hospital honours pioneering peer

    The former chairwoman of the old Brighton Health Care NHS Trust is to have a new building named in her honour. Baroness Emerton chaired the trust from 1994 to 2000. An education centre is being built opposite the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Eastern

  • Eyesore car park closes

    A bit of old Brighton which has been an eyesore for decades has finally closed. When the car park in Jubilee Street first opened in the Fifties it was supposed to be temporary. Selma Montford, secretary of the Brighton Society said: "It has certainly

  • ABB axe may hit 10,000

    Struggling engineering group ABB could cut 10,000 jobs under plans to slash costs. The Swiss-Swedish firm, which employs 6,800 staff in the UK, is restructuring its business in the wake of a shock profits warning last month, which prompted ratings downgrades

  • Casinos come up trumps for Stanley

    Gamblers on a losing streak helped bookmaker and casino operator Stanley Leisure come up trumps on the London market. Shares rose almost three per cent as the firm said it had been assisted by favourable results on the tables of its three London casinos

  • Greens object to postal vote

    Green Party councillors in Brighton and Hove are opposing an all-postal ballot for local elections next May. The city council's policy committee is expected to apply for permission to run a pilot project. The idea is backed by the ruling Labour group

  • Seagulls happy to be underdogs

    Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on his players to exploit the memory of hungry Wolves' Premiership cop-out. He is content for the Seagulls to be overwhelming underdogs against the Black Country giants in tonight's Sky televised tussle at Molineux

  • It's all over for soccer legends

    The final whistle has blown for a football team after more than 40 years of providing players for the Albion and collecting its own array of silverware. Lower Bevendean Football Club in Brighton was one of the city's most popular and successful teams.

  • New threat of airport havoc

    Holidaymakers jetting off from Gatwick could face fresh delays after air traffic controllers called for a strike ballot over bonuses paid to two executives. They want to call a 15-minute strike after discovering one director received a £215,000 bonus

  • Thousands fall silent

    Sussex fell silent today as thousands paid homage to the nation's war dead. Magistrates and judges suspended court cases and commuters stood motionless on railway platforms as they joined an estimated 45 million people nationwide to mark the 11th hour

  • Interview: Selma Montford

    The secretary of the Brighton Society, is the high priestess of the city conservation movement. So does she feel progress is being made? Buildings may come and buildings may go but Selma Montford is a reliable force in an ever-changing world. During her

  • The best thing since sliced bread

    The Calorie Control Council is an international association representing the industry that makes and uses aspartame and other artificial sweeteners. After my recent column, Sweeteners That Leave A Sour Taste (September 26), the Council has complained

  • Passengers take off

    Budget airline easyJet, which flies from Gatwick, carried 1.63 million passengers last month, up on the 1.59 million in September. Load factor - passengers as a proportion of available seats - was 83.8 per cent. The figures include data from fellow no-frills

  • City house prices rocket by £700 a week

    House prices in Brighton and Hove are soaring by more than £700 a week. The boom shows no sign of slowing, despite growing predictions of a collapse in the property market. Low interest rates and an influx of buyers from London continue to fuel the inflation

  • Future of water company uncertain

    Fears have been raised about the future of Southern Water following a government decision over a proposed takeover. The Department of Trade and Industry backed a Competition Commission report which said the £2 billion acquisition of the Worthing-based

  • Coping badly with overwork

    With overwork, redundancy and the current economic downturn exposing employees to unhealthy levels of stress, many people are turning to drugs and alcohol as a means of escape. Up to 14 million working days are lost annually because of alcohol-related

  • Man on hotel rape charge

    A man has been charged with raping a woman in her room at a seafront hotel in Brighton. William Steward, 24, unemployed and of no fixed address, is also accused on making threats to kill, false imprisonment and obstruction. He was charged on Saturday

  • Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion, Brighton Dome

    Zakir Hussain and his crew redefined the art of drumming, each delivering exhilarating performances as soloists and in the ensemble. Selva Ganesh played the tiny kanjira, a tambour-like drum which proved capable of three or four well-defined layers of

  • Family Life, by Bini McCall

    Sam the hound has been in the doghouse this week for committing unspeakable crimes of the food variety or, in plain English, stealing. I have threatened to send him back to the RSPCA if he doesn't improve but he knows I won't, so this is an empty threat

  • Voice Of The Third Age: Lis Solkhon

    It seemed as though I had only just got the crashes and bangs from last year's month of November 5 fireworks out of my hearing aid. Then this year's lengthy assault on our ears was back. Fireworks are fine, unless you happen to be an animal, in which

  • The real Posh

    Who does Posh Spice think she is, wanting to stop Peterborough United registering its name? They have been known as the Posh ever since I have been around and that's a long, long time. She acts and talks like some famous lady. After all, it's mainly her

  • Supplements for the brain

    Our desired assets in old age are lucid brain function, memory, alertness of mind, healthy use of muscles and joints and a healthy heart and lungs. Is it not worth looking after them from a young age? Dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease are

  • We see you

    PC Colin Clasby, Sussex Police wildlife liaison officer, told me the badger traps removed from Saltdean gardens recently would be locked away and not handed back to Defra until a final solution to the badgers was found. I have found out the police have

  • Basketball: Bears grab semi place

    Bears are heading to the National Cup semi-finals for the first time in nine years after a powerful second half show at the Brighton Centre last night. They overturned a three-point half time deficit to convincingly beat a Newcastle Eagles outfit weakened

  • Ryman: Newman grabs treble in Rooks romp

    Lee Newman fired Lewes into second place in Ryman League division one (south) with an impressive hat-trick in a 7-0 demolition of Chertsey Town. New signing from Eastbourne Borough Matt Allen also scored on his debut against a Chertsey side who have not

  • Terror state

    Fireworks are becoming more and more of a dangerous and anti-social nightmare. The noise lasts from the weekend before November 5 until the week-end after, most nights of the week, plus there are Diwali celebrations. Many people have fireworks in their

  • Matthew Clark: Flomo's top class

    Luke Flomo returned from university to inspire Hassocks to a 3-1 victory over in-form Three Bridges at the Beacon. Flomo scored two terrific goals to put his side in the driving seat at half time. Phil Eldret added a third goal on 66 minutes and Glen

  • Accept the final verdict

    Two Tory councillors are happy today after allegations hanging over them for six months have been lifted. The local government standards board has found there was no evidence that Woodingdean councillors Geoff Wells and Dee Simson racially abused travellers

  • Shire bids to reassure investors

    Drugs group Shire Pharmaceuticals is trying to pacify investors angry over the shock departure of chief executive Rolf Stahel. The company's American chairman Dr James Cavanaugh insisted Mr Stahel's decision to step down was not the result of a boardroom

  • NTL boss to step down

    Stephen Carter, managing director and chief operating officer of cable group NTL's UK and Irish divisions, is stepping down at the end of this year. His departure will follow NTL's expected completion of its debt-for-equity swap and emergence from Chapter

  • Passengers take off

    Budget airline easyJet, which flies from Gatwick, carried 1.63 million passengers last month, up on the 1.59 million in September. Load factor - passengers as a proportion of available seats - was 83.8 per cent. The figures include data from fellow no-frills

  • Coping badly with overwork

    With overwork, redundancy and the current economic downturn exposing employees to unhealthy levels of stress, many people are turning to drugs and alcohol as a means of escape. Up to 14 million working days are lost annually because of alcohol-related

  • Film fans flee cinema blaze

    Almost 2,000 moviegoers had to be evacuated when fire broke out in a cinema last night. The blaze, which is being treated as arson, started in the toilets of the UGC cinema in Crawley. A security guard discovered the fire on the fourth floor during an

  • Councillors cleared of racism

    Two Tory councillors have been cleared of racially abusing travellers and leading a blockade to stop them camping at a popular beauty spot. The local government standards watchdog found there was no evidence to support the allegations, made against Brighton

  • Home damaged by bedroom blaze

    An electrical fault is thought to have caused a fire which damaged the first floor of a house in Eastbourne. Two fire crews were called to the blaze in Bourne Street at 3.50pm yesterday after a woman discovered flames in her front bedroom. She fled from

  • Rumpole of the blanket bath

    The tireless Rumpole has been wrenched away from the comforts of the Old Bailey to a care home in Sussex. Author Sir John Mortimer has moved the world's best-loved barrister to a fictional home near Haywards Heath in his latest book Rumpole And The Primrose

  • Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion, Brighton Dome

    Zakir Hussain and his crew redefined the art of drumming, each delivering exhilarating performances as soloists and in the ensemble. Selva Ganesh played the tiny kanjira, a tambour-like drum which proved capable of three or four well-defined layers of

  • Mark Thomas, Komedia, Brighton

    Mark Thomas has been a thorn in the side of authority for many years and long may he continue to be so. His new stand-up show is triumph and a genuine must-see show that will make you think as much as it will make you laugh. Most people will know him

  • Family Life, by Bini McCall

    Sam the hound has been in the doghouse this week for committing unspeakable crimes of the food variety or, in plain English, stealing. I have threatened to send him back to the RSPCA if he doesn't improve but he knows I won't, so this is an empty threat

  • School's payout over exam

    A former Mid Sussex schoolgirl is believed to have been awarded an out-of-court settlement over claims poor teaching damaged her future career. Katherine Norfolk was paid a sum, reported to be up to £30,000, after her family took Hurstpierpoint College

  • The real Posh

    Who does Posh Spice think she is, wanting to stop Peterborough United registering its name? They have been known as the Posh ever since I have been around and that's a long, long time. She acts and talks like some famous lady. After all, it's mainly her

  • Choking rage

    Each year, hundreds of old cars drive through Brighton and Hove and, each year, the media respond positively. In a age when asthma, cancer and respiratory diseases are among the fastest-growing and biggest killers of our species and the principle cause

  • We see you

    PC Colin Clasby, Sussex Police wildlife liaison officer, told me the badger traps removed from Saltdean gardens recently would be locked away and not handed back to Defra until a final solution to the badgers was found. I have found out the police have

  • Basketball: Bears grab semi place

    Bears are heading to the National Cup semi-finals for the first time in nine years after a powerful second half show at the Brighton Centre last night. They overturned a three-point half time deficit to convincingly beat a Newcastle Eagles outfit weakened

  • Ryman: Maggs plunged into black hole

    Horsham slipped to their first home defeat of the season after visitors Corinthian Casuals grabbed the only goal of the game deep into injury time. And manager John Maggs was quick to criticise his side. Maggs said: "No sooner do I start singing this

  • Noise register

    In Germany, the country I come from, fireworks must be applied for and registered, whether they are for private or public events. Introducing such a law would help prevent terrible accidents such as the death of Champagne the stallion. -Julia Schmidt-Beer

  • Ryman: Newman grabs treble in Rooks romp

    Lee Newman fired Lewes into second place in Ryman League division one (south) with an impressive hat-trick in a 7-0 demolition of Chertsey Town. New signing from Eastbourne Borough Matt Allen also scored on his debut against a Chertsey side who have not

  • Matthew Clark: Flomo's top class

    Luke Flomo returned from university to inspire Hassocks to a 3-1 victory over in-form Three Bridges at the Beacon. Flomo scored two terrific goals to put his side in the driving seat at half time. Phil Eldret added a third goal on 66 minutes and Glen

  • Matthew Clark: Taylor's return not enough

    Littlehampton chairman Andy Taylor made a playing comeback and put his struggling side ahead at Ringmer. It was not enough to head off a 2-1 defeat at Ringmer but the Marigolds chief is poised to announce a new managerial set-up to take his club to the

  • Ban bangs

    The death of Champagne, the stallion who broke his leg and had to be destroyed when he took off in fright at the sound of explosions caused by fireworks (The Argus, November 6), calls into question the entire fireworks season surrounding November 5. I

  • Brazen Reynard is ruining my garden

    I have gone off wildlife. My garden has been commandeered by it. Foxes have designated my garden chief repository, playground, supermarket and refuse tip. Their muddy paw marks are all over the garden furniture and children's slide. My bird bidet has

  • FA Vase: Hillians have Pat to thank

    Hillians manager Danny Bloor has hailed his goalkeeper Pat Gannon as the best in Sussex. The rookie boss was ecstatic after the County League champions booked their place in the third round of the FA Vase with a 2-1 victory over Stanway Rovers. Former

  • Stock cars: Sturt's the star

    Despite incessant rain, thousands of fans turned out for the annual gala night mix of racing and fireworks at Arlington Stadium. Three of the track's most popular formulas were on show, with former Arlington champion Andy Sturt the star of the night.

  • Dr Martens: Ramsay's six of the best

    Ex-Albion striker Scott Ramsay made it six goals in three games after his brace helped Eastbourne Borough to a 3-0 win over Sittingbourne in the eastern division. However, Priory Lane fans had to suffer some anxious moments before Garry Wilson's men made

  • Athletics: Gavin's back on right track

    Crawley's Gavin Thompson collected an impressive victory in the Mid America Conference cross-country championships at Oxford, Ohio. The win came after his East Michigan team-mate Boaz Cheboiywo took a wrong turn. Chedoiywo made the error when 100m clear

  • Hospital honours pioneering peer

    The former chairwoman of the old Brighton Health Care NHS Trust is to have a new building named in her honour. Baroness Emerton chaired the trust from 1994 to 2000. An education centre is being built opposite the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Eastern

  • Cash to open up council

    A scheme to make Brighton and Hove City Council services more accessible to the public will be launched in February. The council will start with 12 services ranging from reporting broken street lights to ordering library books. The system, backed by £200,000

  • Eyesore car park closes

    A bit of old Brighton which has been an eyesore for decades has finally closed. When the car park in Jubilee Street first opened in the Fifties it was supposed to be temporary. Selma Montford, secretary of the Brighton Society said: "It has certainly

  • ABB axe may hit 10,000

    Struggling engineering group ABB could cut 10,000 jobs under plans to slash costs. The Swiss-Swedish firm, which employs 6,800 staff in the UK, is restructuring its business in the wake of a shock profits warning last month, which prompted ratings downgrades

  • Casinos come up trumps for Stanley

    Gamblers on a losing streak helped bookmaker and casino operator Stanley Leisure come up trumps on the London market. Shares rose almost three per cent as the firm said it had been assisted by favourable results on the tables of its three London casinos

  • Ex-director sues for £1.6m

    Fallen telecom group Marconi and its controversial former finance director John Mayo are on course for another confrontation over money. Mr Mayo, who has already come under fire from shareholders for claiming £1 million in severance pay, has launched

  • Warning to internet cheats

    Students at a Sussex school have been warned about internet cheating - passing off work downloaded from the web as their own. Parents received a newsletter from Peacehaven Community School alerting them to the problem. A statement from the school in Greenwich

  • Seagulls happy to be underdogs

    Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on his players to exploit the memory of hungry Wolves' Premiership cop-out. He is content for the Seagulls to be overwhelming underdogs against the Black Country giants in tonight's Sky televised tussle at Molineux

  • New threat of airport havoc

    Holidaymakers jetting off from Gatwick could face fresh delays after air traffic controllers called for a strike ballot over bonuses paid to two executives. They want to call a 15-minute strike after discovering one director received a £215,000 bonus

  • Thousands fall silent

    Sussex fell silent today as thousands paid homage to the nation's war dead. Magistrates and judges suspended court cases and commuters stood motionless on railway platforms as they joined an estimated 45 million people nationwide to mark the 11th hour

  • Remembrance service at shops

    People in Burgess Hill spurned the church to have their Remembrance Day service in a shopping centre instead. They broke with tradition by holding a "community service" in the atrium of the Market Place Shopping Centre yesterday. Members of the Mid Sussex

  • Troops on Iraq war alert

    Troops in Sussex have been warned they are on standby to fight as the US and Britain prepare for a possible invasion of Iraq. Thousands of reservists have received letters from the Ministry of Defence about a possible call-up to fight alongside the Army

  • Secret life of a nude model

    As a life model, Jeremy Spark has been painted by hundreds of students. But the sexagenarian is also a mature gigolo who can earn up to £500 a day. To women of a certain age, former councillor Jeremy Spark's charms are impossible to resist. Despite his

  • Shire bids to reassure investors

    Drugs group Shire Pharmaceuticals is trying to pacify investors angry over the shock departure of chief executive Rolf Stahel. The company's American chairman Dr James Cavanaugh insisted Mr Stahel's decision to step down was not the result of a boardroom

  • NTL boss to step down

    Stephen Carter, managing director and chief operating officer of cable group NTL's UK and Irish divisions, is stepping down at the end of this year. His departure will follow NTL's expected completion of its debt-for-equity swap and emergence from Chapter

  • Spaceman plans UK tour

    Piers Sellers, the Sussex-born third Briton in space, hopes to tour the UK with his crew and spread the word about the excitement of space travel. Piers Sellers, originally from Crowborough but now a US citizen, returned to Earth last month following

  • Veggie diet on TV trial

    A vegetarian teenager's efforts to convert her stepbrothers to a meat-free diet have been filmed for a children's TV show. Hannah Barlow, 13, was caught on camera giving one of them a roasting after he broke a week-long ban on eating meat. Hannah's bid

  • Ex-mayor's gum campaign

    A former mayor is spearheading a campaign to remove chewing gum from the streets of Brighton and Hove. Councillor Jenny Barnard-Langston said removal was costing city taxpayers thousands of pounds a year. Now she has written to manufacturers asking: "

  • Film fans flee cinema blaze

    Almost 2,000 moviegoers had to be evacuated when fire broke out in a cinema last night. The blaze, which is being treated as arson, started in the toilets of the UGC cinema in Crawley. A security guard discovered the fire on the fourth floor during an

  • Councillors cleared of racism

    Two Tory councillors have been cleared of racially abusing travellers and leading a blockade to stop them camping at a popular beauty spot. The local government standards watchdog found there was no evidence to support the allegations, made against Brighton

  • Rumpole of the blanket bath

    The tireless Rumpole has been wrenched away from the comforts of the Old Bailey to a care home in Sussex. Author Sir John Mortimer has moved the world's best-loved barrister to a fictional home near Haywards Heath in his latest book Rumpole And The Primrose

  • Chain letters

    Please note, there is a further chain-letter scam circulating locally. It purports to come from David Rhodes, of Norfolk. It was sent to my husband, who died last year, and was hand-written. The address was slightly incorrect. I have passed it on to the

  • Bus bother

    Standing at the bus stop the other day, an elderly lady was constantly moaning to me she had been waiting more than 20 minutes for her bus and, in all probability, two or three would turn up together. When the bus finally arrived, this sweet old lady

  • Playing with the big boys

    I was sorry the City of Brighton and Hove did not make the shortlist for European Capital of Culture. I was interested to see the photos of the landmarks in the other cities that were selected. I would be interested to see the landmarks Brighton and Hove

  • Mark Thomas, Komedia, Brighton

    Mark Thomas has been a thorn in the side of authority for many years and long may he continue to be so. His new stand-up show is triumph and a genuine must-see show that will make you think as much as it will make you laugh. Most people will know him

  • School's payout over exam

    A former Sussex schoolgirl is believed to have been awarded an out-of-court settlement over claims poor teaching damaged her future career. Katherine Norfolk was paid a sum, reported to be up to £30,000, after her family took Hurstpierpoint College to

  • Choking rage

    Each year, hundreds of old cars drive through Brighton and Hove and, each year, the media respond positively. In a age when asthma, cancer and respiratory diseases are among the fastest-growing and biggest killers of our species and the principle cause

  • Ryman: Maggs plunged into black hole

    Horsham slipped to their first home defeat of the season after visitors Corinthian Casuals grabbed the only goal of the game deep into injury time. And manager John Maggs was quick to criticise his side. Maggs said: "No sooner do I start singing this

  • Noise register

    In Germany, the country I come from, fireworks must be applied for and registered, whether they are for private or public events. Introducing such a law would help prevent terrible accidents such as the death of Champagne the stallion. -Julia Schmidt-Beer

  • Lawyer lives on

    It's a sign of the times that Rumpole Of The Bailey is resident in a Sussex nursing home in one of Sir John Mortimer's latest stories about the celebrated barrister. But regular readers need not fear this means the crusty character will soon be performing

  • Be tolerant

    I read with amazement Roger Boulton's attitude towards the use of fireworks around Bonfire Night (Letters, November 7). Granted, there does seem to be more elongated use of fireworks compared to my childhood. However, there are good reasons for this trend

  • Valuable views

    Selma Montford has been a conservationist and environmental campaigner in Brighton for more than 30 years. As secretary of the Brighton Society and the long-serving chair of the Conservation Areas Advisory Group, she makes sure no planning changes escape

  • No colour

    Once again, an innocent animal has had to suffer the consequences of the ever-larger and louder fireworks being sold. I know the Government plans to ban "aerial bombs" next year but what penalties are going to be given those people who will inevitably

  • Matthew Clark: Taylor's return not enough

    Littlehampton chairman Andy Taylor made a playing comeback and put his struggling side ahead at Ringmer. It was not enough to head off a 2-1 defeat at Ringmer but the Marigolds chief is poised to announce a new managerial set-up to take his club to the

  • Ban bangs

    The death of Champagne, the stallion who broke his leg and had to be destroyed when he took off in fright at the sound of explosions caused by fireworks (The Argus, November 6), calls into question the entire fireworks season surrounding November 5. I

  • FA Vase: Hillians have Pat to thank

    Hillians manager Danny Bloor has hailed his goalkeeper Pat Gannon as the best in Sussex. The rookie boss was ecstatic after the County League champions booked their place in the third round of the FA Vase with a 2-1 victory over Stanway Rovers. Former

  • Dr Martens: Ramsay's six of the best

    Ex-Albion striker Scott Ramsay made it six goals in three games after his brace helped Eastbourne Borough to a 3-0 win over Sittingbourne in the eastern division. However, Priory Lane fans had to suffer some anxious moments before Garry Wilson's men made

  • Basketball: Lightning triumph for Thunder

    Gary Smith told his Worthing Thunder players to win their NBL Trophy quarter-final and make it convincing. Even the Thunder coach however could not have expected his side to effectively see off visitors Worcester Wolves by the fourth minute of the second

  • Cash to open up council

    A scheme to make Brighton and Hove City Council services more accessible to the public will be launched in February. The council will start with 12 services ranging from reporting broken street lights to ordering library books. The system, backed by £200,000

  • Ex-director sues for £1.6m

    Fallen telecom group Marconi and its controversial former finance director John Mayo are on course for another confrontation over money. Mr Mayo, who has already come under fire from shareholders for claiming £1 million in severance pay, has launched

  • New-look village square opens

    Pensioner Joan Snudden officially opened the refurbished Golden Square in Rottingdean by cutting a ribbon. Mrs Snudden remembers using the old wash house, which was renovated as part of the scheme to revamp the square between West Street and Park Road

  • Warning to internet cheats

    Students at a Sussex school have been warned about internet cheating - passing off work downloaded from the web as their own. Parents received a newsletter from Peacehaven Community School alerting them to the problem. A statement from the school in Greenwich

  • Paper reported over pop posters

    A national newspaper is being reported to advertising watchdogs for illegal fly-posting. Brighton and Hove City Council took the action after posters advertising a free pop CD were put up by The Guardian two weeks ago. Posters appeared at various locations

  • Island trip with Tony Blackburn

    Spending a week on an island with veteran DJ Tony Blackburn could leave many of us screaming "Help! get me out of here!" But Denise Hopkins, of Broadwater, Worthing, could not be happier that she is about to spend seven days with the poptastic legend

  • Seagulls happy to be underdogs

    Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on his players to exploit the memory of hungry Wolves' Premiership cop-out. He is content for the Seagulls to be overwhelming underdogs against the Black Country giants in tonight's Sky televised tussle at Molineux

  • Readers help Jake make progress

    Baby Jake Akehurst is a step closer to walking, thanks to readers of The Argus. Doctors said 15-month-old Jake may never walk - but his mum Roslyn is determined to do everything she can to encourage his mobility. Jake was born more than two months premature

  • Gunpoint raid on store

    Armed robbers ordered staff at a Brighton shop to lie on the ground as they grabbed hundreds of pounds from a till. Two white men aged between 17 and 20 went into Shakti Stores in Ditchling Road between 8.10pm and 8.20pm on Saturday. One brandished a

  • Troops on Iraq war alert

    Troops in Sussex have been warned they are on standby to fight as the US and Britain prepare for a possible invasion of Iraq. Thousands of reservists have received letters from the Ministry of Defence about a possible call-up to fight alongside the Army

  • I stripped to celebrate losing 10st

    A year ago, Simon Harrington would rather have died than strip to his smalls and show off his body to the world. Now the part-time DJ and musician can be seen proudly baring all in a male calendar with only a bass guitar to protect his modesty. The reason

  • Secret life of a nude model

    As a life model, Jeremy Spark has been painted by hundreds of students. But the sexagenarian is also a mature gigolo who can earn up to £500 a day. To women of a certain age, former councillor Jeremy Spark's charms are impossible to resist. Despite his

  • Spaceman plans UK tour

    Piers Sellers, the Sussex-born third Briton in space, hopes to tour the UK with his crew and spread the word about the excitement of space travel. Piers Sellers, originally from Crowborough but now a US citizen, returned to Earth last month following

  • City house prices rocket by £700 a week

    House prices in Brighton and Hove are soaring by more than £700 a week. The boom shows no sign of slowing, despite growing predictions of a collapse in the property market. Low interest rates and an influx of buyers from London continue to fuel the inflation

  • Future of water company uncertain

    Fears have been raised about the future of Southern Water following a government decision over a proposed takeover. The Department of Trade and Industry backed a Competition Commission report which said the £2 billion acquisition of the Worthing-based

  • Veggie diet on TV trial

    A vegetarian teenager's efforts to convert her stepbrothers to a meat-free diet have been filmed for a children's TV show. Hannah Barlow, 13, was caught on camera giving one of them a roasting after he broke a week-long ban on eating meat. Hannah's bid

  • Ex-mayor's gum campaign

    A former mayor is spearheading a campaign to remove chewing gum from the streets of Brighton and Hove. Councillor Jenny Barnard-Langston said removal was costing city taxpayers thousands of pounds a year. Now she has written to manufacturers asking: "

  • Man on hotel rape charge

    A man has been charged with raping a woman in her room at a seafront hotel in Brighton. William Steward, 24, unemployed and of no fixed address, is also accused on making threats to kill, false imprisonment and obstruction. He was charged on Saturday

  • Vandals smash 27 windscreens

    Vandals caused thousands of pounds worth' of damage to parked cars when they went on the rampage in Hastings. Twenty-seven windscreens were smashed at The Stade on Sunday at about 2am, leaving a trail of broken glass and devastation. Most of the cars

  • Chain letters

    Please note, there is a further chain-letter scam circulating locally. It purports to come from David Rhodes, of Norfolk. It was sent to my husband, who died last year, and was hand-written. The address was slightly incorrect. I have passed it on to the

  • Bus bother

    Standing at the bus stop the other day, an elderly lady was constantly moaning to me she had been waiting more than 20 minutes for her bus and, in all probability, two or three would turn up together. When the bus finally arrived, this sweet old lady

  • Playing with the big boys

    I was sorry the City of Brighton and Hove did not make the shortlist for European Capital of Culture. I was interested to see the photos of the landmarks in the other cities that were selected. I would be interested to see the landmarks Brighton and Hove

  • Voice Of The Third Age: Lis Solkhon

    It seemed as though I had only just got the crashes and bangs from last year's month of November 5 fireworks out of my hearing aid. Then this year's lengthy assault on our ears was back. Fireworks are fine, unless you happen to be an animal, in which

  • School's payout over exam

    A former Sussex schoolgirl is believed to have been awarded an out-of-court settlement over claims poor teaching damaged her future career. Katherine Norfolk was paid a sum, reported to be up to £30,000, after her family took Hurstpierpoint College to

  • Film fans flee cinema blaze

    Almost 2,000 moviegoers had to be evacuated when fire broke out in a Mid Sussex cinema last night. The blaze, which is being treated as arson, started in the toilets of the UGC cinema in Crawley. A security guard discovered the fire on the fourth floor

  • Supplements for the brain

    Our desired assets in old age are lucid brain function, memory, alertness of mind, healthy use of muscles and joints and a healthy heart and lungs. Is it not worth looking after them from a young age? Dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease are

  • Terror state

    Fireworks are becoming more and more of a dangerous and anti-social nightmare. The noise lasts from the weekend before November 5 until the week-end after, most nights of the week, plus there are Diwali celebrations. Many people have fireworks in their

  • Lawyer lives on

    It's a sign of the times that Rumpole Of The Bailey is resident in a Sussex nursing home in one of Sir John Mortimer's latest stories about the celebrated barrister. But regular readers need not fear this means the crusty character will soon be performing

  • Be tolerant

    I read with amazement Roger Boulton's attitude towards the use of fireworks around Bonfire Night (Letters, November 7). Granted, there does seem to be more elongated use of fireworks compared to my childhood. However, there are good reasons for this trend

  • Valuable views

    Selma Montford has been a conservationist and environmental campaigner in Brighton for more than 30 years. As secretary of the Brighton Society and the long-serving chair of the Conservation Areas Advisory Group, she makes sure no planning changes escape

  • No colour

    Once again, an innocent animal has had to suffer the consequences of the ever-larger and louder fireworks being sold. I know the Government plans to ban "aerial bombs" next year but what penalties are going to be given those people who will inevitably

  • Accept the final verdict

    Two Tory councillors are happy today after allegations hanging over them for six months have been lifted. The local government standards board has found there was no evidence that Woodingdean councillors Geoff Wells and Dee Simson racially abused travellers

  • FA Vase: More sees Selsey through

    Clinton More scored a late winner as Selsey twice came from behind to beat Soham Town Rangers 3-2. The Eastern Counties League side boasted a record of one defeat in their last 15 games but the Sussex visitors deservedly clinched a place in the third

  • Phone firm appeals over mast

    Residents are outraged that a mobile phone company has appealed after planners turned down its bid to build a mast near homes in Ardingly. Orange is appealing against the decision not to put a 25m mast at the site of the old telephone exchange. Jennifer

  • Call for zero tolerance on travellers

    Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames has called for a robust council policy to deal with illegal travellers' camps. Tory Mr Soames proposed zero tolerance for any travellers who breach the district council's code of conduct. He said: "While we need to accommodate

  • Dr Martens: Crawley suffer at home

    Crawley suffered more Broadfield Stadium blues as lowly Hinckley claimed their first away win of the season on Saturday to send the large crowd away disappointed. This defeat in front of a bumper 1,217 attendance leaves more question marks over Crawley's

  • Seagulls happy to be underdogs

    Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on his players to exploit the memory of hungry Wolves' Premiership cop-out. He is content for the Seagulls to be overwhelming underdogs against the Black Country giants in tonight's Sky televised tussle at Molineux

  • Talks on riverside development

    Arun district councillors were today discussing redevelopment of the West Bank area in Littlehampton. They want to see better facilities for river-related businesses at the site but stress there will be no residential development. Councillors are due

  • Sidwell poised for debut

    New signing Steve Sidwell is on course for his Albion debut against Wolves at Molineux tonight. The teenage midfielder is expected to join fellow Arsenal loan capture Graham Barrett in the starting line-up, as Paul Brooker is banned and there is a slight

  • Basketball: Lightning triumph for Thunder

    Gary Smith told his Worthing Thunder players to win their NBL Trophy quarter-final and make it convincing. Even the Thunder coach however could not have expected his side to effectively see off visitors Worcester Wolves by the fourth minute of the second

  • Plea for help after homeless man dies

    People in Sussex are being asked to help track down relatives of a homeless man who died after a fire. It is thought the man, who was identified from his fingerprints as Barry Alexander Page, lived for part of his life in Worthing and had relatives in

  • Students' drug warning

    An anti-drugs message by Eastbourne schoolchildren will hit the airwaves as part of a youth radio launch. Pupils from Bishop Bell School will be among 1,500 children taking part in the second Eastbourne Youth Radio (EYR) 36-hour broadcast, due to go on

  • New-look village square opens

    Pensioner Joan Snudden officially opened the refurbished Golden Square in Rottingdean by cutting a ribbon. Mrs Snudden remembers using the old wash house, which was renovated as part of the scheme to revamp the square between West Street and Park Road

  • Greens object to postal vote

    Green Party councillors in Brighton and Hove are opposing an all-postal ballot for local elections next May. The city council's policy committee is expected to apply for permission to run a pilot project. The idea is backed by the ruling Labour group

  • Paper reported over pop posters

    A national newspaper is being reported to advertising watchdogs for illegal fly-posting. Brighton and Hove City Council took the action after posters advertising a free pop CD were put up by The Guardian two weeks ago. Posters appeared at various locations

  • Island trip with Tony Blackburn

    Spending a week on an island with veteran DJ Tony Blackburn could leave many of us screaming "Help! get me out of here!" But Denise Hopkins, of Broadwater, Worthing, could not be happier that she is about to spend seven days with the poptastic legend

  • Seagulls happy to be underdogs

    Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on his players to exploit the memory of hungry Wolves' Premiership cop-out. He is content for the Seagulls to be overwhelming underdogs against the Black Country giants in tonight's Sky televised tussle at Molineux

  • Readers help Jake make progress

    Baby Jake Akehurst is a step closer to walking, thanks to readers of The Argus. Doctors said 15-month-old Jake may never walk - but his mum Roslyn is determined to do everything she can to encourage his mobility. Jake was born more than two months premature

  • Gunpoint raid on store

    Armed robbers ordered staff at a Brighton shop to lie on the ground as they grabbed hundreds of pounds from a till. Two white men aged between 17 and 20 went into Shakti Stores in Ditchling Road between 8.10pm and 8.20pm on Saturday. One brandished a

  • It's all over for soccer legends

    The final whistle has blown for a football team after more than 40 years of providing players for the Albion and collecting its own array of silverware. Lower Bevendean Football Club in Brighton was one of the city's most popular and successful teams.

  • Thousands fall silent

    Sussex fell silent today as thousands paid homage to the nation's war dead. Magistrates and judges suspended court cases and commuters stood motionless on railway platforms as they joined an estimated 45 million people nationwide to mark the 11th hour

  • Interview: Selma Montford

    The secretary of the Brighton Society, is the high priestess of the city conservation movement. So does she feel progress is being made? Buildings may come and buildings may go but Selma Montford is a reliable force in an ever-changing world. During her

  • I stripped to celebrate losing 10st

    A year ago, Simon Harrington would rather have died than strip to his smalls and show off his body to the world. Now the part-time DJ and musician can be seen proudly baring all in a male calendar with only a bass guitar to protect his modesty. The reason

  • The best thing since sliced bread

    The Calorie Control Council is an international association representing the industry that makes and uses aspartame and other artificial sweeteners. After my recent column, Sweeteners That Leave A Sour Taste (September 26), the Council has complained