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  • Jordan's sis wants to follow in her footsteps

    Glamour model Jordan's sister Sophie Price has experienced the highs and lows of having a celebrity sibling. At just 13 years old, she has met Robbie Williams, has her own horse and has to fight off plenty of male attention. On the downside, she has had

  • Thanks for your help

    I thank the young man called Mark who came to my sister's aid when her very dear friend collapsed with a heart attack. It was 11pm at night, she was a visitor from Canada and not at all familiar with the area in Portslade where this happened. The lad

  • Post trauma

    For some weeks, mail to France has taken ten days or more by air. I phoned Royal Mail asking if there was any reason for this, only to be told, "It's Christmas." The US and Australia also have Christmas and they have no delays. Do others have the same

  • Odeon or Lido?

    Can someone please clear up a debate we have been having at our club? I say the cinema that was just outside Hove station was the Odeon - it was since I was a lad in the Fifties until it closed. However, I have also heard it called the Lido. -Bob Cannings

  • Blame shared for firefighter's fall

    A firefighter's career was destroyed partly because of negligence by her employers, a court has decided. Sarah Cotton, 35, from Worthing, plunged off Shoreham flyover while trying to help a passenger trapped following a road accident. Miss Cotton climbed

  • Sheff Wed 1, Albion 1

    Albion were denied a vital victory in a tense basement battle by substitute Shefki Kuqi's 90th minute equaliser. The Finnish International forward rescued a point for Wednesday after coming on in the 62nd minute. He rounded Michel Kuipers to drive home

  • Emulate Cannon and Ball

    Wendy Charlton (Letters, November 21) compared Sir Cliff Richard to Daniel O'Donnell, both of whom include "gospel" in their gigs. As a Christian teacher, Cliff kindly accepted my invitation to speak at our Christian Union open evening in 1969, where

  • Not so cheap

    BBC News 24 reflected, rightly, the contribution to the comfort of local people by Roger French and the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company in providing so many excellent new vehicles. The footage showed some of them and interviewed several satisfied

  • Basketball: New coach at Cougars

    Mike Blatchford has taken over as head coach of Brighton Cougars as they look to get their NBL division two south season back on the rails. Cougars crashed 80-60 at Brixton Topcats last week in what Blatchford admitted was their worst display of the season

  • Inside View, by Nathan Jones

    After the magnificent stadia of the last two away games, it was back to the humble yet homely surroundings of our own Withdean Stadium. And against a well-known rival of ours, in the shape of Reading Football Club. The Royals, who had been convincingly

  • Terrace Talk, by Roz South

    Expecting something of a right Royal result against Reading, last week, the rain that accompanied the uninspiring Albion defeat rounded the afternoon off almost poetically. To make matters worse, South Central, and whoever else pretends to run the rail

  • Basketball: Crunch time for Thunder

    Gary Smith admits his Worthing Thunder side have spent the last five weeks building for tonight's NBL Trophy semi-final. Now he is backing them to see off Plymouth Raiders at Durrington (8pm) and set up a trip to his home city of Birmingham for the final

  • Agony of prison suicide victim's mother

    The mother of a man who killed himself in a prison dubbed "Dickensian and inhumane" says changes to the regime have not gone far enough. Robert Vowles, 37, of Grand Avenue, Hove, who was facing a murder charge, tied bed sheets together and hanged himself

  • Happiness on a gay day

    Forty years ago homosexuality was a crime and a century before that Queen Victoria was reputed not to know what a lesbian was. Now the social climate has changed so much that today a gay couple will become one of the first to take part in a commitment

  • Don't fall into the easy trap of fear

    Does anybody remember, as I do, the queues at petrol stations across the country at the time of the hauliers' demonstrations? Can you remember the wheat shortage when the general public, in a mass panic, couldn't strip the supermarket shelves of bread

  • Speedway special: Dugard is back

    Martin Dugard returns to the track in tomorrow's Brighton Bonanza. The former British Grand Prix winner and Overseas champion, who quit as Eastbourne Eagles captain 14 months ago, is one of the stars chasing the £1,000 prize in the annual indoor spectacular

  • Historic park faces cutbacks

    Restoration of a historic Brighton park to the days of its Edwardian splendour could cost up to £4.2 million. Work is having to be reduced because there is not nearly enough money to complete the trouble-hit scheme at Preston Park, where the original

  • Sidwell keeps his end of deal

    Steve Sidwell has satisfied the wishes of his Arsenal team mate Graham Barrett by signing for Albion for the rest of the season. The Argus revealed yesterday that Barrett had urged his Highbury colleague to follow in his footsteps by pledging his future

  • Fear for future of farmers' markets

    Traders at a farmers' market are being forced out of business because of high parking costs and a lack of customers. The monthly market in Bartholomew Square, Brighton, is losing stall-holders who cannot afford the £12-a-day parking fee and are disappointed

  • TV hunt for famous squirrels

    A TV company is hunting for a star with a glossy coat, a liking for nuts and the ability to scale a seven-storey building at speed. The BBC Bristol wildlife unit is searching for a family of squirrels who once starred in a TV programme called Mission

  • MPs reveal all in dossier

    Sussex MPs declared paid directorships, overseas trips and rental income from holiday homes in the latest Register of Members' Interests. But their entries in the 115-page dossier were sober compared to those by some of their Parliamentary colleagues,

  • Deadly reality of paradise

    The killing of Tamalyn Bundy-Davis and Jermaine Davis in Jamaica highlights the deadly reality of life in the so-called island paradise. The island in the sun conjures up visions of palm-fringed Caribbean beauty. Fantastic beaches and luxurious landscapes

  • Sheff Wed v Albion: Blow by blow

    The Seagulls' hopes of moving off the bottom of the table looked set to be realised from early in the first half right up until the 90th minute. Albion grabbed a precious 20th minute advantage, courtesy initially of the type of individual mistake which

  • Vandals target Sarah shrine

    A shrine for murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne has been vandalised. Teddies and poems, left as marks of love and respect, were thrown into the mud and a cross was ripped from a tree. Sarah's grandfather Terry Payne condemned those responsible, saying

  • Jordan's sis wants to follow in her footsteps

    Glamour model Jordan's sister Sophie Price has experienced the highs and lows of having a celebrity sibling. At just 13 years old, she has met Robbie Williams, has her own horse and has to fight off plenty of male attention. On the downside, she has had

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    This was the week I was going to start my Christmas shopping, organise a few festive celebrations, write out the Christmas card list and boil up the pudding. I didn't even get as far as the queues for Churchill Square carport. An outbreak of pre-Christmas

  • Sheff Wed 1, Albion 1

    Albion were denied a vital victory in a tense basement battle by substitute Shefki Kuqi's 90th minute equaliser. The Finnish International forward rescued a point for Wednesday after coming on in the 62nd minute. He rounded Michel Kuipers to drive home

  • Crawley 1, Dag Red 2

    Billy Smith's team welcomed Conference side Dagenham to a wet Broadfield Stadium in the second round proper of the FA Cup. The stadium was full to the rafters with a sell-out 5,000 fans crammed in. Smith was boosted by the return of a quartet of players

  • Emulate Cannon and Ball

    Wendy Charlton (Letters, November 21) compared Sir Cliff Richard to Daniel O'Donnell, both of whom include "gospel" in their gigs. As a Christian teacher, Cliff kindly accepted my invitation to speak at our Christian Union open evening in 1969, where

  • It's a spoilt spot

    I went to Brighton Marina and could not believe my eyes. I have never seen such an ugly new building in my life. How could the planning committee allow such a construction? As Prince Charles would say, "It is a carbuncle on the landscape", totally unsympathetic

  • Not so cheap

    BBC News 24 reflected, rightly, the contribution to the comfort of local people by Roger French and the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company in providing so many excellent new vehicles. The footage showed some of them and interviewed several satisfied

  • Inside View, by Nathan Jones

    After the magnificent stadia of the last two away games, it was back to the humble yet homely surroundings of our own Withdean Stadium. And against a well-known rival of ours, in the shape of Reading Football Club. The Royals, who had been convincingly

  • Jagged edge

    It's a wonder Brighton and Hove's bus drivers don't go on strike. I invite any councillor to try driving a bus from Church Street, Hove, to Eastern Road, Brighton, during rush hour - it's chaotic. Not only are passenger numbers growing each year but also

  • Pet in a spin

    Plenty of people have strained muscles or suffered from aches and pains after trying out exercise machines at the gym. But when Little Joe the hamster strained his leg after running around his exercise wheel in his home at Horsham, it was almost a first

  • Woeful work

    Every day, we read in the Press of companies making fat profits and their directors collecting huge bonuses and, of course, shareholders having to be looked after. What about the working people who pay 90 per cent of the taxes? Without them, this country

  • Price is right

    For a long time, I have been concerned at the methods used by electrical retailers. When you buy, say, a lap-top from Dixons for £899, the assistant tries to get you to pay another £299 for what is called an extended warranty (three years). This increases

  • Deep kneed

    In reply to "Disillusioned victim" (Letters, December 4), I have proof from personal experience that God turns sinners into saints through prayer. In the suburb of London where I was brought up, there was a notorious drunkard and wife beater, almost a

  • Speedway special: Veterans chase a treble

    Golden oldies Bobby Schwartz and Shawn McConnell will be bidding for a remarkable hat-trick at the Brighton Centre. The two Americans with a combined age of 89 years have won the supporting event, the best pairs championship, at the indoor Bonanza for

  • Don't fall into the easy trap of fear

    Does anybody remember, as I do, the queues at petrol stations across the country at the time of the hauliers' demonstrations? Can you remember the wheat shortage when the general public, in a mass panic, couldn't strip the supermarket shelves of bread

  • Speedway special: Dugard is back

    Martin Dugard returns to the track in tomorrow's Brighton Bonanza. The former British Grand Prix winner and Overseas champion, who quit as Eastbourne Eagles captain 14 months ago, is one of the stars chasing the £1,000 prize in the annual indoor spectacular

  • Fund-raising takes off at airport

    Bosses at Gatwick are hoping to beat the £15,100 raised last year for charity after launching Gatwick's Christmas appeal. The appeal raises funds for local charities with collection boxes dotted around the airport. Deputy mayor of Crawley, Brian Quinn

  • All-night cafe to welcome homeless

    Homeless and vulnerable people in Brighton and Hove are being given an extra place to shelter at night. An all-night cafe is opening at St Patrick's Church in Hove from Monday. St Patrick's Trust, which already provides a hostel and night shelter at the

  • Sidwell keeps his end of deal

    Steve Sidwell has satisfied the wishes of his Arsenal team mate Graham Barrett by signing for Albion for the rest of the season. The Argus revealed yesterday that Barrett had urged his Highbury colleague to follow in his footsteps by pledging his future

  • TV hunt for famous squirrels

    A TV company is hunting for a star with a glossy coat, a liking for nuts and the ability to scale a seven-storey building at speed. The BBC Bristol wildlife unit is searching for a family of squirrels who once starred in a TV programme called Mission

  • MPs reveal all in dossier

    Sussex MPs declared paid directorships, overseas trips and rental income from holiday homes in the latest Register of Members' Interests. But their entries in the 115-page dossier were sober compared to those by some of their Parliamentary colleagues,

  • Deadly reality of paradise

    The killing of Tamalyn Bundy-Davis and Jermaine Davis in Jamaica highlights the deadly reality of life in the so-called island paradise. The island in the sun conjures up visions of palm-fringed Caribbean beauty. Fantastic beaches and luxurious landscapes

  • Killers took bride's ring

    Teenage newlywed Tammy Bundy-Davis was stripped of her wedding ring by her killer. None of her jewellery or cash has been found since she and her husband were found shot dead and bound together in Jamaica. The man leading the murder hunt on the Caribbean

  • Sheff Wed v Albion: The teams

    Albion boss Steve Coppell named an unchanged side for Saturday's important basement battle at Hillsborough. He kept faith with the team beaten 1-0 at home by Reading the week before. The only changes were on the bench, where Graham Barrett came in for

  • Church hid sex abuse, say campaigners

    Campaigners last night dismissed comments by the Archbishop of Westminster that he had been "naive" on the issue of sex abuse in the church. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, said it had failed

  • Substitute food

    When the Channel Islands were occupied by Germans in 1940, food became scarce. Islanders experimented with substitute foods. They collected Carrageen moss (a frilly seaweed) to make blancmange, used acorns, parsnips, wheat, sugar beet or lupin seeds to

  • Thanks for your help

    I thank the young man called Mark who came to my sister's aid when her very dear friend collapsed with a heart attack. It was 11pm at night, she was a visitor from Canada and not at all familiar with the area in Portslade where this happened. The lad

  • Post trauma

    For some weeks, mail to France has taken ten days or more by air. I phoned Royal Mail asking if there was any reason for this, only to be told, "It's Christmas." The US and Australia also have Christmas and they have no delays. Do others have the same

  • Odeon or Lido?

    Can someone please clear up a debate we have been having at our club? I say the cinema that was just outside Hove station was the Odeon - it was since I was a lad in the Fifties until it closed. However, I have also heard it called the Lido. -Bob Cannings

  • Blame shared for firefighter's fall

    A firefighter's career was destroyed partly because of negligence by her employers, a court has decided. Sarah Cotton, 35, from Worthing, plunged off Shoreham flyover while trying to help a passenger trapped following a road accident. Miss Cotton climbed

  • Change ideas

    "There is not enough room outside Brighton station for all the buses to be accommodated," says Roger French of Brighton and Hove's buses (Letters, December 4). The opportunity to improve bus-rail interchange is in the development of the Brighton station

  • Basketball: Midgley impresses at Cal

    Richard Midgley has played a key role in helping University of California Golden Bears to three straight wins in their opening games of the season. The point guard from Burgess Hill had nine points, including a late three, as the Bears won 73-64 in overtime

  • Basketball: New coach at Cougars

    Mike Blatchford has taken over as head coach of Brighton Cougars as they look to get their NBL division two south season back on the rails. Cougars crashed 80-60 at Brixton Topcats last week in what Blatchford admitted was their worst display of the season

  • Vandals target Sarah shrine

    A shrine for murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne has been vandalised. Teddies and poems, left as marks of love and respect, were thrown into the mud and a cross was ripped from a tree. Sarah's grandfather Terry Payne condemned those responsible, saying

  • Substitute food

    When the Channel Islands were occupied by Germans in 1940, food became scarce. Islanders experimented with substitute foods. They collected Carrageen moss (a frilly seaweed) to make blancmange, used acorns, parsnips, wheat, sugar beet or lupin seeds to

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    This was the week I was going to start my Christmas shopping, organise a few festive celebrations, write out the Christmas card list and boil up the pudding. I didn't even get as far as the queues for Churchill Square carport. An outbreak of pre-Christmas

  • Crawley 1, Dag Red 2

    Billy Smith's team welcomed Conference side Dagenham to a wet Broadfield Stadium in the second round proper of the FA Cup. The stadium was full to the rafters with a sell-out 5,000 fans crammed in. Smith was boosted by the return of a quartet of players

  • It's a spoilt spot

    I went to Brighton Marina and could not believe my eyes. I have never seen such an ugly new building in my life. How could the planning committee allow such a construction? As Prince Charles would say, "It is a carbuncle on the landscape", totally unsympathetic

  • Change ideas

    "There is not enough room outside Brighton station for all the buses to be accommodated," says Roger French of Brighton and Hove's buses (Letters, December 4). The opportunity to improve bus-rail interchange is in the development of the Brighton station

  • Basketball: Midgley impresses at Cal

    Richard Midgley has played a key role in helping University of California Golden Bears to three straight wins in their opening games of the season. The point guard from Burgess Hill had nine points, including a late three, as the Bears won 73-64 in overtime

  • Gerry Armstrong: Seagulls can grab two wins

    "What a let down" screamed the headline of this paper last weekend, and I couldn't agree more. Defeat at home to Reading, following on from the Forest setback, ended Albion's brave four-match unbeaten run which was extremely disappointing to say the least

  • Jagged edge

    It's a wonder Brighton and Hove's bus drivers don't go on strike. I invite any councillor to try driving a bus from Church Street, Hove, to Eastern Road, Brighton, during rush hour - it's chaotic. Not only are passenger numbers growing each year but also

  • Pet in a spin

    Plenty of people have strained muscles or suffered from aches and pains after trying out exercise machines at the gym. But when Little Joe the hamster strained his leg after running around his exercise wheel in his home at Horsham, it was almost a first

  • Woeful work

    Every day, we read in the Press of companies making fat profits and their directors collecting huge bonuses and, of course, shareholders having to be looked after. What about the working people who pay 90 per cent of the taxes? Without them, this country

  • Farewell, sir

    James Russell has worked for years at East Brighton College of Media Arts, a school that has been through more than its fair share of problems. He is so much loved by pupils that he was given an award as The Argus Teacher of the Year for 2002. Mr Russell

  • Price is right

    For a long time, I have been concerned at the methods used by electrical retailers. When you buy, say, a lap-top from Dixons for £899, the assistant tries to get you to pay another £299 for what is called an extended warranty (three years). This increases

  • Deep kneed

    In reply to "Disillusioned victim" (Letters, December 4), I have proof from personal experience that God turns sinners into saints through prayer. In the suburb of London where I was brought up, there was a notorious drunkard and wife beater, almost a

  • Speedway special: Veterans chase a treble

    Golden oldies Bobby Schwartz and Shawn McConnell will be bidding for a remarkable hat-trick at the Brighton Centre. The two Americans with a combined age of 89 years have won the supporting event, the best pairs championship, at the indoor Bonanza for

  • All-night cafe to welcome homeless

    Homeless and vulnerable people in Brighton and Hove are being given an extra place to shelter at night. An all-night cafe is opening at St Patrick's Church in Hove from Monday. St Patrick's Trust, which already provides a hostel and night shelter at the

  • School's out for favourite teacher

    A teacher who was so popular with pupils that they staged a protest to save his job is to leave to start a new life in Spain. Youngsters feared Jim Russell, voted The Argus Teacher of the Year in 2002, would be squeezed out when education officials announced

  • Sidwell keeps his end of deal

    Steve Sidwell has satisfied the wishes of his Arsenal team mate Graham Barrett by signing for Albion for the rest of the season. The Argus revealed yesterday that Barrett had urged his Highbury colleague to follow in his footsteps by pledging his future

  • Club night moves venue

    Popular club night Cream is moving because it needs bigger premises. Cream's South Coast monthly residency at Brighton's Concorde 2 is ending and the outfit is moving to the Honeyclub, in King's Road Arches. The Honeyclub opening party will take place

  • Ruling to suspend solicitors

    Three solicitors are due to be suspended from working next year for breaching practice rules. Tony Loader, 55, of Horsman Loader in Albion Street, Lewes, has been suspended for six months from January 2. Richard Marsh, 38, of Marsh and Co, in Marlborough

  • Killers took bride's ring

    Teenage newlywed Tammy Bundy-Davis was stripped of her wedding ring by her killer. None of her jewellery or cash has been found since she and her husband were found shot dead and bound together in Jamaica. The man leading the murder hunt on the Caribbean

  • Sheff Wed v Albion: The teams

    Albion boss Steve Coppell named an unchanged side for Saturday's important basement battle at Hillsborough. He kept faith with the team beaten 1-0 at home by Reading the week before. The only changes were on the bench, where Graham Barrett came in for

  • Church hid sex abuse, say campaigners

    Campaigners last night dismissed comments by the Archbishop of Westminster that he had been "naive" on the issue of sex abuse in the church. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, said it had failed

  • Gerry Armstrong: Seagulls can grab two wins

    "What a let down" screamed the headline of this paper last weekend, and I couldn't agree more. Defeat at home to Reading, following on from the Forest setback, ended Albion's brave four-match unbeaten run which was extremely disappointing to say the least

  • Terrace Talk, by Roz South

    Expecting something of a right Royal result against Reading, last week, the rain that accompanied the uninspiring Albion defeat rounded the afternoon off almost poetically. To make matters worse, South Central, and whoever else pretends to run the rail

  • Basketball: Crunch time for Thunder

    Gary Smith admits his Worthing Thunder side have spent the last five weeks building for tonight's NBL Trophy semi-final. Now he is backing them to see off Plymouth Raiders at Durrington (8pm) and set up a trip to his home city of Birmingham for the final

  • Farewell, sir

    James Russell has worked for years at East Brighton College of Media Arts, a school that has been through more than its fair share of problems. He is so much loved by pupils that he was given an award as The Argus Teacher of the Year for 2002. Mr Russell

  • Agony of prison suicide victim's mother

    The mother of a man who killed himself in a prison dubbed "Dickensian and inhumane" says changes to the regime have not gone far enough. Robert Vowles, 37, of Grand Avenue, Hove, who was facing a murder charge, tied bed sheets together and hanged himself

  • Happiness on a gay day

    Forty years ago homosexuality was a crime and a century before that Queen Victoria was reputed not to know what a lesbian was. Now the social climate has changed so much that today a gay couple will become one of the first to take part in a commitment

  • Historic park faces cutbacks

    Restoration of a historic Brighton park to the days of its Edwardian splendour could cost up to £4.2 million. Work is having to be reduced because there is not nearly enough money to complete the trouble-hit scheme at Preston Park, where the original

  • Sidwell keeps his end of deal

    Steve Sidwell has satisfied the wishes of his Arsenal team mate Graham Barrett by signing for Albion for the rest of the season. The Argus revealed yesterday that Barrett had urged his Highbury colleague to follow in his footsteps by pledging his future

  • Fear for future of farmers' markets

    Traders at a farmers' market are being forced out of business because of high parking costs and a lack of customers. The monthly market in Bartholomew Square, Brighton, is losing stall-holders who cannot afford the £12-a-day parking fee and are disappointed

  • School's out for favourite teacher

    A teacher who was so popular with pupils that they staged a protest to save his job is to leave to start a new life in Spain. Youngsters feared Jim Russell, voted The Argus Teacher of the Year in 2002, would be squeezed out when education officials announced

  • Club night moves venue

    Popular club night Cream is moving because it needs bigger premises. Cream's South Coast monthly residency at Brighton's Concorde 2 is ending and the outfit is moving to the Honeyclub, in King's Road Arches. The Honeyclub opening party will take place

  • Ruling to suspend solicitors

    Three solicitors are due to be suspended from working next year for breaching practice rules. Tony Loader, 55, of Horsman Loader in Albion Street, Lewes, has been suspended for six months from January 2. Richard Marsh, 38, of Marsh and Co, in Marlborough

  • Sheff Wed v Albion: Blow by blow

    The Seagulls' hopes of moving off the bottom of the table looked set to be realised from early in the first half right up until the 90th minute. Albion grabbed a precious 20th minute advantage, courtesy initially of the type of individual mistake which