Here Howard Trevette, whose company renovated Pool Valley coach station in Brighton, makes a plea for help. More than 850,000 people use Pool Valley coach station every year but it offers them a very shabby welcome to Brighton and Hove. First impressions
Some two or three years ago, the windmill at Rottingdean was restored to all its glory, sails and all. A few months later, some bright idiot removed the sails. When is that idiot going to put them back again? -Earl Barrey, Gordon Road, Brighton
I've just discovered that my true vocation in life is to be a stand-up comedian. I know this because, during a moment when I was having a mini crisis of confidence over what I should be doing with my career, I did a little quiz on the BBC Talent web site
John Harris (Letters, March 15) has misunderstood my reference of the latest edition of City News to the district auditor. This is nothing to do with the early release of the newspaper but that, in my view, the headline on the paper is intended to persuade
I would like to comment on two lines of argument repeated in the lively correspondence in The Argus on the West Pier. Firstly, why were we not told years ago that an enabling development on the seafront was necessary to achieve the restoration of the
It must rank as one of the strangest on-screen appearances of a horse's head since The Godfather. Racing fan Graeme Hatt left millions of television viewers in stitches with his horsing around at a racing festival. The prankster pulled a fast one on racing
I have just read about the problem regarding the sun shining into the Help Point in Burgess Hill causing the staff a few problems (March 11). I sympathise with their predicament but, with council tax rises set to go through the roof this year, I cannot
Racing fan Graeme Hatt from Haywards Heath had some fun during the Cheltenham Festival at the expense of racing pundit John McCririck. He put on a horse's head and in full view of the TV cameras began to nibble at Mr McCririck's ear. The celebrity failed
Eight-year-old Shana Richardson died after licking a commonly-sold white powder from her hand. The ant killer she had used on insects near her home in St Leonards contained a chemical called lindane. A pathologist concluded the small amount of this substance
The port firm Euromin was fined £50,000 after student Simon Jones was crushed to death on his first day at work in 1998. It was guilty of serious safety breaches. His death was a shocking tragedy which could easily have been averted. Now it has been revealed
Next month, our city will launch an ambitious bid to become the European City of Culture. This title will return to the UK in 2008 and 13 major towns and cities have already announced they will be bidding. They include Liverpool, Belfast, Bradford, Milton
Brighton College and Burgess Hill School for Girls went into this weekend's national netball finals boosted by Sussex Schools Knockout Cup triumphs. The College completed a county double when the under-13s defeated Mayfield 28-15 in the final. It followed
Michael Alldis has urged Sussex fight fans to roar him to victory at Crawley Leisure Centre on Monday. Alldis takes on Scotsman Brian Carr for the British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles and he is hoping home town support will spur him to victory
This is how Bobby Zamora could look playing in an all-black kit for Albion in the First Division next season. The Seagulls have plumped for a new away kit of all black for the 2002-2003 campaign. Manufacturers Errea are already working on the design,
The family of a backpacker killed in an Australian hostel inferno says the conviction of the loner who started the blaze brings them no comfort. Fruit picker Robert Long, 38, today faces life imprisonment after being found guilty of starting the huge
A father-of-three is facing jail after biting off the ear of a manager of a boys' football team after a touchline fracas. Peter Tucker, 49, bit the chunk out of Simon Kay's ear after Hove Park Colts beat Fishersgate Flyers 6-2. At Hove Crown Court yesterday
A woman was found dead in the grounds of a block of flats in Brighton on Saturday morning. Police found the 46-year-old's body at Hereford Court, Hereford Street, at about 6.55am. Inspector Andy Kill said: "It would appear she had fallen from the window
A dockside firm where a student died had no security staff when it was devastated by an arson attack. Euromin Ltd was the only company at Shoreham harbour not patrolled by security guards. It was targeted by arsonists last Friday when more than 100 firefighters
Residents are livid that hundreds of flats could be built to fund improvements to a crumbling seafront leisure centre. People living in St Aubyn's Gardens in Hove, directly opposite the King Alfred Leisure Centre, say they will turn out in force to oppose
Here Howard Trevette, whose company renovated Pool Valley coach station in Brighton, makes a plea for help. More than 850,000 people use Pool Valley coach station every year but it offers them a very shabby welcome to Brighton and Hove. First impressions
A body, still wearing a gold necklace, has been recovered from the sea by a lifeboat crew. Crew on board a fishing vessel spotted the badly-decomposed body face-down about five miles south-west of Hastings. They alerted Dover Coastguard and an inshore
I've just discovered that my true vocation in life is to be a stand-up comedian. I know this because, during a moment when I was having a mini crisis of confidence over what I should be doing with my career, I did a little quiz on the BBC Talent web site
A Bury own goal gave the Seagulls an early advantage and Bobby Zamora put himself into the club record books again at soggy Withdean. A combination of bright play by Brooker and Lewis and bad luck for Kenny gave Albion their breakthrough on 21 minutes
John Harris (Letters, March 15) has misunderstood my reference of the latest edition of City News to the district auditor. This is nothing to do with the early release of the newspaper but that, in my view, the headline on the paper is intended to persuade
Rail passengers have welcomed improvements in punctuality on Thameslink services since Christmas. Thameslink, which runs services on the busy Brighton to London line, said punctuality had risen from 52.6 per cent in December to more than 80 per cent this
Burgess Hill Town Council's Help Point is a nationally recognised establishment. We have developed over the past six years into an extremely successful Help Point and Tourist Information Centre. The problem with success is it can sometime take you by
It must rank as one of the strangest on-screen appearances of a horse's head since The Godfather. Racing fan Graeme Hatt left millions of television viewers in stitches with his horsing around at a racing festival. The prankster pulled a fast one on racing
I have just read about the problem regarding the sun shining into the Help Point in Burgess Hill causing the staff a few problems (March 11). I sympathise with their predicament but, with council tax rises set to go through the roof this year, I cannot
Eight-year-old Shana Richardson died after licking a commonly-sold white powder from her hand. The ant killer she had used on insects near her home in St Leonards contained a chemical called lindane. A pathologist concluded the small amount of this substance
The port firm Euromin was fined £50,000 after student Simon Jones was crushed to death on his first day at work in 1998. It was guilty of serious safety breaches. His death was a shocking tragedy which could easily have been averted. Now it has been revealed
Next month, our city will launch an ambitious bid to become the European City of Culture. This title will return to the UK in 2008 and 13 major towns and cities have already announced they will be bidding. They include Liverpool, Belfast, Bradford, Milton
Brighton College and Burgess Hill School for Girls went into this weekend's national netball finals boosted by Sussex Schools Knockout Cup triumphs. The College completed a county double when the under-13s defeated Mayfield 28-15 in the final. It followed
This is how Bobby Zamora could look playing in an all-black kit for Albion in the First Division next season. The Seagulls have plumped for a new away kit of all black for the 2002-2003 campaign. Manufacturers Errea are already working on the design,
The family of a backpacker killed in an Australian hostel inferno says the conviction of the loner who started the blaze brings them no comfort. Fruit picker Robert Long, 38, today faces life imprisonment after being found guilty of starting the huge
A woman was found dead in the grounds of a block of flats in Brighton on Saturday morning. Police found the 46-year-old's body at Hereford Court, Hereford Street, at about 6.55am. Inspector Andy Kill said: "It would appear she had fallen from the window
Two farmers left their homeland in Africa and travelled thousands of miles to deliver a fair trade message to shoppers in Sussex. Comfort Kumeah and Mary Antwi Nyamekye had never left Ghana before but they wanted to highlight the need to treat cocoa farmers
Worried residents have been told their council is "between a rock and a hard place" on a possible plan to build new houses. Worthing councillor Mark O'Keeffe admitted planning officers had been surprised when they saw 90 houses might be built to the north
Gordon Dean's introduction to stage and screen star Billie Burke (Letters, March 13) omitted the role through which she lives on in the imagination - Glinda the Good Witch who set Dorothy off along the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard Of Oz. -David
A coach driver saved the life of a baby boy after volunteering to be on a donor register in order to get two hours off work. Shortly afterwards Paul Edwards, 48, of Pollards, Broadfield, Crawley, was called to donate bone marrow for a baby suffering from
I write with great sadness that our main member of the West Pier Trust has died at the age of 82. We all remember that terrible day in 1943 when Captain Ken Revis was blown off the pier and badly disfigured and blinded while defusing a land mine. I can
A body, still wearing a gold necklace, has been recovered from the sea by a lifeboat crew. Crew on board a fishing vessel spotted the badly-decomposed body face-down about five miles south-west of Hastings. They alerted Dover Coastguard and an inshore
Police are trying to trace a woman who called them about a crash in which a motorcyclist was killed. The woman could be a key witness and police are anxious to speak to her again. Christopher Clark, 25, of Church Coombes in Tillington, near Petworth,
Albion striker Lee Steele made an instant return to the starting line-up at a rain-drenched Withdean on Saturday. Daniel Webb took over from him for Tuesday's 2-0 home win against Northampton. Roles were reversed for the visit of crisis club Bury, with
A Bury own goal gave the Seagulls an early advantage and Bobby Zamora put himself into the club record books again at soggy Withdean. A combination of bright play by Brooker and Lewis and bad luck for Kenny gave Albion their breakthrough on 21 minutes
Rail passengers have welcomed improvements in punctuality on Thameslink services since Christmas. Thameslink, which runs services on the busy Brighton to London line, said punctuality had risen from 52.6 per cent in December to more than 80 per cent this
Burgess Hill Town Council's Help Point is a nationally recognised establishment. We have developed over the past six years into an extremely successful Help Point and Tourist Information Centre. The problem with success is it can sometime take you by
I feel sure people will have pointed out to Mr Edwards that he is wide of the mark with his criticisms of fox-hunting (Letters, March 13). Hunting finishes before the breeding season is under way and, in any case, nature has protected vixens by making
Businesses and community groups have joined forces to back Brighton and Hove's bid to become European Capital Of Culture. Organisations including American Express, Brighton and Hove Albion, Komedia and local art group Same Sky are supporting the city's
In reply to Paul Zara (Letters, March 11), I am proud to say I have protested against all the things he wants so badly because I do not see endless development as a form of progress and because there is so little democracy when it comes to planning decisions
When Sharna Richardson and her playmates stumbled upon a mass of ants near her home, they decided to fetch some ant killer. After excitedly sprinkling liberal doses of the Doff white powder over the insects, they carried on playing until dusk. But within
In response to Paul Zara, I would like to point out that the people of Brighton are not traditionally against new projects at all. In fact, there is a history of not objecting to any development at all. This was part of a long and painful lesson we had
I would like to register my disgust at the elected members of East Sussex County Council in relation to the huge wage increase and the lack of support for local charities and voluntary organisations serving East Sussex. There are 44 elected county councillors
Former British champion Dave Heal has turned his back on road racing for the time being. Heathfield-based Heal, who was British Superbikes privateer champion two years ago, has been unable to secure a deal for the current season and has now turned his
Award-winning novelist Nick Hornby will be reading from his new paperback during an evening with fans in Hove. The author of books including Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A Boy will read passages from his new novel, How To Be Good, before answering
An Eastbourne MP fears the alleged killers of one of his predecessors will never be brought to justice because of a planned amnesty for up to 100 IRA fugitives. Tory MP Nigel Waterson accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of sidestepping a question from him
Two farmers left their homeland in Africa and travelled thousands of miles to deliver a fair trade message to shoppers in Sussex. Comfort Kumeah and Mary Antwi Nyamekye had never left Ghana before but they wanted to highlight the need to treat cocoa farmers
Worried residents have been told their council is "between a rock and a hard place" on a possible plan to build new houses. Worthing councillor Mark O'Keeffe admitted planning officers had been surprised when they saw 90 houses might be built to the north
Some two or three years ago, the windmill at Rottingdean was restored to all its glory, sails and all. A few months later, some bright idiot removed the sails. When is that idiot going to put them back again? -Earl Barrey, Gordon Road, Brighton
Gordon Dean's introduction to stage and screen star Billie Burke (Letters, March 13) omitted the role through which she lives on in the imagination - Glinda the Good Witch who set Dorothy off along the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard Of Oz. -David
A coach driver saved the life of a baby boy after volunteering to be on a donor register in order to get two hours off work. Shortly afterwards Paul Edwards, 48, of Pollards, Broadfield, Crawley, was called to donate bone marrow for a baby suffering from
I write with great sadness that our main member of the West Pier Trust has died at the age of 82. We all remember that terrible day in 1943 when Captain Ken Revis was blown off the pier and badly disfigured and blinded while defusing a land mine. I can
Police are trying to trace a woman who called them about a crash in which a motorcyclist was killed. The woman could be a key witness and police are anxious to speak to her again. Christopher Clark, 25, of Church Coombes in Tillington, near Petworth,
Albion striker Lee Steele made an instant return to the starting line-up at a rain-drenched Withdean on Saturday. Daniel Webb took over from him for Tuesday's 2-0 home win against Northampton. Roles were reversed for the visit of crisis club Bury, with
I would like to comment on two lines of argument repeated in the lively correspondence in The Argus on the West Pier. Firstly, why were we not told years ago that an enabling development on the seafront was necessary to achieve the restoration of the
I feel sure people will have pointed out to Mr Edwards that he is wide of the mark with his criticisms of fox-hunting (Letters, March 13). Hunting finishes before the breeding season is under way and, in any case, nature has protected vixens by making
Businesses and community groups have joined forces to back Brighton and Hove's bid to become European Capital Of Culture. Organisations including American Express, Brighton and Hove Albion, Komedia and local art group Same Sky are supporting the city's
Racing fan Graeme Hatt from Haywards Heath had some fun during the Cheltenham Festival at the expense of racing pundit John McCririck. He put on a horse's head and in full view of the TV cameras began to nibble at Mr McCririck's ear. The celebrity failed
In reply to Paul Zara (Letters, March 11), I am proud to say I have protested against all the things he wants so badly because I do not see endless development as a form of progress and because there is so little democracy when it comes to planning decisions
When Sharna Richardson and her playmates stumbled upon a mass of ants near her home, they decided to fetch some ant killer. After excitedly sprinkling liberal doses of the Doff white powder over the insects, they carried on playing until dusk. But within
In response to Paul Zara, I would like to point out that the people of Brighton are not traditionally against new projects at all. In fact, there is a history of not objecting to any development at all. This was part of a long and painful lesson we had
I would like to register my disgust at the elected members of East Sussex County Council in relation to the huge wage increase and the lack of support for local charities and voluntary organisations serving East Sussex. There are 44 elected county councillors
Former British champion Dave Heal has turned his back on road racing for the time being. Heathfield-based Heal, who was British Superbikes privateer champion two years ago, has been unable to secure a deal for the current season and has now turned his
Michael Alldis has urged Sussex fight fans to roar him to victory at Crawley Leisure Centre on Monday. Alldis takes on Scotsman Brian Carr for the British and Commonwealth super-bantamweight titles and he is hoping home town support will spur him to victory
A father-of-three is facing jail after biting off the ear of a manager of a boys' football team after a touchline fracas. Peter Tucker, 49, bit the chunk out of Simon Kay's ear after Hove Park Colts beat Fishersgate Flyers 6-2. At Hove Crown Court yesterday
A dockside firm where a student died had no security staff when it was devastated by an arson attack. Euromin Ltd was the only company at Shoreham harbour not patrolled by security guards. It was targeted by arsonists last Friday when more than 100 firefighters
Award-winning novelist Nick Hornby will be reading from his new paperback during an evening with fans in Hove. The author of books including Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A Boy will read passages from his new novel, How To Be Good, before answering
An Eastbourne MP fears the alleged killers of one of his predecessors will never be brought to justice because of a planned amnesty for up to 100 IRA fugitives. Tory MP Nigel Waterson accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of sidestepping a question from him
Residents are livid that hundreds of flats could be built to fund improvements to a crumbling seafront leisure centre. People living in St Aubyn's Gardens in Hove, directly opposite the King Alfred Leisure Centre, say they will turn out in force to oppose
