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  • 72-year-old gets Asbo

    A real-life Victor Meldrew has been told to behave or face up to five years in prison. Victor Causabon-Vincent, 72, has been a persistent pest for the past seven years and has already spent time in jail. He has incurred the wrath of his neighbours by

  • Letter: Good exercise

    I was interested to read the article about Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada (The Argus, June 16). In 1980-1981, I spent many happy months in Camp Wainwright as a REME Sergeant attached to the British Liaison Officers permanent staff to provide technical

  • Letter: Grateful nation

    There is a citation available to veterans and next of kin, presented by the citizens of Anzio to all those who freed them from dictatorship and fought at Anzio and gave their lives doing so. The gentleman to contact in this country is:Mr Gordon Taylor

  • Sacked DJ's five-figure pay off

    A DJ suddenly sacked from his job at Southern FM has been awarded a five-figure pay-off. Richard Reynolds, 37, one of the station's top presenters for six years, disappeared from the airwaves in October last year when his contract was not renewed. He

  • Gym adds insult to injury

    A woman who cancelled her gym membership after an horrific car crash has received letters from gym managers demanding payment of fees. Kay Mellor phoned LA Fitness from her hospital bed following the accident in November which left her with almost a dozen

  • Letter: Jayne's too good for Brighton

    I do not live in Brighton (for which I feel very thankful) but could you pass on my sincere congratulations to Councillor Jayne Bennett for her refusal to accept the rise in councillors' allowances and for her excellent reason for not taking it. She should

  • Letter: Were they proud they ignored me?

    Last Friday my car broke down on the A27 on the Kingston roundabout. I was on my own, it was rush hour and I had to get out of the vehicle and push it off the dual carriageway (which it was blocking) on to aside road. Of the couple of hundred cars passing

  • June 30: McGhee gets back to work

    While 'Henmania' gathers pace at Wimbledon and Euro 2004 moves towards its climax, preparations began in earnest yesterday for Albion's return to Division One. The players do not return for pre-season training until Monday, but manager Mark McGhee was

  • June 29: Kuipers happy to stay at Albion

    Michel Kuipers today removed lingering doubts about his future by revealing he wants to stay with promoted Albion "for many years to come." The Dutch goalkeeper almost lost his life in a car crash last season, when he also had a loan spell at Hull and

  • Youth Athletics: Carden kids are champions

    Budding athletes from Carden Primary School have given a unique sporting initiative their seal of approval. Carden are one of the only primary schools in Brighton to employ a specialist PE teacher. Katherine Coleman came to the school on a temporary basis

  • Youth Athletics: Emily qualifies for nationals

    Emily Goodhall qualified for her second English Schools Championships of the season when she came sixth in the Regional Combined Events at Southampton on Sunday. The Oathall Community College pupil piled up 3,492 points in her first competitive heptathlon

  • Letter: No service

    On Saturday evening my wife, daughter and myself were returning by train to Worthing via Brighton from a wedding in London. We arrived at Brighton at 11.23pm. As we crossed to our platform we were told by a sneering train person, "you ain't going anywhere

  • Carol Barnes: My wonderful daughter

    Newsreader Carol Barnes has spoken of her last emotional goodbye to her daughter before she plunged to her death in a sky-diving accident. Miss Barnes said she almost had a premonition of the tragedy. Speaking for the first time about the loss of 24-year-old

  • Letter: Mind the doors

    Many thanks for highlighting the problems with Southern's new sliding door rolling stock (The Argus, June 24). Every passenger would agree these trains are a 100 per cent improvement on the old slam door trains but there is a safety issue with these doors

  • Letter: Wrinkly riders

    My husband and I, aged 59 and 57, once again rode in the London-to-Brighton bike ride this year - my husband's 16th year and my 14th. Southern not accommodating bikes on trains made it extremely difficult for us. We rode from Copthorne to Horley station

  • Memorial horse race for meningitis victim

    The father of a University of Sussex student who died from meningitis won money at a horse race in her memory. Natalie Naylor, 20, died after contracting the B strain of meningococcal meningitis in January this year. The university sponsored the Natalie

  • Letter: London-Brighton cyclists were rude and confrontational

    Unfortunately, not all the cyclists who took part in the annual London to Brighton bike ride this year are the good, charitable people they claim to be. On the day of the ride, I was on the 17.58 to Haywards Heath. It departed Brighton on time but at

  • Cricket: Sussex will rise to the challenge

    Sussex's batsmen are relishing the battle with the world's quickest bowlers at Hove tonight. Shoaib Akhtar, the only player to bowl a 100mph delivery, leads Durham Dynamos' attack in the totesport League division two day-nighter (Start 4.10pm). Shoaib

  • CCTV evidence in airport heist case

    A boxing club owner accused of masterminding a £1.1 million heist at Gatwick airport was caught on CCTV unloading the haul from an earlier raid, a court heard. Paul Bowers, 37, and his team allegedly planned organised crime from the East End's famous

  • Holidaygoer killed in tragic accident

    An estate agent died on holiday in Ibiza after slipping and banging his head. Chris Stepney, 39, from East Preston, near Worthing, died in a neurological hospital after injuring his head during a week-long vacation with four friends. Mr Stepney, who married

  • PR expert wins top industry honour

    Caraline Brown, the founder of public relations company Midnight Communications, has received one of the highest honours in the industry. The entrepreneur, who lives in Dyke Road, Brighton, has been made a Fellow of the Institute of Public Relations (

  • City housing density among highest in UK

    Homes in Brighton and Hove and Eastbourne are being packed in more tightly than almost anywhere else in the country. An average of 49 homes are now crammed on to each hectare in Brighton and Hove, while in Eastbourne the figure is 57, more than twice

  • EasyJet challenged by no-frills rivals

    EasyJet's stronghold at Gatwick Airport is facing a fresh attack from rival no-frills airlines. Ryanair and Bmi Baby have applied for extra slots at the airport. Earlier this year, British Airways slashed its fares to more than 30 European destinations

  • City commuters' rush hour panic

    A Timetable shake-up has given new meaning to the term "rush hour" for a group of rail passengers. Commuters on the 7.24am shuttle from Hove to Brighton have as little as 30 seconds to make their onward connection east - at a platform more than 100 metres

  • University to get Diana tapes

    Explosive tapes of Princess Diana talking about her life are to be given to the University of Sussex. Author Andrew Morton, who studied history at the Falmer campus, has revealed he has bequeathed the audio tapes to his former department. The tapes, which

  • Sussex landmarks go an at-risk list

    A neglected 17th Century dovecote has been added to a list of historic landmarks in danger of decay. Patcham Dovecote in Brighton has been placed on English Heritage's Buildings At Risk register, along with Austin Friars Chapel in Rye and Castle Goring

  • Letter: Doubters should hang their heads

    I have been fuming ever since I read Adam Trimingham's article condemning hooliganism (The Argus, June 16). I, too, deplore soccer violence and alcohol-fuelled yobbism but his article degenerated into a rant aimed at making anyone who dares enjoy Euro

  • Letter: Were they proud they ignored me?

    Last Friday my car broke down on the A27 on the Kingston roundabout. I was on my own, it was rush hour and I had to get out of the vehicle and push it off the dual carriageway (which it was blocking) on to aside road. Of the couple of hundred cars passing

  • Letter: Stay put

    At last, a voice from the wilderness proclaims "put a stop to being negative". RG Jenkins wrote, "People who disapprove of our prime minister and say Blair must go should also tell us who they think is capable of taking his place" (Letters, June 25).

  • Youth Athletics: Carden kids are champions

    Budding athletes from Carden Primary School have given a unique sporting initiative their seal of approval. Carden are one of the only primary schools in Brighton to employ a specialist PE teacher. Katherine Coleman came to the school on a temporary basis

  • Youth Athletics: Emily qualifies for nationals

    Emily Goodhall qualified for her second English Schools Championships of the season when she came sixth in the Regional Combined Events at Southampton on Sunday. The Oathall Community College pupil piled up 3,492 points in her first competitive heptathlon

  • Letter: No service

    On Saturday evening my wife, daughter and myself were returning by train to Worthing via Brighton from a wedding in London. We arrived at Brighton at 11.23pm. As we crossed to our platform we were told by a sneering train person, "you ain't going anywhere

  • Carol Barnes: My wonderful daughter

    Newsreader Carol Barnes has spoken of her last emotional goodbye to her daughter before she plunged to her death in a sky-diving accident. Miss Barnes said she almost had a premonition of the tragedy. Speaking for the first time about the loss of 24-year-old

  • Letter: Wrinkly riders

    My husband and I, aged 59 and 57, once again rode in the London-to-Brighton bike ride this year - my husband's 16th year and my 14th. Southern not accommodating bikes on trains made it extremely difficult for us. We rode from Copthorne to Horley station

  • DJ Norm backs petition on killer drivers

    Norman Cook and Zoe Ball have joined a campaign to increase penalties for drivers who kill. A nursery nurse who cared for the Hove couple's three-year-old son Woody was killed in a car driven by a man who was over the drink-drive limit and speeding. Vicki

  • CCTV evidence in airport heist case

    A boxing club owner accused of masterminding a £1.1 million heist at Gatwick airport was caught on CCTV unloading the haul from an earlier raid, a court heard. Paul Bowers, 37, and his team allegedly planned organised crime from the East End's famous

  • New deals for Seagulls stars

    Albion are offering contract extensions to their top two players. The Seagulls want captain Danny Cullip and the prolific Leon Knight to stay with them beyond the end of next season. The offers form part of a review of players with a year left on their

  • Holidaygoer killed in tragic accident

    An estate agent died on holiday in Ibiza after slipping and banging his head. Chris Stepney, 39, from East Preston, near Worthing, died in a neurological hospital after injuring his head during a week-long vacation with four friends. Mr Stepney, who married

  • Somerfield hails turnaround

    Supermarket chain Somerfield showed the benefit of its turnaround strategy today after profits and sales both maintained their upward trend. The group, which has so far refitted one-third of its Somerfield estate and 10% of Kwik Save stores, reported

  • City housing density among highest in UK

    Homes in Brighton and Hove and Eastbourne are being packed in more tightly than almost anywhere else in the country. An average of 49 homes are now crammed on to each hectare in Brighton and Hove, while in Eastbourne the figure is 57, more than twice

  • University to get Diana tapes

    Explosive tapes of Princess Diana talking about her life are to be given to the University of Sussex. Author Andrew Morton, who studied history at the Falmer campus, has revealed he has bequeathed the audio tapes to his former department. The tapes, which

  • Pier damage will not halt restoration

    The collapse of the West Pier will not affect the will to restore the Grade I listed building. Last week, the concert hall fell into the sea after previously partly collapsing and being damaged by fire. This led to queries about whether plans to restore

  • Drive to clear out city's beggars

    More than half the beggars in Brighton and Hove could be swept from the streets by next spring. The city council has set the target after receiving evidence that more of them are becoming hooked on heroin. The knock-on effect has been a marked increase

  • Sussex landmarks go an at-risk list

    A neglected 17th Century dovecote has been added to a list of historic landmarks in danger of decay. Patcham Dovecote in Brighton has been placed on English Heritage's Buildings At Risk register, along with Austin Friars Chapel in Rye and Castle Goring

  • Letter: Poverty trap

    Unfortunately for Ivor Caplin (Our Children Are Caught In A Poverty Trap, June 25), poor people have a better grip on reality than he does. They know "confidence in the economy" depends on there being a lot of relatively poor people who can't afford to

  • Letter: Puppet show

    We are told the handover of sovereignty by the Coalition forces to the newly-appointed, independent Iraqi interim administration will mark a historic event in the process of the democratisation of Iraq. This is what we are expected to believe. When we

  • Traders fear parking plan blight

    Traders in Kemp Town have condemned a proposed parking scheme, saying it could cost them business. The residents' parking scheme is planned for the St James's Street and Queen's Park area of Brighton following public consultation. It will fill a gap between

  • Letter: Doubters should hang their heads

    I have been fuming ever since I read Adam Trimingham's article condemning hooliganism (The Argus, June 16). I, too, deplore soccer violence and alcohol-fuelled yobbism but his article degenerated into a rant aimed at making anyone who dares enjoy Euro

  • June 30: New deals for Seagulls stars

    Albion are offering contract extensions to their top two players. The Seagulls want captain Danny Cullip and the prolific Leon Knight to stay with them beyond the end of next season. The offers form part of a review of players with a year left on their

  • Letter: Stay put

    At last, a voice from the wilderness proclaims "put a stop to being negative". RG Jenkins wrote, "People who disapprove of our prime minister and say Blair must go should also tell us who they think is capable of taking his place" (Letters, June 25).

  • Letter: Zero tolerance

    As a gay man living in Brighton for more than 20 years I was moved when I read about the homophobic attack on Michael and his partner and the poor response to the incident by the police (Letters, June 17). Similar attacks continue to happen, particularly

  • Youth Athletics: Future stars shine at Youth Games

    Olympian Nick Buckfield believes the future of sport in the county is bright after watching the BAA Gatwick Sussex Youth Games. More than 1,500 competitors, aged 12 and 13 from 13 local authorities, took part in the popular annual event. It featured 13

  • DJ Norm backs petition on killer drivers

    Norman Cook and Zoe Ball have joined a campaign to increase penalties for drivers who kill. A nursery nurse who cared for the Hove couple's three-year-old son Woody was killed in a car driven by a man who was over the drink-drive limit and speeding. Vicki

  • Courier in court over £35k theft claim

    A security worker stole £35,000 from his employer and went on a spending spree, a court heard. Courier Daniel Horn, 22, is accused of taking cash bags from Securicor to pay off debts and buy expensive holidays, a camcorder and a laptop computer. Horn,

  • New deals for Seagulls stars

    Albion are offering contract extensions to their top two players. The Seagulls want captain Danny Cullip and the prolific Leon Knight to stay with them beyond the end of next season. The offers form part of a review of players with a year left on their

  • Somerfield hails turnaround

    Supermarket chain Somerfield showed the benefit of its turnaround strategy today after profits and sales both maintained their upward trend. The group, which has so far refitted one-third of its Somerfield estate and 10% of Kwik Save stores, reported

  • Record sales for HMV

    Music and books retailer HMV announced forecast-beating results today after overcoming intense competition from supermarket chains. The group, which includes Waterstone's and the HMV music chain, posted a 21.9% rise in annual profits and reported an encouraging

  • Virgin Mobile set for float

    Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile today confirmed plans for a stock market flotation in a move thought to value the company at more than £1 billion. The market listing, which should be completed by the end of July, comes more than four years after the

  • Traders fear parking plan blight

    Traders in Kemp Town have condemned a proposed parking scheme, saying it could cost them business. The residents' parking scheme is planned for the St James's Street and Queen's Park area of Brighton following public consultation. It will fill a gap between

  • Drive to clear out city's beggars

    More than half the beggars in Brighton and Hove could be swept from the streets by next spring. The city council has set the target after receiving evidence that more of them are becoming hooked on heroin. The knock-on effect has been a marked increase

  • Pier damage will not halt restoration

    The collapse of the West Pier will not affect the will to restore the Grade I listed building. Last week, the concert hall fell into the sea after previously partly collapsing and being damaged by fire. This led to queries about whether plans to restore

  • Hospital boss faces £8m headache

    The new head of the largest hospitals trust in Sussex is determined to cut an £8 million deficit when he takes over in September. Peter Coles will take over the running of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust from Stuart Welling, who retired

  • City housing density among highest in UK

    Homes in Brighton and Hove are being packed in more tightly than almost anywhere in the country, except Eastbourne. An average of 49 homes are now crammed on to each hectare in Brighton and Hove, while in Eastbourne the figure is 57, more than twice the

  • Drive to clear out city's beggars

    More than half the beggars in Brighton and Hove could be swept from the streets by next spring. The city council has set the target after receiving evidence that more of them are becoming hooked on heroin. The knock-on effect has been a marked increase

  • 72-year-old gets Asbo

    A real-life Victor Meldrew has been told to behave or face up to five years in prison. Victor Causabon-Vincent, 72, has been a persistent pest for the past seven years and has already spent time in jail. He has incurred the wrath of his neighbours by

  • Letter: Poverty trap

    Unfortunately for Ivor Caplin (Our Children Are Caught In A Poverty Trap, June 25), poor people have a better grip on reality than he does. They know "confidence in the economy" depends on there being a lot of relatively poor people who can't afford to

  • Letter: Good exercise

    I was interested to read the article about Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada (The Argus, June 16). In 1980-1981, I spent many happy months in Camp Wainwright as a REME Sergeant attached to the British Liaison Officers permanent staff to provide technical

  • Letter: Grateful nation

    There is a citation available to veterans and next of kin, presented by the citizens of Anzio to all those who freed them from dictatorship and fought at Anzio and gave their lives doing so. The gentleman to contact in this country is:Mr Gordon Taylor

  • Letter: Puppet show

    We are told the handover of sovereignty by the Coalition forces to the newly-appointed, independent Iraqi interim administration will mark a historic event in the process of the democratisation of Iraq. This is what we are expected to believe. When we

  • Sacked DJ's five-figure pay off

    A DJ suddenly sacked from his job at Southern FM has been awarded a five-figure pay-off. Richard Reynolds, 37, one of the station's top presenters for six years, disappeared from the airwaves in October last year when his contract was not renewed. He

  • Traders fear parking plan blight

    Traders in Kemp Town have condemned a proposed parking scheme, saying it could cost them business. The residents' parking scheme is planned for the St James's Street and Queen's Park area of Brighton following public consultation. It will fill a gap between

  • Gym adds insult to injury

    A woman who cancelled her gym membership after an horrific car crash has received letters from gym managers demanding payment of fees. Kay Mellor phoned LA Fitness from her hospital bed following the accident in November which left her with almost a dozen

  • Letter: Jayne's too good for Brighton

    I do not live in Brighton (for which I feel very thankful) but could you pass on my sincere congratulations to Councillor Jayne Bennett for her refusal to accept the rise in councillors' allowances and for her excellent reason for not taking it. She should

  • June 30: New deals for Seagulls stars

    Albion are offering contract extensions to their top two players. The Seagulls want captain Danny Cullip and the prolific Leon Knight to stay with them beyond the end of next season. The offers form part of a review of players with a year left on their

  • June 30: McGhee gets back to work

    While 'Henmania' gathers pace at Wimbledon and Euro 2004 moves towards its climax, preparations began in earnest yesterday for Albion's return to Division One. The players do not return for pre-season training until Monday, but manager Mark McGhee was

  • Letter: Zero tolerance

    As a gay man living in Brighton for more than 20 years I was moved when I read about the homophobic attack on Michael and his partner and the poor response to the incident by the police (Letters, June 17). Similar attacks continue to happen, particularly

  • Youth Athletics: Future stars shine at Youth Games

    Olympian Nick Buckfield believes the future of sport in the county is bright after watching the BAA Gatwick Sussex Youth Games. More than 1,500 competitors, aged 12 and 13 from 13 local authorities, took part in the popular annual event. It featured 13

  • Letter: Mind the doors

    Many thanks for highlighting the problems with Southern's new sliding door rolling stock (The Argus, June 24). Every passenger would agree these trains are a 100 per cent improvement on the old slam door trains but there is a safety issue with these doors

  • Memorial horse race for meningitis victim

    The father of a University of Sussex student who died from meningitis won money at a horse race in her memory. Natalie Naylor, 20, died after contracting the B strain of meningococcal meningitis in January this year. The university sponsored the Natalie

  • Letter: London-Brighton cyclists were rude and confrontational

    Unfortunately, not all the cyclists who took part in the annual London to Brighton bike ride this year are the good, charitable people they claim to be. On the day of the ride, I was on the 17.58 to Haywards Heath. It departed Brighton on time but at

  • Cricket: Sussex will rise to the challenge

    Sussex's batsmen are relishing the battle with the world's quickest bowlers at Hove tonight. Shoaib Akhtar, the only player to bowl a 100mph delivery, leads Durham Dynamos' attack in the totesport League division two day-nighter (Start 4.10pm). Shoaib

  • Courier in court over £35k theft claim

    A security worker stole £35,000 from his employer and went on a spending spree, a court heard. Courier Daniel Horn, 22, is accused of taking cash bags from Securicor to pay off debts and buy expensive holidays, a camcorder and a laptop computer. Horn,

  • Record sales for HMV

    Music and books retailer HMV announced forecast-beating results today after overcoming intense competition from supermarket chains. The group, which includes Waterstone's and the HMV music chain, posted a 21.9% rise in annual profits and reported an encouraging

  • Virgin Mobile set for float

    Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile today confirmed plans for a stock market flotation in a move thought to value the company at more than £1 billion. The market listing, which should be completed by the end of July, comes more than four years after the

  • Traders fear parking plan blight

    Traders in Kemp Town have condemned a proposed parking scheme, saying it could cost them business. The residents' parking scheme is planned for the St James's Street and Queen's Park area of Brighton following public consultation. It will fill a gap between

  • PR expert wins top industry honour

    Caraline Brown, the founder of public relations company Midnight Communications, has received one of the highest honours in the industry. The entrepreneur, who lives in Dyke Road, Brighton, has been made a Fellow of the Institute of Public Relations (

  • Drive to clear out city's beggars

    More than half the beggars in Brighton and Hove could be swept from the streets by next spring. The city council has set the target after receiving evidence that more of them are becoming hooked on heroin. The knock-on effect has been a marked increase

  • EasyJet challenged by no-frills rivals

    EasyJet's stronghold at Gatwick Airport is facing a fresh attack from rival no-frills airlines. Ryanair and Bmi Baby have applied for extra slots at the airport. Earlier this year, British Airways slashed its fares to more than 30 European destinations

  • City commuters' rush hour panic

    A Timetable shake-up has given new meaning to the term "rush hour" for a group of rail passengers. Commuters on the 7.24am shuttle from Hove to Brighton have as little as 30 seconds to make their onward connection east - at a platform more than 100 metres

  • Hospital boss faces £8m headache

    The new head of the largest hospitals trust in Sussex is determined to cut an £8 million deficit when he takes over in September. Peter Coles will take over the running of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust from Stuart Welling, who retired

  • City housing density among highest in UK

    Homes in Brighton and Hove are being packed in more tightly than almost anywhere in the country, except Eastbourne. An average of 49 homes are now crammed on to each hectare in Brighton and Hove, while in Eastbourne the figure is 57, more than twice the