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  • Latest scanner can look right through you in five minutes

    These amazing images are the result of new technology which provides the most detailed pictures ever taken of the human body. The CT scanner, the first of its kind in England, is now installed at the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards. The £500,000 machine

  • Ex-mayors to get cash boosts for their duties

    Ex-mayors could receive £35 every time they snip a ribbon. A proposal to be discussed by Brighton and Hove city councillors tomorrow would give former mayors a flat fee for every engagement they undertook on behalf of the mayor. Between last May and January

  • Letter: Clean bill of thanks

    I would like to thank the road sweeper who cleans Hornby Road and the other streets nearby. He has his work cut out but he never moans and after his day's work, the gutters are spotless. He really is on top of his game. Keep up the good work. -Mr H Atkins

  • Dancing on to the finals of TV show

    A young mum and a clothing shop manager have made it through to the next stage of BBC One's Strictly Dance Fever competition. Casey Morris, 25, from Horsham, and her dance partner Toby Beal are among the final eight couples still left in the contest.

  • Praise for team who found dead snowboarder

    The parents of a snowboarder killed in an avalanche in the French Alps have praised the rescue team who discovered his body. James Rourke, 26, of West Way, Littlehampton, died when he was swept more than 2,500ft down the notorious Grande Motte mountain

  • Top of the world

    Explorer Tom Avery yesterday broke two world records and raised a glass of champagne to celebrate the end of his gruelling 413-mile trek to the North Pole. The 29-year-old from Ticehurst, near Robertsbridge, toasted his team's success at completing the

  • Letter: Free the police

    What a good idea suggested by Dr M Boyask (Letters, April 23) to use community officers to do paperwork. The police have to deal with mountains of forms - no wonder they're stressed. It's all very well expecting them to respond to every call but if there's

  • Letter: A load of rubbish

    Hollingdean, a major urban area with schools close by and traffic problems, is not the place for a waste transfer site. The sea and the Downs mean Brighton will always struggle for sites such as this, which doesn't mean the easiest option is the answer

  • Football: Grinstead edge closer to safety

    Dave Gellatly hit the winner as East Grinstead beat Eastbourne United 2-1 to move out of the bottom three in County League division one last night. The Wasps now go into Saturday's final fixture at Sidlesham knowing another three points will ensure their

  • Letter: Onyx you don't

    I am writing with reference to the planning application by Onyx South Downs Limited to build a "waste transfer station and materials recovery facility" a few metres from Downs Infant School. Representatives from Onyx met staff and governors from Downs

  • Cricket: New boy flies in for Sussex debut

    New signing Johan van der Wath cannot wait to make his Sussex debut today. The 27-year-old only flew in from South Africa yesterday before heading straight to Trent Bridge to meet his new team-mates ahead of the Championship game against Nottinghamshire

  • It's Cardiff all over again

    Albion are treating Saturday's relegation crunch at Rotherham like the play-off final. The Seagulls are gearing up for the showdown at Millmoor with the same intensity and attention to detail as the promotion clincher against Bristol City at the Millennium

  • Celebrities tee off to help raise thousands at charity golf day

    Ex-England goalkeeper David Seaman swung into action during a celebrity golf day. The event was held at East Sussex National Golf Club in Little Horsted, near Uckfield, to raise money for Action Medical Research. The day was organised by Burgess Hill-based

  • Lemar, Brighton Dome, Brighton

    Lemar may have been given his big break on Fame Academy but he gave a highly credible performance, cementing his position as one of the UKs most exciting RnB stars. The crowd went wild when he appeared on stage in an Usher-style entrance all slick jacket

  • Poll bus in incident

    Election canvassers claim their campaign bus was almost forced off the road in a highspeed attack. Police were called to the incident yesterday on the A27 dual carriageway near Eastbourne by supporters of the Liberal Democrats, who feared for their drivers

  • Election plea to ease £1.15bn cost burden

    Unnecessary red tape has cost small businesses £1.15 billion since 1998, according to chamber of commerce Sussex Enterprise. The business support group has joined forces with other chambers across the South-East to draw up radical proposals to cut the

  • Letter: Learning centre named after nuns with heart

    How pleasing it was to read the new learning centre at Cardinal Newman School is to be named after the nuns from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Upper Drive, Hove (The Argus, April 14). My memories of those nuns go back to the years of my childhood

  • Letter: A story to dine out on

    I received a copy of the Food Guide in my Argus, which I have found really helpful and, as a result, went out for a meal recently at Cafe Rouge in Brighton Marina. I want to say how special the staff made my evening. They were non-invasive and very helpful

  • Letter: Falmer or bust

    Is the new procedure for selecting secondary school places fairer than the old one? I suspect the answer depends on where you live. It certainly isn't fairer if you live in Elm Grove, Hanover, Kemp Town or Queen's Park. Unless you have a child who already

  • Benefits win for Garcians

    Benefits dating back to October are to be paid to hundreds of refugees already living in Sussex and thousands more poised to come to Britain. More than 250 people from the former British colony of Diego Garcia have settled near Gatwick during the past

  • Ex-wife suspected Jenkins was killer

    The ex-wife of Sion Jenkins, told how she became hysterical after being presented with evidence which reinforced her fears that he had murdered their foster daughter. The Old Bailey heard that Lois Jenkins beat her fists into her bed after police gave

  • Reward to catch grave vandals

    A £500 bounty has been put on the heads of vandals who wrecked more than 100 memorials in a Sussex cemetery. Police and Worthing Borough Council have joined forces to offer the reward in a bid to catch and prosecute youths who rampaged through Durrington

  • Letter: Gipsy prejudice

    I don't feel there is enough information about travellers and I feel there needs to be more. I am also concerned by the way travellers are being treated by the public and also how teenagers feel about the issue. We discussed it in an English lesson a

  • Man tells jury about stab agony

    A man has relived the moment he was stabbed as he rebuked two boys who forced him to swerve as they jumped out in front of his bike. John Banks, 51, said the pain when he was knifed in the side and arm was like an electric shock. He said: "It was like

  • Letter: World-class Thirties building is back

    After decades of neglect, it is good to see the newest jewel in the crown of Brighton seafront, Embassy Court, has been unveiled, (The Argus, April 20). It can now be seen in all its renovated glory after workers began removing the scaffolding from the

  • Mother may have died in sex attack

    Murder victim Melanie Jayne Gray was found half-naked and may have been killed as she struggled with a sex attacker. As relatives today paid tribute to their "loving" sister, police admitted robbery was not the motive - but sex may have been. The 38-year-old

  • Letter: More houses, more drought

    It's all very well politicians saying thousands more houses need to be built in the South but what about the water supply? Will it mean, in the future, we will have to use standpipes? Perhaps we should consider using a seawater desalination plant. When

  • Football: Lewes stun the champions

    Lewes virtually guaranteed a top five finish by recording a thrilling 3-2 victory against champions Grays Athletic. The Rooks started well but fell behind on 22 minutes when Mitchell Cole's stinging left-foot drive was well saved by keeper Scott Ward,

  • Letter: A dangerous and dirty way to clean Sussex

    Do you want a giant incinerator to belch out dioxins over you, your family and the beautiful Sussex countryside? The proposed incinerator in the Ouse Valley would have a 330ft-high chimney. When the prevailing winds blow, Brighton and Hove, Worthing,

  • Football: Borough's precious point comes at a price

    A late goal from Yemi Odubade kept Eastbourne Borough's play-off hopes alive. Borough battled back from behind to earn a vital point against Bishop's Stortford at Priory Lane last night. Borough went into the match knowing they needed five points from

  • Anger at regeneration body's record

    Critics of a project given £48 million to transform some of the county's poorest communities claim it has made little difference to their lives. eb4U was set up five years ago by the Government and given until 2010 to regenerate east Brighton, where low

  • £1m fall of an Empire

    One of Sussex's largest restaurant empires has collapsed with crippling debts. Time has handed redundancy notices to 24 workers and called in administrators to shore up its assets and pay a long list of creditors. The company's five oriental restaurants

  • April 27: It's Cardiff all over again

    Albion are treating Saturday's relegation crunch at Rotherham like the play-off final. The Seagulls are gearing up for the showdown at Millmoor with the same intensity and attention to detail as the promotion clincher against Bristol City at the Millennium