this is brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week: Peter Andre is at Revenge's 14th birthday party on Sunday 17th July, plus Danny George Wilson at the Hanbury Ballroom on the 19th and Old Crow Medicine Show at Komedia on the 20th
"I know I'm the oldest one," says X Factor star Rowetta, due to sing her lungs out and shake her crazy hair at this weekend's park party. "But when we're backstage I just feel like one of them, I don't feel like an old woman. As soon as I do, that's when
this is brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week: Peter Andre is at Revenge's 14th birthday party on Sunday 17th July, plus Danny George Wilson at the Hanbury Ballroom on the 19th and Old Crow Medicine Show at Komedia on the 20th
Sunderland's Futureheads, Leeds' Kaiser Chiefs and now these art rockers from Newcastle-upon-Tyne - there must be something in the water up north. "Well, it used to be poisonous waste, but I think they've cleaned up the rivers considerably" says Maximo
Sunderland's Futureheads, Leeds' Kaiser Chiefs and now these art rockers from Newcastle-upon-Tyne there must be something in the water up north. "Well, it used to be poisonous waste, but I think they've cleaned up the rivers considerably" says Maximo
Known for a remarkable larynx which weaves sweetly through soporific, psychedelic tones, Chungking chanteuse Jessie Banks made quite a stir at this year's Glastonbury. During a much needed chillout break ambient superstars Royksopp invited Jessie, who
If you have a young child - or borrow one on a regular basis - chances are you won't have escaped the clutches of the giant beast with "terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws". This touring stage version of The Gruffalo
During a divorce, you have to be like the man in the toll booth...you must accept change." Delivered completely straight, such wince-inducing jokes would get most comedians booed off the stage. Yet coming from Rob Brydon - in character as cuckolded cabbie
For the second year running, local theatre group Incisor Productions has bagged the most picturesque park around for an open-air play. The company is made up of professional actors and directors who all live locally and was founded in 1998 by Sarah Mann
This picturesque botanical chalk garden decorated with lakes and streams is transformed into the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare's evergreen comedy about the nature of love. There are tales of liberty and banishment, anguished lovers, passionate shepherds
"This guy stood there and said 'it's a play for women'," says an indignant Peter Amory, who plays Mr Rochester in this adaptation of the Charlotte Bronte novel. "He should have been in a golf club with that attitude. It's a play written for men and women
Eastbourne Eagles insist David Norris is under no pressure to make a quick return to the Arlington track. Norris has scrapped plans for a test ride today and will be absent for Eagles' skybet Elite League B clash at home to Oxford Silver Machine tomorrow
Albert Jarrett has given himself a chance of making an impact in his "make or break" season with Albion. Boss Mark McGhee admits he has been impressed by Jarrett's willingness to bounce back from a disappointing debut campaign with the club. The 20-year-old
Angry householders say changes to their refuse collection service will leave rubbish bags at the mercy of seagulls and foxes. People living in Edinburgh Court, in Edinburgh Road, Seaford, have had their rubbish removed from bins at the back of their properties
Four musicians who formed a band while still at school are today preparing to perform in front of a crowd of thousands at this weekend's Party in the Park. Rock pop outfit Daze One beat off strong competition to be named winners of Danny and Nicky's Battle
Three men wanted over the alleged rape of a woman inside a Rolls-Royce gave themselves up to police to avoid being exposed on Crimewatch. One of the suspects heard the case was to feature on the show and called police amid fears they were to be publicly
Wildlife campaigners have branded a scheme to strengthen a crumbling cliff face a waste of money. Work to stabilise The Black Rock cliffs behind Asda at Brighton Marina started on Monday. A team of abseilers is driving bolts into the cliff to stop it
Utility company Southern Water is saving 32 million gallons of water a day thanks to a leak-busting team working around the clock. The saving is enough to serve 385,000 homes or a city almost the combined size of Brighton and Hove and Southampton. But
Utility company Southern Water is saving 32 million gallons of water a day thanks to a leak-busting team working around the clock. The saving is enough to serve 385,000 homes or a city almost the combined size of Brighton and Hove and Southampton. But
Southern Water is asking us to reduce water consumption but finding where the restrictions apply is not easy. If you visit its web site, there is an article about the restrictions which came into force on July 11 but it is unclear. It refers to a Sussex
I have just had my appeal against a parking ticket rejected and have paid it because I have no wish to have the charge doubled, although I asked if I could still make a formal representation against it. I was parked in Belmont, at the Seven Dials, Brighton
An out-of-town car park would certainly relieve companies from having to provide expensive parking for their employees. There is also a good argument for suggesting they park at then ride from their nearest train station. And park-and-ride may also put
My wife and I, who will be 80 years old later this year, have recently returned from Lake Garda in Italy. While there on the June 8, we used the cable car at Malcesine and, reaching the top of the mountain, found it difficult to walk on the rocky surface
Now the Olympics are coming to this country, it is time to say the King Alfred site should be about sport, not skyscrapers. We need an Olympic-size swimming pool and world-class sports facilities instead of the downgraded excuse for a sports centre currently
People distressed by receiving parking tickets, such as Mike Gurney, owner of GlowZone (Letters, July 8), also seem to be the same people who believe parking regulations don't apply to them. But what concerned me more was when The Argus deliberately encouraged
Colouring in with felt tips and making posters is usually an end-of-day privilege for well-behaved schoolchildren. But now parents are grabbing the marker pens to teach a lesson of their own - getting motorists to slow down. Parents of pupils at Carlton
Property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has strengthened his ties with the regime of Robert Mugabe by becoming the biggest foreign investor in Zimbabwe. Hoogstraten owned more than 400 homes in Brighton and Hove at the height of his power but his fortunes
A girl of 13 is thought to be on the run with a man she met through an internet chatroom. Police have been tracking Samantha Boswood's movements each time she uses her mobile phone. However, she appears to be trying to avoid contact. Sergeant Karen Pirrie
A girl of 13 is thought to be on the run with a man she met through an internet chatroom. Police have been tracking Samantha Boswood's movements each time she uses her mobile phone. However, she appears to be trying to avoid contact. Sergeant Karen Pirrie
A budget airline is reporting a sharp drop in bookings for flights to Britain following last week's London bombings. Ryanair, which operates routes from Dublin, Knock and Shannon to Gatwick, is estimated to be selling a third fewer seats to and from London
Some of Sussex's biggest night clubs have today been named and shamed by a new campaign against flyposting. The illegal advertising, which appears on shop hoardings and pillar boxes, costs tens of thousands of pounds to clean up each year in Brighton
Eastbourne Eagles insist David Norris is under no pressure to make a quick return to the Arlington track. Norris has scrapped plans for a test ride today and will be absent for Eagles' skybet Elite League B clash at home to Oxford Silver Machine tomorrow
Albert Jarrett has given himself a chance of making an impact in his "make or break" season with Albion. Boss Mark McGhee admits he has been impressed by Jarrett's willingness to bounce back from a disappointing debut campaign with the club. The 20-year-old
Colouring in with felt tips and making posters is usually an end-of-day privilege for well-behaved schoolchildren. But now parents are grabbing the marker pens to teach a lesson of their own - getting motorists to slow down. Parents of pupils at Carlton
Property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has strengthened his ties with the regime of Robert Mugabe by becoming the biggest foreign investor in Zimbabwe. Hoogstraten owned more than 400 homes in Brighton and Hove at the height of his power but his fortunes
Sunderland's Futureheads, Leeds' Kaiser Chiefs and now these art rockers from Newcastle-upon-Tyne - there must be something in the water up north. "Well, it used to be poisonous waste, but I think they've cleaned up the rivers considerably." says Maximo
Known for a remarkable larynx which weaves sweetly through soporific, psychedelic tones, Chungking chanteuse Jessie Banks made quite a stir at this year's Glastonbury. During a much needed chillout break ambient superstars Royksopp invited Jessie, who
"I know I'm the oldest one," says X Factor star Rowetta, due to sing her lungs out and shake her crazy hair at this weekend's park party. "But when we're backstage I just feel like one of them, I don't feel like an old woman. As soon as I do, that's when
this is brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week: Peter Andre is at Revenge's 14th birthday party on Sunday 17th July, plus Danny George Wilson at the Hanbury Ballroom on the 19th and Old Crow Medicine Show at Komedia on the 20th
(U, 86mins) Featuring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith. Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath Alex the lion (voiced by Stiller), Marty the zebra (Rock), Melman the hypochondriac giraffe (Schwimmer) and Gloria
(15, 119mins) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour. Directed by David Dobkin. They seem to come round every twenty years. In the Sixties it was The Rat Pack, the Eighties had The Brat Pack and now there's The Frat Pack. Charter
During a divorce, you have to be like the man in the toll booth you must accept change." Delivered completely straight, such wince-inducing jokes would get most comedians booed off the stage. Yet coming from Rob Brydon - in character as cuckolded cabbie
School bullies could be caught and prosecuted using private detectives. Parents could hire the undercover investigators as a last resort. They would collect evidence such as emails and text messages and even get bullied children to wear a "wire" to record
This picturesque botanical chalk garden decorated with lakes and streams is transformed into the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare's evergreen comedy about the nature of love. There are tales of liberty and banishment, anguished lovers, passionate shepherds
Many people will remember the scene from The Shining where Jack Nicholson's face emerges through the newly-chopped hole in the bathroom door and utters the immortal line: "Here's Johnny!" It must be one of the scariest, yet funniest, scenes in cinema
"Our Mozart is like Adam Ant," says Mark Wilson, director of a new production of Amadeus which parallels the decadence and flamboyance of the 18th Century with the fashion and music of the Eighties. "Mozart was very passionate about his work and turned
Wildlife campaigners have branded a scheme to strengthen a crumbling cliff face a waste of money. Work to stabilise The Black Rock cliffs behind Asda at Brighton Marina started on Monday. A team of abseilers is driving bolts into the cliff to stop it
Eastbourne Eagles insist David Norris is under no pressure to make a quick return to the Arlington track. Norris has scrapped plans for a test ride today and will be absent for Eagles' skybet Elite League B clash at home to Oxford Silver Machine tomorrow
When Greg Norman and Tom Watson stop you on the practice range for a chat and then back you to win, you need nerves of granite and steel not to feel the pressure. But if new US Open champion Michael Campbell was groaning under a new weight of peer and
Albert Jarrett has given himself a chance of making an impact in his "make or break" season with Albion. Boss Mark McGhee admits he has been impressed by Jarrett's willingness to bounce back from a disappointing debut campaign with the club. The 20-year-old
When Greg Norman and Tom Watson stop you on the practice range for a chat and then back you to win, you need nerves of granite and steel not to feel the pressure. But if new US Open champion Michael Campbell was groaning under a new weight of peer and
The £5 million restoration of a stately home is well on its way to completion. Stanmer House, an 18th Century mansion at the back of Stanmer Park, Brighton, is being transformed from a derelict shell into an arts and conference centre. Stables will be
A hospital's failings are to be exposed on television. A nurse and cleaner went undercover for BBC1's Panorama at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton towards the end of last year. They worked on the Peel and Stewart medical ward and, using hidden
The £5 million restoration of a stately home is well on its way to completion. Stanmer House, an 18th Century mansion at the back of Stanmer Park, Brighton, is being transformed from a derelict shell into an arts and conference centre. Stables will be
A major drugs bust has been carried out to stamp out widespread dealing on the streets of a picturesque coastal resort. Police have made a string of arrests following a four-month undercover operation in Littlehampton. It is believed Operation Amazon
Fears have been raised about the future of a hospital's maternity services. The subject was discussed at a meeting organised by the independent Patient and Public Involvement Forum for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. The maternity
Property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has strengthened his ties with the regime of Robert Mugabe by becoming the biggest foreign investor in Zimbabwe. Hoogstraten owned more than 400 homes in Brighton and Hove at the height of his power but his fortunes
The sister of nine-year-old Mollie Haynes who died after a beating today spoke for the first time of her heartbreaking loss. In a statement to The Argus, Ellie Perkins, 18, said: "Mollie was so special to me and I feel I have lost a part of me. She was
So the Olympics are coming to London in 2012. In those seven, short years, the Government will have to ensure the compulsory purchase of land, re-house businesses and residents, build a stadium, a water park, thousands of apartments in the Olympic village
I read Brighton and Hove will be gridlock in five years (The Argus, July 6) and that there is also a likelihood of water rationing (The Argus, May 20). As if this is not enough, Brighton and Hove is said to be one of the most polluted cities in the country
Passing the Black Rock site, I thought, "Blimey, the international ice rink and conference centre is about to happen after a two-year wait". But no, silly me. I now read (The Argus, June 30) that it was a delivery of sand for an exhibition of sculptures
War Of The Worlds is back in a big way. HG Wells' novel of Martians taking over the world first surfaced in Victorian times, re-emerging in Orson Welles' Forties' radio version, when switchboards across the US were jammed as listeners became convinced
Your Forties supplement (The Argus, July 2) bought back memories of the bombing in Brighton on September 14, 1940. It was the day I got married and I was only 17. It was scary as the bombs were dropping all round but when it was over, my husband and I
I work in the centre of Brighton and rarely use my car but recently had to. Inevitably, I had to circle endlessly to find a parking space. After doing so, I walked the half mile to work while wondering how many of the cars I was passing at 8.30am belonged
Rail passengers using the northern section of the Thameslink Express to Watford Junction and the Midlands fear the moribund Strategic Rail Authority wishes to cut this service which avoids central London by going via Kensington Olympia. This seems to
Mr Turtle (Letters, July 7) is right to say our railway does not have suitable equipment to get a lot of bikes back from Brighton to London and elsewhere. However, the answer already exists. A construction sometimes called the Autorack, it is a covered
I would like to thank the couple who very kindly gave my mother and I a lift from Newhaven Harbour to Seaford on Friday, June 24, after we, and the other passengers, were unceremoniously ejected from a train. The couple refused to take money for petrol
The sister of nine-year-old Mollie Haynes who died after a beating today spoke for the first time of her heartbreaking loss. In a statement to The Argus, Ellie Perkins, 18, said: "Mollie was so special to me and I feel I have lost a part of me. She was
A girl of 13 is thought to be on the run with a man she met through an internet chatroom. Police have been tracking Samantha Boswood's movements each time she uses her mobile phone. However, she appears to be trying to avoid contact. Sergeant Karen Pirrie
A budget airline is reporting a sharp drop in bookings for flights to Britain following last week's London bombings. Ryanair, which operates routes from Dublin, Knock and Shannon to Gatwick, is estimated to be selling a third fewer seats to and from London
A flower-seller who is being forced out of business despite helping cut antisocial behaviour is being defended by councillors who are demanding she be reinstated. Brighton and Hove City Council rejected a tender by Evelyn Farrelly, co-owner of The Lady
When Greg Norman and Tom Watson stop you on the practice range for a chat and then back you to win, you need nerves of granite and steel not to feel the pressure. But if new US Open champion Michael Campbell was groaning under a new weight of peer and
The sister of nine-year-old Mollie Haynes who died after a beating today spoke for the first time of her heartbreaking loss. In a statement to The Argus, Ellie Perkins, 18, said: "Mollie was so special to me and I feel I have lost a part of me. She was
A girl of 13 is thought to be on the run with a man she met through an internet chatroom. Police have been tracking Samantha Boswood's movements each time she uses her mobile phone. However, she appears to be trying to avoid contact. Sergeant Karen Pirrie
