Police officers will be able to keep a close eye on residents and users of a giant leisure and homes complex if the development goes ahead. Frank Gehry's plans for the King Alfred centre on Hove seafront have been modified to include a police office
When New York PR queen Undine discovers her Argentinian husband has run off, leaving her pregnant and penniless, she is forced to face some painful home truths. Formerly an Ab Fab-style mover and shaker, she rapidly discovers her friends are the fair
Eastbourne theatregoers are having a preview of a West End musical this week: Mack and Mabel, which opens at the Criterion Theatre in two weeks' time. Directed by John Doyle, it tells the heart-wrenching love story of two of the legendary figures from
When Gordon Brown promised free bus travel for pensioners, I was sceptical but hopeful. However, when the new Labour leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, Councillor Simon Burgess, announced an increase in council tax of 4.8 per cent for Brighton,
Police have vowed to take a "zero tolerance" approach to football hooliganism at home during the World Cup. Extra police officers will patrol Brighton and Hove during the key matches of the month-long tournament starting on June 9. Officers will deal
Plans for a £750,000 balloon to take 600,000 people a year into the skies over Sussex have been put in jeopardy. Swedish adventurer Per Lindstrand, who holds the world balloon altitude record, had hoped his HiFlyer would be ready to open by April. But
Regarding the waste tranfer station proposals, Brighton and Hove City Council is now proposing to remove a ban on HGVs turning left from Ditchling Road into Upper Hollingdean Road south of the FiveWays junction. This junction is directly opposite Downs
Parents are angry a new £600,000 school canteen will reduce vital after-school childcare. Dozens of parents staged a protest outside Downs Junior School in Brighton yesterday over plans to replace the school's outdated canteen. Brighton and Hove City
Last Friday I was driving along the coast road between Telscombe and Saltdean about 2pm. I glanced in my mirror and saw a police car approaching fast behind me with its blue lights flashing. I know this means I should try to pull to the side of the road
Neighbours have been criticised for fighting plans for a home for abused and traumatised children. Brighton and Hove City Council has received more than 200 letters of objection from householders campaigning to stop a family home in Dyke Road, Brighton
A brothel offering group sex is operating within yards of a primary school. Dimensions, on the corner of Elm Grove and Bentham Road, Brighton, offers "young, thin and busty girls" to punters. It is directly across the road from Elm Grove Primary School
More than a thousand hours have been spent policing the fox-hunting ban - and not one prosecution has been made. Figures released to The Argus by Sussex Police under the Freedom of Information Act reveal the equivalent of 1,300 hours' policing has been
We support the police in asking a shop to remove T-shirts carrying offensive slogans from public view. Like them, we received a complaint about one T-shirt in particular and it did cause us some concern. While it is true Brighton has a reputation for
I would like to clarify some points in the article "Arrest threat over toddlers' saucy T-shirts" (The Argus March 8). A police community support officer visited the shop in December 2005 and again in January 2006 after I received a letter of complaint
The residents of Sandhurst Avenue in Woodingdean have been asking for traffic calming for some time, as traffic is fast and heavy, especially since the Brighton bypass opened, and drivers use our road to avoid traffic lights at the Downs. We have been
Since when has travelling in this country become akin to warfare? Cyclists, pedestrians and 4x4 owners are constantly arguing on the Letters page and, if it's not that, it's people driving aggressively. While overtaking a van on my motorbike the other
Chris Carter is confident England's athletes can fly the flag at the Commonwealth Games which start today. Despite the absence of top names like Paula Radcliffe and Kelly Holmes the chairman of selectors has set an ambitious target of 20 track and field
The hunt is on to find employers and individuals who are challenging discrimination against older people in the workplace. Age Positive, a Government campaign to remove age barriers in employment, has launched the Age Positive Awards 2006. The aim is
Traders in a Brighton street are coming round to the idea of being part of the city's first Business Improvement District (BID). Research by the Brighton and Hove Business Forum shows that 55 per cent of businesses in Gardner Street, North Laine, now
The overhaul of East Grinstead-based Rentokil Initial continued this week when the troubled ratcatcher offloaded its UK security guard wing for £74.6 million. Initial Security Limited (ISL), which employs 6,000 people, has been bought by MITIE Group,
Eastbourne theatregoers are having a preview of a West End musical this week: Mack and Mabel, which opens at the Criterion Theatre in two weeks' time. Directed by John Doyle, it tells the heart-wrenching love story of two of the legendary figures from
A teenager on trial for murder needed emergency treatment for a raging toothache. Shane Challice and five other teenagers are accused of murdering Hailsham father-of-two Gary Rae. Challice, 19, has been suffering for two days from chronic pain caused
A Sussex MP is playing a leading role in a campaign to toughen rules on ownership of mini-motorcycles. David Lepper, Labour and Co-operative MP for Brighton Pavilion, is sponsoring an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling for the vehicles to be registered
While wheelchair users get a mixed reception in town centres (The Argus, March 9), the railways are doing no better. On privatisation, new franchise train operators ordered hundreds of new trains. These have the special wheelchair compartments required
As residents of Cobden Road, we were disappointed and angry when we read your article last week about the cancellation of the Hanover area Home Zone proposals (The Argus, March 6). We cannot understand how Brighton and Hove City Council can just scrap
In response to Tom Hickmore (Letters, March 8), my friend, it is not cars per se that are bad. Rather it is the demand the increasing human population places on the world, a population almost doubled in my own lifetime which I hope is about half way through
Almost every patient will have left an historic hospital by the end of this week. The only patients to remain at the King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst will be those cared for in its Macmillan cancer unit, expected to close within two to three weeks
A riding school for disadvantaged children has had to turn away heartbroken youngsters after burglars stole £16,000 of tack from its stables. Jackie Russell, who runs Glebe Field Riding School in Chiddingly, near Hailsham, lost much of her high-quality
Hove MP Celia Barlow is to be commended for lobbying the Government to make it law for sprinklers to be installed in all new homes in a bid to reduce domestic fires (The Argus, March 11). However, there is something we can all do in the meantime to reduce
I wonder if the do-gooders who raised objections about the T-shirts in a shop window recently will be happy to see the sperm whale become an extinct species? -Bob Metson, Henfield
Patients are still being neglected in a hospital condemned for its treatment of the elderly. The Royal Sussex Hospital's Peel and Stewart ward, which featured in a Panaroma programme exposing the degrading treatment of patients, is at the centre of fresh
Bognor's poor run in Conference south stretched to ten games without a win as they went down 1-0 at home to Weston-super-Mare. In an open game, both sides had chances in a lively first half. On 21 minutes Ben Watson found Luke Nightingale at the far post
Regarding the many letters about 4x4s and the opinions of some people, including Councillor Taylor and the ban-it brigade, what is the matter with them? As a driver of one of these "devil vehicles", on a few occasions I have been in the unfortunate position
"This is very new territory for me," says Suzanne Shaw. "I'm going to be dancing in my underwear, doing the salsa in Fifties knickers. I never even wore fishnet stockings in Hearsay." With her blonde locks and girl-nextdoor demeanour, Shaw had no trouble
Horsham boss John Maggs would love nothing better than to add to Crawley's woes tonight. Maggs is plotting an upset in the Sussex Senior Cup semi-final against his former club at Gladwish Stadium, Worthing (7.30). Maggs still holds Crawley close to his
Joe Gatting is poised to pledge his future to Albion until 2009. Fellow youth teamer Joel Lynch has already signed a three-year pro deal after breaking into the senior side and centre forward prospect Gatting is set to follow suit. Contract negotiations
Buying fair trade products should become "a habit", according to a Sussex council. Working in partnership with the Brighton and Hove Fairtrade steering group, Burgess Hill Town Council is trying to persuade shoppers to buy items that can make a real difference
Fish4jobs is the most popular recruitment website, figures have shown. The site, part owned by The Argus, attracts more than 1.6 million jobseekers a month according to the annual National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS). The survey also found
More than 100 students demonstrated against the closure of a top university chemistry department. Scores of students at the University of Sussex gathered to demonstrate their shock and anger at the university's decision to scrap chemistry degrees and
Police officers will be able to keep a close eye on residents and users of a giant leisure and homes complex if the development goes ahead. Frank Gehry's plans for the King Alfred centre on Hove seafront have been modified to include a police office following
