The Argus campaign for justice for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes has been nominated for a prestigious award. The campaign, demanding the fair trial or release of Mr Deghayes, a 37-year-old man from Saltdean who has been imprisoned at the jail
Further to Mrs Bennett's comments on the Brighton Police "Old Cells" Museum in the basement of the town hall (Letters, May 17), the museum exists courtesy of Brighton and Hove City Council, which allowed us to take over three cells in the old police cell
The 25-year-old shop worker who, denied a mortgage, went on to complain about benefit scroungers, should be more positive about their situation (Letters, May 18). He/she should look at what they have got. They are young, have a job and a partner for support
GK Summerfield needs to learn how to read a map if he thinks building the new stadium next to Brighton University will "destroy forever" a walk from Ditchling Beacon to the Swan pub in Falmer (Letters, May 22). Has he been reading too many Lewes District
I agree entirely that if London produces too much rubbish it should "put its own house in order" (The Argus, May 19). Why indeed should we "sacrifice our green fields to put up with their excesses"? Sometimes it is indeed "okay to say not in my back yard
A memorial service will honour Indian soldiers who died fighting on the Western Front during World War One. The 30-minute service at the Chattri Memorial on the South Downs, near Patcham, Brighton, will fall on the 85th year since the Chattri was unveiled
The Argus campaign for justice for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes has been nominated for a prestigious award. The campaign, demanding the fair trial or release of Mr Deghayes, a 37-year-old man from Saltdean who has been imprisoned at the jail
A garden which used to belong to a convicted people smuggler was being dug up yesterday as part of a major specialist police operation. Officers refused to say what they were looking for or why they were digging in the small patch of land at Cripps Avenue
With reference to the article about travellers leaving rubbish at the cricket ground in Braypool Lane, Patcham (The Argus, May 18), while Brighton and Hove City Council could never condone the actions of the travellers and is seeking to take enforcement
When is a wood not a wood ? Answer - when it is disguising a 13-metre phone mast concealed in an imitation conifer tree. This is what will be built in land off Coldean Lane if two mobile phone companies are successful in their application for planning
An expectant mother is under strict orders not to give birth until July 9 - to help her husband win a unique World Cup bet. Diana Harvey, 29, is looking forward to tackling motherhood on the exact date the nation hopes England captain David Beckham will
How sad it was to witness the planning committee passing the application to house seals and otters in the aquarium at Brighton's Sea Life Centre. Should they ever have the misfortune to be confined to a small area in future, God forbid, they might like
Four paedophiles who were caught after a reporter answered an obscene graffiti advert on a train toilet door have been handed lengthy jail terms. Ruth Lumley, 26, a reporter for The Argus, noticed graffiti urging girls between eight and 13 to text a mobile
What was the point of the article on Karen Gill (The Argus, May 18) and her lifestyle? To say she dotes on her children, solely because she dresses them in designer clothes, I would think would bring her to the notice of social services. What are these
The number of cases of a potentially fatal superbug in hospitals has shot up. Managers at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust can't explain why MRSA cases have risen again after a drop in previous months. There were 41 reported cases of
Shopkeepers are outraged at plans to almost double their rents. Traders in Gales Drive parade in Three Bridges, Crawley, have been presented with the huge increases after a council review. They also face the prospect of having to pay the increase for
Businesses are being offered an incentive to ban smoking from their premises in the runup to a total national ban in 2007. Employers in Chichester are being offered the chance to apply for bronze, silver and gold Clean Air awards based on the level of
Farmers fear they are facing their worst crisis since the Thirties. Members of the South Downs Society were at a conference to discuss how the Government's new subsidy system is affecting them. Under the system, the more land farmers look after the more
Royal visitor to Hastings made two stops to see old and new friends. The Duke of Kent yesterday morning visited the RNLI Lifeboat station to meet volunteer crews, their families, fundraisers and supporters . It was the second time The Duke, president
Villagers fear plans to build a slaughterhouse on a farm would cause traffic chaos and disturb an ancient woodland's wildlife. An application for the erection of the slaughterhouse and an ancillary meat processing plant at Curtis Farm, in Green Lane,
A £5 million project to restore a 280-year-old stately home is nearing completion. The last of the metal shutters, which blocked out light from Stanmer House in Stanmer Park, Brighton, for years, are due to be taken down. The landscaping of the courtyard
Can anyone explain why, stricken as we are by the most severe drought since the Twenties, weather which brings a week of heavy rain for the South-East is described by forecasters as "awful" (Sky, BBC local, et al)? Shouldn't it be described as "wonderful
On Sunday, looking at the rain coming down, I saw what I thought was a cat on my patio roof. On looking closer, I realised it was a big brown fox. It went off into the garden. It was late afternoon. I wondered if any other readers had seen him? -Margaret
With regards the story about Lewes District Council (LDC) altering the stadium site photo (The Argus, May 18), I wonder which direction the photographer was facing to see this area of "outstanding beauty". All I could see from where the new stadium would
Putting a world-class operator like Mushtaq Ahmed up against batsmen who have not encountered much quality leg spin is a bit like letting a fox loose in the hen house. This is Durham's first encounter with Sussex's magic man. The counties have not met
Vandals broke into an allotment and smashed up 15 sheds with an axe and a sledge hammer. Locks, doors, walls and windows at the Old Waterworks site in Hollingdean, Brighton, were damaged by the intruders who got in through a hedge. Site representative
More than a fifth of people in Brighton and Hove have taken drugs as they hit the city's nightspots at the weekend. The disturbing figures came to light during a police operation last Friday and Saturday night after hundreds of people were tested using
Is there no one on Brighton and Hove City Council who is strong enough to get really tough with cyclists who persist in breaking the law by riding on the pavement? Someone is going to have a serious accident by stepping sideways into a bicycle coming
The number of cases of a potentially fatal superbug in hospitals has shot up. Managers at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust can't explain why MRSA cases have risen again after a drop in previous months. There were 41 reported cases of
Maureen Stack asserts correctly that religious leaders and pro-life groups joined in opposing Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. This is not, however, a new development. The churches and their front organisations have opposed practically
I am 85 and there is nothing worse than fearing a painful, prolonged death, which is what it seems to me Maureen Stack is so keen to promote (Letters, May 13). I have personally seen the mother of a friend pleading to be allowed to die but, of course,
Rob Greenhalgh today revealed how the death of a team-mate made victory in the Volvo Ocean Race "irrelevant". The Sussex sailor helped crew ABN AMRO ONE to victory with two legs to spare when they won the New York to Portsmouth leg of the round the world
The human rights lobby is prominent in defending criminals from being returned to their country of origin on the grounds their lives may be in danger. Will these defenders of human rights come to the aid of the elderly and infirm residents of Osborne
Lewes manager Steven King has confirmed the departure of defender Jay Lovett. The former Brentford and Crawley player rejoined permanently in December 2003 following a successful loan spell from Farnborough. Lovett, who started his career at Lewes as
There has been a lot of discussion recently about bed closures in hospitals and the effect this will have on patient care, especially for older people. The Older People's Council (OPC) was particularly concerned about the cramped conditions in wards last
England National Game XI boss Paul Fairclough hailed Sussex fans as "fantastic" after they roared his Lions to Four Nations victory. England kicked off the tournament with a comfortable win over Ireland at Priory Lane last night. Michael Carr and Dennis
Putting a world-class operator like Mushtaq Ahmed up against batsmen who have not encountered much quality leg spin is a bit like letting a fox loose in the hen house. This is Durham's first encounter with Sussex's magic man. The counties have not met
Sussex cricket manager Mark Robinson admits he is running out of superlatives for his Pakistani bowling aces. Mushtaq Ahmed took 5-24 and Rana Naved 4-28 at the Riverside yesterday as first division leaders Sussex hustled out Durham for 110 on the opening
Controversial plans to expand a town by more than 5,000 new homes are to be revealed for the first time. Councillors in Crawley fear their town would struggle to cope with the demands on its infrastructure if the development goes ahead. The plans have
Hi-fi equipment seized from noisy neighbours will be given away to worthy causes. Brighton and Hove City Council's environmental health team has filled a storeroom with stereo systems, speakers and CDs taken from persistent offenders who refuse to turn
