Tattoos are removed by laser. The idea is ink particles sit under the skin and are too big for the body to naturally dispose of. The laser shatters the ink and the smaller particles can be processed and flushed out. The brochures say "most people tolerate
Tattoos are removed by laser. The idea is ink particles sit under the skin and are too big for the body to naturally dispose of. The laser shatters the ink and the smaller particles can be processed and flushed out. The brochures say "most people tolerate
Have-a-go hero villagers caught two bungling masked raiders who held up their post office. The robbers burst into Ditchling post office and demanded cash from the till. But they were chased and caught by staff and a small army of villagers after the
Paramedics discovered the dead body of a 51-year-old man in bed when they went to treat his friend for diabetes. Detectives are treating the death of Michael Joyce as suspicious after a post mortem examination of his body revealed he died because of
The first case of the deadly blue tongue livestock disease has been discovered in West Sussex. The virus, which has devastated the farming industry, has been found in Haywards Heath. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has
What would life be like as a hamster? Fitness fanatics can now find out by taking part in in the latest craze to hit Sussex. Waveriders are zipped up inside 6ft-high inflated balls and launched onto the water. Paul Wilson, centre manager at Freedom
Detectives searching for BBC make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens will search ancient woodland for shallow graves. Officers looking for the 48-year-old who is feared murdered are switching to a small section of Ashdown Forest, on the Sussex/ Kent border
"The end is nigh, the end is nigh," sang Patti Plinko in her encore, spilling whisky beneath her feet. If the apocalypse needed a mortal announcer, Plinko would make a dishy prophet of doom. In her floral dress with bygone film star hair and murderous
A football fan lost his job at a Rolls Royce restaurant after being accused of taking photos of David Beckham during a VIP visit. Raff Mastromarino, 54, had his contract terminated with immediate effect after he was accused of taking a photo of the former
In a parallel universe Top Of The Pops still exists, and Art Brut are on it every week. Our MC for Art Brut's show on a freezing Sunday night was the flop-fringed Eddie Argos, who must be a new musical icon for the Noughties. His speaking/singing voice
A self-obsessed 78-year-old has been jailed after flashing at strangers every month for 60 years. Julien Duffy has exposed himself up to 700 times over six decades and considers his body a temple, a court heard. On the last occasion he "accidently"
From football hooliganism to suicide bombers, no subject was too taboo for Omid Djalili's acerbic tongue. Belly dancing onto the stage, the British-Iranian comic delivered a high-octane show that played with ideas of race and identity. Interspersing
"In Magpie, we wanted to explode the taboos of what is and isn't done in a contemporary dance show," explains Theo Clinckard, one half of the award-winning Brighton-based duo, Probe. As their name suggests, the company is devoted to probing new territories
Is there anything worse than having a domestic crisis with your heating, computer or car? Perhaps it's finding the person you trusted didn't do the job as well as expected or just didn't turn up when they promised. There can be few of us who haven't
Detectives have renewed their public appeal for information over the disappearance of a TV make-up artist after releasing her husband on bail. Diane Chenery-Wickens, 48, who has worked on shows including Dead Ringers, The League Of Gentlemen and Casualty
A security firm driver who stole from eBay customers has escaped being sent straight to prison. But Nicholas Silvey, 31, now faces having to sell his house to pay for his crime. A court heard that Silvey worked for parcel delivery firm UPS at Gatwick
Matt Prior is determined to prove the England selectors were wrong to drop him. Prior opened his heart about his disappointment at being left out of the Test and one-day squads for the current tour of New Zealand for the first time today. The Sussex
Worthing have signed Jerahl Hughes on a month's loan from League One side Yeovil. Hughes was part of the successful Dorothy Stringer School side managed by Worthing boss Alan Pook and subsequently became a trainee at Crystal Palace. He switched to Yeovil
CRAWLEY have been handed a tough away trip to Blue Square premier division title-chasers Torquay in the FA Trophy quarter-finals. Reds will travel to Plainmoor on February 23 after securing a place in the last eight of the competition for the first time
JONNY Dixon, Albion's new £55,000 striker from Aldershot, has been ruled out for four to six weeks by physio Malcolm Stuart after turning his ankle in his second training session with the club on Friday. Paul Reid (knee) is out for the same period and
Fatboy Slim will be given the go-ahead this week to stage a concert for 22,000 people on Brighton beach. The Hove DJ, real name Norman Cook, will hold the gig on the weekend of September 26 and 27. It will be his first summer concert on the beach
What is it you do? We give advice on really tricky issues - such as how to weigh up the climate cost of flying veg from Africa against the money it brings poor communities - and we tackle the policies and ways of doing business that
Senegal 1 - South Africa 1, in Kumasi To be honest the game was relatively awful and there was not much excitement in it. We paid two pounds to gain entry to the cheap seats. Initially we sat with the South Africa supporters but moved on to all
If climate change doesn't have you convinced, then the 15 per cent hike in energy bills recently announced by the big electricity companies should have you reaching for the loft insulation. Up to 15 per cent of the energy you pay for could be drifting
Trevor Waller claims he was sacked as manager of Littlehampton because he dropped veteran defender Gary Young. Waller was axed after the Marigolds suffered a third consecutive defeat when they went down 2-0 at Mile Oak. He leaves the club fifth in
The former Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Dyke Road, Brighton, should be preserved and not turned into 150 flats and a GP surgery (The Argus, January 29). The proposed scheme would see the Victorian structure torn down, which I think is
I fully back the South Downs Joint Committee in suggesting that the light levels in East Sussex should be reduced (The Argus, February 1). West Sussex did it. Why not East Sussex? As an amateur astronomer I, like others in Brighton, suffer badly
In response to Mr Saunders' letter regarding his concerns that the analogue television switch-off will lead to scrapped TVs (Letters, January 10), his local television shop told him that a TV required a Scart socket to use a Freeview digital TV
A working men's club could have its licence revoked following a string of complaints of excessively loud music. The alcohol licence for Roselands Men's Club in Seaside, Eastbourne, will be reviewed on Wednesday by Eastbourne Borough Council's licensing
Are you a resident of the New England Quarter in Brighton? Are you happy with the residential and community facilities provided for you by the developers? I am at Brighton University completing a dissertation project on the New England Quarter
In his letter to The Argus (January 31), John Stanaway incorrectly suggested that the rail link between Brighton and West Brompton via Gatwick may be closed at the end of this year. This is certainly not the case. I believe Mr Stanaway is referring
Is it just me or are the rest of the readers getting a little frustrated by the extremely poor level of service provided by the recycling collections? It seems a lot of items are not suitable for them to take (meaning a separate trip elsewhere)
I write with regard to your story concerning the financial shortfall in council spending caused by spiralling costs of OAPs' free bus travel (The Argus, January 31). As a result, hard-pressed ratepayers will have to stump up increasing amounts
David Cameron's "rack 'em, feed 'em and change 'em" training routine for "raw recruits" from civvy street to soldier in the front line in 28 weeks is typical of "bums on seats" rationality. No youngster of 18 years of age should be ready to fight
It is a devastating blow to all sub-postmasters and the communities concerned that the post office network is being decimated throughout Sussex and the wider country. However, please be aware that the instructions to close 2,500 offices in Britain
On behalf of the RSPCA I urge no one to purchase the mouse traps presently being sold in certain cut-price stores. They consist of adhesive pads that the mouse becomes glued to. The poor animal is left to struggle and starve and then probably
Scantily clad in bikinis and high heels, ring girls have been a subject of debate for some time. Are they crucial to gearing up the atmosphere and glamour of the night or just a tacky, out-dated tradition? Ruth Addicott meets the ring girls ahead of
Piles of wood on the beaches of Sussex, gale force winds blowing out to sea. If our local councils had half a brain they would have lined up bulldozers on the beaches and as the tide went out swept the lot into the sea. Then our good friends the
It is good to see Mark Johnson has such confidence in the power of local democracy to change European Union policy (Letters, February 1). However, much as I hate to prick his (barrage) balloon it ought to be pointed out that his local (Green)
Mary Ryder emails: "I am trying to find out any information about my grandfather Andrew Russell, who was born in Newport in 1910 or 1911. His occupation was a motor mechanic journeyman. (His father also was called Andrew Russell, he was a blacksmith's
Ian Borland emails from Scotland: "We met Steve (ex-British Rail) and Irene (ex-Woolworths) Fortune on the train from Delhi to Shimla in India last October. Unfortunately, my wife, Joan, has lost the address in Hove they gave us. We would like to
The unashamedly unpopular council tax system has remained unchanged for almost 20 years despite a £2.3 million review, a string of major demonstrations and an army of grey guerrillas willing to go to jail to fight the levy. But this is no great British
Jane Gatenby (nee Deller) emails: "I'm trying to get back in contact with my sister. I have not seen her since 1993. "She was last living in Clarendon Road, Hove, and she is probably still living in the area. Her name is Sharon Ann Deller, born
Here's one view in Sussex that has changed hardly at all in more than 100 years. It comes from a postcard of Stanmer Village, then run by the Pelham family but later owned by Brighton Council. The postcard, produced in 1905, is featured in Stanmer
It takes a brave man to impersonate Bob Marley but Legend frontman Michael Philips carried it off brilliantly. His raspy, rough-edged voice was spookily close to the real thing and his band recreated the sound of The Wailers, despite being only
I last saw The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain in London two years ago, when my then boyfriend commented that they were too clever for their own good. At Lewes Town Hall they were back in their element, albeit in a smaller venue, allegedly
"Do not rise to this man's bait," I told myself while reading Nigel Tart's letter on Joe Orton (Letters, January 24), "he's a provocateur, like Orton himself." I imagine most letters editors have the name of Edna Welthorpe (a pseudonym Orton used
There are fears that a massive increase in pest control charges may lead to a town being overrun by mice. The proposals, which could be rubber stamped early this week, will see Worthing Borough Council's mouse extermination charges rise by up
As a member of the planning committee, I am unable to make a comment on the merits or otherwise of demolishing the old Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital (Letters, January 31). However, I was surprised by Geoff Fitch of Ringmer's remark that
A lawyer who helped a child abuse victim win a six-figure pay-out said last night it would pave the way for thousands of victims to claim from their attackers. Brighton solicitor Michael Hartley successfully challenged the six-year time limit
It is wrong to say the Government's national bus pass scheme is for OAPs only (The Argus, January 31). Anyone over 60 qualifies so the council has to fund the bus companies not only for OAPs to travel free, but also for people over 60 who are still
You state on your front page (The Argus, January 30) that BB guns fire ball bearings and can be lethal at close range. This is complete rubbish as the toys you are talking about fire 6mm plastic balls known as bullet balls (BBs) and are known as
Albion's recent signing Shane McFaul has been drafted into the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for Tuesday night's European Championship qualifier against England at St Mary's, Southampton. It follows his Republic of Ireland debut as a substitute
Brighton and Hove City Council and CityClean have sent out a questionnaire about communal bins, asking for the views of affected Hove residents before February 25. The questionnaire insults the intelligence of its readers. Of course we prefer
Recent articles in The Argus have clearly portrayed the utter indifference of local government to the wishes of those who have elected them. For instance, the Bluebell Railway - the largest and most successful tourist attraction in north Sussex
In response to your article on the removal of graffiti at Tarner Park (The Argus, January 23), to suggest that Brighton and Hove City Council "unleashed graffiti artists to redecorate their park" 18 months ago is misleading. Tarner Park has in fact
With regard to your story headlined "Bowling trip becomes HIV nightmare for girl, two". I'd just like to reassure Joanne Skipper that the likelihood of HIV being passed on to her child in this way is incredibly slim. Even if the needle had been
As a resident of the London Road area I am pleased to see plans for redevelopment are moving forward. However, can we please give serious thought to demolishing New England House and the nearby Vantage Point buildings? These are awful eyesores
In reply to Paul Carter of Portslade (Letters, January 25) about animals on buses. I have a small dog. He sits on my lap on the bus and train on long journeys. I put him on a clean towel if he wants to sit on a seat, though he's happy on my lap
The number of gipsy and traveller pitches will need to more than double in the next eight years, a new report has revealed. Up to 260 new plots must be created in Sussex to provide permanent sites for the travelling community. For the first time
The cost of housing and the value of property are both high and volatile in the city - though they are not of course always the same thing - a fact which affects almost everybody, with some winners and some losers. I am grateful to S Wilkie (Letters
Last year, thousands of people up and down the country responded to the Government's consultation on changes to the planning system. In fact, of 32,100 responses to the Planning White Paper, 31,000 came from members of the public. This shows that
I set out to follow Ben Perkins' directions on the Pyecombe circular walk (Weekend, January 25). Stepping out of the car, I was greeted by the "chck chck" of a stonechat, a sound I associate with escaping to wilder places. In its dowdy winter plumage
It is, as your editorial points out (The Argus, January 28), vital to communicate the horrors of the Holocaust meaningfully to younger generations and nothing does this more eloquently than the direct experiences recounted by the survivors themselves
Were you a child during the Second World War? A best-selling author and film-maker is currently writing a book about the experiences of British children during the conflict. For some it was an exciting adventure, while for others it was a
A lorry crashed into a garden when it jack-knifed on a main road. Police and firefighters were called to King George VI Avenue in Hove at about 7.55am today. The driver was not trapped and was treated for minor injuries. No other vehicles were involved
Burgess Hill face a race against time to include new Romanian striker Adrian Patulea for his debut at home to high-flying Tooting and Mitcham tomorrow. The Hillians are waiting on international clearance for Patulea, who was recommended by Lewes manager
The husband of missing TV make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens has been released on bail, three days after he was arrested on suspicion of her murder. Mrs Chenery-Wickens, 48, who has worked on shows including Dead Ringers, The League of Gentlemen and
The first time Canadian five-piece Stars came to the UK was on an expensive whim of their frontman Torquil Campbell. "Torquil took out a 10,000-dollar loan," says singer and guitarist Amy Millan. "He wanted to play in London so he flew us out to play
Health bosses have unveiled the latest weapon in the bid to beat potentially fatal superbugs - giving patients yoghurts. The free pots of pro-biotic yoghurts are being handed to anyone admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton who is feared
A multi-million pound scheme to improve safety and congestion at a notorious accident blackspot could be delayed because of rising costs. Work on the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid, near Haywards Heath, would be expected to reduce accidents by
