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I read with interest the early setting up of the ribbon outlining the area of land to be used for a proposed new town in Mid Sussex (The Argus, October 2). This unwanted blot on our countryside could provide an early test for the Prime Minister

Someone I know was telling me about a colleague of hers who was experiencing some discomfort during the menopause. She went to a chemist, who sold her a magnetic gadget to fit inside her waistband to help ease her problems. One day, as she

Staff, pupils and police hunted for two boys, aged six and seven, who were missing from a Hastings school for more than two hours this afternoon. A Hastings Police statement said: "The boys have gone missing from Silverdale School, Payton Road,

Perhaps having no children is a bad starting point for watching Romesh Ranganathan. His material derives mostly from his experience with his wife and young sons. However, the laddish approach to parenthood he proudly espoused throughout his show

The Orb’s debut double album, Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, virtually created the ambient house genre when it was released in 1991. Designed by founder “Dr” Alex Paterson, with musicians including Jimmy Cauty of the KLF to give ravers a sound to

I am a Swedish woman who, in my youth from 1969 to 1972, lived in Brighton. The people who mattered most to me back then, I still have contact with today. All but one, that is. It is not easy to locate a person with a common name in the UK and

Drenge – Eoin and Rory Loveless – are hardly the types to worry about selling out gigs, with a heads-down, no-nonsense take on stagecraft they would probably be recreating in a cellar had they never escaped their suburban tedium. Yet the Green

Willy Loman dies but lives on in Arthur Miller’s famous play. Death Of A Salesman, a bleak tale of battered hope, accomplishes Miller’s dreams of immortality. The playwright’s own struggle to survive the depression inspired this intense and powerful

Back in the 1990s David Baddiel was a household name. He sang Three Lions with Ian Brodie and Frank Skinner. He hosted Fantasy Football League. He was papped looking like the genuine New Lad at showbiz parties. But fame, of course, is a fickle world

Since the new bus lanes have been enforced in Lewes Road, the buses are getting fuller. Andrew Boag of Brighton Area Buswatch says he spent the afternoon in the bus control centre, and says the buses are running more reliably (Letters, October

Milton Jones is best known for his Radio 4 show. Right now he is “On The Road”, a 37-date national tour. The Dome was close to full, perhaps with many people wondering how Jones was going to fill an entire evening with his brilliant one-liners.

In Hannah Gadsby’s latest comedy show, Happiness Is A Bedside Table, she strips herself bare. Almost literally. As well as reliving the formative humiliating episodes of her life in every sympathy-inspiring detail, she ends her show by symbolically

Robin Ince is a passionate man. That passion is the making – but also the breaking – of his Brighton Comedy Festival Show. The 44-year-old got his big break supporting close friend Ricky Gervais on his 2004 Politics tour. Perhaps not hitting

I was pleased to read Mr T Boswell’s letter regarding the forthcoming performance of the famous Brighton Dome organ on October 22. This iconic instrument is known throughout the world, and latterly has fallen into oblivion despite thousands of

Ed Miliband’s recent announcement that should his party be elected in 2015 they would impose a three-year price freeze on energy was met with derision by the Conservative Party and with much hand-wringing by energy companies who saw their obscene profit

Question: Showbiz. Answer: This man. Dressed in a tux complete with bow tie and a background of shimmering red curtains, Foster’s Comedy Award nominee Mike Wozniak certainly looked the part. The 33-year-old’s catchphrase – or phrase, until

The title of this show – Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe – provided a sweet but apparently pompous précis of Marks’s life, but really only accounted for half of his performance at Komedia. True, he’s toured his life story previously, but the

Sean Lock was on tip-top form when he stopped his purple van at the Dome as part of Brighton Comedy Festival. There wasn’t an empty seat in the house for two hours of Lock’s honed blend of observational and surreal merry-making. In the first

Bees have been popping up all around the city leading those who find them to a popular exhibition. The Bees in the Woods art exhibition is taking place at ONCA Gallery in St George’s Place, Brighton, after it was opened by Caroline Lucas on Friday

Mediums who speak to dead pets (The Argus, October 2)? Sorry if I’m a bit dopey here but when I lived at home with my mum she had two cats at different times and I don’t really remember having too much of a conversation with them. Is there

As a weekly user of Lewes Road (with a sewing machine in my car, so our excellent bus service is not an option) my journey time has more than doubled. I am sure Brighton and Hove’s councillors did not sit down with pencil and paper and design this

Worthing bypass should be part of a national South Coast trunk road called the M27. Perhaps I should suggest we call it the Folkstone to Honiton South Coast trunk route M27 – but this time with large parts already in place. No road survey, as far

One of the country’s largest landowners has been fined after pollution from his estate killed more than 4,000 fish. The Cowdray Estate in Mid- hurst was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £10,596 costs after tree felling released pollutants into three

Two parents and two children were taken to hospital following a fire. Firefighters were called to a blaze at a first floor flat in Albion Street, Southwick, at 7am this morning. Two adults and two children were taken to hospital with smoke

Vandals left thousands of people without power after damaging highly-dangerous electricity cables. The yobs, who have been warned they are risking their lives by messing with high-voltage equipment, are thought to be responsible for a spate of

Pavement parkers will face a crackdown and potential £60 fines despite a last minute bid to postpone enforcement for a year. After years of turning a blind eye, Brighton and Hove City Council has agreed to work with Sussex Police and starting enforcing

A man has been arrested after a break-in at a discount store. Sussex Police officers including a helicopter team were called to Poundland in Queen's Square, Crawley, at 11.30pm last night after reports of a break-in. A police dog was used

1... BUG 3.0, Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Friday, October 11 The third instalment of the Brighton party collective’s quarterly bass, house and techno night features Riskotheque, Pale Graphs, Anna Chocola, Matt Durstan and Barry

Sussex have given wicketkeeper Callum Jackson a one-year contract as they start work on their plans for next season. Jackson is the first of ten out-of-contract players to agree a new deal to stay at Hove after enjoying a breakthrough first season

Parents, teachers and children have launched a passionate plea for a crossing outside their school, amid claims they dice with death every day. With the south coast’s busiest port on its doorstep, industrial units nearby and a major arterial road

Residents are being urged to come forward with their suggestions as a council looks to improve facilities for cyclists and pedestrians on a busy stretch of road. Brighton and Hove City Council has invited people to come forward with ideas as they

Sex offenders are on the run in Sussex after police admitted they had lost track of their whereabouts. Figures obtained by The Argus show five convicted criminals are currently roaming the streets - but Sussex Police refused to reveal their names

Five Royal Marines required hospital treatment when they were assaulted just hours before they were due to receive freedom of a town. The Marines, aged between 20 and 35, were walking back to their accommodation having just left the nearby Coco

A school is celebrating after coming out of special measures in its latest Government inspection. Having made its way through three principals and 21 months of scrutiny, the Sir Robert Woodard Academy in Lancing has finally been relieved of its

Toddler Evane Hinton is described as a little miracle by her family because by rights she should not be here. The chemotherapy her mum Beth Bryant had during cancer treatment should have destroyed her chances of having another baby – but against

A group of high-climbers from Sussex have reached new heights - quite literally. The Storror group, based in Brighton and Hove, recently climbed the 51-storey Leadenhall Building in the City of Westminster and next to The Gherkin. They were

Walk around Brighton and you’ll often hear Spanish spoken. There’s a strong community from the Iberian Peninsula in the city, and the benefits for Brighton diners are clear to see. Now three of the city’s restaurants are in the running to be named

Armed police surrounded a Sussex secondary school as a choir practiced inside. Gun-wielding officers from Sussex Police were called to St Wilfrid’s Catholic Comprehensive School at 6pm on Wednesday amid reports there was a man outside carrying

Sussex's football clubs have heaped praise on their supporters as latest figures show them to be some of the best behaved in the country. Brighton and Hove Albion did not have to issue a single banning order last season, a record only shared by

August Strindberg’s Miss Julie did not go down well in the UK when it was published. All that sex and lust and greed was not agreeable to stiff-necked pen pushers who held out for 50 years before granting permission for the play, written in 1888

In his final class as a pupil at Brighton’s Dorothy Stringer High School, Seann Walsh asked his drama teacher whether she thought any of his class could go on to be actors. She said yes. “I don’t think she specifically meant me but she really did

Oscar Garcia is still hopeful of bringing in a new signing during the international break. But the Albion head coach and his chief executive Paul Barber have warned it is not proving easy to get the right man. Oscar would love to reinforce

Key partners in a bid to create “Greater Brighton” have publically fallen out after a politician refused to apologise for labelling a port “grim”. The City Deal has the potential to see tens of millions of pounds pour into Brighton and Hove and

A father has warned he will defy a teachers’ strike and take his children to school on the day it closes. Business leader Paul Yates-Smith said the only alternative was for Saltdean Primary School to compensate him for his lost income and childcare

Eric Ravilious is celebrated for his watercolours of the South Downs, painted in the mid-20th century. Yet the artist was in demand as a commercial artist. He designed watercolours, lithographs and graphics for London Transport and ceramics for

I look forward to the day when pavement parking in Elm Grove is banned (The Argus, October 1). It is a menace to those who live in Elm Grove – and I suspect that many of the vehicles parked here are not owned by people who actually live here.

"I suppose for a lot of comedians the internet is a bit of a dangerous thing – a black hole into which your time can vanish. “Working at home you can start swinging from vine to vine looking for inspirational quotes and kidding yourself you’re

Albion could host World Cup football – providing England win the battle to stage FIFA’s under-20 tournament in 2017. The Amex is one of ten stadia which form part of the FA’s bid for the competition. That list could then be reduced by FIFA if England

Folk guitarist Martin Carthy has happy memories of the recording sessions for Bright Phoebus – Mike and Lal Waterson’s only album of original songs. Sadly the initial commercial reaction didn’t match the joy of making the record. “There was

When dance choreographer Ben Duke found himself talking to contestants auditioning for Big Brother, the stories inspired a Place Prize winning show. He was fascinated by the lengths people would go to in pursuit of fame; how much people were prepared

In many ways the great Czech surrealist artist Jan Švankmajer is the complete film-maker. He not only writes, directs and films movies, but he also sources objects, makes objects and animates puppets. “It is mind-boggling,” says Tim Brown, co-curator

She might rip-off Italo Calvino and quote Philip Larkin but Nadine Shah is happiest bantering. She’s a bubbly Mackem – “you tack ’em, we mack ’em!” (a reference to Geordies and shipbuilding, apparently) – whose Pakistani father owns Curtain Superstore

Hero football fans rescued a man who fell headfirst onto rail tracks just moments before a train arrived. Jay Packham and three friends were on their way home after watching Albion play at the Amex when a drunken man plummeted from the platform

"First and foremost it isn’t Christian theatre. It is not a show to preach at people. It’s not saying we are worthy and you are not.” Israel Oyelumade is acutely aware of the scepticism the public hold toward artistic forays made by the Church.