Councillors meet today
to decide whether to grant
planning permission for an
exploratory oil rig on the
South Downs near
Chichester. Here, Woodland
Trust campaigner Alice
Farr shares her thoughts on
how the thirst for oil is
threatening ancient
woodland.
The Conservative Party in
Brighton and Hove swept to
power a year ago, with a raft
of promises ranging from
lower council tax rises to
new transport policies.
Brighton and Hove comes up time and again in surveys as
one of the best places in the country to live. Yet the best of
the city's talent seems to work in London. Why, asks
recruitment specialist David Stone, is Brighton and Hove a
victim of the brain drain?
The Lady Boys of Bangkok cabaret show has become a mainstay of the festival season in Brighton and Hove. Yet in the weekend edition of The Argus, columnist Jean Calder controversially called for the show to be banned in Brighton.
Not long before he died,
the former Labour Cabinet
Minister Roy Jenkins was
asked what he thought about
Gordon Brown’s prospects as
the next Prime Minister.
People power appears to have forced health bosses to change their minds about cutting hospital accident and emergency departments but changes are still afoot.
Today is St George's Day
which marks the national saint
of England. It also happens to
be the day when William
Shakespeare, our greatest poet
and playwright, was born and
died.
Drug addicts forced to go "cold turkey" after they were denied illegal
substances in prison were awarded thousands of pounds in
compensation, it emerged last week. Yet their victims have to repair
their lives with little, if any, recompense themselves.
Don't give under-fives
too much fruit and
vegetables or their
growth could be
stunted. That is the
view of food expert
Sarah Almond. Sam
Underwood reports.
When residents of Eastern European countries dubbed the Accession 8 were given permission to work in Britain, there were fears it would signal a huge surge in dole scroungers and greater trouble on the streets.
