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  • KINGFISHER'S BLOSSOMING

    RETAIL giant Kingfisher - which takes in Woolworths, B&Q, Comet and Superdrug - shrugged off the gloom that has gripped parts of the high street. In a sector dogged by a string of profit warnings and fears of a downturn in consumer confidence, it

  • Parents' worries

    THE case of Robert Oliver has been taken to the Home Office by Brighton and Hove Council leader Lord Bassam, the police and the towns' three MPs. They would like to see changes in the law on convicted paedophiles such as Oliver, who was in Brighton late

  • Horton steps up player hunt

    ALBION boss Brian Horton is on the lookout for another loan signing. He is scouring the country in search of the one temporary transfer the Seagulls still have room for this term. Michael Mahoney-Johnson's return to Queens Park Rangers has created the

  • Cars are banned from busy main street

    TODAY sees a revolution in central Hove with the pedestrianisation of the town's busiest shopping street. After years of wrangling, George Street will be closed to traffic between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Saturday, for at least 18 months. Brighton and

  • LORD STEVE WADES INTO BEACH ROW

    LORD BASSAM is calling for full bug-zapping treatment of sewage at the Portobello works in Telscombe Cliffs. The Brighton and Hove Council leader has written to Environment Minister Michael Meacher saying how concerned he is about Southern Water's current

  • Albion plan a Withdean peace line

    ALBION are setting up a telephone hotline for Withdean residents as part of their proposals to move back to Brighton. The 24-hour line would enable people to immediately register any complaints or concerns about the club or supporters. If the Seagulls

  • SINKING IN THE TRAFFIC DESERT

    TRADERS in and around Brighton's Open Market claim business is being ruined by town centre traffic chaos. Diversions, loss of parking and delays have resulted in takings dropping by half. Jenny Patterson, owner of the Snack Attack cafe in Baker Street

  • KINGFISHER'S BLOSSOMING

    RETAIL giant Kingfisher - which takes in Woolworths, B&Q, Comet and Superdrug - shrugged off the gloom that has gripped parts of the high street. In a sector dogged by a string of profit warnings and fears of a downturn in consumer confidence, it

  • 20 years on and Leo looks the same

    HE'S got the Cliff Richard "forever-young" look and he's set to become as big a hit as when he first topped the charts in the Seventies. Forty-nine-year-old Leo Sayer, whose career started thanks to a talent-spotting advertisement in the Argus, is already

  • Cars are banned from busy main street

    TODAY sees a revolution in central Hove with the pedestrianisation of the town's busiest shopping street. After years of wrangling, George Street will be closed to traffic between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Saturday, for at least 18 months. Brighton and

  • LORD STEVE WADES INTO BEACH ROW

    LORD BASSAM is calling for full bug-zapping treatment of sewage at the Portobello works in Telscombe Cliffs. The Brighton and Hove Council leader has written to Environment Minister Michael Meacher saying how concerned he is about Southern Water's current

  • 20 years on and Leo looks the same

    HE'S got the Cliff Richard "forever-young" look and he's set to become as big a hit as when he first topped the charts in the Seventies. Forty-nine-year-old Leo Sayer, whose career started thanks to a talent-spotting advertisement in the Argus, is already

  • Parents' worries

    THE case of Robert Oliver has been taken to the Home Office by Brighton and Hove Council leader Lord Bassam, the police and the towns' three MPs. They would like to see changes in the law on convicted paedophiles such as Oliver, who was in Brighton late

  • Horton steps up player hunt

    ALBION boss Brian Horton is on the lookout for another loan signing. He is scouring the country in search of the one temporary transfer the Seagulls still have room for this term. Michael Mahoney-Johnson's return to Queens Park Rangers has created the

  • Albion plan a Withdean peace line

    ALBION are setting up a telephone hotline for Withdean residents as part of their proposals to move back to Brighton. The 24-hour line would enable people to immediately register any complaints or concerns about the club or supporters. If the Seagulls

  • SINKING IN THE TRAFFIC DESERT

    TRADERS in and around Brighton's Open Market claim business is being ruined by town centre traffic chaos. Diversions, loss of parking and delays have resulted in takings dropping by half. Jenny Patterson, owner of the Snack Attack cafe in Baker Street