Vera still has fighting spirit You've got to salute the fighting spirit of Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn. Now 82 and widowed, she's had to face burglars ransacking her home at Ditchling for the third time. The painting and antiques they've stolen will
Guide Association, Brighton West Peggy Pierce 01273 500622 COFFEE MORNING: Patcham Trefoil Guild held a coffee morning to raise funds for the Martlets Hospice. A total of over £200 was raised. All of the Sussex East Trefoil Guilds are holding money-raising
SOMETIMES it can pay to buy different editions of the Argus each day. Take, for instance, last Thursday's AM edition which reported that almost a quarter of young people in the Brighton area are back on the dole within three months. The article went on
SPEEDING boat-owners have received fines totalling £1,500 after being caught in a crackdown during the summer. Cases against the eight men were heard this week and each admitted or was found guilty of excessive speed on the River Arun. Speed limits for
SUSSEX Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has apologised to all 4,500 officers and support staff for a mistake which resulted in £1 being docked from their pay. The Argus reported last week how a plea by a senior detective for donations to charity through
A MAN was taken to hospital suffering from chest pains after being robbed at a cashpoint machine. The victim was withdrawing money from the Halifax Building Society in Harold Place, Hastings, at 7.20pm last night. A police spokesman said: "The victim
DEFIANT Dame Vera Lynn has warned burglars who raided her Sussex home: "We'll meet again - in court." The plucky 82-year-old said if she been home when thieves smashed their way in she would have "had a go". She added: "I would have loved to have had
Vera still has fighting spirit You've got to salute the fighting spirit of Forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn. Now 82 and widowed, she's had to face burglars ransacking her home at Ditchling for the third time. The painting and antiques they've stolen will
Guide Association, Brighton West Peggy Pierce 01273 500622 COFFEE MORNING: Patcham Trefoil Guild held a coffee morning to raise funds for the Martlets Hospice. A total of over £200 was raised. All of the Sussex East Trefoil Guilds are holding money-raising
CRAWLEY Council is warning it will get tough on people who abandon vehicles in the town when a four week amnesty ends on December 17. The council is giving residents the chance to get rid of unwanted vehicles free of charge. But it has warned it will
SOMETIMES it can pay to buy different editions of the Argus each day. Take, for instance, last Thursday's AM edition which reported that almost a quarter of young people in the Brighton area are back on the dole within three months. The article went on
MIDFIELDER Stuart Myall was never renowned in his Albion days as a goalscorer, but is making up for it now. The 25-year-old scored just four goals during his 93 appearances at the Goldstone Ground, but on Tuesday night he plundered his ninth of the campaign
A mother and her two-year-old son have died in separate hospitals days after a blaze ripped through their home, police said tonight. Denise Huggins, 38, and her two sons, aged two and 12, were rescued by firefighters from the second floor of their house
A MAN was taken to hospital suffering from chest pains after being robbed at a cashpoint machine. The victim was withdrawing money from the Halifax Building Society in Harold Place, Hastings, at 7.20pm last night. A police spokesman said: "The victim
DAME Judi Dench drew the crowds yesterday when she began making a new BBC film in Sussex. Dame Judi was joined by Joan Sims and Ian Holm for the shoot on Hastings seafront. A BBC crew spent the day on Hastings Pier shooting scenes for the film, Last of
ANGRY farmers protesting at the row over British beef plan to make themselves heard on the streets of Burgess Hill. They are planning action after traders decided their French market will go ahead as part of the town's Christmas festival. Farmers say
Controversial plans for a town centre supermarket will be put before councillors early next year. Sainsbury's had its proposals for a superstore, industry and housing on land next to Brighton Station turned down after a public inquiry in 1998. At a community
THE future of Brighton's new Concorde music venue is in the balance after its drinks licence was withdrawn weeks before it is due to open. Owners Christopher Steward and his wife Christina Taylor want to convert the dilapidated shelter hall in Madeira
A BRIGHTER future has been promised for Lewes Football Club following the club's second takeover in less than five months. Local businessmen Martin Elliott and Andy Steadman were appointed directors this week and are now hoping to lead the club to better
SUSSEX skipper Chris Adams surveyed the wreckage of England's first innings collapse in Johannesburg and said: "We're not out of it yet." Following a torrid baptism in Test cricket, Adams, who scored 16 before falling to an unfortunate leg-side catch,
ALBION manager Micky Adams has been given the green light by the Board to strengthen his suspension-hit squad after releasing Aidan Newhouse. Darren Freeman, Gary Hart, Danny Cullip and Warren Aspinall are all facing bans which will stretch Adams' resources
SPEEDING boat-owners have received fines totalling £1,500 after being caught in a crackdown during the summer. Cases against the eight men were heard this week and each admitted or was found guilty of excessive speed on the River Arun. Speed limits for
A POST office manager spoke of his shock today after two men wielding a gun and an axe carried out a terrifying raid. They burst into Wick Post Office, at Wick, near Littlehampton, at 4.20pm and threatened a woman cashier with a gun. The woman, who does
A CHEEKY teen-ager who lived his life to the full has died at the age of 16. Nicky Rogers was born with Down's syndrome and congenital heart disease, but was determined to put his all into everything he tackled. The youngster died on November 20 after
NEIGHBOURS say they are delighted a family they dubbed the "neighbours from hell" has been sent packing from their street. Residents of Colbourne Road in Hove claim their lives were made a living nightmare by 46-year-old John Banks and his three teenage
SUSSEX Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has apologised to all 4,500 officers and support staff for a mistake which resulted in £1 being docked from their pay. The Argus reported last week how a plea by a senior detective for donations to charity through
DEFIANT Dame Vera Lynn has warned burglars who raided her Sussex home: "We'll meet again - in court." The plucky 82-year-old said if she been home when thieves smashed their way in she would have "had a go". She added: "I would have loved to have had
ANGRY farmers protesting at the row over British beef plan to make themselves heard on the streets of Burgess Hill. They are planning action after traders decided their French market will go ahead as part of the town's Christmas festival. Farmers say
CRAWLEY Council is warning it will get tough on people who abandon vehicles in the town when a four week amnesty ends on December 17. The council is giving residents the chance to get rid of unwanted vehicles free of charge. But it has warned it will
Controversial plans for a town centre supermarket will be put before councillors early next year. Sainsbury's had its proposals for a superstore, industry and housing on land next to Brighton Station turned down after a public inquiry in 1998. At a community
THE future of Brighton's new Concorde music venue is in the balance after its drinks licence was withdrawn weeks before it is due to open. Owners Christopher Steward and his wife Christina Taylor want to convert the dilapidated shelter hall in Madeira
A BRIGHTER future has been promised for Lewes Football Club following the club's second takeover in less than five months. Local businessmen Martin Elliott and Andy Steadman were appointed directors this week and are now hoping to lead the club to better
MIDFIELDER Stuart Myall was never renowned in his Albion days as a goalscorer, but is making up for it now. The 25-year-old scored just four goals during his 93 appearances at the Goldstone Ground, but on Tuesday night he plundered his ninth of the campaign
SUSSEX skipper Chris Adams surveyed the wreckage of England's first innings collapse in Johannesburg and said: "We're not out of it yet." Following a torrid baptism in Test cricket, Adams, who scored 16 before falling to an unfortunate leg-side catch,
ALBION manager Micky Adams has been given the green light by the Board to strengthen his suspension-hit squad after releasing Aidan Newhouse. Darren Freeman, Gary Hart, Danny Cullip and Warren Aspinall are all facing bans which will stretch Adams' resources
A POST office manager spoke of his shock today after two men wielding a gun and an axe carried out a terrifying raid. They burst into Wick Post Office, at Wick, near Littlehampton, at 4.20pm and threatened a woman cashier with a gun. The woman, who does
A CHEEKY teen-ager who lived his life to the full has died at the age of 16. Nicky Rogers was born with Down's syndrome and congenital heart disease, but was determined to put his all into everything he tackled. The youngster died on November 20 after
NEIGHBOURS say they are delighted a family they dubbed the "neighbours from hell" has been sent packing from their street. Residents of Colbourne Road in Hove claim their lives were made a living nightmare by 46-year-old John Banks and his three teenage
A mother and her two-year-old son have died in separate hospitals days after a blaze ripped through their home, police said tonight. Denise Huggins, 38, and her two sons, aged two and 12, were rescued by firefighters from the second floor of their house
DAME Judi Dench drew the crowds yesterday when she began making a new BBC film in Sussex. Dame Judi was joined by Joan Sims and Ian Holm for the shoot on Hastings seafront. A BBC crew spent the day on Hastings Pier shooting scenes for the film, Last of
