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  • Gay couple died in each other's arms

    A gay former bank manager and his lover were found dead in each other's arms, an inquest has heard. Heartbroken Kieron Nagle was believed to have taken a fatal overdose after partner John Murdoch collapsed and died. They lay there for up to three weeks

  • Dole queues get shorter

    The number of jobless people in Sussex has dropped by almost 3,000 in the last year. It follows the Government's announcement that unemployment nationally has fallen below the one million mark for the first time since 1975. In the last three years alone

  • Travel firm raises specialist stakes

    First Choice Holidays, the Crawley-based holiday firm, has bought a controlling interest in Citalia Holidays. Citalia specialises in holidays to Italy and Spain and short breaks to European cities and is owned by CIT International and Camillo De Simone

  • Give flood victims tea with Queen

    What a wonderful gesture it would be if the Sussex flood victims were given an invitation to the Palace Garden Party in the summer months. -Ron McAllister, Pevensey

  • Boosting roosting

    Another winter roosting season is drawing to a close for the West Pier starlings and an ever-increasing number of people have been enjoying their spectacular aerial displays. Major redevelopment is planned for the pier from this summer, work which is

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    Show me a man or woman who says that schooldays really were the happiest days of their lives and I'll show you a loser looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses. Lumbered with a name like Vanora, my schooldays, as you can imagine, were far from

  • Row looms over Bluebird claim

    A row erupted today over the final resting place of the crumpled remains of Donald Campbell's speedboat Bluebird. A museum owner from East Sussex has claimed he is the legal owner of the boat, prototype K7, which was recovered from Coniston Water last

  • Child, 3, in abduction bid

    A man has attempted to abduct a three-year-old girl from a play area, police said today. The man followed the child and her mother into the play area at The Green, Southwick, watched them for a while, then tried to grab the child's arm. The mother, who

  • Waste of space

    I find it very hard to believe Brighton and Hove City Council's comment (Argus, March 8) regarding Peter Bennett's flat: "Unfortunately, there is a shortage of all kinds of council properties generally and there are very few which meet Mr Bennett's particular

  • Budget blues

    Following Gordon Brown's Budget we should all be in mourning. Prudence died in the most painful way possible and it is not just Prudence who felt the pain. If you are a student, you will still have ever increasing debt. If you are a commuter, you will

  • Life's a lottery

    I really saw red when my friend's daughter-in-law gave birth by Caesarian section to premature twins and both babies had to be shipped off to Canterbury in Kent because our Trevor Mann unit was full. Wouldn't it be more viable to use Lottery money for

  • Youth in Action: Netball -The kids miss out

    The Sussex Independent Schools Netball Championships, involving around 200 children at Roedean School, was cancelled due to concerns over the spread of foot-and-mouth. Organiser Jane Trumper said: "It is an emotive issue, a very personal thing. We were

  • Visionary hotel

    Part of the pleasure of going away for blind people is reduced when they are in unfamiliar surroundings. But Honeywood House in East Preston has taken the terror out of the experience by being one of the few hotels in the country to be designed especially

  • Argus is a winner

    The Argus has won three awards and been highly commended in two others at a Newspaper Society ceremony. The paper secured awards for the best news bill, the best in-paper reader offer and the campaigning newspaper of the year. The winners were announced

  • Crime pays for some

    Criminal Carl Knell has already received £30,000 for an injury he received on his back. Now he is in line to get another £80,000 for further injuries inflicted while being transferred from one prison to another. Prisoners are entitled to their rights

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    There I was minding my own business listening to the radio when all of a sudden I found myself feeling sorry for Gillingham chairman Paul Scally. The Kent club have well and truly been stitched up over the £92,000 transfer of Carl Asaba to Sheffield United

  • Station site could become visionary development

    Why not have a bit of vision? Kill a few birds with one stone and on the Brighton station site construct a multi-use building, as in Holland. A football pitch in removable box (leave outside to grow, bring inside for matches). Other facilities could include

  • Football: Sussex Senior Cup - Lewes defy odds to shock Crawley

    Lewes defied the odds to clinch a place in the Sussex Senior Cup final after a 3-0 win over Crawley Town at Lancing last night. Paul Arscott slotted home two penalties and Chris Dicker also netted as the Rooks outclassed their Dr Martens League Premier

  • Steele sent off for reserves

    Lee Steele's miserable debut season with Albion has taken another turn for the worse. The former Shrewsbury striker was sent-off in the second half of a stormy 1-0 win for the reserves against nine-man QPR at Loftus Road yesterday. Steele was dismissed

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    There I was minding my own business listening to the radio when all of a sudden I found myself feeling sorry for Gillingham chairman Paul Scally. The Kent club have well and truly been stitched up over the £92,000 transfer of Carl Asaba to Sheffield United

  • MPs back Mendi action

    Two Brighton MPs have tabled a Commons motion calling on the Government to acknowledge the SS Mendi tragedy. We told last week how more than 600 black South Africans died on the SS Mendi in the Channel in 1917 when their ship was rammed by a British liner

  • No Smoking Day: My war with the weed

    The surgery was like a dentist's practice complete with reclining chair and trolleys with scary-looking tools. I was nervous, not to mention sceptical, but seeing hundreds of pounds go up in smoke every year, and realising the damage smoking was doing

  • Murder charge man remanded

    A Peacehaven man has appeared before magistrates charged with murdering his wife. The case of Robert Clifford Anscombe, 45, was transferred to Lewes Crown Court where he will appear on March 22. He was remanded in custody by Lewes magistrates yesterday

  • Crews aid blazing tanker

    Lifeboat crews from Hastings and Eastbourne were called to a blaze on board a tanker in the Channel off Beachy Head. The 2,550-ton Danish-registered Sofie Theresa, carrying a cargo of wax, caught fire at 10.30pm yesterday, 18 miles of the coast. None

  • Bomb alert at airport

    Workmen sparked an alert at Gatwick Airport this morning after discovering a suspected mortar shell. They made the discovery at 8.20am as they were digging in the long stay car park in the South Terminal. Bomb squad officers were called to the airport

  • Surprise royal invite to anti-city activist

    An activist who campaigned against Brighton and Hove being made a city has been invited to meet the Queen. The monarch granted the towns city status in December despite Valerie Paynter's protests. Now Ms Paynter is among 300 guests invited to a reception

  • Child, 3, in abduction bid

    A man has attempted to abduct a three-year-old girl from a play area, police said today. The man followed the child and her mother into the play area at The Green, Southwick, watched them for a while, then tried to grab the child's arm. The mother, who

  • Dole queues get shorter

    The number of jobless people in Sussex has dropped by almost 3,000 in the last year. It follows the Government's announcement that unemployment nationally has fallen below the one million mark for the first time since 1975. In the last three years alone

  • Sell number plates

    I am surprised Gerald Spicer (Opinion, March 8) is hot under the collar regarding the air-polluting, gas-guzzling mayoral car. An Escort with a catalytic converter and 1.3 litre engine, so as to save on the road fund licence, is sufficient. As for the

  • Golfer accused of abusing boy, 12

    A golfer took a young amateur under his wing and molested him on holiday trips to famous British courses, the Old Bailey heard. Michael Fernandez, 52, befriended the 12-year-old after meeting him at a golf club and "almost became part of the family."

  • Foul deeds

    What is the point of having a £500 sign forbidding dog fouling in the park when there is nobody around to enforce it? Happy Valley Park in Woodingdean is a disgrace - dog poo everywhere. I often walk my dog there and I always pick up after her. -Mrs A

  • Boosting roosting

    Another winter roosting season is drawing to a close for the West Pier starlings and an ever-increasing number of people have been enjoying their spectacular aerial displays. Major redevelopment is planned for the pier from this summer, work which is

  • Waste of space

    I find it very hard to believe Brighton and Hove City Council's comment (Argus, March 8) regarding Peter Bennett's flat: "Unfortunately, there is a shortage of all kinds of council properties generally and there are very few which meet Mr Bennett's particular

  • Budget blues

    Following Gordon Brown's Budget we should all be in mourning. Prudence died in the most painful way possible and it is not just Prudence who felt the pain. If you are a student, you will still have ever increasing debt. If you are a commuter, you will

  • Life's a lottery

    I really saw red when my friend's daughter-in-law gave birth by Caesarian section to premature twins and both babies had to be shipped off to Canterbury in Kent because our Trevor Mann unit was full. Wouldn't it be more viable to use Lottery money for

  • Youth in Action: Athletics - Schools event saved

    The Sussex Schools Year Seven and Year Eight Cross Country Championships have been saved. The event, originally scheduled for Ardingly College, was called off over foot-and-mouth concerns due to the course's rural location. But Imberhorne School (East

  • Visionary hotel

    Part of the pleasure of going away for blind people is reduced when they are in unfamiliar surroundings. But Honeywood House in East Preston has taken the terror out of the experience by being one of the few hotels in the country to be designed especially

  • Vegetarian plan

    Roy Hilliard should have referred to Genesis before criticising Elizabeth Taylor for her compassionate views (Opinion, March 9) and claiming Biblical authority. If he reads chapter 1, verse 29, he will realise it was indubitably God's original plan for

  • Crime pays for some

    Criminal Carl Knell has already received £30,000 for an injury he received on his back. Now he is in line to get another £80,000 for further injuries inflicted while being transferred from one prison to another. Prisoners are entitled to their rights

  • Football: Sussex Senior Cup - Lewes defy odds to shock Crawley

    Lewes defied the odds to clinch a place in the Sussex Senior Cup final after a 3-0 win over Crawley Town at Lancing last night. Paul Arscott slotted home two penalties and Chris Dicker also netted as the Rooks outclassed their Dr Martens League Premier

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    There I was minding my own business listening to the radio when all of a sudden I found myself feeling sorry for Gillingham chairman Paul Scally. The Kent club have well and truly been stitched up over the £92,000 transfer of Carl Asaba to Sheffield United

  • MPs back Mendi action

    Two Brighton MPs have tabled a Commons motion calling on the Government to acknowledge the SS Mendi tragedy. We told last week how more than 600 black South Africans died on the SS Mendi in the Channel in 1917 when their ship was rammed by a British liner

  • Old theatre makes way for shops

    A former theatre in central Brighton has been smashed into rubble after fans failed in their battle to save it. Once arts-lovers flocked there in their thousands. Today it is a pile of rubble. The Imperial Theatre of the Forties became the Essoldo cinema

  • Crews aid blazing tanker

    Lifeboat crews from Hastings and Eastbourne were called to a blaze on board a tanker in the Channel off Beachy Head. The 2,550-ton Danish-registered Sofie Theresa, carrying a cargo of wax, caught fire at 10.30pm yesterday, 18 miles of the coast. None

  • Appeal over knifepoint robbery

    A man wearing a baseball cap and a dark jacket may hold the key to solving an armed robbery in Worthing. Police are appealing for the man to come forward in the hope of catching the crooks responsible for a raid at Thresher in Church Road, Tarring, on

  • Robber's £80,000 compensation claim

    A convicted robber who held up a Sussex newsagent is claiming £80,000 for a back injury after receiving £30,000 for hurting himself in jail. Carl Knell, 27, received £30,000 from the Prison Service three years ago. He damaged his back picking up his belongings

  • Bomb alert at airport

    Workmen sparked an alert at Gatwick Airport this morning after discovering a suspected mortar shell. They made the discovery at 8.20am as they were digging in the long stay car park in the South Terminal. Bomb squad officers were called to the airport

  • Gay couple died in each other's arms

    A gay former bank manager and his lover were found dead in each other's arms, an inquest has heard. Heartbroken Kieron Nagle was believed to have taken a fatal overdose after partner John Murdoch collapsed and died. They lay there for up to three weeks

  • Travel firm raises specialist stakes

    First Choice Holidays, the Crawley-based holiday firm, has bought a controlling interest in Citalia Holidays. Citalia specialises in holidays to Italy and Spain and short breaks to European cities and is owned by CIT International and Camillo De Simone

  • Give flood victims tea with Queen

    What a wonderful gesture it would be if the Sussex flood victims were given an invitation to the Palace Garden Party in the summer months. -Ron McAllister, Pevensey

  • Where did models go?

    Does anyone know what happened to the once-famous Richold Exhibition which used to be on view in the Royal Pavilion (and sometimes the Corn Exchange) during the mid to late 1930s? It comprised a number of intricate and sizeable fretwork models of well-known

  • Tomboy - Demolition Man

    The former Essoldo building in central Brighton has been demolished. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this web site. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon web site also has comic strips, greeting cards

  • Hunt for train blaze boys

    Police are hunting young arsonists who set fire to a train in West Sussex last night. Passengers were evacuated from the Connex South Central Train at Lancing after smoke was seen pouring from a first-class carriage. The alarm was raised as the four-coach

  • In the money

    I just wanted to point out that the Place To Be - the city bid, the two New Year's Eve and other celebrations throughout the year - cost just under £340,000 of public money. Last week, Brighton and Hove saw the investment of £400,000 for the citywide

  • Happy valley

    How refreshing to see a new shop opening in our little backwater - and a big welcome to Scoop Away in Findon Valley Parade. This shop is just the injection of new blood we need here. Too many shops have closed in the past few years. Run by a charming

  • Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh

    Show me a man or woman who says that schooldays really were the happiest days of their lives and I'll show you a loser looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses. Lumbered with a name like Vanora, my schooldays, as you can imagine, were far from

  • Row looms over Bluebird claim

    A row erupted today over the final resting place of the crumpled remains of Donald Campbell's speedboat Bluebird. A museum owner from East Sussex has claimed he is the legal owner of the boat, prototype K7, which was recovered from Coniston Water last

  • Hunt for train blaze boys

    Police are hunting young arsonists who set fire to a train in West Sussex last night. Passengers were evacuated from the Connex South Central Train at Lancing after smoke was seen pouring from a first-class carriage. The alarm was raised as the four-coach

  • It could be curtains for old theatre

    Eastbourne's oldest theatre could be sold off as part of a council entertainment shake-up. The borough council is considering disposing of the Royal Hippodrome after a review into the cost effectiveness of its four theatres. A report to councillors says

  • Child, 3, in abduction bid

    A man has attempted to abduct a three-year-old girl from a play area, police said today. The man followed the child and her mother into the play area at The Green, Southwick, watched them for a while, then tried to grab the child's arm. The mother, who

  • Value the past

    Kath McMullen (Opinion, March 12) should think again if she believes being "European" means no privilege, equality of outcome and no unelected Euristocrats. The European Commission is appointed by patronage and, as recent events have shown, it then gives

  • Youth in Action: Netball -The kids miss out

    The Sussex Independent Schools Netball Championships, involving around 200 children at Roedean School, was cancelled due to concerns over the spread of foot-and-mouth. Organiser Jane Trumper said: "It is an emotive issue, a very personal thing. We were

  • Wake-up call

    When are we going to wake up to the cost and damage caused by livestock farming? We will never be able to feed the world with meat and to supply the vast quantities eaten in rich countries the animals have to be farmed intensively. Watercourses are polluted

  • Real sufferers

    Each year thousands of tobacco addicts use National No Smoking Day as the impetus they need to quit their habit. Their efforts are supported by high-profile Government advertising, the sympathetic ear of health experts and a host of therapies like hypnotherapy

  • Germ of an idea

    What are the chances that in a couple of years' time we will suffer another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease - or maybe rabies? Will the rest of our livestock and wildlife be slaughtered? However did our ancestors deal with these tragedies over the

  • Youth in Action: Hockey - Stubbs leads from front for College

    Captain Barney Stubbs led by example when Brighton lifted the Sussex Schools Sixes title at Eastbourne College. He scored both goals as the College beat holders Sackville (East Grinstead) 2-0 in the final. Stubbs grabbed ten out of 15 goals in total as

  • Argus is a winner

    The Argus has won three awards and been highly commended in two others at a Newspaper Society ceremony. The paper secured awards for the best news bill, the best in-paper reader offer and the campaigning newspaper of the year. The winners were announced

  • Golden years

    On hehalf of the management committee, I offer our thanks for the publicity The Argus gave to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in the article about the Gold Awards earned by Kathryn and Simon Backler (Argus, February 24). It is my pleasure to have

  • Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart

    There I was minding my own business listening to the radio when all of a sudden I found myself feeling sorry for Gillingham chairman Paul Scally. The Kent club have well and truly been stitched up over the £92,000 transfer of Carl Asaba to Sheffield United

  • Station site could become visionary development

    Why not have a bit of vision? Kill a few birds with one stone and on the Brighton station site construct a multi-use building, as in Holland. A football pitch in removable box (leave outside to grow, bring inside for matches). Other facilities could include

  • Steele sent off for reserves

    Lee Steele's miserable debut season with Albion has taken another turn for the worse. The former Shrewsbury striker was sent-off in the second half of a stormy 1-0 win for the reserves against nine-man QPR at Loftus Road yesterday. Steele was dismissed

  • Adams needs a middle man

    Albion boss Micky Adams is planning to add midfield cover to his promotion-chasing squad before the transfer deadline in eight days time. Charlie Oatway has a knee operation today, which is expected to sideline him from the rest of the League programme

  • Pair hurt in crash

    A 71-year-old man and his wife were seriously injured in a two-car smash near Haywards Heath. The accident happened on the B2116 at Albourne yesterday lunchtime. A Mercedes estate car driven by a German man was in collision with the elderly couple's Citroen

  • Pride plans unveiled

    Plans for this year's Pride, the flamboyant Brighton gay and lesbian celebration, have been unveiled. The theme for this year's event is Myths and Legends and revellers will be expected to dress accordingly. A number of top acts are being booked for the

  • No Smoking Day: My war with the weed

    The surgery was like a dentist's practice complete with reclining chair and trolleys with scary-looking tools. I was nervous, not to mention sceptical, but seeing hundreds of pounds go up in smoke every year, and realising the damage smoking was doing

  • Murder charge man remanded

    A Peacehaven man has appeared before magistrates charged with murdering his wife. The case of Robert Clifford Anscombe, 45, was transferred to Lewes Crown Court where he will appear on March 22. He was remanded in custody by Lewes magistrates yesterday

  • Surprise royal invite to anti-city activist

    An activist who campaigned against Brighton and Hove being made a city has been invited to meet the Queen. The monarch granted the towns city status in December despite Valerie Paynter's protests. Now Ms Paynter is among 300 guests invited to a reception

  • Sell number plates

    I am surprised Gerald Spicer (Opinion, March 8) is hot under the collar regarding the air-polluting, gas-guzzling mayoral car. An Escort with a catalytic converter and 1.3 litre engine, so as to save on the road fund licence, is sufficient. As for the

  • Where did models go?

    Does anyone know what happened to the once-famous Richold Exhibition which used to be on view in the Royal Pavilion (and sometimes the Corn Exchange) during the mid to late 1930s? It comprised a number of intricate and sizeable fretwork models of well-known

  • Tomboy - Demolition Man

    The former Essoldo building in central Brighton has been demolished. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this web site. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon web site also has comic strips, greeting cards

  • Foul deeds

    What is the point of having a £500 sign forbidding dog fouling in the park when there is nobody around to enforce it? Happy Valley Park in Woodingdean is a disgrace - dog poo everywhere. I often walk my dog there and I always pick up after her. -Mrs A

  • Hunt for train blaze boys

    Police are hunting young arsonists who set fire to a train in West Sussex last night. Passengers were evacuated from the Connex South Central Train at Lancing after smoke was seen pouring from a first-class carriage. The alarm was raised as the four-coach

  • In the money

    I just wanted to point out that the Place To Be - the city bid, the two New Year's Eve and other celebrations throughout the year - cost just under £340,000 of public money. Last week, Brighton and Hove saw the investment of £400,000 for the citywide

  • Happy valley

    How refreshing to see a new shop opening in our little backwater - and a big welcome to Scoop Away in Findon Valley Parade. This shop is just the injection of new blood we need here. Too many shops have closed in the past few years. Run by a charming

  • Value the past

    Kath McMullen (Opinion, March 12) should think again if she believes being "European" means no privilege, equality of outcome and no unelected Euristocrats. The European Commission is appointed by patronage and, as recent events have shown, it then gives

  • Wake-up call

    When are we going to wake up to the cost and damage caused by livestock farming? We will never be able to feed the world with meat and to supply the vast quantities eaten in rich countries the animals have to be farmed intensively. Watercourses are polluted

  • Youth in Action: Athletics - Schools event saved

    The Sussex Schools Year Seven and Year Eight Cross Country Championships have been saved. The event, originally scheduled for Ardingly College, was called off over foot-and-mouth concerns due to the course's rural location. But Imberhorne School (East

  • Real sufferers

    Each year thousands of tobacco addicts use National No Smoking Day as the impetus they need to quit their habit. Their efforts are supported by high-profile Government advertising, the sympathetic ear of health experts and a host of therapies like hypnotherapy

  • Germ of an idea

    What are the chances that in a couple of years' time we will suffer another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease - or maybe rabies? Will the rest of our livestock and wildlife be slaughtered? However did our ancestors deal with these tragedies over the

  • Youth in Action: Hockey - Stubbs leads from front for College

    Captain Barney Stubbs led by example when Brighton lifted the Sussex Schools Sixes title at Eastbourne College. He scored both goals as the College beat holders Sackville (East Grinstead) 2-0 in the final. Stubbs grabbed ten out of 15 goals in total as

  • Vegetarian plan

    Roy Hilliard should have referred to Genesis before criticising Elizabeth Taylor for her compassionate views (Opinion, March 9) and claiming Biblical authority. If he reads chapter 1, verse 29, he will realise it was indubitably God's original plan for

  • Golden years

    On hehalf of the management committee, I offer our thanks for the publicity The Argus gave to the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in the article about the Gold Awards earned by Kathryn and Simon Backler (Argus, February 24). It is my pleasure to have

  • Adams needs a middle man

    Albion boss Micky Adams is planning to add midfield cover to his promotion-chasing squad before the transfer deadline in eight days time. Charlie Oatway has a knee operation today, which is expected to sideline him from the rest of the League programme

  • Pride plans unveiled

    Plans for this year's Pride, the flamboyant Brighton gay and lesbian celebration, have been unveiled. The theme for this year's event is Myths and Legends and revellers will be expected to dress accordingly. A number of top acts are being booked for the

  • Old theatre makes way for shops

    A former theatre in central Brighton has been smashed into rubble after fans failed in their battle to save it. Once arts-lovers flocked there in their thousands. Today it is a pile of rubble. The Imperial Theatre of the Forties became the Essoldo cinema

  • Robber's £80,000 compensation claim

    A convicted robber who held up a Sussex newsagent is claiming £80,000 for a back injury after receiving £30,000 for hurting himself in jail. Carl Knell, 27, received £30,000 from the Prison Service three years ago. He damaged his back picking up his belongings