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  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    Isn't it funny how your life sometimes develops a strange theme for a week? My theme for the past week has been "suspect nuns". Last Sunday I found myself among a lot of unholy-looking mother superiors at Brighton's Theatre Royal. They were bellowing

  • Hartlepool 2, Albion 2: Promotion hope

    Albion have a place in the Second Division next season within their grasp after a cracking contest. The Seagulls led promotion rivals Hartlepool twice with goals by Richard Carpenter and Bobby Zamora (penalty). Micky Adams' spirited side were without

  • Saying pants

    There were plenty of bizarre stunts in Sussex to celebrate Comic Relief and Red Nose Day with its theme of saying Pants to Poverty. One of the strangest was outside Bar Centro in Ship Street, Brighton, where 1,500 teddy bears were strung together to form

  • Hope flickers on at centre

    The Korean car manufacturing company Daewoo was one of the biggest and best employers in Worthing until last year. But, in three separate rounds of redundancies since then at the technical centre, the workforce has been cut from 750 to less than 150.

  • Sussex bowler to miss tour

    FAST BOWLER Billy Taylor is staying at home when Sussex head off to the Caribbean on their pre-season tour next week. Taylor had ankle surgery last month and will continue his rehabilitation in England. Coach Peter Moores said: "Billy's coming along nicely

  • Car firm cuts 90 more jobs

    CAR firm Daewoo axed 90 more jobs at its technical centre yesterday. Engineers and designers at the Worthing site were told not to return to work on Monday. It is the third round of redundancies at the plant where are managers are in talks with the Tom

  • Funny way to bring in cash

    Brussel sprout-eating contests, abseiling teddy bears and industrial-sized pants could mean only one thing - Comic Relief had hit Sussex again. Money-raising schemes were stranger than ever this year, as people in the county endured red faces for red

  • Mother cries as she confesses to killing son

    A distraught mother fought back tears as she admitted killing her 13-year-old son. Lesley Wessell, 42, drugged and suffocated Alex Wessell at the family home in Mayfield Close, Findon Valley, last September. Mrs Wessell denied murder but admitted manslaughter

  • Mass protest over burners

    Controversial council waste plans are set to be delayed by at least six months because of the number of complaints. About 50,000 comments were made during a consultation exercise last autumn, almost a record for any planning policy drawn up by an English

  • Tomboy - Sprouts

    Staff at Specsavers have eaten sprouts for comic relief. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations

  • Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing

    Isn't it funny how your life sometimes develops a strange theme for a week? My theme for the past week has been "suspect nuns". Last Sunday I found myself among a lot of unholy-looking mother superiors at Brighton's Theatre Royal. They were bellowing

  • Hartlepool 2, Albion 2: Promotion hope

    Albion have a place in the Second Division next season within their grasp after a cracking contest. The Seagulls led promotion rivals Hartlepool twice with goals by Richard Carpenter and Bobby Zamora (penalty). Micky Adams' spirited side were without

  • Saying pants

    There were plenty of bizarre stunts in Sussex to celebrate Comic Relief and Red Nose Day with its theme of saying Pants to Poverty. One of the strangest was outside Bar Centro in Ship Street, Brighton, where 1,500 teddy bears were strung together to form

  • More delays

    While rubbish piles up in landfill sites all over East Sussex, there are continued delays in finding a solution. The county council, along with Brighton and Hove City Council, has prepared a waste local plan which is proving remarkably contentious. Because

  • Hope flickers on at centre

    The Korean car manufacturing company Daewoo was one of the biggest and best employers in Worthing until last year. But, in three separate rounds of redundancies since then at the technical centre, the workforce has been cut from 750 to less than 150.

  • Sussex bowler to miss tour

    FAST BOWLER Billy Taylor is staying at home when Sussex head off to the Caribbean on their pre-season tour next week. Taylor had ankle surgery last month and will continue his rehabilitation in England. Coach Peter Moores said: "Billy's coming along nicely

  • Car firm cuts 90 more jobs

    CAR firm Daewoo axed 90 more jobs at its technical centre yesterday. Engineers and designers at the Worthing site were told not to return to work on Monday. It is the third round of redundancies at the plant where are managers are in talks with the Tom

  • Funny way to bring in cash

    Brussel sprout-eating contests, abseiling teddy bears and industrial-sized pants could mean only one thing - Comic Relief had hit Sussex again. Money-raising schemes were stranger than ever this year, as people in the county endured red faces for red

  • Judge will hold court in a home

    A judge is to set up a courtroom inside a residential home to decide if a frail 80-year-old man should be evicted. Judge John Sessions will travel to Nyewood House in Bognor for a hearing within the next 14 days. He decided to take the action after learning

  • Mother cries as she confesses to killing son

    A distraught mother fought back tears as she admitted killing her 13-year-old son. Lesley Wessell, 42, drugged and suffocated Alex Wessell at the family home in Mayfield Close, Findon Valley, last September. Mrs Wessell denied murder but admitted manslaughter

  • £60m handout for schools

    Schools yesterday benefited from a £60 million package to spend on major improvements. The money for education in West Sussex will mean that a new secondary school at Maidenbower in Crawley can be built to cater for 1,250 pupils. Schools minister Jacqui

  • Match report: Seagulls make a point

    Albion were unchanged for this weekend's promotion clash at Victoria Park. Manager Micky Adams stuck with the side which thumped Barnet 4-1 at Withdean on Wednesday. Albion were in relaxed mood, with Adams stressing the pressure to win was on Hartlepool

  • Man shot in street robbery

    A man has been shot in the stomach with what is thought to have been a pellet gun in a street robbery. It happened near the Jenny Lind pub in High Street, Hastings Old Town, at 9.30am on Friday. The robber grabbed a large quantity of cash from the injured

  • Mass protest over burners

    Controversial council waste plans are set to be delayed by at least six months because of the number of complaints. About 50,000 comments were made during a consultation exercise last autumn, almost a record for any planning policy drawn up by an English

  • Pair deny murder

    Two men have pleaded not guilty to murdering a 64-year-old who was found dead in his flat. Richard Price, 24, of Denmark Terrace, and Richard Sumner, 35, of Grand Parade, both in Brighton, both deny murdering William John Carmichael. Irish-born Mr Carmichael

  • Tomboy - Sprouts

    Staff at Specsavers have eaten sprouts for comic relief. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations

  • Match report: Seagulls make a point

    Albion were unchanged for this weekend's promotion clash at Victoria Park. Manager Micky Adams stuck with the side which thumped Barnet 4-1 at Withdean on Wednesday. Albion were in relaxed mood, with Adams stressing the pressure to win was on Hartlepool

  • More delays

    While rubbish piles up in landfill sites all over East Sussex, there are continued delays in finding a solution. The county council, along with Brighton and Hove City Council, has prepared a waste local plan which is proving remarkably contentious. Because

  • Man shot in street robbery

    A man has been shot in the stomach with what is thought to have been a pellet gun in a street robbery. It happened near the Jenny Lind pub in High Street, Hastings Old Town, at 9.30am on Friday. The robber grabbed a large quantity of cash from the injured

  • Judge will hold court in a home

    A judge is to set up a courtroom inside a residential home to decide if a frail 80-year-old man should be evicted. Judge John Sessions will travel to Nyewood House in Bognor for a hearing within the next 14 days. He decided to take the action after learning

  • £60m handout for schools

    Schools yesterday benefited from a £60 million package to spend on major improvements. The money for education in West Sussex will mean that a new secondary school at Maidenbower in Crawley can be built to cater for 1,250 pupils. Schools minister Jacqui

  • Pair deny murder

    Two men have pleaded not guilty to murdering a 64-year-old who was found dead in his flat. Richard Price, 24, of Denmark Terrace, and Richard Sumner, 35, of Grand Parade, both in Brighton, both deny murdering William John Carmichael. Irish-born Mr Carmichael