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  • Idea for mill on hill

    Plans have been put forward to build a windmill near Worthing. It has been almost 180 years since a windmill last graced historic Highdown Hill. There was a mill on the hill from the 14th Century until 1826, when the post mill was demolished. Now a planning

  • New surgeon for cancer unit

    A second breast cancer surgeon has been employed in a bid to improve a breast cancer unit and help it meet Government targets. Charles Zammit has joined Andrew Yelland at the Nigel Porter Unit for Breast Care at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton

  • Police camera scheme extended

    Hundreds more streets and homes will come under the gaze of Sussex Police CCTV cameras. Officers propose to introduce 16 more cameras across the county. Six will be brought in to keep an eye on north Moulsecoomb, three in Seaford, two each in Littlehampton

  • Walk of Fame: Day Four

    Here's your chance to vote for the stars you want to see on Brighton marina's Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. The walk, around Brighton Marina, will be the first of its type in Britain and could become one of most talked-about attractions in the city. Each

  • Wife heard fatal crash

    A woman rushed outside when she heard a crash to find her husband lying fatally injured in the road. Kenneth Ansell, 81, known as Des, of Old Shoreham Road, Hove, had popped out to the shops late in the afternoon of December 15 last year. But as he crossed

  • Parry's wrong about Queen Mum

    John Parry invites us to "Think of it this way" and I respect his right to hold strong opinions. However, as one of the people who was fortunate to have met and talked to the late Queen Mother on more than one occasion, I challenge his assertion that

  • Immobilisers

    Mobile phones should be banned from use in vehicles. In the past few years, I have witnessed drivers turning at junctions and roundabouts while in mid-flow of conversation. Their driving has left a lot to be desired. Having phone in hand while driving

  • Tracks facts

    I am a retired railwayman and wonder if any readers can help me with information regarding the former railway goods station in Kemp Town. The site is now a trading estate fronted by the Gala Club's building. Although I have been a fairly frequent visitor

  • Cool Kiri

    Mike Howard (The Argus, April 8) is clearly a knowledgeable follower of opera and obviously obtained a programme at Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's concert. The rest of the audience did not. Why were there no programmes? To listen to one-and-a-half hours of unknown

  • Terrace trader

    It would be hard to find a more loyal Brighton and Hove Albion supporter than Bernie Dawes, who has been selling programmes and lottery tickets for the club for more than 50 years. He has followed the Seagulls to almost every ground in the League and

  • Cycling: Dennis in pole position

    East Grinstead ace Steve Dennis, racing for the first time on a new bike, produced top form to win the Southern Counties 25-mile time trial at Broadbridge Heath. Many of South London and Surrey's top riders were among the 143 competitors, but Dennis stormed

  • An oversight?

    What a shambles Beat Boutique was. April 13 will go down in Brighton and Hove's history as the day the Albion were promoted to Division One and the day the Boutique sold out its faithful following. Having queued for many things in my life, I have never

  • Boxing: Brewster fights back

    Southwick Savages welterweight James Brewster came back strongly to claim a unanimous points decision against Stephen Ward. He won out over Ward, from Ryde, Isle of Wight, in last night's Hove ABC annual show at a sold out Brighton Metropole. Brewster

  • The huge NHS gamble

    More than £40 billion will be spent on the National Health Service during the next five years as a result of Gordon Brown's Budget. Some of it will be raised through an economy which has been buoyant, thanks partly to the Chancellor's prudent approach

  • Worst ever

    I was thoroughly disgusted by the organisation of the Beat Boutique last Saturday. Once in the main auditorium, if you left to get a drink or go to the toilet, you could not get back in for ages because of the queues. There were people pushing and shoving

  • Cup: Reds face ex-boss in final

    Crawley Town are on course for a meeting with their former boss John Maggs in the Sussex Floodlight Cup final. Reds booked their place with a 2-0 victory over battling Horsham YMCA at Horsham's Queen Street ground. Maggs' Horsham side now stand between

  • Slim chance of good times in such chaos

    I have been a clubber since 1988 but have never been to a shambles such as the Fatboy Slim/Timo Maas event last Saturday at the newly refurbished Brighton Dome. For £26, hundreds of people were made to queue once inside the building to get into one of

  • Budget: The small business

    John Haslem owns what must be one of the best known small retail outlets in Britain - the Rock Shop at the end of the Palace Pier, Brighton. Including two other stores in the area, his business - selling seaside confectionery and mementoes - is heavily

  • Budget: Single person

    £7 a week worse off: Sales executive Mel Peters expected to be hit hard by the Budget. The 27-year-old from Burgess Hill smokes 15 cigarettes a day and spends about £50 a week on nights out. She also drives more than 200 miles a week in her 1100cc Fiesta

  • Budget: The single parent

    £600 better off: Single mother Linda Lewyckyj is a learning support assistant at St John the Baptist Primary School, Brighton. Making ends meet has always been difficult and she recently moved into a smaller home to manage her mortgage payments. She has

  • Cricket: Sussex openers mean business

    Murray Goodwin can't wait to resume his prolific partnership with Richard Montgomerie when Sussex launch the new season at the Oval tomorrow. Goodwin has returned to Hove hoping to emulate his achievements last summer when he scored 2,465 runs including

  • Reserves in bore draw

    Albion Reserves fought out a dull goalless draw against Bristol City at Worthing last night. The Avon Insurance Combination League contest had a real end-of-season feel on a bumpy Woodside Road pitch. Albion fielded a fledgling line-up containing a mixture

  • Morgan faces injury ko

    Simon Morgan is set to make the toughest choice of his career. Albion's veteran stopper must decide whether he has another season left in him in the First Division, or pack up with knee trouble. Morgan has deliberately delayed a verdict on his future

  • Asda targets older workers

    Supermarket chain Asda is targeting bingo halls and tea dances to try to recruit more older workers. Recruitment teams from the group are hitting the streets with flyers as Asda ditches traditional advertising routes for its "Goldies" campaign. Around

  • Andersen axe hits 1,500 jobs

    Employees of city accountants Andersen UK were reeling today after the company announced 1,500 job cuts. The announcement came as the Chancellor made his Budget speech yesterday and sparked a fresh row over burying bad news. The group blamed the knock-on

  • Open-top tour for Seagulls

    Albion heroes are to celebrate their championship title and promotion with an open-top bus tour through Brighton and Hove on Saturday, April 27. The Seagulls, who secured the Second Division title last weekend, will mark their double triumph with a "lap

  • Council will pay for headstones

    A bungling council which sanctioned the toppling of hundreds of headstones is to restore them at its own expense. More than 600 headstones at cemeteries in Lewes and Seaford were flattened by contractors for Lewes District Council in a controversial safety-testing

  • Albion stalwart's half-century

    Loyal Bernie Dawes is celebrating 50 years selling lottery tickets and programmes for Brighton and Hove Albion. Bernie, from Lancing, has been a supporter for 64 years, avidly following the Albion at home and away. In that time, he has accompanied Brighton

  • Burns link in murder trial

    Two men accused of assassinating a Brighton landlord were seen on the day of the murder with fresh burns, a court was told. David Croke, 59, of Bolney Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, and Robert Knapp are accused of murdering Mohammed Sabir Raja dressed as

  • Police chase on a girl's bike

    A policeman collared a suspected drug dealer after chasing him on a girl's pink bike. The 6ft PC commandeered the bicycle from its astonished young owner and set off in hot pursuit of the suspect. He was spotted crouched over the handlebars and pedalling

  • Teacher who gives so much

    When The Argus invited readers to name a teacher they believed extra special, the nominations poured in for Jim Russell. The English teacher, a mainstay at East Brighton College of Media Arts for almost 14 years, was praised by pupils and parents for

  • A taxing life for everyone

    We look at how people and businesses in Sussex are going to be affected by the Chancellor's changes. Matt Coward, director of tax at the Brighton and Hove office of chartered accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, examines the Chancellor's budget proposals. Pensioners

  • Pope's special award

    A woman who founded a Brighton-based religious congregation was today being awarded a papal decoration for her services to the Church. Mother Mary Garson started the Sisters of Grace and Compassion Benedictines nearly 50 years ago. She now heads a congregation

  • New surgeon for cancer unit

    A second breast cancer surgeon has been employed in a bid to improve a breast cancer unit and help it meet Government targets. Charles Zammit has joined Andrew Yelland at the Nigel Porter Unit for Breast Care at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton

  • Police camera scheme extended

    Hundreds more streets and homes will come under the gaze of Sussex Police CCTV cameras. Officers propose to introduce 16 more cameras across the county. Six will be brought in to keep an eye on north Moulsecoomb, three in Seaford, two each in Littlehampton

  • Glue attack on woman

    A woman's hand was superglued to a jar when she refused to give in to teenage muggers. The 51-year-old victim was surrounded by three youths on bikes as she walked along Pembury Road, Eastbourne. They demanded her bag and phone. When she refused, one

  • Hope not to hear

    To the members of Brighton and Hove City Council who will decide if we have a stadium at Falmer: If you are going to vote against it, I have vacancies for leaflet distribution when you are unemployed this summer. Hope not to hear from you. -Dave Gravett

  • Crash PC in court

    A police officer who was involved in a car crash when responding to an emergency call has appeared in court. Timothy Temple, 29, of Chichester Place, Brighton, has denied the charge of dangerous driving. He is alleged to have committed the offence in

  • Start of new council system

    A new system for running the council will come into force next month. Brighton and Hove City Council has set May 16 as the day for the change from the Leader and Cabinet system to an improved version of the old committee system. Officials have drawn up

  • Grandson speaks of killing

    The grandson of Brighton landlord Mohammed Raja today described the men he saw kill his grandfather. Rizban Raja was staying with his grandfather at the time of the murder in July 1999. He told the Old Bailey he saw two men dressed as gardeners in the

  • Tracks facts

    I am a retired railwayman and wonder if any readers can help me with information regarding the former railway goods station in Kemp Town. The site is now a trading estate fronted by the Gala Club's building. Although I have been a fairly frequent visitor

  • Cool Kiri

    Mike Howard (The Argus, April 8) is clearly a knowledgeable follower of opera and obviously obtained a programme at Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's concert. The rest of the audience did not. Why were there no programmes? To listen to one-and-a-half hours of unknown

  • Terrace trader

    It would be hard to find a more loyal Brighton and Hove Albion supporter than Bernie Dawes, who has been selling programmes and lottery tickets for the club for more than 50 years. He has followed the Seagulls to almost every ground in the League and

  • Cycling: Dennis in pole position

    East Grinstead ace Steve Dennis, racing for the first time on a new bike, produced top form to win the Southern Counties 25-mile time trial at Broadbridge Heath. Many of South London and Surrey's top riders were among the 143 competitors, but Dennis stormed

  • Boxing: Brewster fights back

    Southwick Savages welterweight James Brewster came back strongly to claim a unanimous points decision against Stephen Ward. He won out over Ward, from Ryde, Isle of Wight, in last night's Hove ABC annual show at a sold out Brighton Metropole. Brewster

  • The huge NHS gamble

    More than £40 billion will be spent on the National Health Service during the next five years as a result of Gordon Brown's Budget. Some of it will be raised through an economy which has been buoyant, thanks partly to the Chancellor's prudent approach

  • Worst ever

    I was thoroughly disgusted by the organisation of the Beat Boutique last Saturday. Once in the main auditorium, if you left to get a drink or go to the toilet, you could not get back in for ages because of the queues. There were people pushing and shoving

  • Cup: Reds face ex-boss in final

    Crawley Town are on course for a meeting with their former boss John Maggs in the Sussex Floodlight Cup final. Reds booked their place with a 2-0 victory over battling Horsham YMCA at Horsham's Queen Street ground. Maggs' Horsham side now stand between

  • Budget: Boost for districts

    New measures to create "enterprise neighbourhoods" in deprived parts of Sussex were unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown in the Budget. The Government plans to scrap stamp duty on all purchases of business properties in struggling wards across the county

  • Budget: Medium company

    To many people, Brighton and Hove Albion is a way of life rather than a business. But the football club has to be run as a commercial company. It is classified as a small business even though there is nothing small about its ambitions or fan base. Despite

  • Budget: The small business

    John Haslem owns what must be one of the best known small retail outlets in Britain - the Rock Shop at the end of the Palace Pier, Brighton. Including two other stores in the area, his business - selling seaside confectionery and mementoes - is heavily

  • Budget: Pensioners

    £500 better off: Pensioners Thomas and Esther Summers retired from their newsagentcy business in 1989. Mr Summers, 81, said: "While working, we could never go out on the spur of the moment but now we go for walks and days out. We have to keep a check

  • The Budget: How you'll fare

    Will you be better or worse off? Here we work out the winners and losers in Gordon Brown's plan for 2002. Matt Coward director of tax at the Brighton and Hove office of chartered accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, looks at how people and businesses in Sussex

  • Cricket: Sussex openers mean business

    Murray Goodwin can't wait to resume his prolific partnership with Richard Montgomerie when Sussex launch the new season at the Oval tomorrow. Goodwin has returned to Hove hoping to emulate his achievements last summer when he scored 2,465 runs including

  • Morgan faces injury ko

    Simon Morgan is set to make the toughest choice of his career. Albion's veteran stopper must decide whether he has another season left in him in the First Division, or pack up with knee trouble. Morgan has deliberately delayed a verdict on his future

  • Help for developing nations

    Computer equipment collected by a media centre will be used to teach computer skills to people in the developing world. Companies using Brighton Media Centre were asked if they had unwanted or out-of-date computer equipment which could be useful for projects

  • Andersen axe hits 1,500 jobs

    Employees of city accountants Andersen UK were reeling today after the company announced 1,500 job cuts. The announcement came as the Chancellor made his Budget speech yesterday and sparked a fresh row over burying bad news. The group blamed the knock-on

  • Cornershop, Concorde 2, Brighton, April 15

    The last time Cornershop were in town, they were near the end of a long tour and feeling jaded. They had a Number One single on their hands but were in no mood to celebrate - it was not the best gig I've been to. They needed five years to get over their

  • Two arrested in drugs raid

    Police raided a house following a tip-off the premises was being used as a drugs house. Two men in their 20s were arrested. They are being questioned at a police station in connection with offences of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply. Several

  • Police alert over amorous noises

    A couple's amorous noises led to a visit from police. Neighbours feared something far more sinister was happening next door when they heard moans and groans and dialled 999. When police arrived at Jamie Cheshire's home in Wannock, near Eastbourne, he

  • Council will pay for headstones

    A bungling council which sanctioned the toppling of hundreds of headstones is to restore them at its own expense. More than 600 headstones at cemeteries in Lewes and Seaford were flattened by contractors for Lewes District Council in a controversial safety-testing

  • Anger over school plans

    Plans to turn an old school into a small housing estate are set to be rejected for the second time tonight. Developers want to convert the former Greenfields School in Coombe Hill Road, East Grinstead, into a block of nine flats and build an additional

  • Thugs still at large

    Police are making a fresh appeal for information about a gang of thugs who attacked a 25-year-old man and stole his wallet. The victim was assaulted as he walked past a group of five men in Denne Road, Horsham, just before midnight on April 2. One of

  • Albion stalwart's half-century

    Loyal Bernie Dawes is celebrating 50 years selling lottery tickets and programmes for Brighton and Hove Albion. Bernie, from Lancing, has been a supporter for 64 years, avidly following the Albion at home and away. In that time, he has accompanied Brighton

  • Two rescued after crash

    Two men were cut from their car after it smashed into a lamp post and a brick wall. Filsham Road, St Leonards, was closed for more than two hours last night while firefighters used cutting equipment to free the men, believed to be in their 20s, from the

  • Police chase on a girl's bike

    A policeman collared a suspected drug dealer after chasing him on a girl's pink bike. The 6ft PC commandeered the bicycle from its astonished young owner and set off in hot pursuit of the suspect. He was spotted crouched over the handlebars and pedalling

  • Mother halts creche closure

    A mother-of-two has saved a pool creche from closure - for the time being. Council officers at Adur decided to shut the creche at Wadurs swimming pool at the Holmbush Centre, Shoreham, after a health and safety report said more staff were needed. Councillor

  • A taxing life for everyone

    We look at how people and businesses in Sussex are going to be affected by the Chancellor's changes. Matt Coward, director of tax at the Brighton and Hove office of chartered accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, examines the Chancellor's budget proposals. Pensioners

  • Pope's special award

    A woman who founded a Brighton-based religious congregation was today being awarded a papal decoration for her services to the Church. Mother Mary Garson started the Sisters of Grace and Compassion Benedictines nearly 50 years ago. She now heads a congregation

  • Better pay call for nurses

    Better pay and more staff are desperately needed to improve the morale of nurses in Sussex, a union leader warned today. Peter Atkinson, secretary for the West Sussex primary care and mental health branch of Unison, said many nurses were reaching the

  • Glue attack on woman

    A woman's hand was superglued to a jar when she refused to give in to teenage muggers. The 51-year-old victim was surrounded by three youths on bikes as she walked along Pembury Road, Eastbourne. They demanded her bag and phone. When she refused, one

  • Hope not to hear

    To the members of Brighton and Hove City Council who will decide if we have a stadium at Falmer: If you are going to vote against it, I have vacancies for leaflet distribution when you are unemployed this summer. Hope not to hear from you. -Dave Gravett

  • Tram corrections

    Given the recent ignorance about tram systems on the part of Brighton and Hove City Council, I would like to mention a £537 million supertram system is planned for Leeds. The difference between light rail and supertram is the latter runs parallel to normal

  • Crash PC in court

    A police officer who was involved in a car crash when responding to an emergency call has appeared in court. Timothy Temple, 29, of Chichester Place, Brighton, has denied the charge of dangerous driving. He is alleged to have committed the offence in

  • Royalty referendum

    Since the death of the Queen Mother, I am appalled at some of the remarks by certain people, especially those who feel we should do away with the monarchy completely. Can one imagine what we would have in its place? President Tony springs to mind, or

  • Start of new council system

    A new system for running the council will come into force next month. Brighton and Hove City Council has set May 16 as the day for the change from the Leader and Cabinet system to an improved version of the old committee system. Officials have drawn up

  • The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham

    Although I started off as a sports reporter in the days when Jimmy Greaves scored goals and had hair, it's many years since I switched to politics. Yet I still get asked more questions about the future of Brighton and Hove Albion than anything else. That

  • Jail for biting off ear

    A parent who bit off part of a football manager's ear at a boys' Sunday league match was today jailed for three years. Father-of-three Peter Tucker, 49, bit a chunk out of Simon Kay's ear after trouble broke out on the touchline after the Hove Park Colts

  • Rock of ages

    William Fraser's letter about Adrian Henri and the Liverpool Scene (April 11) caused me to search my dusty vinyls and dig out the record I thought was there. It is Recollections, released in 1972 on the famous Charisma label. As well as The Woo Woo, mentioned

  • High hopes

    Boutique's sixth birthday celebration was a complete disaster from start to finish. It seems the organisers were so enamoured with the possibility of holding the event in the plush surroundings of the newly refurbished Dome they decided to forgo all practicalities

  • Bright rider

    PC Robert Leet showed courage and initiative when he wanted to chase a suspected drugs dealer in Brighton. He commandeered a 12-year-old girl's mountain bike and pedalled furiously after the suspect, even though it was much too small for him. A passing

  • Budget: Boost for districts

    New measures to create "enterprise neighbourhoods" in deprived parts of Sussex were unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown in the Budget. The Government plans to scrap stamp duty on all purchases of business properties in struggling wards across the county

  • Budget: Medium company

    To many people, Brighton and Hove Albion is a way of life rather than a business. But the football club has to be run as a commercial company. It is classified as a small business even though there is nothing small about its ambitions or fan base. Despite

  • Cricket: Stewart pumped up for Sussex

    Alec Stewart takes on Sussex tomorrow determined to start turning up the heat on England's rookie wicketkeeper James Foster. Surrey stumper Stewart, 39, made himself unavailable for the Test series in India this winter and subsequently missed the one-day

  • Budget: Family of four

    £14 a month better off: Nigel and Esther Gill, aged 38 and 32, are a married couple with two young children, Oliver and Isabella. Nigel is managing director of E-Velocity, an internet solution provider based in Brighton, and Esther runs a business intelligence

  • Budget: Pensioners

    £500 better off: Pensioners Thomas and Esther Summers retired from their newsagentcy business in 1989. Mr Summers, 81, said: "While working, we could never go out on the spur of the moment but now we go for walks and days out. We have to keep a check

  • The Budget: How you'll fare

    Will you be better or worse off? Here we work out the winners and losers in Gordon Brown's plan for 2002. Matt Coward director of tax at the Brighton and Hove office of chartered accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, looks at how people and businesses in Sussex

  • Albion tune in to cash boost

    Albion are set for a financial boost whatever the final details of the TV deal with beleaguered ITV Digital. The Seagulls will benefit, even if clubs accept a cut-price offer from administrators of the cash-strapped television company. Albion's Dick Knight

  • Help for developing nations

    Computer equipment collected by a media centre will be used to teach computer skills to people in the developing world. Companies using Brighton Media Centre were asked if they had unwanted or out-of-date computer equipment which could be useful for projects

  • Flare Path, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, until Saturday

    Wartime grit has been in our minds a lot in recent weeks and Terence Rattigan's Forties drama is a timely reminder of the period. A battered classic, it stutters on to the stage like a shot-up Wellington bomber just making it back to its windswept base

  • Cornershop, Concorde 2, Brighton, April 15

    The last time Cornershop were in town, they were near the end of a long tour and feeling jaded. They had a Number One single on their hands but were in no mood to celebrate - it was not the best gig I've been to. They needed five years to get over their

  • Two arrested in drugs raid

    Police raided a house following a tip-off the premises was being used as a drugs house. Two men in their 20s were arrested. They are being questioned at a police station in connection with offences of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply. Several

  • Police alert over amorous noises

    A couple's amorous noises led to a visit from police. Neighbours feared something far more sinister was happening next door when they heard moans and groans and dialled 999. When police arrived at Jamie Cheshire's home in Wannock, near Eastbourne, he

  • Mother halts creche closure

    A mother-of-two has saved a pool creche from closure - for the time being. Council officers at Adur decided to shut the creche at Wadurs swimming pool at the Holmbush Centre, Shoreham, after a health and safety report said more staff were needed. Councillor

  • Speeding cars ruin park peace

    People who use a public park are calling for action to stop cars speeding on its roads. Residents near Preston Park in Brighton have renewed their plea to Brighton and Hove City Council following protests last year. They are being backed by Green Party

  • Rocket science helps inventor

    Tom Freer has built a sound system that could withstand a trip to the moon and a few laps around Silverstone. Party organiser Tom, 29, spent four years developing the unique set of speakers from a material previously used only in the production of missiles

  • Widow's will may fund burial site

    A woodland burial site is an idea to be funded with money from a spinster's will. When Mary Shaw left £100,000 to Worthing Borough Council she specified the money should be used for a project which the council could not otherwise fund. Councillor Peter

  • Walk of Fame: Day Four

    Here's your chance to vote for the stars you want to see on Brighton marina's Hollywood-style Walk of Fame. The walk, around Brighton Marina, will be the first of its type in Britain and could become one of most talked-about attractions in the city. Each

  • Wife heard fatal crash

    A woman rushed outside when she heard a crash to find her husband lying fatally injured in the road. Kenneth Ansell, 81, known as Des, of Old Shoreham Road, Hove, had popped out to the shops late in the afternoon of December 15 last year. But as he crossed

  • Tram corrections

    Given the recent ignorance about tram systems on the part of Brighton and Hove City Council, I would like to mention a £537 million supertram system is planned for Leeds. The difference between light rail and supertram is the latter runs parallel to normal

  • Royalty referendum

    Since the death of the Queen Mother, I am appalled at some of the remarks by certain people, especially those who feel we should do away with the monarchy completely. Can one imagine what we would have in its place? President Tony springs to mind, or

  • The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham

    Although I started off as a sports reporter in the days when Jimmy Greaves scored goals and had hair, it's many years since I switched to politics. Yet I still get asked more questions about the future of Brighton and Hove Albion than anything else. That

  • Arson attack

    A pensioner was evacuated from her first-floor flat after suspected arsonists set fire to the video shop below. Detectives were today investigating the cause of the blaze at Rent-A-Film in Arundel Road, Littlehampton. Fire crews were called to the scene

  • Firms' parking fee protest

    Increased parking charges could cost businesses in Mid Sussex £10 million a year. Sussex Enterprise has launched a petition to businesses across the district encouraging them to protest against the rises which came into force on April 2. Parking charges

  • Parry's wrong about Queen Mum

    John Parry invites us to "Think of it this way" and I respect his right to hold strong opinions. However, as one of the people who was fortunate to have met and talked to the late Queen Mother on more than one occasion, I challenge his assertion that

  • Jail for biting off ear

    A parent who bit off part of a football manager's ear at a boys' Sunday league match was today jailed for three years. Father-of-three Peter Tucker, 49, bit a chunk out of Simon Kay's ear after trouble broke out on the touchline after the Hove Park Colts

  • Rock of ages

    William Fraser's letter about Adrian Henri and the Liverpool Scene (April 11) caused me to search my dusty vinyls and dig out the record I thought was there. It is Recollections, released in 1972 on the famous Charisma label. As well as The Woo Woo, mentioned

  • Immobilisers

    Mobile phones should be banned from use in vehicles. In the past few years, I have witnessed drivers turning at junctions and roundabouts while in mid-flow of conversation. Their driving has left a lot to be desired. Having phone in hand while driving

  • High hopes

    Boutique's sixth birthday celebration was a complete disaster from start to finish. It seems the organisers were so enamoured with the possibility of holding the event in the plush surroundings of the newly refurbished Dome they decided to forgo all practicalities

  • Bright rider

    PC Robert Leet showed courage and initiative when he wanted to chase a suspected drugs dealer in Brighton. He commandeered a 12-year-old girl's mountain bike and pedalled furiously after the suspect, even though it was much too small for him. A passing

  • An oversight?

    What a shambles Beat Boutique was. April 13 will go down in Brighton and Hove's history as the day the Albion were promoted to Division One and the day the Boutique sold out its faithful following. Having queued for many things in my life, I have never

  • Slim chance of good times in such chaos

    I have been a clubber since 1988 but have never been to a shambles such as the Fatboy Slim/Timo Maas event last Saturday at the newly refurbished Brighton Dome. For £26, hundreds of people were made to queue once inside the building to get into one of

  • Budget: Single person

    £7 a week worse off: Sales executive Mel Peters expected to be hit hard by the Budget. The 27-year-old from Burgess Hill smokes 15 cigarettes a day and spends about £50 a week on nights out. She also drives more than 200 miles a week in her 1100cc Fiesta

  • Cricket: Stewart pumped up for Sussex

    Alec Stewart takes on Sussex tomorrow determined to start turning up the heat on England's rookie wicketkeeper James Foster. Surrey stumper Stewart, 39, made himself unavailable for the Test series in India this winter and subsequently missed the one-day

  • Budget: Family of four

    £14 a month better off: Nigel and Esther Gill, aged 38 and 32, are a married couple with two young children, Oliver and Isabella. Nigel is managing director of E-Velocity, an internet solution provider based in Brighton, and Esther runs a business intelligence

  • Budget: The single parent

    £600 better off: Single mother Linda Lewyckyj is a learning support assistant at St John the Baptist Primary School, Brighton. Making ends meet has always been difficult and she recently moved into a smaller home to manage her mortgage payments. She has

  • Reserves in bore draw

    Albion Reserves fought out a dull goalless draw against Bristol City at Worthing last night. The Avon Insurance Combination League contest had a real end-of-season feel on a bumpy Woodside Road pitch. Albion fielded a fledgling line-up containing a mixture

  • Albion tune in to cash boost

    Albion are set for a financial boost whatever the final details of the TV deal with beleaguered ITV Digital. The Seagulls will benefit, even if clubs accept a cut-price offer from administrators of the cash-strapped television company. Albion's Dick Knight

  • Asda targets older workers

    Supermarket chain Asda is targeting bingo halls and tea dances to try to recruit more older workers. Recruitment teams from the group are hitting the streets with flyers as Asda ditches traditional advertising routes for its "Goldies" campaign. Around

  • Flare Path, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, until Saturday

    Wartime grit has been in our minds a lot in recent weeks and Terence Rattigan's Forties drama is a timely reminder of the period. A battered classic, it stutters on to the stage like a shot-up Wellington bomber just making it back to its windswept base

  • Mother died in crash

    An elderly woman died after being hit by a moped as she crossed a road to visit a relative in hospital. Emily Frost, 84, of Leicester Road, Lewes, was carrying a bunch of flowers when she was struck by the 49cc bike, ridden by a 16-year-old teenager,

  • Open-top tour for Seagulls

    Albion heroes are to celebrate their championship title and promotion with an open-top bus tour through Brighton and Hove on Saturday, April 27. The Seagulls, who secured the Second Division title last weekend, will mark their double triumph with a "lap

  • Jail for biting off ear

    A parent who bit off part of a football manager's ear at a boys' Sunday league match was today jailed for three years. Father-of-three Peter Tucker, 49, bit a chunk out of Simon Kay's ear after trouble broke out on the touchline after the Hove Park Colts

  • Burns link in murder trial

    Two men accused of assassinating a Brighton landlord were seen on the day of the murder with fresh burns, a court was told. David Croke, 59, of Bolney Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, and Robert Knapp are accused of murdering Mohammed Sabir Raja dressed as

  • Glue attack on woman

    A woman's hand was superglued to a jar when she refused to give in to teenage muggers. The 51-year-old victim was surrounded by three youths on bikes as she walked along Pembury Road, Eastbourne. They demanded her bag and phone. When she refused, one

  • Teacher who gives so much

    When The Argus invited readers to name a teacher they believed extra special, the nominations poured in for Jim Russell. The English teacher, a mainstay at East Brighton College of Media Arts for almost 14 years, was praised by pupils and parents for

  • Speeding cars ruin park peace

    People who use a public park are calling for action to stop cars speeding on its roads. Residents near Preston Park in Brighton have renewed their plea to Brighton and Hove City Council following protests last year. They are being backed by Green Party

  • Rocket science helps inventor

    Tom Freer has built a sound system that could withstand a trip to the moon and a few laps around Silverstone. Party organiser Tom, 29, spent four years developing the unique set of speakers from a material previously used only in the production of missiles

  • Widow's will may fund burial site

    A woodland burial site is an idea to be funded with money from a spinster's will. When Mary Shaw left £100,000 to Worthing Borough Council she specified the money should be used for a project which the council could not otherwise fund. Councillor Peter

  • Idea for mill on hill

    Plans have been put forward to build a windmill near Worthing. It has been almost 180 years since a windmill last graced historic Highdown Hill. There was a mill on the hill from the 14th Century until 1826, when the post mill was demolished. Now a planning

  • Better pay call for nurses

    Better pay and more staff are desperately needed to improve the morale of nurses in Sussex, a union leader warned today. Peter Atkinson, secretary for the West Sussex primary care and mental health branch of Unison, said many nurses were reaching the