Organisers of a popular festival have axed key events because last year's extravaganza made a loss. Arundel Festival made a loss of £25,000, partly because of the foot-and-mouth crisis, last summer. Events at Stage 2, the festival's venue for small performances
Erupting volcanoes are an impressive but deadly force. Apart from blasting out tonnes of ash, rock and lava, volcanoes release clouds of poisonous gases into the atmosphere. One of the most dangerous is hydrogen fluoride. It promotes acid rain and attaches
An organic food company has won an award for its hemp ice cream. The Natural Products Industry Awards chose MotherHemp of Firle, near Lewes, for its Best Organic Product 2002 title. The accolade was presented to marketing manager Sarah Yearsley by Olympic
It has been open all hours for almost 70 years but a family has finally decided to shut up shop. The Homewood family kept their convenience store and newsagents running through the Second World War and, more recently, the onslaught of competition from
Some 12 million people in the UK suffer from hay fever. In more extreme cases this can cause huge disruption, with many having to take time off work and avoid the countryside. As tree pollen concentrations start to rise in early March, sufferers start
The Sussex company behind the Big Brother web site has taken on extra staff to cope with the workload. Brighton-based digital media firm Victoria Real has hired three new workers to deal with the added pressure of running the web site 24 hours a day.
I left school more than 20 years ago. My school joined with the girls' grammar to become Hove Park. Blatchington Mill was created from the boys' grammar and the Neville. Now Hove pupils are being made to accept they cannot go to Blatchington Mill. It's
Environmental health officer Mick Wilmot said the high density of flats in Brighton and Hove means more people are affected by noise (May 22). He says Brighton and Hove City Council just wants people to be considerate. But to the people have been trying
We are sorry Ann Norman (Letters, May 21) took exception to our letter. We made no criticism of Tim Loughton's involvement but were merely responding to some phone calls received from his own concerned constituents following his warning in The Argus of
The fuss Mo Marsh is making about failing an interview really bears out the popular view that politicians are a bunch of self-seeking moneygrabbers. Is this the same Councillor Marsh who topped the list of who got the most money out of being a councillor
I write on behalf of greyhounds the world over. When will people stop abusing these wonderful dogs and allow them to live the life they deserve? In Spain, they are hung and stoned to death when the coursing season is over. In this country, we cannot hold
A council is poised to make £1.5 million from the sale of a former old people's home at the centre of a furious protest. Details of the proposed sale of Nyewood House in Bognor were revealed by West Sussex County Council, a year after its last resident
Against everything I said after we got the dog, we have somehow acquired yet more pets, this time half a dozen yellow and peach-faced lovebirds. They belonged to an elderly lady who died and whose son couldn't look after them anymore. Ever since his new
Hours of hard work training in the nets finally paid dividiends for Dominic Clapp when he made his full Sussex debut last week. And one of the first things he did after being told he was going to make his debut was to get on the phone and thank Les Lenham
Detectives today vowed to continue the hunt for the killer of a British woman who was stabbed 17 times in the chest while backpacking in China. Sussex Police said they were assisting Chinese police by testing clothing belonging to Shirine Harburn for
Richard Montgomerie's determination to prove he is no one-season wonder was in evidence at Horsham over the weekend as he led a Sussex fightback against Leicestershire. Montgomerie carried his bat for a superb 122 to help Sussex restrict their first innings
Why not build a new, traditional English village for the residents of Falmer on the Brighton station site with houses, village pond, church and a nice open-log-fire pub and name it Falmer Reject Village? Falmer village could then be demolished and the
So, 61,452 people signed a petition for a stadium at Falmer. There are about 320,000 people classed as living in the environs of Brighton and Hove so that equates to about 20 per cent who want it. What about the other 80 per cent who probably do not want
In saying Falmer was "once a very pretty village", J Blackman (Letters, May 20) wasn't being very kind. Falmer is still pretty. Of course, the six-lane trunk road going through its centre has changed its character but, fortunately, you can't see the roaring
So Sarah Launchbury thinks it's an absolute disgrace she got an £85 release fee for parking in a disabled bay at the cinema complex at Brighton Marina, does she? If she could not read the disabled sign or notice the yellow markings and that disabled bays
Simon Jones, who runs the Loft Conversion Centre in South Road, Brighton, had a surprise when he was rummaging for work materials. He found a cat, which must have climbed in through a tiny hole in the back, sitting there with four kittens. Rather than
Once there were hundreds of shops like Homewood Stores in Elm Grove, Brighton, all over Sussex. But next month, the store closes its doors for the last time after almost 70 years of trading. It survived the war years and rationing afterwards but in the
Our front page headline today- Our heroes - can hardly do justice to The Argus Achievement Awards which were presented on Friday night. In 22 years in journalism, this writer has rarely witnessed - let alone been part of - such an uplifting and rewarding
Supermarket giant Asda is to create 1,250 new jobs as part of a major expansion of its distribution operation. The company, which is owned by US group Wal-Mart, said improved sales had prompted the search for extra warehouse staff and drivers. About 250
Unilever has signed what it believes is the largest advertising deal of its kind with ITV, it said today. The company has committed to paying £320 million over four years to promote its household brands, including Birds Eye and Persil, on ITV1. The deal
Mobile phone giant Vodafone is set to announce one of the largest write-downs in corporate history in its annual results tomorrow. The group is also due to disappoint shareholders by pulling plans for a share buyback and resisting calls for a healthy
Actress Dora Bryan will open a cafe at the heart of a spectacular beach festival in Shoreham. The Brighton stage and TV star will meet organisers of the Beach Dreams festival at Shoreham Beach tomorrow. She will open the cafe in a giant marquee on Beach
It has been open all hours for almost 70 years, but for the Homewood family the time has finally come to shut up shop. The family kept their convenience store and newsagents running through the Second World War and, more recently, the onslaught of competition
A 23-year-old man was fighting for his life today after suffering a serious head injury outside a city nightclub. Police said it was unclear whether the man was assaulted or whether he fell and hit his head. Two men, 25 and 34, were arrested and later
Organisers of a popular festival have axed key events because last year's extravaganza made a loss. Arundel Festival made a loss of £25,000, partly because of the foot-and-mouth crisis, last summer. Events at Stage 2, the festival's venue for small performances
When Dorrie Mottram's son was diagnosed with Crohn's disease she felt compelled to start raising awareness. Thirteen years later, she has raised almost £50,000 and is still campaigning tirelessly for more money for research into the illness which causes
Traders plan to bring Brighton and Hove to a standstill in protest at the city's tough parking regulations. Campaigners are threatening to cause chaos by driving convoys totalling 200 vehicles into the city centre along different routes on Wednesday,
Coastguards retrieved the body of a man from the foot of cliffs. Police were called after a walker spotted a blue rucksack at the top of Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, on Friday, at 2.35pm. A team of cliff rescue coastguards was called to the scene along
It has been a hefty delay even by their standards but commuters today took their first trips on the latest Connex train - after a two-year wait. Sixteen plush 375 trains today had their debut run on the Hastings-to-London line, replacing the old-style
A horse had to be pulled free by fire crews after getting stuck in a bog. The animal was rescued from marshy fields opposite the Marquis of Granby pub in West Street, Sompting, at 7.20pm last night. It had wandered into the boggy area and then got trapped
A man was today jailed for life for attempting to murder a policeman. James Richards stabbed PC Gary Thompson twice in the back with a carving knife, slicing into one of his kidneys. The officer was attacked as he and colleague PC John Gatland arrived
Renowned Sussex-based artist David Shepherd is donating a painting to help save elephants from extinction in Zambia. The 70-year-old wildlife painter's works, many produced at his home at Hammerwood, near East Grinstead, adorn the walls of homes around
Nikki Yeoh is an accomplished jazz pianist and composer whose works range up in size to orchestral commissions. Her task in this concert was to corral this energy into a lunchtime hour. A bubbly and talkative performer, Yeoh's expanded original compositions
An organic food company has won an award for its hemp ice cream. The Natural Products Industry Awards chose MotherHemp of Firle, near Lewes, for its Best Organic Product 2002 title. The accolade was presented to marketing manager Sarah Yearsley by Olympic
The company behind the Big Brother web site has taken on extra staff to cope with the workload. Brighton-based digital media firm Victoria Real has hired three new workers to deal with the added pressure of running the web site 24 hours a day. The company
It has been open all hours for almost 70 years but a family has finally decided to shut up shop. The Homewood family kept their convenience store and newsagents running through the Second World War and, more recently, the onslaught of competition from
Some 12 million people in the UK suffer from hay fever. In more extreme cases this can cause huge disruption, with many having to take time off work and avoid the countryside. As tree pollen concentrations start to rise in early March, sufferers start
The Sussex company behind the Big Brother web site has taken on extra staff to cope with the workload. Brighton-based digital media firm Victoria Real has hired three new workers to deal with the added pressure of running the web site 24 hours a day.
I left school more than 20 years ago. My school joined with the girls' grammar to become Hove Park. Blatchington Mill was created from the boys' grammar and the Neville. Now Hove pupils are being made to accept they cannot go to Blatchington Mill. It's
Meet Polly, the pretty puppy who was dumped in a cardboard box at a village bus stop. The nine-week-old pedigree springer spaniel had been left without a note or any clue to where she came from. A passer-by going to work discovered her, frightened and
I write on behalf of greyhounds the world over. When will people stop abusing these wonderful dogs and allow them to live the life they deserve? In Spain, they are hung and stoned to death when the coursing season is over. In this country, we cannot hold
A council is poised to make £1.5 million from the sale of a former old people's home at the centre of a furious protest. Details of the proposed sale of Nyewood House in Bognor were revealed by West Sussex County Council, a year after its last resident
I was summoned to another delightful tea party by my honorary grandchildren a few days ago. It was, I suspect, intended to provide some light relief from the dreaded Sats tests which have been haunting them over the past week or so. They both do very
Richard Montgomerie's determination to prove he is no one-season wonder was in evidence at Horsham over the weekend as he led a Sussex fightback against Leicestershire. Montgomerie carried his bat for a superb 122 to help Sussex restrict their first innings
Richard Montgomerie's determination to prove he is no one-season wonder was in evidence at Horsham over the weekend as he led a Sussex fightback against Leicestershire. Montgomerie carried his bat for a superb 122 to help Sussex restrict their first innings
Why not build a new, traditional English village for the residents of Falmer on the Brighton station site with houses, village pond, church and a nice open-log-fire pub and name it Falmer Reject Village? Falmer village could then be demolished and the
BBC Southern Counties Radio programme about children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) highlighted the serious problem such children and their families have with schooling. Children can be labelled as disruptive and non-achievers by heads, teachers
So Sarah Launchbury thinks it's an absolute disgrace she got an £85 release fee for parking in a disabled bay at the cinema complex at Brighton Marina, does she? If she could not read the disabled sign or notice the yellow markings and that disabled bays
Perhaps Sarah Launchbury doesn't understand the difference between disabled parking and unabled parking. Disabled parking is for those people who would not be able to access facilities without such parking spaces being made available. Unabled parking
Once there were hundreds of shops like Homewood Stores in Elm Grove, Brighton, all over Sussex. But next month, the store closes its doors for the last time after almost 70 years of trading. It survived the war years and rationing afterwards but in the
I do not understand why Sarah Launchbury should be surprised at being wheel-clamped for parking in a bay specifically provided for people with disabled badges, especially as she clearly states in her letter there were a number of regular parking bays
Our front page headline today- Our heroes - can hardly do justice to The Argus Achievement Awards which were presented on Friday night. In 22 years in journalism, this writer has rarely witnessed - let alone been part of - such an uplifting and rewarding
I have little sympathy with Sarah Launchbury (Letters, May 22), who complained about being clamped in the car park at Brighton Marina because she had "inadvertently" parked in a disabled bay. The bays are clearly marked. I wonder what the excuses of the
Hastings have moved to the top of the Shepherd Neame Sussex League after completing their third win in four starts at St James. Brighton and Hove, not playing on Saturday, remain second and Three Bridges have moved into third after trouncing Worthing
Safety experts are contacting thousands of food businesses across Sussex advising them not to use some cans of mushrooms. Tests have revealed defects in the seams of some cans of 10oz Dragon Boat Shiitake Mushrooms, which could lead to food poisoning.
Supermarket giant Asda is to create 1,250 new jobs as part of a major expansion of its distribution operation. The company, which is owned by US group Wal-Mart, said improved sales had prompted the search for extra warehouse staff and drivers. About 250
Mobile phone giant Vodafone is set to announce one of the largest write-downs in corporate history in its annual results tomorrow. The group is also due to disappoint shareholders by pulling plans for a share buyback and resisting calls for a healthy
Actress Dora Bryan will open a cafe at the heart of a spectacular beach festival in Shoreham. The Brighton stage and TV star will meet organisers of the Beach Dreams festival at Shoreham Beach tomorrow. She will open the cafe in a giant marquee on Beach
Glamour model Jordan was celebrating the birth of her son today. The 23-year-old model spent nine hours in labour after being induced by doctors at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Football star Dwight Yorke flew back from Australia on Saturday
The point of being a life-coach, as Violet Sackville-Rhoad would say, is to sort out other peoples' mess and laugh at them behind their backs. The trouble is, there is so much mess in the world, where do you start? Well, you start with DEATH: D for diet
Hip-hop, Shakespeare. breakdance and mime. Mix them all together and the result? A success. Rennie Harris incorporated different genres into Rome And Jewels just as Vivian Westwood incorporates colour into her clothes. An all-male cast depicted this classic
A feeling of immortality filled the hearts of The Moody Blues' faithful followers who packed the aisles to hear the band perform once again. The kings of classic rock, on their latest UK tour, took us on a magical two-hour journey through a myriad of
Hip-hop, Shakespeare. breakdance and mime. Mix them all together and the result? A success. Rennie Harris incorporated different genres into Rome And Jewels just as Vivian Westwood incorporates colour into her clothes. An all-male cast depicted this classic
Sussex print firm The Beacon Press has completed a gem of a job for one of the country's most famous arts attractions. The Uckfield-based company has produced a huge print run of 112,000 postcards for sale during the Victoria and Albert Museum's eye-catching
The company behind the Big Brother web site has taken on extra staff to cope with the workload. Brighton-based digital media firm Victoria Real has hired three new workers to deal with the added pressure of running the web site 24 hours a day. The company
Traders plan to bring Brighton and Hove to a standstill in protest at the city's tough parking regulations. Campaigners are threatening to cause chaos by driving convoys totalling 200 vehicles into the city centre along different routes on Wednesday,
Meet Polly, the pretty puppy who was dumped in a cardboard box at a village bus stop. The nine-week-old pedigree springer spaniel had been left without a note or any clue to where she came from. A passer-by going to work discovered her, frightened and
I was summoned to another delightful tea party by my honorary grandchildren a few days ago. It was, I suspect, intended to provide some light relief from the dreaded Sats tests which have been haunting them over the past week or so. They both do very
Antisocial residents on a troubled Worthing estate face a crackdown which could leave them homeless. Housing officials want to put people on a year's probation and if they misbehave during that period they can be evicted. The Southern Housing Group manages
Richard Montgomerie's determination to prove he is no one-season wonder was in evidence at Horsham over the weekend as he led a Sussex fightback against Leicestershire. Montgomerie carried his bat for a superb 122 to help Sussex restrict their first innings
Steve Cotterill, one of the men linked with the vacant manager's position at Albion, has become boss of Stoke City. Cotterill has signed a three-year contract and takes up his new post at the Britannia Stadium with immediate effect. The 37-year-old will
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through a quiet country lane in a battle to save ancient woodland from the bulldozers. Titnore Woods, on the outskirts of Worthing, face destruction when the winding Titnore Lane is straightened to provide access to a
One of the largest schools in the Worthing area is going into special measures after a damning inspectors' report. The Ofsted report on Boundstone Community College, Lancing, was published on Friday but won't be released to parents until June 13. One
Letters in The Argus from campaigners for and against Brighton's West Pier restoration plans overlook restoration of the pier jetty has not been included. Yet a pier is a structure out into the sea for a landing stage connecting coastal communities by
BBC Southern Counties Radio programme about children with attention deficit disorder (ADD) highlighted the serious problem such children and their families have with schooling. Children can be labelled as disruptive and non-achievers by heads, teachers
Perhaps Sarah Launchbury doesn't understand the difference between disabled parking and unabled parking. Disabled parking is for those people who would not be able to access facilities without such parking spaces being made available. Unabled parking
Crawley were inched out of a top four placing on their return to the Third Division of the British League. The team, who won promotion at the end of last season, narrowly lost out in a close battle for the mid-match positions, eventually finishing seventh
Tiffany Williams is Britain's newest kick boxing champion. Brighton's little Miss Dynamite lifted the WKMA amateur flyweight crown with a brilliant display at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Tiffany, from Chris Kent's Kicks Martial Arts Centre, packed too
I do not understand why Sarah Launchbury should be surprised at being wheel-clamped for parking in a bay specifically provided for people with disabled badges, especially as she clearly states in her letter there were a number of regular parking bays
Ross Minter's unbeaten record came to a stunning end when he was ruled out with a badly-gashed eye against veteran Howard Clarke at Portsmouth on Saturday. Clarke, in his 58th fight, landed a stiff jab which raised a bruise under Minter's right eye in
I have little sympathy with Sarah Launchbury (Letters, May 22), who complained about being clamped in the car park at Brighton Marina because she had "inadvertently" parked in a disabled bay. The bays are clearly marked. I wonder what the excuses of the
Former Albion forward Gerry Armstrong says the World Cup finals of 1982 changed his life. History suggests Italian marksman Paolo Rossi was the star of the Spanish tournament, but Northern Ireland and British football fans might beg to differ. Rossi cleared
Luke Beasley (Letters, May 16) describes foxes as "innocent". This is obviously nonsense. No animal is either innocent or guilty. They are instinctive. When a sparrow is killed by a cat, the sparrow is no more innocent than the cat is guilty. Thus the
Former Sussex coach Norman Gifford remains hooked on cricket. Now the sixty-two-year-old former Test star is enjoying semi-retirement while passing on his wisdom to players of St James's Montefiore in the Sussex League. Gifford piled up years of experience
Mark Loram upped his world title bid by coming third in Saturday's Polish Grand Prix in Bydgoszcz. The Eastbourne Eagles' No. 1 rode superbly to finish behind Poland's Tomasz Gollob and Tony Rickardsson and ahead of Jason Crump in the final. Loram, who
Hastings have moved to the top of the Shepherd Neame Sussex League after completing their third win in four starts at St James. Brighton and Hove, not playing on Saturday, remain second and Three Bridges have moved into third after trouncing Worthing
Safety experts are contacting thousands of food businesses across Sussex advising them not to use some cans of mushrooms. Tests have revealed defects in the seams of some cans of 10oz Dragon Boat Shiitake Mushrooms, which could lead to food poisoning.
Pop star Fatboy Slim and footballer Eric Cantona feature in a summer culture guide to Brighton and Hove. It has been produced as part of the campaign to make the city European Capital of Culture in 2008. The pocket-sized guide has been paid for and produced
Brighton seafront rocked to the rhythm of samba music in the biggest parade of its kind in the United Kingdom. Hundreds of drummers and dancers beat a path along Madeira Drive for the climax of the Brighton Festival Samba Encounter Weekend. Twenty bands
An engineering enthusiasts' club is being kicked out of its Mid Sussex home after more than 30 years. Mid Sussex Model Engineering Club has operated from Beech Hurst in Haywards Heath since 1970 but members have been told to go because the council-run
A new project set up by the Big Issue Foundation will train those who work with addicts to cope with their needs. The number of people in Brighton and Hove with serious drug and alcohol problems has increased so much in recent years that many agencies
A man of 82 who accidentally ran over his wife spoke of his horror as she lay trapped underneath the car. Joyce Poole, 76, had just opened the garage door at the couple's home in Worthing when the automatic car, with her husband Sidney at the wheel, shot
Glamour model Jordan was celebrating the birth of her son today. The 23-year-old model spent nine hours in labour after being induced by doctors at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Football star Dwight Yorke flew back from Australia on Saturday
An engineering enthusiasts club is being kicked out of its home after more than 30 years. Mid Sussex Model Engineering Club has operated from Beech Hurst in Haywards Heath since 1970 but members have been told to go because the council-run buildings are
The unsung heroes of Sussex got the recognition they deserve on a night of surprises, laughter, tears and joy. The first Argus Achievement Awards were hailed a resounding success as the most deserving people in our community were honoured for outstanding
The point of being a life-coach, as Violet Sackville-Rhoad would say, is to sort out other peoples' mess and laugh at them behind their backs. The trouble is, there is so much mess in the world, where do you start? Well, you start with DEATH: D for diet
Madelaine Portwood has an extraordinary dream which looks as if it may be about to come true. Her dream is that, one day, children will be able to take a pill and do well at school. An educational psychologist, Dr Portwood has spent years working with
If pop music is eating sweets bought from a brightly-lit mall, Turntable Hell was walking through a delicately scented pine forest. Barefoot. With, sometimes, very sharp pine needles. Wittily introduced by curator Martin Tetreault as The Cartridge Family
Organisers of a popular festival have axed key events because last year's extravaganza made a loss. Arundel Festival made a loss of £25,000, partly because of the foot-and-mouth crisis, last summer. Events at Stage 2, the festival's venue for small performances
Erupting volcanoes are an impressive but deadly force. Apart from blasting out tonnes of ash, rock and lava, volcanoes release clouds of poisonous gases into the atmosphere. One of the most dangerous is hydrogen fluoride. It promotes acid rain and attaches
Sussex print firm The Beacon Press has completed a gem of a job for one of the country's most famous arts attractions. The Uckfield-based company has produced a huge print run of 112,000 postcards for sale during the Victoria and Albert Museum's eye-catching
Traders plan to bring Brighton and Hove to a standstill in protest at the city's tough parking regulations. Campaigners are threatening to cause chaos by driving convoys totalling 200 vehicles into the city centre along different routes on Wednesday,
Environmental health officer Mick Wilmot said the high density of flats in Brighton and Hove means more people are affected by noise (May 22). He says Brighton and Hove City Council just wants people to be considerate. But to the people have been trying
We are sorry Ann Norman (Letters, May 21) took exception to our letter. We made no criticism of Tim Loughton's involvement but were merely responding to some phone calls received from his own concerned constituents following his warning in The Argus of
The fuss Mo Marsh is making about failing an interview really bears out the popular view that politicians are a bunch of self-seeking moneygrabbers. Is this the same Councillor Marsh who topped the list of who got the most money out of being a councillor
Against everything I said after we got the dog, we have somehow acquired yet more pets, this time half a dozen yellow and peach-faced lovebirds. They belonged to an elderly lady who died and whose son couldn't look after them anymore. Ever since his new
Hours of hard work training in the nets finally paid dividiends for Dominic Clapp when he made his full Sussex debut last week. And one of the first things he did after being told he was going to make his debut was to get on the phone and thank Les Lenham
Steve Cotterill, one of the men linked with the vacant manager's position at Albion, has become boss of Stoke City. Cotterill has signed a three-year contract and takes up his new post at the Britannia Stadium with immediate effect. The 37-year-old will
So, 61,452 people signed a petition for a stadium at Falmer. There are about 320,000 people classed as living in the environs of Brighton and Hove so that equates to about 20 per cent who want it. What about the other 80 per cent who probably do not want
In saying Falmer was "once a very pretty village", J Blackman (Letters, May 20) wasn't being very kind. Falmer is still pretty. Of course, the six-lane trunk road going through its centre has changed its character but, fortunately, you can't see the roaring
Letters in The Argus from campaigners for and against Brighton's West Pier restoration plans overlook restoration of the pier jetty has not been included. Yet a pier is a structure out into the sea for a landing stage connecting coastal communities by
Simon Jones, who runs the Loft Conversion Centre in South Road, Brighton, had a surprise when he was rummaging for work materials. He found a cat, which must have climbed in through a tiny hole in the back, sitting there with four kittens. Rather than
Crawley were inched out of a top four placing on their return to the Third Division of the British League. The team, who won promotion at the end of last season, narrowly lost out in a close battle for the mid-match positions, eventually finishing seventh
Tiffany Williams is Britain's newest kick boxing champion. Brighton's little Miss Dynamite lifted the WKMA amateur flyweight crown with a brilliant display at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Tiffany, from Chris Kent's Kicks Martial Arts Centre, packed too
Ross Minter's unbeaten record came to a stunning end when he was ruled out with a badly-gashed eye against veteran Howard Clarke at Portsmouth on Saturday. Clarke, in his 58th fight, landed a stiff jab which raised a bruise under Minter's right eye in
Former Albion forward Gerry Armstrong says the World Cup finals of 1982 changed his life. History suggests Italian marksman Paolo Rossi was the star of the Spanish tournament, but Northern Ireland and British football fans might beg to differ. Rossi cleared
Luke Beasley (Letters, May 16) describes foxes as "innocent". This is obviously nonsense. No animal is either innocent or guilty. They are instinctive. When a sparrow is killed by a cat, the sparrow is no more innocent than the cat is guilty. Thus the
Former Sussex coach Norman Gifford remains hooked on cricket. Now the sixty-two-year-old former Test star is enjoying semi-retirement while passing on his wisdom to players of St James's Montefiore in the Sussex League. Gifford piled up years of experience
Mark Loram upped his world title bid by coming third in Saturday's Polish Grand Prix in Bydgoszcz. The Eastbourne Eagles' No. 1 rode superbly to finish behind Poland's Tomasz Gollob and Tony Rickardsson and ahead of Jason Crump in the final. Loram, who
Unilever has signed what it believes is the largest advertising deal of its kind with ITV, it said today. The company has committed to paying £320 million over four years to promote its household brands, including Birds Eye and Persil, on ITV1. The deal
Pop star Fatboy Slim and footballer Eric Cantona feature in a summer culture guide to Brighton and Hove. It has been produced as part of the campaign to make the city European Capital of Culture in 2008. The pocket-sized guide has been paid for and produced
Brighton seafront rocked to the rhythm of samba music in the biggest parade of its kind in the United Kingdom. Hundreds of drummers and dancers beat a path along Madeira Drive for the climax of the Brighton Festival Samba Encounter Weekend. Twenty bands
It has been open all hours for almost 70 years, but for the Homewood family the time has finally come to shut up shop. The family kept their convenience store and newsagents running through the Second World War and, more recently, the onslaught of competition
A new project set up by the Big Issue Foundation will train those who work with addicts to cope with their needs. The number of people in Brighton and Hove with serious drug and alcohol problems has increased so much in recent years that many agencies
A 23-year-old man was fighting for his life today after suffering a serious head injury outside a city nightclub. Police said it was unclear whether the man was assaulted or whether he fell and hit his head. Two men, 25 and 34, were arrested and later
A man of 82 who accidentally ran over his wife spoke of his horror as she lay trapped underneath the car. Joyce Poole, 76, had just opened the garage door at the couple's home in Worthing when the automatic car, with her husband Sidney at the wheel, shot
When Dorrie Mottram's son was diagnosed with Crohn's disease she felt compelled to start raising awareness. Thirteen years later, she has raised almost £50,000 and is still campaigning tirelessly for more money for research into the illness which causes
Traders plan to bring Brighton and Hove to a standstill in protest at the city's tough parking regulations. Campaigners are threatening to cause chaos by driving convoys totalling 200 vehicles into the city centre along different routes on Wednesday,
A man was today jailed for life for attempting to murder a policeman. James Richards stabbed PC Gary Thompson twice in the back with a carving knife, slicing into one of his kidneys. The officer was attacked as he and colleague PC John Gatland arrived
The unsung heroes of Sussex got the recognition they deserve on a night of surprises, laughter, tears and joy. The first Argus Achievement Awards were hailed a resounding success as the most deserving people in our community were honoured for outstanding
Renowned Sussex-based artist David Shepherd is donating a painting to help save elephants from extinction in Zambia. The 70-year-old wildlife painter's works, many produced at his home at Hammerwood, near East Grinstead, adorn the walls of homes around
Madelaine Portwood has an extraordinary dream which looks as if it may be about to come true. Her dream is that, one day, children will be able to take a pill and do well at school. An educational psychologist, Dr Portwood has spent years working with
If pop music is eating sweets bought from a brightly-lit mall, Turntable Hell was walking through a delicately scented pine forest. Barefoot. With, sometimes, very sharp pine needles. Wittily introduced by curator Martin Tetreault as The Cartridge Family
Nikki Yeoh is an accomplished jazz pianist and composer whose works range up in size to orchestral commissions. Her task in this concert was to corral this energy into a lunchtime hour. A bubbly and talkative performer, Yeoh's expanded original compositions
A feeling of immortality filled the hearts of The Moody Blues' faithful followers who packed the aisles to hear the band perform once again. The kings of classic rock, on their latest UK tour, took us on a magical two-hour journey through a myriad of
