Campaigners against a second runway at Gatwick airport are turning their attention to motorists. Thousands of leaflets and posters have already been stuck up and posted through letterboxes all over the area surrounding the airport. Now a series of giant
Social services and a museum are uniting for an arts exhibition to mark the European Year of Disabled People. Worthing Museum and Art Gallery in Chapel Road is joining the year-long celebrations with its Making Waves show. West Sussex Social and Caring
Education authorities in Sussex have been reassured there will be no repeat of this year's school funding crisis. Stephen Crowne, a senior official in the Education Department, has contacted Brighton and Hove City Council and East and West Sussex county
Schoolchildren are likely to be taught sex education from a "sordid" pack which encourages lessons on group sex, partner swapping and sado-masochism, says a report. The Christian Institute accuses Brighton and Hove City Council of promoting a "shockingly
Organisers of the Worthing Music Festival have unveiled this year's programme. The festival runs from November 1 to 24 and follows the usual format of three singing and instrumental weekends and a week each for piano and speech. It ends with eight days
Two friends who spent five years in a squalid Moroccan jail on drug smuggling charges are celebrating a major development in their case. Paul Humble, 42, and Greg Saxby, 45, were freed last month when the King of Morocco granted royal pardons to almost
Half of the jobs in a council's print room are under threat following a report concluding that the service is inefficient. Adur District Council's development and scrutiny committee is to consider a report recommending four full-time positions are axed
Impossible dreams have occasionally come true in Sussex. They include Chichester Festival Theatre, the British Engineerium in Hove and Brighton Marina. But if one group of volunteers succeed in their long-term mission it will be the most amazing feat
In reply to Anne Wood, from Southwick, (Letters, May 5), I comment as follows: Other than the Asda store at Brighton Marina, I have as yet never encountered any objections to bare-chested male customers in food stores, except around eating facilities
Nigel Eckersley is expected to be seeded as high as six for the over-50s singles at the European Veterans' Championships in Italy later this month. The England No.4 veteran from Uckfield said: "My elbow strain injury has now almost completely healed so
I was pleased to join in the Brighton and Hove Greyhound Stadium celebrations of 75 glorious years of first-class greyhound racing last week. The special programme given to all punters was interesting but not truly correct. The piece, "Important Landmark
The Cinema of Comic Illusions in St Ann's Well Gardens, Hove, will recreate the slapstick of silent films. There will be madcap chases, clumsy French waiters falling over themselves and mock flights both on film and in live performances. It doesn't matter
The article (The Argus, June 5) promoting a 35 pint keg of self-cooling lager described it as the perfect accompaniment to barbecues on the beach. Notices are displayed along the seafront stating that under Brighton and Hove City bylaws, fires and barbecues
New Hastings United manager Steve Lovell believes local talent holds the key to a successful season. The former Wales international aims to tap into what he calls an "abundance of good players" in the county and insists United can bounce straight back
Staff are being encouraged to cycle to work as part of National Bike Week. East Sussex County Council, organiser of this year's Bike2Work event in Lewes on June 19, is encouraging people to change their commuting habits for one day. National Bike Week
The blighted York Place area of Brighton city centre will be renovated after approval was given to a redevelopment scheme. Brighton and Hove planners unanimously backed a scheme by Park Avenue Estates to transform semi-derelict properties at York Place
Brighton and Hove City Council is to query a controversial decision made by neighbouring Adur District Council. Last month Adur planners approved a peat terminal with processing on the site of the old Brighton B power station in Southwick. Among those
I have learned there is a door-to-door recycling service that Brighton and Hove City Council is piloting in Hove. I want to know why this has not been extended to all of Brighton and Hove. It seems to me most people want to recycle and if there was the
A little corner of The Lanes in Brighton has been taken over by the fairies. And they have already attracted a keen following. The Fairy Kingdom store only opened its doors a few days ago but is already swarming with young girls earnestly counting out
Residents are being asked what facilities there should be for young people on a popular recreation ground. Arun District Council is consulting about what should happen to Southfields Road Recreation Ground in Littehampton. The council is working with
A textiles student has won a national award for her designs. Emma Dix, 22, from Worthing, will receive an £800 Dorma Group attachment award for her collection of fashion-inspired soft furnishing themes. The award, from the Royal Society for the encouragement
A planning application has been submitted for the long awaited new Lewes library. East Sussex County Council has applied for permission to build the £2 million library at Friars' Walk. It is expected to open in 2005. Lewes Library Friends have raised
Councils in Adur and Worthing will receive new computers to help them make the most of public money. The Government has awarded £200,000 to Partnering Adur and Worthing Services (Paws) to invest in IT equipment for two new projects. One is a joint system
Campaigners against a second runway at Gatwick airport are turning their attention to motorists. Thousands of leaflets and posters have already been stuck up and posted through letterboxes all over the area surrounding the airport. Now a series of giant
An arty schoolgirl proved her talent in a painting competition. Sarah Hindhaugh, seven, from Littlehampton, has been announced as a regional winner in the Bags of Talent contest sponsored by Ribena and Londis. Entrants were asked to send in pictures of
Slapstick fight scenes, madcap chases and clumsy French waiters falling over are about to leap from the silent movie archives into modern real life. A marquee has been put up in St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove to host a multimedia festival, The Cinema Of
Aquarium bosses say they will prosecute a man who dived naked into a shark tank if the sudden death of one of the fish turns out to have been caused by stress. The smoothhound died days after comedian Guy Venables went skinny-dipping in its tank at the
A gallery set up to help Brighton's emerging artists has been forced out of business by escalating rents. Philtre Gallery in Gloucester Road will shut later this month, two years after it opened. The gallery - which has 150 artists on its books - was
A 13-year-old boy raced a car at up to 60mph through a residential estate after drinking three cans of lager and half a bottle of Bacardi. A court heard that the boy performed handbrake turns in front of horrified neighbours and screeched round corners
Sentinel returned refreshed from holiday on Saturday but was immediately brought back down to earth by news of the death of Alderman Stanley Moore. Moore was a distinguished former Mayor of Worthing. In the council debating chamber Mr Moore had a certain
The recent death of former Worthing Mayor Stan Moore is a very sad moment for the borough. Sadly, my holiday arrangements meant I wasn't able to make it back in time to officiate at his funeral last Friday, which I deeply regret. Stan was one of life's
A mother has pleaded for parents to park safely outside schools after her two children narrowly escaped injury from a reversing car. Joanna Williamson managed to alert the driver when the car was just inches away from Asa, eight, and his sister Lucia,
Sussex Police are drawing up a blueprint for tackling the growing problem of antisocial behaviour, which often causes more fear than traditional crimes. The very sight of a blue uniform turning the corner was once sufficient to stop hooligans and rowdies
Young Victoria Siegler may still be at school but she gave the Prime Minister a lesson in disabled rights during a trip to Downing Street. The 14-year-old, who suffers from brittle bone disease, shared her wisdom with Tony Blair during a face-to-face
Campaigners against a second runway at Gatwick airport are turning their attention to motorists. Thousands of leaflets and posters have already been stuck up and posted through letterboxes all over the area surrounding the airport. Now a series of giant
A woman who died after being dragged unconscious from her burning home has been named. Barmaid Carole Gaff was carried from her bedroom in High Street, Ardingly, near Haywards Heath, by firefighters on Tuesday night but died on the way to hospital. Friends
Social services and a museum are uniting for an arts exhibition to mark the European Year of Disabled People. Worthing Museum and Art Gallery in Chapel Road is joining the year-long celebrations with its Making Waves show. West Sussex Social and Caring
Education authorities in Sussex have been reassured there will be no repeat of this year's school funding crisis. Stephen Crowne, a senior official in the Education Department, has contacted Brighton and Hove City Council and East and West Sussex county
A crack team of fund-raisers have brought more than £1 million in external funding to a council in a year. Adur District Council has brought in the money after forming its External Additional Resources Working Group (Earwig), a team of officers who share
Schoolchildren are likely to be taught sex education from a "sordid" pack which encourages lessons on group sex, partner swapping and sado-masochism, says a report. The Christian Institute accuses Brighton and Hove City Council of promoting a "shockingly
Land needed for Albion's proposed stadium at Falmer will not be made available unless safeguards demanded by the University of Brighton are in place. In their closing statement to the public inquiry into the scheme, university bosses said agreements had
A waterspout from a burst main sent mud and pebbles flying into the air last night, showering cars and gardens in a street in Hove. Neighbours in Broad Rig Avenue had just finished watching the England football team's 2-1 victory over Slovakia when they
A staggering 30,000 people in the Adur, Arun and Worthing area are caring for someone who is physically or mentally unwell, disabled or frail, a charity has claimed. Guild Care, which cares for people in Worthing, says almost 60 per cent of unpaid, informal
More than 250 volunteers who help staff and patients at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals will be officially thanked this month by NHS trust chairman Stuart Heatherington. Three thank-you suppers will be held and long service awards made to volunteers
A tourism survey showed most visitors to Worthing last year were aged 36 and above. Information gathered by the Worthing Hospitality Association (WHA), mostly comprising of hotel and guest house owners and restaurateurs, showed 31 per cent of tourists
Two friends who spent five years in a squalid Moroccan jail on drug smuggling charges are celebrating a major development in their case. Paul Humble, 42, and Greg Saxby, 45, were freed last month when the King of Morocco granted royal pardons to almost
Half of the jobs in a council's print room are under threat following a report concluding that the service is inefficient. Adur District Council's development and scrutiny committee is to consider a report recommending four full-time positions are axed
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is aiming to play singles once more after requesting wild-card entry into next week's Hastings Direct International. The 46-year-old nine-times Wimbledon champion, who made a singles comeback at the same event 12 months
Firefighters were called to free a driver trapped in wreckage following a five-car pile-up in East Sussex. The collision happened outside the May Garland pub on the A267 at Horam, near Heathfield, yesterday at 2.50pm. Cars involved included a Volvo, Ford
In reply to Anne Wood, from Southwick, (Letters, May 5), I comment as follows: Other than the Asda store at Brighton Marina, I have as yet never encountered any objections to bare-chested male customers in food stores, except around eating facilities
I was pleased to join in the Brighton and Hove Greyhound Stadium celebrations of 75 glorious years of first-class greyhound racing last week. The special programme given to all punters was interesting but not truly correct. The piece, "Important Landmark
Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company has put up the wages of drivers by far more than the rate of inflation in recent years. It has agreed to the demands of unions for an immediate rise of ten per cent, bringing their rate per hour to £8. But the drivers
Given the amount of material Olive Taylor has recycled in her lifetime, Brighton and Hove City Council should be giving her a medal, not causing her hassle. She must have saved it a lot of money in landfill fees over the years. Maybe it's seeing someone
New Hastings United manager Steve Lovell believes local talent holds the key to a successful season. The former Wales international aims to tap into what he calls an "abundance of good players" in the county and insists United can bounce straight back
Comedian Guy Venables thought it was funny when he went skinny dipping in a shark tank for a bet. But staff at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton did not consider it to be a laughing matter. Now the shark in the tank has died days after the incident, staff
So, 78-year-old Olive Taylor is threatened with eviction from her home (The Argus, June 13). Why? Because she walks the streets collecting other people's rubbish which she sells and then gives the money she raises to charity. What a petty, small-minded
Staff are being encouraged to cycle to work as part of National Bike Week. East Sussex County Council, organiser of this year's Bike2Work event in Lewes on June 19, is encouraging people to change their commuting habits for one day. National Bike Week
The blighted York Place area of Brighton city centre will be renovated after approval was given to a redevelopment scheme. Brighton and Hove planners unanimously backed a scheme by Park Avenue Estates to transform semi-derelict properties at York Place
Brighton and Hove City Council is to query a controversial decision made by neighbouring Adur District Council. Last month Adur planners approved a peat terminal with processing on the site of the old Brighton B power station in Southwick. Among those
Pub chain Yates has set out plans to expand its Ha!Ha! brand as part of attempts to re-establish itself as a "leading player" in the sector. The Bolton-based group, which has a branch of Ha!Ha! in Brighton, also hopes the continued popularity of recently
Employers could face prosecution if they snoop on workers' emails and telephone calls without their knowledge, the Government warned yesterday. Intrusive monitoring will have to be justified and in almost all cases employees will have to be told when
A little corner of The Lanes in Brighton has been taken over by the fairies. And they have already attracted a keen following. The Fairy Kingdom store only opened its doors a few days ago but is already swarming with young girls earnestly counting out
Police today named the man whose body was found on a railway line on May 31 as Robert Frank Coles, 64, from Rolvenden, Kent. Police are not treating the death as suspicious. He had been hit by a train but it is not known is this was before or after his
A planning application has been submitted for the long awaited new Lewes library. East Sussex County Council has applied for permission to build the £2 million library at Friars' Walk. It is expected to open in 2005. Lewes Library Friends have raised
Calypso performers from Littlehampton will party their way through the South Coast festival scene this summer. The Bamboo Band will join the Worthing Fringe festival in July after helping launch the Adur Festival, running this month. The band's colouring
Valerie Millar's friends often said she deserved a medal. Now she has finally been awarded with one after more than three decades' volunteering. Mrs Millar, 72, who has given up her time for different groups and charities in East Grinstead, has been presented
A new factory has created jobs, made life easier for DIY enthusiasts and introduced a material to help boost the environment. Building materials group RMC has launched an aggregates service - LocalTM - at its new site in Shoreham, where a multi-million
An arty schoolgirl proved her talent in a painting competition. Sarah Hindhaugh, seven, from Littlehampton, has been announced as a regional winner in the Bags of Talent contest sponsored by Ribena and Londis. Entrants were asked to send in pictures of
Splash FM Radio presenter Dave Benson-Phillips is to go bananas for a good cause. Dave is appearing at Lancing Manor Leisure Centre to launch the Go Bananas event at 2pm on Saturday. It has been organised by Adur District Council to encourage people to
Cinema-goers are being given the chance to see a classic movie as part of Architecture Week. Saville Jones Architects in Victoria Road, Worthing, is hosting a showing of Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, at the Dome cinema on June
Mozart's opera Idomeneo contains few, if any, jokes. So what does madcap American director Peter Sellars do? He adds jokes of his own. In this new production, the jokes are the costumes and the set. We open with two Muslim women weeping and wailing in
A gallery set up to help Brighton's emerging artists has been forced out of business by escalating rents. Philtre Gallery in Gloucester Road will shut later this month, two years after it opened. The gallery - which has 150 artists on its books - was
A 13-year-old boy raced a car at up to 60mph through a residential estate after drinking three cans of lager and half a bottle of Bacardi. A court heard that the boy performed handbrake turns in front of horrified neighbours and screeched round corners
A man has been charged with 16 burglaries as part of a police crackdown in Mid Sussex. The alleged raids were in the Ardingly, Balcombe and Crawley areas. Mid Sussex District Police says the area showed the lowest burglary rate in the whole of Sussex
A controversial sex shop in East Grinstead town centre will stay open. Councillors last night agreed to renew the licence of Pillow Talk in Railway Approach, which became the first sex shop in Mid Sussex when it opened last August. The decision allows
Bus travellers look set to be spared a series of disruptive strikes after union leaders dramatically urged drivers to accept a new pay deal. The T&G and GMB unions announced this morning they were now prepared to accept an offer on the table from
A huge blaze raging at a Sussex steel factory today could create a massive explosion, firefighters have warned. The fire at RS Fuller (Southern) in Ford Lane, Yapton, near Arundel, was still burning this afternoon after being rocked by a series of explosions
A teenager who disappeared along with a convicted rapist has been found after a major police search in West Sussex. Kayleigh Quinn, 16, was helping police with inquiries tonight along with 23-year-old Steve Barton, who served six years in jail for raping
The recent death of former Worthing Mayor Stan Moore is a very sad moment for the borough. Sadly, my holiday arrangements meant I wasn't able to make it back in time to officiate at his funeral last Friday, which I deeply regret. Stan was one of life's
The next time you are shopping in the town centre, pause for a moment and ponder this: More than 1,600 years ago, Roman soldiers and civilians trod where you are walking now. The earth below your feet is probably littered with remains, waiting to be discovered
As desirable residences go, Mullion House is at the top of the pile. It has 150 years of colourful history, spectacular sea views - and a price tag of almost £2 million. Grade I listed, it is one of the few complete houses left in one of the swankiest
A swimming teacher is taking legal action against a council for forcing her into retirement because she turned 65. Jill Lambard-Brown has instructed solicitors to take Eastbourne Borough Council to an employment tribunal, claiming it acted unfairly. She
A woman who died after being dragged unconscious from her burning home has been named. Barmaid Carole Gaff was carried from her bedroom in High Street, Ardingly, near Haywards Heath, by firefighters on Tuesday night but died on the way to hospital. Friends
The inaugural game of Twenty20 cricket at the Rose Bowl in Southampton could be the beginning of a new era in county cricket. It may prove to be a watershed in a game that has tended to resist change for the sake of keeping many traditions intact. It
Organisers of a bus rally are reassuring the public that the event is still on. The Southdown Historic Vehicle Group, which is organising the 7th Worthing Bus Gathering And Running Day, has posted a notice on its web site, saying: "It has been brought
An information technology tsar has been appointed to modernise computer systems in the health service. John Taylor will develop and implement information technology across Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals
A crack team of fund-raisers have brought more than £1 million in external funding to a council in a year. Adur District Council has brought in the money after forming its External Additional Resources Working Group (Earwig), a team of officers who share
Land needed for Albion's proposed stadium at Falmer will not be made available unless safeguards demanded by the University of Brighton are in place. In their closing statement to the public inquiry into the scheme, university bosses said agreements had
A waterspout from a burst main sent mud and pebbles flying into the air last night, showering cars and gardens in a street in Hove. Neighbours in Broad Rig Avenue had just finished watching the England football team's 2-1 victory over Slovakia when they
TV presenters and stars from the golfing world attended the grand reopening of Hill Barn golf course. The course, recently bought from Worthing Borough Council by Richard Haygarth for £2 million, has been given a £400,000 upgrade of its clubhouse and
A huge blaze raging at a Sussex steel factory today could create a massive explosion, firefighters have warned. The fire at RS Fuller (Southern) in Ford Lane, Yapton, near Arundel, was still burning this afternoon after being rocked by a series of explosions
A staggering 30,000 people in the Adur, Arun and Worthing area are caring for someone who is physically or mentally unwell, disabled or frail, a charity has claimed. Guild Care, which cares for people in Worthing, says almost 60 per cent of unpaid, informal
More than 250 volunteers who help staff and patients at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals will be officially thanked this month by NHS trust chairman Stuart Heatherington. Three thank-you suppers will be held and long service awards made to volunteers
A tourism survey showed most visitors to Worthing last year were aged 36 and above. Information gathered by the Worthing Hospitality Association (WHA), mostly comprising of hotel and guest house owners and restaurateurs, showed 31 per cent of tourists
Residents living around Lancing's Widewater Lagoon have been warned they are not allowed to build jetties on the water. Lancing Parish Council has written to every householder explaining the lagoon is council property and is out of bounds for development
A woman was killed when she fell from a Sussex station platform in front of an engineering service train. The incident at Southwick at 10.50am yesterday closed the main Brighton-Worthing line for an hour. The 51-year-old fell from the westbound platform
I wonder if Robin Durant's identification of an ME 110 dropping a bomb on the Preston Road viaduct was correct (The Argus Weekend, May 31). I was stationed further along the coast on a light anti-aircraft site and it was reported to me the raid was by
Like Robin Durant, I, too, was very interested in the bombing raid on Brighton in 1943. We were bombed in Bonchurch Road, Brighton, and had nowhere to go. Dad was stationed at Preston Barracks so we were able to live in married quarters. There was only
As a regular cyclist who uses Lewes Road, Brighton, every day, I fully appreciate and am grateful for the new, dedicated, red cycle lanes but could somebody from the police, council or highways please explain in full to motorists what exactly these lanes
Steve Dennis won the Sussex CA open 50-mile time trial and County Championship for the third year in succession. Dennis (East Grinstead) raced round the West Sussex course in a record time of 1hr.51min.32sec, taking nearly three minutes off the previous
Tom Pocock has quit professional tennis after admitting "I'm just not good enough." The 19-year-old from Worthing is a contemporary of Alex Bogdanovic and former national champion Lee Childs. He said: "The bottom line is that I am not good enough. I have
Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company has put up the wages of drivers by far more than the rate of inflation in recent years. It has agreed to the demands of unions for an immediate rise of ten per cent, bringing their rate per hour to £8. But the drivers
Given the amount of material Olive Taylor has recycled in her lifetime, Brighton and Hove City Council should be giving her a medal, not causing her hassle. She must have saved it a lot of money in landfill fees over the years. Maybe it's seeing someone
Comedian Guy Venables thought it was funny when he went skinny dipping in a shark tank for a bet. But staff at the Sea Life Centre in Brighton did not consider it to be a laughing matter. Now the shark in the tank has died days after the incident, staff
So, 78-year-old Olive Taylor is threatened with eviction from her home (The Argus, June 13). Why? Because she walks the streets collecting other people's rubbish which she sells and then gives the money she raises to charity. What a petty, small-minded
Pub chain Yates has set out plans to expand its Ha!Ha! brand as part of attempts to re-establish itself as a "leading player" in the sector. The Bolton-based group, which has a branch of Ha!Ha! in Brighton, also hopes the continued popularity of recently
Employers could face prosecution if they snoop on workers' emails and telephone calls without their knowledge, the Government warned yesterday. Intrusive monitoring will have to be justified and in almost all cases employees will have to be told when
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is aiming to play singles once more after requesting wild-card entry into next week's Hastings Direct International in Eastbourne. The 46-year-old nine-times Wimbledon champion, who made a singles comeback at the same
Carl Hopkinson took 3-29 in nine overs and then hit a rapid 61 not out as Sussex 2nd XI gained the upper hand on the opening day of their championship tussle against Essex. Medium-pacer Hopkinson helped dismiss Essex for 267 after they won the toss at
Sussex skipper Chris Adams believes some new stars of the English game will emerge from the Twenty20 Cup. The competition is launched at the Rose Bowl tomorrow when a full house of 9,000 is expected for the county's game against Hampshire (5.30pm). Sussex
Brighton middleweight Michael Thomas is one victory away from a British title fight. Thomas steps into the ring at Effingham Park Hotel, Copthorne, on June 20 knowing victory over Conroy MacIntosh (Wolverhampton) will earn him a crack at the British Masters
Cash has been found to build long-awaited new loos in a Brighton park. Campaigners have been calling for better public toilets in Queen's Park. Now £85,000 has been earmarked for the project from Brighton and Hove City Council's strategic investment fund
An artist who has donated his works around the world gave two pictures to Angmering School. Bob Brighton, from Worthing, is exhibiting at shows in Australia and Denmark and often donates his paintings. The pieces on permanent display at the school in
Calypso performers from Littlehampton will party their way through the South Coast festival scene this summer. The Bamboo Band will join the Worthing Fringe festival in July after helping launch the Adur Festival, running this month. The band's colouring
A new factory has created jobs, made life easier for DIY enthusiasts and introduced a material to help boost the environment. Building materials group RMC has launched an aggregates service - LocalTM - at its new site in Shoreham, where a multi-million
Thousand of commuters are being warned to expect a series of strikes by bus drivers after pay talks collapsed. Angry bosses walked out of emergency negotiations, saying nothing more could be offered to avert threatened industrial action. Roger French,
Splash FM Radio presenter Dave Benson-Phillips is to go bananas for a good cause. Dave is appearing at Lancing Manor Leisure Centre to launch the Go Bananas event at 2pm on Saturday. It has been organised by Adur District Council to encourage people to
Cinema-goers are being given the chance to see a classic movie as part of Architecture Week. Saville Jones Architects in Victoria Road, Worthing, is hosting a showing of Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, at the Dome cinema on June
Youth workers have hailed a project allowing teenagers to refurbish theirclub a success. The Sidney Walter Centre in Sussex Road, Worthing, was shabby and dated before Project Mayhem, a five-week workshop in which youngsters worked with two professional
When I played Senor Coconut's cha cha cha version of Kraftwerk's The Robots to a German friend of mine, he was, at first, a bit perturbed. But a few bars in and he was nodding his head, claiming: "This is quite good, actually." Senor Coconut is one of
Mozart's opera Idomeneo contains few, if any, jokes. So what does madcap American director Peter Sellars do? He adds jokes of his own. In this new production, the jokes are the costumes and the set. We open with two Muslim women weeping and wailing in
Toddlers are putting their best feet forward to raise money for charity. Goring Little Fishes Pre-School, which meets in the Goring United Reformed Church, Shaftesbury Avenue, is joining in the nationwide Foresters Big Toddle to raise cash for Barnardo's
Bus travellers look set to be spared a series of disruptive strikes after union leaders dramatically urged drivers to accept a new pay deal. The T&G and GMB unions announced this morning they were now prepared to accept an offer on the table from
A teenager who disappeared along with a convicted rapist has been found after a major police search in West Sussex. Kayleigh Quinn, 16, was helping police with inquiries tonight along with 23-year-old Steve Barton, who served six years in jail for raping
Life was desperate for people living in the bleak coalfields of South Wales during the Twenties. There was extreme poverty in the valleys as collieries closed and miners were thrown out of work, without any prospect of back-up from the welfare state.
The next time you are shopping in the town centre, pause for a moment and ponder this: More than 1,600 years ago, Roman soldiers and civilians trod where you are walking now. The earth below your feet is probably littered with remains, waiting to be discovered
As desirable residences go, Mullion House is at the top of the pile. It has 150 years of colourful history, spectacular sea views - and a price tag of almost £2 million. Grade I listed, it is one of the few complete houses left in one of the swankiest
Hundreds of community workers are having to cope with crumbling ceilings and defective lighting because there is no money to repair them. Community Base's seven-storey building in Queen's Road, Brighton, is home to more than 30 organisations who work
A swimming teacher is taking legal action against a council for forcing her into retirement because she turned 65. Jill Lambard-Brown has instructed solicitors to take Eastbourne Borough Council to an employment tribunal, claiming it acted unfairly. She
The inaugural game of Twenty20 cricket at the Rose Bowl in Southampton could be the beginning of a new era in county cricket. It may prove to be a watershed in a game that has tended to resist change for the sake of keeping many traditions intact. It
Organisers of a bus rally are reassuring the public that the event is still on. The Southdown Historic Vehicle Group, which is organising the 7th Worthing Bus Gathering And Running Day, has posted a notice on its web site, saying: "It has been brought
An information technology tsar has been appointed to modernise computer systems in the health service. John Taylor will develop and implement information technology across Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Worthing and Southlands Hospitals
Organisers of the Worthing Music Festival have unveiled this year's programme. The festival runs from November 1 to 24 and follows the usual format of three singing and instrumental weekends and a week each for piano and speech. It ends with eight days
TV presenters and stars from the golfing world attended the grand reopening of Hill Barn golf course. The course, recently bought from Worthing Borough Council by Richard Haygarth for £2 million, has been given a £400,000 upgrade of its clubhouse and
A huge blaze raging at a Sussex steel factory today could create a massive explosion, firefighters have warned. The fire at RS Fuller (Southern) in Ford Lane, Yapton, near Arundel, was still burning this afternoon after being rocked by a series of explosions
Residents living around Lancing's Widewater Lagoon have been warned they are not allowed to build jetties on the water. Lancing Parish Council has written to every householder explaining the lagoon is council property and is out of bounds for development
Impossible dreams have occasionally come true in Sussex. They include Chichester Festival Theatre, the British Engineerium in Hove and Brighton Marina. But if one group of volunteers succeed in their long-term mission it will be the most amazing feat
A woman was killed when she fell from a Sussex station platform in front of an engineering service train. The incident at Southwick at 10.50am yesterday closed the main Brighton-Worthing line for an hour. The 51-year-old fell from the westbound platform
New Hastings United manager Steve Lovell believes local talent holds the key to a successful season. The former Wales international aims to tap into what he calls an "abundance of good players" in the county and insists United can bounce straight back
Two Eastbourne men who spent five years in a squalid Moroccan jail on drug smuggling charges are celebrating a major development in their case. Paul Humble, 42, and Greg Saxby, 45, were freed last month when the King of Morocco granted royal pardons to
I wonder if Robin Durant's identification of an ME 110 dropping a bomb on the Preston Road viaduct was correct (The Argus Weekend, May 31). I was stationed further along the coast on a light anti-aircraft site and it was reported to me the raid was by
Like Robin Durant, I, too, was very interested in the bombing raid on Brighton in 1943. We were bombed in Bonchurch Road, Brighton, and had nowhere to go. Dad was stationed at Preston Barracks so we were able to live in married quarters. There was only
Nigel Eckersley is expected to be seeded as high as six for the over-50s singles at the European Veterans' Championships in Italy later this month. The England No.4 veteran from Uckfield said: "My elbow strain injury has now almost completely healed so
As a regular cyclist who uses Lewes Road, Brighton, every day, I fully appreciate and am grateful for the new, dedicated, red cycle lanes but could somebody from the police, council or highways please explain in full to motorists what exactly these lanes
Steve Dennis won the Sussex CA open 50-mile time trial and County Championship for the third year in succession. Dennis (East Grinstead) raced round the West Sussex course in a record time of 1hr.51min.32sec, taking nearly three minutes off the previous
Tom Pocock has quit professional tennis after admitting "I'm just not good enough." The 19-year-old from Worthing is a contemporary of Alex Bogdanovic and former national champion Lee Childs. He said: "The bottom line is that I am not good enough. I have
The Cinema of Comic Illusions in St Ann's Well Gardens, Hove, will recreate the slapstick of silent films. There will be madcap chases, clumsy French waiters falling over themselves and mock flights both on film and in live performances. It doesn't matter
The article (The Argus, June 5) promoting a 35 pint keg of self-cooling lager described it as the perfect accompaniment to barbecues on the beach. Notices are displayed along the seafront stating that under Brighton and Hove City bylaws, fires and barbecues
I have learned there is a door-to-door recycling service that Brighton and Hove City Council is piloting in Hove. I want to know why this has not been extended to all of Brighton and Hove. It seems to me most people want to recycle and if there was the
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova is aiming to play singles once more after requesting wild-card entry into next week's Hastings Direct International in Eastbourne. The 46-year-old nine-times Wimbledon champion, who made a singles comeback at the same
Carl Hopkinson took 3-29 in nine overs and then hit a rapid 61 not out as Sussex 2nd XI gained the upper hand on the opening day of their championship tussle against Essex. Medium-pacer Hopkinson helped dismiss Essex for 267 after they won the toss at
Residents are being asked what facilities there should be for young people on a popular recreation ground. Arun District Council is consulting about what should happen to Southfields Road Recreation Ground in Littehampton. The council is working with
Sussex skipper Chris Adams believes some new stars of the English game will emerge from the Twenty20 Cup. The competition is launched at the Rose Bowl tomorrow when a full house of 9,000 is expected for the county's game against Hampshire (5.30pm). Sussex
A textiles student has won a national award for her designs. Emma Dix, 22, from Worthing, will receive an £800 Dorma Group attachment award for her collection of fashion-inspired soft furnishing themes. The award, from the Royal Society for the encouragement
Brighton middleweight Michael Thomas is one victory away from a British title fight. Thomas steps into the ring at Effingham Park Hotel, Copthorne, on June 20 knowing victory over Conroy MacIntosh (Wolverhampton) will earn him a crack at the British Masters
Cash has been found to build long-awaited new loos in a Brighton park. Campaigners have been calling for better public toilets in Queen's Park. Now £85,000 has been earmarked for the project from Brighton and Hove City Council's strategic investment fund
An artist who has donated his works around the world gave two pictures to Angmering School. Bob Brighton, from Worthing, is exhibiting at shows in Australia and Denmark and often donates his paintings. The pieces on permanent display at the school in
Councils in Adur and Worthing will receive new computers to help them make the most of public money. The Government has awarded £200,000 to Partnering Adur and Worthing Services (Paws) to invest in IT equipment for two new projects. One is a joint system
Campaigners against a second runway at Gatwick airport are turning their attention to motorists. Thousands of leaflets and posters have already been stuck up and posted through letterboxes all over the area surrounding the airport. Now a series of giant
Thousand of commuters are being warned to expect a series of strikes by bus drivers after pay talks collapsed. Angry bosses walked out of emergency negotiations, saying nothing more could be offered to avert threatened industrial action. Roger French,
Slapstick fight scenes, madcap chases and clumsy French waiters falling over are about to leap from the silent movie archives into modern real life. A marquee has been put up in St Ann's Well Gardens in Hove to host a multimedia festival, The Cinema Of
Aquarium bosses say they will prosecute a man who dived naked into a shark tank if the sudden death of one of the fish turns out to have been caused by stress. The smoothhound died days after comedian Guy Venables went skinny-dipping in its tank at the
Youth workers have hailed a project allowing teenagers to refurbish theirclub a success. The Sidney Walter Centre in Sussex Road, Worthing, was shabby and dated before Project Mayhem, a five-week workshop in which youngsters worked with two professional
When I played Senor Coconut's cha cha cha version of Kraftwerk's The Robots to a German friend of mine, he was, at first, a bit perturbed. But a few bars in and he was nodding his head, claiming: "This is quite good, actually." Senor Coconut is one of
Toddlers are putting their best feet forward to raise money for charity. Goring Little Fishes Pre-School, which meets in the Goring United Reformed Church, Shaftesbury Avenue, is joining in the nationwide Foresters Big Toddle to raise cash for Barnardo's
A woman who died after being dragged unconscious from her burning home has been named. Barmaid Carole Gaff was carried from her bedroom in High Street, Ardingly, near Haywards Heath, by firefighters on Tuesday night but died on the way to hospital. Friends
Police officers are being invited into schools as part of a bid to combat a wave of vandalism. Latest figures show there were 569 reports of criminal damage in the Arun district during April and May. Officers are considering making culprits sign good
Adur District Council bosses have lavished praise on a West Sussex teenager and presented him a certificate - for not being a yob. The 14-year-old, who has not been named, was issued an Acceptable Behaviour Contract (ABC) last September stating that he
A 13-year-old boy raced a car at up to 60mph through a residential estate after drinking three cans of lager and half a bottle of Bacardi. A court heard that the boy performed handbrake turns in front of horrified neighbours and screeched round corners
Sentinel returned refreshed from holiday on Saturday but was immediately brought back down to earth by news of the death of Alderman Stanley Moore. Moore was a distinguished former Mayor of Worthing. In the council debating chamber Mr Moore had a certain
Life was desperate for people living in the bleak coalfields of South Wales during the Twenties. There was extreme poverty in the valleys as collieries closed and miners were thrown out of work, without any prospect of back-up from the welfare state.
A mother has pleaded for parents to park safely outside schools after her two children narrowly escaped injury from a reversing car. Joanna Williamson managed to alert the driver when the car was just inches away from Asa, eight, and his sister Lucia,
Sussex Police are drawing up a blueprint for tackling the growing problem of antisocial behaviour, which often causes more fear than traditional crimes. The very sight of a blue uniform turning the corner was once sufficient to stop hooligans and rowdies
Hundreds of community workers are having to cope with crumbling ceilings and defective lighting because there is no money to repair them. Community Base's seven-storey building in Queen's Road, Brighton, is home to more than 30 organisations who work
Young Victoria Siegler may still be at school but she gave the Prime Minister a lesson in disabled rights during a trip to Downing Street. The 14-year-old, who suffers from brittle bone disease, shared her wisdom with Tony Blair during a face-to-face
Campaigners against a second runway at Gatwick airport are turning their attention to motorists. Thousands of leaflets and posters have already been stuck up and posted through letterboxes all over the area surrounding the airport. Now a series
