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  • Peter Gabriel, Brighton Centre, November 24 2003

    It has been a pretty emotional and euphoric few days. Some things just draw you to your feet. On Saturday morning, I leapt off the sofa to celebrate Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal that won the World Cup for England against old rivals Australia, while on

  • Murder trial told of fake job offer

    Alleged "poison curry killer" Dena Thompson tried to trick her husband into thinking he had been offered a dream job abroad, a court heard. Her former neighbour, Jacqueline Howells, told the Old Bailey today how Thompson used her computer to fake an offer

  • Warning on water levels

    The Environment Agency has warned Sussex could still face water shortages next year despite recent heavy rain. The last nine months have been one of the driest periods on record, putting water supplies under intense pressure. Agency officials warned at

  • Thanks for aiding my husband

    I would like to say thank you to the couple who helped my husband when he fell over outside our house last Thursday. An ambulance arrived and took him to hospital where he required stitches in his forehead and I am pleased to say he is now feeling much

  • Our anger

    Dr Anthony Seldon writes eloquently in The Argus (November 13) in favour of a massive expansion in high-rise and ultra-modern landmark architecture all over Brighton and Hove. On October 31, I attended the public meeting about the Endeavour Motors site

  • Ryman (South): Lewes 2 Whyteleafe 1

    A late goal by new signing Mark Watson was enough to secure a hard fought victory for division one south leaders Lewes against Whyteleafe at a windswept Dripping Pan. After a fairly uneventful first half hour the home side took the lead on 32 minutes

  • FA Vase: Withdean 5 Bedfont 1

    Darren Freeman was on the scoresheet as Withdean marched into the third round with a comfortable victory over Bedfont at Woodside Road. Mark Pulling and Florian Mateos, both borrowed from landlords Worthing for the game, also found the net as Bob Hitchcock's

  • Santa ready to take up residence

    It has a Sleeping Beauty, portcullises, a wishing well and snowy scenes for fairy princesses and knights in shining armour. All that's needed for this year's festive Argus grotto is Father Christmas. He will arrive in a horse-drawn carriage at 1.45pm

  • Officer No2 in racism claims

    A second Sussex policeman has been suspended over allegations of racism. The unnamed officer, who works in East Sussex, is alleged to have made a racist comment to a colleague, who reported the incident to senior officers. A spokesman for Sussex Police

  • Baby blues

    I can well imagine the anguish suffered by Clare Knight having to make the round trip of 500 miles to see her prematurely-born son Harrison because the facilities needed for his birth were unavailable when required. It's ludicrous to comprehend this situation

  • Golf: Sussex golfers mourn Keith

    Keith Macdonald, the former Goodwood professional and European Seniors Tour player, died suddenly on Monday aged 53. He was at his Middleton-on-Sea home in West Sussex when taken ill and wife Janet called an ambulance. Only last month Macdonald underwent

  • Basketball: Bears eye major cup upset

    Kendrick Warren and Mike Brown will have to keep an old sparring partner quiet if Brighton Bears are to score a major ULEB Cup upset tonight. Bears play Lietuvos Rytas of Lithuania in a group F contest at the Brighton Centre (8pm). The visitors have won

  • Cricket: Kirtley stakes England claim

    James Kirtley bowled himself into contention for a Test place as England took control on the first day of their warm-up match against a Sri Lankan President's XI in Colombo. The Sussex fast bowler claimed the first four wickets to fall before the home

  • Piercy won't be easing up

    Albion midfielder John Piercy has vowed there will be no holding back if he keeps his place for Saturday's home game against Wrexham. Piercy's first team breakthrough under Mark McGhee was marred by a rare red card for two bookable offences in the closing

  • Suppliers spy out £800m plane contract

    A company hoping to win an £800 million contract to build an unmanned spy plane has been wooing potential suppliers. Thales UK is bidding for the Watchkeeper contract to manufacture a futuristic reconnaissance aircraft for the Ministry of Defence. Now

  • Plans to cut A27 chaos

    Highways officials have unveiled controversial plans to ease one of the South's biggest bottlenecks after a bypass scheme was shelved. Thousands of motorists get caught in jams on the A27 and there was uproar when the Government said it was not going

  • Shop boss shut door on raiders

    A shop manager stood up to three masked raiders who threatened him with a hammer. Sami Sabet, 48, pressed the alarm as the robbers burst into his shop and sub post office in Beach Gardens, Shoreham. He locked the door to the post office area as one man

  • Mother tells jury of murder threat

    A mother told a jury she was threatened with murder if she revealed who had battered a woman to death. Tracey Gazzard said Stephen Johnstone told her: "If I have got to go down for one murder, I might as well go down for two." Johnstone, 26, and Alex

  • Plans to cut A27 chaos

    The Government has unveiled plans to ease one of the South's biggest bottlenecks, the A27 between Worthing and Lancing. The Highways Agency has drawn up six schemes to make the stretch safer and to improve traffic flow. They include: New traffic lights

  • New DJ brought in for radio station revamp

    Radio station Southern FM has taken on a new DJ to present its mid-morning show. Jo Jacobs, 25, will replace presenter Richard Reynolds, who was axed when the station announced it was revamping its output in a bid to reconnect with its core target audience

  • Piercy won't be easing up

    Albion midfielder John Piercy has vowed there will be no holding back if he keeps his place for Saturday's home game against Wrexham. Piercy's first team breakthrough under Mark McGhee was marred by a rare red card for two bookable offences in the closing

  • November 25: McGhee fury at Albion fine

    Albion manager Mark McGhee is furious about a £2,500 fine facing the Seagulls following Saturday's morale-restoring win at Notts County. The punishment is automatically imposed by the FA against Division Two clubs collecting six cautions in a match. Adam

  • Tree fall halts gig

    Brighton band British Sea Power had to cancel a concert after their bass player fell out of a tree. They had been due to play in Buckinghamshire tonight. The group like to decorate their stages with foliage and bassist Hamilton climbed a copper beech

  • Taking Sides, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until November 29 2003

    The stage of the Theatre Royal becomes a cold interrogation room in Ronald Harwood's tense and emotional play Taking Sides, the film of which has just opened across the country. We are in a wintry Berlin just after the end of the Second World War and

  • Collection raised £335

    A street collection which was held in Brighton on Saturday, October 25, on behalf of Britain's leading veterinary charity PDSA, raised £335.47. The money will contribute towards the free veterinary treatment of pets owned by those on low incomes and receiving

  • Building blues

    I am writing about the way some builders carry on. I need my roof repaired and was recommended a builder. The first time he was meant to come, he cancelled. The second time, he never came. I phoned five times but he has not returned my calls. This so-called

  • Bed crisis fear over winter flu

    Hospitals are bracing themselves for a winter crisis as the flu season kicks in. Experts say intensive care units across Sussex are facing an "inevitable" bed shortage because there are not enough specialist spaces to go round. The Intensive Care Society

  • Passers-by tried to save drowned man

    People walking on a beach fought to save a chef whose body was washed up. An inquest heard how Karl Loderer, of Station Road, Angmering, was three times over the drink drive limit when he went for a swim in the sea at Broadmark Beach, Rustington. Passers-by

  • Plans to cut A27 chaos

    The Government has unveiled plans to ease one of the South's biggest bottlenecks, the A27 between Worthing and Lancing. The Highways Agency has drawn up six schemes to make the stretch safer and to improve traffic flow. They include: New traffic lights

  • Bed crisis fear over winter flu

    Hospitals are bracing themselves for a winter crisis as the flu season kicks in. Experts say intensive care units across Sussex are facing an "inevitable" bed shortage because there are not enough specialist spaces to go round. The Intensive Care Society

  • Warning on water levels

    The Environment Agency has warned Sussex could still face water shortages next year despite recent heavy rain. The last nine months have been one of the driest periods on record, putting water supplies under intense pressure. Agency officials warned at

  • Life in a home that will never be the same

    Richard and Janet Kent's home was always a popular place for their sons' friends to gather. The couple's warm welcome and the cosy surroundings ensured a lively, friendly atmosphere. But 11 months ago the Kents suffered a terrible double tragedy when

  • Third man charged over killing

    Police have arrested a third man over the murder of an East Sussex businessman. The 34-year-old suspect from Leyton, London, was being questioned by Hastings police today after he was arrested on suspicion of killing Dale "Ken" Harvey, from Brede, near

  • Bed crisis fear over winter flu

    Hospitals are bracing themselves for a winter crisis as the flu season kicks in. Experts say intensive care units across Sussex are facing an "inevitable" bed shortage because there are not enough specialist spaces to go round. The Intensive Care Society

  • Our anger

    Dr Anthony Seldon writes eloquently in The Argus (November 13) in favour of a massive expansion in high-rise and ultra-modern landmark architecture all over Brighton and Hove. On October 31, I attended the public meeting about the Endeavour Motors site

  • Save centre

    As secretary of the Hove branch of the Children's Society, I am writing on behalf of our members to express our concerns at the planned closure of the St Gabriel's Family Centre in Wellington Road, Brighton, by the Children's Society. This project has

  • Ryman (South): Lewes 2 Whyteleafe 1

    A late goal by new signing Mark Watson was enough to secure a hard fought victory for division one south leaders Lewes against Whyteleafe at a windswept Dripping Pan. After a fairly uneventful first half hour the home side took the lead on 32 minutes

  • FA Vase: T Bridges 4 Diss Town 1

    Three Bridges got top marks thanks to an excellent bit of homework by manager Sammy Donnelly. Bridges picked up the £1,000 prize money after beating Diss Town in the second round at the Jubilee Field. But Donnelly took the plaudits after a scouting mission

  • Joy as fireworks dog returns

    Chip the Jack Russell has found his way back home 18 days after bolting from the sound of a rogue firework. The Argus reported how the four-year-old terrier fled just days after travelling to London with his 12-year-old owner Jamie Bickers to help present

  • Stars join shops anniversary party

    Celebrities joined in the first anniversary celebrations of a designer clothes boutique. Among the well-known faces toasting the Aneela Rose Boutique was former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes, The Bill's Chris Ellison, Brighton Bears basketball captain Randy

  • Village aid

    The article "Park to get help from friends" (The Argus, November 15) gave an entirely false impression of Stanmer village and park. Although Mr Hooper is a newcomer to the village, he must be well aware the very active Stanmer Preservation Society is

  • Golf: Sussex golfers mourn Keith

    Keith Macdonald, the former Goodwood professional and European Seniors Tour player, died suddenly on Monday aged 53. He was at his Middleton-on-Sea home in West Sussex when taken ill and wife Janet called an ambulance. Only last month Macdonald underwent

  • Hove Library has a unique atmosphere

    A hornets' nest has been stirred up by the issue of Hove Library, a building which fosters intelligence and has inspired debate so even pro-closure councillors have cause for thanks. The problem goes beyond books and the library to Hove itself. Since

  • Basketball: Jordan's mate set to take on Bears

    Dickey Simpkins took a little piece of Chicago Bulls aura on to the practice court in Falmer on Tuesday night as the Lithuanian giants arrived in Sussex. Now he will planning to use that same warrior approach to help Lietuvos Rytas send Brighton Bears

  • Basketball: Bears eye major cup upset

    Kendrick Warren and Mike Brown will have to keep an old sparring partner quiet if Brighton Bears are to score a major ULEB Cup upset tonight. Bears play Lietuvos Rytas of Lithuania in a group F contest at the Brighton Centre (8pm). The visitors have won

  • Cricket: Kirtley stakes England claim

    James Kirtley bowled himself into contention for a Test place as England took control on the first day of their warm-up match against a Sri Lankan President's XI in Colombo. The Sussex fast bowler claimed the first four wickets to fall before the home

  • Piercy won't be easing up

    Albion midfielder John Piercy has vowed there will be no holding back if he keeps his place for Saturday's home game against Wrexham. Piercy's first team breakthrough under Mark McGhee was marred by a rare red card for two bookable offences in the closing

  • Urgent talks over harbour scheme

    Urgent talks will be held between two councils in a bid to save a £200 million scheme which could transform a rundown harbour. About 6,400 jobs and 1,200 new homes would be created if plans to redevelop Shoreham harbour get the go-ahead. But Brighton

  • Suppliers spy out £800m plane contract

    A company hoping to win an £800 million contract to build an unmanned spy plane has been wooing potential suppliers. Thales UK is bidding for the Watchkeeper contract to manufacture a futuristic reconnaissance aircraft for the Ministry of Defence. Now

  • Cash crisis 'won't stop bar plans'

    A company hoping to open a lively bar on Brighton seafront has revealed falling revenues. Interactive Leisure plans a 950-capacity bar specialising in eastern European alcohol at the Aquarium Terraces in Madeira Drive. But the firm is looking again at

  • Shop boss shut door on raiders

    A shop manager stood up to three masked raiders who threatened him with a hammer. Sami Sabet, 48, pressed the alarm as the robbers burst into his shop and sub post office in Beach Gardens, Shoreham. He locked the door to the post office area as one man

  • Carer leaves job after TV scandal

    A care worker has resigned after a damning documentary on the way the agency she worked for looked after the elderly. Julie Taylor handed in her notice at Medichoice in Portland Road, Hove, the day after watching a BBC Panorama investigation. Mrs Taylor

  • Plans to cut A27 chaos

    The Government has unveiled plans to ease one of the South's biggest bottlenecks, the A27 between Worthing and Lancing. The Highways Agency has drawn up six schemes to make the stretch safer and to improve traffic flow. They include: New traffic lights

  • Dog helps save baby's life

    A couple's faithful pet dog helped save their baby's life when she stopped breathing. Max the German shepherd dog warned Mick McDonald and Marian Derrane their 18-month-old daughter Shona was having convulsions on the back seat of their car. The pet knew

  • November 25: McGhee fury at Albion fine

    Albion manager Mark McGhee is furious about a £2,500 fine facing the Seagulls following Saturday's morale-restoring win at Notts County. The punishment is automatically imposed by the FA against Division Two clubs collecting six cautions in a match. Adam

  • Tree fall halts gig

    Brighton band British Sea Power had to cancel a concert after their bass player fell out of a tree. They had been due to play in Buckinghamshire tonight. The group like to decorate their stages with foliage and bassist Hamilton climbed a copper beech

  • Taking Sides, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until November 29 2003

    The stage of the Theatre Royal becomes a cold interrogation room in Ronald Harwood's tense and emotional play Taking Sides, the film of which has just opened across the country. We are in a wintry Berlin just after the end of the Second World War and

  • Collection raised £335

    A street collection which was held in Brighton on Saturday, October 25, on behalf of Britain's leading veterinary charity PDSA, raised £335.47. The money will contribute towards the free veterinary treatment of pets owned by those on low incomes and receiving

  • Why does it take so long?

    Oh dear, not another lady stuck in the loo (The Argus, November 17). Why does it take Brighton and Hove City Council so long to do things? Ten years ago, I had a petition of more than 2,000 names for the Queen's Park toilets and many people had been stuck

  • Bed crisis fear over winter flu

    Hospitals will suffer an "inevitable" crisis of bed shortages when the winter flu season strikes, doctors warn. The Intensive Care Society (ICS) said only 2.5 per cent of hospital beds were allocated for critical care in the UK, the lowest level in Europe

  • Building blues

    I am writing about the way some builders carry on. I need my roof repaired and was recommended a builder. The first time he was meant to come, he cancelled. The second time, he never came. I phoned five times but he has not returned my calls. This so-called

  • Place for trams

    It is unfortunate Tony Mernagh is so negative about trams for Brighton (Letters, November 17), though the proposed seafront route is not the place for anything more than a leisure facility - perhaps extensions of the Volks railway. The point of a tram

  • Save centre

    As secretary of the Hove branch of the Children's Society, I am writing on behalf of our members to express our concerns at the planned closure of the St Gabriel's Family Centre in Wellington Road, Brighton, by the Children's Society. This project has

  • Much missed

    The family and friends of the late Pat Neish said their sad farewells to her on Tuesday in the Church of the Annunciation, Washington Street, Brighton. Her passing was a sad shock to us and she will be widely missed for her very generous nature and for

  • FA Vase: Arundel 1 Concord Rangers 3

    Arundel boss Steve Johnson blasted his players after their FA Vase dream ended in defeat at home to Concord Rangers. Miles Scerri fired the Mullets ahead on 22 minutes but Concord touched down with an equaliser just before half time and then landed two

  • Full ward

    A lot was written last week about a mother and baby being taken to Manchester. I wonder if people realise just how many premature babies there are in the Trevor Mann Unit. Yesterday, I visited this unit to see my great-granddaughter, who weighed 1lb 14oz

  • FA Vase: T Bridges 4 Diss Town 1

    Three Bridges got top marks thanks to an excellent bit of homework by manager Sammy Donnelly. Bridges picked up the £1,000 prize money after beating Diss Town in the second round at the Jubilee Field. But Donnelly took the plaudits after a scouting mission

  • Joy as fireworks dog returns

    Chip the Jack Russell has found his way back home 18 days after bolting from the sound of a rogue firework. The Argus reported how the four-year-old terrier fled just days after travelling to London with his 12-year-old owner Jamie Bickers to help present

  • Stars join shops anniversary party

    Celebrities joined in the first anniversary celebrations of a designer clothes boutique. Among the well-known faces toasting the Aneela Rose Boutique was former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes, The Bill's Chris Ellison, Brighton Bears basketball captain Randy

  • Village aid

    The article "Park to get help from friends" (The Argus, November 15) gave an entirely false impression of Stanmer village and park. Although Mr Hooper is a newcomer to the village, he must be well aware the very active Stanmer Preservation Society is

  • Hove Library has a unique atmosphere

    A hornets' nest has been stirred up by the issue of Hove Library, a building which fosters intelligence and has inspired debate so even pro-closure councillors have cause for thanks. The problem goes beyond books and the library to Hove itself. Since

  • Basketball: Jordan's mate set to take on Bears

    Dickey Simpkins took a little piece of Chicago Bulls aura on to the practice court in Falmer on Tuesday night as the Lithuanian giants arrived in Sussex. Now he will planning to use that same warrior approach to help Lietuvos Rytas send Brighton Bears

  • Albion Comment: Ian Hart

    Different generation, different question. For older people the date of November 22 always begs the question "Where were you when JFK was shot?" But, after last Saturday, for years to come talk of Lee Harvey Oswald's handywork in Dallas will be replaced

  • Library protest is growing

    More than 2,000 people have joined a campaign group to save Hove Library in the week since it was first launched. The Friends of Hove Library want it to be retained in the building at Church Road, where it has been for almost a century, rather than moved

  • Sex attack on man, 20

    A man was sexually assaulted by another man as he walked home in the early hours of the morning. The 20-year-old victim, from Brighton, was in Hartington Road, Brighton, when he was attacked. Detectives were still talking to the victim to determine what

  • City office take-up slows

    The take-up of office space in Brighton and Hove fell during the first nine months of this year. Figures from Stiles Harold Williams' autumn review of the market show the 65,000sqft take-up was only a third of the five-year rolling average. During the

  • Tenants' code under discussion

    Members of the property industry are meeting in Brighton and Hove this week to discuss lease reforms. The Investment Property Forum (IPF) is an industry think-tank backed by pension funds, property companies and institutional investors and has its annual

  • Urgent talks over harbour scheme

    Urgent talks will be held between two councils in a bid to save a £200 million scheme which could transform a rundown harbour. About 6,400 jobs and 1,200 new homes would be created if plans to redevelop Shoreham harbour get the go-ahead. But Brighton

  • Climbing firm wins straight talking award

    A company well known to mountaineers and potholers has won a prestigious award thanks to its straight-talking packaging. Nikwax Waterproofing, based in Wadhurst, has won the South-East Languages for Export award. The company, which produces cleaning and

  • The Office actor provides staff training

    Staff training days for many office workers will forever be linked with David Brent prancing around in a baseball cap singing Simply The Best. Now it has emerged one of the supporting cast in The Office had to take co-star Ricky Gervais' legendary performance

  • Boat safety call after gas blast

    A coroner has called for new regulations following the death of an inventor after his boat blew up. Timothy Brooking died from his injuries in hospital six weeks after his craft Pathfinder was wrecked by the explosion. Leaking gas cylinders had turned

  • Bar giant feels cash tremors

    A company hoping to open a lively bar at a seafront site has revealed plummeting profits. Interactive Leisure plans a 950-capacity bar specialising in eastern European alcohol at the Aquarium Terraces in Madeira Drive, Brighton. But the firm is looking

  • Parking vote backs patrols

    Mid Sussex district councillors want to spend £300,000 so they can put more parking wardens on the streets. The council backed plans to take over responsibility for enforcing parking rules from Sussex Police. The moves could result in more wardens on

  • Amazing escape as car overturns

    A driver walked away unhurt after her car spun across a road and landed on its roof in a field. The woman was driving a blue Citroen Saxo in Ditching Road, Brighton, at about 6am today when she lost control on a right-hand bend in the bad weather. The

  • Cash crisis 'won't stop bar plans'

    A company hoping to open a lively bar on Brighton seafront has revealed falling revenues. Interactive Leisure plans a 950-capacity bar specialising in eastern European alcohol at the Aquarium Terraces in Madeira Drive. But the firm is looking again at

  • Life in a home that will never be the same

    Richard and Janet Kent's home was always a popular place for their sons' friends to gather. The couple's warm welcome and the cosy surroundings ensured a lively, friendly atmosphere. But 11 months ago the Kents suffered a terrible double tragedy when

  • Carer leaves job after TV scandal

    A care worker has resigned after a damning documentary on the way the agency she worked for looked after the elderly. Julie Taylor handed in her notice at Medichoice in Portland Road, Hove, the day after watching a BBC Panorama investigation. Mrs Taylor

  • Dog helps save baby's life

    A couple's faithful pet dog helped save their baby's life when she stopped breathing. Max the German shepherd dog warned Mick McDonald and Marian Derrane their 18-month-old daughter Shona was having convulsions on the back seat of their car. The pet knew

  • TV licence evaders' worst excuses

    Television licensing officers have revealed the top five poor excuses given by Brighton and Hove's licence dodgers. The city's inquiry officers voted for their most memorable excuses after catching 66 evaders last month. The top five are: "I'm not paying

  • Kept alive by daily jabs

    About 1.4 million people in the UK have diagnosed diabetes and at least a million more are thought to have the condition but do not know it. About 16,000 children are believed to be diabetic and the number is rising every year. Beth Golding is a happy

  • Third man charged over killing

    Police have arrested a third man over the murder of a Sussex businessman. The 34-year-old suspect from Leyton, London, was being questioned by Hastings police today after he was arrested on suspicion of killing Dale "Ken" Harvey, from Brede, near Hastings

  • Peter Gabriel, Brighton Centre, November 24 2003

    It has been a pretty emotional and euphoric few days. Some things just draw you to your feet. On Saturday morning, I leapt off the sofa to celebrate Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal that won the World Cup for England against old rivals Australia, while on

  • Murder trial told of fake job offer

    Alleged "poison curry killer" Dena Thompson tried to trick her husband into thinking he had been offered a dream job abroad, a court heard. Her former neighbour, Jacqueline Howells, told the Old Bailey today how Thompson used her computer to fake an offer

  • Why does it take so long?

    Oh dear, not another lady stuck in the loo (The Argus, November 17). Why does it take Brighton and Hove City Council so long to do things? Ten years ago, I had a petition of more than 2,000 names for the Queen's Park toilets and many people had been stuck

  • Bed crisis fear over winter flu

    Hospitals will suffer an "inevitable" crisis of bed shortages when the winter flu season strikes, doctors warn. The Intensive Care Society (ICS) said only 2.5 per cent of hospital beds were allocated for critical care in the UK, the lowest level in Europe

  • Decision expected on fate of hospital

    The fate of a West Sussex hospital - and hundreds of jobs - is expected to be revealed in the next two weeks. John Prescott's office is deciding whether it wants to call in a decision to allow a major redevelopment of King Edward VII Hospital in Midhurst

  • Search for pervert

    Police are hunting a pervert who exposed himself to two girls in a Mid Sussex park. The girls, aged 15 and 16, were walking through Victoria Park, Haywards Heath, on Thursday when they were confronted. Police believe the man may have been loitering for

  • Injured road victim dies

    A man has died more than a week after being involved in a car crash in Crawley. Police have named the victim as Mohammed Irshad Raja, 70, of Pearson Road, Crawley. He suffered serious injuries in the accident, which happened in Worth Park Avenue on the

  • Mother tells jury of murder threat

    A mother told a jury she was threatened with murder if she revealed who had battered a woman to death. Tracey Gazzard said Stephen Johnstone told her: "If I have got to go down for one murder, I might as well go down for two." Johnstone, 26, and Alex

  • Car commuters face tougher restrictions

    A crackdown is being planned on commuters who clog up town centre parking spaces in Crawley. West Sussex County Council is looking to impose more restrictions. Officials say last year's introduction of a controlled parking zone, which charges residents

  • Shop boss shut door on raiders

    A shop manager stood up to three masked raiders who threatened him with a hammer. Sami Sabet, 48, pressed the alarm as the robbers burst into his shop and sub post office in Beach Gardens, Shoreham. He locked the door to the post office area as one man

  • Murder trial told of fake job offer

    Alleged "poison curry killer" Dena Thompson tried to trick her husband into thinking he had been offered a dream job abroad, a court heard. Her former neighbour, Jacqueline Howells, told the Old Bailey today how Thompson used her computer to fake an offer

  • Secret meeting over council chief

    Secrecy surrounds the first meeting of a special panel set up to investigate Worthing Borough Council chief executive Sheryl Grady. Four councillors on the newly-formed special personnel committee met at Worthing Town Hall yesterday but refused to comment

  • Patients' double death pact

    Two men suffering serious mental health problems travelled to East Sussex to carry out a suicide pact, an inquest heard. A clifftop stroller said he saw the two leap from cliffs at Beachy Head, seconds apart. The Eastbourne inquest heard Christopher Jost

  • Officer No2 in racism claims

    A second Sussex policeman has been suspended over allegations of racism. The unnamed officer, who works in East Sussex, is alleged to have made a racist comment to a colleague, who reported the incident to senior officers. A spokesman for Sussex Police

  • Thanks for aiding my husband

    I would like to say thank you to the couple who helped my husband when he fell over outside our house last Thursday. An ambulance arrived and took him to hospital where he required stitches in his forehead and I am pleased to say he is now feeling much

  • Place for trams

    It is unfortunate Tony Mernagh is so negative about trams for Brighton (Letters, November 17), though the proposed seafront route is not the place for anything more than a leisure facility - perhaps extensions of the Volks railway. The point of a tram

  • Much missed

    The family and friends of the late Pat Neish said their sad farewells to her on Tuesday in the Church of the Annunciation, Washington Street, Brighton. Her passing was a sad shock to us and she will be widely missed for her very generous nature and for

  • FA Vase: Arundel 1 Concord Rangers 3

    Arundel boss Steve Johnson blasted his players after their FA Vase dream ended in defeat at home to Concord Rangers. Miles Scerri fired the Mullets ahead on 22 minutes but Concord touched down with an equaliser just before half time and then landed two

  • Full ward

    A lot was written last week about a mother and baby being taken to Manchester. I wonder if people realise just how many premature babies there are in the Trevor Mann Unit. Yesterday, I visited this unit to see my great-granddaughter, who weighed 1lb 14oz

  • FA Vase: Withdean 5 Bedfont 1

    Darren Freeman was on the scoresheet as Withdean marched into the third round with a comfortable victory over Bedfont at Woodside Road. Mark Pulling and Florian Mateos, both borrowed from landlords Worthing for the game, also found the net as Bob Hitchcock's

  • Santa ready to take up residence

    It has a Sleeping Beauty, portcullises, a wishing well and snowy scenes for fairy princesses and knights in shining armour. All that's needed for this year's festive Argus grotto is Father Christmas. He will arrive in a horse-drawn carriage at 1.45pm

  • Officer No2 in racism claims

    A second Sussex policeman has been suspended over allegations of racism. The unnamed officer, who works in East Sussex, is alleged to have made a racist comment to a colleague, who reported the incident to senior officers. A spokesman for Sussex Police

  • Baby blues

    I can well imagine the anguish suffered by Clare Knight having to make the round trip of 500 miles to see her prematurely-born son Harrison because the facilities needed for his birth were unavailable when required. It's ludicrous to comprehend this situation

  • Albion Comment: Ian Hart

    Different generation, different question. For older people the date of November 22 always begs the question "Where were you when JFK was shot?" But, after last Saturday, for years to come talk of Lee Harvey Oswald's handywork in Dallas will be replaced

  • Library protest is growing

    More than 2,000 people have joined a campaign group to save Hove Library in the week since it was first launched. The Friends of Hove Library want it to be retained in the building at Church Road, where it has been for almost a century, rather than moved

  • Sex attack on man, 20

    A man was sexually assaulted by another man as he walked home in the early hours of the morning. The 20-year-old victim, from Brighton, was in Hartington Road, Brighton, when he was attacked. Detectives were still talking to the victim to determine what

  • City office take-up slows

    The take-up of office space in Brighton and Hove fell during the first nine months of this year. Figures from Stiles Harold Williams' autumn review of the market show the 65,000sqft take-up was only a third of the five-year rolling average. During the

  • Tenants' code under discussion

    Members of the property industry are meeting in Brighton and Hove this week to discuss lease reforms. The Investment Property Forum (IPF) is an industry think-tank backed by pension funds, property companies and institutional investors and has its annual

  • Climbing firm wins straight talking award

    A company well known to mountaineers and potholers has won a prestigious award thanks to its straight-talking packaging. Nikwax Waterproofing, based in Wadhurst, has won the South-East Languages for Export award. The company, which produces cleaning and

  • The Office actor provides staff training

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    A coroner has called for new regulations following the death of an inventor after his boat blew up. Timothy Brooking died from his injuries in hospital six weeks after his craft Pathfinder was wrecked by the explosion. Leaking gas cylinders had turned

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    A company hoping to open a lively bar at a seafront site has revealed plummeting profits. Interactive Leisure plans a 950-capacity bar specialising in eastern European alcohol at the Aquarium Terraces in Madeira Drive, Brighton. But the firm is looking

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    Mid Sussex district councillors want to spend £300,000 so they can put more parking wardens on the streets. The council backed plans to take over responsibility for enforcing parking rules from Sussex Police. The moves could result in more wardens on

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    Highways officials have unveiled controversial plans to ease one of the South's biggest bottlenecks after a bypass scheme was shelved. Thousands of motorists get caught in jams on the A27 and there was uproar when the Government said it was not going

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    A driver walked away unhurt after her car spun across a road and landed on its roof in a field. The woman was driving a blue Citroen Saxo in Ditching Road, Brighton, at about 6am today when she lost control on a right-hand bend in the bad weather. The

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    Richard and Janet Kent's home was always a popular place for their sons' friends to gather. The couple's warm welcome and the cosy surroundings ensured a lively, friendly atmosphere. But 11 months ago the Kents suffered a terrible double tragedy when

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    A mother told a jury she was threatened with murder if she revealed who had battered a woman to death. Tracey Gazzard said Stephen Johnstone told her: "If I have got to go down for one murder, I might as well go down for two." Johnstone, 26, and Alex

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    Radio station Southern FM has taken on a new DJ to present its mid-morning show. Jo Jacobs, 25, will replace presenter Richard Reynolds, who was axed when the station announced it was revamping its output in a bid to reconnect with its core target audience

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