Albion midfielder John Piercy today declared: "It's good to be back". The Albion midfielder made a goalscoring return from a pre-season bout of colitis as the Reserves lost 2-1 at Gillingham yesterday. He said: "I was off the pace, which was hardly surprising
It will not be known as The New Goldstone, as some misty-eyed supporters might prefer. Albion's proposed new home at Falmer is far more likely to be called something like the American Express Stadium or Lloyds TSB Bowl. Stadium naming rights is a lucrative
The photo from the contents page of Brighton and Hove's bid for city status shows that they were happy to use the seafront bandstand by the sunken gardens to bolster their bid but hid the fact that they had let the same bandstand disintegrate. Their attitude
Judging from recent articles in The Argus, the Gehry Towers proposed for the King Alfred site are again raising their heads. The existing King Alfred buildings are ugly. Age has not improved them and the citizens of Hove deserve better sports facilities
Albion midfielder John Piercy today declared: "It's good to be back". The Albion midfielder made a goalscoring return from a pre-season bout of colitis as the Reserves lost 2-1 at Gillingham yesterday. He said: "I was off the pace, which was hardly surprising
A web site giving live information about bus times has proved so popular it has broken down. Brighton and Hove City Council boasted its £70,000 city transport site offered the most up-to-date advice on congestion, roadworks and places of interest. It
An up-and-coming musician is hoping his first single could provide the soundtrack to a John Kerry victory in the US presidential elections. Brighton dance music producer Flavorjenkins sent a copy of his satirical anti-war tune Mister Bush to the Democrat
A Sussex MP has written to Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon opposing moves to send British troops to the US-run part of Iraq. Hastings and Rye Labour MP Michael Foster said Britain should not be helping what could be a serious escalation of the conflict.
A fugitive told a jury he was shot twice by police after he decided to give himself up. Chris Maitland said he heard a "crack, thump" as a bullet went straight through his lower left leg. He said he heard a second louder shot and felt an impact on his
Relatives and friends have launched a fund-raising campaign to help a teenage cancer sufferer who was sent home from hospital seven times before being diagnosed. Communities across Eastbourne are uniting in support of 18-year-old Janine Davidson as she
Freedom of the Press is one of the last crumbling pillars of our democracy but it is still not free of obligations. The Argus is entitled to campaign vigorously for a football stadium at Falmer but you must maintain fairness and balance. In the words
Text messages warning people of terror attacks will be sent direct to their mobile phones. The City Alert Texting System (CATS) is available to mobile phone users in Brighton and Hove from today and will send advice on how to deal with serious emergencies
Stag and hen parties visiting Brighton and Hove face being forced to pay a 'damage' bond of £1,000 before they are allowed to stay in the city. The deposit would be held to cover the cost of any clean-up operation or pay other bills such as ambulance
I find it disturbing that your doctor is giving out advice on an illness he knows little (if anything) about. As a sufferer of ME/chronic fatigue for more than ten years, I can say that the cognitive dysfunctions are one of the most distressing and frustrating
Kelly Holmes believes Sussex runners Danielle Christmas and Charlotte Browning have the potential to follow in her footsteps. Holmes, who was catapulted into superstardom after her historic gold medal double over 800m and 1,500m at the Athens Olympics
Frankie Dettori and Kieron Fallon renew their battle for the jockeys' championship at Brighton today. Both men have four rides in the seven-race card, although the meeting is under threat because of rain. More than 20mm of rain fell yesterday and clerk
It will not be known as The New Goldstone, as some misty-eyed supporters might prefer. Albion's proposed new home at Falmer is far more likely to be called something like the American Express Stadium or Lloyds TSB Bowl. Stadium naming rights is a lucrative
Albion midfielder John Piercy today declared: "It's good to be back". The Albion midfielder made a goalscoring return from a pre-season bout of colitis as the Reserves lost 2-1 at Gillingham yesterday. He said: "I was off the pace, which was hardly surprising
Entrepreneur Philip Green was celebrating record results for his Arcadia retail empire today after annual operating profits rose by 30% to £296.3 million. Although like-for-like sales were slightly lower in challenging market conditions, results for the
Business leaders were asked to commit themselves to "positive thinking" to ensure the West Sussex economy is not left in a time warp. At a recent meeting of the West Sussex Economic Partnership, chief executive Alistair Smith urged delegates to ditch
The gap between the pay of women and men is wider than previously thought and has not narrowed as quickly as previous figures suggested. Pay analysts Incomes Data Services said the difference between average hourly earnings of full-time male and female
A blueprint for the biggest regeneration in a town's history will move to the next phase after winning the support of councillors. The multi-million-pound plans promise to bring hundreds of new jobs, housing and leisure facilities to Eastbourne town centre
She is the daughter of bossa nova king Joao Gilberto and her first album Tanto Tempo sold more copies outside Brazil than any other Brazilian album. But sadly the crowd drawn to see Bebel Gilberto in Brighton only half-filled the concert hall. The empty
Honest, real, inspired, courageous and utterly engaging, this show was a rare and bleeding portion of cutting edge comedy. Genuinely challenging performances which go beyond standard jokes about pets and partners come in a variety of forms, and Brendon
The request by the US for UK troops to be moved to the US sector in Iraq illustrates the lack of British independence. The Government has, on the one hand, committed troops to a European Defence Force under EU control and is about to allow the US to command
It will not be known as The New Goldstone, as some misty-eyed supporters might prefer. Albion's proposed new home at Falmer is far more likely to be called something like the American Express Stadium or Lloyds TSB Bowl. Stadium naming rights is a lucrative
Regarding Brighton and Hove City Council's 2.7m recycling drive, it was interesting to note the problems of non collection in Maytree Walk. A council spokesperson said: "For health and safety reasons, the crew cannot carry the boxes to the end of the
Sally Kennedy vividly remembers the day she pushed a baby buggy into Kensington Gardens, Brighton, for the first time. The bright young things giving out flyers for club nights studiously ignored her. She said: "Until that moment, I had always been handed
Olympic ice skating champion Robin Cousins has made his debut as a children's author. The gold medallist has drawn on his experiences on ice and decades of coaching young skaters to write his first book. Adventures In Frostavia is a fairy tale set in
As a high-ranking business executive, I am afforded the privilege of being able to go on frivolous "working" trips around the world while charging all costs incurred to my hefty expense account. And why not? Surely it is my right as a trusted leader of
The millennium baby boom is causing a crisis in pre-schools, with large numbers of children leaving to start school and new pupil numbers dwindling. Nurseries in Heathfield say the swell of pupils seen after January 2000 has yet to be matched as youngsters
In response to your article "City pubs closer to all-night opening", I would like to make it clear that Brighton and Hove City Council's - and every other council's - licensing policy has to adhere to national guidance under the Government's new Licensing
I am fed up with Tom Carr's continual spiel about Albion's proposed new stadium (Letters, October 14). Is he any relation to Bill Archer? -Mr C Prince, Eastbourne
Millie kershaw still finds herself looking over her shoulder a year after the thug who attacked her was jailed. The 94-year-old is frightened someone will knock her down and rob her again. The crime against Millie shocked Sussex. Frail and defenceless
A doctor trying to save the life of a plane passenger who was choking on a bread roll found the emergency medical kit "largely empty", an inquest heard. Brighton doctor Tim Sales was also forced to use a knife which had been confiscated at Gatwick when
As chairman of Lewes District Council, I would like to add my public support to the British Legion Poppy Appeal. Remembrance Sunday this year is November 14. I know there are many appeals for financial assistance at this time but I ask readers and their
Uckfield-based veteran ace Nigel Eckersley has retained his No.5 spot on the new England ranking list. Eckersley, 54, is seeded No.2 in the singles at the four-day Guernsey Open Grand Prix which starts tomorrow. Worthing senior champion Gary Wilson, 18
Dr Delvin suggests that memory problems are not a common feature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - ME. However, most patients do suffer from short-term memory and concentration problems along with difficulty with word finding and working things out. In fact
Hastings star Peter Tadros stormed up the steep slopes of Steyning Bostal in record time to win the first of Brighton Mitre's two open hill-climbs. He then gained a narrow victory in the second event of the day at Mill Hill, Shoreham. Tadros (In Gear)
I have never felt the need to write to any paper to complain but what Dr Delvin has written about ME could not be further from the truth. It is a well-known fact to ME sufferers that the memory and thinking ability is severely impacted when you have ME
Dr Delvin's column states that dementia is not a feature of ME (The Argus, October 19). I am not sure whether there is some technical medical definition of the term "dementia" which enables him to make this statement. However, taking the common, dictionary
Supermarket group Morrisons today revealed that Safeway's performance had continued to decline, with like-for-like sales 7.9% lower in the first half. The Bradford-based chain, which acquired the Safeway business earlier this year, unveiled pre-tax profits
Shares in Avis, Europe's biggest car rental firm, fell after it announced a failed computer system would cost it more than £30 million. The company, which has offices in Brighton, Gatwick and Crawley, said plans to overhaul its software had been hit by
An enterprising businessman who started selling bagels to help pay his way through college is now selling more than a thousand every day. Julian Engelsman launched his first bakery and caf at the Sussex Innovation Centre, on Sussex University's Falmer
A business incubation centre which provides a home for more than 40 start-up firms in the biotech, information technology, media and engineering sectors is expanding. Eight years after the Sussex Innovation Centre opened at the University of Sussex's
According to Marcus Brigstocke it's easy to be a satirical comedian following the Iraq war. You simply substitute the phrase "weapon of mass destruction" for the word "clitoris" and do the same old jokes about how difficult it is to find, he explains.
