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  • Dad's Army & Are You Being Served?, Barn Theatre, Southwick

    The Wick Theatre Company, following successful staging of Allo Allo and The Darling Buds of May, have once again raided television's cupboard of sitcom and created stage versions of two more popular programmes. It has to be said that the evening is a

  • Letter: Riding through the park harms no one

    I was disappointed to read your article "OAP's fury as bikers wreck beauty spot" (The Argus, December 27). Wild Park in Brighton has been used by mountain bikers for more than ten years. To suggest destroying their trails because of the complaints of

  • Letter: Alcohol ban

    Unison branch secretary Alex Knutsen is incorrect to allege I wanted an alcohol ban for councillors (Letters, January 4). What I did want was for Brighton and Hove City Council's standards committee to consider whether it should consider one. The committee

  • Letter: The car wins

    I read with interest Adam Trimingham's article about public transport. Adam is obviously lucky enough to rely on public transport, or the bicycle, which in theory is great. I worked for BT (near Durrington Library) until 2002. Now, try getting from Sompting

  • Drug courier given six years in prison

    A courier for a gang which sold cocaine on the streets has been jailed for six years. Anthony Doyle, 48, was arrested after drugs squad officers discovered a storage container at a farm in Pevensey was being used to store cocaine and speed. They set up

  • DJ says goodbye to morning show

    Listeners' favourite John Radford has been sacked as part of a cull of presenters at BBC Southern Counties radio. The station confirmed last night it has dropped four well-know DJs ahead of a planned relaunch in April. Mr Radford, whose morning show is

  • Why beauty spot could go under

    Almost £400,000 has been spent on proposals to flood one of Sussex's most popular beauty spots. Environment minister Elliot Morley revealed the Environment Agency has spent £394,000 of £444,000 set aside for preparing its plan to flood all or part of

  • Swimming: Inquiry was 'wasted' says Pickering

    Karen Pickering today revealed her fears for the future of British swimming. Brighton and Hove-born Pickering, Britain's most successful female swimmer, believes an investigation which cleared Bill Sweetenham of bullying yesterday "was a bit of a wasted

  • Ambulances in A&E queue

    Paramedics have complained they are having to wait up to four hours to drop off patients at an overcrowded hospital. Ambulance workers said today the closure of Crawley's A&E ward had forced Sussex paramedics with seriously ill patients to wait in

  • Brothers grim

    For more than a year four teenage Newhaven boys were neighbours from hell, carrying out a campaign of abuse against their neighbours. The boys, the youngest of whom is 13, threatened to kill people in their community in Newhaven and made other neighbours

  • Letter: Hospital trek

    I was most concerned to read in The Argus the proposal to move the Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital to the Princess Royal Hospital at Haywards Heath. Most people who use the ENT hospital are elderly and the move to Haywards Heath means more than a two-hour

  • Letter: Not so Nice

    I was shocked to hear the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has rejected the views of thousands of people by failing to reconsider its proposal to withdraw Alzheimer's drug treatments from the NHS. More than 8,000 people wrote

  • Basketball: Waghorn backs his Bears to beat best of the rest

    Phil Waghorn today gathered the eight Genesis Brighton Bears and told them: "Don't worry about the opposition." Waghorn remains in charge of training as Bears wait for the return of head coach Nick Nurse from a throat operation and trip to the States.

  • Letter: Let us mourn the death of good Common Sense

    Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who had been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was because his birth records were lost long ago in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated

  • Cup crucial for Albion

    Albion manager Mark McGhee admitted today a rare FA Cup win could be the difference between staying up or going down. The Seagulls take a break from the fight for Championship survival against fellow strugglers Coventry in the third round at Withdean

  • Knight sold to Swansea

    Albion last night sold striker Leon Knight to Swansea and were on the brink of completing the capture of Aston Villa goalkeeper Wayne Henderson. Knight has joined the Welshmen for £125,000 plus an undisclosed sell-on. Meanwhile, Henderson, formerly with

  • The Snow Queen, Roedean Theatre, Brighton, January 6 and 7

    Seasoned director Sue Pomeroy has teamed up with top pop composer and Nashville recording star Chris Eaton to reinvent The Snow Queen for a contemporary audience. "It's great fun," says Sue. "The beauty of the original is intact but we've woven the contemporary

  • Villagers fuming over lorry rat-run

    Villagers claim country lanes near their homes are being turned into rat-runs for articulated lorries. Families in Copsale, near Horsham, are fighting proposals to turn nearby Ghyll House Farm into a lorry depot. They said they counted 28 lorries passing

  • Match Point (12A, 123 mins)

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, James Nesbitt. Directed by Woody Allen Woody Allen's first film shot entirely outside of his native New York is a departure, not just geographically,

  • Just Friends

    (12A, 94 mins): Starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris. Directed by Roger Kumble In the film When Harry Met Sally, bachelor Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) famously tells his soul mate Sally Albright (Meg Ryan): "Men and women can't be friends because

  • Infected told to stay away from hospital

    Hospital managers are urging people who have caught a virus to stay away. A small number of people have been turning up at the Crawley Hospital walk-in centre with diarrhoea and vomiting caused by a bug known as winter vomiting disease. The bug is unpleasant

  • Letter: Fungus could be a plant

    So the rare tree hedgehog fungus has been found at Stanmer Park. I wouldn't be surprised if it is a plant (not that kind of plant) and was placed there by accident by an anti-Falmerite who, once again, has looked at a map upside down and doesn't know

  • Swan Lake & The Sleeping Beauty, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton

    It was Tchaikovsky, or rather his music, which first kindled my interest to classical ballet. Now I relish the art form and the way the characters represent their emotions with pirouettes, leaps and arm gestures. This year Artsworld gave us a double treat

  • Letter: Don't mistake the Lion's Mane fungus

    I write regarding your article "Rare sight spotted hiding in woods" (The Argus, December 29). I came across this fungus in Stanmer woods in Brighton in late summer/autumn 2004. From the picture and description of the location, I believe Pru Gridley probably

  • Letter: One law for all

    Brighton and Hove City Council employs about 7,000 people, and the record of only 30 staff members dismissed on disciplinary grounds since April 2003 supports my view that an alcohol ban is unnecessary. The council employs adults and should treat them

  • Letter: Back on track

    It is welcome news that there is to be a rethink concerning the planned suspension of the Gatwick Express. How ironic that this should have been proposed as a measure to ease congestion when train travel is becoming more popular due to improved efficiency

  • Letter: Give us a plan

    As one of the leading business interests which has invested more than £200m in Brighton and Hove over the past eight years, I can only express my disappointment that, after a decade of debate over the formulation of a joined-up transport strategy, we

  • Pub fined for selling alcohol to youngsters

    A pub which twice sold alcohol to youngsters under 18 has become the first in West Sussex to be prosecuted and fined under new laws. Police were disappointed with the £250 fines imposed when the maximum could have been £5,000. But the pub backed the police

  • Loyal MP calls for vote as Kennedy confesses

    Norman Baker called for a vote of confidence on Charles Kennedy only hours before the Liberal Democrat leader admitted his drinking problem to the nation. The Lewes MP's intervention is a blow to Mr Kennedy as it comes from a loyal member of his Shadow

  • Gay couple in it for the long haul

    Two men who flew from their home in Australia to get hitched in Brighton have tied the knot. Australian Joel Taug, 24, and American Jamie Rogers, 27, made their life-long commitment at Brighton Town Hall yesterday afternoon in front of 20 friends and

  • Letter: Keep a safe speed

    I was amazed at the content of Adam Trimingham's argument for speed reduction "across the board" (The Argus, December 28). Perhaps he would have been better prepared to write the article had he previously reviewed published statistical data by the Department

  • Letter: See the light for a quiet night

    I live near a traffic light junction. During the night I hear frequent short blasts of emergency vehicle sirens. I don't think they are attending emergency calls. I guess they don't want to stop at traffic lights. In many countries, traffic lights switch

  • Letter: We simply don't need an incinerator

    I would like to reply to Onyx's claim that an incinerator in Newhaven would have little impact there. Our waste has to be disposed of but it doesn't have to be burnt. Onyx speaks of "turning waste into a resource". The waste is already a resource. But

  • Letter: Horse cruelty

    I was appalled yesterday morning to see a jockey beating a horse because it had got nervous at the traffic. These racehorses always come down Wilson Avenue, Brighton, in the mornings. The traffic had slowed down but this jockey beat his mount. I would

  • Athletics: Olly's warmed up and ready for victory

    Olly Freeman will swap the warm climes of the Canaries for the cold of Lancing Manor when he bids for debut glory in tomorrow's Sussex Cross Country Championships. Freeman, a double European junior triathlon and world duathlon champion, has spent the

  • Letter: Politics lesson

    May I join with many others in paying tribute to Rowan Dore? I have followed his career over many years. Apart from being a superb local journalist, he was a loyal servant of the Liberal Party, standing in a hopeless cause in Rottingdean year after year

  • Rugby: Heath suffer double setback

    Haywards Heath have suffered a double front row blow ahead of their most high-profile game of the season. Heath host Truro in the last 16 of the national Powergen Intermediate Vase a week tomorrow. But their preparations, which continue in tomorrow's

  • Football: There's no money for Hollins in transfer window

    John Hollins has revealed he has no money to spend in the transfer window. The Crawley manager has been told he must release players before he can bring new faces in. Club owners the SA Group said money could be made available during the January window

  • Traders to count cost after night of crime

    Thousands of pounds of electrical tools were stolen in a series of vehicle break-ins. Police last night urged tradesmen to remove tools and to step up security. Eight vans were broken into in the North Bersted area of Bognor early on Wednesday morning

  • A grand vision is in sight for luxury hotel

    Brighton's most famous hotel is planning a multi-million pound revamp of its rooms. The Grand on Brighton seafront is planning to refurbish all 200 rooms, replacing everything from the curtains and carpets to the bathroom. The revamp, which is still at

  • Forgotten resort smartens up to become a property hotspot

    A seaside town is shedding its shabby image to become the next property hotspot. Hastings has been named as one of the best places to buy property in Britain in 2006 by Country Life magazine. The boom is being driven by City banks such as Goldman Sachs

  • Lee Mack, Komedia, Brighton, Thursday, January 12

    Dubbed a "master class in pure comedy", Lee Mack's show puts a cheerful two fingers up to all that's cynical and morose about comedy. Lee's hyperactive style and dynamite wit have brought him lots of attention of late. He has been given a show on Radio

  • Rescuer's anguish at ice rink collapse

    A former firefighter from Sussex has described the desperate attempts by rescue workers to find survivors in a collapsed building. Geoff Parkinson, 39, from Battle, flew to Germany on Tuesday night with the charity Search And Rescue Aid (SARAID). He travelled

  • Police chief to meet drink row retailer

    A chief inspector has agreed to a meeting with the owner of a shop he has described as a thorn in his side. Steve Barry, district commander for central Brighton, last week said he was "horrified" Jennifer's Shop in St James's Street had applied to Brighton

  • Brokeback Mountain

    (15, 134 mins): Starring Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway. Directed by Ang Lee. Ang Lee's bold, daring and heartbreaking love story, based on a 30-page novella by Annie Proulx, is a masterpiece. I doubt you will see another

  • Missing mother told to get in touch

    The sister of a missing woman last night pleaded with her to get in touch. Gina Newbold, from Lancing, said: "Please please call - we want to know you are safe." Julie Nicholls, of Downland Drive, Hove, was last seen by her ex-partner and daughter at

  • BPO, Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

    The Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra's move to Eastbourne for its annual New Year's Eve Viennese concert did nothing to dent ticket sales, with the BPO for the playing once again to an almost-full house. Once again the audience was thrilled to hear the

  • Herman Dune, Komedia, Brighton, Monday, January 9

    Led by a pair of Swedish brothers, this trio create melancholy, off-kilter folk pop that is both defiantly lo-fi and achingly beautiful. Returning with their sixth album, Not On Top, they display the clear influences of Neil Young and Will Oldham, while

  • Critic's choice

    The Guide offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week. Moses and David Parker, Sanctuary Cella, Hove, Friday, January 6 - This is a double-bill of Hartlepool-based musicians, so be prepared for some serious Northern charm. Fronted by brothers