Nigel Smetham, head of water quality at Southern Water (Letters, June 13) said: "Under the Water Act, 2003, the decision on whether or not to add fluoride to the supply rests with the Strategic Health Authority, not Southern Water." This contradicts the
Paedophiles will be moved out of hostels close to schools and nurseries following a campaign by the mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne. Home Secretary John Reid is also considering giving parents more information about sex offenders living in their
Thousands of cyclists crossing the London to Brighton Bike Ride finish line yesterday shared one thing in common - a sore bottom. The complaint was heard time and again from exhausted but triumphant riders who completed an arduous 54-mile journey from
A beach hut was severely damaged after being torched by arsonists. Fire crews were called to Hove Lagoon at about midnight on Friday to find a gas cylinder inside the hut had exploded and the structure well alight. Police are investigating following reports
The brother of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes has denied allegations he believed Tony Blair was a legitimate target for terrorists. Abubaker Deghayes, who runs the Al-Quds mosque in Dyke Road, Brighton, has also denied reports linking the mosque
On what must have been the hottest day of the year so far (Monday, June 12), we had to put up with a bin smouldering from early morning, all day, filling our rooms with choking fumes and even preventing us from sitting in the shady part of the garden.
It sounds like yet another of the cheesey touring thrillers which pepper the summer theatre schedules. But Dangerous Obsession, a play which has stood a 20-year test of time, promises superior thrills, relative psychological realism and some fine acting
This is a picture that will infuriate keen gardeners all over Sussex. Water bosses have slapped a hosepipe ban on more than a million households in the South East. It prevents Southern Water customers from using sprinklers or hoses to water their prized
I hope the person who ran over our much-loved cat, Dolly, on Monday, June 12, between 11pm and midnight in Westfield Crescent, is ashamed of what they did. Dolly is like part of our family and has an older sister called Smudge. With it being a warm night
Hundreds of motorists were stuck for hours in traffic as the annual London to Brighton Bike Ride once again left roads gridlocked. Soaring temperatures brought visitors to the coast in their droves but many found themselves stuck in tailbacks which stretched
What a great pleasure it was to see the profile of the late Matt Monro, the singer with the golden voice, on BBC2 last Monday evening. It charted Matt's life from very humble beginnings to a very popular international singer. It brought back a lot of
Burglars broke into a zoo and stole five endangered monkeys including a mother and baby marmoset. Zookeepers say it is a race against time to find the mother monkey Jazz because she could die without medication for an infection. Her baby, Larkin, is also
I visited Goring Green this morning and, with the amount of litter scattered over the entire area, thought it looked more like a landfill tipping site than anything else. What sort of people are they who invade this area at weekends and leave their litter
I am writing to complain about the new Cityclean bin collection service. Although I approve wholeheartedly of the new system, as a fervent environmentalist who has been recycling for years anyway, I do not approve of its implementation, or lack of it.
I attended the second pre-inquiry meeting about the Brighton and Hove and Peacehaven Wastewater Treatment Scheme (WTS) in the Anzac Room at the Meridian Centre in Peacehaven on June 8. As a resident of the area, I thought Southern Water and Brighton and
This is Elena Baltacha as you have never seen her before. Organisers of the Eastbourne tournament have transformed her into the pin-up girl of British tennis. Stunning pictures of a glamorous-looking Baltacha will be quite an eyeopener to long-serving
They say where there's muck there's brass and Peter McDonnell is proving it by ploughing some of his fortune back into Albion. The partner in a Brighton waste recycling, building and property firm is an unsung hero of the Seagulls' fight for survival,
Sussex look like losing Mushtaq Ahmed for the second half of the season after Pakistan admitted they were likely to recall him for their tour of England. Mushtaq has not played for his country since October 2003 and has since become Pakistan's part-time
More people than ever are travelling by bus in West Sussex. New figures show more than 18 million journeys were made during the past year. Numbers have been rising every year since 2001. Last year the figure was 17.2 million. West Sussex County Council
The owner of a popular cafe fears his business could be damaged by new car park charges. Chris Kraszewski runs bustling Carat's cafe and restaurant on Southwick beach. Customers include Sir Paul McCartney and cult DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, who
Campaigners against a controversial leisure and homes plan for the King Alfred site at Hove have failed in a High Court bid to derail the scheme. Mr Justice Newman dismissed challenges to the Local Plan, which makes provision for the scheme. He rejected
The Government has stepped up its criticism of America's prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the most outspoken attack to date by a senior minister, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, denounced the base as a "recruiting agent" for terrorism. Among
Thousands of people poured into Kemp Town in Brighton on Saturday for its annual community celebration. Organisers could not have wished for better weather as the baking sun brought out the crowds for the annual Kemp Town Carnival. The free event is now
Rogue traders are being chased out of a village in a scheme to give people the confidence to say no to cold-callers. The No Cold Calling zone being launched in Dallington near Rother is the first such scheme set up in Sussex. Signs will be put up in the
Brighton and Hove's Conservatives have made a bid to bring their conference back to the city. If successful it would be the first time since 1992 that Brighton has hosted the full Tory conference. It would be more good news for Brighton after Labour revealed
Medical staff are to get extra training in how to break bad news to terminally-ill patients and their families. A £2.5 million grant awarded to Brighton and Sussex Medical School will also pay for patients with brain tumours to try experimental acupuncture
Protesters fighting to stop a housing development which will destroy ancient woodland have taken their battle to the developers. Supporters of Titnore Woods, where a tree protest camp has been built in West Durrington, Worthing, took a letter to the Crawley
A medical expert from Sussex says the county is experiencing the biggest outbreak of measles since the triple MMR jab was introduced nearly 20 years ago. Parents are being warned to immunise their children against the disease, which has already claimed
It was halfway through this powerful play when I realised what was naggingly familiar in this drama. Describing her experiences as she is shifted from cell to cell, Sheila Niles' dissident journalist speaks of the small patch of cloud from a tiny window
I hope your usually wonderful paper realises that, by giving publicity to the idiots who jump from the pier every summer, it is compounding the problem, because that is just what they want. May I suggest all efforts to rescue them when they get into trouble
Friday's eviction signalled the end of a second Big Brother relationship but could have paved the way for a third. While Mikey and Grace are now parted since viewers voted the self confessed "sloane ranger" out of the house, bookies' favourite Pete is
Sussex Police have revealed the installation of a new computer system is running more than two years behind schedule. The £2.3 million crime and intelligence computer system, called Project Nemesis, was supposed to be running on the force's computers
We are told the Government is to take a tough line with people in the South-East with regard to the water crisis. We pay our taxes the same way other areas of the UK do and it is the Government's duty to provide this basic commodity to everyone. The Department
Hardly anyone knows about retinitis pigmentosa. It can cause babies to be born blind but can affect any age. No one knows what causes it, although it is thought to be inherited. No cure is known. People don't realise how many different charities there
I do sincerely believe Falmer is not the right place for Brighton and Hove Albion's new stadium. Lewes District Council (LDC) has every constitutional right, and is morally obliged, to challenge Mr Prescott's errant decision. Non-supporters of the proposed
Plans for up to 2,000 new homes in a small town have been unveiled by developers. Pelham Homes is seeking permission from Wealden District Council to build the new housing in Polegate. The scheme also includes plans for primary and secondary schools,
One of Ireland's most recent musical exports, Lunasa are a maverick instrumental outfit comprising five musicians who, over the years, have helped form the backbone of some of their country's most famous groups. Bassist Trevor Hutchinson was a key member
Newsreader Carol Barnes will today urge visitors to Brighton Marina to oppose plans for a 40-storey skyscraper. She will ask shoppers and restaurant customers to sign a petition opposing Brunswick Developments' £235 million revised application to build
England won, the sun was shining and Toots Hibbert was in town. There won't be many happier nights in Brighton this year. A man who began singing in a church choir only to later serve an 18-month prison sentence, his honeyed growl of a voice has always
A debt-ridden hospital trust has paid almost half a million pounds to money experts to get its finances under control. Royal West Sussex NHS Trust, which runs St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, has spent £426,000 on a turnaround project over the past
