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  • Speedway: Smash mars Eagles defeat

    A terrible first race crash marred Eastbourne Eagles' 50-43 Elite League defeat in Manchester last night. Bell Vue's No. 1 Simon Stead was thrown over the safety fence and onto the surrounding greyhound track after a collision with Eagles' top man Nicki

  • Saqlain's on the comeback trail

    Two international players hit the comeback trail at Hove yesterday. It was the presence of Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones, returning to action after 11 months out following knee surgery, who attracted the unusually large national media interest for

  • Mushy on his way back to Sussex

    Mushtaq Ahmed will rejoin Sussex next week. But Pakistan team-mate Rana Naved is unlikely to face England A at Lord's in the county's last match before the start of their Championship defence. Instead, Rana will have a game in Pakistan before linking

  • Albion offer Wilkins new deal

    Albion have rewarded a promising first six months for manager Dean Wilkins by offering him a long-term contract. The deal comes with a pledge from chairman Dick Knight of a "healthy playing budget" for next season. Wilkins' new contract replaces his

  • Jobs go at hospital to slash costs

    More than 100 jobs at a hospital have been slashed as part of an £8 million savings drive. But Worthing Hospital remains £6 million in the red despite a range of cost-cutting measures including asking patients to bring in their own drugs. Last April

  • Gatwick workers balloted on strike action

    Workers at a firm which refuels aircraft at Gatwick airport are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over union recognition, it was warned today. The Transport and General Workers Union said its members at Gatwick Refuelling Services would vote

  • Cricket fan stumped by conflict of interests

    A cricket fan who says she is one of Sussex's biggest fans fears her passion for the club may prevent her from saving it. Averil Older is a councillor on the planning committee that could decide the club's future on Wednesday. The team is running at

  • Jones wicketless as Sussex make 253 against Glamorgan

    England fast bowler Simon Jones went wicketless on his return to action at Hove today. The 28-year-old, a star of England's victorious Ashes campaign in 2005, was beginning his comeback after 11 months out with a knee injury which required surgery last

  • Hoods steal bonnets

    Police have been left baffled by thieves who have stolen car bonnets. Three cars in Brighton and Hove were robbed of their bonnets during the weekend. They were taken from a Citroen Saxo in Ladies Miles Road, Brighton, a Citroen Saxo in Eaton Road,

  • Gatwick's operator faces probe

    BAA came a step closer to being broken up after airlines won their battle for a full investigation into the dominant airports operator. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the Gatwick owner to the Competition Commission after most industry

  • Fairs to help business

    Business fairs are being held to help upcoming entrepreneurs. The annual Horsham Micro- Biz Fair took place on March 10 and another will be held at the Steyning Centre in Steyning on June 23. The events are for small, start-up and home businesses

  • Petition calls for extension to ease A27

    A petition has been raised calling for a dual carriageway extension on a heavily-congested road. Campaigners are asking Tony Blair for his support in extending the A27 dual carriageway from Polegate to Lewes. They claim the road is regularly

  • All gone west

    This famous picture of West Street in Brighton is dominated by the great lantern tower of St Paul's, the fishermen's church, which is still there today. It is also notable for showing, immediately to the left, the old Sports Stadium when

  • A Doughty female

    Carol Tucker writes: "I am searching for Gabriel Doughty, daughter of Ivy and James Doughty, granddaughter of Herbert Ford Inman, author, and great-granddaughter of Herbert Escott Inman, author. "Gabriel would be about 68 and was last known to

  • Tin School reunion

    Noreen Fripp writes: "We, the Tin School and Friends, are holding a reunion of the Old Tin School of Peacehaven. It is being held on Tuesday, April 24 and is our 11th reunion, now embracing friends as well. "The first school in Peacheaven was situated

  • Al Gore's climate crew

    He might have gripped the world's conscience with An Inconvenient Truth but even Al Gore struggles when it comes to getting people excited about dry phrases such as sustainable development. But, with the help of key figures such as Manchester

  • Mother’s pride

    My memories of the Theatre Royal go back a long way, but my mother's - Edith Clarke's - went back a lot further. In the 1950s she and a neighbour would climb up into 'The Gods', paying just a shilling (5p) to enjoy a performance every week. Her proudest

  • Happy times

    I had 10 very happy years working at the Theatre Royal,from 1975 - 1985, starting as a box-office assistant and finishing as front of house manager. One of my fondest memories has to be the first visit to the theatre by Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna

  • Ben Griffith, Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton, Mon, Apr 2

    The climbing ratio of acoustic guitars to citizens has, for a while, been difficult to ignore. But when the new Ford Focus ads appeared in January, the cliché regarding Brighton and singer-songwriters seemed established for good. Plastered all over

  • Clapped Out Comedy Club, Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton

    The Clapped Out Comedy club was billed as "Brighton's best for live stand-up comedy" and it didn't disappoint. The compere, Lloyd Langford, lifted the audience to a side-splitting high, his innate Welshness only adding to his relaxed and continuous

  • Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, Komedia, Brighton

    "Music is like a big house, and you get a different view when you put another window in it," drummer Steve Reid - Kieran Four Tet Hebden's equally wideeyed tinkerer-in-crime - has explained of their collaborative project. "It could be a Coltrane

  • Jones tentative as Sussex put runs on board

    England fast bowler Simon Jones made a tentative return to action at Hove today. The 28-year-old bowled six overs on his comeback after 11 months out for his county side Glamorgan in Sussex's opening pre-season friendly. Jones, one of the stars of England's

  • Sussex is a million-pound property hotspot

    The number of million-pound homes sold in Sussex doubled last year, latest figures have revealed. In 2006, 129 homes in the county were sold for more than £1million - up from just 65 the previous year. The richest property hotspot is the local authority

  • Simon Jones makes comeback at Hove friendly

    England fast bowler Simon Jones began his comeback at Hove today as the new county season got underway. Jones was in the Glamorgan side playing Sussex in the first of two one-day friendlies at Hove. The injury-plagued 28-year-old was one of the stars

  • Fertiliser bomb plot trial jury still out

    Jurors retired for a ninth day today to consider their verdicts in the year-long fertiliser bomb plot trial at the Old Bailey. Seven British men were arrested in March 2004 following the discovery of more than half a ton of chemical fertiliser in storage

  • Couple finally tie the knot - after 70 years

    No-one could accuse Bob Adams of moving too fast when he finally wed his childhood sweetheart - 70 years after their first date. The pair fell for each other when they were just 13 years old but when Bob joined the Navy and was sent away to war, a brief

  • Traders are backing service plan

    More traders in East Sussex have joined a customer service scheme. A further 24 businesses have been approved for Buy With Confidence, run by trading standards officers. Traders need to have a full audit carried out to join. Background checks

  • Cricket ground contradiction

    For sheer perversity, the planning department of Brighton and Hove City Council takes some beating. Your newspaper recently reported that the department has deemed the proposed redevelopment at the Sussex County Cricket Ground, the first realistic

  • Brighton and Hove relinquishes "peace messenger" title

    Councillors have torn up Brighton and Hove's costly peace messenger status. The city has been a member of the International Association of Peace Messenger Cities (IAPMC) for 20 years - along with Geneva, Buenos Aires, Rome and Tokyo. But members have

  • Northampton 0 Albion 2

    Did you travel to watch the match at Northampton on Saturday? If so, let us know what you thought of the game.

  • How fat cat law could catch you out

    New legislation comes into force this week that will overhaul laws designed to protect animals, which have not changed for nearly 100 years. From Friday, the Animal Welfare Act makes it a legal requirement for pet owners to do what is reasonable to provide

  • Why would anyone find Tate funny?

    Bothered? I certainly am. I am amazed that the sewer outpourings of Catherine Tate's "Nan" character and her other contributions to the recent Comic Relief evening have become the fastestselling DVD of all time on the Amazon website. I am not

  • Coastway change adds to dangers

    Lawrence Marzouk's report about overcrowding at Brighton Station, highlighting rail bosses' fears over delays and injuries, gave much-needed publicity to this issue (The Argus, March 22). Well done. Four years ago, Southern Railway divided the

  • We must do more to tackle climate change

    Brighton and Hove City Council's lead in aiming to reduce carbon emissions by four per cent year on year is highly laudable and one which Brighton and Hove Friends of the Earth fully supports (The Argus, March 24). However, it is not enough for

  • Visitor numbers

    A useful addition to the debate on police station opening hours (The Argus, March 27) would be publishing the numbers of visitors to each station per hour and the proportion of people visiting stations in person out of the total of communications

  • Invisible police

    I note that despite the squeeze on funding by central government (The Argus, March 27), Sussex Police has promised to keep any more cuts away from the front line. Front line, indeed. It would be hard put to cut any more frontline officers, wouldn't

  • Disabled parking

    We have an excellent library in the centre of Brighton with a lift to all floors, sufficient room to move around and a toilet for the disabled. But there appear to be no parking facilities for disabled people in the vicinity. Was this overlooked

  • Why no webcast?

    Jenny Reid claims that having witnessed the King Alfred debate she came away "dismayed by the calibre of the arguments and comments from the Conservative opponents of the scheme" (Letters, March 30). I don't know if this is a fair and accurate

  • Sunseekers allowed back onto "dangerous" beach

    A popular beach is to re-open after being closed for a year on safety grounds. Repairs are being made at Newhaven West Beach and expected to be finished by Easter. The public has been banned from going on the sandy shore since last April because the

  • Red with dust

    The lighting columns along Kingsway, contrary to your headline (The Argus, March 26), never had any sparkle to begin with. They were installed last year by Brighton and Hove City Council, who knew full well they were already rusty in storage,

  • Green issues

    Shrieking, screeching bad taste is in robust health and terrorising Hove. No, not the ghastly Gehry Towers but the new railings at Stoneham Park in Poets Corner. The colour has been described to me as "puke" green. It is the same highvisibility

  • I love seagulls

    So, seagull are making David Wilson's life "a misery" and "earplugs are standard issue" for his visitors (Letters, March 28). Well, David - you live in Brighton about 400 metres from the beach. What do you expect? It's a bit like buying a home

  • Travellers' site empty

    Am I missing something? I recently walked over to the Chattri and could not believe what I saw at Horsdean. The infamous official travellers' site is totally empty. Yet travellers are still turning up at other local spots. Don Franklin, Lewes

  • Brighton always gets its way

    The Gehry Towers and patchwork-quilt effect of the other buildings are the ugliest constructions ever to have "won" planning permission. The saddest thing that ever happened to Hove was to join forces with Brighton. But it seems to me that what

  • Animal welfare champion dies at 87

    A campaigner who helped change public attitudes towards the use of animals in circuses has died aged 87. Marjorie Sutcliffe, of Kingsway in Hove, worked as secretary for the Captive Animals' Protection Society for more than ten years and retired in 1993

  • MP backs demands for review of laws after fatal explosion

    An MP has backed demands for a change in firework safety laws in the wake of the explosions that killed two firefighters. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has demanded a public inquiry into the events of December 3, when firefighters Brian Wembridge

  • First 'zero carbon' house set for Sussex

    A retired farmer wants to build the first "zero carbon" house in Sussex. Desmond Gunner, 83, has unveiled proposals for a self-sufficient solar and bio-mass fuelled four-bedroom home as part of a plan to conserve the county's countryside. Mr Gunner,

  • Jimmy Edwards' club celebrates moustache milestone

    In today's world of goatees and shaven heads it takes a thick-skinned person to wear a 'tache. But a club that has worldwide notoriety prides itself on its well groomed facial hair. The Handlebar Club, for people with a penchant for moustaches