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  • Martot future on hold due to holidays

    David Martot's Albion career has been put on hold because of the French holidays. The Seagulls wanted to tie up a new loan agreement with the Le Havre midfielder, taking him through to the end of the season. But, when they attempted to do business yesterday

  • Rocks sign Albion midfielder for rest of the season

    Bognor boss Michael Birmingham has challenged Scott Chamberlain to become one of the stars of Conference south after securing the services of the Albion midfielder on loan until the end of the season. Chamberlain proved a success at Bognor after arriving

  • Borough boss tips Rooks for title

    Garry Wilson admits Eastbourne Borough will have to overcome the odds to prevent Lewes winning the title this season. Borough can cut Lewes' lead at the top of the table to three points with two games in hand if they beat the Rooks at a packed Priory

  • Brighton drunks to get on the spot fines

    Police have criticised people who get drunk tonight in Brighton and Hove. Officers are threatening those who do with £80 on the spot fines or a night in the cells. A spokeswoman for Sussex Police urged those who are out on the town to act responsibly

  • Elphick rushes to the rescue

    Tommy Elphick is coming back ahead of schedule as Albion aim to shrug off their Christmas blues. The young central defender came through a practice match on Saturday and returns to the squad to face Bournemouth in League One action at Withdean today

  • Richards thanks Albion for kick-starting his career

    Matt Richards today admitted Albion have given him a massive help towards a place in the Championship. The former Seagulls loanee was an unused sub for Ipswich at Coventry on Saturday and is in the squad to face West Brom today (Tuesday). Ipswich kept

  • Fire rips through country house

    Seven fire crews from three counties battled to put out a blaze which swept through a remote country home. Dozens of firefighters were called to tackle the flames at the extensive home in Danley Lane, Linchmere, near Midhurst, on Saturday. The fire

  • Forster insists there is no crisis

    Nicky Forster wants to head off any talk of crisis by helping put Albion back on the winning trail at Withdean. The Seagulls have lost two in a row on the road and three of their last four matches. Allied to the departures of Matt Richards, George O'Callaghan

  • Beachy Head deaths triple

    The number of people killing themselves by jumping off Beachy Head nearly tripled this year, figures showed today. Deaths have increased since a cliff top patrol was forced to quit over health and safety fears. Now there are substantial worries the

  • New Shoreham steelworks jobs move step closer

    Up to 280 jobs are to be created as plans for a new steel processing plant look set to be approved. Canterbury-based company Parker Steel wants to build the plant at Shoreham harbour to process and store huge quantities of metal. The 12-acre site is

  • I Am Legend

    A while ago I saw a film about blood sucking night creatures called 30 Days Of Night and was, overall, not too impressed. ‘I Am Legend’ has a similar theme, but contains all the ingredients lacking in 30 Days Of Night. It is one of the most terrifying

  • I Am Legend

    A while ago I saw a film about blood sucking night creatures called 30 Days Of Night and was, overall, not too impressed. ‘I Am Legend’ has a similar theme, but contains all the ingredients lacking in 30 Days Of Night. It is one of the most terrifying

  • Eileen, one of 13

    Jacqueline (Jackie) Reffold is hoping to get in contact with an old school friend, Eileen Taylor (as she was then). Eileen lived in Highdown Road, Hove, and Jackie lived in Hangleton. They attended Cardinal Newman School together in the late-Sixties

  • Nevill School 50th reunion

    "Were you an original pupil at Nevill School (now Blatchington Mill School, in Hove) or do you know of anyone who started at the school in September 1958? "If so, we would like to hear from you. A reunion is being arranged for Saturday, September

  • Outstanding bandstand

    Brighton's beautiful Victorian bandstand is now in a sad state, following many years of neglect. Here is a picture of it, probably taken in the Sixties, showing the bandstand looking lovely, although even then it was not being used because of traffic

  • Elphick back for Albion

    Tommy Elphick is back in the Albion squad after a hernia operation. The young centre back could even start against Bournemouth tomorrow after a flu virus hit the Seagulls. Joel Lynch and Tommy Fraser did not train today and are rated very doubtful for

  • Looking back over 2007

    I've just checked my book diary (yes, I know, but a few years ago I got so tired of not remembering what I'd read I decided the time had come to keep a list)and the grand total for 2007 is 52 books. This neatly works out at a book a week but is not my

  • Looking back over 2007

    I've just checked my book diary (yes, I know, but a few years ago I got so tired of not remembering what I'd read I decided the time had come to keep a list)and the grand total for 2007 is 52 books. This neatly works out at a book a week but is not my

  • Sneezons greetings

    My husband is coming home from the Middle East for Christmas and I am developing a cold! Mine are really awful and invariably go on to sinusitis. Is it OK to make love when you are all "bunged up" like this? Yes, making love is OK, though you definitely

  • Kiss and make up

    I know my fiance has bought me some expensive make-up for Christmas. What he is not aware of is the fact last time I used it, it brought me out in a nasty allergic skin reaction. Do you think I should go ahead and apply it to my face so as not to

  • Colourful Christmas

    I noticed your recent comments about colour of pubic hair. I would like to dye mine for Christmas. My new fiance fancies either red or blonde. But is it medically safe to apply dye to this area? Well, none of the hair dye manufacturers recommends

  • Pain in the butt

    Is sciatica a form of arthritis? It is giving me constant pain and I would really like to get rid of it. No, sciatica isn't a form of arthritis. In fact, all that the word "sciatica" means is pain originating in the lower part of the spine, running

  • Sneering boyfriend

    I have a rather arrogant new boyfriend, who sneered at me when I mentioned I get great pleasure from my nipple. He said "You mean your areola". What is he talking about? Strictly speaking, the nipple is just the bit that sticks out. The areola is

  • Exhausted teacher

    I am a teacher and I have felt truly dreadful at work in the run-up to Christmas. I think I am depressed. If I'm not fit to go back to the school in early January, would my GP give me a certificate? And if so, what diagnosis would she put on it?

  • Brave Clare prepares for 56 mile trek

    Intrepid fund-raiser Clare Forbes is gearing herself up for her toughest challenge to date. The 24-year-old, who has had both legs amputated below the knee, is preparing for a 56 mile trek across Cuba in March. The walk will take her through spectacular

  • Reds boss all set for January sales

    Crawley boss Steve Evans is set to strengthen his squad in the transfer window, regardless of whether the proposed takeover takes place. Evans has drawn up two lists of targets he wants to bring in during January, one based on his current playing budget

  • Top 10 New Year's events

    If you're only starting to plan your New Year's Eve celebration now, you've left it a bit late. But don't resign yourself to a lonely glass of sherry and the television - at the time the Guide Daily went to press, tickets were still available for

  • Tiny baby injured by basket bed

    A mother has told of her horror at finding her baby covered in blood inside a "coarse" wicker basket from Argos. Victoria Novozhilova checked the Teddies Moses Basket was suitable for young babies before leaving tiny Alfie in it to sleep. But

  • Rescuers put at risk

    What a shame that the swimmers who went into the sea on Christmas day, in conditions which were obviously dangerous, did not spare a thought for the lives of those who had to enter the water to save them. And these are people who live beside the

  • International ban on cruel foods

    Green Party councillor Ben Duncan has demanded that the sale of foie gras be outlawed across Brighton and Hove. I believe that the production of foie gras should be internationally banned along with shark fin soup. Every year tens of millions

  • Top policement let off lightly

    Having made an appeal on behalf of Sussex Action for Peace to the Independent Police Complaints Commission, I welcome its decision to uphold a complaint of professional misconduct against Chief Superintendent Kevin Moore for remarks he made in

  • Raising the roof

    On behalf of everyone at St Peter and St James hospice I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the individuals, clubs, businesses, schools, churches and trusts that have supported our fundraising efforts in the past 12 months. I also wish to

  • Publicity protest

    Oh no! Not more space given to that self-publicist Chris Eubank (Letters December 27). Jumping on the Iraq "bandwagon" when he knows he has nothing to lose and senses an opportunity to claim some cheap sympathetic praise is a desperately low trick

  • Digital TV revolution is junk

    In response to Roy Saunders (Letters, December 21), he will be pleased to hear that the digital TV revolution will not bring about the need to scrap existing television sets, even when the analogue stations are switched off. In fact digital TV

  • Blowing hot air

    Offices behind my house seem to keep their air conditioning on 24/7. There is no one there at night and over the Christmas period there's no one there at all. Apart from keeping me awake every night, it' s a terrible waste of a valuable resource

  • Rudest drivers

    With regard to the letter about the rudest drivers in Sussex (Letters, December 20) I would like to nominate any driver on the A27 who, when joining the dual carriageway from a feeder road, tries to overtake other vehicles which are joining. I

  • Only healthy horses loved

    I was puzzled by the conflicting comments by Ann Seales (Letters, December 20) in relation to the Animal Aid demonstration at Plumpton Racecourse. Her naivety and mixed ideas were unrealistic when she states that: "You could not find owners more

  • Resolution to check the facts

    Ian Davey says I would be better off lobbying Labour colleagues about the current application by the Portland Hotel for lap and pole dancing until 4am (Letters, December 28). If he had contacted me or my office either in the constituency or in Westminster

  • I was sure the waves would kill me

    A father has thanked the people who risked their lives to save him after he almost drowned during a Christmas day dip. Like many other foolhardy bathers, Andy Mills, 47, had psyched himself up for the annual festive swim on Brighton beach. But

  • Patients' families must be heard

    The children of Sue and Roger Goswell said they felt "let down by the system" after their father killed their mother and then drove his car into a tree, killing himself.Mr Goswell left a psychiatric hospital less than a week before he murdered his

  • Homes earned £81 a day

    Homes in Brighton rose in value by £81 a day in 2007 as the average property price burst through the £300,000 barrier, end-of-year figures reveal today. Property prices rose 11 per cent - more than double the national average - according to a report

  • My fears for this event in our city

    A SENIOR Sussex police officer is likely to receive "words of advice" from his own force following criticisms of peace campaigners protesting about the 2006 Israeli bombing of Lebanon. In a letter to The Argus last year, Chief Supt Kevin Moore

  • Thanks for successful Omar campaign

    The Save Omar group want to thank The Argus for mounting its campaign, Justice for Omar, and the journalists who took time to gather up the details of Omar Deghayes' detention as well as the many readers of The Argus who followed his story, often

  • Government can't be trusted with ID cards

    The report about NHS trusts losing patient records should provide a wake-up call to those who are still intent on foisting compulsory ID cards on us (The Argus, December 24). It follows hard on the heels of the Revenue and Customs losing computer

  • Dangerous pursuit

    My wife and I popped into Lewes on Boxing Day. When we got to the law courts we found the public footpath and the road blocked by a large crowd of people, horses and dogs. The crowd and the riders were loud, intimidating and were seen drinking

  • Tragic end for 'Shane'

    Alan Ladd was an almost unknown Hollywood support actor for many years in films like Once In A Lifetime (Universal, 1933) and Souls At Sea (Paramount 1937). Born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and standing only 5ft5in tall, boxes were strategically

  • Wheelie generous

    Has anyone considered the effect that the introduction of wheelie bins will have on Christmas tips given to dustmen? I currently tip ours very generously, as I imagine lots of other people do, as they take all sorts of stuff I would otherwise have

  • Money better spent on rail

    With regard to John Stanaway's comments on the Beddingham bridge (Letters, December 22), the Coastway line has been shown on EU maps as potentially a part of the Trans European Network. It connects at Ashford for Eurostar and for the future Javelin

  • Cracker of a show

    I would like to say how much I enjoyed The Nutcracker at the Brighton Dome on December 21. This was a wonderful performance and the music was brilliant. I saw Swan Lake two years at the same venue. I hope this will be a regular Christmas event at

  • Generous gift

    We would like to say a big thank you in your pages for the generosity of local businessman Robbie Raggio. Robbie proved the spirit of Christmas is alive and well in the city by donating £1,000 to us to organise some festive celebrations for deserving

  • Good luck Ed

    I found the letter regarding Ed Mitchell from Roger Todd, quite heartless (Letters, December 24). Because of bad management and drinks but also, let's face it, bad luck, Ed Mitchell found himself homeless. Whether one is, or was, in the media

  • Squatting laws are a lifeline

    In response to Paul Butterfill's comments about squatters (Letters, December 11), squatting provides an avenue of selfhelp whereby squatters like myself do not burden the taxpayer by claiming housing benefit nor add to the downward spiral of

  • Drug dog checks on train passengers

    Police have warned of a high profile crackdown on drugs in the coming months. Eastbourne police have launched an operation using a sniffer dog to identify rail passengers arriving in the town carrying illegal substances. Operation Wattle, supported

  • Double misery for shopkeeper

    Armed robbers burst into a shop and threatened to slit the owner's throat as they snatched hundreds of pounds. The pair brandished a 6in blade in the face of boss Mike Fernando before taking more than £500 from his safe during the attack at

  • Yacht a great way to support charity

    Most people go through December looking forward to putting their feet up and enjoying a beer or two. But for a Sussex travel boss, who is aiming to become one of only a handful of people to both sail and fly across the Atlantic single-handedly,

  • A27 work to cut deaths

    Road safety experts are taking action to cut the number of deaths on a lethal stretch of dual carriageway. Over the past four years there have been four fatalities and seven serious injuries on the A27 at Castle Goring, on the outskirts of Worthing

  • Fury over bins in parking spaces

    Drivers in Brighton and Hove would be left "short-changed" if plans to take up 140 parking spaces with huge communal bins are agreed. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to install up to 575 car-sized bins from next May to cut down on rubbish