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  • Albion travel points

    Further to the letter from Steve Reeves, Brighton and Hove Albion’s transport manager (The Argus, September 10) headed “Cycle path points”, only some of the path has been completed. The section from Bexhill Road to the Brighton and Hove border

  • Looking back: Can magical Matt still cast a spell?

    Young illusionist Matt Sparro was set the challenge of being chained and padlocked to a barber’s chair with just 70 seconds to escape. The consequences of failure? A shaved head at the hands of Anna Linkman of Anna’s Barbershop in Boundary Road

  • Take from the top at Eastbourne District General Hospital

    The huge turnout for the Save The DGH march on Saturday, September 7 (The Argus, September 9) was not just about maternity services. It was about the total erosion of core services at a hospital serving more than 100,000 people including paediatrics

  • Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard gets major cash boost

    A counselling charity has received a major funding boost. The Brighton and Hove LGBT Switchboard has been awarded lottery funding to develop its telephone helpline service. The charity, based at Community Base in Queens Road, Brighton, hopes

  • £3,000 raised in memory of Eastbourne soldier David Martin

    Nearly £3,000 has been raised for Help for Heroes in memory of a soldier who died after plunging 1,000ft off Mont Blanc. Friends and family of 30- year-old David Martin, affectionately known as Blondie, have donated thousands towards the charity

  • Travel Watch Live

    Delays on the trains between  Horsham and Arundel. More as it comes The A259 in Hooe is closed due to an accident. Heavy delays in  the area. More to come.   Problems still on the A259. This is the latest information we have received:

  • Hove pals who played during the war reunited at last

    Two long-lost friends have been reunited after losing touch for more than 60 years. James Avis and Sylvia Jones spent their childhood dodging Nazi doodlebugs together in the streets of wartime Hove but never saw each other again after Mr Avis was

  • BBC over-payments at the public's expense

    I was impressed by Mrs Hodge and the select committee she chairs while quizzing various senior executives within the BBC about over-payments to outgoing executives. I was less impressed with the arrogant reply from Mark Thompson, the former director

  • Half of this 20mph questionnaire is nonsense

    I note that Brighton and Hove City Council is keen to know what we think of 20mph speed limits. We have all had questionnaires ahead of this scheme. I found it odd that half of this paper was in fact an inquiry into our social status and intimate

  • I've lost confidence in the council

    The leader of Brighton and Hove City Council has referred to Government cuts as effectively bonkers. Having learnt that The Greens spent some £500,000 of our council tax dealing with travellers over the past year, I don’t feel the majority of residents

  • One in 20 homes in Brighton and Hove at risk of gas danger

    One in 20 Brighton and Hove homes has a dangerous gas cooker, boiler or fire, despite the city being named the safest in Britain. The Gas Safe Register, which released the data to mark Gas Safety Week, also warned people against illegal fitters

  • F*** Buttons, Concorde 2, Brighton, September 16

    They were the unexpected name on last summer’s Olympic opening ceremony soundtrack, but there were no dancing horses or coxless fours when F*** Buttons pulled into Brighton. Instead, the electronic duo of Andrew Hung and John Power brought with

  • Nicola Benedetti, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, September 15

    Nicola Benedetti is a goddess. Not because she happens to be a ringer for Sophia Loren but because of the following: BBC Young Musician Of The Year at 16 followed by a £1 million recording contract, a Classical Brit Award in 2012, a stellar international

  • Private rental market is all about supply and demand

    As a landlord, I have been following the correspondence regarding re-introducing rent controls with interest (Letters, September 7). I have to agree (obviously) with Mike Stimpson that the introduction of controlled rents would inevitably lead to a

  • Rangers are in a "different world" admits Albion coach

    Nathan Jones has warned that QPR are in a “different world” to their Championship rivals. But Albion’s assistant head coach is still relishing tomorrow night’s test for the mid-table Seagulls at Loftus Road. Second-placed Rangers, with the

  • Special bullying report: What to do if your child is a victim

    Brighton and Hove City Council guidelines on what to do if your child is being bullied in school: If, having been in contact with the school, you are unhappy with the support being given to you and your child and the bullying has not been resolved,

  • Thieves use angle grinder to break into bank

    Thieves used an angle-grinder to cut their way into a bank but were thwarted when the building’s interior filled with smoke. Police said the attempted to break into the branch of Santander as “audacious”, adding those responsible for the break-in

  • Stop the Virgin mail shots - I'm not a student

    For the fourth time in as many weeks, I have received a mail shot simply addressed to “Uni students” (using capital letters outlined in red). There is no indication on the envelope as to the sender but the letter inside reveals it comes from Virgin

  • Full-page advert was not clear about 20mph speed limits

    I support the 20mph speed limits in Brighton and Hove and I think I’m in the majority. Most of my friends are cyclists or enjoy walking through town. Most of my friends don’t own cars or choose not to drive them in the city centre. Brighton and

  • Crawley MP Henry Smith defends pay rise for his wife

    A Sussex MP gave his wife a pay rise last year. Henry Smith, MP for Crawley, is one of 28 MPs revealed to have given their employee relatives a pay rise in 2012 to 2013. Mr Smith’s wife Jennifer Millar- Smith left her housing post at Crawley

  • Bruno back in contention for Albion

      Bruno is on course to return to injury-hit Albion's first team squad at Queens Park Rangers tomorrow night.   The Spanish right-back, sidelined by a hamstring injury since the opening day defeat at Leeds, is likely to be on the bench at Loftus

  • Akpan return "very unlikely" says Crawley boss

    Boss Richie Barker says the chances of Hope Akpan returning to Crawley are “very slim”. Reading are thought to be considering sending the midfielder out on loan with Reds rumoured to be keen to take him back to the Checkatrade.com Stadium.

  • Albion skipper deserves Scotland chance

    Matt Upson reckons Albion captain Gordon Greer is in the form of his life and deserves a chance for Scotland. Greer led by example as the Seagulls became the first side to prevent Reading scoring at home in Sunday’s 0-0 draw at the Madejski Stadium

  • Lorry full of manure causes chaos on A27 after overturning

    A lorry carrying compost has overturned on the A27, causing massive delays. Sussex Police and East Sussex Fire and Rescue confirmed that the HGV overturned at the Beddingham roundabout, near Lewes, shortly after 7am. A Sussex Police spokeswoman