Archive
-
Date
Teacher jailed for child sex assault
A Sunday school teacher who sexually assaulted a little girl on a plane has been sentenced to 30 months in prison at Lewes Crown Court. Roger Bowles, 55, a member of Hailsham Christian Fellowship, had denied abusing the four-year-old child on a Britannia
-
Date
A tremendous loss
The retirement of Wendy Toms as chairwoman of the Southern England Region Rail Passengers' Committee will be a tremendous loss. Wendy and staff transformed an unknown, insignificant government Quango into a successful, vibrant and impartial rail passengers
-
Date
Peace demo pupils expelled
Students who took part in an anti-war protest have been suspended from school just weeks before sitting their GCSE exams. At least five students from Blatchington Mill School in Hove have been given fixed-term expulsions. The move has angered parents
-
Date
Scrub the others
Brighton and Hove Albion seem hell-bent on Falmer for their new stadium despite many voices of opposition from many directions. They have clearly pinpointed this site and have stated there is no realistic alternative. For reasons known only to the Albion
-
Date
Anybody For Murder, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until March 15
There are many reasons why you might want to set a play on a tiny Greek island: Classical allusions, local culture, enervating sultriness, perhaps. In this comedy thriller, it's merely an excuse for drinking ouzo and wearing garish shirts. In other words
-
Date
Think again
Young Master Robert Davis-Balderson (Letters, March 10) would do well to think again before he criticises his headmaster. Did not that very headmaster bring him the ability to criticise him? A pupil is taught by a teacher. The pupil goes on to be a professor
-
Date
What a geyser
Verity Sharp has angered many women in Iceland by wooing top music star Kristann Scaemmudsson. After a traditional wedding in his homeland, they will move to England and set up home in Brighton. Kristann has also caused fury by saying English women are
-
Date
Car-jack
While going to the football with my six-year-old son, Jack, to receive the first prize he won at the Junior Seagull Christmas party - a photo with the team - and we approached the bridge below Withdean stadium, he had a slight panic attack and would not
-
Date
Pay rift causes fury among police
Extra pay for police is causing anger and derision within the Sussex force. Special Priority Payments (SPP), amounting to about £20 a week, will begin later this year as part of a Home Office scheme to reward front-line officers and to attract recruits
-
Date
Dream on
I have every sympathy with the Albion moving to a new ground. I witnessed the amazing change - although not in form - when my own home-town club, Huddersfield Town, moved to a new ground. However, Huddersfield's ground was built on reclaimed contaminated
-
Date
Basketball: Blalock's the 'go-to' man
He is what the Americans call the "go to guy" - the player a team looks to when the clock is running down and a basket is needed. With Bears, for "go to" read Ralph Blalock, whose mix of sound skills and an amazingly cool temperament are ideal for those
-
Date
Bosh shot
From the perspective of a city whose outskirts, where built up, are primarily residential, erecting a multi-function community stadium could be conceived as an amenity. This begs the question of a local or regional need beyond sport, leisure and other
-
Date
Red tape penalty over home working
Employers forced to let staff work from home as a result of the new flexible working regulations face a mountain of extra red tape, a law firm has claimed. Trowers & Hamlins have warned companies will have to comply with a range of health and safety
-
Date
Were you employed illegally?
Businesses across the UK could face legal action because they are not ensuring their recruitment processes are complying with employment laws. Business thinktank The Work Foundation said a third of failed to keep checks on the gender, ethnic background
-
Date
Solid start for telecoms group
Shares in Crawley telecoms equipment group Spirent have risen sharply after the former Footsie company said cost-cutting measures had started to pay off. The group reduced its workforce by 223 at the end of last year after a fall in demand from major
-
Date
Park-and-ride plan will cause gridlock
The plans put forward by Brighton and Hove Albion for the park-and-ride scheme to be placed at the top of Carden Avenue on match days say traffic will be diverted along Crowhurst Road (March 10). This will make it impossible to access Asda and allied
-
Date
Bagnall hits Crawley winner
Warren Bagnall's first half strike gave Crawley a well-deserved 1-0 win at Tiverton in a bad-tempered Dr Martens Premier clash last night. Reds were missing seven players so Connor McCurdy came in for his debut while Jon Timlin and Scott Kirkwood were
-
Date
Duo return for reserves
Robbie Pethick and Gary Hart returned to action in a drab 0-0 draw for the Reserves against Portsmouth yesterday. Pethick launched his recovery from back trouble by playing for an hour in the centre of defence at Woodside Road, Worthing. Hart, available
-
Date
Coppell: Gamblers should pay
Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on the football authorities to dock points from clubs using administration as an escape route from financial trouble. He believes such a punishment would make it fairer for those, like the Seagulls, living within their
-
Date
Police called to bones find
Bones unearthed under a house turned out to be from a cow. Police initially launched an investigation after being told the bones were human. The householder unearthed part of a skeleton during renovations at his home in South Street, Lewes. He immediately
-
Date
£1m subway opens without MP guest
Transport Minister John Spellar could not make it to the opening of a new £1 million subway today after he was called to an urgent meeting. He was due to officially open the new A27 underpass which links the universities of Sussex and Brighton. Highways
-
Date
Jailed tycoon granted appeal
Nicholas Hoogstraten could be out of jail within two weeks after being given leave to appeal against his conviction for manslaughter. The millionaire property tycoon was convicted of killing rival landlord Mohammed Sabir Raja at the Old Bailey last year
-
Date
Builders to pay a flood levy
Developers who want to build houses in flood prone parts of Sussex could be forced to pay for new defences. Floods minister Elliot Morley has ditched proposals for a tax on householders at risk of flooding in areas such as Lewes and Uckfield. But he is
-
Date
Three for the palace
A trio of St John Ambulance cadets from Sussex are off to Buckingham Palace next week to meet their Commandant-in-Chief, the Princess Royal. Sarah Bloom, 16, from Crawley, Maria Russell, 17, from Hailsham, and Chris Roots, 16, from Worthing, will have
-
Date
Council tax up by a fifth
The average homeowner in Sussex will be asked to pay more than £1,000 in council tax for the first time as councils across the county levy big rises. From April 1, most people will pay about 20 per cent more than before. People living in an average Band
-
Date
Soap 'killer' in the house
The number may be up for Coronation Street killer Richard Hillman but his actor alias will rise from the grave for a game of "housey-housey". Hove-based actor Brian Capron will be at the Butlins holiday camp in Bognor on Monday to open a new Gala Bingo
-
Date
Tale of two sisters
Every schoolchild learns Henry VIII had six wives but not many people know about the sex, sibling rivalry, social climbing and royal intrigue that surrounded the lustful king. In a tale worthy of a bodice-ripping blockbuster, a woman rises from nowhere
-
Date
Swim for free with the Lib Dems
Pensioners will be able to swim in council-run pools for free at off-peak times if Liberal Democrats get their way. The third party on Brighton and Hove City Council has also pledged free swimming lessons to young people if it wins control or influence
-
Date
Two post offices to close
Two community post offices in Lewes are to be closed within the next three months. They are the Southover branch in Priory Street and St Anne's in Western Road. Despite the decision having already been made, the Post Office is still embarking on a public
-
Date
DIY tips create Handy Mandys
Women are flocking to college to learn how to put up shelves and tile bathrooms. Tutors at Crawley College expected the DIY Academy classes, which include tips on drilling and carpentry, to be largely a male domain. But most places for the lessons, which
-
Date
Couple get cold reception
A Brighton woman has become Public Enemy Number One in Iceland after wooing one of the country's top music stars. Verity Sharp, 22, enchanted Kristann Sceammudsson with her snowboots and arm-wrestling skills but got a frosty reception from the country's
-
Date
Month of delays expected
Long delays are expected in the next month on one of the busiest roads in Sussex. Brighton and Hove City Council is resurfacing the seafront from 54 King's Road to Pool Valley from Monday. The work is expected to take four weeks to complete. It follows
-
Date
Flooding plans on show for all to see
Residents will get to view £1 million plans to deal with flooding in Southwick tomorrow. Houses around Waterdyke Avenue and The Green have long suffered from flooding when high tides, underground water levels and heavy rainfall have stopped rain going
-
Date
Not in the picture
I have lived in Whitehawk nearly all my life and thought Karen Hoy's article about the estate (March 5) was quite good until I looked at the photograph, which quite obviously showed the Bristol Estate. -G Butcher, Ninfield Place, Whitehawk, Brighton
-
Date
Who's to blame?
I read with ever-increasing amazement (The Argus, March 5) the sheer brass neck of Councillors Fitch and Kielty. Just who in the electorate do they think they are fooling with their campaign to save our threatened Hangleton and Knoll post offices when
-
Date
The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
There is a handsome tiled map half hidden at Victoria Station which gives details of the old London, Brighton and South Coast Railway services at their peak. It was a highly impressive network. Hardly anywhere was more then five miles from a station and
-
Date
Couple's torched caravan was a lifeline
A couple whose caravan was torched by arsonists say they have lost a lifeline. Ken and Irene Shergold, of Lawrence Avenue, Rustington, near Littlehampton, used the caravan to take short breaks around Sussex as respite from their illnesses. Mr Shergold
-
Date
Duo return for reserves
Robbie Pethick and Gary Hart returned to action in a drab 0-0 draw for the Reserves against Portsmouth yesterday. Pethick launched his recovery from back trouble by playing for an hour in the centre of defence at Woodside Road, Worthing. Hart, available
-
Date
Cullip: Team spirit is key to survival
Danny Cullip has paid tribute to the remarkable resolve which has turned Albion from relegation certainties into survival candidates. At the end of October, when they capitulated to a dismal dozen defeats on the trot at Crystal Palace, the Seagulls had
-
Date
Redknapp: Albion or Stoke will survive
The battle to beat the drop rests between Albion and Stoke, according to the most successful manager in the First Division. Harry Redknapp, boss of leaders Portsmouth, reckons Steve Coppell's side or the Potters will join Sheffield Wednesday and Grimsby
-
Date
Albion Round-Up
Fund raising fanatic John Keehan is going to the dogs to help cash-strapped Albion. He has organised a 'Friends of the Albion' race night at Hove greyhound stadium on May 1. The Keehan family, including Bradford midfielder Michael Standing, are sponsoring
-
Date
Flooding plans on show for all to see
Residents will get to view £1 million plans to deal with flooding in Southwick tomorrow. Houses around Waterdyke Avenue and The Green have long suffered from flooding when high tides, underground water levels and heavy rainfall have stopped rain going
-
Date
Let Ambrose stay
I was gutted to learn Ambrose Harcourt (Dr Luurve) has been axed from his programme on Southern FM. It's disgusting. On Valentine's Day, he had 1,000 calls. He is very popular with his listeners all around the country and abroad. Please let him stay.
-
Date
Not in the picture
I have lived in Whitehawk nearly all my life and thought Karen Hoy's article about the estate (March 5) was quite good until I looked at the photograph, which quite obviously showed the Bristol Estate. -G Butcher, Ninfield Place, Whitehawk, Brighton
-
Date
The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
There is a handsome tiled map half hidden at Victoria Station which gives details of the old London, Brighton and South Coast Railway services at their peak. It was a highly impressive network. Hardly anywhere was more then five miles from a station and
-
Date
Couple's torched caravan was a lifeline
A couple whose caravan was torched by arsonists say they have lost a lifeline. Ken and Irene Shergold, of Lawrence Avenue, Rustington, near Littlehampton, used the caravan to take short breaks around Sussex as respite from their illnesses. Mr Shergold
-
Date
Duo return for reserves
Robbie Pethick and Gary Hart returned to action in a drab 0-0 draw for the Reserves against Portsmouth yesterday. Pethick launched his recovery from back trouble by playing for an hour in the centre of defence at Woodside Road, Worthing. Hart, available
-
Date
Showtime for fund-raising youngsters
Tickets have been selling fast for a show featuring hundreds of Worthing schoolchildren. Tomorrow night's performance of The Show at the Assembly Hall, Worthing, has sold out and there are only a handful of seats left for Saturday evening. But there are
-
Date
Woman charged over mother's death
A woman has been charged in connection with the death of a Crawley mother. Tracy Gazzard, 29, was due to appear at Crawley Magistrates Court this morning. Charmaine Dempsey, 48, of Ivory Walk, Bewbush, Crawley, was found dead at her flat on December 29
-
Date
Albion kids hope to go all the way
Stephen May, the son of former Albion defender Larry, is one of six players to sign a three-year scholarship with Albion. He is joined by Lee Carey, Dean Cox, Adam Mountford, Sam Rents and Jake Robinson. Stephen's brother Christopher, a 17-year-old, is
-
Date
Circus worker cleared of sex attacks
A former circus worker has been cleared of a series of sex attacks on a young girl. Barry Watson, 57, was alleged to have raped and indecently assaulted the girl when he lived in the Chichester area in the Sixties. Mr Watson, who now lives in Bradford
-
Date
Bucks Fizz star returns to land of make believe
Eighties chart star Cheryl Baker is dazzling audiences in Eastbourne by starring in a grisly psychological thriller. The ex-Bucks Fizz singer is appearing in Anybody For Murder at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Compton Street, Eastbourne. She is starring
-
Date
Teacher jailed for child sex assault
A Sunday school teacher who sexually assaulted a little girl on a plane has been sentenced to 30 months in prison at Lewes Crown Court. Roger Bowles, 55, a member of Hailsham Christian Fellowship, had denied abusing the four-year-old child on a Britannia
-
Date
A27 crash tally trebles
Serious crashes on the A27 between Polegate and Lewes have almost trebled since 1994, it was revealed today. There were 14 serious accidents in 2002 compared with just five in 1994, said Eastbourne Tory MP Nigel Waterson. He tabled a Commons question
-
Date
Brothers' shock at drugs find
Two brothers told a jury they were shocked to discover drugs were being produced in a barn at their family home. Russell and Adam Hoare were giving evidence during the fifth week of a trial at Lewes Crown Court. Russell, 20, and Adam, 19, both of Princes
-
Date
Contract for incinerator to be signed
Councils have voted to sign a £1 billion waste contract which includes controversial plans to build an incinerator. Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council backed building a burner at North Quay, Newhaven, as part of the deal. However
-
Date
Peace demo pupils expelled
Students who took part in an anti-war protest have been suspended from school just weeks before sitting their GCSE exams. At least five students from Blatchington Mill School in Hove have been given fixed-term expulsions. The move has angered parents
-
Date
Anybody For Murder, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until March 15
There are many reasons why you might want to set a play on a tiny Greek island: Classical allusions, local culture, enervating sultriness, perhaps. In this comedy thriller, it's merely an excuse for drinking ouzo and wearing garish shirts. In other words
-
Date
Donny Osmond, Brighton Centre, March 12
They called it Puppy Love - but they were wrong. The love affair that started 30 years ago is still going strong. Donny Osmond's fans are still devoted to him. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since he first dazzled a generation of teenage girls
-
Date
Proud father
As a teacher with a daughter who took part in Blatchington Mill demonstration against war on Iraq, I would like to express my admiration for her and her colleagues. That the future custodians of our world, as yet unable to vote, have shown us their concern
-
Date
Think again
Young Master Robert Davis-Balderson (Letters, March 10) would do well to think again before he criticises his headmaster. Did not that very headmaster bring him the ability to criticise him? A pupil is taught by a teacher. The pupil goes on to be a professor
-
Date
Wray on form
Southwick ABC light-welterweight Neil Wray beat Torbay southpaw Steve Yates 15-10 on points at Minehead to book his place in the ABA National Senior Championships semi-finals. Wray will now box England international Lee Beavis at Crawley Leisure Centre
-
Date
Special place
The needs of children and their families are at the heart of our plans for a new child development centre in Brighton and Hove and we are already talking to them about their priorities (March 5). Anyone who has seen the new East Brighton Community Mental
-
Date
Table Tennis: Horsham can clinch promotion
Unbeaten leaders Horsham should clinch promotion from Division One (South) of the British League this weekend at Slough. They take part in the final session of four matches with top England junior Dominic Hall, at No 2. Horsham captain Andy Walker is
-
Date
What a geyser
Verity Sharp has angered many women in Iceland by wooing top music star Kristann Scaemmudsson. After a traditional wedding in his homeland, they will move to England and set up home in Brighton. Kristann has also caused fury by saying English women are
-
Date
Cycling: Coyle speeds to double triumph
Brighton rider Mike Coyle scored a double victory in Sussex CA open time trials despite crashing earlier in the week. Coyle (VC Etoile), a teacher at Brighton school Cardinal Newman, said: "It was a freak accident. I was riding in the school grounds when
-
Date
Dream on
I have every sympathy with the Albion moving to a new ground. I witnessed the amazing change - although not in form - when my own home-town club, Huddersfield Town, moved to a new ground. However, Huddersfield's ground was built on reclaimed contaminated
-
Date
Not a site for sore eyes
Opponents of proposals for the King Alfred site in Hove have started to come out in force. They are saying each of the three schemes is too big, too brash and out of keeping with that part of Hove. Yet all the proposals represent a real attempt by world-class
-
Date
Were you employed illegally?
Businesses across the UK could face legal action because they are not ensuring their recruitment processes are complying with employment laws. Business thinktank The Work Foundation said a third of failed to keep checks on the gender, ethnic background
-
Date
Workers unaware of NI rise
The majority of employees are unaware of the impact the rise in National Insurance contributions will have on their salary, according to a new survey. The research, by accountancy firm KPMG, showed 60 per cent of workers had no idea how much they will
-
Date
Park-and-ride plan will cause gridlock
The plans put forward by Brighton and Hove Albion for the park-and-ride scheme to be placed at the top of Carden Avenue on match days say traffic will be diverted along Crowhurst Road (March 10). This will make it impossible to access Asda and allied
-
Date
Duo return for reserves
Robbie Pethick and Gary Hart returned to action in a drab 0-0 draw for the Reserves against Portsmouth yesterday. Pethick launched his recovery from back trouble by playing for an hour in the centre of defence at Woodside Road, Worthing. Hart, available
-
Date
Donny still tugs those heartstrings
Adoring fans gave Donny Osmond a rapturous welcome when they swamped a concert hall to mark his arrival. Scores of his devoted followers waited in the cold for hours outside the Brighton Centre in a bid to catch a glimpse of their idol, who performed
-
Date
Jailed tycoon granted appeal
Nicholas Hoogstraten could be out of jail within two weeks after being given leave to appeal against his conviction for manslaughter. The millionaire property tycoon was convicted of killing rival landlord Mohammed Sabir Raja at the Old Bailey last year
-
Date
Mortgage firm hiring after growth spurt
A Sussex-based mortgages company is building for success by hiring new staff. Preferred Mortgages was founded in 1996 and now has about 13,000 customers and expects to be managing mortgage balances in excess of £1 billion by the end of the year. It employs
-
Date
Builders to pay a flood levy
Developers who want to build houses in flood prone parts of Sussex could be forced to pay for new defences. Floods minister Elliot Morley has ditched proposals for a tax on householders at risk of flooding in areas such as Lewes and Uckfield. But he is
-
Date
Three for the palace
A trio of St John Ambulance cadets from Sussex are off to Buckingham Palace next week to meet their Commandant-in-Chief, the Princess Royal. Sarah Bloom, 16, from Crawley, Maria Russell, 17, from Hailsham, and Chris Roots, 16, from Worthing, will have
-
Date
Is the North forcing our bills up?
England's north-south divide is being blamed for spiralling council tax bills. The Government is accused of pandering to traditionally worse-off counties such as Yorkshire and Lancashire at the expense of people living in Sussex and Surrey. Local authorities
-
Date
Council tax up by a fifth
The average homeowner in Sussex will be asked to pay more than £1,000 in council tax for the first time as councils across the county levy big rises. From April 1, most people will pay about 20 per cent more than before. People living in an average Band
-
Date
Soap 'killer' in the house
The number may be up for Coronation Street killer Richard Hillman but his actor alias will rise from the grave for a game of "housey-housey". Hove-based actor Brian Capron will be at the Butlins holiday camp in Bognor on Monday to open a new Gala Bingo
-
Date
Tale of two sisters
Every schoolchild learns Henry VIII had six wives but not many people know about the sex, sibling rivalry, social climbing and royal intrigue that surrounded the lustful king. In a tale worthy of a bodice-ripping blockbuster, a woman rises from nowhere
-
Date
Workmen botch sick girl's room
A little girl with chronic lung disease is having to sleep with her parents in the dining room because her newly-built bedroom is too damp. Four-year-old Jade Lawson lives with her parents, four siblings and great-grandmother in a council house at North
-
Date
Swim for free with the Lib Dems
Pensioners will be able to swim in council-run pools for free at off-peak times if Liberal Democrats get their way. The third party on Brighton and Hove City Council has also pledged free swimming lessons to young people if it wins control or influence
-
Date
Bid to improve hospital services
A major review has been launched to im-prove hospital services for adults with critical mental health problems. Inpatient units at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and Horsham Hospital are in a poor condition and not up to modern standards. The
-
Date
Overdose killed addict
A Big Issue seller was found dead on Christmas morning in a friend's bathroom after accidentally taking an overdose. Dan Taylor, 27, had a history of drug abuse and had tried unsuccessfully a number times to kick his heroin habit. Mr Taylor, who was was
-
Date
Two post offices to close
Two community post offices in Lewes are to be closed within the next three months. They are the Southover branch in Priory Street and St Anne's in Western Road. Despite the decision having already been made, the Post Office is still embarking on a public
-
Date
Garden restaurant gets go-ahead
Restaurant bosses have got the go-ahead to cook up a new attraction. A Brewsters Family Restaurant is to be built in Beech Hurst Gardens, Haywards Heath. The Beech Hurst Gardens Charity has been given permission for the venture by the Charity Commission
-
Date
DIY tips create Handy Mandys
Women are flocking to college to learn how to put up shelves and tile bathrooms. Tutors at Crawley College expected the DIY Academy classes, which include tips on drilling and carpentry, to be largely a male domain. But most places for the lessons, which
-
Date
Drunks use bus shelter for sex
Drunks who intimidate passers-by and have sex in public have prompted a council to remove a public bench and bus shelter. Brighton residents complained that the bench had been taken over by groups of drinkers who would sit on it all day in an inebriated
-
Date
Meetings over hospital bid
Public consultation starts next week over plans for a £6.3 million hospital. The development in Littlehampton would replace the existing Zachary Merton Hospital in Rustington and Littlehampton Hospital. The scheme has the backing of health officials at
-
Date
Let Ambrose stay
I was gutted to learn Ambrose Harcourt (Dr Luurve) has been axed from his programme on Southern FM. It's disgusting. On Valentine's Day, he had 1,000 calls. He is very popular with his listeners all around the country and abroad. Please let him stay.
-
Date
Redistribute the cash
Is there not a simple answer? Leave the end of Brighton's West Pier for the starlings, let the remainder slide slowly into the sea (a useful tourist attraction) and use all the money saved for a new King Alfred sports centre without the need for all those
-
Date
Coppell: Gamblers should pay
Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on the football authorities to dock points from clubs using administration as an escape route from financial trouble. He believes such a punishment would make it fairer for those, like the Seagulls, living within their
-
Date
Priest named in latest child sex allegation
The Catholic church today confirmed the priest at the centre of the latest child abuse allegations was Father John Healy. Father Healy has been on administrative leave from St Peter's Church, West Street, Shoreham, since last Wednesday. The move follows
-
Date
Albion kids hope to go all the way
Stephen May, the son of former Albion defender Larry, is one of six players to sign a three-year scholarship with Albion. He is joined by Lee Carey, Dean Cox, Adam Mountford, Sam Rents and Jake Robinson. Stephen's brother Christopher, a 17-year-old, is
-
Date
Police slam louts as despicable
Drunken youths are being blamed after plants were pulled up and fences and windows were smashed. Police described the incidents in Ringmer, Lewes, at the weekend as "despicable". Bedding plants were pulled out of planters in the Springett Avenue shopping
-
Date
Police switch prompts fury
Anger has greeted the news that Mid Sussex has lost a significant chunk of its police officers to Brighton. Ten officers have been taken from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead to boost numbers in the city . Chief Inspector Sam Coates, district
-
Date
Donny Osmond, Brighton Centre, March 12
They called it Puppy Love - but they were wrong. The love affair that started 30 years ago is still going strong. Donny Osmond's fans are still devoted to him. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since he first dazzled a generation of teenage girls
-
Date
Proud father
As a teacher with a daughter who took part in Blatchington Mill demonstration against war on Iraq, I would like to express my admiration for her and her colleagues. That the future custodians of our world, as yet unable to vote, have shown us their concern
-
Date
Wray on form
Southwick ABC light-welterweight Neil Wray beat Torbay southpaw Steve Yates 15-10 on points at Minehead to book his place in the ABA National Senior Championships semi-finals. Wray will now box England international Lee Beavis at Crawley Leisure Centre
-
Date
Special place
The needs of children and their families are at the heart of our plans for a new child development centre in Brighton and Hove and we are already talking to them about their priorities (March 5). Anyone who has seen the new East Brighton Community Mental
-
Date
Table Tennis: Horsham can clinch promotion
Unbeaten leaders Horsham should clinch promotion from Division One (South) of the British League this weekend at Slough. They take part in the final session of four matches with top England junior Dominic Hall, at No 2. Horsham captain Andy Walker is
-
Date
Cycling: Coyle speeds to double triumph
Brighton rider Mike Coyle scored a double victory in Sussex CA open time trials despite crashing earlier in the week. Coyle (VC Etoile), a teacher at Brighton school Cardinal Newman, said: "It was a freak accident. I was riding in the school grounds when
-
Date
Burning issue
There is widespread opposition to building an incinerator for waste at the North Quay in Newhaven. But it's hard to think of what alternative East Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council have. Most existing landfill sites are full or
-
Date
Comment: Nick Nurse on basketball
We have edged in front with a quarter of the season to go but trust me - there is still a lot of work to be done before we can celebrate finishing top of the British League. In fact, I am telling my players to forget the title race as we go into tonight's
-
Date
Not a site for sore eyes
Opponents of proposals for the King Alfred site in Hove have started to come out in force. They are saying each of the three schemes is too big, too brash and out of keeping with that part of Hove. Yet all the proposals represent a real attempt by world-class
-
Date
Basketball: Errol muscles in for title
Big Errol Seaman is starting to flex his muscles in Brighton Bears' battle for the British League title. The big Londoner has been Bears' most improved player in recent weeks and has helped them to a run of six straight wins ahead of tonight's re-match
-
Date
Workers unaware of NI rise
The majority of employees are unaware of the impact the rise in National Insurance contributions will have on their salary, according to a new survey. The research, by accountancy firm KPMG, showed 60 per cent of workers had no idea how much they will
-
Date
Call for calm as FTSE tumbles
Investors were urged to sit tight as the FT-SE 100 closed at a new seven-and-a-half year low, wiping £39 billion off the value of leading shares. Financial advisers yesterday told clients to stay calm and not cash in their investments, despite the top-flight
-
Date
Donny still tugs those heartstrings
Adoring fans gave Donny Osmond a rapturous welcome when they swamped a concert hall to mark his arrival. Scores of his devoted followers waited in the cold for hours outside the Brighton Centre in a bid to catch a glimpse of their idol, who performed
-
Date
Mortgage firm hiring after growth spurt
A Sussex-based mortgages company is building for success by hiring new staff. Preferred Mortgages was founded in 1996 and now has about 13,000 customers and expects to be managing mortgage balances in excess of £1 billion by the end of the year. It employs
-
Date
Backing for incinerator deal
Councils have voted to sign a £1 billion waste contract which includes controversial plans to build an incinerator at Newhaven. Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council backed building a burner at North Quay as part of the deal. However
-
Date
£5,000 to find chef's attacker
A £5,000 reward has been offered after a man suffered serious head injuries after a beating. Bernie Spencer's employer has put up the cash for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attackers. Paul Crowther, managing director of Atlantic
-
Date
MP's air fresheners warning
Air fresheners may be hazardous to your health, according to a Sussex MP. Lewes MP Norman Baker says research indicates air fresheners could cause head-aches, postnatal depression, diarrhoea and ear infections. The Liberal Democrat environment secretary
-
Date
Danger vodka warning
Bottles of a rogue vodka that could send drinkers blind have been found. The Food Standards Agency is issuing an updated health warning over Imperial Valkonov Vodka, which could contain high levels of methanol, after bottles turned up in Brighton. They
-
Date
Is the North forcing our bills up?
England's north-south divide is being blamed for spiralling council tax bills. The Government is accused of pandering to traditionally worse-off counties such as Yorkshire and Lancashire at the expense of people living in Sussex and Surrey. Local authorities
-
Date
Workmen botch sick girl's room
A little girl with chronic lung disease is having to sleep with her parents in the dining room because her newly-built bedroom is too damp. Four-year-old Jade Lawson lives with her parents, four siblings and great-grandmother in a council house at North
-
Date
Overdose killed addict
A Big Issue seller was found dead on Christmas morning in a friend's bathroom after accidentally taking an overdose. Dan Taylor, 27, had a history of drug abuse and had tried unsuccessfully a number times to kick his heroin habit. Mr Taylor, who was was
-
Date
Drunks use bus shelter for sex
Drunks who intimidate passers-by and have sex in public have prompted a council to remove a public bench and bus shelter. Brighton residents complained that the bench had been taken over by groups of drinkers who would sit on it all day in an inebriated
-
Date
Car-jack
While going to the football with my six-year-old son, Jack, to receive the first prize he won at the Junior Seagull Christmas party - a photo with the team - and we approached the bridge below Withdean stadium, he had a slight panic attack and would not
-
Date
Burning issue
There is widespread opposition to building an incinerator for waste at the North Quay in Newhaven. But it's hard to think of what alternative East Sussex County Council and Brighton and Hove City Council have. Most existing landfill sites are full or
-
Date
Pay rift causes fury among police
Extra pay for police is causing anger and derision within the Sussex force. Special Priority Payments (SPP), amounting to about £20 a week, will begin later this year as part of a Home Office scheme to reward front-line officers and to attract recruits
-
Date
Comment: Nick Nurse on basketball
We have edged in front with a quarter of the season to go but trust me - there is still a lot of work to be done before we can celebrate finishing top of the British League. In fact, I am telling my players to forget the title race as we go into tonight's
-
Date
Basketball: Blalock's the 'go-to' man
He is what the Americans call the "go to guy" - the player a team looks to when the clock is running down and a basket is needed. With Bears, for "go to" read Ralph Blalock, whose mix of sound skills and an amazingly cool temperament are ideal for those
-
Date
Bosh shot
From the perspective of a city whose outskirts, where built up, are primarily residential, erecting a multi-function community stadium could be conceived as an amenity. This begs the question of a local or regional need beyond sport, leisure and other
-
Date
Basketball: Errol muscles in for title
Big Errol Seaman is starting to flex his muscles in Brighton Bears' battle for the British League title. The big Londoner has been Bears' most improved player in recent weeks and has helped them to a run of six straight wins ahead of tonight's re-match
-
Date
Red tape penalty over home working
Employers forced to let staff work from home as a result of the new flexible working regulations face a mountain of extra red tape, a law firm has claimed. Trowers & Hamlins have warned companies will have to comply with a range of health and safety
-
Date
Call for calm as FTSE tumbles
Investors were urged to sit tight as the FT-SE 100 closed at a new seven-and-a-half year low, wiping £39 billion off the value of leading shares. Financial advisers yesterday told clients to stay calm and not cash in their investments, despite the top-flight
-
Date
Solid start for telecoms group
Shares in Crawley telecoms equipment group Spirent have risen sharply after the former Footsie company said cost-cutting measures had started to pay off. The group reduced its workforce by 223 at the end of last year after a fall in demand from major
-
Date
Bagnall hits Crawley winner
Warren Bagnall's first half strike gave Crawley a well-deserved 1-0 win at Tiverton in a bad-tempered Dr Martens Premier clash last night. Reds were missing seven players so Connor McCurdy came in for his debut while Jon Timlin and Scott Kirkwood were
-
Date
Coppell: Gamblers should pay
Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on the football authorities to dock points from clubs using administration as an escape route from financial trouble. He believes such a punishment would make it fairer for those, like the Seagulls, living within their
-
Date
Police called to bones find
Bones unearthed under a house turned out to be from a cow. Police initially launched an investigation after being told the bones were human. The householder unearthed part of a skeleton during renovations at his home in South Street, Lewes. He immediately
-
Date
£1m subway opens without MP guest
Transport Minister John Spellar could not make it to the opening of a new £1 million subway today after he was called to an urgent meeting. He was due to officially open the new A27 underpass which links the universities of Sussex and Brighton. Highways
-
Date
Backing for incinerator deal
Councils have voted to sign a £1 billion waste contract which includes controversial plans to build an incinerator at Newhaven. Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council backed building a burner at North Quay as part of the deal. However
-
Date
£5,000 to find chef's attacker
A £5,000 reward has been offered after a man suffered serious head injuries after a beating. Bernie Spencer's employer has put up the cash for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attackers. Paul Crowther, managing director of Atlantic
-
Date
MP's air fresheners warning
Air fresheners may be hazardous to your health, according to a Sussex MP. Lewes MP Norman Baker says research indicates air fresheners could cause head-aches, postnatal depression, diarrhoea and ear infections. The Liberal Democrat environment secretary
-
Date
Danger vodka warning
Bottles of a rogue vodka that could send drinkers blind have been found. The Food Standards Agency is issuing an updated health warning over Imperial Valkonov Vodka, which could contain high levels of methanol, after bottles turned up in Brighton. They
-
Date
Couple get cold reception
A Brighton woman has become Public Enemy Number One in Iceland after wooing one of the country's top music stars. Verity Sharp, 22, enchanted Kristann Sceammudsson with her snowboots and arm-wrestling skills but got a frosty reception from the country's
-
Date
Month of delays expected
Long delays are expected in the next month on one of the busiest roads in Sussex. Brighton and Hove City Council is resurfacing the seafront from 54 King's Road to Pool Valley from Monday. The work is expected to take four weeks to complete. It follows
-
Date
Soap 'killer' in the house
The number may be up for Coronation Street killer Richard Hillman but his actor alias will rise from the grave for a game of "housey-housey". Hove-based actor Brian Capron will be at the Butlins holiday camp in Bognor on Monday to open a new Gala Bingo
-
Date
Who's to blame?
I read with ever-increasing amazement (The Argus, March 5) the sheer brass neck of Councillors Fitch and Kielty. Just who in the electorate do they think they are fooling with their campaign to save our threatened Hangleton and Knoll post offices when
-
Date
Redistribute the cash
Is there not a simple answer? Leave the end of Brighton's West Pier for the starlings, let the remainder slide slowly into the sea (a useful tourist attraction) and use all the money saved for a new King Alfred sports centre without the need for all those
-
Date
Coppell: Gamblers should pay
Albion boss Steve Coppell has called on the football authorities to dock points from clubs using administration as an escape route from financial trouble. He believes such a punishment would make it fairer for those, like the Seagulls, living within their
-
Date
Priest named in latest child sex allegation
The Catholic church today confirmed the priest at the centre of the latest child abuse allegations was Father John Healy. Father Healy has been on administrative leave from St Peter's Church, West Street, Shoreham, since last Wednesday. The move follows
-
Date
Cullip: Team spirit is key to survival
Danny Cullip has paid tribute to the remarkable resolve which has turned Albion from relegation certainties into survival candidates. At the end of October, when they capitulated to a dismal dozen defeats on the trot at Crystal Palace, the Seagulls had
-
Date
Redknapp: Albion or Stoke will survive
The battle to beat the drop rests between Albion and Stoke, according to the most successful manager in the First Division. Harry Redknapp, boss of leaders Portsmouth, reckons Steve Coppell's side or the Potters will join Sheffield Wednesday and Grimsby
-
Date
Albion Round-Up
Fund raising fanatic John Keehan is going to the dogs to help cash-strapped Albion. He has organised a 'Friends of the Albion' race night at Hove greyhound stadium on May 1. The Keehan family, including Bradford midfielder Michael Standing, are sponsoring
-
Date
Police slam louts as despicable
Drunken youths are being blamed after plants were pulled up and fences and windows were smashed. Police described the incidents in Ringmer, Lewes, at the weekend as "despicable". Bedding plants were pulled out of planters in the Springett Avenue shopping
-
Date
New row over fatal shooting
Police leaders have been accused of failing to stand by officers involved in the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man. Graham Alexander, joint chairman of the Sussex branch of the Police Federation, said officers were wrongly accused of criminal offences
-
Date
Police switch prompts fury
Anger has greeted the news that Mid Sussex has lost a significant chunk of its police officers to Brighton. Ten officers have been taken from Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead to boost numbers in the city . Chief Inspector Sam Coates, district
-
Date
Yobs' attack at cemetery
Vandals smashed gravestones and daubed graffiti on a chapel wall when they rampaged through a Worthing cemetery. Stone crosses and vases were broken during the attack on Broadwater Cemetery in Carnegie Road. The culprits fled after leaving cans of alcohol
-
Date
A tremendous loss
The retirement of Wendy Toms as chairwoman of the Southern England Region Rail Passengers' Committee will be a tremendous loss. Wendy and staff transformed an unknown, insignificant government Quango into a successful, vibrant and impartial rail passengers
-
Date
Scrub the others
Brighton and Hove Albion seem hell-bent on Falmer for their new stadium despite many voices of opposition from many directions. They have clearly pinpointed this site and have stated there is no realistic alternative. For reasons known only to the Albion
