Archive
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Letter: Let's give credit where it is due
There has been a great deal of criticism about Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company and its managing director Roger French (Letters, September 8). As a semi-disabled pensioner, I use the buses daily and find them to be clean, regular and efficient.
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Letter: Wartime memories
I was interested in the letter from Peter Jones about the Dome Teacher at Shoreham Airport. They were on many airfields and I did a stint on one, learning to aim-off. My first posting was to Gravesend, where we were equipped with 20mm Hispano cannon.
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Letter: Accurate record
Peter Jones's letter (September 8) made an excellent contribution to local Second World War memories. He described the equipment and methods used for training anti-aircraft gunners in the dome building at Shoreham Airport. I can vouch for the accuracy
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Letter: Only one escape
Tesco plans to increase its size by one-third (The Argus, September 9). Have Adur planners stipulated that more entry and exit doors have to be in place before Tesco increases the size of its store at Holmbush? At the moment there is only one area to
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Letter: Be tolerant
Mr J Ford complains about cyclists on the seafront (Letters, September 9) but perhaps he might like to consider that unsociable behaviour is not exclusive to people on two wheels. Whenever I am at the seafront there are always pedestrians walking in the
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3,000 calls for new school after blaze
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a new secondary school to be built following a devastating fire. The governors at Tideway School in Southdown Road, Newhaven, collected 3,000 signatures during the summer following the blaze there
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Newly-weds reunited with their lost gifts
A newly-married couple have been reunited with wedding presents they thought had been lost for good. Chris and Bianca Lloyd set off on their honeymoon to Antigua yesterday after opening the last of their gifts from their wedding on Saturday. The couple
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Fighting the new Battle of Hastings
A modern row is brewing on the site where one of the most famous battles in history took place almost 1,000 years ago. A £2.3 million plan to boost flagging visitor numbers at Battle Abbey has angered the town's historical society. English Heritage wants
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Police fears for missing Alex, 14
Concern is growing for a 14-year-old girl following her mysterious disappearance two weeks ago. Sussex Police have launched an appeal for information to trace Alex Heamen, who left her home in Abergavenney Road, Lewes, on September 1 to meet friends in
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Truants' parents will face £100 fine
Parents of schoolchildren caught playing truant in Brighton and Hove will be hit with fines of up to £100. The power to issue fixed penalty notices to parents was awarded to education authorities last year after the Government pledged to boost schools
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Letter: Safer pavements
In response to Matt Pearson, it is illegal to cycle on the pavement under the Road Traffic Act. It is not illegal to cycle on the road. It is a pity the police do not consider it a priority to prosecute cyclists under this statute law. If they enforced
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VIP silent over education leak
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has walked into a fresh row over the Government's Sure Start programme. The MP was jeered as she arrived to open the Tarner Children's Centre in Ivory Place, Brighton, yesterday. Ministers want to set up 57 new children's
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Camera fines net Treasury £1.6m
Motorists poured almost £1.6 million into Treasury coffers through speed camera fines in a year. Critics said the figures from Sussex would fuel suspicion of cameras and contradicted Government promises. Ministers had said fines would only be used to
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Letter: Let us have our say on the towers
I read about the "yes" vote to the King Alfred with a heavy heart (The Argus, September 13). A small minority of over-ambitious councillors have moved us all one step closer to the destruction of Hove seafront. A few years ago, we were all suddenly informed
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Letter: Use the sea
Why can't the water board filter from the River Ouse flowing in from the sea, as other countries which do not have a lot of rain filter sea water? I would think with today's technology, building to pipe from the tidal part of the Ouse to the main reservoir
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Letter: Just plain silly
I have just seen the model of the proposed development for the King Alfred site and it looks as if it was designed by people who had lost their straight edges. It is out of scale, inappropriate and just plain silly. -John McGivering, Brighton
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Letter: Too crowded
How depressing that politicians and business leaders still think huge house-building programmes are appropriate for the South-East (The Argus, August 6). They say providing thousands of new homes will help key workers to live locally, employers to recruit
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Cricket: Sussex must find a way to keep the hottest property
The Sussex management sat down to discuss contracts this week and top of the agenda was keeping hold of the hottest property in county cricket. Rana Naved has helped transform Sussex's Championship fortunes in the second half of the season. When the Pakistani
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Fantasy football: Three-way tie in Fantasy land
The Argus Fantasy Football League is up and running and after the first week we have three joint leaders. Team managers Stuart Bettis, Andrea Torkington and Richard Partridge all totalled an impressive 48 points. It puts them in line for a prize of £100
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Town is facing parking clash
The Green Party today called for a referendum on controversial plans for on-street parking charges in the centre of Eastbourne. The town looks likely to follow Brighton, Hastings and Lewes by introducing a controlled parking scheme in 2007. Householders
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Pub in line for national award
A Sussex pub is in the running to be named best in the country. The Evening Star in Surrey Street, Brighton, has been declared the finest pub in Sussex and Surrey by the Campaign For Real Ale (Camra). In May it was presented with the Anthony Jenner Memorial
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Level-headed park clean-up
A team of volunteers who hope to give a run-down park a new lease of life are visiting another park to see a similar scheme in action. About a dozen members of Friends Of The Level, which was set up a month ago, are paying a visit to Stoneham Park in
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Mum might claim over burn injury
The mother of a toddler whose hands were badly burnt when she fell on the remains of an illegal beach bonfire is considering legal action. Denise Harrison says she may sue Brighton and Hove City Council following the terrifying ordeal which left her three-year-old
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Crackdown on late-night yobs
Yobs screaming, shouting, drinking and swearing in the streets late at night are driving residents to despair. Parents are driving their children to hotspots and unloading alcohol for them to drink. Police said trouble-spots included Sea Avenue, Old Manor
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Plea of bombing victim's parents
The bereaved parents of a Briton killed in the Egyptian terror bombings have accused the Government of neglecting the victims. John and Angela Corke claim they have had little assistance since learning 31-year-old Annalie Vickers died in the blasts in
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Air show's true value disputed
A 500-signature petition has been handed to council chiefs in an effort to discover the true value of Sussex's largest free air show. Petitioners want a public debate about the Airbourne air show in Eastbourne, which last month drew 800,000 visitors over
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Letter: Sad demise of a proud tradition
As a former hon assistant secretary to the Brighton, Hove and District Schools' Boxing Association, I was interested to read correspondence about the sport in these pages. We had one of the best organisations, certainly in Sussex but probably in England
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The Jungle Book, Theatre Royal, Brighton
If you have children or grandchildren then grab them quickly and take them to an evening of excitement and enchantment. If you are young at heart, go alone and share the pleasure generated by this remarkable theatrical event. Kipling's much-loved stories
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The Crucible, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton
Arthur Miller's tale of vengeance in a 17th-Century Massachusetts village requires the cast to keep an atmosphere of hellfire going for over two hours. Brighton Dome Youth Theatre (BDYT) sustain the tension admirably in this production directed by BBC
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Letter: Test cyclists
In response to Matt Pearson (Letters, September 7) I have to say as a motorist, the number of times I have seen cyclists pull out at junctions, cut across traffic with no hand signals, use dedicated bus lanes or fail to show any kind of consideration
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Letter: How times have changed
Anyone who drives knows the biggest challenge facing the motorist is finding a place to park and every inch of space must be made use of but some parking I recently came across was a little too close for comfort. Back home from my parking encounter, I
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Girl's finger saved by a bag of peas
A girl's finger has been successfully sewn back after it was severed in a freak accident. Isy Hinchliffe, 13, was cycling in Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton, when the little finger of her right hand tangled with the wing mirror of a passing car. Isy was
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Arsonist sparks security fears
A serial arsonist is thought to be behind two car fires on either side of the conference centre where Prime Minister Tony Blair was delivering a speech to union delegates. The vehicles were set ablaze on Tuesday night in hotels either side of the Brighton
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Revelations of detainee's diary
Guantanamo Bay hunger striker Omar Deghayes has released an account of life in the world's most notorious prison camp. A month-long diary and transcriptions of discussions with his lawyer, declassified by the US government last week and published exclusively
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Letter: Double standards
It is amazing that Brighton and Hove City Council and planners can pass that monstrosity of Frank Gehry's design for the King Alfred site and the loft conversion on my two-bed (plus a "box room") house that I needed has been turned down. I look after
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Basketball: Thunder sign second American
Jonathan Woods has been confirmed as Worthing Thunder's second American for the new EBL season. The 6ft 7in forward will not play in Saturday's friendly at home to Gaylon Moore's Plymouth Raiders (8pm). But he will line-up alongside compatriot Alfredo
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Basketball: Hildreth's having a ball
Brighton Bears have called in one of Sussex's most popular players to give their community set-up an energetic new look. Point guard Daniel Hildreth has re-joined the club in a player/community coach role. Hildreth, 28, will come off the bench when needed
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Letter: Single mums can't get on the property ladder
I keep reading about affordable housing when new developments, such as that for the King Alfred site in Hove, are being considered but could someone give a figure for what these developers/councillors consider affordable. My suggestion for affordable
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Mullery aims for Football League
Alan Mullery wants to take Crawley into the Football League. The former Albion manager has been employed as part-time consultant to the Conference club. He said: "I want to see on my CV, when I go to the big man upstairs, that this man helped start Crawley
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Let's rise from the ashes
Paul Reid today revealed deflated Albion cannot wait to get back into action. The Seagulls, still sifting through the ashes of Tuesday's 1-0 defeat to Sheffield United, host Micky Adams' Coventry City on Saturday. And Aussie leftback Reid, who started
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Breakfast brief to forge more links with schools
Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce is hosting the last in a series of summer breakfast meetings for its members next week. Paul Bonett, of Bonetts Estate Agents, will be the guest speaker. He wants more small to medium-sized companies to forge links
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Concern over flats
A community association is adding its voice to calls against plans for a high-rise block of flats on the seafront. Members of the North Laine Community Association have voted to offer their support to the Kemp Town Society in its fight against proposals
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David Mounfield and Briant Mitchell, Komedia, Brighton, Thursday, September 14
In group shows and as a double act, Brian Mitchell and David Mounfield have provided Brighton with its most prolific and popular comedy partnership. But now they're going head-to-head in a one-off double bill which will see both men perform their new
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£50,000 tax cash still to be claimed
Some £50,000 of tax credits available to working parents are going unclaimed. Brighton and Hove Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) has joined forces with the Inland Revenue to make people aware they may be entitled to Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit
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Albion fans urged to back march
Brighton and Hove Albion fans heard a passionate plea to turn out in force to the March for Falmer during the Labour Party Conference. The Seagulls want thousands of supporters to meet at the Sea Life Centre at 5.30pm on Monday September 26, before marching
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Revelations of detainee's diary
Guantanamo Bay hunger striker Omar Deghayes has released an account of life in the world's most notorious prison camp. A month-long diary and transcriptions of discussions with his lawyer, declassified by the US government last week and published exclusively
