Archive
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Letter: Better in reality
I was recently an in-patient in the Royal Sussex County Hospital, where I underwent a serious operation. I was naturally apprehensive and this feeling was increased by reports in the media of infections, ward closures due to sickness and dirty hospital
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Letter: RSCH is turning the tide and improving
On February 12, I was unlucky enough to fracture, dislocate and generally make a mess of my finger while playing football in Preston Park. As a consequence, I spent two-and-a-half hours in A&E and most of the next day in the Royal Sussex County Hospital
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Letter: Send in wardens
Brighton and Hove City Council is going too far with it's stealth tax on car drivers. It's hit and miss whether you get taxed and seems to make no difference how you're parked. I recently received a notice to pay £60 despite being legally parked. Apparently
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Letter: Anti-library curse
In rejecting Councillor Ken Bodfish as an electoral candidate, the panel in Queen's Park ward has performed a public service, which is being noted around the country. Councillors who try to close down public libraries will do so at their peril. -Christopher
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Striker gets Albion's 5,000th league goal
Colin Kazim-Richards has won a free holiday in Italy for his parents after scoring Albion's 5,000th league goal. But the young stiker is in no mood to celebrate. Kazim-Richards is more concerned about the Seagulls' Championship future after Crewe came
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Letter: Brighton's folly
So Brighton and Hove City Council, having failed to convince local taxpayers of the desirability of Frank Gehry's horrible towers, proposed for the King Alfred site, is now resorting to blackmail (The Argus, February 20). An investor with an interest
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Heart op saves toddler's life
Surgeons saved the life of a critically ill baby by fitting her with a miniature artificial heart while she waited for a transplant. The procedure - only the second operation of its kind on a child in Britain - involved connecting tubes directly from
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Letter: Be amazed
I shall be amazed if this letter, or anything like it, appears in The Argus. A recent front-page highlighted the the release of 289,636 tons of carbon dioxide in a single year in Brighton and Hove (February 21). The article also said the city has been
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Letter: Dancing to the sweet sound of people power
I would urge the people of Brighton and Hove to stand up for themselves against over-development. Pankhurst Avenue and Queen's Park area residents recently stood together, protesting against just such a problem. An unsympathetic development by the Downland
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'NHS staff' drug find
A stash of Ecstasy pills and heroin has been found in a hospital staff changing room. Detectives are investigating after a box containing the class A drugs was discovered at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Eastern Road, Brighton, on Thursday evening
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Letter: A big difference
Reading the letter from John Collis (February 22), project director of Veolia Environmental Services (formerly Onyx), I was almost amused when he said the recycling site in Hove, where a recent fire occurred, is no way comparable to the new waste facilities
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Letter: Boost for workers
As a former Worthing Daewoo Motor Company employee, it's excellent news to hear car production is to start at again at Rover's Longbridge plant in Birmingham. The Chinese have the commonsense to see the value of the skills of the British workforce, even
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Letter: Shot in the dark
Come off it, Richard Coleman, of Hove Up. Two towerblock applications for Hove seafront were refused by Brighton and Hove City Council's planning department and a third gave up and withdrew its application. These rejections happened for many reasons,
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Basketball: Bears get back on track
Terrance McGee today urged high-scoring Genesis Brighton Bears to keep enjoying their basketball all the way to the BBL play-offs. McGee led the way with 29 points as Bears ended a shaky run with this comfortable win at the Triangle, their first in four
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Match report: Worthing 2 Staines 2
Jamie Lawrence is confident he can guide Worthing to promotion from the Ryman premier division despite the Rebels' latest set-back. Worthing let slip a two-goal lead at home to play-off rivals Staines Town at the Gladwish Stadium on Saturday as their
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Siberian State Ballet, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Giselle Feb 27-28, Romeo & Juliet Mar 1-4
For all the theatrical excellence which can be enjoyed in the South throughout the year, productions of Giselle are a particular rarity. Yet suddenly, ballet fans have been granted three versions of the story to savour. Celebrated domestic production
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Soul food restaurant enjoys new lease of life after TV exposure
Two years ago it was on the brink of bankruptcy but thanks to the intervention of a certain no-nonsense celebrity chef Brighton restaurant Momma Cherri's is now setting its sights on world domination. Only one in three restaurants survives for more than
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Action over hot school meals is warming up
Hot meals could soon be back on the menu for thousands of school children. Potential contractors have been asked to provide a four-year plan which outlines how a hot meals service could be introduced at primary schools without the need to open school
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The Young Knives, Ocean Rooms, Brighton,
Failing to live up to the moniker The House of Lords, The Young Knives' hollering bassist looked more suited to the name Jack Osbourne, given his hair, glasses and ungainly school uniform attire. Thankfully, though, both House and guitarist brother Henry
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The Cribs, Concorde 2, Brighton
The lead singer's lips bleed, the drummer mounts his instruments and The Cribs have an air of geeky cool. But boy can they rock. Big in America and slowly growing in popularity on this side of the water, The Cribs did the business at The Concorde 2. This
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Great Expectations, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer
After a dramatic and noisy beginning, most of the audience - bar a few hysterical teenagers - are able to settle down to enjoy John Clifford's superior adaptation of this dark Dickens classic. From beginning to end, this is a pleasure to watch. Neil Murray's
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Letter: City needs Selma and Simon's verve
Thank god for Selma Montford. When I look at the disappointing developments in the past 30 years, I wish she had been there to stop these blights on our city. You wonder how the Abbots block of flats was approved on the front east side of Regency Square
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Hello to trout, bye to drought
Emails have been flooding into South East Water from anglers asking whether it was worth getting the rod and line out of mothballs for the start of the trout season. I was half expecting dangling a fly in puddles when I pulled up at Arlington Reservoir
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Motorists want a new direction on parking
Motorists are calling for parking enforcement to be taken back into the public domain. NCP, Britain's biggest car park operator, is due to apply to renew its contract to provide wardens in Brighton and Hove but motorists have told The Argus they think
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Man held over car plate racket
Police have seized stolen car licence plates and arrested a man in connection with a racket that has caused nightmares for drivers. Villains using vehicles with the stolen plates have been stealing fuel from petrol stations and others have been deliberately
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Family's sewage hell goes on
A mother has spoken of her family's misery over four years of sewage problems in their home. Maggie Sullivan, 40, says she, her husband Trevor, 41, and their four young children have been made sick by sewage bursting out of drains on their property. The
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Letter: Emissions risk
We were concerned to read the frontpage headline, highlighting worries over greenhouse gas emissions in the city and pinpointing Preston Circus and Lewes Road as pollution hotspots (The Argus, February 21). This reinforces the case for retaining the current
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No public inquiry into waste
The Deputy Prime Minister has rejected calls for a public inquiry into proposals for the future management of waste. Brighton and Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council can now formally adopt the plan which includes the proposal for the controversial
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Repossessions at record high
A record number of homeowners in Sussex face the misery of eviction because of problems paying their mortgages. Lenders launched repossession proceedings against 2,786 owners last year, the highest number since the house price slump of 1989 and an increase
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Letter: Dresden House's mysterious works
I noted with interest the coverage of the closure of the residential home, Dresden House (The Argus, February 23). Relatives of residents have queried why the home needed to close and are clearly unhappy about the circumstances of the closure. I have
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Letter: English Heritage letter was spun by Hove Up
If Hove Up hopes to become a creditable support group for the King Alfred redevelopment, its should get its facts right first (Letters, February 23). Its "convenor", Richard Coleman, said English Heritage had written a supportive letter to Brighton and
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Match report: Canvey island 1 Crawley 0
Furious Crawley boss John Hollins has lost patience with his players and says he would like to get rid of most of them. He pulled no punches after watching a dismal sixth defeat in seven league games at a windswept Canvey Island. Reds were wretched and
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Match report: Crewe 2 Albion 1
For whom the Bell tolls? Does Lee Bell's freak equaliser herald the beginning of the end for Albion in the Championship? Manager Mark McGhee, putting a brave face on a fifth successive defeat, made a pretty convincing case for the defence. Still 30 points
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Business vision ready for take-off
A 23-year-old who left school aged 15 could become one of the youngest entrepreneurs in the aviation industry. Adam Dovey, of London Road, Brighton, is preparing to launch Nexus Airways with his 19-year-old business partner Daniel Reilly. He plans to
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Council seeks better train service
Council bosses in a seaside town are drumming up support for a fast rail link to London amid claims that journey times are stuck in the past. Eastbourne Borough Council leader Ian Lucas said it takes as long now to travel from the resort to the capital
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More interest from rivals in Body Shop sale
More companies have expressed an interest in buying Body Shop. Cosmetics giant L'Oreal has already revealed it is considering making an offer for the company, founded in Brighton by Anita Roddick and her husband Gordon. Now Lush, the natural cosmetics
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'Poohaven' opponents pack public meeting
Hundreds of residents packed a public meeting to have their say on the proposed "Poohaven" sewage scheme and another housing development plan. More than 300 people gathered at the Meridian Leisure Centre, Peacehaven, last night eager to comment on the
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Blair's call to close Guantanamo Bay welcomed
Supporters of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes have welcomed the Prime Minister's call for the controversial US military camp to be closed. Tony Blair, speaking at his monthly Press conference in Downing Street, said: "It is an anomaly. "I have said
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Graduates celebrate success
Hundreds of students celebrated the culmination of years of study at their graduation ceremonies. More than 600 students collected their degrees at the University of Sussex winter graduation ceremonies at The Dome in Brighton on Friday. Dressed in traditional
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Pride boss quits to pursue the pink vote
The chair of the organisation which runs one of the most successful gay festivals in the UK has resigned to pursue a political career. David Harvey has announced that he is standing down as the chair of the Pride in Brighton and Hove committee just two
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Helping to lift the lid on Aids
Bob Geldof has praised a charity album released to raise money for sexual health education. Rock star and human rights campaigner Sir Bob said the album produced by charity Bottletop was "amazing music". Five DJs from Brighton and Hove, including Adam
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Disabled pigeon and hedgehog form an unlikely union
They say love is blind - and for Stuart the lonely wood pigeon that certainly proved to be the case. Rather than befriending other pigeons at the animal sanctuary where he lives, he has found happiness with a more prickly customer - Daffyd the hedgehog
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Radio DJs unveiled
A radio boss has announced the new line-up at a station where four popular presenters were culled. Managing editor Neil Pringle also revealed the new "harder edged" direction BBC Southern Counties will take after the radical shake-up. Regular listeners
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Fightstar, Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton, Mon, Feb 27
When five creative minds from South London with a base in Rottingdean decided they wanted to concoct a Brighton club night with a difference, they promised no "genre specifications" and "dream pairings" set within an intimate atmosphere. The collaboration
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The Go! Team, Corn Exchange, Brighton
I didn't realise it until now but the music industry has had me on a diet. My live music consumption over the past year has been boringly low fat, unsalted and preservative free. But my under-nourishment is over thanks to the sugar-loaded, additive-packed
