I posted something recently on Facebook about the pleasure I was finding in my job now that I've decided long term it's not for me. Once the decision was made, I started enjoying it more. I relaxed into it. It wasn't so important and laden with meaning
A restaurant could be opening in a vacant shop. Brighton and Hove City Council has received an application to convert the ground floor retail unit in Church Road, Hove, into a new food outlet. A decision is expected by the end of August.
LIKE Councillor Ann Norman, we make most of our left-over food into soup (Letters, June 27), but there is some food waste which does not make good soup such as banana skins, which I compost. I have found a way to avoid rats. I have
WHILE I agree with Gemma Butler that a minister for older people has long been required (Letters, June 20), the current minister responsible for pensioners is the Work and Pensions Minister – a role, in my opinion, representing the two different ends
IT WAS a shocking and painful sight to see angry demonstrators outside a psychiatry conference in Brighton today. Heartbreaking pictures of children who had died while taking antidepressants or ritalin were displayed. As a practising psychiatrist, a
HAVE other telephone users who are also pensioners suffered the indignity of reduced services for not paying a telephone bill they have never received? Not only did I not receive a bill; I did not have a reminder nor the hint of a warning that
MY SON has an annual £60 parking permit displayed in his car. Last week, ironically another parking voucher purchased to legally park elsewhere slipped between his permit and the windscreen. Our area has so-called “soft parking restrictions
Sussex suffered their second worst defeat in Twenty20 history to leave the hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals in doubt. James Vince smashed an unbeaten 85 and put on 94 in 47 balls with Neil McKenzie as Hampshire Hawks made 193-2.
An elderly pedestrian was taken to hospital after a daylight hit and run. Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident involving a 90-year-old man and a motorcyclist. The incident took place about midday yesterday on the eastbound carriageway
Albion cruised to a 3-0 win over Burgess Hill in their opening first team friendly at Leylands Park. Gus Poyet gave 45 minute run-outs to each of his four new signings: £2.5 million Craig Mackail-Smith, Will Hoskins, Will Buckley and Dutchman
Women of all ages dressed in pink to take part in this year’s Worthing Race for Life. Families, friends and work colleagues all came together in solidarity to raise money and awareness for charity. Dozens more pushed prams or wheelchairs on the 5km
A nursery which was threatened with closure held a party to celebrate being saved. Bright Start Nursery, in Barrack Yard, Brighton, was saved from the axe by Brighton and Hove City Council which overturned plans to take away £87,000 of funding. The
Parking restriction changes are to come into force. Brighton and Hove City Council is to change the hours of operation in Zone C, which covers much of the Kemp Town area from next Sunday. It will mean permit only bays and those shared between those
Join me from 2pm for a live blog of Sussex's Twenty20 clash with Hampshire at Hove and have your say as the action unfolds.
Two Sussex pensioners have reportedly been arrested in Israel while trying to visit Palestine. John Lynes, 83, a retired university lecturer said to be from East Sussex and Audrey Gray, 77, a retired nurse from West Chiltington, were said by campaigners
Two women were cut free from cars after road accidents on Saturday night. One woman was injured when two cars collided near the junction of Radford Road and Balcombe Road, near Gatwick, at about 8.15pm. She was cut free from a car and taken to hospital
A man was treated by paramedics after a mattress caught fire in a flat in Brighton. Firefighters were called to Essex Place in Montague Street, Kemp Town, at about 10pm on Saturday. The crews spent 20 minutes dealing with the fire.
Firefighters led four people to safety after a fire in a newsagents in Hove. They all lived above the Newstop Shop in Western Road at Palmeira Square. The fire was reported at 9.30pm on Saturday. It is believed to have started
Firefighters spent all night tackling a blaze at an industrial unit in Lancing. The building, believed to be used for manufacturing furniture, was well alight when fire crews arrived at Lancing Business Park in Peter Road at about 7.45pm on
A fire at a flat is being treated as suspicious. Firefighters were called to the first-floor flat in Devonshire Road, Hastings, at about 8.30pm on Friday. No-one was injured in the blaze. Police were investigating the cause of the fire on Saturday.
A bank worker won an award for reporting her suspicions a customer was being ripped off by a rogue trader. Donna Gibbons, of Barclays in Devonshire Road, Bexhill, was praised by East Sussex County Council Trading Standards this week.
The American Express Community Stadium has seen its first action – as two Albion fans tied the knot. A week ahead of the first game at the £100 million stadium in Falmer, Kevin Attwood and Sue King, from Shoreham, exchanged vows within view
