Our members in Sussex will recognise the following lyric, written by a dear, dear friend of mine. It is sung to the tune of ‘I Heard it on the Grapevine’.

I guess you wonder how I know
There is a jumble sale in Piddinghoe,
And Mr. Brown from Tidy Street
Is riding a bike from there to Mozambique.
It took me by surprise, I must say,
When my cat died yesterday.
How do I know?
I read it in the Argus.


The Argus prints some amazing stories. The first one appears below. There will, no doubt, be more in the future.

An 81-year-old former Navy officer found dead in a suburban bondage parlour has been described as a "kind, caring, distinguished gentleman."
Paramedics found David Cecil Pelly's body at a house in a quiet street in Portslade, where the attic has been converted into a torture chamber.
Mr Pelly was dressed head-to-toe in rubber.
His widow, Angela, was last night being comforted by relatives as she came to terms with the circumstances of his death.
People in the leafy cul-de-sac where the elderly couple shared a luxury detached home in Fernhurst, near Midhurst, spoke of their shock and sadness.
Mr Pelly had lived in the quiet close for the six years since the house was built and was on good terms with neighbours.
One said: "I believe he served in the Navy for some part of his life and fought in the Second World War. I often used to see him walking up the drive and he would always say hello.
"It was a terrible shock to learn how he had died."
Mr Pelly is believed to have visited the fetish parlour two or three times a year.
Police yesterday confirmed they were not treating his death as suspicious.
People living in St Andrew's Road, Portslade, said the attic room of the terraced house had been converted into a fetish room with clients visiting day and night.
A shuttered window in the loft was left open to signal when the dungeon was open for business.
The owner, a middle-aged woman, has not been seen at the property since Mr Pelly's death on Tuesday.
She raised the alarm at 6pm when she realised he had stopped breathing.
Police have no plans to question her in connection with the death. A post-mortem examination was held yesterday.
Brighton and Hove coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley said it was unlikely an inquest would be held.

A man seen sexually assaulting two horses as they grazed at an animal sanctuary is being hunted by police.
Children enjoying the summer sun with their families during the school holidays were just yards away when the pervert struck. He was seen carrying out the attacks by a stunned dog walker and the horses' owner was alerted. Details of the assaults are too shocking to be published.
The culprit had wandered into a field at the stables of Retreat Horse Rescue in Portslade.
Annie Taylor, who runs the centre with her husband Terry, was so disgusted and upset by the attack that she called the police. She said: "You have to be pretty sick to do this sort of thing. I think this is quite serious because there were children around. The police need to look into it.
"The two horses he went for were placid. One was a gelding, the other a mare, but he could have been attacked if he'd gone for the Arab or one of the youngsters.
"When the dog walker phoned here I answered but he said he wanted to talk to my husband. He spoke to me first of all but didn't want to discuss it with me because of what he saw the man doing."
The witness, who had been visiting his mother in the village, took a detailed description of the attacker who was said to have been dressed in a distinctive manner. The details have been passed to police. He contacted Mrs Taylor three days later after tracing her phone number and, after receiving the call, her husband and daughter searched Portslade village with the description but the offender could not be found.
Mrs Taylor, who started the sanctuary in 1992 which relies upon donations and fund-raising to meet running costs, said she received another report of the same man climbing over a wall at the stables six days later.
It is not known if he managed to attack the horses again but police have once again been informed. A spokesman for Sussex Police said the man would be prosecuted for animal cruelty if arrested.

Were corporal punishment still allowed in schools, this old boot would have spent some of the missing £500,000 on canes.Here follows the report from the Argus:

Ex-pupil wants headteacher to go to jail
by our news team

A teenager has called for her tyrannical former headteacher to be jailed for living a life of luxury on stolen school funds.
Kathryn Jones, 17, said former nun Colleen McCabe had let the school go to rack and ruin while she fleeced it of £500,000. Kathryn, from Crawley, was among more than 30 former pupils of St John Rigby College in West Wickham, south London, who went to Southwark Crown Court to see their former principal sentenced. But they were left frustrated when the 50-year-old failed to appear. At first it was thought McCabe had gone on the run but she had been at her Kent home and was last night in hospital after complaining of chest pains. Police were waiting to take her into custody once treatment had finished.
Kathryn said: "I am very angry she hasn't turned up but she will get her comeuppance. "I think she should get a long time in jail for it. "She was a Mafia-type figure who ran the school tyrannically. Even the teachers were scared of her. She was a very overpowering woman."
Kathryn said the Roman Catholic school had fallen into disrepair during McCabe's time in charge. "Once we were having a lesson in the drama theatre and a rat ran across the floor," she said.
McCabe spent 15 years as a nun with the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul before deciding to become a teacher. She became principal of St John's in 1991 and later embarked on a five-year spending spree, splashing out on sunshine holidays, luxury cars, designer clothes and trips on the Orient Express while pupils were left without books or heating. Described by colleagues as a despot, she ran a regime that resulted in 26 teachers leaving in one year.
During her trial in July, the court heard her spending habits "would have made Imelda Marcos proud". Her love of footwear alone had cost £7,000. She used school funds for Gucci jewellery, West End theatre seats and holidays in Malta. Huge amounts were frittered away on furniture, electrical goods, designer clothes and cosmetics while she bought gifts for family and friends. Years of her lavish credit card sprees left the school lurching from one financial crisis to another, with a library of empty shelves and teachers and pupils having to clean the classrooms.
After yesterday's hearing one former teacher said: "It was absolutely hell working for her. It was hell on earth."

Film of Mzzzzzz McCabe was shown on the television news yesterday.

She looks like a baboon in drag.

The following report appeared in today’s Argus but it could also be an addition to the ‘Trains between Peckham and Worthing’ thread, entitled ‘Wrong kind of man on the line’.


Man sat on rail lines

by our news team

The case against a man convicted of sitting on railway lines has been adjourned.

John Holloway, 37, of Ditchling Road, Brighton, was found guilty of trespassing on a railway and sitting on the lines on May 10 this year.

He did not appear at Eastbourne Magistrates' Court yesterday. [Presumably because he was still sitting on the lines waiting for the delayed 17.01 South Central service to West Worthing, calling at Hove, Aldrington, Portslade etc.]

Holloway's case was adjourned until October 7 for psychiatric reports to be prepared [and a ticket for the 09.20 Virgin Cross Country service from Brighton to Liverpool, which would keep him out of trouble for at least ten days].

What a super story!

We need men like John Holloway, 37, contributing to this forum.

Dear Robin,

Please do not encourage John Holloway, 37, and Mzzz Browne, 14.

They are completely mad.

Miles

A dear, dear friend of mine has written a song about the ‘Argus’ to be sung to the tune of ‘YMCA’. Readers who, like the encyclopaedic squirrel, enjoy Max Bygraves style singalongs should go to

http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h95d/h9550023/midi/


then click on Village People - YMCA.mid, near the foot of the page, and burst forth with:


Argus!
It’s the guardian of truth
I said, “Argus!”
It’s never smutty or crude.
There’s no titties
Or shots of girls in the nude,
Just a picture of the vicar.

Headline -
‘ELVIS SPOTTED IN HOVE!’
Elvis
Is a Dalmatian dog.
Do you get it?
Elvis spotted in Hove.
There are loads of brilliant headlines
On the front of the

R G U S
What a paper! the
R G U S
It’s got all of the very latest local news
And ever single word of it’s true.
R G U S
It’s solid gospel! the
R G U S
No it don’t do sex and it don’t do smut
But the ads at the back have got whatever you want.
A R G U S

Thanks Gillian. Myself and the other girls in Brighton have been singing along to this and we have had such fun. I have written to you at the carl and mats address about more songs.

Your friend

Heather

This story does not come from the ‘Argus’, which, as the song says, is ‘the guardian of truth’, but I found it on the Brighton and Hove forum and would like to share it with you.


"Mr. Gorsky"

When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon,
he not only gave his famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks, usual communication traffic between him, the other astronauts and Mission Control. He then said,

"Good luck Mr. Gorsky."

Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programmes. Over the years many people have questioned him as to what the "Good luck Mr. Gorsky"
statement meant.

On July 5, 1995 in Tampa Bay FL, while answering questions following
a speech, a reporter brought up the 26 year old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded. Mr. Gorsky had finally died and so Neil Armstrong felt he could answer the question.

When he was a kid, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit a ball which landed in the front of his neighbour's bedroom window. His neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky. "Oral sex! You want oral sex?!

You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"

If the above anecdote were true, it would be very funny indeed.

Sadly, the entire story is apocryphal.

Neil Armstrong made no reference to a Mr Gorsky at any time.

Also, he's never been anywhere near the moon and neither has any other human being.

The story has been debunked. See http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgorsky.htm

Surely this last post was made by someone wishing to discredit our valuable contributor Lotta.

Red Bank Sno Biz Operator Charged With Spanking Female Employees
November 8, 2004

Operator of the Tasty Flavors Sno Biz in Red Bank has been charged
with spanking female employees when they messed up on the job.

Red Bank Police charged Paul Eugene Levengood, of Cleveland, with two
counts of sexual battery.

The Tasty Flavors Sno Biz is on Dayton Boulevard.

One employee said when she was hired she was required to sign a paper
that said, "I give Gene permission to bust my behind any way he sees
fit."

A young female worker said she was put over his knee and spanked with
20 licks when she forgot to put a banana in a smoothie.

Levengood is free on $2,000 bond.

He is due in Red Bank City Court on Nov. 16 at 8:30 a.m.

A teacher who kissed a 15-year-old pupil has escaped jail.
But David Anderson's career is in ruins after a court heard he will never work with children again.
Anderson, 42, had been warned he faced being sent to prison for indecently assaulting the girl by kissing her.
The father-of-three, who is married to a doctor, had denied the offence but was found guilty at his trial in October.
He was given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years when he appeared at Hove Crown Court to be sentenced yesterday.
He kissed the girl after helping her with coursework she had lost at a Sussex school last year.
Anderson, of Rosemary Gardens, Burwash, near Heathfield, told her he fancied her and sent her text messages up to four times a night.
In one text he told her: "I am glad you can still taste me on your lips. I loved kissing you. Cannot wait until we meet again."
The girl replied: "I want to kiss you all the time. I could kiss you for days."
Anderson texted back: "I keep imagining being with you. It keeps me awake and keeps me daydreaming."
He was arrested after the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, confided in another teacher and a friend when she thought the relationship had gone too far.
The teenager, who gave evidence by video link, said she was shocked when Anderson kissed her.
She said: "He just bent forward and kissed me. The kiss lasted a second or two. I said it was really risky and he said he knew. He kept saying not to tell anyone or he could lose his job."
The girl said she had been to see Anderson twice a day and other students had started rumours they were going out.
She said: "There was no relationship, only a friendship.
"I reported it because it was wrong. I decided right after he kissed me."
During the trial he claimed it was the girl who had kissed him but he had not responded.
The court heard Anderson, now unemployed, had also been warned about sending texts to another girl.
Denis Bradley, defending, said: "He is a man who is getting on for his middle years and who is never ever going to be employed again in the future as a teacher.
"He has three young children and a wife who is in regular work providing for their family. There is no risk at all that he will ever be employed in teaching. Children are never going to be at risk again.
"The facts of this case are now so notoriously well known he would be a fool if he were ever to consider teaching children again. Here is a man who has learnt his lesson. One hopes the young girl concerned has suffered no lasting harm."
In addition to the suspended sentence Anderson was ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for ten years and was banned from working with children indefinitely.
He was also ordered to pay up to £3,000 towards prosecution and defence costs.
Judge Guy Anthony, sentencing him, said: "It is not unusual, as I said at your trial, to find a man who is attracted to young girls coming up to the age of 16.
"However, people in your position of trust simply have to control any such attractions you may feel.
"This was a vulnerable young girl needing extra care and attention.
"Clearly, from the text messages you were sending, you were embarking on a relationship with her that was completely inappropriate for someone who was supposed to be her teacher.
"The assault, a brief peck on the lips, is about as minor an indecent assault as it could possibly be.
"What makes this a serious case was that she was a young girl in your care.
"This was an enormous breach of trust, even if she did have some sort of crush on you."
At a previous hearing Anderson's wife, Dr Fiona Anderson, a GP, told the court she was standing by her husband.
Dr Anderson, a Sunday school teacher, said the couple, who have been together for 22 years, had a strong marriage despite his conviction.

We don’t get this sort-a stuff in Peacehaven. Sergeant Richard Siggs (£4.80 for 20) is my kind-a law enforcement officer. He’ll soon be runnin’ them card-leavers outta town.


Two suspected prostitutes were arrested when police traced more than 100 advertising cards to their address.
Brighton police stressed they were cracking down on antisocial littering of phone kiosks with explicit sex cards - not on prostitution.
The two women, in their 50s, were arrested on suspicion of managing a brothel and controlling prostitution for gain.
Both were freed on bail pending further inquiries.
Police have been warning brothels in the city for the past year to stop littering kiosks.
Sergeant Richard Siggs said: "We cannot condone prostitution but we are focusing on carding - that is what upsets people.
"Many cards are lewd and explicit and there have been a huge number of complaints recently from people, especially mothers with young children."
Officers on Thursday collected 235 cards from kiosks and, using the phone numbers supplied, traced 104 to the women's address in the Montpelier area of Brighton.
Police were continuing efforts to trace those responsible for the remaining cards.
They began warning offenders last summer by raiding brothels. More than 15,000 cards were found at one address and the operation netted 26,000 cards.
Four people were arrested including two women caught placing cards in kiosks and two found working at the brothel. Both were in possession of heroin and one was deported hours later as an illegal immigrant.
Mr Siggs said: "Our message is that we will arrest anyone planting cards in kiosks and the guilty could face up to a £1,000 fine or two years in prison.
"Brothels which use kiosks to advertise can expect a knock on the door from us. Their madams or owners could face prosecution for living off prostitution.
"Some cards advertise how girls will visit hotel rooms but hoteliers also should be warned if they know what is going on then they too could be in trouble for living off the proceeds of prostitution.
"Any brothel advertising a BT phone line could have their service cut off."

Three car park workers were suspended from work after being accused of selling homemade DVDs compiled from security camera footage of canoodling couples.
The film is believed to have come from CCTV at the Russell Road car park, one of the 11 run by NCP in Brighton and Hove.
Clips allegedly show lovers performing sexual acts on top of cars, near lifts and against walls.
It was claimed workers had made the DVDs using computers in the control room and three people were suspended amid claims the film was being sold in public houses.
Two members of staff have now returned to work but a third remains suspended on full pay while the allegations are investigated.
Tim Cowen, NCP communications director, emphasised the company had found no evidence of any truth in the claims.
He said: "There is no evidence other than spoken allegations at the moment.
"The CCTV allegations involve suggestions CCTV images from one car park have been captured and used in ways not permitted by the Data Protection Act and contrary to written company procedures.
"After a full and detailed internal investigation no such images have been found by the company.
"It is clear that, should images from CCTV cameras be sold or passed to a third party, that third party would also be in breach of the Data Protection Act. We will do whatever we can to ensure the police prosecute anyone who breaches the Act.
"In the meantime, we have rigorously examined our procedures for monitoring our CCTV cameras in our control room to ensure the correct procedures continue to be in place."
None of the public houses The Argus spoke to had been approached with illegal DVDs.
Daniel Jennings, 27, assistant manager of The Cricketers pub in Black Lion Street, Brighton, said:
"I certainly haven't heard anything about it.
"Even if we did, we wouldn't allow it.
"I have thrown out people who are trying to sell fake DVDs a couple of times."
Theresa Grey, 38, a store manager of Bonchurch Road, Brighton, said: "It is an invasion of privacy but if people are having sex in car parks they are going to be caught by someone. They are in a public place."
Another member of the public who did not want to be named said: "It is appalling. There could be children walking by who would see just what was happening."
Matthew Beaver, [geddit?] 42, who runs a burger van in Crowhurst Road, Brighton, took a more sympathetic view.
He said: "Most people have had sex somewhere strange, in an aeroplane or the countryside.
"Having sex in a car park is a new one on me but you certainly wouldn't expect to be filmed."
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said if the allegations were true the workers involved could be prosecuted for invasion of privacy, theft and reproduction without permission. She said: "We will liaise with NCP to ensure this cannot happen again and CCTV is not being abused."
Having sex in a public place is considered a crime if someone takes offence and reports it.
But the spokeswoman said anyone who thought they may have been filmed should not be unduly worried.
She said: "They should just remember to be careful next time they are in the throes of passion and perhaps find somewhere more comfortable."

Two mischievous schoolgirls had to be rescued by firefighters after they climbed too far up a tree and could not get down.
Despite their mothers' protests, eight-year-olds Zoe Ping and Jenny Hopkins raced up the tall tree on their way home from Westdene Primary School, Brighton. The girls were stuck up the tree in Dene Vale for more than half an hour on Thursday while a crew from Brighton's Preston Circus fire station came to their rescue.
Jenny's mum Mary Hopkins, 42, a partner at Abacus cash register company, of Green Ridge, Brighton, said: "We were just walking the girls back from their school art club.
"I shouted at them that if they did not stop climbing I would have to call the ambulance or the fire brigade but before we knew it they were almost all the way up.
"Zoe's mum Jo suddenly stopped talking to me and said, ëLook where they are.' After they realised they couldn't get down they started to get quite upset, so we had to call the fire brigade.
"When they got down they said a big thank you to the firemen. Luckily they didn't seem to be that scared of heights."
Zoe's dad Peter Ping, [so-called because of his fondness for playing with the elastic on girls’ knickers],54, a computer consultant, of Brangwyn Drive, Brighton, said: "The tree must be about 35ft. It's certainly higher than the chimney on my two-storey house.
"Luckily, they are fairly robust kids and there was no wailing or screaming or anything.
"I have been to that tree quite a lot with Zoe and I am scared of heights and always tell her not to climb it. So the minute she was with her mum and not me, she just went for it.
"I think she climbed up the outside and Jenny climbed up the middle. They are slightly bonkers little chums."
Zoe said: "I was climbing and I just got carried away because I was following my friend. I was about a metre below her.
"Jenny didn't want the firemen to rescue her but I didn't mind. We were frozen up there but the fireman gave us his jacket and it was lovely and warm.
"I wasn't that scared but it was quite far up. My mum was probably more scared. I am not brave, I just like climbing, and I am going to go climbing again but only on the little tree in my garden."
Zoe's sister Nina, 23, added: "My mum called me at about 4pm and said, ëYou won't believe what your little sister's gone and done.'
"My dad thought it was hilarious and drove round there with a camera to take pictures. I spoke to Zoe later and there were a few tears but by the next morning her confidence for climbing had fully returned."

Whitehawk is on the dole,
Whitehawk is on parole,
Whitehawk is really heavy news.
Whitehawk is dodgy gear,
Small kids who drink and swear,
And pit-bull dogs with tattoos.

From today’s Argus:

GIRLS as young as 13 are at the forefront of a rise in underage street drinking in the county's most deprived housing estates.
Large groups of teenagers are sneaking out of their homes after their parents have gone to bed and congregating every night on street corners in Whitehawk, Brighton, to swig neat vodka.
Others are being more blatant - meeting as early as 6pm to drink with friends.
Residents on the estate have told police they believe teenage drinkers - and particularly girls - are becoming an increasing scourge on the community in east Brighton.
PC Chris Callaghan, who covers the Whitehawk beat, told a crime prevention forum: "There is a problem with drinking, girls of 14 years old are consuming a lot of alcohol every day."
PC Callaghan said he was trying to get alcohol outreach workers to visit the area to help deal with the problem.
Residents in Whitehawk are setting up a working party to investigate the extent of the problem and come up with solutions.
Cherry Channon, a resident from the area, told the crime forum last week: "These children are 13, 14 and 15 years old. I want to know where their parents are. They shouldn't be out drinking."
Faith Matyszak, also of Whitehawk, said: "They meet about 6pm to 8pm and they are drinking quite heavily. This happens every day.
"It's far more serious than people realise."
Businesses selling alcohol in Whitehawk are working with residents to ensure young people are not getting drink from their outlets.
But residents told the forum that alcohol was being brought onto the estate from other outlets, possibly by older people, who were handing it to youngsters.
Darren Snow, who runs the successful Crew Club youth centre in Whitehawk, said: "We have to work with young people and stop looking at them being a problem but I'm confident there's a way to integrate them back into the community."

25.04.05
Labour may be beating the Tories in the pre-election polls but when it comes to their choice of under-wear the Tories are streets ahead.
Conservatives have been snapping up pairs of blue knickers which are, well, quite conservative.
The delightful but rather modest pants, complete with the party emblem, would not be out of place in Bridget Jones' underwear drawer.
It seems they may soon be the latest must-have accessory for many of the Tory party faithful as well.
The knickers are the brainchild of Ian and Jackie Whitworth, from Telscombe Cliffs.
They run Say It With Knickers, an on-line knicker mailing service, and send out personalised knickers with messages hand-stitched on to them.
As the General Election was announced, they decided to liven up the campaigns by sending details of their latest election range to constituency offices around the country.
As well as the blue Conservative full briefs there also green thongs for the Greens, orange boy pants for the Lib Dems, high leg pants in yellow for the SNP, purple bikini briefs for UKIP and, of course, a sexy pair of red ones for Labour.
Yet the question of whether Tony Blair is preparing to wear a pair on election night under his sharp dark suit is one still to be answered.
Ian said: "Their slogans, Are You Thinking What We're Thinking?, Looking Forwards Not Backwards and The Real Alternative look very funny on a pair of knickers.
"They are actually causing quite a storm and we've generally had a warm response.
"The first order came in ten minutes after we sent the emails.
"From the constituency offices we have contacted so far the Conservatives are way in front in terms of orders placed. Then it's the Lib Dems, with Labour trailing at the back."
He said many of the orders were gifts to be given after the election to candidates' teams.
Others he hoped will be used as part of the campaigns. Ian said: "We like the idea that people are voting with their knickers."
Nicholas Boles, Conservative candidate for Hove and Portslade, said: "It doesn't bear thinking about, John Prescott in knickers, but his policy on the Falmer stadium is pants."
David Lepper, Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion, said it was an interesting idea.
He said: "The impression I get at the moment is that my opponents are getting their knickers in a twist.
"When it comes down to the bare essentials, face to face contact is best but if we were showing our knickers we are not sure what sort of response we would get."
Lib Dem Paul Elgood, who is also standing for Hove and Portslade, said: "Anything which increases awareness, and therefore turnout, in the election is very welcome.
"Some brief fun always adds to the campaigning.
The Lib Dems are enjoying rising support in this election.
"By wearing political underwear, people are saying pants to the parties they don't support."
The couple are planning to target the Greens, the SNP and UKIP.
Ian said: "We have barely scratched the surface and are hoping to contact many more candidates by the time the election comes along."
For orders and more info, visit www.sayitwithknickers.com

Green Knickers for a Green Party - of Course!

Dozens of Brighton & Hove Albion fans were delayed by more than an hour on their return home from Saturday's match - because their train went the wrong way.
The 6.36pm from Sheffield should have delivered about 100 Seagulls supporters, who had watched their team beat Rotherham 1-0, to London St Pancras by 8.45pm.
Instead, they were told by an announcer after 45 minutes that the train had followed the wrong route and would have to retrace its journey.
Many supporters missed connecting trains to Brighton and arrived home after midnight.
Noele Hawker, 36, of Osbourne Villas, Hove, said: "We'd been going for about 45 minutes when the train went through Chesterfield station and then it just stopped.
"We sat there for about ten minutes and then an announcement came over the intercom saying it had been incorrectly routed'.
"We backed up the line and returned to Chesterfield and then switched tracks again."
The Midland Mainline train eventually got in to London's St Pancras station at 9.55pm.
Mr Hawker did not get back to Brighton until about midnight and was late for a party.
He said: "Everyone was in high spirits and quite jolly because of the win but, as the journey wore on, people got a lot more dispirited."
The delay was augmented by other incidents on board the train involving the police.
Andy Naylor, a sports writer for The Argus, was with the fans heading back to Brighton.
He said: "People were pretty fed up but it was more a case of disbelief than anger."
Midland Mainline trains and Network Rail have accepted joint responsibility for the mistake.
A spokeswoman for Network Rail said trains following the Sheffield to St Pancras route usually go through Derby. There were engineering works on that stretch of track so services were being rerouted.
Unfortunately a signalman let the 6.36pm train through on to the stretch of track approaching the maintenance work.
The spokeswoman said: "It was caused by human error. The signalman, who is under the jurisdiction of Network Rail, put the train through on the wrong line. The driver on the Midland Mainline Train would also have known about the works and should have queried the signalman.
"There were no safety implications as we have systems in place to ensure the train would not have got near the works."
A signalman halted the train when he noticed it was heading down the wrong route.

The following appeared in today’s ARGUS. It is part of a story about the announcement of the winner of the Hove seat, the fragrant Celia Barlow, in yesterday’s election.


‘[It] descended into farce as Independent candidate Bob Dobbs climbed on to the stage and began shouting. Silent Majority candidate Richard Franklin began shouting too.’

I took this at Hove Lions Carnival early this afternoon, but then it rained.

In addition to the high profile advertising of the ARGUS, I have also caught a woman doing a bit of bum fingering. That’s my kind-a woman.

On Page 7 of today’s edition, a story entitled ‘Mugabe can bank on Hoogstraten’ contains this sentence.

“Hoogstraten also has a controlling stake in Wankie, the country's largest coal mine.”

Villagers have formed a campaign group to get a nearby swingers club closed down.
The over 18s Hamshaw club in Scaynes Hill, near Haywards Heath, is advertised as an adult health spa, but local visitors claimed people watched pornography and took part in orgies.
Mid Sussex District Council has ordered the club, also known as the Brighton Sun Club, to stop their pole dancing events as it does not have the required public entertainment licence.
The club, in Sloop Lane, will now have to publicly advertise for the licence but can continue to hold swinging events, which are not illegal.
The club's management refused to comment but its web site offers extensive advice about swinging, swinging etiquette and safe sex.
Dozens of nearby residents have made complaints to the council and have now formed a committee to protest against the club.
Arron Newbury, 41, an agricultural engineer, of Nash Lane, Scaynes Hill, said: "They have classed themselves as an adult health spa but it is little more than a glorified brothel.
"My wife and I went believing it was simply a naturist park, which it used to be years ago, but we saw people watching pornography and having sex all over the place. People were having sex in the jacuzzi, the steam room, the woods outside.
"There are these play rooms where people invite you in and the pole dancer was explicit to say the least.
"We couldn't believe it. My wife was in tears when we left. We pay a lot of money in council tax and we do not want a sex club in our community."
Geraldine Ratcliffe, 33, a housewife, of Lewes Road, Scaynes Hill, said: "I went with my husband believing it was a health spa and he couldn't get me out of there quick enough. It was absolutely disgusting. It was like a brothel.
"We certainly didn't stay very long. We couldn't believe there was a place like this on our own doorstep."
The club's web site boasts eight acres of wooded trails, a 30-person jacuzzi, 30-person sauna, 30-person turkish steam bath, outdoor pool and extensive play rooms.
Mr Newbury added: "When they try to get their licence there will be serious objections because we really don't want this club in our area. A lot of residents have been meeting at the nearby Sloop pub to voice our concerns. We will protest against this.
"Residents are appalled that such an establishment should still be allowed to operate within this very picturesque village."
Martin Burrekoven-Kalve, spokesman for the district council, said: "A couple of weeks ago we made an unannounced inspection during the evening. We found nothing that contravened the licences except for one matter but we are satisfied with their health and safety and food standards.
"However, aside from their premises licence they require a public entertainment licence because they provide pole dancing and they also play recorded music.
"They did not have that licence in place and said they were unaware they needed it. We have instructed them not to permit further dancing until the public entertainment licence is in place.
"That is the extent of our statutory powers. We have kept our partner organisations, such as the local police, informed of these developments."
Chief Inspector Robin Smith, of Mid Sussex District Police, said: "We were recently made aware of the premises and are working with the licensing authorities.”

From today’s edition:


Police have warned future Pride participants not to put their privates on parade.

One member of the annual carnival procession on Saturday was dressed up as the Star Wars character Darth Vader. Members of the public reported him to the police for indecency after he was spotted flashing his private parts. The man was told to keep his light sabre under cover.

Another man in the procession was also seen exposing himself to members of the public.

Grandmother Rita Langford, 62, of Langley Crescent, Woodingdean, spotted the second flasher as she was watching the parade on London Road.

She said: “It didn’t shock me. There were some teenage girls who were laughing but it wasn’t appropriate really as there were small children and families around.”

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “We had some complaints about a Darth Vader. Some of our officers had some strong words with him as it’s a family event.”

Police were unaware of the second flasher but said such behaviour at future processions would not be accepted.

Miles; Could you post a link to this article?

The item did not appear on the Internet, although it may eventually feature in the archives of the Argus. Changed daily, their stories page is

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/

and the Argus home page

http://www.theargus.co.uk/the_argus/

One can subscribe and read the paper on line, thus eliminating that long dreary trudge to the newsagents, but few do.

Cheeky showgirls who revealed too much cleavage for a bank holiday carnival were given a dressing down by police.
The officer in charge of policing Worthing Rotary Carnival on Monday ordered them to change into something less revealing.
The girls, representing Secrets lingerie shop in Worthing, turned up in skin-tight hotpants and skimpy Victorian-style basques.
But unlike revellers at Brighton and Hove's Pride Festival earlier this month, where many of the outfits left nothing to the imagination, the girls were told to cover up or not take part.
Carnival organiser John Cherry said: "Basically the police sergeant took one look and his mouth dropped open."
Victoria Zoutewelle, proprietor of Secrets, based in Warwick Lane, off Warwick Street, said: "I think he was gobsmacked when we got out of the car.
"Being an underwear shop some of the girls wore Victorian corsets and frilly hot pants which were quite cheeky but the policeman said it was not suitable.
"He really wasn't happy about it at all, saying there were a lot of children watching.
"I personally didn't think it was risquÈ at all, although it probably is to Worthing, being quite a conservative town."
Eight girls rushed back to the shop and changed into less revealing bunny girl, nurse and, ironically, police uniforms, complete with fishnet stockings and high-heeled boots.
Victoria said they then went on to win the £150 first prize for the business section and vowed to enter two floats next year.
She said: "Everybody enjoyed it."
Mr Cherry, chairman of the carnival's organising committee, said: "I was there on the spot when it happened. About eight or ten good looking young ladies turned up to demonstrate their lingerie.
"At least four of them were distinctly scantily-dressed. The police sergeant said you cannot wear that in public. I did agree with him. It was just a touch over the top. They were seriously underdressed.
"It was a very good advert for their products but not really appropriate for a public event.
"I think the police were right although some might say it was a bit of a shame. They went rushing back to the shop and came back more fully clad."
Sergeant Andy Westwood, who gave the girls the dressing down, said: "A good eight or nine young ladies were not appropriately dressed for a family and charity event.
"I told them they couldn't take part in the carnival unless they changed their attire. They put more clothes on and became a bit more acceptable.
"If I hadn't stopped them I suspect they would have got complaints. This was a family event with youngsters watching."

From today’s Argus, this sure ain’t my kind-a reporting. They don’t even give the date on which this outrage occurred. Perhaps it happens every day?

‘A couple were cautioned by police for having sex on the beach at Hove at 3.30pm.
Shocked members of the public spotted the lovers in a passionate embrace near the King Alfred leisure centre.’


Here’s another Argus gem. It’s from 6 July, 1960:

‘A youth travelling on the top deck of the last bus to Washington and Storrington, shouted out of the window to a policeman on duty at Offington Corner, Worthing: “Got a fag, mate?”
The youth, aged 16, denied at Worthing Juvenile Court, that he was disorderly on a public service vehicle. He was fined £3 with £4 11s. 6d. costs.’

On Page 7 of today’s edition:

Drivers were forced to dodge a barrage of frozen chips. A concerned motorist told police that the chips were hitting cars in Sackville Road and Montgomery Street, Hove.
He said they were being thrown from the roof of the nearby former Hove General Hospital which has been converted into flats.
There were no reports of damage to vehicles following the incident on Wednesday night.

The readers’ letters in the Argus are becoming as bizarre as its stories. In yesterday’s edition the following letter appeared with the title ‘Whispered apology’.


THIS is an apology to anyone I might have offended by calling out to them from outside St Leonard’s Church, Portslade. [The poor confused sod doesn’t know where the church from which he is calling out is situated. St. Leonard’s is in New Church Road, Hove.]
Our little church is under threat of closure, so my family and I have opened the doors each Saturday morning for the past three months, offering free coffee and biscuits to passers-by to visit and hopefully help keep it open.
I have stood on the pavement and called to many people to get their attention, in what I intended to be an amusing manner.
I have, however, been informed at least one gentleman didn’t like being shouted to in the street.
It wasn’t my intention to embarrass anyone and if anyone else has been offended they [sic] can visit the church on Saturday, where I will apologise in person.
P Chandler, Benfield Way, Portslade.



Last Saturday, someone outside the church called out to me, but I ignored the blighter and continued on my way to the Peeporama Club. I will tomorrow, however, be demanding an apology, but not before I have consumed a vast quantity of his coffee and biscuits.

Shoppers are getting their knickers in a twist over a traders' [sic] window display of sexy underwear.
Several have complained about the frilly black and red lingerie on show at Kadar Wear in Church Walk, Burgess Hill.
The family-run store, which has been open for 35 years, sells school uniforms and a broad range of underwear and nightwear - including bed socks, thermal long-johns, corsets and panty girdles. Sex toys are on sale in a cubbyhole open to over 18s.
While no one has objected to one window display of the shop's thermal range, the knickers, fluffy handcuffs, boxed inflatable toys and feather boas have come in for a barrage.
Several customers have complained to Burgess Hill Town Council about the shop but its manager remains defiant.
Karen Chapman said she has altered the display on a weekly basis since putting it up three weeks ago and has put different costumes up, including a nurse's uniform and a racy Santa outfit.
She told The Argus: "When I was first doing the window, people were looking in and I asked them if they found it offensive and they laughed and said no.
"I didn't want to offend. The customers are fine about it and a lot of them are retired people. I really think it has made some people's days. It's a laugh and a bit of fun and I'm not taking it down.
"I think 90 per cent think it's brilliant. Some of them might not like it but they don't complain because they respect other people's tastes.
"There's nothing in there that would offend anybody. We did have blow-up sheep and pigs in the window but we kept them in their boxes and a child wouldn't know what they were because there were no telling details on the packaging. You could go into a card shop and buy that sort of thing."
Details on the inflatable toy boxes state the contents might be ideal for stag or hen parties. One says: "A little piggy you can rub and will love you back."
Mrs Chapman said: "We're not a sex shop and never will be but a lot of people like toys and they don't always want to go to Brighton.
"It's what a lot of our customers want so that's what we sell to them. We have to keep with the times as a business and that's what we've done because our bed socks and bed jackets don't keep us going all year round."
Mrs Chapman has recently taken over the running of the shop from her mother Pam Ratcliffe who is retiring after about 35 years. She supports her daughter's choice of window display.
This is not the first time the shop has sparked controversy.
One person complained when the shop displayed a poster advertising underwear made by Sloggi because it showed a bare bottom.
Burgess Hill Town Council clerk David Carden said the council has received several complaints about the window display.
He said: "We have spoken to the manager and as a result she has made some alterations as far as location of some items is concerned, both in the display and in the shop itself."

A TEACHER who bombarded a 16-year-old boy with 80 sexy text messages has been spared a prison sentence.

Samantha Grixti, 30, kissed the boy on four separate occasions and even booked a hotel room for the pair, a court heard.

Their affair was only discovered when the boy's parents noticed his mobile phone bill had doubled and after the teacher began sending him presents.

Grixti, of The Ridgway, Woodingdean, admitted intentionally sexually touching a boy aged 16 while being in a position of trust.

She was told at Chichester Magistrates Court yesterday her crime was "very wrong and very sad".

The English teacher, who has a two-year-old son, was given a three-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to carry out 180 hours' community service.

Court chairman Christopher Whitmore-Jones said the court had been horrified by the number and content of the text messages sent by Grixti to the boy.

Jenny Ross, prosecuting, told the court Grixti confessed to a colleague at her West Sussex school that she had got drunk during a night out in Worthing in May and "got off" with the 16-year-old.

Grixti told the same colleague she had booked a room for the pair on July 16 at a hotel in Lewes.

When arrested, the court heard, Grixti refused to comment but laughed when some of her texts, many peppered with sexual swear words, were read out to her.

Ms Ross said: "Eighty texts from the defendant were found on her telephone expressing love for him and talking about him. They mentioned grass stains on her clothes and grab marks on her. There was a lot of swearing."

Grixti was charged with abusing a position of trust between May 1 and June 20 while a teacher at the secondary school, which cannot be named for legal reasons.

She had been giving the boy extra English classes, along with two other pupils, and "a relationship of affection grew between them", the court was told.

Ms Ross said the boy's parents became suspicious when he came home with a card from a teacher covered in hearts and the message "S xxx".

The boy had also been given a CD and a copy of the novel The Catcher In The Rye.

Ms Ross said: "The boy's parents noticed his telephone bill was twice the normal size. An excessive amounts of calls and texts to his number were later found to have come from the defendant's telephone.

"Concerns were raised by the parents with the school and the matter was reported to the police and social services."

Grixti was suspended. The court heard she will now automatically lose her job.

The boy admitted the affair on June 19 last year when confronted by his parents after a late night out but he blamed himself, the court heard.

However, he told a friend he had kissed a teacher and sent text messages to her, and that they were going to spend the night in a hotel together.

A reservation was later found to have been made in the defendant's name at a hotel in Lewes.

Anya Lewis, defending, said Grixti had accepted responsibility for her actions by pleading guilty to the charge at the earliest opportunity.

She said the teacher, suffering from depression, had not intended to make contact with the boy during her night out in Worthing on May 27 but had got drunk and kissed the teenager.

Ms Lewis said: "The defendant does not seek to minimise her role. It is not a case of her actively going out and pursuing him.

"The initial contact came from him but it is no excuse as she was the one in a position of responsibility."

The court heard that shortly before Grixti first kissed the boy, her husband, a child psychologist, had announced he wanted a separation.

She said: "The sad reality is that the attentions of this 16-year-old boy filled a need in this 30-year-old woman. It is clearly very wrong and very sad."

Relatives and friends of the defendant wept in the court as the sentence on Grixti was delivered.

West Sussex County Council issued a statement on behalf of the school at which Grixti taught.

It read: "The school took this matter extremely seriously because it was an unacceptable abuse of trust placed in a teacher by young people and parents.

"The school acted very swiftly as soon as the information was received about this incident and Grixti was immediately suspended.

"The school will now be taking appropriate action under agreed disciplinary procedures."

In court, Ms Lewis, for Grixti, said a suspended jail term would mean the defendant would be required to sign the sex offenders' register.

Magistrates did not pass such an order yesterday but were expected to do so in court today.

Sex abuse teacher jailed for 14 years

A former housemaster who sexually abused boys in his care has been jailed for 14 years.
Andrew Duncan, 66, who has no previous convictions, showed no emotion as he was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court for the offences which date back more than 30 years.
Two of his victims were boarders at a special school for boys in Portslade in the early Seventies when he abused them.
One victim, now 47, claimed he was 14 when he was targeted by Duncan at Mile Oak School for Boys. He said the teacher would take him from his bed in the middle of the night and abused him 100 times over two years.
The other victim broke down and wept as he recalled to the jury how he was abused while having a shower at the school.
A third man accused Duncan of sexually abusing him in the late Eighties when the victim was a teenager and his attacker was his social worker in Hove.
Duncan, of Church Road, Portslade, a married father-of-two, was convicted by a jury of 12 charges of buggery and indecent assault after a trial in January. He had denied all charges.
Judge Anthony Niblett told Duncan he had been in a position of trust as a housemaster at a boarding school and as a social worker when he violated the boys over many years. The judge said: "Instead of caring for and protecting those boys as was your duty, you manipulated and violated them to satisfy your own sexual desires. The consequences of your actions were incalculable. One boy said you ruined his life."
The judge told Duncan that as he continued to deny his guilt he remained a risk in the future. He ordered him to sign on the sex offenders' register for life.
During the trial the court heard the offences came to light in 2004 when one of the victims reported the abuse to his doctor.
Duncan denied all the allegations and told the court the abuse had never happened.
Selwyn Shapiro, defending, said Duncan was suffering from poor health and depression.
He presented to the judge what he described as moving testimonials from family, friends and former work colleagues.
He said Duncan was seen as "heroic" in the eyes of his children.
Mr Shapiro asked the judge to take into account Duncan's previous good character when passing sentence. He said: "This is a man who clearly by the jury's verdict has behaved in a reprehensible manner, but I ask you to give him credit for the good he has done in society."
After the hearing a police spokesman said: "We are pleased that after today's sentence the victims have finally received the justice they deserve after all these years.
"We would encourage any victims of sexual abuse to come forward and speak to the police. Reporting things that have happened to you, no matter how much time has passed, may prevent another person being abused. The verdict is proof that your complaint will be investigated."

…there will be a story about some sick bastard who has complained to the police that a golliwog has been on display in a shop window in WORTHING.

If this person is identified I shall be visiting him/her with a view to shoving my own elderly golliwog right up.

have this teacher? Instead of Shelfy.

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060412232109990001&_mpc=news%2e10%2e5&cid=2360

I was right! In today’s edition:

Store in racist doll claim
by Kate Morrison

A store owner has removed golliwogs from his window display after complaints the toys caused offence.
The black soft dolls were removed from show at HG Scadgell furniture store in Worthing after a passer-by objected.
John Scadgell, the shop owner, said he had not intended to offend anyone and was surprised by the complaint.
He said: "We have sold them for about 40 years and no one has ever complained before. We didn't intend to upset people.
"If you go into any toy shop you will see black dolls and white dolls. They are just lovable soft toys.
"The person who was offended did not complain to me. If he had done it could have been dealt with there and then but I guess he's gone straight to the Press about it."
Graphic designer John Glover, who made the complaint, said: "I thought it was disgusting. I was just stunned. It's not acceptable in 2006."
Mr Scadgell said the incident was a "storm in a teacup". He said the dolls were only a small part of the shop's business, as it mainly sold furniture.
Last month, shop owner Donald Reynolds had three gollies seized by police from his shop in Bromyard, Herefordshire, under section 5 of the Public Order Act which makes it an offence to display anything which could be deemed as threatening, abusive or insulting.
Following an investigation, West Mercia Police said it would not press charges against him and would return the dolls.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said it had no record of a complaint in the latest incident.
The Golly figure which adorned Robertson's jam jars for 91 years was sacked in 2001.
Campaigners said it was racist and outdated.

Would you let your daughter attend a school led by this trigger-happy loony?



Head loses out in bid to gun down seagulls
by Adrian Kwintner

A HEADTEACHER who wanted the right to shoot seagulls to protect children from bird flu has been refused a licence.
Derek Greenup, of William Parker comprehensive school in Hastings, wrote to Government officials last month asking for a special licence to gun down the birds at weekends.
But he has been banned from taking action. Now he will use a sound device that sends out the cry of a falcon to scare off the seagulls.
Others could follow suit after the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) issued a warning that anyone killing wild birds because of flu fears could be prosecuted.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said firing shots at wild birds would make them scatter, potentially creating an even bigger problem if there was bird flu.
A spokesman said: "There are rules under which herring gulls can be culled but they don't apply in this case. There is no threat to public health, certainly not from bird flu."
Wild birds are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act. It is an offence to kill, injure or take any wild bird; take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while that nest is in use; and take or destroy an egg of any wild bird.
DEFRA can issue gun licences to allow the control of wild birds for specific purposes such as preserving public health and safety or preventing the spread of disease. But it ruled that, given the minimum public health risk, the use of licences was not appropriate.
An East Sussex County Council spokeswoman said one of Mr Greenup's main concerns was to keep seagulls off the playing fields in case bird flu entered the country. She said: "We met with the headteacher who confirmed he would not be seeking permission to cull seagulls.
"He said he would be using a sound device which sends out the cry of a falcon to deter seagulls."

The following letter appeared in yesterday’s Argus. The writer signs him/herself ‘CP, Worthing’ - that’s my kind-a writer.

Letter: Let this English tradition live

From the archive, first published Wednesday 19th Apr 2006.

How sad John Glover has nothing else to do except complain to the Press about an English store selling a traditional English toy (The Argus, April 15).
I was fortunate enough, some years ago, to work alongside a gentleman from North Africa who used to confound the "politically-correct police" by going into toy shops and asking why golliwogs were not on display.
Perhaps non-racist, non-politically correct people in Worthing might like to show their support for HG Scadgell by buying a golliwog.
-CP, Worthing

A barrister who secretly filmed up women’s skirts in supermarkets also stored images of women’s backsides in a computer file, a court heard.

Simon Austin Hamilton, 35, had a catalogue of files on his home computer, it was alleged at Canterbury Crown Court. One file was called “upskirts”, which is the name given by practitioners of the habit.

The word on the street is that this woman is a contributor to this forum.

Asbo given to pensioner
by Rob Hustwayte
A pensioner who has terrorised neighbours for almost a decade has been given an antisocial behaviour order.
Chairman McCormack was described by residents as the worst neighbour in Brighton and Hove after her nine-year campaign of abuse, harassment and threats.
Brighton and Hove City Council and the police have been gathering evidence on the 62-year-old, of Grange Road, Hove, for two years.
They were yesterday granted an interim Asbo by magistrates.
McCormack makes her neighbours' lives hell by shouting foul-mouthed abuse and racist and homophobic taunts on a daily basis, the Brighton court heard She is also a nuisance to the emergency services, making about 140 false and malicious 999 calls to police, firefighters and paramedics in two years, said Sergeant Dave Bettis.
He said: "She is having a severe detrimental effect on her neighbours and the community in Hove at large."
Under the terms of the order she is banned from being drunk and disorderly in public; using threatening or abusive behaviour; entering a private residence without permission;
intrusive and inappropriate use of binoculars; obstructing the highway; making false 999 calls; disposing of rubbish in the street and using racist or homophobic language.
McCormack did not attend court.
Brighton and Hove City Council prosecutor Simon Court told the hearing of McCormack's behaviour.
It included throwing rubbish, bottles and furniture from her bedroom window out onto the street, banging on neighbours' doors and shouting abuse through their letterboxes.
In recent months she has also terrorised shopping areas such as George Street and Church Road, swearing at shopkeepers and passers-by.
Mr Court told the hearing: "Her anti-social behaviour has been ongoing for at least nine years to varying degrees but has got a lot worse of late. It is so bad some neighbours have felt forced to move away from the area.
"On one recent occasion she deliberately knocked a steaming hot cup of coffee from the hand of a woman which just missed landing on a child in a buggy.
"She is often abusive to people when young children are present and abusive and threatening to the children.
"In March this year, for no apparent reason, she banged and spat at a window of a neighbour."
She was homophobic towards a police community support officer and racist to a 14-year-old Jamaican boy in one incident, said Mr Court.
McCormack even abused officers when they served her with notice of yesterday's court proceedings.
The court heard McCormack had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and treated for alcoholism several times but nothing had worked.
Magistrate Roy Simmonds said: "We agree with the view this is a prolific amount of antisocial behaviour and there is an urgent need to protect public services and the community."
A full Asbo hearing will be heard on July 4 and 6 when up to six neighbours could give evidence.

Mad dog barks at swans! This will be front-page news in my kind-a newspaper.

http://www.dailymotion.com/BigJohnPeacehaven/video/xdhxu_sensation-at-hove-lagoon

Teacher ‘failed’ staff and pupils

A TEACHER has been banned from taking lessons for a year.
Denise Watts, who taught at Chesswood Middle School, Worthing, was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct by the General Teaching Council for England.
The committee heard Ms Watts brought staff to tears and was rude and offensive to pupils.
The teacher told a new pupil who did not speak much English to "get down doggie", and told a group of children to take another child "to the rubbish dump", the committee was told.
Ms Watts was also found guilty of undermining staff confidence, answering questions in monosyllables, abruptly walking out of meetings and adopting hostile body language.
The committee found substantial evidence of Ms Watts' behaviour and ruled her actions were inappropriate, rude, undermining, and demeaning.
However, the committee did not find Ms Watts guilty of speaking to parents in an inappropriate manner.
The committee ruled: "The public have a right to expect that teachers will behave with respect and care towards pupils, and that teachers will be particularly mindful of the needs of vulnerable pupils and of the need to build pupils' esteem.
"Ms Watts fell well short of this standard in the way she spoke to and about pupils, undermining and demeaning some pupils."
Ms Watts will only be allowed to return to teaching if she completes training in equal opportunities, behaviour management and teamwork skills.
The head teacher of the school, David Newnham, was unavailable for comment. Ms Watts has two weeks to appeal against the decision.

always a job for her here
Sounds like a fun person to moi.