Archive
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Letter: No closed road
Travelling along the A23 in the Bolney area I saw two council employees wearing hi-visibility jackets collecting roadside litter. Yet a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesman has said the road would have to be closed before its employees were allowed
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Letter: Conserve trees
Conservation groups are quite right to call for greater protection of the surviving woodland in Sussex (The Argus, May 13). The woodland is the relic of wildwood that once covered England. We have more than anywhere else in England and we all need to
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Letter: Children cost
I completely agree with Diana Kean (Letters, May 12). It may sound quite pompous, but she's right. You shouldn't have children when you cannot afford to bring them up properly or educate them sufficiently to make a success of their lives. Perhaps the
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Ballet: Near Life Experience by Ballet Preljocaj, Dome Concert Hall
Sometimes, watching dance is a bit like having a massage. You can sit back, let the music and movement wash over you and relax as the tensions of the day drift away. What French-Albanian choreographer Angelin Preljocaj offered was more of a sensual rub-down
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Letter: True Brightonian
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Royal Sussex County Hospital for all their help regarding my husband John. He was taken ill suddenly, rushed into A&E and then admitted into Intensive Care, where he died five days later, leaving
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Theatre: Closer, Brighton Little Theatre
Patrick Marber wrote Closer in 1997 and was surprised at its instant success. In it, he explores honesty in human relationships with wit and humour. The play is concerned with only four characters, Alice, a drifter, Dan, a journalist, Larry, a doctor
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Letter: The Bhopal disaster continues
The large marquee in Brighthelm Gardens with the scary photos on the outside contains an exhibition of photos, videos and films about the disaster in Bhopal, India, in 1984. They will shock and maybe even anger you but they are also a celebration of life
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Letter: Soviet heroes
Very soon the 60th anniversary of D-Day will be upon us and we will be able to honour the generation of men and women who swept ashore on the Normandy beaches to open the second front against Hitler's Germany. However, perhaps we should spare a thought
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May 19: Albion chase history in play-offs
Guy Butters admits he will need his wits about him as he bids to help Albion's defence make history. A cleansheet at home to Swindon in the play-off second leg on Thursday will make it seven shut outs in succession for the Seagulls, equalling an 80-year-old
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Cricket: Lewry first victim of rotation policy
Jason Lewry was left out at Horsham today as Sussex implemented their rotation policy for the first time. The left-armer made way for the return of James Kirtley for his first Championship appearance since last July as the county looked for their first
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Albion chase history in play-offs
Guy Butters admits he will need his wits about him as he bids to help Albion's defence make history. A cleansheet at home to Swindon in the play-off second leg on Thursday will make it seven shut outs in succession for the Seagulls, equalling an 80-year-old
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Cash incentive to pass exams
Students at two schools with the worst exam results in Brighton and Hove are being offered cash to pass their GCSEs. More than 260 students at East Brighton's College of Media Art (Comart) and Falmer schools are eligible for the £12,000 scheme introduced
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Accountancy firm aims to bridge knowledge gap
The likes of Dame Anita Roddick and Martha Lane Fox are holding a torch for women in the boardroom but men are still holding the purse strings at home. Research by the Financial Services Authority shows less than a third of married women have an occupational
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Halfords set for summer flotation
Car accessories retailer Halfords said today it was planning a summer flotation valuing the business at £847 million. The group and its private equity backer CVC said the group would seek a stock market listing with an indicative price range of 250p to
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Training at heart of hospitality drive
A trainiing scheme for aspiring Gordon Ramseys has been given the official stamp of approval. The Sussex Hospitality Centre of Vocational Excellence now has full Government accreditation. The centre is run by City College Brighton and Hove, the Hotel
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Gatwick £100m bridge rolled into place
Engineers used space technology to wheel a £100 million bridge into place at Gatwick. The 3,000-tonne bridge took almost a year to build and is part of the airport's Pier 6 project. Using rolling equipment similar to that used to transport space shuttles
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Murder suspect found dead in cell
A builder on trial for the brutal murder of his estranged wife has been found dead in his cell. Nicholas Bailey, 58, was accused of strangling wife Susan at her home in Eastbourne in August last year, a month after she left him. Bailey, known as Terry
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MP's phone invaded by porn website
An MP had his phone cut off after being the innocent victim of a £1,200 internet porn sting. Tim Loughton, who represents East Worthing and Shoreham, has called for tough new penalties to protect computer users. Mr Loughton was sent a "spam" email, which
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Father held dying son, 2
A father cradled his dying son in his arms amid the carnage of the A23 horror smash. Steve Mohabir's leg was shattered and he was bleeding heavily from a deep wound to his stomach as he clutched two-year-old Marcus to his chest, praying for him to survive
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Letter: High Street art is a good idea
I hugely enjoyed the revival of the visual arts during the Brighton Festival and thought that the prominence of work in the city centre was an excellent way of bringing arts out of the galleries and into the high street, thus widening the audience. The
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Letter: Conserve trees
Conservation groups are quite right to call for greater protection of the surviving woodland in Sussex (The Argus, May 13). The woodland is the relic of wildwood that once covered England. We have more than anywhere else in England and we all need to
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Kennedy on electoral trail
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy will visit Eastbourne on Thursday to bolster support for his party ahead of the local elections. The Lib Dems face a tough fight to retain Eastbourne on June 10 as they go into the election neck-and-neck with the
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Letter: Children cost
I completely agree with Diana Kean (Letters, May 12). It may sound quite pompous, but she's right. You shouldn't have children when you cannot afford to bring them up properly or educate them sufficiently to make a success of their lives. Perhaps the
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Ballet: Near Life Experience by Ballet Preljocaj, Dome Concert Hall
Sometimes, watching dance is a bit like having a massage. You can sit back, let the music and movement wash over you and relax as the tensions of the day drift away. What French-Albanian choreographer Angelin Preljocaj offered was more of a sensual rub-down
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Letter: True Brightonian
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Royal Sussex County Hospital for all their help regarding my husband John. He was taken ill suddenly, rushed into A&E and then admitted into Intensive Care, where he died five days later, leaving
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Theatre: Closer, Brighton Little Theatre
Patrick Marber wrote Closer in 1997 and was surprised at its instant success. In it, he explores honesty in human relationships with wit and humour. The play is concerned with only four characters, Alice, a drifter, Dan, a journalist, Larry, a doctor
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Date
Letter: The Bhopal disaster continues
The large marquee in Brighthelm Gardens with the scary photos on the outside contains an exhibition of photos, videos and films about the disaster in Bhopal, India, in 1984. They will shock and maybe even anger you but they are also a celebration of life
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Letter: Seen my handle?
I wonder if readers could help me. I took part in the HCVS London-Brighton rally on Sunday, May 2, which finished at Madeira Drive, in a 1920 Dennis fire engine. Unfortunately, when we were packing up to leave, I inadvertently left a jack handle for my
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Letter: Soviet heroes
Very soon the 60th anniversary of D-Day will be upon us and we will be able to honour the generation of men and women who swept ashore on the Normandy beaches to open the second front against Hitler's Germany. However, perhaps we should spare a thought
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Youth Athletics: Hussain breaks sprint record
Jason Hussain was left pondering what could have been after clinching gold at the Sussex Track and Field Championships. Hussain, 17, set a personal best of 22.03sec in qualifying for the final of the under-20 200m before storming to victory in a championship
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May 19: McGhee warns of backlash
Albion boss Mark McGhee has given his players a stark warning: "Your careers are at stake." The Seagulls face Swindon in the second leg of their Division Two play-off semi-final at Withdean tomorrow with a 1-0 advantage. But McGhee has stamped on any
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May 19: Albion chase history in play-offs
Guy Butters admits he will need his wits about him as he bids to help Albion's defence make history. A cleansheet at home to Swindon in the play-off second leg on Thursday will make it seven shut outs in succession for the Seagulls, equalling an 80-year-old
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Swordmen slash teenager's hand
A teenager was left in a pool of blood after he was slashed with a samurai sword in an attack by two shopkeepers. Angelo Lazarus and Rakakaran Thurairajah attacked Leon Whyborne, 18, wrongly suspecting him of setting fire to their shop. One of them lashed
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Teacher arrested over child pictures
A former teacher at a Brighton school has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Dutch-born Leslie Hoogland taught English at Dorothy Stringer School between 1978 and 1979 before emigrating to Canada. He was arrested in Toronto after
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Faster broadband access for villages
Villagers in East Sussex will have access to broadband internet sooner than they thought. BT initially wanted a certain number of people in 14 villages to sign up before it introduced broadband, which offers a high-speed connection to the net. The targets
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Entrepreneurs go head to head
Two businessmen from Chichester are competing for the title Entrepreneur of the Year. Stephen Haines, of card manufacturer Carte Blanche Greetings and Brian Peters, of marine leisure group BA Peters, have been short-listed for the regional finals of this
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Halfords set for summer flotation
Car accessories retailer Halfords said today it was planning a summer flotation valuing the business at £847 million. The group and its private equity backer CVC said the group would seek a stock market listing with an indicative price range of 250p to
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Officer attacks cost of patrols
Senior police defended its controversial community support officer scheme after one of its officers said it was a waste of money. PC Nick Dimmer yesterday described the scheme as a "false economy" in front of hundreds of officers at a national conference
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Legal dispute delays Outback case
The girlfriend of backpacker Peter Falconio arrived in court today under heavy guard to give evidence but was delayed by legal argument. Joanne Lees, a travel agent from Hove, was due to continue giving her statement at the committal hearing of the man
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UFO buzzed my back garden
A UFO captured on film hovering above Brighton is the latest in a spate of mysterious sightings across the world. Theatre technician Ben Losh spotted the strange cylindrical object hanging in the air above his home and rushed to grab his video camera.
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Tributes to A23 crash victims
They were a fun-loving group of friends, taking time off from their jobs and college courses to enjoy a summer evening together in Brighton. Yesterday, devastated friends and relatives of the five young people from the Crawley area who died in the A23
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Father held dying son, 2
A father cradled his dying son in his arms amid the carnage of the A23 horror smash. Steve Mohabir's leg was shattered and he was bleeding heavily from a deep wound to his stomach as he clutched two-year-old Marcus to his chest, praying for him to survive
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Letter: High Street art is a good idea
I hugely enjoyed the revival of the visual arts during the Brighton Festival and thought that the prominence of work in the city centre was an excellent way of bringing arts out of the galleries and into the high street, thus widening the audience. The
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Date
Gatwick £100m bridge rolled into place
Engineers used space technology to wheel a £100 million bridge into place at Gatwick. The 3,000-tonne bridge took almost a year to build and is part of the airport's Pier 6 project. Using rolling equipment similar to that used to transport space shuttles
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Music: Pluck, Spiegeltent, Pavilion Gardens
In 1985, Frank Zappa wrote Does Music Belong In Humour? Pluck, with their blend of polished classical music and tomfoolery, would say without doubt that it does. The trio of musicians play Bach, Vivaldi and Ravel while dancing, fighting, ridiculing each
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Letter: We're humans
I feel I must make this plea on behalf of the elderly. On Saturday, April 24, I was admitted to accident and emergency at roughly 3pm as my bladder wasn't functioning. I was treated with the greatest respect by all doctors and staff but was then taken
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Letter: Beware the middle of the road
Oh, how I agree with Kevin Dale (Letters, May 15). Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan, the great Old Labour Welsh Statesman and pioneer of the National Health Service, would be swivelling in his grave to see New Labour Education Secretary Charles Clarke cosying up to
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Theatre: Talk, New Venture Theatre
The world premiere of local writer Mark Wilson's play is in the safe hands of Sweetspot, the resident professional company at the New Venture. Through intelligent writing and sensitive direction, a fascinating and moving tale unfolds of changing attitudes
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Letter: Seen my handle?
I wonder if readers could help me. I took part in the HCVS London-Brighton rally on Sunday, May 2, which finished at Madeira Drive, in a 1920 Dennis fire engine. Unfortunately, when we were packing up to leave, I inadvertently left a jack handle for my
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Pupils set blog standard
The exploits of the Baghdad Blogger during the Iraq war made headlines around the world. The anonymous Iraqi regularly posted uncensored descriptions of his daily life on the net throughout the war. He was a high-profile example of one of the internet's
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Letter: Football friends
As a resident of Brunswick Terrace, I am aware of the issues related to ball games on Hove Lawns. I am also aware of the many plus points of a friendly kick around on the lawns on a weekend. As someone who is no Pele and so not willing (or able) to join
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Youth Athletics: Hussain breaks sprint record
Jason Hussain was left pondering what could have been after clinching gold at the Sussex Track and Field Championships. Hussain, 17, set a personal best of 22.03sec in qualifying for the final of the under-20 200m before storming to victory in a championship
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May 19: McGhee warns of backlash
Albion boss Mark McGhee has given his players a stark warning: "Your careers are at stake." The Seagulls face Swindon in the second leg of their Division Two play-off semi-final at Withdean tomorrow with a 1-0 advantage. But McGhee has stamped on any
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Letter: I wonder why foreign students come here
Well, another summer is arriving - birds are singing, the sun is shining and a new wave of foreign students is being victimised. Already this year we have read about a group being attacked "with iron bars" in Southwick and I have seen a coach in Sainsbury's
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Swordmen slash teenager's hand
A teenager was left in a pool of blood after he was slashed with a samurai sword in an attack by two shopkeepers. Angelo Lazarus and Rakakaran Thurairajah attacked Leon Whyborne, 18, wrongly suspecting him of setting fire to their shop. One of them lashed
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Teacher arrested over child pictures
A former teacher at a Brighton school has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Dutch-born Leslie Hoogland taught English at Dorothy Stringer School between 1978 and 1979 before emigrating to Canada. He was arrested in Toronto after
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Date
McGhee warns of backlash
Albion boss Mark McGhee has given his players a stark warning: "Your careers are at stake." The Seagulls face Swindon in the second leg of their Division Two play-off semi-final at Withdean tomorrow with a 1-0 advantage. But McGhee has stamped on any
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Missing Sussex schoolgirl found in Scotland
A schoolgirl who ran away with a man almost twice her age has been found safe and well. The couple were discovered in Scotland after a tip-off. Sandriella Shakir, 16, and Romany Atiya, 30, both originally Sudanese and living in Hollingdean, Brighton,
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Date
Faster broadband access for villages
Villagers in East Sussex will have access to broadband internet sooner than they thought. BT initially wanted a certain number of people in 14 villages to sign up before it introduced broadband, which offers a high-speed connection to the net. The targets
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Date
Entrepreneurs go head to head
Two businessmen from Chichester are competing for the title Entrepreneur of the Year. Stephen Haines, of card manufacturer Carte Blanche Greetings and Brian Peters, of marine leisure group BA Peters, have been short-listed for the regional finals of this
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Date
Officer attacks cost of patrols
Senior police defended its controversial community support officer scheme after one of its officers said it was a waste of money. PC Nick Dimmer yesterday described the scheme as a "false economy" in front of hundreds of officers at a national conference
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Date
Young investors opt for buy-to-let
Increasing numbers of people in their 20s and 30s are turning to buy-to-let properties as an alternative to a pension or a way to get on to the housing ladder, research showed. Bradford & Bingley Letting Agents said just below a third of investment
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Date
Coastal towns in danger of decline
Coastal towns in Sussex face rapid economic decline unless more is done to create jobs and provide low-cost housing, according to a new study. Research carried out by the county's local authorities found more workers were commuting out of places like
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Date
Speeding driver hid in bin
A speeding motorist abandoned his car during a police chase and tried to hide in a wheelie bin. Thomas Parker, 23, of Ditchling Road, Brighton, was caught when officers spotted his trainers sticking out of the bin, a court heard. Police gave chase when
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Date
Hutton inquiry man in court
A civil servant who played a key role in the Hutton inquiry appeared at the Old Bailey today accused of raping a woman in the Lord Chancellor's office. Michael Burrell, 34, allegedly attacked her on the floor of Lord Falconer's Government chambers after
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Date
Legal dispute delays Outback case
The girlfriend of backpacker Peter Falconio arrived in court today under heavy guard to give evidence but was delayed by legal argument. Joanne Lees, a travel agent from Hove, was due to continue giving her statement at the committal hearing of the man
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Date
UFO buzzed my back garden
A UFO captured on film hovering above Brighton is the latest in a spate of mysterious sightings across the world. Theatre technician Ben Losh spotted the strange cylindrical object hanging in the air above his home and rushed to grab his video camera.
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Date
Tributes to A23 crash victims
They were a fun-loving group of friends, taking time off from their jobs and college courses to enjoy a summer evening together in Brighton. Yesterday, devastated friends and relatives of the five young people from the Crawley area who died in the A23
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Date
Theatre: Peter Brook's La Mort De Krishna
Gardner Arts Centre, Sussex University, Falmer, Until Saturday 22 May "Today, it's impossible to pretend that we are not in an age when the destruction of the world exists incessantly around us. "It's not up to me to suddenly point out to people that
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Date
Letter: No closed road
Travelling along the A23 in the Bolney area I saw two council employees wearing hi-visibility jackets collecting roadside litter. Yet a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesman has said the road would have to be closed before its employees were allowed
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Date
Gatwick £100m bridge rolled into place
Engineers used space technology to wheel a £100 million bridge into place at Gatwick. The 3,000-tonne bridge took almost a year to build and is part of the airport's Pier 6 project. Using rolling equipment similar to that used to transport space shuttles
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Date
Music: Pluck, Spiegeltent, Pavilion Gardens
In 1985, Frank Zappa wrote Does Music Belong In Humour? Pluck, with their blend of polished classical music and tomfoolery, would say without doubt that it does. The trio of musicians play Bach, Vivaldi and Ravel while dancing, fighting, ridiculing each
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Date
Letter: We're humans
I feel I must make this plea on behalf of the elderly. On Saturday, April 24, I was admitted to accident and emergency at roughly 3pm as my bladder wasn't functioning. I was treated with the greatest respect by all doctors and staff but was then taken
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Date
Letter: Beware the middle of the road
Oh, how I agree with Kevin Dale (Letters, May 15). Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan, the great Old Labour Welsh Statesman and pioneer of the National Health Service, would be swivelling in his grave to see New Labour Education Secretary Charles Clarke cosying up to
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Date
Theatre: Talk, New Venture Theatre
The world premiere of local writer Mark Wilson's play is in the safe hands of Sweetspot, the resident professional company at the New Venture. Through intelligent writing and sensitive direction, a fascinating and moving tale unfolds of changing attitudes
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Date
Pupils set blog standard
The exploits of the Baghdad Blogger during the Iraq war made headlines around the world. The anonymous Iraqi regularly posted uncensored descriptions of his daily life on the net throughout the war. He was a high-profile example of one of the internet's
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Date
Letter: Football friends
As a resident of Brunswick Terrace, I am aware of the issues related to ball games on Hove Lawns. I am also aware of the many plus points of a friendly kick around on the lawns on a weekend. As someone who is no Pele and so not willing (or able) to join
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Date
Letter: I wonder why foreign students come here
Well, another summer is arriving - birds are singing, the sun is shining and a new wave of foreign students is being victimised. Already this year we have read about a group being attacked "with iron bars" in Southwick and I have seen a coach in Sainsbury's
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Date
Cricket: Lewry first victim of rotation policy
Jason Lewry was left out at Horsham today as Sussex implemented their rotation policy for the first time. The left-armer made way for the return of James Kirtley for his first Championship appearance since last July as the county looked for their first
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Date
Albion chase history in play-offs
Guy Butters admits he will need his wits about him as he bids to help Albion's defence make history. A cleansheet at home to Swindon in the play-off second leg on Thursday will make it seven shut outs in succession for the Seagulls, equalling an 80-year-old
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Date
McGhee warns of backlash
Albion boss Mark McGhee has given his players a stark warning: "Your careers are at stake." The Seagulls face Swindon in the second leg of their Division Two play-off semi-final at Withdean tomorrow with a 1-0 advantage. But McGhee has stamped on any
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Date
Missing Sussex schoolgirl found in Scotland
A schoolgirl who ran away with a man almost twice her age has been found safe and well. The couple were discovered in Scotland after a tip-off. Sandriella Shakir, 16, and Romany Atiya, 30, both originally Sudanese and living in Hollingdean, Brighton,
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Date
Cash incentive to pass exams
Students at two schools with the worst exam results in Brighton and Hove are being offered cash to pass their GCSEs. More than 260 students at East Brighton's College of Media Art (Comart) and Falmer schools are eligible for the £12,000 scheme introduced
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Date
Accountancy firm aims to bridge knowledge gap
The likes of Dame Anita Roddick and Martha Lane Fox are holding a torch for women in the boardroom but men are still holding the purse strings at home. Research by the Financial Services Authority shows less than a third of married women have an occupational
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Date
Training at heart of hospitality drive
A trainiing scheme for aspiring Gordon Ramseys has been given the official stamp of approval. The Sussex Hospitality Centre of Vocational Excellence now has full Government accreditation. The centre is run by City College Brighton and Hove, the Hotel
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Date
Gatwick £100m bridge rolled into place
Engineers used space technology to wheel a £100 million bridge into place at Gatwick. The 3,000-tonne bridge took almost a year to build and is part of the airport's Pier 6 project. Using rolling equipment similar to that used to transport space shuttles
-
Date
Young investors opt for buy-to-let
Increasing numbers of people in their 20s and 30s are turning to buy-to-let properties as an alternative to a pension or a way to get on to the housing ladder, research showed. Bradford & Bingley Letting Agents said just below a third of investment
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Date
Coastal towns in danger of decline
Coastal towns in Sussex face rapid economic decline unless more is done to create jobs and provide low-cost housing, according to a new study. Research carried out by the county's local authorities found more workers were commuting out of places like
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Date
Speeding driver hid in bin
A speeding motorist abandoned his car during a police chase and tried to hide in a wheelie bin. Thomas Parker, 23, of Ditchling Road, Brighton, was caught when officers spotted his trainers sticking out of the bin, a court heard. Police gave chase when
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Date
Hutton inquiry man in court
A civil servant who played a key role in the Hutton inquiry appeared at the Old Bailey today accused of raping a woman in the Lord Chancellor's office. Michael Burrell, 34, allegedly attacked her on the floor of Lord Falconer's Government chambers after
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Date
Murder suspect found dead in cell
A builder on trial for the brutal murder of his estranged wife has been found dead in his cell. Nicholas Bailey, 58, was accused of strangling wife Susan at her home in Eastbourne in August last year, a month after she left him. Bailey, known as Terry
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Date
MP's phone invaded by porn website
An MP had his phone cut off after being the innocent victim of a £1,200 internet porn sting. Tim Loughton, who represents East Worthing and Shoreham, has called for tough new penalties to protect computer users. Mr Loughton was sent a "spam" email, which
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Date
Gatwick £100m bridge rolled into place
Engineers used space technology to wheel a £100 million bridge into place at Gatwick. The 3,000-tonne bridge took almost a year to build and is part of the airport's Pier 6 project. Using rolling equipment similar to that used to transport space shuttles
-
Date
Theatre: Peter Brook's La Mort De Krishna
Gardner Arts Centre, Sussex University, Falmer, Until Saturday 22 May "Today, it's impossible to pretend that we are not in an age when the destruction of the world exists incessantly around us. "It's not up to me to suddenly point out to people that
