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Letter: Rena spoke up for those who couldn't
It was with much sadness I read of the death of the animal rights campaigner Rena Collins (The Argus, December 31). It was my privilege to have known Rena for many years and I was aware of her work for animal rights. Her contribution to the Christian
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Letter: Get angry at real cuffs, not sex toys
As an author currently working on a book designed to help people think more critically and logically, can I thank Steve Stevens for his comments on the proposed Worthing sex shop (The Argus, January 10). humorous examples of how not to make a coherent
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Holiday On Ice: Diamonds, Brighton Centre, until January 29
Holiday On Ice is one of those phenomenons that manages to be hugely popular but not in the slightest bit cool. Olympic champion Robin Cousins, a main creative force behind the multi-national ice empire and a Brighton resident, happily admit this. "It
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Letter: A rubbish present
Residents of Hangleton and Knoll weren't surprised by the Christmas present the refuse collectors left them - bins full of stinking refuse. It has happened year on year for a while and although residents keep declining the kind offer of this "Christmas
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Letter: Keep shelter open
I think it's disgraceful Brighton and Hove City Council is to cancel funding for St Patrick's night shelter. For may years, St Patrick's has helped some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in our society. I urge everyone to do all they can to make
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Promoter takes a hit as fight is called off
A fight promoter claims he has lost £10,000 after the plug was pulled on his controversial cage fighting contest. British and European Ultimate Combat champion Sol Gilbert, 30, has already sold half of the 800 tickets, costing up to £60 each, for the
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Police station queue to report a car crime
When a driver damaged a wall in an apparent hit and run crash, its owners thought the crime would be no problem to solve. The vehicle's number plate was left next to the damage at the Lighthouse Car Centre, Brighton Road, Shoreham. But when the owners
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Anger at plans to build more floors on to flats
People living on the top floor of their building have discovered they could be relegated from the penthouse level if new homes are built above them. Anstone Properties owns the freehold at the Priory Estate, London Road, near Carden Avenue, Brighton.
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Letter: No surprise clock stopped
Further to the report in The Argus yesterday, about the clock on Brighton's Clocktower, I don't find it strange that it neither shows the right time, nor that the golden ball doesn't work properly. Since a great deal of money was spent on the delicate
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Letter: Wheelchair lanes
Some of Brighton's pavements are for the use of cyclists only. Why don't we have parts of our pavements dedicated for the use of wheelchair users? They have thoughts and feelings, too. -Ray Wootton, Saltdean
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Driver killed woman after having fit
An epileptic who had been cleared to drive had a fit at the wheel and ploughed into another car, killing the driver. Stephen Amor, 42, of Warwick Road, Bexhill, strayed onto the wrong side of a dual carriageway and smashed into Margaret Gosling's BMW.
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Letter: A record year
Roger's Wildlife Rescue in Woodingdean, Brighton, has had its busiest year on record in 2005, with 1,239 wild birds and more than 200 animals brought in. Our total number of releases was 639 birds, 25 field mice, 19 hedgehogs, 18 foxes, six rabbits, six
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Anti-terror security plans for station
Plans for airport-style random scans at train stations and security checks with armed police are being drawn up in an effort to thwart suicide bombers. Any of the 20,000 passengers who pass through Brighton station each day could be made to pass through
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Letter: Back to reality
I'm writing in the hope some kind soul reads this. On Thursday, December 23, I was coming back from a dream holiday in Lapland with my daughter. I had worked hard all year for it and was so upset when my bag was taken on the last train from Gatwick to
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Football: Crawley trophy hunter
Chris Giles knows all about the positive impact a good run in the FA Trophy can have. That is why he has urged Crawley to ensure there are no slip-ups in tomorrow's second round clash against Worcester City at The Broadfield. Giles picked up a winners
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Wingers must stand up and be counted
Albion's French wingers have been urged to prove they can cope with English football in the winter. Manager Mark McGhee is looking for big performances from influential duo Seb Carole and Alex Frutos to help the third-bottom Seagulls upset third-placed
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Restaurant honour
A restaurant has been named in a prestigious guide to eating out. One Paston Place in Kemp Town, Brighton, is the only restaurant in East Sussex to make it into the Tatler 2006 Restaurant Guide. Jade Gandey, from One Paston Place, said it was largely
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Saturday Night Fever, Theatre Royal, Brighton, January 16 - 21
It's as Seventies as flares and fondue but Saturday Night Fever has never gone out of fashion. It is to film what Starsky And Hutch is to TV and, just like the slick crime fighting duo, remains cool to this day. The mega success of this stage show is
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Cinderella, Hailsham Pavilion, January 18 - 22
This is the ultimate old-school panto with all the Christmas trimmings. Not taking itself too seriously, this popular yearly show from local amateur dramatics society, Hailsham Theatres, is exactly what the Christmas doctor ordered. Look forward to a
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UK's flood defences need £700m
An MP has invited his parliamentary colleagues to join his call for more spending on flood defences. Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, has tabled a motion in the House of Commons. He is urging the Treasury to stump up extra cash to cover a
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Sex shop 'will be opened'
A sex shop owner has vowed to open for business despite losing her bid to sell hardcore films after more than 1,000 people protested. Kathleen Sutton said Secret Desires in Rowlands Road, Worthing, would be trading in two or three weeks' time even though
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Jarhead
(15, 123 mins) Drama/Comedy/Action. Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black. Directed by Sam Mendes "A man goes to war. Afterwards he comes home and he sees that whatever he does with his life, he will always remain a Jarhead...We are
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Preston chucks up choc task
Worthing singer Sam Preston was the hero of the hour in the Big Brother house, after he was sick four times while eating 50 chocolate liqueurs. The Ordinary Boys frontman underwent the torturous task as housemates performed a series of ludicrous "scientific
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Councillor fears cuts of £10m to services
Front-line services are facing cuts of up to £10 million to plug a hole in local authority funding. Transport, social services and waste disposal could be among the casualties as West Sussex County Council faces up to what officials believe is one of
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She Said!, Komedia, Brighton, Saturday, January 14
Dominique Noiret, the sultry lead singer of She Said! cuts a mysterious figure. Dressed all in black - black skirts, black tops, black Cuban heels and black eye make-up - and blessed with a deep and smoky voice, she mesmerises audiences with her dark
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Crtics' choice
The Guide offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week. Threewheeler, Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton, Tuesday, January 17 - Life began for Threewheeler one winter's day in 1998, when the band's principal songwriters met for lunch in a Sussex pub
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The Scratch Perverts, Concorde 2, Brighton, Saturday January 14
Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and Plus One are the Scratch Perverts, a name synonymous with hip-hop and battle DJing ever since their formation in 1996. Their reputation as one of the world's most progressive DJ collectives is unparalleled with two consecutive
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Letter: Not in the swim
On Janaury 5, The Argus reported that Sussex could be seriously flooded. It's sad so many Hove children don't know how to swim because of the emphasis on league table statistics. My niece does not go swimming because her school dropped lessons in 2001
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Krater Comedy, Komedia, Brighton
The Krater Comedy Club on Friday was a rip-roaring laugh a minute experience right from the off. Resident compere Stephen Grant, as always, did an expert job of warming up the crowd before unleashing the sharp wit of Carey Marx on them. Marx may have
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Letter: Axe the express
I don't know what the fuss is about over the proposed axing of the Gatwick Express. The train's fare costs about a third more than that of Thameslink or Southern and only takes five minutes less to get to London. This isn't much for a 30-minute journey
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Letter: Access SCR online
I have been interested in the letters The Argus has received regarding the proposed changes to BBC Southern Counties Radio (SCR). I particularly appreciated Brian Beck's and John Henty's (January 10). Henty was a bearded broadcaster (like John Radford
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Letter: Illogical decision
I was told a few weeks back, by someone in the know, John Radford was going to go but I thought it was just a rumour. I was shattered when I realised it was true - and worse, that Bill Buckley, Ed Douglas and Dom Busby were also going. Where's the logic
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Letter: Heard in Florida
It was sad news about the firing of some outstanding radio presenters from BBC Southern Counties Radio. Even though we have lived in the US for the past few years, we will miss them on our visits to the UK and feel sorry for the residents of Sussex and
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Letter: There's still time
John Radford has been one of the best presenters of BBC Southern Counties Radio (SCR) for many years. The current crew have little, if any, local knowledge. I'm not surprised most people I know don't listen to SCR. Over recent years, the BBC's local TV
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Tragedy of teenager thrown from car
A teenager was killed when he was flung from the passenger seat of a car into the road. Barry Pescott, 16, suffered multiple injuries from the accident on the A272 at Wisborough Green last year. An inquest at Worthing Town Hall yesterday heard that Barry
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I am sure I won't see my sister again - but never say never
Sandra Carey-Boggans was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2004. She thought she was recovering last summer after having a breast removed and undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But last August she was told cancer had spread to her bones and her
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Letter: Legislate to stop easy pet purchases
Just nine days into the New Year and already animal shelters across Sussex are finding it difficult to cope with abandoned pets (The Argus, January 9). This is a country-wide problem, illustrated by Shoreham's Dog Trust Home, which has welcomed dogs into
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Gypsies brand council racist
A council has been called 'racist' for not allowing traveller sites to be built in its town. Crawley Borough Council voted against allowing two highly controversial gypsy sites being built on the outskirts of the town on Tuesday night. But a spokesman
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Wave of outrage at seal pool bid
An aquarium's plans for penguin and seal pools has prompted angry protests from animal lovers. The Brighton Sea Life Centre, one of the busiest tourist attractions on the South Coast, wants permission to build the pools at its entrance. Animal lovers
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Letter: Losing his grip
Having read the story about Lewes District Council (LDC) naming Brighton and Hove Albion and Brighton and Hove City Council as defendants in the ongoing stadium appeal, I am astonished Neil Commin, Lewes's lead councillor for planning, has stated, if
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Letter: Smokeasies due
I am getting bored with the continuous deluge of anti-smoking propaganda which is beginning to take up valuable legislative time in Parliament - time our Government could find so many other uses for. Remember, many so-called statistics relating to alleged
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Turf talk: Brothers hoping to get the best for Lewes again
Two Sussex trainers are hoping to revive the glory days of Lewes as a training centre. Jim Best and his brother Tom have just started training at the old racecourse. Jim, 25, who holds the training licence, and Tom moved into the yard recently vacated
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Letter: Kids are goats
I am 13 years old and go to Longhill School in Brighton. I would like to complain about the newspapers, television, teachers and pretty much everyone else. Why? Because nearly everyone calls children kids. The thing is, I am not a kid. A kid is a young
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Basketball: Family honour at stake as Jerry goes for glory
Jerry Williams is the last man standing in his family's bid for end-of-season glory. And he can do his chances of gaining a decent play-off seeding with Genesis Brighton Bears a power of good against two of his former clubs this weekend. Bears face arguably
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Letter: Mental health policies let me follow my dream
I am writing in praise of Ken Bodfish, leader of Brighton and Hove City Council. Wherever I go, people, from the homeless selling the Big Issue to university professors, speak well of him. I am a mature student aged 59 and am currently studying at the
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Reid ready for battle to reclaim spot
Paul Reid is in unfamiliar territory. Albion's versatile Australian is unsure whether he will be in the side for tomorrow's showdown with Leeds. Reid's name appearing somewhere in the line-up was virtually a given until the hectic Christmas programme.
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Helping hand for business
A service has been launched to advise businesses on diversity. Disability Equals Business is a free disability and equality consultancy service for Sussex firms. The organisation will help local employers improve business performance, reduce costs, lessen
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Pay below average
East Sussex workers are at the bottom of the South-East pay league, new figures have revealed. The average gross hourly pay for employees in the South-East is £13.03 - four per cent more than the UK-wide average of £12.50. But East Sussex workers earn
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Jodie's polo firm folds
A company run by Sussex supermodel Jodie Kidd has been wound up. Companies House confirmed that Pret a Polo, the company Ms Kidd, 27, ran with former boyfriend Tarquin Southwell has been dissolved. The supermodel, who went to school in Midhurst and who
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Sainsbury's commissions first UK crop of avocados from Sussex gardeners
Britain's first crop of avocados is being grown in Sussex. Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has asked gardeners at West Dean Gardens, near Chichester, to grow six avocado trees to see if the sub-tropical fruit can grow in this country. Sainsbury's currently
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Tower is "still too high"
A scaled-down plan for a seafront tower is expected to meet renewed public opposition. The building proposed by Berkeley Homes for the site of the former Caffyns garage in Kingsway, Hove, has been slashed from 12 to to six storeys. The number of flats
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The White Devil, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, January 13 - February 4
It's been described as a 17th-Century cross between The Godfather and Reservoir Dogs, a classic Jacobean revenge tragedy full of sexual tension, grisly violence and moral chaos. So why have InService, a Brighton-based production company who met through
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The Frog Prince, Komedia, Brighton, Sunday, January 15
Actito Theatre's The Frog Prince is a gloriously quirky story told through eye-popping visuals, masks and puppetry. Set to music from around the world, this is fairytale but not as we know it. Yes, there is a handsome prince turned into a frog by a wicked
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Tramp TV, The Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, Tuesday, January 17
A jet-black comedy observing the cult of Reality TV and its impact on a family a little more psychotic than most. Two estranged twin brothers are slowly provoked by the everyday horrors they witness in the name of entertainment. Meanwhile, their Dad languishes
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County schools free from sex offenders
Police last night said they were confident no registered sex offenders were working in Sussex schools. The assurance came amid revelations at least ten adults on the register had been allowed to work with children in England. Detective Superintendent
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'Murderer' tycoon fails to cough up £500,000
Property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has so far failed to cough up the £500,000 of legal costs he was ordered to pay last month by a High Court judge who condemned him as a murderer. Mr Justice Lightman heard that the legal costs order he set on December
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Cry Wolf
(12A, 90 mins) Horror/Thriller. Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Jon Bon Jovi, Gary Cole, Kristy Wu, Jesse Janzen, Paul James. Directed by Jeff Wadlow Cry Wolf, a teen horror-thriller riddled with hairpin twists, was the winning entry in the
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Teddy Thompson, Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton, Sunday, January 15
Son of super-folkies Linda and Richard Thompson he may be, but Teddy Thompson is carving out a nicely-shaped career of his own. That won't stop the parental references, an inevitability he embraces with collaborations with both ma and pa on his latest
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Herman Dune, Komedia, Brighton
Herman Dune are sometimes called an anti-folk band, which doesn't mean they're against folk music. On the contrary: David-Ivar Herman Dune and Andre Herman Dune, Swedish brothers of Jewish race, have their hearts in old-time America. And they have plenty
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Swim: Coldcut Live, Union, Brighton, Friday, January 13
Coldcut are dance music's Renaissance men. Boffins with an eternal grin on their faces, Matt Black and Jon More flirt with the avant garde without ever losing sight of their acute pop sensibility. The pair released the UK's first sample-built record,
