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Collymore's happy return
Corey Collymore took two wickets in nine balls on his Sussex return before Lancashire took control on the second day of the Championship match at Hove. The 31-year-old from Barbados reduced Lancashire to 2-2 after removing openers Paul Horton and Tom
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Welcome to the Youth Arts Fringe blog
Hello and welcome to the Youth Arts Fringe blog. The young people who are getting involved with the festival this year will be blogging throughout May about their experiences putting on a show. But before we hand over to them, we thought
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Meet the stars of this year's Brighton Children's Parade
This wonderful creation will be the star of this year’s Brighton’s Children’s Parade – which marks the beginning of the Brighton Festival. The puppet, called Prince Sunflower Xiang Ri Kui, will be part of this year’s parade and organisers want people
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Your guide to the Festival Fringe
If there’s one thing that’s essential in tackling the Brighton Festival Fringe (aside from stamina and a few stiff drinks) it is curiosity. With a line-up of more than 700 events in just over three weeks, organisers advise: “See shows you wouldn’t
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Delays expected on the A259 South Coast Road after four car crash
Major delays are expected this evening after a four car crash on the A259 South Coast Road in Peacehaven. Ambulance crews are treating two people for minor injuries after the crash at 4.25pm. A Sussex Police spokesman said while cars can still pass
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Pavilion view from Brighton loo
The Royal Pavilion has become the latest inspiration for a toilet wall. Nia Café in Trafalgar Street, Brighton, commissioned Brighton artist Robin Stock, 45, to lighten-up the ladies loo with a mural of Brighton's famous landmark. The painting comes
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Welcome to our Festival previews
Previews of Festival events will be posted in this space over the coming days. Check back next week to see our picks of what to see.
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Welcome to our Fringe reviews section
Reviews of Festival Fringe events will be posted in this space over the coming days. Check back over the festival to see what we thought of fringe shows.
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Welcome to our Festival reviews section
Reviews of Festival events will be posted in this space over the coming days. Check back over the festival to see what we thought of festival shows.
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Welcome to our Fringe previews
Previews of Fringe events will be posted in this space over the coming days. Check back next week to see our picks of what to see.
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Eagles happy with Kennett fee
Eastbourne Eagles will receive a transfer fee of £29,000 plus VAT from Coventry for rider Edward Kennett following the decision of an arbitration panel today. The Eagles valued Kennett, 22 and third best British rider in the league according to averages
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Solution to lead thefts
With reference to the theft of lead from the roof of the British engineerium in Hove (The Argus, April 16). There are two solutions. First, get rid of a Government that failed to be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime. Second, paint the replacement
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Mob violence
I SEE the police are getting stick for supposedly over-reacting at the G20 demonstrations (Letters, April 22). Many years ago, when in the British Army, I was in an unhappy country which was putting on a lot of G20 demonstrations and our job was to democratically
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Don't send me home
I WOULD like to pass on my thanks to the ever-smiling, always caring, wonderful folk who looked after me at the eye hospital outpatients. Particularly Ian and others, who have time to talk and put you at your ease. I almost didn’t want to go home.
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Monumental beauty
I AGREE with Ms Laws (Letters, April 11). For me, Portslade library has been a depressing experience. Fortunately the Mile Oak library, although small, has a dedicated core staff who assist the community and, as such, the library is a valuable resource
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Caught short
I MUST agree with Adam Trimingham (The Argus, April 15) about the many public loos that have closed and an acute shortage of them. Once we had seven on the seafront. If an employer didn’t supply enough toilets for his staff he would be prosecuted by
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Balance between convenience and sustainable communities
AFTER news a major retailer was possibly planning to “set up shop” in Portland Road (The Argus, April 15), I wanted to know what residents thought about a supermarket being built on their doorstep and delivered a survey to most households in the
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Communal bins 'extensive research'
Regarding the dangerous placement of several of the new communal bins (The Argus, April 16), despite several phone calls and emails I have not received a reply from the council other than that the positioning of the bins was due to extensive research
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Companion bus pass information
In reference to the letter from P Grant (The Argus, April 20), as the administrator of a bus pass scheme I felt I should clarify the situation regarding companion passes. A companion pass is issued to a person unable to travel without the assistance
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Rough journey to new market venue
It was good to read coverage of the last market day near Brighton Station and the first at Brighton Marina (The Argus, April 20). From what I heard, though, most people are hoping the three-month stay at the marina is only temporary and the market
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People need to learn some respect for animal life
People need to learn some respect for animal life “SHEEP may safely graze”, a line from an old hymn which, in the days it was written, meant just that. Sadly this does not apply these days. A week-old lamb was savagely attacked by a young boy to the
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Good dental hygiene better than fluoride in water supply
WITH reference to Mr Boyask’s letter (The Argus, April 15), by this dentist’s own admission a lot of tooth decay is caused by lack of care taken with dental hygiene. Why is it any harder for this generation than earlier ones? Many of today’s pensioners
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Thousands of Sussex children are obese
One in 12 children aged four and five are classed as obese. Latest figures show almost 1,000 children in Sussex school reception classes are dangerously overweight. More than 2,000 11 and 12-year-olds across the county are also obese meaning they have
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One dead after Rottingdean house fire
One person has died and one man taken to hospital after a house fire this afternoon. Police, firefighters and paramedics were called to Grand Crescent, Rottingdean, at about 1.25pm after a fire started in a kitchen. Police have now confirmed
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Spear Of Destiny, Concorde 2, Brighton, April 23
It is now 25 years since Spear Of Destiny released their classic One Eyed Jacks album and to mark the anniversary Brighton’s own Kirk Brandon is taking the band back out on tour to play the album in full. Kirk has enjoyed a long career in the
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English Youth Ballet: The Nutcracker, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, April 23 to April 25
Worthing youngsters are joining top young dancers in a production of one of the world’s best-loved ballets. A total of 85 Worthing dancers aged between eight and 18 have been rehearsing during the Easter holidays to dance Tchaikovsky’s classic tale
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Richard Herring, Komedia, Brighton, April 23
Being at school is hard enough, but when your father is also the headteacher it adds a whole lot more pressure. Perhaps enough to even turn you into a stand-up comedian. The Headmaster’s Son sees Richard Herring, one-half of mid-1990s cult favourites
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Brief Encounter, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Apr 21
Brief Encounter may have started life as a stage play, but David Lean’s 1945 film, about a passionate and doomed extra-marital affair, is widely considered to be the definitive version. The pressure, then, on a director bold enough to consider
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Horsham MP claims £23k for third home
A Sussex MP is using taxpayers money to keep a home in London despite owning a second property in the same street. Francis Maude, the MP for Horsham and a member of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet, said he was totally confident he was following
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Staff threatened in Brighton Post Office knife raid
Post Office staff in Brighton have been held at knife point in a robbery. A man threatened staff with a knife and took cash from the till before running away. The incident happened at the One Step shop and post office in Whitehawk Way
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Rottingdean blaze under investigation
Fire investigators have been called in after a blaze in a house in Rottingdean. Firefighters were called to Grand Crescent at 1.25pm today after a fire in a kitchen. Police and paramedics were also called to the scene but no details have yet been released
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Grandfather attacked in Brighton
A grandfather was beaten up so badly in the street he cannot work because of his injuries. Chris Watts has a cracked rib and cannot open one eye since the attack late on Saturday night. Police have questioned three US Air Force servicemen over the assault
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RISE TO THE CHALLENGE and Win a Panasonic Bread Maker!
To Celebrate British Sandwich Week starting on May 10, The Argus has teamed up with Panasonic to give one budding baker the chance to win the SD 255 Bread Maker. Cheese ploughman’s with lashings of pickle, roast beef and horseradish, hoisin
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Hove nude waiter piles on the layers
Spring is usually the time to start wearing fewer clothes but one man has been piling them on to break a world record. Shaheen Sadough, who wears nothing more than an apron for work, has taken the title for putting on the most Tshirts in an hour. It
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More rubbish misery as Brighton and Hove recycling goes uncollected
Rubbish is being left scattered across streets in Brighton and Hove because of problems with a new greener recycling collection. Two months after new Cityclean routes were introduced, the pavements are littered with bottles, tins, plastic and paper.
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Worthing pub sign writer has order from Kabul
Professional pub sign painter Nick Hallard has completed his strangest order ever – for a bar in downtown Kabul. Nick was astonished to get a call from the US Embassy in Afghanistan's capital. The American GIs guarding the diplomatic headquarters wanted
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Sussex v Lancashire: Day 2
CLOSE OF PLAY: Lancashire 209-4 (70) Two good sessions for Lancs book-ended a good middle for Sussex. Chilton and Croft have so far added 107 for the fifth wicket and will resume tomorrow on 72 and 59 respectively. I'm back then too with further updates
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Today I am proud to be an Albion fan!
So one of the most important weeks for the Albion as we were still in the relegation zone, but after a great win away at Colchester on Easter Monday I actually started to believe we could do it. We started the Saturday three points from safety and we
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Man found dead in flat
A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been found dead in his flat after a colleague became concerned. The work friend broke into the flat in High Street, Rusper, on Saturday and found the man. Sussex Air Ambulance and South East Ambulance Service were
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My Myths of Parenting….so far
When you are pregnant people love to give you advice. Although well-meaning it becomes annoying. It seems that some parents feel like they’ve been dealt a rough hand and like to project their misery on you. Listed below are actual pearls of parental
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Grinstead host international side
East Grinstead are hosting an international team at East Court tomorrow night. The Wasps will play the Liberian Olympic side in a prestige friendly kicking-off at 7.30pm. The Liberian national team are currently holding a training camp in England and
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Hellingly mobility scooter man has drink-drive charges dropped
A disabled man was charged with being drunk on his mobility scooter after being clipped by a car on his way home from the pub. Former psychiatric nurse John Goldsmith was over the legal drink drive limit when he was involved in an accident. But the
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Keehan sparks rousing finish
Steve Ibbitson may not want the season to end but Lewes looked like a side ready for a summer break as they went down 2-1 at home to Kettering. Ibbitson has enjoyed his stint as caretaker boss after replacing Kevin Keehan. He has overseen back-to-back
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Slade hails the Brighton bond
Boss Russell Slade has saluted the bond between fans, players and management which is spurring Albion towards League One salvation. Albion are out of the relegation zone for the first time since mid-February following last night’s 2-1 win at
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Anger at pupils suspended from Sussex schools
A total of 51 badly behaved pupils were suspended from Sussex schools more than ten times in a year. The children are repeatedly returning to the county’s classrooms because the Government has made it hard to expel them, the Tories have claimed
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Goal hero Andrew is sure Albion will beat the drop
Calvin Andrew is confident Albion are capable of completing the great escape after coming off the bench to secure a “massive” win at Bristol Rovers last night. The on-loan Crystal Palace striker replaced the injured Dean Cox just before the
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Fire guts Hove squat
One flat was destroyed and another badly damaged in a fire at a Hove squat early this morning. The blaze in Brunswick Street East is thought to have started two hours before firefighters were called. The alarm was only raised when people
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Arundel jockey Liam Treadwell offered free dental work
Grand National winner Liam Treadwell has been offered the chance to have his teeth fixed for free. Liam, 23, was shocked when BBC racing pundit Clare Balding asked him to bare his gappy teeth in an interview moments after he had won the famous
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And so it begins.....
Exercise has never been top of priorities and sadly, a few years ago, it started to show. Up until the age of 24 I could eat and drink what I liked and still remained a size ten. However, an office job, terrible eating habits and my
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Albion's sail towards safety after sinking Pirates
Albion are on the verge of League One survival after a tremendous fightback. They could not have chosen a more important moment to come from behind away from home to win for the first time this season. Substitute Calvin Andrew was the second-half
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Portslade party-goer jailed for "Smurf" attack
A party-goer has been jailed for an attack which he carried out while dressed as a Smurf. Luke Batchelor was with a friend dressed as Superman when he knocked out three men. Batchelor, 20, was wearing a Smurf outfit and blue make-up
