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Sun makes an appearance for Hove garden festival
A sun-drenched festival returned to the city over the weekend. Revellers gathered at St Ann’s Well Gardens in Hove for the annual Spring Festival on Saturday. Visitors were treated to meet-and-greet sessions with a barn owl, food and drink
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Barber's message to fans after triple blow
Albion have moved to assure worried fans they can come back stronger from their nightmare end of season on and off the field. Chief executive Paul Barber tonight told supporters the Seagulls would remain professional and dignified after play-off
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Crawley-based G4S investigated in security tag inquiry
An inquiry has been launched into the conduct of one of Sussex’s biggest companies. The Ministry of Justice has called in auditors to investigate whether they have been overcharged for electronic tags by two security firms including Crawley-based
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Newhaven school shells out £24,000 to smarten up pupils
A school is paying out up to £24,000 in a bid to smarten up its students. Tideway School has taken the unusual measure as it introduces a new uniform. From the beginning of next term, in September, pupils will be expected to be kitted out in
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Two Seaford residents reach their 104th birthdays
Reaching your 104th birthday is a landmark worthy of celebration. But Freshford Cottage Nursing Home in Seaford had two residents reach the incredible milestone in one week. Doris Edwards’ birthday was last weekend while Gladys Adby celebrated
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Fire engine blocked by badly parked car in Brighton street
Firefighters were forced to leave their fire engine and run 100 metres to a house fire after an inconsiderate motorist blocked the road. East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service firefighters warned that the bad parking caused a delay which, in difference
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Learning from the past, fighting for the future...
May I thank Lorna de Smidt (Letters, May 14) in responding to my earlier letter on being proud of British history. She proves the point that I tried to make, that there are always two sides to every story. In my 63 years, I have been friends
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Drusilla’s runaway raccoon is back in the fold
A racoon, who has been on the run for three weeks, has today found her way back to the zoo in East Sussex. Bandit the racoon went missing from Drusillas Park three weeks ago, after jumping an electric fence. Clearly life on the other side of the
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Bianco, Hove Lawns, until June 2, call 01273 917272
Where other circuses keep the audience at a distance, Cardiff’s NoFit State prefers to draw us up close, all the better to feel and hear the show’s beating heart. There are no smoke and mirrors but an awful lot of sweat and passion as the performers
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote By Bicycle, Devil’s Dyke, May 18
Burn The Curtain’s The Adventures Of Don Quixote By Bicycle was bonkers, bizarre and brilliant. The faces of confused-looking walkers out for a bracing walk on the Downs said everything you need to know about the show. The sight of 30 people riding
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote By Bicycle, Devil’s Dyke, May 18
Burn The Curtain’s The Adventures Of Don Quixote By Bicycle was bonkers, bizarre and brilliant. The faces of confused-looking walkers out for a bracing walk on the Downs said everything you need to know about the show. The sight of 30 people riding
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Ariadne Auf Naxos, Glyndebourne, until July 11, call 01273 813813
There are opera purists who wince at the thought of modern directors taking an established favourite and dreaming up a radical new staging. So when director Katharina Thoma reworked Strauss’s depiction of the clash between low and high art, there were
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Faust, Bhasvic’s Lower Car Park, May 18
It may be down to the ambitious nature of what must, at first, have seemed a fairly innocuous dance piece that Faust appeared on the tarmac surface of Bhasvic’s lower car park than on an actual stage elevating this performance from the ground.
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Sussex church handed £20,000 for new toilets
A church is set to have new toilet facilities thanks to the generosity of a waste management firm. The Pyecombe Church of Transfiguration, in Church Hill, has received a £20,000 grant from The Veolia Environmental Trust. The money will go towards
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Great Escape: Billy Bragg, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, May 17
His message hasn’t changed but the clothes have. Billy Bragg’s still damning fascists and cynics. There were special mentions for Nigel Farage and, of course, Margaret Thatcher. It’s not enough to sit on your a*** and be content that you’ve voted
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The Well, Hove Town Hall, until May 24, call 01273 917272
The Well tells a story set around the construction of the Woodingdean well, the hand-digging of which began in 1858 as part of plans to build a new workhouse in Brighton. One of the diggers, Jack, is searching for the truth about the death of his
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The Falsetto Sings Gilbert And Sullivan, Brighton Unitarian Church, May 19
One man, two voices and a cast of Gilbertian characters in a Fringe Show that defies description. Not theatre, cabaret, opera, comedy or drama but a unique distillation by a unique artist. Swirling a pink umbrella, Martin Milnes sang Mabel better
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Bluebells burst into colour as sun arrives
Spring has sprung in glorious fashion. Beautiful bluebells are out in force at the Pulborough Brooks RSPB nature reserve. There have been concerns the flowers were making too late an arrival after a slow start to the season. But following
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Staffing figures from the TaxPayers' Alliance
While the squeeze on public spending continues, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) would have you believe that East Sussex County Council is increasing the number of its top officers (The Argus, May 14). However, the truth is the number has actually
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Piers And Queers Tour, Brighton, until June 2, call 01273 917272
There can be few better ways to soak up some real local history than a gentle stroll along the prom with Ric Morris on his Piers And Queers walking tour. His friendly, relaxed style is instantly engaging and he clearly knows his stuff. Starting
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You And Me, The Nightingale, Brighton, May 18
You And Me is a snapshot of the life shared by two elderly sisters. The text is a modern absurdist masterpiece which constantly trips up the audience and subverts their expectations. The Nightingale provided the perfect venue for their rich set
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Herbie Flowers’ 75th Birthday Jazz Breakfast Special, Spiegeltent, Brighton, May 19
Herbie Flowers shared his 75th birthday cake with a capacity audience while giving them a large slice of mid-morning jazz virtuosity. With Stan Saltzman on sax, Mark 'Fingers' Edwards on piano, and Malcolm Mortimer on drums, Herbie produced two
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Port alert launched as police hunt for gunman in fatal Hove triple shooting
An all-ports alert has been issued by police investigating the fatal shooting of an Albanian man as he visited the seaside to see family members. Xhem Krasniqi, 31, was hit in the torso after a gunman opened fire in Church Road, Hove, East Sussex
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A High Street Odyssey, George Street, Hove, May 18
It’s easy to forget the biggest museum in the world is free and never closes. The city, its streets and the people who bring them to life are everyday objects with a thousand stories to tell. What matters is the way we see. Is George Street in
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Here All Night, The Old Market, Hove, May 18
Using the best of Samuel Beckett to compose a piece of theatre which follows “themes of age, love and that tormenting voice that plays inside us all,” was the aim of director Judy Hegarty Lovett. What to say? It was a brilliant success – even those
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In The Dark, St Peter’s Church, Brighton, May 18
In The Dark is a project whose aim is to rethink spoken word radio and introduce it into new settings. The premise of a live radio show set in one of Brighton’s oldest churches was certainly an intriguing proposition. The tiny St Peter’s Church
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MOOT Presents: Stimmung With Intimate Voices, Jubilee Library, Brighton, May 18
I had feared a battle of two festivals: Brighton Fringe versus The Great Escape, with the (in this case) unwanted noise of the latter in the square outside invading the library where something much quieter was about to start. But Intimate Voices
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Beasts, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 18
It's part of our instinct to want to laugh. Everything about Beasts (who were actually three young men) was, at the very least, amusing. Some sketches were long, some were short, and two or three bits had me giggling heartily. Their material combined
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Bad Bread, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 17
Formulaic, predictable, nauseating and far too many – the romcom is a genre done to death but forever resurrected. An easy target then for a bit of gentle mocking courtesy of comedy sketch outfit Bad Bread. Nothing was safe from its aim, from Shakespeare
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Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 17
Perhaps it’s not even true but it’s a good title. Curiosity is generally more than idle at the suggestion of women behaving badly; the imagination was whetted by this unusual line-up. This extraordinary show offered a snapshot of both the lives
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Sussex match abandoned
Sussex and Holland managed to complete only ten overs of their Yorkshire Bank 40 Group A clash at Schiedam today before it was abandoned due to heavy rain. Having won the toss, Sussex elected to field and took two early wickets through Lewis Hatchett
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Rubbish dispute must be resolved
As a Brighton and Hove City Council customer I am really fed up about the refuse dispute, but not for the reason you may expect. I am fed up because of the total lack of clear information about the dispute. We hear that some employees will
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Angry motorcyclist describes parking permit drama as 'appalling'
A motorcyclist who can’t get a parking permit has described a council as “appalling”. Richard Carter, 36, claims he can’t park his motorbike outside his home in Kingsbury Street, Hove, because Brighton and Hove City Council doesn’t issue parking
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The Bear Review by Pearl Ahrens, 16
The Bear is a series of very short – only a few minutes each – scenes that together form the twisty story of a portion of Angela Clerkin’s life. There were only three people on stage when I went to see it: Clerkin (who plays herself), Guy Dartnell
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Bullet Catch Review by Leo Rogers, 13
Bullet Catch - More than just a magic show. "But I can't help thinking; would things have turned out differently if I had picked save?” I'm gonna start off by saying this was a lot more than just a magic show. It was intertwined with short
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Man killed in Hove street shooting named as Xhem Krasniqi
A man killed in a street shooting has been named. He was 31-year-old Xhem Krasniqi. Xhem was shot in Church Road at around 11:30pm on Saturday. His two companions were also shot at. Police are treating the shooting as a murder and
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A27 eastbound at Falmer closed after kerosene and diesel spillage
The A27 eastbound at Falmer Hill is closed after a diesel and kerosene spillage. A fuel tanker lost its prop shaft after it sheered off at around 11.45am today (May 20). The prop shaft slightly damaged the tanker causing a small kerosene leakage
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Saltdean Lido choices
I am delighted that Brighton and Hove City Council has received three bids from organisations wishing to run Saltdean Lido. It is to everyone’s benefit that the council has a positive choice to make. I trust the decision will be based on the
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The Great Escape: Parquet Courts, The Haunt, Brighton, May 18
Remember guitar bands, when they weren’t obsessed with cranking out weird synth atmospheres and playing along to drum loops? Parquet Courts hark back to those glory days when all a band needed to put on a show was a couple of guitars, some high-top
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The Great Escape: Lulu James, Digital, Brighton, May 18
Lulu James was supposed to be one of the big hits of The Great Escape festival. She featured on the cover of the programme and her take on the electronic soul that has seen Jessie Ware rise to the top of both critic’s choice lists and album sale charts
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The Great Escape: Deap Vally, The Haunt, Brighton, May 18
It’s probably a good job that Deap Vally cancelled their Festival Hub show on Saturday afternoon. With their driving beats, hot pants and Lindsey Troy’s raw blues screech, they would certainly have stopped traffic – and possibly caused a riot.
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The Great Escape: Eye Emma Jedi, The Blind Tiger, Brighton, May 18
It’s doubtful that a band had more fun onstage all weekend than Eye Emma Jedi. Amongst the serious brows and the angry voices of the festival, the Norwegian band’s playfulness was refreshing. Their songs have had only a few plays on UK radio, they
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The Great Escape: The Orwells, The Haunt, Brighton, May 18
At first glance The Orwells’ Mario Cuomo is your typical Robert Plant “golden god” type frontman, with long blond tresses and a howling vocal. But looking closer when he took to The Haunt stage for the opening NME Radar show, there was something
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The Great Escape: Chvrches, Digital, Brighton, May 18
Last year, electro-pop outfit Chvrches burst onto the music scene with hit single Lies. Ever since, hype has been building around the Glasgow trio. They were shortlisted for the BBC Sound Of 2013 and have been awarded praise by genre-queen Grimes.
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The Great Escape: MØ, Digital, Brighton, May 18
Hailed as the new Grimes, MØ is undoubtedly one of the front-runners in the ever-expanding genre of powerful electro-pop. The alias of Copenhagen-born Karen Marie Ørsted, MØ,more than lived up to the comparisons with her intuitive brand of Scandi-pop
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The Great Escape: Straw Bear, The Blind Tiger, Brighton, May 17
Opening the BBC Introducing stage at the behest of BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Tom Robinson, Brighton and Cambridgeshire five-piece Straw Bear are gradually building a following with second album Black Bank. Their live sound has expanded from their original
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The Great Escape: Hjaltalin, The Brighthelm Centre, Brighton, May 17
“We have just one more song before your weekend will happen in a burst of rapture.” Hjaltalin frontman Högni Egilsson certainly has a way with words. And with his long blond hair, tall rakish stature and taste for a long jacket combined with
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The Great Escape: Iggy Azalea, The Warren, Brighton, May 17
Friday night saw Iggy Azalea perform an arresting gig to a packed and excited crowd at The Warren. The cosy venue, featuring a secret garden, haystacks and a snug bar, was a complete contrast to the Australian hip-hop starlet’s performance. Her
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Neighbours’ brave blaze efforts in vain after fire in village on West Sussex border
Neighbours of a young woman who died in a house fire have told how she was standing on a window ledge screaming for help just moments before she died. Nearby residents bravely attempted to break into the burning house to save the woman using a
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Update: Priest jailed for ten years after being convicted of abusing children
A former priest has been found guilty of a total of 36 charges of historic sexual abuse, including two charges of attempted rape, many of them carried out at a children’s home in Sussex. Gordon Rideout was found guilty by the jury at Lewes Crown
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The Great Escape: Ed Harcourt, St Mary’s Church, Brighton, May 17
The Great Escape may ostensibly focus on new bands but Friday night’s headline set by Ed Harcourt was a reminder that there is still plenty of homegrown talent ripe for rediscovery. Despite a series of excellent albums since his career-making Mercury
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The Great Escape: Farao, St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton, May 17
Although she has only released two songs, Farao is swiftly gathering attention. She has a unique, otherworldly voice, which sets her apart from many singer-songwriters. It’s no wonder that the project of Norwegian songstress, Kari Jahnsen, is beginning
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The Great Escape: Swim Deep, The Warren, Brighton, May 17
Swim Deep and Bastille both acted as support for Two Door Cinema Club on their UK tour earlier this year. A number one album and a Great Escape headline slot may have already been achieved by Bastille but Birmingham five-piece Swim Deep could well
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Eliza Carthy And Jim Moray, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, May 19
Eliza Carthy celebrates 21 years in the music business this year; fellow folk musician Jim Moray has chalked up a decade. Hence the Wayward Tour, in which a dozen talented musicians accompany the duo for a celebratory jaunt. Moray opened the night
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The Great Escape: Arlissa, The Warren, Brighton, May 17
Arlissa had to answer the question of how you follow The Great Escape’s most in-demand show by succeeding Iggy Azalea at The Warren on Friday night. Frankly, she didn’t have the response. A PR’s dream, the beautiful and inoffensive 20-year-old
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Private schools: a strange sort of charity
Whatever the social desirability of private education, the headmaster of Brighton College is wrong to suggest that his type of school comes at no cost to the taxpayer. Taxpayers subsidise private schools indirectly by virtue of the sizeable tax
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Fringe Magician predicts Argus front page
When magician Doug Segal contacted me last week to say he could predict the front page story in Saturday’s Argus, I was sceptical. Midweek he sent a secured envelope, which supposedly had our splash, and asked me to meet him on Saturday to compare
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Pals in Brighton lose hair to raise charity cash
Two friends have undergone a transformation to help raise money for charity. Lana Brown and Lou Watts, from Moulsecoomb, Brighton, are both sporting new looks after having their hair shaved off. They were watched by family and friends
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Albion cup hero Agdestein vows to push for more first team football
TOBY AGDESTEIN hopes he can challenge for more regular first team football with Albion next season. The 21-year-old Norwegian showed a tantalising reminder of his potential in Saturday’s Sussex Senior Cup final. Agdestein, skippering the side
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Cyclists should take a road test before something terrible happens
I’m really worried that I’m going to kill or seriously injure a cyclist. Not because I harbour homicidal tendencies, but because they are out of control. Twice recently I have seen cyclists ride across a stream of traffic to get across a road
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Rock and roll achievements for Brighton school
A rock and roll lifestyle and academic achievement rarely go hand in hand. But Brighton’s music school is now offering teenagers looking for a career inmusic the chance to gain a GSCE equivalent diploma in songwriting and performance for free.
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Gardener's Diary - May 18
Now that the garden is heading into summer there is a plethora of horticultural pleasures to be seen at Nymans. The June borders are beginning to brim with the promise of bright and beautiful perennials. Azaleas, roses and wisteria will also soon be
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Hailsham circular
1 - From the Cuckoo Trail car park, cross South Road into Western Road, and pass the recreation ground (left) and library (right). Then veer slightly left on the continuation of Western Road for 450 yards. Go to the end of the made-up road, immediately
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Make a date with Olov
An unusual concert in Shoreham will feature an acclaimed Swedish musician. One of the world’s finest players of the nyckelharpa – a traditional Swedish instrument – is set to performat the Ropetackle Arts Centre on May 28. Olov Johansson, recognised
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Albion sex assault trial day 10: Prosecution say Rodgers account "not credible"
Cotter said the fact that the victim was up at 4.35am on July 16 may have had an impact on her later behaviour and issues with her memory. He added that the victim had "a lot going on in her life" at the time of the alleged incident including a
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Tough sentence
Few criminals ever welcomed news that they had been remanded for sentence at Brighton Quarter Sessions in the 1960s. For the Recorder of Brighton, Charles Doughty, QC, was well known for his tough punishments. He was particularly severe on
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Family films on show at Sussex society
A film society is screening adult and child-friendly flicks this month. Hurstpierpoint Film Society is welcoming film buffs to its showing of Into the Wild on May 23. The film is based on the true story of a bright young American college graduate
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Daily Fringe Blog - Sunday 19th May - The Last Lectures
The Last Lectures is a double billed comedy show well worth dropping into. James Veitch gives an engaging account of his various email exchanges with scammers. He replies to the scams that usually just clutter up your inbox and leads the crooks on
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Firle Beacon
Eric Ravilious painted the Downs he loved in this picture of Firle Beacon in 1927. Born in 1903, he graduated from the Royal College of Art and often visited Sussex. Between 1934 and his appointment as a war artist in 1939, Ravilious created a
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Man, 31, dead after shooting in Hove
A MAN died in hospital after he was gunned down in an attack which police have described as “horrific”. The 31-year-old was shot at around 11.30pm in Church Road, Hove, in front of revellers making their way home from a Saturday night out.
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Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang
It was the ruins of Lewes Priory at the bottom of his road which inspired actor and writer John Burrows to create his new two-hander about the effects of the Reformation. Described as “Carry On meets Hilary Mantel”, Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang
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Former Albion stars thank underfire Poyet
TWO former Albion stars have praised Gus Poyet’s upwardly mobile stint in charge of the club. But the Seagulls manager is still believed to be heading for an acrimonious departure from The Amex after he was suspended for alleged breach of contract
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Oliver coming home to Uckfield at last
The victim of a hit-and- run has come home – four years after the accident. Oliver Bennett was left needing 24-hour care after he was hit by a van while walking home from his birthday night out. But after lots of hard work and fundraising,
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Lewes pool reopens
The oldest documented freshwater public pool in the country reopened its doors on Saturday for the new season. Temperatures of around 13C greeted the first brave swimmers of the year at Pells Pool in Lewes ahead of the official opening next
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Sussex Police to hold street meeting
Neighbourhood police teams will meet with residents this week. Sussex Police is holding a street meeting in Eastbourne to address problems and issues raised by residents. The meeting will be attended by PCSOs and PCs from the force’s Neighbourhood
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Praise for East Sussex business building scheme
A council has been praised for helping small businesses stay afloat. East Sussex County Council was one of 10 winners from around the country in a contest run by the Department for Communities and Local Government. In East Sussex, measures
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Petition over Brighton roundabout
Campaigners want to see a roundabout named in honour of a charity for servicemen and women. An e-petition has been launched on the Brighton and Hove City Council website to name the roundabout on the A259 at Greenways the Blind Veterans UK
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Pop party plans for Stanmer park
Some of the biggest names in pop music will be performing at a new festival in Brighton later this summer, The Argus can reveal. Dubbed the “pop spectacular of the year”, SD2 will bring some of the country’s biggest acts to Stanmer Park on Sunday
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Dicker salutes Poyet's role
Gary Dicker has hailed Gus Poyet as the man who “changed everything” at Albion. Dicker has been released by the Seagulls after four-and-a-half seasons with the club while Poyet is expected to depart soon having been suspended for alleged breach
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Brighton charity tackles cyberbullying
A Brighton-based charity held the first national day to stop cyberbullying. Stop Cyberbullying Day held on Friday was organised by The Cybersmile Foundation in order to draw attention to the difficulties which are faced by victims of cyberbullying
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Hotel set to be converted
A cliff-top hotel is set to be converted into a community space. Plans to create a brand-new community space at the former Birling Gap Hotel have moved a step closer after the National Trust was awarded a grant of more than £27,000 from The Veolia
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Neighbours brave Sussex fire in vain
Neighbour of a young woman who died in a house fire have told how she was standing on a window ledge screaming for help just moments before she died. Nearby residents bravely attempted to break into the burning house to save the woman using a cherry
