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£500,000 plan to save old bridge
A £500,000 plan to restore one of the most historic footbridges in Sussex has been unveiled. Shoreham Toll Bridge, which crosses the River Adur, was built in 1781 and had £100,000 spent on it in 1983. Now West Sussex county councillors have been told
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Councillor rapped over leak
A councillor is to be reprimanded for leaking a confidential report into the behaviour of a suspended council chief. Councillor Olive Woodall admitted she had passed the report into the conduct of disgraced Eastbourne council chief executive Sari Conway
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Gimme shelter
Is it possible those responsible for the Open Market canopy fiasco are also responsible for the bus "shelters" outside Brighton railway station? The same cantilever, open-plan design, affording no protection whatsoever. To make matters worse, the pavement
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
I often ask clients on the brink of divorce what they would miss about each other if they parted. It certainly gets them thinking. So many things are taken for granted over the years. Even annoying habits can be missed. Have you thought realistically
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
If this column were hand-written it would be in a somewhat shaky state this week because I am suffering from Single Traveller's Bed Syndrome. I went down to Devon at the weekend with my daughter and son-in-law to celebrate a significant birthday of my
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When seagulls attack
I live about one mile from the sea. In the past couple of years, the gulls have developed a bizarre new way of disturbing me. Rather than simply screeching as soon as it gets light, they have taken to pecking the glass in my bedroom windows, persistently
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Self-inflicted
For the past 15 years the British meat industry has stumbled from crisis to crisis. This ongoing shambles has cost taxpayers billions of pounds, killed many people, damaged our tourist industry and irreparably tarnished our image abroad. The farming industry's
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Bridgework
The historic Shoreham Toll Bridge crossing the swirling River Adur was built in 1781. There are now safety concerns surrounding the timber-decked structure which had £100,000 spent on it in 1983. West Sussex County Council has been told the time has come
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Writing's on the wall for vandals
Graffiti has become nothing short of a menace in Brighton and Hove. It extends along walls in the town centre and scars park benches, the sides of houses and shopping streets. The distasteful scourge has left our new city in a shocking state and it is
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Private greed impoverishes public life
I recently visited Brighton and the Sussex coast, where I grew up. I now live in Canada. When in England, it was interesting to hear the story on Southern Counties Radio about the private purchase of the Eastbourne lighthouse on February 16. Would you
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The dream has come true
Plymouth 0 Albion 2 THEY have travelled thousands of miles and spent thousands of pounds. At Home Park on Saturday their devotion was richly rewarded as they witnessed Albion's ninth away win and with it their ninth promotion. The Seagulls' form at Withdean
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Kerry's tribute to priest
KERRY Mayo has dedicated Albion's promotion to the tragic priest who conducted his wedding ceremony. The Seagulls' defender declared: "We won it for Father Patrick Emmanuel." Father Emmanuel died in a fire at his Peacehaven home last Thursday. Mayo's
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Girl finds brother, 14, hanged
A 14-year-old boy was found hanging in his bedroom by his younger sister. Laura Plowman found her brother Grant at 7.30pm on Saturday while the rest of the family were downstairs at their home in Woburn Road, Gossops Green, Crawley. Paramedics were unable
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Police declare war on graffiti gang
Just 14 vandals are responsible for the graffiti plague in Brighton and Hove, according to local police. Now a major strategy to combat the problem is being drawn up in a bid to catch the offenders and clean up the city. Chief Inspector Peter Mills, head
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Memorial hopes for mall are dashed
Plans for a war memorial in a shopping mall near Brighton have been rejected by its owners. Peacehaven Town Council and the local branch of the Royal British Legion agreed to jointly fund the £8,000 memorial at the town's Meridian Centre. But a scheme
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In depth: Graffiti backlash starts here
Sometimes it seems everywhere you look in Brighton and Hove, the streets are awash with graffiti. It has turned parts of the city into eyesores which both residents and tourists find offensive. There is even a web site devoted to the resort's so-called
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First impression of new library
This picture shows how the long-awaited new library for Lewes could look. Plans for the £2 million development, which will transform the historic heart of the county town, have been submitted to the district council. Residents have been calling for years
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£500,000 plan to save old bridge
A £500,000 plan to restore one of the most historic footbridges in Sussex has been unveiled. Shoreham Toll Bridge, which crosses the River Adur, was built in 1781 and had £100,000 spent on it in 1983. Now West Sussex county councillors have been told
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Filter those calls
I am not ex-directory but never receive the calls described by R J Allam (Opinion, April 4) because I am registered with the Telephone Preference Service, which has a register of telephone numbers of people who do not wish to receive those calls. To be
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
If this column were hand-written it would be in a somewhat shaky state this week because I am suffering from Single Traveller's Bed Syndrome. I went down to Devon at the weekend with my daughter and son-in-law to celebrate a significant birthday of my
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When seagulls attack
I live about one mile from the sea. In the past couple of years, the gulls have developed a bizarre new way of disturbing me. Rather than simply screeching as soon as it gets light, they have taken to pecking the glass in my bedroom windows, persistently
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Sticky issue
When the self-adhesive postage stamps first came out, I thought, "Goody, no more licking to do." Now I realise the disadvantages. When needing or wanting to enclose a stamp with my letter, there is no little bit of sticky paper at the end of the stamp
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Sign language
Keith Pettit is a bit of a dab hand when it comes to designing pub signs. He has come up with signs for several watering holes across Sussex and is proud to see his work above the doors. He never signs his handiwork, which is becoming a regular feature
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Writing's on the wall for vandals
Graffiti has become nothing short of a menace in Brighton and Hove. It extends along walls in the town centre and scars park benches, the sides of houses and shopping streets. The distasteful scourge has left our new city in a shocking state and it is
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Hardly civilised
It angers me that when I am out enjoying a sociable evening in a pub, be it in Brighton or anywhere else in the country, the evening is brought to an abrupt halt at 10.50pm with the call of "last orders" and that ten minutes later I am more or less ushered
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Zamora will cherish promotion
ALBION wonder boy Bobby Zamora is cherishing promotion, a year after an unexpected near-miss. Zamora returned to Bristol Rovers towards the end of last season following six goals in six games on loan to the Seagulls. Rovers looked certain to go up from
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The dream has come true
Plymouth 0 Albion 2 THEY have travelled thousands of miles and spent thousands of pounds. At Home Park on Saturday their devotion was richly rewarded as they witnessed Albion's ninth away win and with it their ninth promotion. The Seagulls' form at Withdean
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Kerry's tribute to priest
KERRY Mayo has dedicated Albion's promotion to the tragic priest who conducted his wedding ceremony. The Seagulls' defender declared: "We won it for Father Patrick Emmanuel." Father Emmanuel died in a fire at his Peacehaven home last Thursday. Mayo's
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Blow for town relief road
The Government has told a council not to allow the development of a crucial section of the Haywards Heath relief road. Planning minister Nick Raynsford has acted over a section of Haywards Heath's new relief road and a planning application by the National
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Click here to complain
Faulty street lights and potholes can now be reported with just a click of your mouse. A fault reporting form on West Sussex County Council's web site can be emailed to the area highways office. Faults which can be reported include street lights, potholes
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Memorial hopes for mall are dashed
Plans for a war memorial in a shopping mall near Brighton have been rejected by its owners. Peacehaven Town Council and the local branch of the Royal British Legion agreed to jointly fund the £8,000 memorial at the town's Meridian Centre. But a scheme
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They can't even get a canopy right
Am I alone in thinking the sufferings of the traders at Brighton's Open Market have been to a greater purpose? This fiasco, by which Brighton and Hove City Council is unable to construct something as simple as a canopy and sneers arrogantly when this
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Filter those calls
I am not ex-directory but never receive the calls described by R J Allam (Opinion, April 4) because I am registered with the Telephone Preference Service, which has a register of telephone numbers of people who do not wish to receive those calls. To be
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Me And My Kids, by Bini McCall
Greetings from 'up North' where daughter, dog and I are still staying at the parents' house. Sam, the dog, behaved himself impeccably during the train trip up here, apart from doing an unending piddle in the middle of the concourse at Victoria Station
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Leave well alone
Passing the King And Queen public house in Brighton's Marlborough Place, I was deeply relieved to discover it was exactly the way it always was and is still named King And Queen. Pub owners spend many thousands on revamping and renaming their hostelries
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Sticky issue
When the self-adhesive postage stamps first came out, I thought, "Goody, no more licking to do." Now I realise the disadvantages. When needing or wanting to enclose a stamp with my letter, there is no little bit of sticky paper at the end of the stamp
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Heritage Britain
The burning funeral pyres of animal carcasses were described as "medieval and deplorable" by a Dutch minister, who would vaccinate. It is almost impossible to believe that in the 21st Century we would have to witness these awful scenes. Had vaccination
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Sign language
Keith Pettit is a bit of a dab hand when it comes to designing pub signs. He has come up with signs for several watering holes across Sussex and is proud to see his work above the doors. He never signs his handiwork, which is becoming a regular feature
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Relative values
The five-year sentence of a Muslim from Southwick, Mostafizur Tip Rahman, who cut off his mother's head in a religious rage, was excessively lenient, considering that in most Muslim countries such a barbarity would incur the capital penalty. The report
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Imperial lather
As someone who is keen to foster closer ties with our colleagues in the European Union, I am continually frustrated and angered by the so-called metric martyrs. The emotive language they use would seem to indicate they think a world war is approaching
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Hardly civilised
It angers me that when I am out enjoying a sociable evening in a pub, be it in Brighton or anywhere else in the country, the evening is brought to an abrupt halt at 10.50pm with the call of "last orders" and that ten minutes later I am more or less ushered
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Zamora will cherish promotion
ALBION wonder boy Bobby Zamora is cherishing promotion, a year after an unexpected near-miss. Zamora returned to Bristol Rovers towards the end of last season following six goals in six games on loan to the Seagulls. Rovers looked certain to go up from
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We want the championship
ALBION are in the mood for six of the best to complete a promotion and championship double. That is the message from jubilant boss Micky Adams ahead of today's going up knees-up against Darlington at Withdean (1pm). The Seagulls clinched their first promotion
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Joy as Seagulls soar to Second Division
Albion fans greeted promotion with a roar as their team played their way into the Second Division. On the terraces, fans cheered, waved banners, danced and sang as the Albion beat Plymouth 2-0 on Saturday. It is the Seagulls' first promotion since the
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Click here to complain
Faulty street lights and potholes can now be reported with just a click of your mouse. A fault reporting form on West Sussex County Council's web site can be emailed to the area highways office. Faults which can be reported include street lights, potholes
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Date
Councillor rapped over leak
A councillor is to be reprimanded for leaking a confidential report into the behaviour of a suspended council chief. Councillor Olive Woodall admitted she had passed the report into the conduct of disgraced Eastbourne council chief executive Sari Conway
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Gimme shelter
Is it possible those responsible for the Open Market canopy fiasco are also responsible for the bus "shelters" outside Brighton railway station? The same cantilever, open-plan design, affording no protection whatsoever. To make matters worse, the pavement
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Date
They can't even get a canopy right
Am I alone in thinking the sufferings of the traders at Brighton's Open Market have been to a greater purpose? This fiasco, by which Brighton and Hove City Council is unable to construct something as simple as a canopy and sneers arrogantly when this
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Date
Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
I often ask clients on the brink of divorce what they would miss about each other if they parted. It certainly gets them thinking. So many things are taken for granted over the years. Even annoying habits can be missed. Have you thought realistically
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Date
Me And My Kids, by Bini McCall
Greetings from 'up North' where daughter, dog and I are still staying at the parents' house. Sam, the dog, behaved himself impeccably during the train trip up here, apart from doing an unending piddle in the middle of the concourse at Victoria Station
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Date
Leave well alone
Passing the King And Queen public house in Brighton's Marlborough Place, I was deeply relieved to discover it was exactly the way it always was and is still named King And Queen. Pub owners spend many thousands on revamping and renaming their hostelries
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Date
Heritage Britain
The burning funeral pyres of animal carcasses were described as "medieval and deplorable" by a Dutch minister, who would vaccinate. It is almost impossible to believe that in the 21st Century we would have to witness these awful scenes. Had vaccination
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Date
Self-inflicted
For the past 15 years the British meat industry has stumbled from crisis to crisis. This ongoing shambles has cost taxpayers billions of pounds, killed many people, damaged our tourist industry and irreparably tarnished our image abroad. The farming industry's
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Date
Relative values
The five-year sentence of a Muslim from Southwick, Mostafizur Tip Rahman, who cut off his mother's head in a religious rage, was excessively lenient, considering that in most Muslim countries such a barbarity would incur the capital penalty. The report
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Date
Bridgework
The historic Shoreham Toll Bridge crossing the swirling River Adur was built in 1781. There are now safety concerns surrounding the timber-decked structure which had £100,000 spent on it in 1983. West Sussex County Council has been told the time has come
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Date
Imperial lather
As someone who is keen to foster closer ties with our colleagues in the European Union, I am continually frustrated and angered by the so-called metric martyrs. The emotive language they use would seem to indicate they think a world war is approaching
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Date
Private greed impoverishes public life
I recently visited Brighton and the Sussex coast, where I grew up. I now live in Canada. When in England, it was interesting to hear the story on Southern Counties Radio about the private purchase of the Eastbourne lighthouse on February 16. Would you
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Date
We want the championship
ALBION are in the mood for six of the best to complete a promotion and championship double. That is the message from jubilant boss Micky Adams ahead of today's going up knees-up against Darlington at Withdean (1pm). The Seagulls clinched their first promotion
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Joy as Seagulls soar to Second Division
Albion fans greeted promotion with a roar as their team played their way into the Second Division. On the terraces, fans cheered, waved banners, danced and sang as the Albion beat Plymouth 2-0 on Saturday. It is the Seagulls' first promotion since the
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Date
Girl finds brother, 14, hanged
A 14-year-old boy was found hanging in his bedroom by his younger sister. Laura Plowman found her brother Grant at 7.30pm on Saturday while the rest of the family were downstairs at their home in Woburn Road, Gossops Green, Crawley. Paramedics were unable
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Police declare war on graffiti gang
Just 14 vandals are responsible for the graffiti plague in Brighton and Hove, according to local police. Now a major strategy to combat the problem is being drawn up in a bid to catch the offenders and clean up the city. Chief Inspector Peter Mills, head
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Date
In depth: Graffiti backlash starts here
Sometimes it seems everywhere you look in Brighton and Hove, the streets are awash with graffiti. It has turned parts of the city into eyesores which both residents and tourists find offensive. There is even a web site devoted to the resort's so-called
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Date
First impression of new library
This picture shows how the long-awaited new library for Lewes could look. Plans for the £2 million development, which will transform the historic heart of the county town, have been submitted to the district council. Residents have been calling for years
