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Lie of the land
The report on a survey of house prices by Brighton and Hove City Council (Argus, May 3) refers to rapid increases and huge differences across the country - £120,000 for a semi-detached house locally, compared to £45,000 in South Humberside . This is strange
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Ban the can
There is no way graffiti will be stamped out until the Government is persuaded to impose a total ban on the production, sale and import of paint aerosols. Why should the majority of the population have to put up with the mess these scrawlers create and
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Kissi Faramaya
A night watching Kissi Faramaya is guaranteed to get the audience on their feet and shaking their behinds. The Komedia brochure promised an unsitdownable performance and, for once, we all did exactly what it said on the can. The only complaint about this
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Just a Minute
A recording of Just A Minute was always going to be a winner but, to make things even better, the tickets were free. It's no wonder then that the event was a sell-out, with tickets flying out of the box office without any hesitation (or deviation or repetition
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Genie helps keep ink inside its bottle
Sergeant Melanie Doyle and her colleagues of Worthing and District police are to be congratulated for their proactive approach, complemented by positive solutions, in dealing with graffiti through the Genie Project. Perhaps similar ideas could be pursued
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Joining the big boys
Congratulations to the Albion team and manager for gaining promotion. But there are two more divisions to get through before joining the big boys. The land around Brighton station is ideal for a stadium and a Sainsbury's food store. A premiership team
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Farewell to Pavilion's protector
The man who masterminded the restoration of a royal palace has died after a long battle against cancer. John Morley was director of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton from 1968 to l985. He was only 34 when he took up the post after being director of the city
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Tomboy - Exhibit B
A police officer had to take notes on the back of a prostitutes' card when he arrested a man for putting up the cards. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon
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Thanks, Mrs Eagles
Mrs Eagles left the Knoll Infants School last December and the parents and children really miss her. Mrs Eagles made such a brilliant head teacher, we wish she could come back because, although the deputy head tries her best, Mrs Eagles was the best.
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Help with research
I am involved in research for a new book about the war years in Hove and would like to trace anybody who was involved in rescue work at bombing incidents where people were trapped. I am also anxious to trace the whereabouts of David Piper, who would now
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Getting the right kind of care for your child
I'm probably not giving away any secrets when I say that Louise Hulton, the regular columnist on this page, is now on maternity leave. Like many women, she will be looking ahead to the time when she returns to work. A generation back, parents could draw
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No loo stops on sewer tour
People taking a popular tour of Brighton's sewers are being caught short because there is nowhere for them to go to the loo. A public lavatory at the start of the hugely-popular tour is closed, leaving visitors to the Victorian sewers in the lurch. The
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Name change for 'common' street
Householders were so fed up with people poking fun at the "common" name of their road they voted to change it. Now The Bricky, a close of dark-bricked two-storey council houses in Peacehaven, may be changed to the more posh sounding Field View Close.
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Short change
I am disgusted with the delay in reopening the Patcham High School swimming pool changing facilities. God knows, we waited long enough for the work to start. We had to put up with the appalling state of the present ones for many years. Originally, the
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Even money
Lis Solkhon tells us (Argus, April 30) that from January 1, 2002, the euro will be the sole currency accepted in Germany. That isn't quite correct because both the Deutschmark and the euro will be accepted in all shops and banks until the end of February
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Learning should be childs play
For far too many years childcare has been right at the bottom of the pile. This goes back as far as the 17th Century, when wealthy women farmed their children out to wet nurses rather than ruin their social lives and their bodies. Times have changed,
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Soccat '83
I am an ex-Brightonian, living in Australia, and catch up with local news via your web site every day. I have been following the Albion's progress with interest over the last few months and am delighted by their Third Division championship. Eighteen years
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Inner circle
Kathy Robinson's letter (Opinion, May 2) concerning wildlife expert Roger Musselle on Southern Counties Radio took me back to the Radio Sussex days, when David Legge presented the David On Sunday programme between 1988 and 1993, with Roger as a very popular
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Added value
How nice to see the letter from Councillors Dave Ashley, Robert Dunn, Jim Funnell and Julie Searle about shop rents in Southwick (Opinion, May 3). How sad, though, that they do not appear to be acting on the avowed wishes of their electorate. If they
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County League round-up
Peacehaven are one win away from promotion back to division one of the Rich City County League. A 3-2 victory over Bosham last night left Peacehaven needing three points from their remaining two games against Storrington and Worthing United to be sure
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Cross roads
I would like to point out to the police and traffic wardens that disabled people are allowed along Western Road by authority of Brighton and Hove City Council, provided the disabled person has a blue Western Road permit, which must be displayed beside
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Stop pushing the travellers around
Let me start by saying I have every sympathy for people who have had negative encounters with individual travellers or groups who are intent on disregarding other people's liberty. But there is legislation to deal with assault, theft, noise nuisance and
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Cricket: Zuiderent hits second ton
When Bas Zuiderent is old enough to be pottering around in the garden pruning tulips he will look back on the last 72 hours as the blooming of his career as a county cricketer. The former University of Amsterdam student had never come close to a hundred
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Cycling: Curtis gets in gear
The In Gear team comfortably retained their Sussex Cyclists' Association 25-mile team championship title at Cowfold. This was mainly due to an impressive ride by Alan Curtis, whose time of 57min.45sec was the fastest individual effort over a tough course
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Virgo gets new contract
Albion teenager Adam Virgo has signed a new two-year contract. The rookie centre half has been rewarded for a handful of promising performances during the Seagulls' promotion run-in, when deputising for the injured Danny Cullip. Meanwhile, Albion have
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Zamora told to stick it out
Albion hitman Bobby Zamora has been urged to copy the patient progress made by another prolific prospect. Former Seagulls boss Steve Gritt believes 31-goal Zamora would be wise to continue his career development with Micky Adams' men in much the same
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Table tennis: Top players go for glory
The battles for the Seaman and Nicholls cups at the Horsham on Sunday have attracted the most powerful entries for some years. The two prestigious events are by invitation to leading players in Sussex. Ritchie Venner is favourite to retain the men's Seaman
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Work starts at hospital
Work has started on a multi-million pound hospital expansion. Builders moved on to the Mill View Hospital site in Hove to start on the £4.7 million scheme. The extension will provide single rooms with en-suite facilities for 35 patients in two main ward
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Battle looms over eyesore
Residents have vowed they will fight £650 million plans to redevelop an eyesore site in Hove. They have set up a fighting fund and have briefed a solicitor to oppose the scheme. They say they would rather see the former Alliance and Leicester building
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Campaign urges 'no' vote on mayor
An all-party campaign has been launched against having a directly-elected city mayor. The Campaign for Open Local Government is urging people to vote no in a referendum to be staged by Brighton and Hove City Council in October. Among those taking part
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Illegal cards came in handy
A police commander who caught a man putting up prostitutes' cards in a telephone box had to take notes on the back of one of the cards, a court heard. Chief Inspector Stuart Harrison, second in command in Hove and Shoreham division, was on foot patrol
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Storms cut off 30,000 homes
Electrical storms caused widespread disruption across the South East and left more than 30,000 homes without power this morning. Power firm Seeboard estimated that 31,000 homes were cut off during the night when Kent, Sussex and Surrey were hit by the
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Clues in hunt for child killer
Police are investigating new leads in the hunt for a killer who struck 34 years ago. Following a plea last week, a number of callers have told police who they think stabbed 12-year-old Keith Lyon on Downland at Woodingdean, Brighton, in 1967. Detective
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Radio star joins tribute to Timmy
Archers radio soap star Tim Bentinck is joining a street march to remember a ten-year-old boy who was swept away and drowned. Timmy Barry drowned with his carer in the sea off Brighton last year and family, friends and even strangers are rallying to provide
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Reflected glory
Was I the only one to be appalled that the same Tory councillors who approved the sale of the Goldstone, voted against the Albion playing at Withdean and who oppose the new stadium at Falmer, shamelessly tried to share in the team's promotion glory by
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Free rider
Ronald Biggs has arrived back in this country. For 35 years he has taken the "you know what" out of the United Kingdom's failure to extradite him from Brazil. Now he is back, of his own free will and with the help of a tabloid newspaper. Are we really
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Odds 'n' sods
Let me assure the vengeance-fixated Richard Halfpenny (Opinion, May 5) I am entirely opposed to his call for the reintroduction of judicial murder, a far more honest term for what he has referred to as "sensible hanging" and, in a previous letter, "our
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Lie of the land
The report on a survey of house prices by Brighton and Hove City Council (Argus, May 3) refers to rapid increases and huge differences across the country - £120,000 for a semi-detached house locally, compared to £45,000 in South Humberside . This is strange
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Real world
Welcome to the real world, Brighton and Hove City Council employees. You are about to suffer the same as rate payers by having to pay for your parking. Why should you be allowed free parking on our streets at the same time as being subsidised by us? It
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Sick building
From the moment we bought our new home near the empty Alliance and Leicester site in Orchard Road, Hove, in September 1997, we have had to put up with many things. My wife and I did not mind the skateboarders and roller skaters who were simply enjoying
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Kissi Faramaya
A night watching Kissi Faramaya is guaranteed to get the audience on their feet and shaking their behinds. The Komedia brochure promised an unsitdownable performance and, for once, we all did exactly what it said on the can. The only complaint about this
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Duncan Gifford
Australian pianist Duncan Gifford came to Brighton laden with awards and acclaim for his recordings. He's a pretty accomplished player, especially with Tchaikovsky and pieces transcribed from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, where his lyrical no-nonsense
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A Man For All Seasons
I must confess I am getting a little tired of directors who think they are being trendy by setting productions in modern dress. The latest victim of this treatment is Robert Bolt's powerful play A Man For All Seasons. Director Tony Edwards makes a gesture
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Just a Minute
A recording of Just A Minute was always going to be a winner but, to make things even better, the tickets were free. It's no wonder then that the event was a sell-out, with tickets flying out of the box office without any hesitation (or deviation or repetition
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Joining the big boys
Congratulations to the Albion team and manager for gaining promotion. But there are two more divisions to get through before joining the big boys. The land around Brighton station is ideal for a stadium and a Sainsbury's food store. A premiership team
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Tomboy - Exhibit B
A police officer had to take notes on the back of a prostitutes' card when he arrested a man for putting up the cards. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon
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Help with research
I am involved in research for a new book about the war years in Hove and would like to trace anybody who was involved in rescue work at bombing incidents where people were trapped. I am also anxious to trace the whereabouts of David Piper, who would now
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Getting the right kind of care for your child
I'm probably not giving away any secrets when I say that Louise Hulton, the regular columnist on this page, is now on maternity leave. Like many women, she will be looking ahead to the time when she returns to work. A generation back, parents could draw
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
They're off! The starting pistol has been fired in the political steeplechase and already people are complaining it is a one-horse race. It's hard to find anyone to bet against Labour, who won this race the last time it was held four years ago, although
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Short change
I am disgusted with the delay in reopening the Patcham High School swimming pool changing facilities. God knows, we waited long enough for the work to start. We had to put up with the appalling state of the present ones for many years. Originally, the
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Even money
Lis Solkhon tells us (Argus, April 30) that from January 1, 2002, the euro will be the sole currency accepted in Germany. That isn't quite correct because both the Deutschmark and the euro will be accepted in all shops and banks until the end of February
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Learning should be childs play
For far too many years childcare has been right at the bottom of the pile. This goes back as far as the 17th Century, when wealthy women farmed their children out to wet nurses rather than ruin their social lives and their bodies. Times have changed,
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Inner circle
Kathy Robinson's letter (Opinion, May 2) concerning wildlife expert Roger Musselle on Southern Counties Radio took me back to the Radio Sussex days, when David Legge presented the David On Sunday programme between 1988 and 1993, with Roger as a very popular
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Added value
How nice to see the letter from Councillors Dave Ashley, Robert Dunn, Jim Funnell and Julie Searle about shop rents in Southwick (Opinion, May 3). How sad, though, that they do not appear to be acting on the avowed wishes of their electorate. If they
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Train robbers' Sussex dummy run
Veteran detective Jim Marshall allowed himself a wry smile as he watched Ronnie Biggs stepping off a jet and into the arms of a law. The former head of Sussex CID recalled how members of the gang carried out a "practice" raid on a train in Sussex just
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Full of beans
Congratulations to Carina Bloom on her appointment as the managing director of the Goodbean chain. It is heartening to see a local company doing so well in the face of stiff competition from a great many national and international chains. This is particularly
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County League round-up
Peacehaven are one win away from promotion back to division one of the Rich City County League. A 3-2 victory over Bosham last night left Peacehaven needing three points from their remaining two games against Storrington and Worthing United to be sure
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Someone must know
Keith Lyon was stabbed to death on downland at Woodingdean in Brighton 34 years ago in a crime which shocked the nation. His mother, Valda, who is now 82, made an emotional plea in The Argus last week for help in solving the mystery. Since then, police
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Gregory: I loved the Seagulls
John Gregory leaned back and stretched. It had been a tiring morning training with the Aston Villa players. But as he swung forward his eyes were twinkling and a broad smile broke out across his craggy features. The subject of Albion had been broached
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Stop pushing the travellers around
Let me start by saying I have every sympathy for people who have had negative encounters with individual travellers or groups who are intent on disregarding other people's liberty. But there is legislation to deal with assault, theft, noise nuisance and
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Virgo gets new contract
Albion teenager Adam Virgo has signed a new two-year contract. The rookie centre half has been rewarded for a handful of promising performances during the Seagulls' promotion run-in, when deputising for the injured Danny Cullip. Meanwhile, Albion have
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Table tennis: Top players go for glory
The battles for the Seaman and Nicholls cups at the Horsham on Sunday have attracted the most powerful entries for some years. The two prestigious events are by invitation to leading players in Sussex. Ritchie Venner is favourite to retain the men's Seaman
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Work starts at hospital
Work has started on a multi-million pound hospital expansion. Builders moved on to the Mill View Hospital site in Hove to start on the £4.7 million scheme. The extension will provide single rooms with en-suite facilities for 35 patients in two main ward
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Battle looms over eyesore
Residents have vowed they will fight £650 million plans to redevelop an eyesore site in Hove. They have set up a fighting fund and have briefed a solicitor to oppose the scheme. They say they would rather see the former Alliance and Leicester building
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Campaign urges 'no' vote on mayor
An all-party campaign has been launched against having a directly-elected city mayor. The Campaign for Open Local Government is urging people to vote no in a referendum to be staged by Brighton and Hove City Council in October. Among those taking part
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Anger at flood repair aid
People could be kept waiting to move back into their homes as flood repairs to historic buildings are dragged out for three years. English Heritage has offered £40,000 a year for the next three years to help repair listed properties in Lewes. But Andrew
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Illegal cards came in handy
A police commander who caught a man putting up prostitutes' cards in a telephone box had to take notes on the back of one of the cards, a court heard. Chief Inspector Stuart Harrison, second in command in Hove and Shoreham division, was on foot patrol
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They're bringing back Whitehawk beauties
She was 18, she was beautiful and she held one of the most prestigious titles in Brighton. Grandmother Pauline Cliff, 68, remembers the day she became Miss Whitehawk 1950 as if it were yesterday. And now she has spoken out in support of the beauty competition
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Pair say Eye Do on wheel
A Sussex couple said "I do" on top of the world today when they tied the knot on the London Eye millennium wheel. Simon Stapleton, 31, and Dawn Bottomley, 26, exchanged vows in one of the popular attraction's pods, 450ft above the capital. The couple,
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Storms cut off 30,000 homes
Electrical storms caused widespread disruption across the South East and left more than 30,000 homes without power this morning. Power firm Seeboard estimated that 31,000 homes were cut off during the night when Kent, Sussex and Surrey were hit by the
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Daughter's plea over missing vicar
The daughter of a missing 81-year-old retired vicar who is feared to have been murdered today appealed for help in finding him. The Rev Ronald Glazebrook's daughter Christine, 45, from Surrey, was at Hastings police station today. The ex-vicar was last
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Honoured marathon man dies
Marathon man Len Jones, who raised thousands for cancer charities in memory of his three wives, has died. Len, 85, died in St Wilfrid's Hospice at Chichester after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. During his amazing running career he raised
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Council home owners cash in
The housing boom has reached two estates once branded the poorest parts of Brighton. Estate agents said the average price of a well-maintained, two-bedroom, ex-council house in Moulsecoomb was between £85,000 and £90,000. Three-bedroom semis in good condition
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Radio star joins tribute to Timmy
Archers radio soap star Tim Bentinck is joining a street march to remember a ten-year-old boy who was swept away and drowned. Timmy Barry drowned with his carer in the sea off Brighton last year and family, friends and even strangers are rallying to provide
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Licence for fraud
Is Peter Willows the only person to see the introduction of universal votes (Argus, May 2) as a licence for election fraud? Does this demonstrate Labour's indifference, stupidity or contempt for our electoral process? -Nigel Donovan, Liberal Party parliamentary
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Electoral loans
In addition to the comments by John Trenchard, could Ivor Caplin please explain why, if students are expected to run up massive debts to finance their tuition fees, he cannot be expected to run up similar debts to finance his election? -Alison Taylor,
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Make MPs pay
How I fully agree with John Trenchard (Opinion, May 3). Why should a sitting MP of any party think other people should finance their election? A sitting MP is given six months' severance pay if he or she loses the election. Why cannot he or she be expected
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Heritage in store
As the countdown begins to the closure of Hanningtons, Brighton's oldest department store, it is to be hoped someone, somewhere, has ensured that an official, comprehensive photographic and written portfolio has been compiled to record the existence of
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Free rider
Ronald Biggs has arrived back in this country. For 35 years he has taken the "you know what" out of the United Kingdom's failure to extradite him from Brazil. Now he is back, of his own free will and with the help of a tabloid newspaper. Are we really
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Odds 'n' sods
Let me assure the vengeance-fixated Richard Halfpenny (Opinion, May 5) I am entirely opposed to his call for the reintroduction of judicial murder, a far more honest term for what he has referred to as "sensible hanging" and, in a previous letter, "our
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Lots of knots
A comment on Voice Of The Argus "Sorting out the parking tangle" (Argus, April 30). The lesson that needs to be learnt by Brighton and Hove City Council and some commentators is that, in each of the areas targeted for paid parking schemes, there are different
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Real world
Welcome to the real world, Brighton and Hove City Council employees. You are about to suffer the same as rate payers by having to pay for your parking. Why should you be allowed free parking on our streets at the same time as being subsidised by us? It
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Sick building
From the moment we bought our new home near the empty Alliance and Leicester site in Orchard Road, Hove, in September 1997, we have had to put up with many things. My wife and I did not mind the skateboarders and roller skaters who were simply enjoying
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Kes
How are they going to do the bird? This was the question on the lips of my colleagues when I told them I was going to see a stage production of Kes. Based on the well-known novel by Barry Hines, and made famous by director Ken Loach back in 1969, Kes
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Duncan Gifford
Australian pianist Duncan Gifford came to Brighton laden with awards and acclaim for his recordings. He's a pretty accomplished player, especially with Tchaikovsky and pieces transcribed from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet, where his lyrical no-nonsense
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A Man For All Seasons
I must confess I am getting a little tired of directors who think they are being trendy by setting productions in modern dress. The latest victim of this treatment is Robert Bolt's powerful play A Man For All Seasons. Director Tony Edwards makes a gesture
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Wind of change
Driving home on Friday evening, going east along the coast road, I came towards the Marina and, out of the gloom, saw the fantastic flags. Stunning yellows and red waving in the wind, making intriguing patterns as you pass. Brilliant and beautiful. Congratulations
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
They're off! The starting pistol has been fired in the political steeplechase and already people are complaining it is a one-horse race. It's hard to find anyone to bet against Labour, who won this race the last time it was held four years ago, although
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Close call
People living in The Bricky in Peacehaven do not like the name of their road. They want it changed to Field View Close. They say strangers laugh at it and local people think the street has a bad name in the area. But there was a good reason for the name
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Limited view
Does Jeane Lepper wander around Hollingdean with blinkers on? She failed to mention (Argus, May 4) the excellent Brighton Unemployed Workers' Centre (BUWC) in Crestway Parade, which offers free computer use to unemployed people, single parents, students
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Winning idea
Beauty contests are out of fashion these days with many people regarding them as degrading to women. But grandmother Pauline Cliff can still remember the name of every judge who awarded her the title of Miss Whitehawk in East Brighton half a century ago
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Train robbers' Sussex dummy run
Veteran detective Jim Marshall allowed himself a wry smile as he watched Ronnie Biggs stepping off a jet and into the arms of a law. The former head of Sussex CID recalled how members of the gang carried out a "practice" raid on a train in Sussex just
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Full of beans
Congratulations to Carina Bloom on her appointment as the managing director of the Goodbean chain. It is heartening to see a local company doing so well in the face of stiff competition from a great many national and international chains. This is particularly
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Someone must know
Keith Lyon was stabbed to death on downland at Woodingdean in Brighton 34 years ago in a crime which shocked the nation. His mother, Valda, who is now 82, made an emotional plea in The Argus last week for help in solving the mystery. Since then, police
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Gregory: I loved the Seagulls
John Gregory leaned back and stretched. It had been a tiring morning training with the Aston Villa players. But as he swung forward his eyes were twinkling and a broad smile broke out across his craggy features. The subject of Albion had been broached
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Date
Anger at flood repair aid
People could be kept waiting to move back into their homes as flood repairs to historic buildings are dragged out for three years. English Heritage has offered £40,000 a year for the next three years to help repair listed properties in Lewes. But Andrew
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They're bringing back Whitehawk beauties
She was 18, she was beautiful and she held one of the most prestigious titles in Brighton. Grandmother Pauline Cliff, 68, remembers the day she became Miss Whitehawk 1950 as if it were yesterday. And now she has spoken out in support of the beauty competition
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Pair say Eye Do on wheel
A Sussex couple said "I do" on top of the world today when they tied the knot on the London Eye millennium wheel. Simon Stapleton, 31, and Dawn Bottomley, 26, exchanged vows in one of the popular attraction's pods, 450ft above the capital. The couple,
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Daughter's plea over missing vicar
The daughter of a missing 81-year-old retired vicar who is feared to have been murdered today appealed for help in finding him. The Rev Ronald Glazebrook's daughter Christine, 45, from Surrey, was at Hastings police station today. The ex-vicar was last
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Honoured marathon man dies
Marathon man Len Jones, who raised thousands for cancer charities in memory of his three wives, has died. Len, 85, died in St Wilfrid's Hospice at Chichester after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. During his amazing running career he raised
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Council home owners cash in
The housing boom has reached two estates once branded the poorest parts of Brighton. Estate agents said the average price of a well-maintained, two-bedroom, ex-council house in Moulsecoomb was between £85,000 and £90,000. Three-bedroom semis in good condition
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£100 for volunteers to help police training
Police are planning to pay people from ethnic minority groups £100 a day to help improve stop-and-search training. They want volunteers from ethnic and sexual minority groups to take part in police training sessions. The move comes in the wake of the
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Sex and evil
I agree with Louise Hargesson that "sex isn't bad" (Opinion, May 3). But its misuse is responsible for a multiplicity of evils, not least the heartbreaking death and misery of worldwide Aids. I am unaware that her "good role model" of Holland has escaped
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Licence for fraud
Is Peter Willows the only person to see the introduction of universal votes (Argus, May 2) as a licence for election fraud? Does this demonstrate Labour's indifference, stupidity or contempt for our electoral process? -Nigel Donovan, Liberal Party parliamentary
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Electoral loans
In addition to the comments by John Trenchard, could Ivor Caplin please explain why, if students are expected to run up massive debts to finance their tuition fees, he cannot be expected to run up similar debts to finance his election? -Alison Taylor,
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Make MPs pay
How I fully agree with John Trenchard (Opinion, May 3). Why should a sitting MP of any party think other people should finance their election? A sitting MP is given six months' severance pay if he or she loses the election. Why cannot he or she be expected
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Heritage in store
As the countdown begins to the closure of Hanningtons, Brighton's oldest department store, it is to be hoped someone, somewhere, has ensured that an official, comprehensive photographic and written portfolio has been compiled to record the existence of
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Jimmy Hill to open fete
Soccer pundit Jimmy Hill will officially open a charity fete on the Queen Mother's 101st birthday. The event takes place at Downlands Park Nursing Home in Haywards Heath from 11am to 2pm on August 4. More than 20 charities, including Age Concern, the
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Lots of knots
A comment on Voice Of The Argus "Sorting out the parking tangle" (Argus, April 30). The lesson that needs to be learnt by Brighton and Hove City Council and some commentators is that, in each of the areas targeted for paid parking schemes, there are different
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Ban the can
There is no way graffiti will be stamped out until the Government is persuaded to impose a total ban on the production, sale and import of paint aerosols. Why should the majority of the population have to put up with the mess these scrawlers create and
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Genie helps keep ink inside its bottle
Sergeant Melanie Doyle and her colleagues of Worthing and District police are to be congratulated for their proactive approach, complemented by positive solutions, in dealing with graffiti through the Genie Project. Perhaps similar ideas could be pursued
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Farewell to Pavilion's protector
The man who masterminded the restoration of a royal palace has died after a long battle against cancer. John Morley was director of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton from 1968 to l985. He was only 34 when he took up the post after being director of the city
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Thanks, Mrs Eagles
Mrs Eagles left the Knoll Infants School last December and the parents and children really miss her. Mrs Eagles made such a brilliant head teacher, we wish she could come back because, although the deputy head tries her best, Mrs Eagles was the best.
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Wind of change
Driving home on Friday evening, going east along the coast road, I came towards the Marina and, out of the gloom, saw the fantastic flags. Stunning yellows and red waving in the wind, making intriguing patterns as you pass. Brilliant and beautiful. Congratulations
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No loo stops on sewer tour
People taking a popular tour of Brighton's sewers are being caught short because there is nowhere for them to go to the loo. A public lavatory at the start of the hugely-popular tour is closed, leaving visitors to the Victorian sewers in the lurch. The
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Name change for 'common' street
Householders were so fed up with people poking fun at the "common" name of their road they voted to change it. Now The Bricky, a close of dark-bricked two-storey council houses in Peacehaven, may be changed to the more posh sounding Field View Close.
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Pair say Eye Do on wheel
A Mid Sussex couple said "I do" on top of the world today when they tied the knot on the London Eye millennium wheel. Simon Stapleton, 31, and Dawn Bottomley, 26, exchanged vows in one of the popular attraction's pods, 450ft above the capital. The couple
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Woman knifed in face
A Mid Sussex woman was slashed across the face by two youths after she stopped to ask directions. She stopped her car in Vincents Close, Maidenbower, Crawley, and approached some teenagers. But she received a slash to her face with a weapon, believed
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CCTV bid is shot down
Villagers have vowed to keep on fighting despite failing in their bid to get £110,000 funding for a CCTV scheme. Storrington Parish Council had submitted a bid to the Home Office for the money for the three cameras after 2,000 residents backed the scheme
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Downs park bid to guard coast
The new South Downs national park should be extended into the Channel, say countryside campaigners. The pro-national park South Downs Campaign has criticised proposed park boundaries which stop where the Downs meets the sea between Seaford and Eastbourne
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Daughter's plea over missing vicar
The daughter of a missing 81-year-old retired vicar who is feared to have been murdered today appealed for help in finding him. The Rev Ronald Glazebrook's daughter Christine, 45, from Surrey, was at Hastings police station today. The ex-vicar was last
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Soccat '83
I am an ex-Brightonian, living in Australia, and catch up with local news via your web site every day. I have been following the Albion's progress with interest over the last few months and am delighted by their Third Division championship. Eighteen years
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Close call
People living in The Bricky in Peacehaven do not like the name of their road. They want it changed to Field View Close. They say strangers laugh at it and local people think the street has a bad name in the area. But there was a good reason for the name
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Limited view
Does Jeane Lepper wander around Hollingdean with blinkers on? She failed to mention (Argus, May 4) the excellent Brighton Unemployed Workers' Centre (BUWC) in Crestway Parade, which offers free computer use to unemployed people, single parents, students
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Winning idea
Beauty contests are out of fashion these days with many people regarding them as degrading to women. But grandmother Pauline Cliff can still remember the name of every judge who awarded her the title of Miss Whitehawk in East Brighton half a century ago
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Cross roads
I would like to point out to the police and traffic wardens that disabled people are allowed along Western Road by authority of Brighton and Hove City Council, provided the disabled person has a blue Western Road permit, which must be displayed beside
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Cricket: Zuiderent hits second ton
When Bas Zuiderent is old enough to be pottering around in the garden pruning tulips he will look back on the last 72 hours as the blooming of his career as a county cricketer. The former University of Amsterdam student had never come close to a hundred
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Cycling: Curtis gets in gear
The In Gear team comfortably retained their Sussex Cyclists' Association 25-mile team championship title at Cowfold. This was mainly due to an impressive ride by Alan Curtis, whose time of 57min.45sec was the fastest individual effort over a tough course
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Zamora told to stick it out
Albion hitman Bobby Zamora has been urged to copy the patient progress made by another prolific prospect. Former Seagulls boss Steve Gritt believes 31-goal Zamora would be wise to continue his career development with Micky Adams' men in much the same
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Clues in hunt for child killer
Police are investigating new leads in the hunt for a killer who struck 34 years ago. Following a plea last week, a number of callers have told police who they think stabbed 12-year-old Keith Lyon on Downland at Woodingdean, Brighton, in 1967. Detective
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£100 for volunteers to help police training
Police are planning to pay people from ethnic minority groups £100 a day to help improve stop-and-search training. They want volunteers from ethnic and sexual minority groups to take part in police training sessions. The move comes in the wake of the
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Sex and evil
I agree with Louise Hargesson that "sex isn't bad" (Opinion, May 3). But its misuse is responsible for a multiplicity of evils, not least the heartbreaking death and misery of worldwide Aids. I am unaware that her "good role model" of Holland has escaped
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Reflected glory
Was I the only one to be appalled that the same Tory councillors who approved the sale of the Goldstone, voted against the Albion playing at Withdean and who oppose the new stadium at Falmer, shamelessly tried to share in the team's promotion glory by
