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Extension that divided neighbourhood
A council blunder has sparked a bitter row between residents in a set of plush mews houses. The planning battle, between Brighton and Hove City Council, residents and a wealthy retired jeweller, has transformed once-tranquil Marlborough Mews, off Western
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Tomboy - Sumo
Window displays with a Japanese theme were a popular part of Brighton Festival. 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 website also has comic strips, greeting
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Unfair on private tenants
Apparently the Government intends to give council and housing association tenants a share in their properties as a proportion of their rent. But they already benefit from secure and reasonable rents. Surely this is unfair for private tenants, who get
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New bishop's call for unity
The new Bishop of Chichester had a message for non-Christians and non-believers when he took up office at the weekend. Around 1,500 people were inside Chichester Cathedral to watch the Anglican Church at its most ceremonial and hundreds more followed
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Who stares wins in window contest
Passers-by did a double-take when the window exhibit in a city centre shop stood up and started walking around. Dressed in a kimono and caked in ghost-white make-up, the model of a geisha was actually not a mannequin at all. Jess Alexander, a set designer
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Me And My Kids, by Bini McCall
I couldn't believe half-term had come round so quickly so, in my usual disorganised way, had to hasty make arrangements for daughter. She, of course thinks she is old enough to fend for herself. Yet I know the sort of thing she would get up to - all day
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Actor Bogarde's sister wins legacy battle
Movie star Sir Dirk Bogarde's sister has won an out-of-court settlement against her nephew to secure £500 a month from his fortune. Sir Dirk paid Elizabeth Goodings, 77, of Wiston, near Steyning, a £500 monthly allowance up until his death from a heart
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Roadside death riddle
Police were today trying to solve the mystery of a body found lying beneath a bridge at the side of a busy road. A female motorist made a 999 call on her mobile phone when she spotted the body as she drove along the A27 Shoreham bypass at 5.50am today
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Car smashes into pub
Police were today trying to trace the driver of a runaway car which careered off the road through the front window of a packed pub. Pedestrians dived for cover as the red F-reg Volvo veered out of control, mounted the pavement and crashed through the
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No room at the inns for delegates
Many Labour Party delegates face staying outside Brighton and Hove during their conference this year because every hotel room is booked. All delegates were able to stay in the city last year despite the event being a sell-out. But Brighton and Hove City
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Absent friends
The much-maligned cleansing contractors face great difficulties in Camelford Street because of parked cars. Whereas residents tolerate the weekly visit of the dustcart and appreciate the problems with which the collectors have to cope, they are increasingly
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Clean sheet
The report (Argus, May 22) of a rail passenger from Cheshire who dodged a fare but came clean 50 years later, paying not the price of the fare 50 years ago but £70 to cover the price of a current single ticket to London, shows what a genuine religious
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Bad form
South East Arts (SEA) recently sent me a huge pink form, similar to a census form, to complete if I wished to stay on its mailing list. Questions include an ethnicity one. SEA claims this is to ensure arts funding benefits "a representative cross-section
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Stoolball: Alison hits 322 not out
Alison Yaffe is smashing her way into the record books in the Central Sussex League. The big-hitting Handcross batter opened the season in devastating form and was unbeaten in the first two matches while cracking 322 runs. She began with a knock of 162
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Off-message
As a participant in the series Brighton: Out The Closet, I feel compelled to set the record "straight" with Mr Alan Nunn. Only "hard-earned" licence fee money went into the making of the series. Is council permission needed to make a film in the city?
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Speedway: Eagles hit by H-bombers
Eastbourne Eagles were denied victory against Coventry last night as the home side's H-Bombers, Americans Billy Hamill and Greg Hancock, inspired an amazing fightback. The two Grand Prix stars almost single-handedly overpowered the Eagles in the Elite
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Not such a moving story
Jess Alexander was voted the best window display by the organisers of the Brighton Festival this year. While other shops produced static displays, Jess posed herself as a Japanese geisha in the window of Vanilla in Ship Street. It was hard work posing
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Gay? Grumpy
How amused I was to read grumpy Alan Nunn of Hove had sat through eight late-night programmes about our city's vibrant gay life, all of which he hated. Brighton and Hove is justly famous for many brilliant things - the sea, Regency architecture, theatres
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Youthful air is right for resort
Eastbourne has an image of being an old-fashioned resort with an ageing and fusty population. But that's all changing now as the attractive town is being sought after as a desirable place both by home owners and visitors. As a result, there are boutiques
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Sad and rabid
It was with some sadness that I read the rabid letter from Mr Alan Nunn. With all the constructive, interesting and relevant letters The Argus receives, you chose to headline this from a man whose grip on reality is, alas, not too strong. I'm sure every
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Cricket: Littelhampton are clear
Littlehampton have moved 11 points clear of St James in Division Two after winning their third game in four starts. They won by four wickets at Sidley while St James were held to a draw by Lewes Priory. Teenager Jonathan Haffenden led the way for Sidley
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Extension affair requires bold action
It's easy to make mistakes in town planning, which is a complicated and difficult business these days. Brighton and Hove Council certainly made one in Marlborough Mews when it advised Derek Edmonds he did not need permission for an extension. But now
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Cricket: Horsham open 20-point lead
Horsham have opened up a 20-point gap at the top of the Sussex Cricket League Premier Division after an amazing victory over Hastings. Both sides totalled over 300 runs, a league record and there were two centuries on a day of runs galore at Crickefield
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Why such a lack of imagination again?
Dismayingly, the policy and resources committee of Brighton and Hove City Council favoured the making over of the Hove gasworks site to a developer who plans a superstore for Tesco. It's a quick fix but does it fix? There is talk of shifting a school
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Sussex: Goodwin stays as opener
Murray Goodwin will continue to open the batting for Sussex despite his disappointing Championship form. The Zimbabwean's last four Championship knocks have yielded just 15 runs and he was out for four in the second innings at Hove yesterday when Sussex
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Darts: Missed doubles syndrome
Sussex ended the season with a 22-14 defeat away to Durham. The damage was done when the men's B team, suffering a bad attack of missed doubles syndrome, crashed 11-1 in their match. The only Sussex winner was Ian Burnett, who won 3-0 and took the man
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Let-down for sun seekers
It was supposed to be a weekend of sunshine - but a blanket of mist put the dampers on seaside sunbathing in Sussex. The sun failed to show before Sunday afternoon and Brighton and Hove's seafront office said it was a relatively quiet weekend until it
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Boy, 14, in roof plunge
A 14-year-old boy narrowly escaped serious injury when he crashed 20ft through the roof of a building. The teenager and three friends had been playing on the flat roof of an engineering firm's premises in Portslade. Police fear there could be a repeat
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Bus joyride number two
A bus joyrider left a trail of damage after getting behind the wheel of a double-decker - the second such incident in days. The vehicle was parked near Hove railway station when it was taken early on Sunday. The joyrider drove a short distance through
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Extension that divided neighbourhood
A council blunder has sparked a bitter row between residents in a set of plush mews houses. The planning battle, between Brighton and Hove City Council, residents and a wealthy retired jeweller, has transformed once-tranquil Marlborough Mews, off Western
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Date
Tomboy - Sumo
Window displays with a Japanese theme were a popular part of Brighton Festival. 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 website also has comic strips, greeting
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Second opinion on doc's career change
How moving to read about the doctor who, after being trained at taxpayers' expense, now wants to become an actress and would like another sponsor. All together now - aaaaaah! -C Graham, Brighton
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New bishop's call for unity
The new Bishop of Chichester had a message for non-Christians and non-believers when he took up office at the weekend. Around 1,500 people were inside Chichester Cathedral to watch the Anglican Church at its most ceremonial and hundreds more followed
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Pensioner's tax protest over park
An 81-year-old has refused to pay part of his council tax in protest over the maintenance of his village recreation ground. Clive Izard, of Holmans, Ardingly, has been withholding just over ten per cent of the tax paid to Mid Sussex District Council because
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Historic swimming pool reopens
Pells Pool in Lewes, said to be the country's oldest swimming pool, has reopened for the summer season. Pells Pool Community Association was formed in 2000 after Lewes Council said it could no longer afford to keep the attraction going. The Pells site
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Don't wear trainers, ladies
Now, at long last, warmer days are the order of the day and the female species is now wearing blouses and skirts or lovely floral dresses and looking charming. But please, girls, leave those hideous trainers in the wardrobe and wear either sandals or
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Who stares wins in window contest
Passers-by did a double-take when the window exhibit in a city centre shop stood up and started walking around. Dressed in a kimono and caked in ghost-white make-up, the model of a geisha was actually not a mannequin at all. Jess Alexander, a set designer
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
Sport played a big role in Susan and Anthony's lives when they first met. They used to swim, play tennis and go dancing on a regular basis. Two decades on, both were well overweight. Gaining pounds over the years had been a gradual process. Realising
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Me And My Kids, by Bini McCall
I couldn't believe half-term had come round so quickly so, in my usual disorganised way, had to hasty make arrangements for daughter. She, of course thinks she is old enough to fend for herself. Yet I know the sort of thing she would get up to - all day
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Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
It is accepted that when older people can stay in their own homes rather than in institutions, their quality of life is more easily maintained. That has led to a proliferation of companies offering aids to comfortable living for older and disabled people
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Actor Bogarde's sister wins legacy battle
Movie star Sir Dirk Bogarde's sister has won an out-of-court settlement against her nephew to secure £500 a month from his fortune. Sir Dirk paid Elizabeth Goodings, 77, of Wiston, near Steyning, a £500 monthly allowance up until his death from a heart
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Man found badly hurt
Police are appealing for witnesses after finding an injured man lying unconscious in the street in Worthing. The 52-year-old local man was found in Bedford Row with serious head injuries. He was taken to Worthing Hospital, then transferred to a hospital
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Car smashes into pub
Police were today trying to trace the driver of a runaway car which careered off the road through the front window of a packed pub. Pedestrians dived for cover as the red F-reg Volvo veered out of control, mounted the pavement and crashed through the
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Why not?
In answer to H Sherbert (Opinion, May 17), I am sure you won't be seeing many policeman sitting on the park benches to eat their lunches and have a game of Cluedo. Shame they don't. Good on them when they have no jobs to do. Why not? -M Frankel, Hove
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Absent friends
The much-maligned cleansing contractors face great difficulties in Camelford Street because of parked cars. Whereas residents tolerate the weekly visit of the dustcart and appreciate the problems with which the collectors have to cope, they are increasingly
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Clean sheet
The report (Argus, May 22) of a rail passenger from Cheshire who dodged a fare but came clean 50 years later, paying not the price of the fare 50 years ago but £70 to cover the price of a current single ticket to London, shows what a genuine religious
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Date
Bad form
South East Arts (SEA) recently sent me a huge pink form, similar to a census form, to complete if I wished to stay on its mailing list. Questions include an ethnicity one. SEA claims this is to ensure arts funding benefits "a representative cross-section
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Stoolball: Alison hits 322 not out
Alison Yaffe is smashing her way into the record books in the Central Sussex League. The big-hitting Handcross batter opened the season in devastating form and was unbeaten in the first two matches while cracking 322 runs. She began with a knock of 162
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Off-message
As a participant in the series Brighton: Out The Closet, I feel compelled to set the record "straight" with Mr Alan Nunn. Only "hard-earned" licence fee money went into the making of the series. Is council permission needed to make a film in the city?
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Speedway: Eagles hit by H-bombers
Eastbourne Eagles were denied victory against Coventry last night as the home side's H-Bombers, Americans Billy Hamill and Greg Hancock, inspired an amazing fightback. The two Grand Prix stars almost single-handedly overpowered the Eagles in the Elite
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Date
Not such a moving story
Jess Alexander was voted the best window display by the organisers of the Brighton Festival this year. While other shops produced static displays, Jess posed herself as a Japanese geisha in the window of Vanilla in Ship Street. It was hard work posing
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Date
Gay? Grumpy
How amused I was to read grumpy Alan Nunn of Hove had sat through eight late-night programmes about our city's vibrant gay life, all of which he hated. Brighton and Hove is justly famous for many brilliant things - the sea, Regency architecture, theatres
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Sad and rabid
It was with some sadness that I read the rabid letter from Mr Alan Nunn. With all the constructive, interesting and relevant letters The Argus receives, you chose to headline this from a man whose grip on reality is, alas, not too strong. I'm sure every
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Cricket: Littelhampton are clear
Littlehampton have moved 11 points clear of St James in Division Two after winning their third game in four starts. They won by four wickets at Sidley while St James were held to a draw by Lewes Priory. Teenager Jonathan Haffenden led the way for Sidley
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Cricket: Horsham open 20-point lead
Horsham have opened up a 20-point gap at the top of the Sussex Cricket League Premier Division after an amazing victory over Hastings. Both sides totalled over 300 runs, a league record and there were two centuries on a day of runs galore at Crickefield
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Sussex: Goodwin stays as opener
Murray Goodwin will continue to open the batting for Sussex despite his disappointing Championship form. The Zimbabwean's last four Championship knocks have yielded just 15 runs and he was out for four in the second innings at Hove yesterday when Sussex
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Skipper's plea to Albion boss
Paul Rogers has issued a plea for manager Micky Adams to stay with the Seagulls. The captain fears the side's title-winning squad would break up if Adams goes. Adams skipped Saturday's 1-0 defeat in Southampton's farewell to The Dell. He was in Cardiff
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Darts: Missed doubles syndrome
Sussex ended the season with a 22-14 defeat away to Durham. The damage was done when the men's B team, suffering a bad attack of missed doubles syndrome, crashed 11-1 in their match. The only Sussex winner was Ian Burnett, who won 3-0 and took the man
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Let-down for sun seekers
It was supposed to be a weekend of sunshine - but a blanket of mist put the dampers on seaside sunbathing in Sussex. The sun failed to show before Sunday afternoon and Brighton and Hove's seafront office said it was a relatively quiet weekend until it
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Date
Boy, 14, in roof plunge
A 14-year-old boy narrowly escaped serious injury when he crashed 20ft through the roof of a building. The teenager and three friends had been playing on the flat roof of an engineering firm's premises in Portslade. Police fear there could be a repeat
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Unfair on private tenants
Apparently the Government intends to give council and housing association tenants a share in their properties as a proportion of their rent. But they already benefit from secure and reasonable rents. Surely this is unfair for private tenants, who get
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Date
Holiday chaos
In the space of about six weeks we have had four national holidays, and this at a time when the weather is most uncertain and not very warm. We shall now have to wait another 14 weeks or so before the next one. And this is when the weather is at its warmest
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Plea over fatal accident
A man was killed in a road accident after he began walking along the A27 near Lewes. He was walking east on the westbound carriageway when he was struck by a Nissan Primera car at Ranscombe Hill. The driver of the Primera, a Lewes man, suffered shock
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Date
Roadside death riddle
Police were today trying to solve the mystery of a body found lying beneath a bridge at the side of a busy road. A female motorist made a 999 call on her mobile phone when she spotted the body as she drove along the A27 Shoreham bypass at 5.50am today
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Date
No room at the inns for delegates
Many Labour Party delegates face staying outside Brighton and Hove during their conference this year because every hotel room is booked. All delegates were able to stay in the city last year despite the event being a sell-out. But Brighton and Hove City
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Date
Youthful air is right for resort
Eastbourne has an image of being an old-fashioned resort with an ageing and fusty population. But that's all changing now as the attractive town is being sought after as a desirable place both by home owners and visitors. As a result, there are boutiques
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Date
Extension affair requires bold action
It's easy to make mistakes in town planning, which is a complicated and difficult business these days. Brighton and Hove Council certainly made one in Marlborough Mews when it advised Derek Edmonds he did not need permission for an extension. But now
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Date
Bigoted fear
The lead letter about Brighton: Out The Closet (Opinion, May 25) certainly brought shame on the city. Bigots such as Alan Nunn continue to highlight how much work we have to do in challenging homophobia and all sorts of discrimination and why the recently-launched
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Date
Why such a lack of imagination again?
Dismayingly, the policy and resources committee of Brighton and Hove City Council favoured the making over of the Hove gasworks site to a developer who plans a superstore for Tesco. It's a quick fix but does it fix? There is talk of shifting a school
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Date
Athletics: What a week for Smithson
It has been a brilliant week for Brighton and Hove thrower Claire Smithson. Seven days ago she threw a season's best at Loughborough when representing the Great Britain junior team. On Wednesday she bowed out of the Brighton and Hove Schools Championships
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Saints 1, Albion 0: Farewell to Dell
Albion's forefathers, Brighton United, were thrashed 4-1 in the first match played at The Dell. The Seagulls played their part in Southampton's goodbye to 103 years of football at their old home with a much narrower defeat in the last match. Saturday's
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Step forward for monorail bid
Multi-million pound plans to build a futuristic monorail system along Brighton seafront have taken a key step forward. Parkridge Developments Ltd, owner of the commercial side of Brighton Marina, has agreed to pay for a feasibility study for the Brighton
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Bus joyride number two
A bus joyrider left a trail of damage after getting behind the wheel of a double-decker - the second such incident in days. The vehicle was parked near Hove railway station when it was taken early on Sunday. The joyrider drove a short distance through
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Second opinion on doc's career change
How moving to read about the doctor who, after being trained at taxpayers' expense, now wants to become an actress and would like another sponsor. All together now - aaaaaah! -C Graham, Brighton
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Pensioner's tax protest over park
An 81-year-old has refused to pay part of his council tax in protest over the maintenance of his village recreation ground. Clive Izard, of Holmans, Ardingly, has been withholding just over ten per cent of the tax paid to Mid Sussex District Council because
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Date
Holiday chaos
In the space of about six weeks we have had four national holidays, and this at a time when the weather is most uncertain and not very warm. We shall now have to wait another 14 weeks or so before the next one. And this is when the weather is at its warmest
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Date
Historic swimming pool reopens
Pells Pool in Lewes, said to be the country's oldest swimming pool, has reopened for the summer season. Pells Pool Community Association was formed in 2000 after Lewes Council said it could no longer afford to keep the attraction going. The Pells site
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Date
Don't wear trainers, ladies
Now, at long last, warmer days are the order of the day and the female species is now wearing blouses and skirts or lovely floral dresses and looking charming. But please, girls, leave those hideous trainers in the wardrobe and wear either sandals or
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Date
Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
Sport played a big role in Susan and Anthony's lives when they first met. They used to swim, play tennis and go dancing on a regular basis. Two decades on, both were well overweight. Gaining pounds over the years had been a gradual process. Realising
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Date
Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
It is accepted that when older people can stay in their own homes rather than in institutions, their quality of life is more easily maintained. That has led to a proliferation of companies offering aids to comfortable living for older and disabled people
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Date
Plea over fatal accident
A man was killed in a road accident after he began walking along the A27 near Lewes. He was walking east on the westbound carriageway when he was struck by a Nissan Primera car at Ranscombe Hill. The driver of the Primera, a Lewes man, suffered shock
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Date
Man found badly hurt
Police are appealing for witnesses after finding an injured man lying unconscious in the street in Worthing. The 52-year-old local man was found in Bedford Row with serious head injuries. He was taken to Worthing Hospital, then transferred to a hospital
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Date
Why not?
In answer to H Sherbert (Opinion, May 17), I am sure you won't be seeing many policeman sitting on the park benches to eat their lunches and have a game of Cluedo. Shame they don't. Good on them when they have no jobs to do. Why not? -M Frankel, Hove
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Date
Bigoted fear
The lead letter about Brighton: Out The Closet (Opinion, May 25) certainly brought shame on the city. Bigots such as Alan Nunn continue to highlight how much work we have to do in challenging homophobia and all sorts of discrimination and why the recently-launched
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Date
Athletics: What a week for Smithson
It has been a brilliant week for Brighton and Hove thrower Claire Smithson. Seven days ago she threw a season's best at Loughborough when representing the Great Britain junior team. On Wednesday she bowed out of the Brighton and Hove Schools Championships
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Date
Saints 1, Albion 0: Farewell to Dell
Albion's forefathers, Brighton United, were thrashed 4-1 in the first match played at The Dell. The Seagulls played their part in Southampton's goodbye to 103 years of football at their old home with a much narrower defeat in the last match. Saturday's
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Date
Skipper's plea to Albion boss
Paul Rogers has issued a plea for manager Micky Adams to stay with the Seagulls. The captain fears the side's title-winning squad would break up if Adams goes. Adams skipped Saturday's 1-0 defeat in Southampton's farewell to The Dell. He was in Cardiff
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Date
Step forward for monorail bid
Multi-million pound plans to build a futuristic monorail system along Brighton seafront have taken a key step forward. Parkridge Developments Ltd, owner of the commercial side of Brighton Marina, has agreed to pay for a feasibility study for the Brighton
