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Help find our car
My daughter, a student at Sussex University, took my car to travel back home at end of term with all her worldly goods. In the early hours of Saturday, June 15, someone stole it from the Falmer car park. It's old - K reg - but is a really nice red Astra
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Too much money?
Job losses when hunting is banned will be insignificant. The devastation to rural employment has been caused by factory farming yet nobody speaks out on this issue. Perhaps too many landowners are making too much money. -Russ Jenkins, New England Road
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Ride on
People who enjoyed the London-to-Brighton bike ride may like to go out with local cycling groups such as Bricycles, the Cyclists' Touring Club and Cycle Lewes for enjoyable rides throughout the summer. We do about 30 miles at a medium touring pace and
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Stupid club
I hope the parent with his youngster playing golf shots at Stanmer Park at the end of the Classic Car Show on Sunday, June 23, has, at the very least, a small twinge of conscience. The result of the youngster being allowed to play close to parked cars
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Nimbys know
Robert Martin, who lives in Guildford, asks us to go to the proposed Falmer stadium site (Letters, June 26). Well, I live in Falmer and I suggest he looks at South Downs National Park map 33. He will see the only land outside the park is an eight-acre
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Build a new pier
I have an idea that may put paid to the row over Brighton's West Pier. Instead of building an eyesore next to a crumbling ruin, why not demolish the pier and build a new one, more in keeping with Brighton and Hove's supposedly modern, trendy image? If
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Heartwarming welcome
We would like to thank the headteacher, staff and pupils of Fairlight School in Brighton for the way our three grandchildren were warmly welcomed, looked after and looked out for by their classmates. Coming from Sweden and a different school system, they
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Think of it This Way, by John Parry
There is a growing breed of brash, noisy, aggressive young women in Britain today who are quite horrible. They drink too much, swear too much, reveal too much and believe excess is the route to success. King Lear's loving reflection on his dead daughter
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June 25: Sussex v Yorkshire (CC)
Matthew Prior and partners broke free from Yorkshire's spinners to put Sussex in a strong position after two days of the Championship match at Arundel. Prior made a career-best 85 and Mark Davis was unbeaten on 70 as Sussex's last five wickets doubled
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Carnival is on
There will be an Uckfield Carnival this year. The rumours going round are incorrect. It is on Saturday, September 7, and there will be a grand firework display at Holy Cross School Field on Friday, September 6, which will be free to watch. Stevens Funfair
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Gates to shut out boy racers
Gates will be installed at the entrance to Madeira Drive in an attempt to curb boy racers. Councillors on the policy committee of Brighton and Hove City Council agreed to the emergency measures on Brighton seafront at a cost of £20,000. The gates at the
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Mystery of dumped hats
Museum staff are putting on their deerstalkers after a collection of unusual hats was dumped on their doorstep. Workers were left bemused when a man rushed into the entrance of Worthing Museum, dumped two large bin liners full of hats, then ran out again
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Such Gaul
I am disgusted a French company is about to take over another one of our utilities, this time Seeboard. How can the Government allow this to happen when the French do not allow other countries to invest in their major companies? It is bad enough that
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Cutter's way
My attention was drawn to an article about the shortfall between the levels of rent in Brighton and Hove and the maximum levels of housing benefit (June 24). This is indeed a real problem that urgently needs tackling. Imagine my surprise and amusement
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Be warned
Judge David Rennie has given a clear warning to professional drug dealers using Brighton and Hove as a sales ground. He jailed two dealers for ten years each after they used a flat in Whitehawk as their base for selling crack cocaine and heroin. Both
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Design note
The articles on Architecture Week remind us of the wonderful legacy we have in Brighton and Hove of buildings of international repute. But it should also remind us of our responsibility to rekindle enthusiasm for outstanding modern architecture in our
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Speedway: Eagles fear Wolves will bite
Eastbourne Eagles go head to head with Wolverhampton at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night fearing a backlash from their cup rivals. The prize for the winners of the two-part showdown between the Elite League giants, which will ultimately be decided with
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Comedy act
Brighton and Hove City Council wants to be Capital of Culture? It must be joking - drugs out of control, people begging and sleeping in the streets, dirty streets, travellers parking wherever they want, children of Queen's Park having to use the bushes
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Joy as Kirtley makes impact
Sussex fast bowler James Kirtley has been praised by Geoff Boycott after helping England off to a winning start against Sri Lanka. Kirtley claimed two wickets and a catch in the high-scoring day-night match in the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge. Former
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Second struggle
Sussex's hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the One Day Second XII Trophy look bleak, following a third defeat in four games. They were bowled out for a modest 169 by Kent at Sutton Valence School and the hosts then romped to victory by six wickets
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Sussex won't sign star names
Chairman David Green insisted today that Sussex will not be spending their £4.3 million on expensive additions to the playing staff. The county cricket club is the major beneficiary of the will of former president Spen Cama, who left it £7m of his estimated
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Lover stabbed himself, jury told
A man repeatedly knifed his lover and then stabbed himself to make it look as though he was the victim, a jury heard. Forensic pathologist Dr Vesna Djurovic said Anthony Pate's wounds were the result of "textbook" self-infliction. Pate claimed he sustained
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Little Chef for sale
Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef and the budget hotel operation Travelodge were put up for sale today. Catering giant Compass wants to offload the two operations to concentrate on its contract food service and vending businesses. Compass, based in
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WorldCom bosses face probe
Three WorldCom bosses have been ordered before a Congressional hearing to investigate how the telecom giant inflated its profits by £2.5 billion. Sacked chief financial officer Scott Sullivan and current chief executive John Sidgmore have been subpoenaed
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House market 'to crash in 2004'
The housing market is heading for a crash with property set to lose about ten per cent of its value by 2004, an investment magazine has predicted. Investors Chronicle said higher interest rates, rising unemployment and more expensive mortgage repayments
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1,000 visit jobs fair
More than 1,000 people visited the second Argus Careers and Training Fair of the year. Some of Brighton's biggest companies were at the show, designed to give jobseekers and employers the chance to meet. Among the exhibitors at the Hove Centre were American
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Cyclist quizzed over injured woman
A man has been reported for careless cycling after a woman was found unconscious with severe head injuries. Detectives spoke to a man following inquiries in the area where the woman was discovered with multiple fractures to her skull. The woman, now identified
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Bruce fund to save neglected dogs
Money donated to a memorial for Bruce, the police dog destroyed by Sussex police, is to be used to help save unwanted pets. Readers of The Argus donated more than £600 to the Bruce fund when the dog was put down after he bit off part of a teenager's ear
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Eco-friendly coffins production booms
A new style of coffin has been so successful with environmentally-aware people production has doubled in a year. Ecopod, the eco-friendly coffin designed in Brighton by Hazel Selina, is not only biodegradable but also a work of art. The coffin is made
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£9m plant hire buyout
A plant hire company based in Sussex is part of £9 million buyout. Cox Plant, of Burgess Hill, was taken back in to private ownership following the deal with parent firm Andrews Sykes Group. Former senior executives of both firms led the buyout, funded
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Curfew for Burger King
The Brighton North Street branch of Burger King has been ordered to shut at 1am instead of 3am because of early-morning trouble from drunks. The restaurant applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for renewal of its night cafe registration until 3am.
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Footpath closures slammed
Blanket closures of paths during the foot-and-mouth crisis severely damaged the tourist industry. In a damning report, the National Audit Office (NAO) has singled out the closure of rights of way in East Sussex. They were shut at the start of last year's
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Sport fan's sudden death
A sport-loving Sussex teenager collapsed and died while playing football with a group of friends. Lee Richardson, 15, a 6ft 1in sports enthusiast, died just a few days after finishing his 11 GCSEs. He was playing football with friends near Prince's Park
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Vigil for bus fall boy
The parents of a schoolboy who fell 15ft through the top-deck window of a bus were holding a vigil at his hospital bedside last night. The family was too upset to talk about the accident in which 14-year-old Luke Mepham suffered serious head injuries.
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Date rape drug ordeal
A woman was slipped the so-called date rape drug Rohypnol by a man who chatted to her in a Sussex pub. The 22-year-old victim was at The Rainbow in High Street, Lewes, when the drug - a tranquilliser ten times more potent than valium - was put into her
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Boost for cancer unit fight
Campaigners fighting to keep their local breast care unit have been given a boost. Brighton and Hove city councillors are being asked to agree in principle to putting the unit on the site of Rosaz House in Bristol Gate, Brighton. An outline planning application
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Wanted: Would-be GI Joes
To some disgruntled Britons, they were "over-sexed, overpaid and over here". With their bulging wallets, laconic charm and transatlantic accent, GIs were a dream come true for British women. They left their mark on the history books by helping the Allies
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Shows of the Week, from June 28
Unity Wroe rounds up the best on stage in Sussex over the next seven days. LA TRAVIATA, Brighton Centre, June 30 VERDI'S operatic masterpiece tells a passionate yet tragic tale of the consumptive courtesan Violetta. Based on a true story, La Traviata
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Dean Friedman, Hove Centre, June 28
The singer/ songwriter will take you back a few years with a number of songs from the Seventies. He is best known for his catchy (but slightly annoying) ballad Lucky Stars, which shot straight to the top of the UK charts when it was released in 1978.
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Underlines, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, until July 20
The exhibition features map-based canvases by Anna Oliver, intimate canvases by Eilidh Crumlish and paintings by Sharon Haward. Oliver's pieces revolve around the themes of war and loss and examine the way in which personal and political events can be
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Re Sort, Fabrica, Brighton, June 29 to September 1
For this exhibition, Macedonian-born Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has painstakingly transformed ordinary materials into detailed sculpture. For example, she has created a piece called Epidermis - a whirlpool of salmon skins suspended from the roof by shimmering
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Verdi's Requiem, St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton, June 29
Verdi's Requiem is the most operatic of all requiems, full of hot-blooded passion and drama. It was written at the height of the composer's powers in 1874. It contains sweeping melodies, lush harmonies and wonderful orchestration. If the Dies Orae doesn't
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Phonic Hoop, Enigma, Brighton, June 29
Those lovely peeps at Tru Thoughts are hosting an album launch party for Quantic and Alice Russell. Quantic, who is releasing his second album, Apricot Morning, will be performing at the launch, along with vocalists Russell and Adrian EQ. With recent
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Waterfront Festival, Brighton & Hove seafront, June 29-30
The Waterfront Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, with a number of free water-based events from Brighton Marina to Hove Lagoon. Brighton Marina will be offering boat rides, a water polo tournament, racing and children's rides as well as musical
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Petworth open-air concerts, Petworth Park, June 28-30
Open-air concerts take place at Petworth Park this weekend in one of the most important dates on the estate's calendar. Money raised from the three-day event is directed towards the conservation of the house and park. This year kicks off on the Friday
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Kinky, Honeyclub, Brighton, June 28
The Honeyclub's house night, Kinky, plays host to US DJ superstar Erick Morillo with his Subliminal Sessions. Morillo has played his way around the world on the back of his many talents as a DJ, producer and remixer and is a constant feature in top DJ
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The Mikado, Theatre Royal, Brighton, July 1-6
It is the longest-running and most famous musical written in Britain and rarely a day goes by without someone, somewhere putting on a production. But if you want to see a fully-staged, professional performance with £250,000 worth of sets and costumes
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Thanks for your support
I am always astounded by the generosity of people and for their continued support of the Sussex Beacon. Since May 1, we have raised £5,817. Our thanks go to: The White Horse for The Queen's Alternative Tea Party, £237; Golden Handbag Awards, £442; Eurovision
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Too much money?
Job losses when hunting is banned will be insignificant. The devastation to rural employment has been caused by factory farming yet nobody speaks out on this issue. Perhaps too many landowners are making too much money. -Russ Jenkins, New England Road
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Phoney war
How hypocritical of the Government to make Brian Cass, the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, a CBE for services to medical research. There was an outcry in January 2000 over Labour holding 75,000 shares in the company when it was accused
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Ride on
People who enjoyed the London-to-Brighton bike ride may like to go out with local cycling groups such as Bricycles, the Cyclists' Touring Club and Cycle Lewes for enjoyable rides throughout the summer. We do about 30 miles at a medium touring pace and
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Model citizens
Mill Hill (June 26) has been in regular use for 40 years, not 14, with no injuries related to model aircraft. The incident that caused airport staff to call the police was a glider being flown out over the valley. I was on Mill Hill flying my own model
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Nimbys know
Robert Martin, who lives in Guildford, asks us to go to the proposed Falmer stadium site (Letters, June 26). Well, I live in Falmer and I suggest he looks at South Downs National Park map 33. He will see the only land outside the park is an eight-acre
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Field of vision
Although my map of Brighton and Hove is circa 1984, clearly marked are Toad's Hall Valley playing fields, Waterhall playing fields and sports field and, further along the London Road, Braypool sports ground. Surely any one of these grounds is much more
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Joy at museum's cash boost
Staff at Ditchling Museum are celebrating a National Lottery grant to help them attract more visitors. The museum was yesterday awarded up to £84,600 to update its collection and reach new audiences in the next three years. The museum was founded in 1985
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Build a new pier
I have an idea that may put paid to the row over Brighton's West Pier. Instead of building an eyesore next to a crumbling ruin, why not demolish the pier and build a new one, more in keeping with Brighton and Hove's supposedly modern, trendy image? If
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Heartwarming welcome
We would like to thank the headteacher, staff and pupils of Fairlight School in Brighton for the way our three grandchildren were warmly welcomed, looked after and looked out for by their classmates. Coming from Sweden and a different school system, they
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We need more police
Living in Waterloo Street, we hear all sorts of incidents during the early hours of the morning. We have lived here for more than a year and there have been numerous aggressive and violent exchanges just from drunks passing through from the city's drinking
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Think of it This Way, by John Parry
There is a growing breed of brash, noisy, aggressive young women in Britain today who are quite horrible. They drink too much, swear too much, reveal too much and believe excess is the route to success. King Lear's loving reflection on his dead daughter
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Sport fan's sudden death
A sport-loving Eastbourne teenager collapsed and died while playing football with a group of friends. Lee Richardson, 15, a 6ft 1in sports enthusiast, died just a few days after finishing his 11 GCSEs. He was playing football with friends near Prince's
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Vigil for bus fall boy
The parents of a schoolboy who fell 15ft through the top-deck window of a bus were holding a vigil at his hospital bedside last night. The family was too upset to talk about the accident in which 14-year-old Luke Mepham suffered serious head injuries.
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June 25: Sussex v Yorkshire (CC)
Matthew Prior and partners broke free from Yorkshire's spinners to put Sussex in a strong position after two days of the Championship match at Arundel. Prior made a career-best 85 and Mark Davis was unbeaten on 70 as Sussex's last five wickets doubled
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Jobless tally at a low
West Sussex has one of the lowest rates of unemployment in Britain, according to a new report. Latest figures reveal joblessness in the county runs at just 2.5 per cent, less than half the national average of 5.3 per cent. In the South East, only the
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Seed sown for farmers markets
A series of farmers markets are being held to help rejuvenate Seaford town centre. The four markets have been organised by the Seaford Community Partnership, with the help of a grant from the Social, Economic and Environmental Development (Seed) programme
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Carnival is on
There will be an Uckfield Carnival this year. The rumours going round are incorrect. It is on Saturday, September 7, and there will be a grand firework display at Holy Cross School Field on Friday, September 6, which will be free to watch. Stevens Funfair
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Binman's birthday joy
Binmen united in a bid to find a colleague's stolen car - then gave him the best birthday present he ever had. Mark Sandell asked his workmates to watch out for his missing Volvo as they did their regular rounds in Worthing. The car was taken as Mark
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Hirst peer point
As a traditional watercolour artist, I despair when I read articles such as the one about the so-called work of art, the dead dog on the bed at Pallant House, Chichester (June 25). As with other such works, they are exhibited by people who haven't a ha'pennyworth
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Such Gaul
I am disgusted a French company is about to take over another one of our utilities, this time Seeboard. How can the Government allow this to happen when the French do not allow other countries to invest in their major companies? It is bad enough that
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I see no IT
It has been more than a year since I finished studying at the University of Brighton. I finished with a satisfactory 2:2 in software engineering. All I seem to hear from people is, "With that degree, you should be able to find a job easily". I wish this
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Goodwill hunt
Thousands of local government staff in Brighton and Hove are voting on industrial action this month. The issue is clear - getting the pay they deserve. One family-centre worker told Unison: "I'm in a Catch 22. I can't get decent housing because I don't
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Car owners to foot scrap costs
Sussex Euro-MP Chris Huhne has attacked plans to reduce the number of abandoned cars. The Government is suggesting the last owner of every vehicle must pay new scrapping and recycling costs as part of the EU's end-of-life vehicles directive, designed
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Design note
The articles on Architecture Week remind us of the wonderful legacy we have in Brighton and Hove of buildings of international repute. But it should also remind us of our responsibility to rekindle enthusiasm for outstanding modern architecture in our
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Speedway: Eagles fear Wolves will bite
Eastbourne Eagles go head to head with Wolverhampton at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night fearing a backlash from their cup rivals. The prize for the winners of the two-part showdown between the Elite League giants, which will ultimately be decided with
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Breast unit fight goes on
There could hardly be a better site for a new breast care building than Rosaz House in Bristol Gate, Brighton. It's a large site right opposite the Royal Sussex County Hospital, which houses the existing Nigel Porter unit. Members of Brighton and Hove
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Joy as Kirtley makes impact
Sussex fast bowler James Kirtley has been praised by Geoff Boycott after helping England off to a winning start against Sri Lanka. Kirtley claimed two wickets and a catch in the high-scoring day-night match in the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge. Former
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A strange attempt at cultural kudos
European Capital of Culture? Get real, Councillor Bodfish. This award is judged upon facilities and achievements in the arts, on things such as good design and fine monuments, not ugly buildings or dangerous bits of rusty iron on the beach that can injure
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Taylor's on target
Sussex closed in on a second successive Championship win after taking two early wickets against Yorkshire at Arundel today. Billy Taylor struck with the fourth ball of Yorkshire's second innings when he trapped Craig White leg before as the former England
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Lover stabbed himself, jury told
A man repeatedly knifed his lover and then stabbed himself to make it look as though he was the victim, a jury heard. Forensic pathologist Dr Vesna Djurovic said Anthony Pate's wounds were the result of "textbook" self-infliction. Pate claimed he sustained
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Eco-friendly coffins production booms
A new style of coffin has been so successful with environmentally-aware people production has doubled in a year. Ecopod, the eco-friendly coffin designed in Brighton by Hazel Selina, is not only biodegradable but also a work of art. The coffin is made
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Car jobs safe after appeal
A car parts firm has won a planning battle which will secure 24 jobs at a warehouse. Brighton and Hove City Council turned down a bid by Car Parts and Accessories to change the use of Vale Works in Portslade from a light industrial building to a warehouse
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£9m plant hire buyout
A plant hire company based in Sussex is part of £9 million buyout. Cox Plant, of Burgess Hill, was taken back in to private ownership following the deal with parent firm Andrews Sykes Group. Former senior executives of both firms led the buyout, funded
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Sport fan's sudden death
A sport-loving Sussex teenager collapsed and died while playing football with a group of friends. Lee Richardson, 15, a 6ft 1in sports enthusiast, died just a few days after finishing his 11 GCSEs. He was playing football with friends near Prince's Park
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Why Ivy can't go home
Every day, 91-year-old Ivy Ransome cries in her hospital bed and begs her husband to take her home. Every day Ted Ransome has to leave her behind and make his way back to Brighton, their home for more than 50 years. He has lost a stone in weight in the
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Message to drug dealers
Two drug dealers have been jailed for ten years each for their part in a crack cocaine ring. Judge David Rennie said he hoped the tough sentences would send out a clear message to any other dealers who "snuff out young lives". Henry McFarlane and Orren
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This Week's Jazz, from June 28
Tonight, saxophonist Pat Crumly brings his quartet to Brighton Jazz Club. Like many talented players, he has enjoyed parallel careers, running his own band and playing with Ronnie Scott in his quintet. As a tribute to the late tenor, he has been fronting
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Dean Friedman, Hove Centre, June 28
The singer/ songwriter will take you back a few years with a number of songs from the Seventies. He is best known for his catchy (but slightly annoying) ballad Lucky Stars, which shot straight to the top of the UK charts when it was released in 1978.
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Re Sort, Fabrica, Brighton, June 29 to September 1
For this exhibition, Macedonian-born Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has painstakingly transformed ordinary materials into detailed sculpture. For example, she has created a piece called Epidermis - a whirlpool of salmon skins suspended from the roof by shimmering
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Marco Dellacand, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer, until July 14
This photographic exhibition is titled The Long And Extraordinary Life of Madame Pune. When Italian artist Marco Dellacand came to England to study English, he rented a flat at the top of a house in Sunnydale Gardens, Penge. Soon after moving in, he found
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Verdi's Requiem, St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton, June 29
Verdi's Requiem is the most operatic of all requiems, full of hot-blooded passion and drama. It was written at the height of the composer's powers in 1874. It contains sweeping melodies, lush harmonies and wonderful orchestration. If the Dies Orae doesn't
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Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings, Brighton Dome, July 3
The bassist cemented himself as a rock 'n' roll great during his time with the Rolling Stones. In 1997, Wyman formed the Rhythm Kings - an outstanding line-up of musicians whose music will transport you to a hazy late-night bar filled with smoky jazz,
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Andy Williams, Brighton Centre, June 29
The crooner is set to reach a new generation of fans following his duet with TV babe Denise Van Outen. Their song, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, was a hit for Williams in 1968. Expect plenty of smooth classics, such as the incurably romantic Moon River
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Waterfront Festival, Brighton & Hove seafront, June 29-30
The Waterfront Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday, with a number of free water-based events from Brighton Marina to Hove Lagoon. Brighton Marina will be offering boat rides, a water polo tournament, racing and children's rides as well as musical
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Raymond Victor Mee, Brighton Museum Cafe, until September 8
The splendid prints and drawings of local artist Raymond Victor Mee are on show at Brighton Museum Art Gallery. It is an appropriate setting because Mee has consistently focused on the surrounding Regency architecture in his work. For the last six years
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The Mikado, Theatre Royal, Brighton, July 1-6
It is the longest-running and most famous musical written in Britain and rarely a day goes by without someone, somewhere putting on a production. But if you want to see a fully-staged, professional performance with £250,000 worth of sets and costumes
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Roger McGuinn, Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill, July 4
As a soloist and the mainstay of folk-rock band The Byrds, Roger McGuinn is regarded as one of the most influential artists of his generation. Along with artists such as Bob Dylan, The Byrds defined the folk-rock movement that progressed to acid-rock
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Hard act to follow gangster stunt
Being hacked to death by a machete-wielding gangster is all in a day's work for Tony Van Silva. Next week the Hove stuntman will appear to come to a sticky end in a TV documentary about East End gangster and actor John Bindon. Tony will play John Darke
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Plea for tolerance
I am a frequent traveller on Brighton and Hove's buses. On a number of occasions, I have been stunned by the intolerant attitude and, at times, threatening behaviour of members of the travelling public towards foreign students. Having spent several years
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Annul the gull cull
Of the 13 species of wild birds which may be killed under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, three are gulls but only if they are a danger to aircraft, farming or public health. Either a special licence, whose execution is closely monitored and controlled
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Phoney war
How hypocritical of the Government to make Brian Cass, the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, a CBE for services to medical research. There was an outcry in January 2000 over Labour holding 75,000 shares in the company when it was accused
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Faulty signal delays trains
A faulty signal at a train station led to delays for commuters yesterday. One coastal service was partly cancelled and others were delayed after a signal failed on platform three at Brighton station. Trains running to and from Brighton on the routes between
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Model citizens
Mill Hill (June 26) has been in regular use for 40 years, not 14, with no injuries related to model aircraft. The incident that caused airport staff to call the police was a glider being flown out over the valley. I was on Mill Hill flying my own model
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Field of vision
Although my map of Brighton and Hove is circa 1984, clearly marked are Toad's Hall Valley playing fields, Waterhall playing fields and sports field and, further along the London Road, Braypool sports ground. Surely any one of these grounds is much more
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Joy at museum's cash boost
Staff at Ditchling Museum are celebrating a National Lottery grant to help them attract more visitors. The museum was yesterday awarded up to £84,600 to update its collection and reach new audiences in the next three years. The museum was founded in 1985
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Outside, right
Dave Bangs' claim (Letters, June 24) that I was "adamant Toad's Hole Valley was a good potential site for a new stadium" is misleading. It was my belief that all possible sites should be fully explored and I did support the inclusion of Toad's Hole Valley
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Falmer site is too small for a stadium
Ivor Caplin overlooks the site earmarked for development at Falmer for the past 15 years being only eight acres (Letters, June 17). The proposed stadium would need a further ten acres of land designated for the national park and four acres currently occupied
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We need more police
Living in Waterloo Street, we hear all sorts of incidents during the early hours of the morning. We have lived here for more than a year and there have been numerous aggressive and violent exchanges just from drunks passing through from the city's drinking
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Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw
City councillor Bob Carden questions the term "boycott" in our report of the Green Party's decision not to attend the planning committee meeting on Falmer stadium. Councillor Carden, who chaired the meeting, says: "I remain confused as to how one boycotts
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Council to tackle pollution
City councillors will take part in a campaign next month to raise awareness of global warming. The councillors are backing Brighton-based company C City, which wants people and organisations to take practical measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
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June 28: Sussex v Yorkshire (CC)
Sussex closed in on a second successive Championship win after taking two early wickets against Yorkshire at Arundel today. Billy Taylor struck with the fourth ball of Yorkshire's second innings when he trapped Craig White leg before as the former England
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Fears as GP numbers drop
Liberal Democrats have expressed alarm at new figures showing a decline in the number of family doctors. The number of GPs per 100,000 people in East Sussex, Brighton and Hove has fallen in the past four years from 53.2 to 51.9. Councillor Paul Elgood
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Binman's birthday joy
Binmen united in a bid to find a colleague's stolen car - then gave him the best birthday present he ever had. Mark Sandell asked his workmates to watch out for his missing Volvo as they did their regular rounds in Worthing. The car was taken as Mark
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Hirst peer point
As a traditional watercolour artist, I despair when I read articles such as the one about the so-called work of art, the dead dog on the bed at Pallant House, Chichester (June 25). As with other such works, they are exhibited by people who haven't a ha'pennyworth
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I see no IT
It has been more than a year since I finished studying at the University of Brighton. I finished with a satisfactory 2:2 in software engineering. All I seem to hear from people is, "With that degree, you should be able to find a job easily". I wish this
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Goodwill hunt
Thousands of local government staff in Brighton and Hove are voting on industrial action this month. The issue is clear - getting the pay they deserve. One family-centre worker told Unison: "I'm in a Catch 22. I can't get decent housing because I don't
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Hattie japes
A mystery man rushed into Worthing Museum, left two large bin liners full of hats and rushed out again. The 21 hats include some which will be fine additions to the museum's 20th Century costume gallery. But staff really need to know more about the hats
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Bears in Summer League
Brighton Bears' Errol Seaman starred for Hackney White Heat with 17 points as they opened the Hossana Summer League with an 89-85 defeat to Sutton. Bears assistant coach Steve Swanson and guard Mike Brown take a South Coast side to the event at Crystal
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Car owners to foot scrap costs
Sussex Euro-MP Chris Huhne has attacked plans to reduce the number of abandoned cars. The Government is suggesting the last owner of every vehicle must pay new scrapping and recycling costs as part of the EU's end-of-life vehicles directive, designed
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Breast unit fight goes on
There could hardly be a better site for a new breast care building than Rosaz House in Bristol Gate, Brighton. It's a large site right opposite the Royal Sussex County Hospital, which houses the existing Nigel Porter unit. Members of Brighton and Hove
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A strange attempt at cultural kudos
European Capital of Culture? Get real, Councillor Bodfish. This award is judged upon facilities and achievements in the arts, on things such as good design and fine monuments, not ugly buildings or dangerous bits of rusty iron on the beach that can injure
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Warning of wild boar 'timebomb'
Sussex has suffered from plagues of flies, bees, ladybirds and even snails. Now, say experts, there's a new threat. Now another beast is threatening the county - wild boar. The rocketing population of wild boar could be a timebomb for the countryside.
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Prior on the loose
Matthew Prior and partners broke free from Yorkshire's spinners to put Sussex in a strong position after two days of the Championship match at Arundel. Prior made a career-best 85 and Mark Davis was unbeaten on 70 as Sussex's last five wickets doubled
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Taylor's on target
Sussex closed in on a second successive Championship win after taking two early wickets against Yorkshire at Arundel today. Billy Taylor struck with the fourth ball of Yorkshire's second innings when he trapped Craig White leg before as the former England
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Friends and lovers reunited
A web site has started to help reunite long-lost friends and lovers with a Brighton connection. The Brighton Friends site aims to get people back in contact with others they have met in the city. The idea is similar to the successful Friends Reunited
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Housing demand tops agenda
Government housing policy came under the spotlight at a meeting last night. Organised by pressure group Defend Council Housing, University of Brighton professor Peter Ambrose called for major reforms of housing and planning policy. His report, Second
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Car jobs safe after appeal
A car parts firm has won a planning battle which will secure 24 jobs at a warehouse. Brighton and Hove City Council turned down a bid by Car Parts and Accessories to change the use of Vale Works in Portslade from a light industrial building to a warehouse
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Murder trial told of injury
David Croke, accused of being a hitman in the Mohammed Raja murder trial, was today accused of lying about the extent of a hand injury. Croke, who is left-handed, is accused of murdering Mr Raja. He told the Old Bailey a disability in his right hand would
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Why Ivy can't go home
Every day, 91-year-old Ivy Ransome cries in her hospital bed and begs her husband to take her home. Every day Ted Ransome has to leave her behind and make his way back to Brighton, their home for more than 50 years. He has lost a stone in weight in the
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Message to drug dealers
Two drug dealers have been jailed for ten years each for their part in a crack cocaine ring. Judge David Rennie said he hoped the tough sentences would send out a clear message to any other dealers who "snuff out young lives". Henry McFarlane and Orren
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This Week's Jazz, from June 28
Tonight, saxophonist Pat Crumly brings his quartet to Brighton Jazz Club. Like many talented players, he has enjoyed parallel careers, running his own band and playing with Ronnie Scott in his quintet. As a tribute to the late tenor, he has been fronting
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Marco Dellacand, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer, until July 14
This photographic exhibition is titled The Long And Extraordinary Life of Madame Pune. When Italian artist Marco Dellacand came to England to study English, he rented a flat at the top of a house in Sunnydale Gardens, Penge. Soon after moving in, he found
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So You Think You're Funny? Komedia, Brighton, July 4
Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon has hosted this Channel 4 competition since 1988. Past winners of the prestigious stand-up contest include Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, Rhona Cameron, Tommy Tiernan, Phil Kay and Lee Mack. And that's not to mention just some of the
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Copacabana, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until June 29
Her name was Lola. She was a show girl. And she is the heroine of this passionate musical. Based on Barry Manilow's Grammy award-winning song, the glamorous show is set amid the swinging night club scene of the Forties. It follows the fortunes of Lola
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Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings, Brighton Dome, July 3
The bassist cemented himself as a rock 'n' roll great during his time with the Rolling Stones. In 1997, Wyman formed the Rhythm Kings - an outstanding line-up of musicians whose music will transport you to a hazy late-night bar filled with smoky jazz,
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Andy Williams, Brighton Centre, June 29
The crooner is set to reach a new generation of fans following his duet with TV babe Denise Van Outen. Their song, Can't Take My Eyes Off You, was a hit for Williams in 1968. Expect plenty of smooth classics, such as the incurably romantic Moon River
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Raymond Victor Mee, Brighton Museum Cafe, until September 8
The splendid prints and drawings of local artist Raymond Victor Mee are on show at Brighton Museum Art Gallery. It is an appropriate setting because Mee has consistently focused on the surrounding Regency architecture in his work. For the last six years
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Roger McGuinn, Martlets Hall, Burgess Hill, July 4
As a soloist and the mainstay of folk-rock band The Byrds, Roger McGuinn is regarded as one of the most influential artists of his generation. Along with artists such as Bob Dylan, The Byrds defined the folk-rock movement that progressed to acid-rock
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Help find our car
My daughter, a student at Sussex University, took my car to travel back home at end of term with all her worldly goods. In the early hours of Saturday, June 15, someone stole it from the Falmer car park. It's old - K reg - but is a really nice red Astra
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Hard act to follow gangster stunt
Being hacked to death by a machete-wielding gangster is all in a day's work for Tony Van Silva. Next week the Hove stuntman will appear to come to a sticky end in a TV documentary about East End gangster and actor John Bindon. Tony will play John Darke
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Plea for tolerance
I am a frequent traveller on Brighton and Hove's buses. On a number of occasions, I have been stunned by the intolerant attitude and, at times, threatening behaviour of members of the travelling public towards foreign students. Having spent several years
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Annul the gull cull
Of the 13 species of wild birds which may be killed under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, three are gulls but only if they are a danger to aircraft, farming or public health. Either a special licence, whose execution is closely monitored and controlled
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Faulty signal delays trains
A faulty signal at a train station led to delays for commuters yesterday. One coastal service was partly cancelled and others were delayed after a signal failed on platform three at Brighton station. Trains running to and from Brighton on the routes between
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Stupid club
I hope the parent with his youngster playing golf shots at Stanmer Park at the end of the Classic Car Show on Sunday, June 23, has, at the very least, a small twinge of conscience. The result of the youngster being allowed to play close to parked cars
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Outside, right
Dave Bangs' claim (Letters, June 24) that I was "adamant Toad's Hole Valley was a good potential site for a new stadium" is misleading. It was my belief that all possible sites should be fully explored and I did support the inclusion of Toad's Hole Valley
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Falmer site is too small for a stadium
Ivor Caplin overlooks the site earmarked for development at Falmer for the past 15 years being only eight acres (Letters, June 17). The proposed stadium would need a further ten acres of land designated for the national park and four acres currently occupied
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Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw
City councillor Bob Carden questions the term "boycott" in our report of the Green Party's decision not to attend the planning committee meeting on Falmer stadium. Councillor Carden, who chaired the meeting, says: "I remain confused as to how one boycotts
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Hunt for sex attacker
Police are hunting a man who indecently assaulted two girls in East Sussex and may have tried to attack a third. The first incident took place on June 19 at Luxford Road, Crowborough, where a 13-year-old girl was assaulted. The second assault took place
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Council to tackle pollution
City councillors will take part in a campaign next month to raise awareness of global warming. The councillors are backing Brighton-based company C City, which wants people and organisations to take practical measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
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Joy at museum's cash boost
Staff at Ditchling Museum are celebrating a National Lottery grant to help them attract more visitors. The museum was yesterday awarded up to £84,600 to update its collection and reach new audiences in the next three years. The museum was founded in 1985
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Fire in the spire
Firefighters have been praised for their quick action after a blaze started in a Mid Sussex church spire today. The blaze began at the top of the 25-metre tower at St Wilfrid's Church in Church Road, Haywards Heath, at 10.47am. Fire crews managed to prevent
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June 28: Sussex v Yorkshire (CC)
Sussex closed in on a second successive Championship win after taking two early wickets against Yorkshire at Arundel today. Billy Taylor struck with the fourth ball of Yorkshire's second innings when he trapped Craig White leg before as the former England
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Flat scheme set to be blocked
Councillors look set to refuse the demolition of two houses to make way for a block of flats. Planning officers fear ten two-bedroom flatsin Chesswood Road, Worthing, would be detrimental to the appearance of the area. One letter of objection sent to
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Danger of night blazes
Worthing fire crews were called to three blazes in an hour this morning when arsonists went on a fire spree. The first was a van fire at 12.45am in Ivy Arch Road, Worthing. When fire crews arrived they found a van well alight and petrol seeping into the
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Fears as GP numbers drop
Liberal Democrats have expressed alarm at new figures showing a decline in the number of family doctors. The number of GPs per 100,000 people in East Sussex, Brighton and Hove has fallen in the past four years from 53.2 to 51.9. Councillor Paul Elgood
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Gates to shut out boy racers
Gates will be installed at the entrance to Madeira Drive in an attempt to curb boy racers. Councillors on the policy committee of Brighton and Hove City Council agreed to the emergency measures on Brighton seafront at a cost of £20,000. The gates at the
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Mystery of dumped hats
Museum staff are putting on their deerstalkers after a collection of unusual hats was dumped on their doorstep. Workers were left bemused when a man rushed into the entrance of Worthing Museum, dumped two large bin liners full of hats, then ran out again
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Hattie japes
A mystery man rushed into Worthing Museum, left two large bin liners full of hats and rushed out again. The 21 hats include some which will be fine additions to the museum's 20th Century costume gallery. But staff really need to know more about the hats
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Cutter's way
My attention was drawn to an article about the shortfall between the levels of rent in Brighton and Hove and the maximum levels of housing benefit (June 24). This is indeed a real problem that urgently needs tackling. Imagine my surprise and amusement
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Bears in Summer League
Brighton Bears' Errol Seaman starred for Hackney White Heat with 17 points as they opened the Hossana Summer League with an 89-85 defeat to Sutton. Bears assistant coach Steve Swanson and guard Mike Brown take a South Coast side to the event at Crystal
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Be warned
Judge David Rennie has given a clear warning to professional drug dealers using Brighton and Hove as a sales ground. He jailed two dealers for ten years each after they used a flat in Whitehawk as their base for selling crack cocaine and heroin. Both
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Comedy act
Brighton and Hove City Council wants to be Capital of Culture? It must be joking - drugs out of control, people begging and sleeping in the streets, dirty streets, travellers parking wherever they want, children of Queen's Park having to use the bushes
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Second struggle
Sussex's hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the One Day Second XII Trophy look bleak, following a third defeat in four games. They were bowled out for a modest 169 by Kent at Sutton Valence School and the hosts then romped to victory by six wickets
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Warning of wild boar 'timebomb'
Sussex has suffered from plagues of flies, bees, ladybirds and even snails. Now, say experts, there's a new threat. Now another beast is threatening the county - wild boar. The rocketing population of wild boar could be a timebomb for the countryside.
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Prior on the loose
Matthew Prior and partners broke free from Yorkshire's spinners to put Sussex in a strong position after two days of the Championship match at Arundel. Prior made a career-best 85 and Mark Davis was unbeaten on 70 as Sussex's last five wickets doubled
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Sussex won't sign star names
Chairman David Green insisted today that Sussex will not be spending their £4.3 million on expensive additions to the playing staff. The county cricket club is the major beneficiary of the will of former president Spen Cama, who left it £7m of his estimated
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Little Chef for sale
Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef and the budget hotel operation Travelodge were put up for sale today. Catering giant Compass wants to offload the two operations to concentrate on its contract food service and vending businesses. Compass, based in
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WorldCom bosses face probe
Three WorldCom bosses have been ordered before a Congressional hearing to investigate how the telecom giant inflated its profits by £2.5 billion. Sacked chief financial officer Scott Sullivan and current chief executive John Sidgmore have been subpoenaed
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House market 'to crash in 2004'
The housing market is heading for a crash with property set to lose about ten per cent of its value by 2004, an investment magazine has predicted. Investors Chronicle said higher interest rates, rising unemployment and more expensive mortgage repayments
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1,000 visit jobs fair
More than 1,000 people visited the second Argus Careers and Training Fair of the year. Some of Brighton's biggest companies were at the show, designed to give jobseekers and employers the chance to meet. Among the exhibitors at the Hove Centre were American
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Cyclist quizzed over injured woman
A man has been reported for careless cycling after a woman was found unconscious with severe head injuries. Detectives spoke to a man following inquiries in the area where the woman was discovered with multiple fractures to her skull. The woman, now identified
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Bruce fund to save neglected dogs
Money donated to a memorial for Bruce, the police dog destroyed by Sussex police, is to be used to help save unwanted pets. Readers of The Argus donated more than £600 to the Bruce fund when the dog was put down after he bit off part of a teenager's ear
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Friends and lovers reunited
A web site has started to help reunite long-lost friends and lovers with a Brighton connection. The Brighton Friends site aims to get people back in contact with others they have met in the city. The idea is similar to the successful Friends Reunited
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Housing demand tops agenda
Government housing policy came under the spotlight at a meeting last night. Organised by pressure group Defend Council Housing, University of Brighton professor Peter Ambrose called for major reforms of housing and planning policy. His report, Second
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Curfew for Burger King
The Brighton North Street branch of Burger King has been ordered to shut at 1am instead of 3am because of early-morning trouble from drunks. The restaurant applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for renewal of its night cafe registration until 3am.
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Footpath closures slammed
Blanket closures of paths during the foot-and-mouth crisis severely damaged the tourist industry. In a damning report, the National Audit Office (NAO) has singled out the closure of rights of way in East Sussex. They were shut at the start of last year's
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Murder trial told of injury
David Croke, accused of being a hitman in the Mohammed Raja murder trial, was today accused of lying about the extent of a hand injury. Croke, who is left-handed, is accused of murdering Mr Raja. He told the Old Bailey a disability in his right hand would
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Vigil for bus fall boy
The parents of a schoolboy who fell 15ft through the top-deck window of a bus were holding a vigil at his hospital bedside last night. The family was too upset to talk about the accident in which 14-year-old Luke Mepham suffered serious head injuries.
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Date rape drug ordeal
A woman was slipped the so-called date rape drug Rohypnol by a man who chatted to her in a Sussex pub. The 22-year-old victim was at The Rainbow in High Street, Lewes, when the drug - a tranquilliser ten times more potent than valium - was put into her
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Boost for cancer unit fight
Campaigners fighting to keep their local breast care unit have been given a boost. Brighton and Hove city councillors are being asked to agree in principle to putting the unit on the site of Rosaz House in Bristol Gate, Brighton. An outline planning application
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Wanted: Would-be GI Joes
To some disgruntled Britons, they were "over-sexed, overpaid and over here". With their bulging wallets, laconic charm and transatlantic accent, GIs were a dream come true for British women. They left their mark on the history books by helping the Allies
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Shows of the Week, from June 28
Unity Wroe rounds up the best on stage in Sussex over the next seven days. LA TRAVIATA, Brighton Centre, June 30 VERDI'S operatic masterpiece tells a passionate yet tragic tale of the consumptive courtesan Violetta. Based on a true story, La Traviata
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Underlines, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, until July 20
The exhibition features map-based canvases by Anna Oliver, intimate canvases by Eilidh Crumlish and paintings by Sharon Haward. Oliver's pieces revolve around the themes of war and loss and examine the way in which personal and political events can be
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So You Think You're Funny? Komedia, Brighton, July 4
Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon has hosted this Channel 4 competition since 1988. Past winners of the prestigious stand-up contest include Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, Rhona Cameron, Tommy Tiernan, Phil Kay and Lee Mack. And that's not to mention just some of the
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Copacabana, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until June 29
Her name was Lola. She was a show girl. And she is the heroine of this passionate musical. Based on Barry Manilow's Grammy award-winning song, the glamorous show is set amid the swinging night club scene of the Forties. It follows the fortunes of Lola
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Phonic Hoop, Enigma, Brighton, June 29
Those lovely peeps at Tru Thoughts are hosting an album launch party for Quantic and Alice Russell. Quantic, who is releasing his second album, Apricot Morning, will be performing at the launch, along with vocalists Russell and Adrian EQ. With recent
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Petworth open-air concerts, Petworth Park, June 28-30
Open-air concerts take place at Petworth Park this weekend in one of the most important dates on the estate's calendar. Money raised from the three-day event is directed towards the conservation of the house and park. This year kicks off on the Friday
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Kinky, Honeyclub, Brighton, June 28
The Honeyclub's house night, Kinky, plays host to US DJ superstar Erick Morillo with his Subliminal Sessions. Morillo has played his way around the world on the back of his many talents as a DJ, producer and remixer and is a constant feature in top DJ
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Thanks for your support
I am always astounded by the generosity of people and for their continued support of the Sussex Beacon. Since May 1, we have raised £5,817. Our thanks go to: The White Horse for The Queen's Alternative Tea Party, £237; Golden Handbag Awards, £442; Eurovision
