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Best time ever
Despite the place being ridiculously crowded, I had the best time ever. The setting and the music were out of this world. Everybody was friendly and enjoying themselves. I would do it all over again. -Hannah Chambers, Snakes Lane East, Woodford Green,
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War pair reunited after 58 years
Tears flowed at the reunion of an ex-RAF airman and the woman who helped smuggle him out of wartime Poland. Nina Harper, 73, started sobbing as soon as she and 78-year-old Charlie Keen set eyes on each other for the first time in 58 years. And Charlie
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Top night
Thanks for a top night. I feel a bit bad about the scaremongers such as The Sun claiming it was near disaster. We were about 30 metres from the front, had space to dance and there was a great atmosphere. The percentage of incidents is 0.0004 per cent
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How to lose it
Wannabe a Capital of Culture? Here's seven ways to lose the plot. Organise a "free" concert on the beach and get the lifeboats, hospital, police, locals and ratepayers to pay for the consequences. License an event with no way of controlling it when the
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No communication
Last year, through purely word-of-mouth and with little local advertising, let alone national advertising, Norman Cook's Big Beach Boutique brought approximately 30,000 people to his gig. This year, with the benefit of interviews with Norman Cook, a recently
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Can't succeed
A key cause of the Fatboy Slim beach over-crowding (The Argus, July 15) was a helicopter which blocked out the music to anyone east of the Old Ship Hotel. Its intrusion gave the unfortunate impression that the show was less of a community event than a
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Let's entertain
Here we go again - Brighton hosts another successful and well-attended event and the busybodies out and about want to ensure it does not happen again. Brighton and Hove is a city and a resort by the sea which attracts a wide range of visitors. Let us
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Overwhelming
We want our young people to enjoy travelling and have fun. Unfortunately, the 26-year-old woman fatally injured on Saturday night is my best friend's daughter, who is Australian. The sad news has reached us and her parents have travelled to England. What
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Recycling sham
"Landfill site" and "rubbish dump" were just two of the descriptions in the national Press of the effect of Fatboy Slim's beach disco (it was not a "concert"). One need hardly add to that, other than to point out that the way in which all this was promoted
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Thanks, everyone
Thank you, City of Brighton and Hove, for coping with the unexpectedly large number of visitors on the beach. Thank you, visitors, for not causing too much trouble and being generally well-behaved. I don't blame them for the tons of rubbish left on the
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Out of town
So the organisers and planners are happy with the Fatboy Slim party on the beach and deem it a success. Well, apart from the diabolical traffic mess upon the London Road entailing at least a queue of five miles, hundreds of people unable to get home after
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Woman's face slashed
Detectives believe a woman who was slashed across her face and neck was not the victim of a random attack. They say the 34-year-old was targeted but are keeping an open mind as to why. She was set upon by a man wielding a bladed weapon after she opened
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Lawyers put stop to council project
A unique regeneration project for Brighton and Hove, designed to create hundreds of jobs, has been halted by a legal hitch. The Brighton and Hove City Mutual Project was launched last year and was due to get under way soon. Residents and organisations
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
As queries go, it was very small, hardly worth an "Excuse me" or a "Sorry to bother you but ..." It did, however, require an answer before I could return The Form. The Form came from the local council offices and had to be returned within a specified
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£1m key telecoms contract
A Sussex software company has won a £1.1 million deal with one of the world's biggest telecoms firms. Q-Labs Software Engineering, a provider of out- and in-sourcing software, has signed an agreement with a division of Ericsson. The contract with Ericsson
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In the bag
I noticed in City News last Sunday an item in which Brighton and Hove City Council's cultural committee declared its support for Norman Cook's concert and, moreover, announced its crucial importance for Brighton's image as a happening place in its European
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Fatboy's good for our tills
While fans enjoyed Fatboy Slim's party beats, businesses were dancing to a different tune - the sound of till bells ringing. But businessmen and women in Brighton and Hove were not exactly laughing all the way to the bank. The weekend's extra takings
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City bucks trend
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Brighton and Hove has fallen, bucking the national trend. Figures released today show unemployment in the city fell from 4,985 people in May to 4,838 last month. Across the country the number of people
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Keep it for locals
The people slagging off the event on Saturday night are totally out of order. I think it was great. Fair enough, there were far too many people but they were all were in good spirits. It should go ahead in the future but the numbers need to be kept down
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Outsider support
It should come as no surprise that Michael Lewis (Letters, July 16), who argues that the Normstock event should take place again next year, lives in Burgess Hill. Had his town been destroyed by litter, the overpowering stench of urine and the likely damage
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Down but not out, yet
Hopes were high late last year when the Brighton and Hove City Mutual project was launched in the city. The idea of getting people to invest in developments providing jobs was backed by all the right organisations including the council, the Regeneration
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Why so negative?
I feel upset by the completely negative headlines about the weekend's beach party. All credit to the 250,000 people who remained good-humoured throughout. Where did you find those complaining people? Everyone I have spoken to had a great time. The main
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Athletics: In a class of their own
Carley Wenham and Craig Ivemy have raced to national gold medal glory. Wenham (Ifield Community College) won the junior girls' 100m title and Ivemy (Ringmer Community College) the intermediate boys' 3,000m at the All England Schools Championships in Nottingham
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Albion agree new kit deal
Albion have agreed a new six-figure deal with shirt sponsors Skint Records. The new one-year agreement will run until the end of the season and the Seagulls are launching new home and away change strips that will bear a new style Skint logo. Skint began
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Comment: Ian Hart
The wait is over. Albion have finally got a new manager in Martin Hinshelwood. Some people outside Sussex will no doubt be shouting who? The rest of us want to ask chairman Dick Knight: "What took you so long?" From the moment Peter Taylor walked out
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First blood for Hinsh
Martin Hinshelwood will go for experience as he looks to strengthen Albion's squad for their First Division adventure. The new Seagulls boss gave a debut to striker Bradley Allen in last night's satisfying 4-1 friendly win at Worthing. Allen, 30, reached
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Darts: Hammond's aim true for England
Michael Hammond helped England secure a silver medal in the European Junior Championships at Mechelen in Belgium. The 15-year-old from Brighton won 12 of his 16 games. Hammond won his match in the final against Scotland before the auld enemy came through
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Demand for money falls
Shares in bank note printer De La Rue slumped 34 per cent as investor confidence was rocked by a profits warning. De La Rue warned interim profits were likely to be significantly below last year's £100.9 million. Last year saw a surge in orders following
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Charity cash stolen during fit
A brain-damaged fund-raiser collecting cash for charity was targeted by thieves as he suffered an epileptic fit. Michael Owen, 55, had raised £30 for local youths at Littlehampton Carnival on Saturday when he began fitting. He fell to the floor, dropping
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Contraflow cowboys
While I agree motorists who drive in Brighton and Hove's bus lanes should be fined, what about taxi drivers who go through the contraflow at Old Steine when it is clearly signposted for buses and bicycles only? -John Dine, johnenid@mjmsab.fsnet.co.uk
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What second post?
Regarding the Post Office discarding the second post - what second post? I haven't had one for some time. Oh well, what you don't have, you don't miss. -Ron Wood, Hartington Road, Brighton
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Late bid for extra seats
Why on earth are Brighton and Hove Albion waiting for later on in the season to even put in a planning application for more seats (The Argus, July 13)? Surely this should have been done months ago, as they are desperate for more cash and Falmer, if it
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Jumping the queue
Why should travellers be given more official sites when people who have lived in Brighton and Hove for years have no hope of a home? Talk about jumping the queue. If you are a traveller, you travel. Will they be paying tax and all the other bills we all
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Youths risk their lives on pier
Youngsters have been risking their lives by climbing on to Brighton's West pier. People have watched in horror as youths clambered on to the derelict structure. They are getting over barbed wire and ignoring danger notices before setting foot on the pier
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Lost lessons
I am glad to hear Alan Nunn is not "anti-European" considering our country is in Europe and he is therefore, by definition, a European whether he likes it or not (Letters, July 11). Although I share Mr Nunn's anti-fascist sentiments, my take on history
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Tired Tories
Jonathan Sheppard tries once again to promote the belief that increases in public spending do nothing to improve education and healthcare and that anyone who provides evidence that things are getting better is just engaging in "spin". He hopes that over
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Hospital slammed by watchdog
Emergency hospital services in Crawley have been criticised in a government watchdog report. The Commission for Health Improvement (Chi) has serious concerns about the way care for emergency patients is organised at Crawley Hospital. The concerns were
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Here's to Normstock III
A big cheer for Norman Cook but a small boo to The Argus for your pessimistic coverage of Saturday's Big Beach Boutique II event. Why wasn't The Argus headline more positive about Saturday's free Normstock concert? Rather than "Never again", why not "
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Cards to take swipe at truants
Pupils will soon be using swipe cards as part of a truancy crackdown. The new products will soon spell the end of the class register at four schools in West Sussex thanks to an £86,000 government grant. Parents will be able to use the internet to check
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Only Fatboy
We should be proud of Norman Cook, who clearly values and contributes greatly to Brighton and Hove, not berate him for entertaining a quarter of a million people in a one-off event. Only an artist such as the Fatboy and a city such as Brighton and Hove
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We loved it
Thank you, Brighton. See you next year. My friend and I stayed on after the gig and were very happy with what Brighton has to offer. -Paul Montague, York Road, Woking, Surrey
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Public approves King Alfred
Most people responding to a survey have supported plans for a leisure centre. Almost four out of five people backed Brighton and Hove City Council's proposals to build a new King Alfred leisure centre on the seafront in Hove, paid for by building hundreds
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Fantastic dancing
I went to see Fatboy Slim, as I did last year, with my wife and our two boys. We expected more people than last year but not the numbers we found on the seafront. Party-goers were willing to help us get the kids through the crowd when things were too
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Hire a boat next
I travelled down on Saturday morning. It was well worth the five-hour journey down and three hours back. I hope it goes ahead next year as we enjoyed the experience that much - it will be well worth it to hire a boat. Big shout to John Digweed. -Lee Forster
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Best time ever
Despite the place being ridiculously crowded, I had the best time ever. The setting and the music were out of this world. Everybody was friendly and enjoying themselves. I would do it all over again. -Hannah Chambers, Snakes Lane East, Woodford Green,
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Feet at risk
I helped at Bar Del Mer Bar near the stage. It was obvious there were not enough police and stewards and basic things such as larger signs to the toilets. I play beach volleyball. The morning after the event, I had to spend three hours clearing the sand
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How to lose it
Wannabe a Capital of Culture? Here's seven ways to lose the plot. Organise a "free" concert on the beach and get the lifeboats, hospital, police, locals and ratepayers to pay for the consequences. License an event with no way of controlling it when the
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Euro invaders have sting on the tail
Sussex residents are being warned to watch out for super-sized killer wasps. The Euro wasps, double the size of our own, have made their way across the Channel and are setting up home in bushes and shrubs. Wasp experts fear for people's safety because
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Can't succeed
A key cause of the Fatboy Slim beach over-crowding (The Argus, July 15) was a helicopter which blocked out the music to anyone east of the Old Ship Hotel. Its intrusion gave the unfortunate impression that the show was less of a community event than a
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Let's entertain
Here we go again - Brighton hosts another successful and well-attended event and the busybodies out and about want to ensure it does not happen again. Brighton and Hove is a city and a resort by the sea which attracts a wide range of visitors. Let us
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Overwhelming
We want our young people to enjoy travelling and have fun. Unfortunately, the 26-year-old woman fatally injured on Saturday night is my best friend's daughter, who is Australian. The sad news has reached us and her parents have travelled to England. What
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Contingency plans
I saw the preparations being made on Saturday morning and then watched the programme, on and off, in the evening and thought, "What a good advert for the city, with the perfect weather and everyone enjoying themselves". It made me feel proud on what we
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Thanks, everyone
Thank you, City of Brighton and Hove, for coping with the unexpectedly large number of visitors on the beach. Thank you, visitors, for not causing too much trouble and being generally well-behaved. I don't blame them for the tons of rubbish left on the
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Out of town
So the organisers and planners are happy with the Fatboy Slim party on the beach and deem it a success. Well, apart from the diabolical traffic mess upon the London Road entailing at least a queue of five miles, hundreds of people unable to get home after
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Prison plans on hold
Plans to renovate one of the worst sections of Lewes Prison have been put back. F wing, which holds vulnerable prisoners, was due to have major work as part of a £24 million refurbishment of the jail. Work was expected to start later this year but Home
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Nowhere else
It looks like J13 - or July 13, 2002 - will go down as an infamous date in Brighton's history. It was always cynical to link a beach party with the Capital of Culture bid, thus inflating it out of all proportion. I would support a funky event for locals
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Woman's face slashed
Detectives believe a woman who was slashed across her face and neck was not the victim of a random attack. They say the 34-year-old was targeted but are keeping an open mind as to why. She was set upon by a man wielding a bladed weapon after she opened
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Lawyers put stop to council project
A unique regeneration project for Brighton and Hove, designed to create hundreds of jobs, has been halted by a legal hitch. The Brighton and Hove City Mutual Project was launched last year and was due to get under way soon. Residents and organisations
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
As queries go, it was very small, hardly worth an "Excuse me" or a "Sorry to bother you but ..." It did, however, require an answer before I could return The Form. The Form came from the local council offices and had to be returned within a specified
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Output is to mushroom
A Sussex mushroom company is investing £10 million in the next five years to raise production. Heveco Mushrooms, based at Thakeham, near Storrington, will increase the availability of English mushrooms in the EU. It will increase its annual UK production
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£1m key telecoms contract
A Sussex software company has won a £1.1 million deal with one of the world's biggest telecoms firms. Q-Labs Software Engineering, a provider of out- and in-sourcing software, has signed an agreement with a division of Ericsson. The contract with Ericsson
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Lotto man's prize of a working balance
When former Camelot director Andrew Newton started his own business in Sussex it was like winning the lottery. Mr Newton, who lives in Chailey, used to spend his working week away from home, only seeing his wife and children at weekends. Time with his
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Fatboy's good for our tills
While fans enjoyed Fatboy Slim's party beats, businesses were dancing to a different tune - the sound of till bells ringing. But businessmen and women in Brighton and Hove were not exactly laughing all the way to the bank. The weekend's extra takings
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City bucks trend
The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in Brighton and Hove has fallen, bucking the national trend. Figures released today show unemployment in the city fell from 4,985 people in May to 4,838 last month. Across the country the number of people
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Keep it for locals
The people slagging off the event on Saturday night are totally out of order. I think it was great. Fair enough, there were far too many people but they were all were in good spirits. It should go ahead in the future but the numbers need to be kept down
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Playing a tuna
Children in the playground at Queen's Park in Brighton should watch what they are buying from the caf. For the chances are that if they sit down on a bench to eat a tuna sandwich, a seagull will swoop down in the hope of snatching it. Any kids waving
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Outsider support
It should come as no surprise that Michael Lewis (Letters, July 16), who argues that the Normstock event should take place again next year, lives in Burgess Hill. Had his town been destroyed by litter, the overpowering stench of urine and the likely damage
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More trains
I am a 65-year-old woman who, with a friend, went to London for the day last Saturday. I was aware of Big Beach Boutique II, of course, but as we planned to travel back at about 5.30pm, we assumed the rail company would be putting on not only more trains
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Sailing: Campbell-James is world class
Paul Campbell-James has won a world title. The 19-year-old, from Sidlesham, skippered the British team that claimed the World University Match Racing Championship crown in Quiberon, France. Campbell-James, the former Royal Yacht Association Young Sailor
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Why so negative?
I feel upset by the completely negative headlines about the weekend's beach party. All credit to the 250,000 people who remained good-humoured throughout. Where did you find those complaining people? Everyone I have spoken to had a great time. The main
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Lucky thousands had a beautiful evening
On Saturday evening, I was travelling back from Worthing on the seafront road. When I reached Southwick at about 11.30, I began to encounter groups of people, all walking westwards. As I reached Portslade and Hove, they increased in number and I realised
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Darts: Hammond's aim true for England
Michael Hammond helped England secure a silver medal in the European Junior Championships at Mechelen in Belgium. The 15-year-old from Brighton won 12 of his 16 games. Hammond won his match in the final against Scotland before the auld enemy came through
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War on drugs cash boost
Cash is available for community groups wanting to tackle drug problems in the Lewes area. Organisations can now apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to fund small community-led initiatives. The Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership of Lewes District Council
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Prudent councillors claim less
Adur councillors claimed £37,779 in allowances and expenses last year, one of the lowest of any district council in England and Wales. The average payment for each district councillor was £969, or £18 a week, with members attending an average of 15 meetings
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Vandals smash up coach
A party of Welsh tourists have vowed never to return to Worthing after their coaches were smashed up by vandals. The group of 80 pensioners from Pontypridd came to the town for a relaxing week-long break, but were dismayed to find £20,000 worth of damage
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Hospital slammed by watchdog
Emergency hospital services in Crawley have been criticised in a government watchdog report. The Commission for Health Improvement (Chi) has serious concerns about the way care for emergency patients is organised at Crawley Hospital. The concerns were
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No big spenders
Adur councillors claimed £37,779 in allowances and expenses last year, one of the lowest of any district council in England and Wales. The average payment for each district councillor was £969, or £18 a week, with members attending an average of 15 meetings
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Contraflow cowboys
While I agree motorists who drive in Brighton and Hove's bus lanes should be fined, what about taxi drivers who go through the contraflow at Old Steine when it is clearly signposted for buses and bicycles only? -John Dine, johnenid@mjmsab.fsnet.co.uk
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Council staff strike chaos
Thousands of council workers across Sussex went on strike today, bringing many services to a standstill. Union leaders said 6,500 council workers were taking part in industrial action across Brighton and East Sussex to call for higher wages. Brighton
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What second post?
Regarding the Post Office discarding the second post - what second post? I haven't had one for some time. Oh well, what you don't have, you don't miss. -Ron Wood, Hartington Road, Brighton
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Cuppa campaign brews up
A campaign has been launched to make Brighton and Hove the capital of tea. Fans of the traditional cuppa joined restaurant managers and staff to call for a return to the afternoon tea break. Carrying placards and handing out leaflets, they demanded: "
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Space to cherish
Adam Trimingham's feature about The Level (The Argus Weekend, July 13) was a welcome reminder of how important the park is to people in Brighton. To Adam's memories can be added the use of the site by the military during the Second World War, with the
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Vicious cycle
I agree with M A Tuck (Letters, July 12) about pavement cyclists. Recently, one collided with me on the pavement of Windmill Bridge in Rustington, a hotbed for them. He glanced off my shoulder and almost came off his bike into the road. Had a juggernaut
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Blair witch
Recent criticism of Labour Party policy in The Argus letters pages did not go far enough. We have a Prime Minister who says education is a priority, yet feels the need to pay extra for tuition for his own children. We have a government which constantly
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Tired Tories
Jonathan Sheppard tries once again to promote the belief that increases in public spending do nothing to improve education and healthcare and that anyone who provides evidence that things are getting better is just engaging in "spin". He hopes that over
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Hospital slammed by watchdog
Emergency hospital services in Crawley have been criticised in a government watchdog report. The Commission for Health Improvement (Chi) has serious concerns about the way care for emergency patients is organised at Crawley Hospital. The concerns were
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Cards to take swipe at truants
Pupils will soon be using swipe cards as part of a truancy crackdown. The new products will soon spell the end of the class register at four schools in West Sussex thanks to an £86,000 government grant. Parents will be able to use the internet to check
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Fantastic dancing
I went to see Fatboy Slim, as I did last year, with my wife and our two boys. We expected more people than last year but not the numbers we found on the seafront. Party-goers were willing to help us get the kids through the crowd when things were too
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Hire a boat next
I travelled down on Saturday morning. It was well worth the five-hour journey down and three hours back. I hope it goes ahead next year as we enjoyed the experience that much - it will be well worth it to hire a boat. Big shout to John Digweed. -Lee Forster
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No trouble
I went to the beach on Saturday night. Despite all the negative publicity regarding the event, I had a fantastic time. It was a great night with a real party atmosphere, proving that large numbers of people can have fun without causing trouble. Well done
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Feet at risk
I helped at Bar Del Mer Bar near the stage. It was obvious there were not enough police and stewards and basic things such as larger signs to the toilets. I play beach volleyball. The morning after the event, I had to spend three hours clearing the sand
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Euro invaders have sting on the tail
Sussex residents are being warned to watch out for super-sized killer wasps. The Euro wasps, double the size of our own, have made their way across the Channel and are setting up home in bushes and shrubs. Wasp experts fear for people's safety because
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Killjoy 'copter
What a wonderful event enjoyed by so many. Enormous thanks from a 50-something to Norman for putting on such a great event. But who was the killjoy senior police officer who decided his helicopter had to hover for more than an hour, destroying the enjoyment
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Contingency plans
I saw the preparations being made on Saturday morning and then watched the programme, on and off, in the evening and thought, "What a good advert for the city, with the perfect weather and everyone enjoying themselves". It made me feel proud on what we
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Calls for more bobbies on the beat
Demands for more bobbies on the beat and a crackdown on rowdy behaviour by youths topped the concerns of residents at a community action meeting last night. Residents of the Hangleton and Knoll area of Hove sat down with police officers and a representative
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Prison plans on hold
Plans to renovate one of the worst sections of Lewes Prison have been put back. F wing, which holds vulnerable prisoners, was due to have major work as part of a £24 million refurbishment of the jail. Work was expected to start later this year but Home
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Nowhere else
It looks like J13 - or July 13, 2002 - will go down as an infamous date in Brighton's history. It was always cynical to link a beach party with the Capital of Culture bid, thus inflating it out of all proportion. I would support a funky event for locals
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Mugged by seagulls
Tuna sandwiches on sale at a cafe have started to come with a stark warning - look out for diving seagulls. The cheeky birds have become such a nuisance in Queen's Park, Brighton, that picnickers have declared war. The gulls like to target people eating
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Printer helps children in need
A Brighton printer's fast service won praise when stepped in at short notice to produce an information pack Up the Ladder, for the London-based Children's Rights Officers and Advocates. Digital print specialist XPS, based at Portslade Business Park, was
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Farming group backs the Prince
Support for Prince Charles' stance on farming has come from a Sussex accountant who heads the farming and rural business group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. The Prince said farming was under threat because consumers put price before quality
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Output is to mushroom
A Sussex mushroom company is investing £10 million in the next five years to raise production. Heveco Mushrooms, based at Thakeham, near Storrington, will increase the availability of English mushrooms in the EU. It will increase its annual UK production
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Lotto man's prize of a working balance
When former Camelot director Andrew Newton started his own business in Sussex it was like winning the lottery. Mr Newton, who lives in Chailey, used to spend his working week away from home, only seeing his wife and children at weekends. Time with his
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Why live here?
Who the hell does this silly Fatboy Slim character think he is? Why can't he grow up? I am furious at the way the city has been trashed - the beach is still unusable. We haven't had many sunny weekends and his stupid "party" has meant no one can enjoy
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Who pays?
Big Beach Boutique II was an enormous success. Two hundred thousand youngsters attended and only six arrests were made. Credit is due to those who came, many from other parts of the country. However, an equally enormous amount of rubbish has also been
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Show respect
What a fantastic event Big Beach Boutique II was. However, returning at midnight on Saturday night, I was confronted with a hostile and tense atmosphere. People were hurling abuse and punches at each other, urinating everywhere and smashing bottles all
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Playing a tuna
Children in the playground at Queen's Park in Brighton should watch what they are buying from the caf. For the chances are that if they sit down on a bench to eat a tuna sandwich, a seagull will swoop down in the hope of snatching it. Any kids waving
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Heartless act
Two thieves stole £30 from a man at Littlehampton Carnival while he was having an epileptic fit. They saw their chance to help themselves to a bucket full of money while Michael Owen was lying unconscious on the ground. If these youngsters have any conscience
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Raja jury resumes
The Mohammed Raja murder jury was today resuming deliberations at the Old Bailey. The six men and six women sat from 10am to 4pm yesterday without reaching verdicts. Nicholas Hoogstraten, 57, of High Cross Estate, Framfield, near Heathfield, denies murdering
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More trains
I am a 65-year-old woman who, with a friend, went to London for the day last Saturday. I was aware of Big Beach Boutique II, of course, but as we planned to travel back at about 5.30pm, we assumed the rail company would be putting on not only more trains
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Sailing: Campbell-James is world class
Paul Campbell-James has won a world title. The 19-year-old, from Sidlesham, skippered the British team that claimed the World University Match Racing Championship crown in Quiberon, France. Campbell-James, the former Royal Yacht Association Young Sailor
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Lucky thousands had a beautiful evening
On Saturday evening, I was travelling back from Worthing on the seafront road. When I reached Southwick at about 11.30, I began to encounter groups of people, all walking westwards. As I reached Portslade and Hove, they increased in number and I realised
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Worthing 1, Albion 4
Who says results do not matter in pre-season friendlies? Not Martin Hinshelwood, who kicked off his career as Albion manager with a victory. The Seagulls' boss was fired to the annual pre-season win at Woodside Road by a thunderous double strike from
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Spending in the rain
High Street sales continued to grow last month despite the rainy weather and distraction of the World Cup. The monthly survey, by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and accountant KPMG, said like-for-like sales in June were four per cent ahead of June
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Energis bailed out by 16 banks
Struggling telecoms group Energis was bailed out by its banks in a move that sees former Asda boss Archie Norman take over as chairman. The Conservative MP has been parachuted in after Energis' 16 banks bought the company's UK operation in a complex financial
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Prom fall nurse dies
A nurse who fell 20ft off railings on Brighton seafront after Fatboy Slim's beach party has died. Karen Manders's parents and brother Jason were at her bedside at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, when she stopped breathing at 1pm yesterday.
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Anyone have this recording?
I had the honour to run the bars at Glyndebourne roughly 25 years ago. When I started, I hated the music but I stayed for seven years. I regret not having had a signature from the Royal Family and the well-known TV people who went. The girls who were
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Council staff strike chaos
Thousands of council workers across Sussex went on strike today, bringing many services to a standstill. Union leaders said 6,500 council workers were taking part in industrial action across Brighton and East Sussex to call for higher wages. Brighton
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Culling old gold
With numerous rest and nursing homes closing at an alarming rate and elderly people being the least priority in their wait for a hospital bed and home-care services being cut, one wonders if this is a crafty way of "culling" old gold because of the Government's
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Cuppa campaign brews up
A campaign has been launched to make Brighton and Hove the capital of tea. Fans of the traditional cuppa joined restaurant managers and staff to call for a return to the afternoon tea break. Carrying placards and handing out leaflets, they demanded: "
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Space to cherish
Adam Trimingham's feature about The Level (The Argus Weekend, July 13) was a welcome reminder of how important the park is to people in Brighton. To Adam's memories can be added the use of the site by the military during the Second World War, with the
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Vicious cycle
I agree with M A Tuck (Letters, July 12) about pavement cyclists. Recently, one collided with me on the pavement of Windmill Bridge in Rustington, a hotbed for them. He glanced off my shoulder and almost came off his bike into the road. Had a juggernaut
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Blair witch
Recent criticism of Labour Party policy in The Argus letters pages did not go far enough. We have a Prime Minister who says education is a priority, yet feels the need to pay extra for tuition for his own children. We have a government which constantly
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Pale imitation
When Groucho Marx was elected President Rufus T Firefly in the film Duck Soup, his policy was, "Whatever it is, I'm against it". This policy appears to have been adopted by Jonathan Shepperd (Letters, July 13), who wrote opposing Gordon Brown's Comprehensive
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I only survive
I am a secretary and admin support assistant at a special school in Brighton. I have the school holidays off, a small pension to look forward to and I love my job. So why am I striking today? Simple. I can't live on my salary - I just about survive. After
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Why I'm striking over council pay
I am an employee of Brighton and Hove City Council and today am striking over pay. The Government has offered employees a three per cent pay rise. Unison has asked for either a flat-rate increase of £1,750 or six per cent. Negotiations closed before an
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Never say never
Brighton and Hove has had its "wake-up call" to being a city, an exciting place where people want to come to enjoy themselves. What a good-natured crowd we experienced and most of them were young people who were not drunk. At 10pm, people were leaving
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Who Killed "Agatha" Christie?, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until July 20
Until Monday evening, I had Lionel Blair pegged as a good song-and-dance man and chairman of the men's team in Give Us A Clue - and that was about it. But, as an actor in a drama, he is a revelation. In Who Killed "Agatha" Christie? he plays an acerbic
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Angie Stone, Brighton Dome
No gimmicks, no diatribes, no diva attitude, just soul. That was what Angie Stone gave her fans. Miss Angie didn't tease her audience. She came, she sang and she stole their hearts. This was a sincere, well-balanced performance from the woman known as
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War pair reunited after 58 years
Tears flowed at the reunion of an ex-RAF airman and the woman who helped smuggle him out of wartime Poland. Nina Harper, 73, started sobbing as soon as she and 78-year-old Charlie Keen set eyes on each other for the first time in 58 years. And Charlie
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No trouble
I went to the beach on Saturday night. Despite all the negative publicity regarding the event, I had a fantastic time. It was a great night with a real party atmosphere, proving that large numbers of people can have fun without causing trouble. Well done
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Top night
Thanks for a top night. I feel a bit bad about the scaremongers such as The Sun claiming it was near disaster. We were about 30 metres from the front, had space to dance and there was a great atmosphere. The percentage of incidents is 0.0004 per cent
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No communication
Last year, through purely word-of-mouth and with little local advertising, let alone national advertising, Norman Cook's Big Beach Boutique brought approximately 30,000 people to his gig. This year, with the benefit of interviews with Norman Cook, a recently
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Killjoy 'copter
What a wonderful event enjoyed by so many. Enormous thanks from a 50-something to Norman for putting on such a great event. But who was the killjoy senior police officer who decided his helicopter had to hover for more than an hour, destroying the enjoyment
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Recycling sham
"Landfill site" and "rubbish dump" were just two of the descriptions in the national Press of the effect of Fatboy Slim's beach disco (it was not a "concert"). One need hardly add to that, other than to point out that the way in which all this was promoted
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Calls for more bobbies on the beat
Demands for more bobbies on the beat and a crackdown on rowdy behaviour by youths topped the concerns of residents at a community action meeting last night. Residents of the Hangleton and Knoll area of Hove sat down with police officers and a representative
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Mugged by seagulls
Tuna sandwiches on sale at a cafe have started to come with a stark warning - look out for diving seagulls. The cheeky birds have become such a nuisance in Queen's Park, Brighton, that picnickers have declared war. The gulls like to target people eating
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Printer helps children in need
A Brighton printer's fast service won praise when stepped in at short notice to produce an information pack Up the Ladder, for the London-based Children's Rights Officers and Advocates. Digital print specialist XPS, based at Portslade Business Park, was
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Farming group backs the Prince
Support for Prince Charles' stance on farming has come from a Sussex accountant who heads the farming and rural business group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. The Prince said farming was under threat because consumers put price before quality
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In the bag
I noticed in City News last Sunday an item in which Brighton and Hove City Council's cultural committee declared its support for Norman Cook's concert and, moreover, announced its crucial importance for Brighton's image as a happening place in its European
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Why live here?
Who the hell does this silly Fatboy Slim character think he is? Why can't he grow up? I am furious at the way the city has been trashed - the beach is still unusable. We haven't had many sunny weekends and his stupid "party" has meant no one can enjoy
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Who pays?
Big Beach Boutique II was an enormous success. Two hundred thousand youngsters attended and only six arrests were made. Credit is due to those who came, many from other parts of the country. However, an equally enormous amount of rubbish has also been
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Show respect
What a fantastic event Big Beach Boutique II was. However, returning at midnight on Saturday night, I was confronted with a hostile and tense atmosphere. People were hurling abuse and punches at each other, urinating everywhere and smashing bottles all
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Heartless act
Two thieves stole £30 from a man at Littlehampton Carnival while he was having an epileptic fit. They saw their chance to help themselves to a bucket full of money while Michael Owen was lying unconscious on the ground. If these youngsters have any conscience
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Raja jury resumes
The Mohammed Raja murder jury was today resuming deliberations at the Old Bailey. The six men and six women sat from 10am to 4pm yesterday without reaching verdicts. Nicholas Hoogstraten, 57, of High Cross Estate, Framfield, near Heathfield, denies murdering
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Down but not out, yet
Hopes were high late last year when the Brighton and Hove City Mutual project was launched in the city. The idea of getting people to invest in developments providing jobs was backed by all the right organisations including the council, the Regeneration
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Athletics: In a class of their own
Carley Wenham and Craig Ivemy have raced to national gold medal glory. Wenham (Ifield Community College) won the junior girls' 100m title and Ivemy (Ringmer Community College) the intermediate boys' 3,000m at the All England Schools Championships in Nottingham
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Albion agree new kit deal
Albion have agreed a new six-figure deal with shirt sponsors Skint Records. The new one-year agreement will run until the end of the season and the Seagulls are launching new home and away change strips that will bear a new style Skint logo. Skint began
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Comment: Ian Hart
The wait is over. Albion have finally got a new manager in Martin Hinshelwood. Some people outside Sussex will no doubt be shouting who? The rest of us want to ask chairman Dick Knight: "What took you so long?" From the moment Peter Taylor walked out
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Worthing 1, Albion 4
Who says results do not matter in pre-season friendlies? Not Martin Hinshelwood, who kicked off his career as Albion manager with a victory. The Seagulls' boss was fired to the annual pre-season win at Woodside Road by a thunderous double strike from
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First blood for Hinsh
Martin Hinshelwood will go for experience as he looks to strengthen Albion's squad for their First Division adventure. The new Seagulls boss gave a debut to striker Bradley Allen in last night's satisfying 4-1 friendly win at Worthing. Allen, 30, reached
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Woman's face slashed
Detectives believe a woman who was slashed across her face and neck was not the victim of a random attack. They say the 34-year-old was targeted but are keeping an open mind as to why. She was set upon by a man wielding a bladed weapon after she opened
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Demand for money falls
Shares in bank note printer De La Rue slumped 34 per cent as investor confidence was rocked by a profits warning. De La Rue warned interim profits were likely to be significantly below last year's £100.9 million. Last year saw a surge in orders following
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Spending in the rain
High Street sales continued to grow last month despite the rainy weather and distraction of the World Cup. The monthly survey, by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and accountant KPMG, said like-for-like sales in June were four per cent ahead of June
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Energis bailed out by 16 banks
Struggling telecoms group Energis was bailed out by its banks in a move that sees former Asda boss Archie Norman take over as chairman. The Conservative MP has been parachuted in after Energis' 16 banks bought the company's UK operation in a complex financial
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Work to start on school safety
Work to improve safety around the entrance of an Eastbourne is due to start next week. The £86,000 scheme for Willingdon Community School in Eastbourne will include the narrowing of the road, installation of a zebra crossing, improved street lighting
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Cards to take swipe at truants
West Sussex pupils will soon be using swipe cards as part of a truancy crackdown. The new products will soon spell the end of the class register at four schools in West Sussex thanks to an £86,000 government grant. Parents will be able to use the internet
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Charity cash stolen during fit
A brain-damaged fund-raiser collecting cash for charity was targeted by thieves as he suffered an epileptic fit. Michael Owen, 55, had raised £30 for local youths at Littlehampton Carnival on Saturday when he began fitting. He fell to the floor, dropping
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Prom fall nurse dies
A nurse who fell 20ft off railings on Brighton seafront after Fatboy Slim's beach party has died. Karen Manders's parents and brother Jason were at her bedside at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, when she stopped breathing at 1pm yesterday.
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Lethal virus drama at pool
Children had to evacuate a fun pool when a man infected with a potentially lethal virus bled into the water. A swimmer at the Sovereign Centre, Royal Parade, Eastbourne, reported to lifeguards with a nose bleed and told them he carried the liver damaging
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Anyone have this recording?
I had the honour to run the bars at Glyndebourne roughly 25 years ago. When I started, I hated the music but I stayed for seven years. I regret not having had a signature from the Royal Family and the well-known TV people who went. The girls who were
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Culling old gold
With numerous rest and nursing homes closing at an alarming rate and elderly people being the least priority in their wait for a hospital bed and home-care services being cut, one wonders if this is a crafty way of "culling" old gold because of the Government's
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Late bid for extra seats
Why on earth are Brighton and Hove Albion waiting for later on in the season to even put in a planning application for more seats (The Argus, July 13)? Surely this should have been done months ago, as they are desperate for more cash and Falmer, if it
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Jumping the queue
Why should travellers be given more official sites when people who have lived in Brighton and Hove for years have no hope of a home? Talk about jumping the queue. If you are a traveller, you travel. Will they be paying tax and all the other bills we all
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Youths risk their lives on pier
Youngsters have been risking their lives by climbing on to Brighton's West pier. People have watched in horror as youths clambered on to the derelict structure. They are getting over barbed wire and ignoring danger notices before setting foot on the pier
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Lost lessons
I am glad to hear Alan Nunn is not "anti-European" considering our country is in Europe and he is therefore, by definition, a European whether he likes it or not (Letters, July 11). Although I share Mr Nunn's anti-fascist sentiments, my take on history
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Pale imitation
When Groucho Marx was elected President Rufus T Firefly in the film Duck Soup, his policy was, "Whatever it is, I'm against it". This policy appears to have been adopted by Jonathan Shepperd (Letters, July 13), who wrote opposing Gordon Brown's Comprehensive
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I only survive
I am a secretary and admin support assistant at a special school in Brighton. I have the school holidays off, a small pension to look forward to and I love my job. So why am I striking today? Simple. I can't live on my salary - I just about survive. After
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Why I'm striking over council pay
I am an employee of Brighton and Hove City Council and today am striking over pay. The Government has offered employees a three per cent pay rise. Unison has asked for either a flat-rate increase of £1,750 or six per cent. Negotiations closed before an
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Here's to Normstock III
A big cheer for Norman Cook but a small boo to The Argus for your pessimistic coverage of Saturday's Big Beach Boutique II event. Why wasn't The Argus headline more positive about Saturday's free Normstock concert? Rather than "Never again", why not "
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Never say never
Brighton and Hove has had its "wake-up call" to being a city, an exciting place where people want to come to enjoy themselves. What a good-natured crowd we experienced and most of them were young people who were not drunk. At 10pm, people were leaving
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Only Fatboy
We should be proud of Norman Cook, who clearly values and contributes greatly to Brighton and Hove, not berate him for entertaining a quarter of a million people in a one-off event. Only an artist such as the Fatboy and a city such as Brighton and Hove
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We loved it
Thank you, Brighton. See you next year. My friend and I stayed on after the gig and were very happy with what Brighton has to offer. -Paul Montague, York Road, Woking, Surrey
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Public approves King Alfred
Most people responding to a survey have supported plans for a leisure centre. Almost four out of five people backed Brighton and Hove City Council's proposals to build a new King Alfred leisure centre on the seafront in Hove, paid for by building hundreds
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Who Killed "Agatha" Christie?, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until July 20
Until Monday evening, I had Lionel Blair pegged as a good song-and-dance man and chairman of the men's team in Give Us A Clue - and that was about it. But, as an actor in a drama, he is a revelation. In Who Killed "Agatha" Christie? he plays an acerbic
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Angie Stone, Brighton Dome
No gimmicks, no diatribes, no diva attitude, just soul. That was what Angie Stone gave her fans. Miss Angie didn't tease her audience. She came, she sang and she stole their hearts. This was a sincere, well-balanced performance from the woman known as