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Falmer's the only place, say Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion say they have investigated all alternative sites for their proposed stadium. Jonathan Clay, representing the club at the public inquiry into the Falmer scheme, said none of the places suggested by Falmer Parish Council was suitable
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Mother's Day wishes
Sunday is Mothering Sunday, a special day when we can show our mums our appreciation for all they do for us throughout the year. This year, there are many mums whose sons and daughters are serving with the Armed Forces in the Gulf and these are worrying
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Although the clocks go forward this weekend, our ten-month-old baby has been operating on British Summer Time for almost a fortnight now. He has been waking us at the ungodly time of 5.30am and refusing to go back to sleep. We've tried soothing him, leaving
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Stomach this
On being asked his reaction to the fire which destroyed the end of the West Pier, Bob Jarrad, of East Street, Brighton, said: "I'm gutted." You're not the only one, mate. -Richard Paul-Jones, Coleman Street, Brighton
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Ergo: guano
I was down on the beach at 9.45am to see the burning West Pier and it is was an awesome sight. It was a sad day for Brighton and Hove. Suspicions rage over how the fire started. I was with a friend, watching the inferno. He suggested the build-up of starling
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Build a clone
After yesterday's events at the West Pier, surely it is inevitable that time will be called and the remaining infrastructure removed? With today's technology, it must surely be possible to build an identical structure which, to all intents and purposes
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Clean burn
On Friday I was woken by helicopters, sirens and the phones ringing. A big fire, apparently, right by me. So I ran out the house and the West Pier was on fire. Really on fire. Big flames, lots of smoke, the lot. But it's disconnected from the land so
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Why so long?
I write having just seen the pictures of the West Pier fire on the thisisbrightonandhove web site and being shocked at seeing what was such a beautiful pier ablaze. I want to know when are the people responsible for restoring the pier going to get around
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Rebuild our burnt-out star
They say trouble always comes in threes and that could not be more true of the battered and beleaguered West Pier in Brighton. Part of the concert hall in the middle slid into the sea during bad weather after Christmas and more disappeared during an exceptionally
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Blind eye to history blanks out the pier
I was one of the last people to see the inside of Brighton's West Pier. The day I married, on November 23, 2002, my husband and I went to the beach and had the crazy idea of breaking in to the West Pier as soon as we realised there was enough space to
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Lavoris king of the dunks
Lavoris Jerry treated Worthing Thunder fans to one of the dunks of the season in the defeat of Plymouth. Now he hopes to provide more moments of magic when Manchester visit in the play-offs tonight (8pm). Jerry threw down three super dunks in a storming
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More rail chaos next week
Thousands of Sussex commuters face a stressful start to the working week because of a second 24-hour rail strike. The dispute, which will see more industrial action on Monday, is over the train guards' safety role. It follows yesterday's first day of
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Sussex man at helm of aid mission
As the Sir Galahad inched its way through the mine-infested waters into the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr it was in the careful hands of Captain Roger Robinson-Brown. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, carrying 200 tonnes of humanitarian relief supplies, was the
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Pier 'will rise from the ashes'
The team behind controversial plans to return the West Pier to her former glory has insisted the show will go on. After 30 years of frustration, yesterday's fire is being seen as just another in a long line of setbacks, nothing more. The restoration will
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How pier blaze took hold
The fluttering wings of startled starlings were the first sign something was wrong on the West Pier in Brighton. Thousands of birds have made the derelict pier their home. As yesterday's fire took hold, a plume of white smoke snaked into the blue horizon
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West Pier's still standing
She has withstood the waves, winter storms and now a huge inferno but this morning Brighton's West Pier was still standing - just. More than a thousand people gazed from the beach and promenade as flames consumed the pavilion of the Grade I listed structure
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Falmer's the only place, say Albion
Brighton and Hove Albion say they have investigated all alternative sites for their proposed stadium. Jonathan Clay, representing the club at the public inquiry into the Falmer scheme, said none of the places suggested by Falmer Parish Council was suitable
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Mother's Day wishes
Sunday is Mothering Sunday, a special day when we can show our mums our appreciation for all they do for us throughout the year. This year, there are many mums whose sons and daughters are serving with the Armed Forces in the Gulf and these are worrying
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War is the only option
"Protest is proof of powerlessness" - very true words, though I don't remember who said them. Nobody in their right mind wants a war but there are times when it is the only option. It's time to stop protesting and get behind the people with their necks
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Ill-informed
The ill-informed kids lying down in our streets screeching "No war, no war", when asked one reason why, are under the misconception that Saddam Hussein didn't pose any "direct" threat to this country. Neither did Hitler but, nevertheless, we realised
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We'll pay price of war
The Iraq war seems more like crude birth-control than likely to either catch Saddam Hussein or stop the US collecting cheap oil by brute force. It will be answered by attacks on the UK. Moreover, we will pay to reconstruct Iraq by the Government imposing
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Jordan's saucy £10 appeal
The Bank of England may not approve but a fistful of tenners could soon be the most sought-after currency in Britain. Each of the five £10 notes sport their own slightly naughty message from busty model Jordan - clearly not the work of the Royal Mint.
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Ergo: guano
I was down on the beach at 9.45am to see the burning West Pier and it is was an awesome sight. It was a sad day for Brighton and Hove. Suspicions rage over how the fire started. I was with a friend, watching the inferno. He suggested the build-up of starling
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Bears humbled in the big one
Brighton Bears' British League title hopes are hanging by a thread after they were humbled on their own court by a Sheffield Sharks side looking every inch champions. A nightmare second half saw Nick Nurse's men outscored by 21 points, outrebounded and
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Build a clone
After yesterday's events at the West Pier, surely it is inevitable that time will be called and the remaining infrastructure removed? With today's technology, it must surely be possible to build an identical structure which, to all intents and purposes
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Merrilees faces a battle to be back
Ollie Merrilees has had to withdraw from the British Supersport Championship this season due to a lack of financial backing. Instead the Crawley youngster is competing in the MRO Championship but he is hoping to return to the top level of British racing
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Corke will fight against the odds
Sam Corke defied the odds to claim sixth place in the Powerbike class as the MRO Championship began at Snetterton last Sunday. The Uckfield rider won the championship last season but has been unable to secure financial backing for this year. That has
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Blind eye to history blanks out the pier
I was one of the last people to see the inside of Brighton's West Pier. The day I married, on November 23, 2002, my husband and I went to the beach and had the crazy idea of breaking in to the West Pier as soon as we realised there was enough space to
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Date
Lavoris king of the dunks
Lavoris Jerry treated Worthing Thunder fans to one of the dunks of the season in the defeat of Plymouth. Now he hopes to provide more moments of magic when Manchester visit in the play-offs tonight (8pm). Jerry threw down three super dunks in a storming
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Sussex man at helm of aid mission
As the Sir Galahad inched its way through the mine-infested waters into the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr it was in the careful hands of Captain Roger Robinson-Brown. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, carrying 200 tonnes of humanitarian relief supplies, was the
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Why was pier attacked?
From the moment the first flames licked the air, the question has been: Why would someone set fire to the West Pier? Rumours are flying as thick and as fast as the ash-grey smoke that billowed from the stricken structure. Few are considering an innocent
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It was as if a famous person had died
Here historian Frank Gray gives his thoughts on Friday's fire on the West Pier. The response of the spectators was fascinating. Hundreds of people gathered to watch, take photographs and speak in hushed tones. There was a sense of loss and disbelief.
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Pier 'will rise from the ashes'
The team behind controversial plans to return the West Pier to her former glory has insisted the show will go on. After 30 years of frustration, yesterday's fire is being seen as just another in a long line of setbacks, nothing more. The restoration will
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How pier blaze took hold
The fluttering wings of startled starlings were the first sign something was wrong on the West Pier in Brighton. Thousands of birds have made the derelict pier their home. As yesterday's fire took hold, a plume of white smoke snaked into the blue horizon
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Date
War is the only option
"Protest is proof of powerlessness" - very true words, though I don't remember who said them. Nobody in their right mind wants a war but there are times when it is the only option. It's time to stop protesting and get behind the people with their necks
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Date
Ill-informed
The ill-informed kids lying down in our streets screeching "No war, no war", when asked one reason why, are under the misconception that Saddam Hussein didn't pose any "direct" threat to this country. Neither did Hitler but, nevertheless, we realised
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Date
We'll pay price of war
The Iraq war seems more like crude birth-control than likely to either catch Saddam Hussein or stop the US collecting cheap oil by brute force. It will be answered by attacks on the UK. Moreover, we will pay to reconstruct Iraq by the Government imposing
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Date
Jordan's saucy £10 appeal
The Bank of England may not approve but a fistful of tenners could soon be the most sought-after currency in Britain. Each of the five £10 notes sport their own slightly naughty message from busty model Jordan - clearly not the work of the Royal Mint.
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Roasted roosters
What a shame. It just seems like one thing after another to hamper the restoration of Brighton's once-beautiful West Pier. Can anyone advise us about the birds who have made this their home for some years? Would all the chicks be old enough to have escaped
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Some epitaph
As a resident of Brighton and Hove for many years, I have read in The Argus with incredulity and much confusion of the continued blocking of applications for the redevelopment of the West Pier. Are the people and organisations who have striven so tirelessly
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Bears humbled in the big one
Brighton Bears' British League title hopes are hanging by a thread after they were humbled on their own court by a Sheffield Sharks side looking every inch champions. A nightmare second half saw Nick Nurse's men outscored by 21 points, outrebounded and
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Date
Merrilees faces a battle to be back
Ollie Merrilees has had to withdraw from the British Supersport Championship this season due to a lack of financial backing. Instead the Crawley youngster is competing in the MRO Championship but he is hoping to return to the top level of British racing
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Corke will fight against the odds
Sam Corke defied the odds to claim sixth place in the Powerbike class as the MRO Championship began at Snetterton last Sunday. The Uckfield rider won the championship last season but has been unable to secure financial backing for this year. That has
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All is not lost
Friday was a very sad day for the many people of Brighton and Hove and elsewhere who wished to see the grand old West Pier restored to its former glory. Some are now saying the pier will never be rebuilt and I am sure a certain organisation is probably
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Greta leads charge of woman film-makers
Actress Greta Scacchi is spearheading a campaign to put women at the forefront of 21st Century film-making. The star of Heat And Dust and White Mischief will be in front of, rather than on, the big screen this weekend to promote the work of emerging women
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Anti-war protest halts traffic
Hundreds of anti-war protesters took to the streets of Brighton on Friday night in the latest demonstration against war in Iraq. More than 200 people gathered in Brighton and Hove to show there was still strong opposition to the campaign in the Middle
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Why was pier attacked?
From the moment the first flames licked the air, the question has been: Why would someone set fire to the West Pier? Rumours are flying as thick and as fast as the ash-grey smoke that billowed from the stricken structure. Few are considering an innocent
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Date
It was as if a famous person had died
Here historian Frank Gray gives his thoughts on Friday's fire on the West Pier. The response of the spectators was fascinating. Hundreds of people gathered to watch, take photographs and speak in hushed tones. There was a sense of loss and disbelief.
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Although the clocks go forward this weekend, our ten-month-old baby has been operating on British Summer Time for almost a fortnight now. He has been waking us at the ungodly time of 5.30am and refusing to go back to sleep. We've tried soothing him, leaving
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Date
Roasted roosters
What a shame. It just seems like one thing after another to hamper the restoration of Brighton's once-beautiful West Pier. Can anyone advise us about the birds who have made this their home for some years? Would all the chicks be old enough to have escaped
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Date
Stomach this
On being asked his reaction to the fire which destroyed the end of the West Pier, Bob Jarrad, of East Street, Brighton, said: "I'm gutted." You're not the only one, mate. -Richard Paul-Jones, Coleman Street, Brighton
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Some epitaph
As a resident of Brighton and Hove for many years, I have read in The Argus with incredulity and much confusion of the continued blocking of applications for the redevelopment of the West Pier. Are the people and organisations who have striven so tirelessly
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Date
Clean burn
On Friday I was woken by helicopters, sirens and the phones ringing. A big fire, apparently, right by me. So I ran out the house and the West Pier was on fire. Really on fire. Big flames, lots of smoke, the lot. But it's disconnected from the land so
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Date
Why so long?
I write having just seen the pictures of the West Pier fire on the thisisbrightonandhove web site and being shocked at seeing what was such a beautiful pier ablaze. I want to know when are the people responsible for restoring the pier going to get around
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Date
Rebuild our burnt-out star
They say trouble always comes in threes and that could not be more true of the battered and beleaguered West Pier in Brighton. Part of the concert hall in the middle slid into the sea during bad weather after Christmas and more disappeared during an exceptionally
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Date
All is not lost
Friday was a very sad day for the many people of Brighton and Hove and elsewhere who wished to see the grand old West Pier restored to its former glory. Some are now saying the pier will never be rebuilt and I am sure a certain organisation is probably
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Date
Greta leads charge of woman film-makers
Actress Greta Scacchi is spearheading a campaign to put women at the forefront of 21st Century film-making. The star of Heat And Dust and White Mischief will be in front of, rather than on, the big screen this weekend to promote the work of emerging women
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More rail chaos next week
Thousands of Sussex commuters face a stressful start to the working week because of a second 24-hour rail strike. The dispute, which will see more industrial action on Monday, is over the train guards' safety role. It follows yesterday's first day of
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Anti-war protest halts traffic
Hundreds of anti-war protesters took to the streets of Brighton on Friday night in the latest demonstration against war in Iraq. More than 200 people gathered in Brighton and Hove to show there was still strong opposition to the campaign in the Middle
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West Pier's still standing
She has withstood the waves, winter storms and now a huge inferno but this morning Brighton's West Pier was still standing - just. More than a thousand people gazed from the beach and promenade as flames consumed the pavilion of the Grade I listed structure
