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Detective's shock at bomb find
A detective was startled to discover home-made bombs hidden under a sofa in a flat in Crawley, a court heard. Detective Constable Christopher Davison told a jury at Lewes Crown Court he feared for his safety after finding the two explosives during a search
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Kosheen, Creation, Brighton, Sept 22 2003
"This is a very intimate gathering, isn't it?," shouted Sian Evans as she surveyed the crowd from beneath her raven tresses. Before the audience had time to answer, the Kosheen frontwoman was bounding from one end of the bijou stage to the other in her
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Thugs batter pet kitten
Buffy the kitten was beaten so violently by thugs that vets had to amputate one of her legs. The battered pet was found by owners Nikiti Newell, 14, and sister Donna, eight, cowering behind a bed dumped in the street Buffy was taken to the vets but they
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Turn off
I attended a public meeting last week and tried to get an answer to a simple question: Who authorised the payment to and the establishment of a "wet clinic" for street drinkers, a major turn-off for visitors, adjacent to our major tourist attraction,
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There's nothing new about this dated plan
After reading the article on the Karis Endeavour tower (The Argus, September 17), I have to question the environmental aspects of the proposed building. Josh Arghiros is quoted as saying the 16-storey tower block "would not take any sunlight, daylight
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Beach gangs scare off TV crew
Their colleagues have survived bomb blasts in Iraq and terrorism in Northern Ireland, but Brighton beach proved too hairy for BBC cameramen. "Brighton beach is too dangerous," said one crew member who was caught up in a scuffle on Tuesday. The crew was
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Hove library faces closure
Hove Library faces closure under a plan that will cost £190,000 more than keeping it open. The library, opened in 1908 after donations by millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, is in desperate need of renovation to meet new government standards.
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Table Tennis: Umpire shortage hits league
An acute shortage of umpires in Sussex is causing major concern in the sport. Players may be forced to umpire in some lower divisions as the present number of officials cannot cope with an overloaded fixture list and ten teams in the county. Doreen Nightingale
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Thank you
In the early hours of last Saturday, my car sustained more than £1,000 damage through malicious vandalism on Marine Parade, Brighton. I am distressed by this damage to a car, less than two months old, that I have worked hard as a cancer nurse to buy and
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View from the coach: Nick Nurse
Opening night for the Brighton Bears and I cannot tell you how excited we all are to get the show back on the road at long last. It has been a hectic summer, and for more reasons than you might imagine, but more of that at the bottom of this column. We
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Basketball: Warren targets two years of Bears glory
Kendrick Warren has been around long enough to know the downfalls of British League basketball. It is an insecure business with precious little recognition on the international stage. Hardly surprising then that, when Brighton Bears chief Nick Nurse offered
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Drugs threat
I have spoken to visitors from other parts of the country and they are sad that drug dealers operate on the beach in Brighton. It is disgusting that dealers operate near West Street. It should be stopped. I asked two police constables why we hardly see
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Speedway: Eagles aim to build up lead
Mark Loram will spearhead Eastbourne Eagles' bid to reach the semi-finals of the British League Cup at Sheffield tonight. The former world champion rides at No. 1 in a horses-for-courses line-up which Eagles hope will set them up for victory in the return
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Don't allow dealers to control the city
After an evening out with some friends I strolled along Kingsway in Hove, enjoying a smoke as I reached the old Victorian gift shop just across from West Street. I paused to lean on the railings and consider the sea, alone with my thoughts in the early
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Cricket: Kirtley may get Test reprieve
England should reveal whether James Kirtley receives an England Test recall by the end of the week. Selectors must first decide whether James Anderson is to play a full part in their tours this winter after being troubled by a knee problem throughout
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Coppell still in frame for Reading
Former Albion manager Peter Taylor has snubbed an approach from Reading to take over at the Madejski Stadium. The Royals turned to the Hull City boss after Alan Pardew was given the all-clear in the High Court to succeed Glenn Roeder at West Ham. Taylor
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Coppell: Now let's go for promotion
Albion boss Steve Coppell saluted his side for pushing Premiership Middlesbrough to the brink, then immediately set his sights on the more important task of pushing for promotion. Coppell is more concerned about Saturday's League game at Hartlepool than
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Investors home in on buy-to-let
The buy-to-let housing sector is growing strongly as the uncertainty over stock market stability continues. With house prices still rising, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said many people viewed property as a more secure investment than pensions
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Disabled swimmers' pool fears
Disabled swimmers in Lewes say pool managers are chipping away at their session times. They fear their weekly swim is under threat after their time in the pool was cut to make way for a new party session for youngsters. Lewes Leisure Centre used to give
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Boost for Albion's stadium bid
A crucial link in plans for the Albion's new stadium at Falmer was given the go-ahead last night, by the narrowest of margins. Councillors have supported a request from the club to widen part of Village Way for a new roundabout at the entrance to Brighton
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Lib Dems' plea for pension protection
The Government should compensate workers who lose their pensions when companies go bust, the Liberal Democrats said at their Brighton conference yesterday. Speaking at the party's annual conference, pensions spokesman Steve Webb said protecting the 20,000
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Car club gears up to cut congestion
Parked cars clogging Brighton and Hove could disappear if a new scheme catches on. Hanover Car Club, a first for the city, has just been launched and organisers say it will be a hit. Members pay an annual fee for access to a fleet of cars which have designated
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Organist dies on trip
A brilliant Sussex musician died during a day trip to France. Organist Dr Brian Blackwood, 64, of Bolney Road, Brighton, had finished performing in Normandy when he suffered a suspected heart attack. The trip was organised by the Brighton Organists' Association
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State of the art ... and empty
Walking around the hallways of East Brighton College of Media Arts it is difficult not to be reminded of an opening scene from blockbuster Titanic. A wizened Kate Winslet describes her first impression stepping aboard the luxury liner: "I can still smell
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Artists 'too shocking for Brighton'
Artists and poets have been told their subject matter is too controversial and upsetting to be shown in Brighton. The exhibition, which illustrates victims' accounts of domestic violence and paedophilia, is being welcomed in Haywards Heath and Hastings
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Homes chief's £233 pay-off
A housing association boss was given a pay-off of more than £200,000 despite an attempt to block the handout. Annual accounts of the Downland Housing Group, based in Haywards Heath and Chichester, show the former managing director, Bob Herbert, was awarded
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Police ramp up letting agent probe
Police are stepping up their investigations into a letting agent whose firm collapsed owing thousands of pounds - five months after it happened. Former clients of Youngs Owen letting agency in Western Road, Hove, have been sent letters from Sussex Police
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Detective's shock at bomb find
A detective was startled to discover home-made bombs hidden under a sofa in a flat in Crawley, a court heard. Detective Constable Christopher Davison told a jury at Lewes Crown Court he feared for his safety after finding the two explosives during a search
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Kosheen, Creation, Brighton, Sept 22 2003
"This is a very intimate gathering, isn't it?," shouted Sian Evans as she surveyed the crowd from beneath her raven tresses. Before the audience had time to answer, the Kosheen frontwoman was bounding from one end of the bijou stage to the other in her
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I will fight them
I am grateful to The Argus for your coverage of my HOVA (Heritage Over Vandalism Actually!) campaign against the proposed King Alfred skyscrapers in Hove. I would like to thank all who have responded and offered help in canvassing. I have been assured
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Hirst tried to save bizarre collection
As the world-famous collection of Sussex taxidermist Walter Potter was broken up and sold off for more than £500,000, it emerged it could have been saved after all. Controversial British artist Damien Hirst claims he made a last-minute bid to stop the
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Thugs batter pet kitten
Buffy the kitten was beaten so violently by thugs that vets had to amputate one of her legs. The battered pet was found by owners Nikiti Newell, 14, and sister Donna, eight, cowering behind a bed dumped in the street Buffy was taken to the vets but they
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Blaine dummy puzzles motorists
A dummy David Blaine, imprisoned in a plastic box suspended high in the air, is drawing astonished stares from drivers on the A27. The famous illusionist is trying to endure 44 days in his box in London with only water to sustain him. Like Blaine, the
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Urban sprawl
Having just returned from the US, I was intrigued to read of Brighton and Hove City Council's plans to emulate the strip developments that are so fashionable over there. It's such an easy concept. You just get in your car and cruise along these wall-to-wall
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Bury the lot
So, now someone wants to replace the Royal Pavilion with Tin Can Towers? Here's a better idea still. Brighton Town Hall can only be described as classically elegant, which makes it far too fuddy-duddy for this age of refined taste. Stick Tin Can Towers
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There's nothing new about this dated plan
After reading the article on the Karis Endeavour tower (The Argus, September 17), I have to question the environmental aspects of the proposed building. Josh Arghiros is quoted as saying the 16-storey tower block "would not take any sunlight, daylight
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Beach gangs scare off TV crew
Their colleagues have survived bomb blasts in Iraq and terrorism in Northern Ireland, but Brighton beach proved too hairy for BBC cameramen. "Brighton beach is too dangerous," said one crew member who was caught up in a scuffle on Tuesday. The crew was
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Grief for blackspot crash victim
The widow of a motorist killed at a notorious Mid Sussex accident blackspot has paid tribute to her "lovely" husband. Anthony Hursey, 47, of Coldwaltham Lane, Burgess Hill, was killed when his Jaguar collided with a Rover 214 on Hammer Hill, Staplefield
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Thugs batter pet kitten
Buffy the kitten was beaten so violently by thugs that vets had to amputate one of her legs. The battered pet was found by owners Nikiti Newell, 14, and sister Donna, eight, cowering behind a bed dumped in the street Buffy was taken to the vets but they
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Murder quiz teenager released
A man held by police in connection with the murder of an East Sussex businessman has been released without charge. He was arrested in London on Tuesday and questioned over the killing of Dale "Ken" Harvey, of Brede, near Hastings, who was shot as he drove
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Fire deaths funeral
The funeral of a mother and her teenage daughter who died in a house fire is being held next week. A joint service for Sally-Ann Baxter-Smith, 38, and her daughter Lois, 14, will be held at Eastbourne Crematorium next Tuesday at 1pm. Lois's 12-year-old
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Hove library faces closure
Hove Library faces closure under a plan that will cost £190,000 more than keeping it open. The library, opened in 1908 after donations by millionaire philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, is in desperate need of renovation to meet new government standards.
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Waste of time
I was appalled to see the police had once again fined Chris Eubank for not wearing a seat belt while for more serious matters of robbery and vandalism still abound. Around a hundred or more people are killed or seriously injured by seat belts each year
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Dead pledge
While Councillor Pat Hawkes likes to boast of her personal campaigning for the repeal of Section 28 (The Argus, September 20), her party has paid lip service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality in education. New Labour broke its
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EU benefits
John Parry brings his anti-European view to the fore (The Argus, September 21). First, the European Constitution. It will be good for the British people to have a written constitution. It is claimed that we British have an unwritten constitution. What
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Table Tennis: Umpire shortage hits league
An acute shortage of umpires in Sussex is causing major concern in the sport. Players may be forced to umpire in some lower divisions as the present number of officials cannot cope with an overloaded fixture list and ten teams in the county. Doreen Nightingale
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Care to swap?
I am a disabled driver with an incurable lung disease, self-inflicted through smoking. I don't sprint but I do occasionally hobble. I drive a large automatic car simply because I like driving large automatic cars. My long-time wish is for someone like
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Drugs threat
I have spoken to visitors from other parts of the country and they are sad that drug dealers operate on the beach in Brighton. It is disgusting that dealers operate near West Street. It should be stopped. I asked two police constables why we hardly see
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Cricket: Kirtley may get Test reprieve
England should reveal whether James Kirtley receives an England Test recall by the end of the week. Selectors must first decide whether James Anderson is to play a full part in their tours this winter after being troubled by a knee problem throughout
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Coppell still in frame for Reading
Former Albion manager Peter Taylor has snubbed an approach from Reading to take over at the Madejski Stadium. The Royals turned to the Hull City boss after Alan Pardew was given the all-clear in the High Court to succeed Glenn Roeder at West Ham. Taylor
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City is testbed for benefit reform
Brighton and Hove will be a test-bed for a huge reform of housing benefit. Work and pensions minister Andrew Smith said the reforms, the biggest in the history of housing benefit, would give more power to tenants and improve job prospects. The new Local
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Disabled swimmers' pool fears
Disabled swimmers in Lewes say pool managers are chipping away at their session times. They fear their weekly swim is under threat after their time in the pool was cut to make way for a new party session for youngsters. Lewes Leisure Centre used to give
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Lib Dems' plea for pension protection
The Government should compensate workers who lose their pensions when companies go bust, the Liberal Democrats said at their Brighton conference yesterday. Speaking at the party's annual conference, pensions spokesman Steve Webb said protecting the 20,000
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Speed cameras net £60,000 a week
Speed cameras are trapping up to 1,000 drivers a week in Sussex, it was revealed today. Each offender faces a £60 fine, meaning they collectively pay out up to £60,000 a week. Sussex Police said all the money from fines was ploughed back into speed cameras
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Crimewatch appeal prompts 70 calls
Police have received 70 calls in connection with an aggravated burglary during which two teenagers were tied up and threatened with rape. Detectives appeared on BBC's Crimewatch programme last night concerning the attacks, which took place in Brighton
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State of the art ... and empty
Walking around the hallways of East Brighton College of Media Arts it is difficult not to be reminded of an opening scene from blockbuster Titanic. A wizened Kate Winslet describes her first impression stepping aboard the luxury liner: "I can still smell
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Thief takes payphone
Police are appealing for help after a West Sussex church hall was broken into. The offender smashed a window to gain entry to the hall in Warnham, near Horsham, in the early hours of September 2 and stole a payphone from a wall. Officers want to trace
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RMJ: What a feeling
So that's what winning the Championship feels like! I was close to tears last Thursday afternoon after Murray Goodwin hit the three hundredth run we needed to take the title. Having only been on this earth 27 years and having supported Sussex for probably
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Release police
The cost of the police to council tax payers in Brighton and Hove has risen by 58 per cent over the last two years but do we feel any safer? How many residents or tourists would feel safe walking around the city's streets at night and how many "no go"
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Turn off
I attended a public meeting last week and tried to get an answer to a simple question: Who authorised the payment to and the establishment of a "wet clinic" for street drinkers, a major turn-off for visitors, adjacent to our major tourist attraction,
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Speed cameras snap up a fortune
Speed cameras are trapping up to 1,000 drivers a week in Sussex, it was revealed today. Each faces a £60 fine, meaning they collectively pay up to £60,000 a week. Sussex Police said the money was ploughed back into speed cameras to make roads safer. Emma
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Jail threat for Frank Spencer mimic
A Frank Spencer impersonator who took a police radio and clogged the airwaves with his comic imitations faces a possible jail sentence. Gap-toothed charity worker Nathan Stack, 21, was collared by police who stopped his car after two days of chaos. Winding
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Eubank garden flats row
Celebrity boxer Chris Eubank has another fight on his hands - with his neighbours. The former world champion's proposal to sell his two properties in The Upper Drive, Hove, to make way for blocks of flats, has prompted a furious reaction from people living
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Detective's shock at bomb find
A detective was startled to discover home-made bombs hidden under a sofa in a flat in Crawley, a court heard. Detective Constable Christopher Davison told a jury at Lewes Crown Court he feared for his safety after finding the two explosives during a search
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Missing children found safe
A pair of young runaways who sparked a major police search have been found safe and well. Neil Robertson, 12, and his sister Fiona, 11, were spotted at 6.30pm yesterday in Whitehawk, Brighton, by a family friend, who contacted the police. They are believed
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Caravan site may be axed
A popular West Sussex caravan park could be turned into 100 homes, to the alarm of van owners who call the site home. Moves to use Golden Sands in Lancing for affordable housing have sparked objections. Adur District Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss
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Blaze guts clubhouse
More than 20 firefighters were this morning battling a blaze at an East Sussex social club. The fire broke out on the site of Hellingly Hospital, near Hailsham, just before 8.30am. Crews from Hailsham, Heathfield and Eastbourne fought the blaze in the
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Comedian Paul Merton's wife dies
Sarah Parkinson, the wife of comedian Paul Merton, has died aged 41. Sarah, who was a writer and producer, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February last year and was living an active life at home near Rye until her condition worsened a few weeks ago
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Plastic boat sparks sea alert
A damaged paddle boat seen drifting in a busy shipping lane last night sparked an alert involving lifeboatmen and coastguards. The stricken 10ft plastic vessel was seen 15 miles off Eastbourne. A Coastguard fixed-wing aeroplane was launched from Manston
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Firms in parking revolt
Business leaders today launched a campaign against controversial plans to charge residents, visitors and companies to park in Eastbourne. Proposals to introduce a wave of charges opponents fear will cripple the resort's economy have been publicly aired
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What a mess
Well done, Brighton and Hove City Council, you have excelled yourselves this time. We have just welcomed the Lib Dems to our city and the morning of the conference you decide to re-surface North Road bringing the City to a standstill. I am a Brighton
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Thank you
In the early hours of last Saturday, my car sustained more than £1,000 damage through malicious vandalism on Marine Parade, Brighton. I am distressed by this damage to a car, less than two months old, that I have worked hard as a cancer nurse to buy and
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Think again
I have been a parking attendant in Brighton and Hove for two months. The term traffic warden does not apply in this city as traffic wardens are employed by the police. We are employed by National Car Parks (NCP) who have a contract with Brighton and Hove
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View from the coach: Nick Nurse
Opening night for the Brighton Bears and I cannot tell you how excited we all are to get the show back on the road at long last. It has been a hectic summer, and for more reasons than you might imagine, but more of that at the bottom of this column. We
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Basketball: Thunder look to neighbours for tips
Gary Smith wants his Worthing Thunder side to learn key lessons on Sussex's biggest basketball stage. Thunder tackle Brighton Bears at the Brighton Centre on Sunday and coach Smith admits the score will not be of too much concern. What he will hope to
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Basketball: Warren targets two years of Bears glory
Kendrick Warren has been around long enough to know the downfalls of British League basketball. It is an insecure business with precious little recognition on the international stage. Hardly surprising then that, when Brighton Bears chief Nick Nurse offered
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Speedway: Eagles aim to build up lead
Mark Loram will spearhead Eastbourne Eagles' bid to reach the semi-finals of the British League Cup at Sheffield tonight. The former world champion rides at No. 1 in a horses-for-courses line-up which Eagles hope will set them up for victory in the return
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September 24: Middlesbrough 1 Albion 0 (Carling Cup)
It did not take long for Steve Coppell to get over Albion's magnificent, backs-to-the-wall performance in such exalted company ultimately counting for nothing. Minutes after this bravest of efforts by his team he was putting it to bed and focusing on
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Don't allow dealers to control the city
After an evening out with some friends I strolled along Kingsway in Hove, enjoying a smoke as I reached the old Victorian gift shop just across from West Street. I paused to lean on the railings and consider the sea, alone with my thoughts in the early
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Coppell: Now let's go for promotion
Albion boss Steve Coppell saluted his side for pushing Premiership Middlesbrough to the brink, then immediately set his sights on the more important task of pushing for promotion. Coppell is more concerned about Saturday's League game at Hartlepool than
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Petrol to go up
Petrol prices have risen by an average of 2p in the last two months and a further rise is expected next week. Since reaching the year's low-point of 74.6p a litre in July, the average price of unleaded petrol has now risen to 76.57, research from fleet
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Investors home in on buy-to-let
The buy-to-let housing sector is growing strongly as the uncertainty over stock market stability continues. With house prices still rising, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said many people viewed property as a more secure investment than pensions
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Study into smoke ban plan
Research is being considered to assess the effects of a smoking ban in public places. Brighton and Hove public health officials are hoping to get government cash so they can join forces with their counterparts in Birmingham to carry out a major study.
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Boost for Albion's stadium bid
A crucial link in plans for the Albion's new stadium at Falmer was given the go-ahead last night, by the narrowest of margins. Councillors have supported a request from the club to widen part of Village Way for a new roundabout at the entrance to Brighton
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Police step up letting agent probe
Police are stepping up their investigations into a letting agent whose firm collapsed owing thousands of pounds - five months after it happened. Former clients of Youngs Owen letting agency in Western Road, Hove, have been sent letters from Sussex Police
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Housing boss's £233,000 payout
A housing association boss was given a pay-off of more than £200,000, despite a pledge by regulators to rid the sector of excessive severance pay. Annual accounts of the Downland Housing Group, based in Haywards Heath and Chichester, show the former managing
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Car club gears up to cut congestion
Parked cars clogging Brighton and Hove could disappear if a new scheme catches on. Hanover Car Club, a first for the city, has just been launched and organisers say it will be a hit. Members pay an annual fee for access to a fleet of cars which have designated
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Warning over church closures
Church attendance could fall by up to a half if a closure policy is implemented, a new report warns. A review group has recommended 13 Anglican places of worship within Brighton and Hove, including the historic St Peter's Church and All Saints Parish
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Organist dies on trip
A brilliant Sussex musician died during a day trip to France. Organist Dr Brian Blackwood, 64, of Bolney Road, Brighton, had finished performing in Normandy when he suffered a suspected heart attack. The trip was organised by the Brighton Organists' Association
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Murder quiz teenager released
A man held by police in connection with the murder of an East Sussex businessman has been released without charge. He was arrested in London on Tuesday and questioned over the killing of Dale "Ken" Harvey, of Brede, near Hastings, who was shot as he drove
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Missing children found safe
A pair of young runaways who sparked a major police search have been found safe and well. Neil Robertson, 12, and his sister Fiona, 11, were spotted at 6.30pm yesterday in Whitehawk, Brighton, by a family friend, who contacted the police. They are believed
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Date
Artists 'too shocking for Brighton'
Artists and poets have been told their subject matter is too controversial and upsetting to be shown in Brighton. The exhibition, which illustrates victims' accounts of domestic violence and paedophilia, is being welcomed in Haywards Heath and Hastings
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RMJ: What a feeling
So that's what winning the Championship feels like! I was close to tears last Thursday afternoon after Murray Goodwin hit the three hundredth run we needed to take the title. Having only been on this earth 27 years and having supported Sussex for probably
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Date
Police ramp up letting agent probe
Police are stepping up their investigations into a letting agent whose firm collapsed owing thousands of pounds - five months after it happened. Former clients of Youngs Owen letting agency in Western Road, Hove, have been sent letters from Sussex Police
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Date
I will fight them
I am grateful to The Argus for your coverage of my HOVA (Heritage Over Vandalism Actually!) campaign against the proposed King Alfred skyscrapers in Hove. I would like to thank all who have responded and offered help in canvassing. I have been assured
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Date
Hirst tried to save bizarre collection
As the world-famous collection of Sussex taxidermist Walter Potter was broken up and sold off for more than £500,000, it emerged it could have been saved after all. Controversial British artist Damien Hirst claims he made a last-minute bid to stop the
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Date
Release police
The cost of the police to council tax payers in Brighton and Hove has risen by 58 per cent over the last two years but do we feel any safer? How many residents or tourists would feel safe walking around the city's streets at night and how many "no go"
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Date
Blaine dummy puzzles motorists
A dummy David Blaine, imprisoned in a plastic box suspended high in the air, is drawing astonished stares from drivers on the A27. The famous illusionist is trying to endure 44 days in his box in London with only water to sustain him. Like Blaine, the
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Date
Urban sprawl
Having just returned from the US, I was intrigued to read of Brighton and Hove City Council's plans to emulate the strip developments that are so fashionable over there. It's such an easy concept. You just get in your car and cruise along these wall-to-wall
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Date
Bury the lot
So, now someone wants to replace the Royal Pavilion with Tin Can Towers? Here's a better idea still. Brighton Town Hall can only be described as classically elegant, which makes it far too fuddy-duddy for this age of refined taste. Stick Tin Can Towers
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Date
Speed cameras snap up a fortune
Speed cameras are trapping up to 1,000 drivers a week in Sussex, it was revealed today. Each faces a £60 fine, meaning they collectively pay up to £60,000 a week. Sussex Police said the money was ploughed back into speed cameras to make roads safer. Emma
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Date
Jail threat for Frank Spencer mimic
A Frank Spencer impersonator who took a police radio and clogged the airwaves with his comic imitations faces a possible jail sentence. Gap-toothed charity worker Nathan Stack, 21, was collared by police who stopped his car after two days of chaos. Winding
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Date
Eubank garden flats row
Celebrity boxer Chris Eubank has another fight on his hands - with his neighbours. The former world champion's proposal to sell his two properties in The Upper Drive, Hove, to make way for blocks of flats, has prompted a furious reaction from people living
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Date
Waste of time
I was appalled to see the police had once again fined Chris Eubank for not wearing a seat belt while for more serious matters of robbery and vandalism still abound. Around a hundred or more people are killed or seriously injured by seat belts each year
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Date
Dead pledge
While Councillor Pat Hawkes likes to boast of her personal campaigning for the repeal of Section 28 (The Argus, September 20), her party has paid lip service to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality in education. New Labour broke its
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Date
EU benefits
John Parry brings his anti-European view to the fore (The Argus, September 21). First, the European Constitution. It will be good for the British people to have a written constitution. It is claimed that we British have an unwritten constitution. What
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Date
What a mess
Well done, Brighton and Hove City Council, you have excelled yourselves this time. We have just welcomed the Lib Dems to our city and the morning of the conference you decide to re-surface North Road bringing the City to a standstill. I am a Brighton
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Date
Think again
I have been a parking attendant in Brighton and Hove for two months. The term traffic warden does not apply in this city as traffic wardens are employed by the police. We are employed by National Car Parks (NCP) who have a contract with Brighton and Hove
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Date
Basketball: Thunder look to neighbours for tips
Gary Smith wants his Worthing Thunder side to learn key lessons on Sussex's biggest basketball stage. Thunder tackle Brighton Bears at the Brighton Centre on Sunday and coach Smith admits the score will not be of too much concern. What he will hope to
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Date
Care to swap?
I am a disabled driver with an incurable lung disease, self-inflicted through smoking. I don't sprint but I do occasionally hobble. I drive a large automatic car simply because I like driving large automatic cars. My long-time wish is for someone like
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Date
September 24: Middlesbrough 1 Albion 0 (Carling Cup)
It did not take long for Steve Coppell to get over Albion's magnificent, backs-to-the-wall performance in such exalted company ultimately counting for nothing. Minutes after this bravest of efforts by his team he was putting it to bed and focusing on
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Date
City is testbed for benefit reform
Brighton and Hove will be a test-bed for a huge reform of housing benefit. Work and pensions minister Andrew Smith said the reforms, the biggest in the history of housing benefit, would give more power to tenants and improve job prospects. The new Local
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Date
Petrol to go up
Petrol prices have risen by an average of 2p in the last two months and a further rise is expected next week. Since reaching the year's low-point of 74.6p a litre in July, the average price of unleaded petrol has now risen to 76.57, research from fleet
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Date
Study into smoke ban plan
Research is being considered to assess the effects of a smoking ban in public places. Brighton and Hove public health officials are hoping to get government cash so they can join forces with their counterparts in Birmingham to carry out a major study.
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Date
Police step up letting agent probe
Police are stepping up their investigations into a letting agent whose firm collapsed owing thousands of pounds - five months after it happened. Former clients of Youngs Owen letting agency in Western Road, Hove, have been sent letters from Sussex Police
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Housing boss's £233,000 payout
A housing association boss was given a pay-off of more than £200,000, despite a pledge by regulators to rid the sector of excessive severance pay. Annual accounts of the Downland Housing Group, based in Haywards Heath and Chichester, show the former managing
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Speed cameras net £60,000 a week
Speed cameras are trapping up to 1,000 drivers a week in Sussex, it was revealed today. Each offender faces a £60 fine, meaning they collectively pay out up to £60,000 a week. Sussex Police said all the money from fines was ploughed back into speed cameras
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Warning over church closures
Church attendance could fall by up to a half if a closure policy is implemented, a new report warns. A review group has recommended 13 Anglican places of worship within Brighton and Hove, including the historic St Peter's Church and All Saints Parish
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Crimewatch appeal prompts 70 calls
Police have received 70 calls in connection with an aggravated burglary during which two teenagers were tied up and threatened with rape. Detectives appeared on BBC's Crimewatch programme last night concerning the attacks, which took place in Brighton
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Murder quiz teenager released
A man held by police in connection with the murder of an East Sussex businessman has been released without charge. He was arrested in London on Tuesday and questioned over the killing of Dale "Ken" Harvey, of Brede, near Hastings, who was shot as he drove
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Missing children found safe
A pair of young runaways who sparked a major police search have been found safe and well. Neil Robertson, 12, and his sister Fiona, 11, were spotted at 6.30pm yesterday in Whitehawk, Brighton, by a family friend, who contacted the police. They are believed
