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Park plan threatens bypass
A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because it wants to build a bypass. A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park
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Webcast to show politics in action
Pop bands do it to promote new releases, Jordan said she would do it when she gave birth and one US television network wanted to do it when Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed. The live internet webcast has become the latest means of flashing
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Our war heroes died in vain
In 1940 when invasion was imminent, this country abandoned the slanging of party politics and formed a national government under the leadership of Winston Churchill, whose rhetoric inspired the nation to win the war. Although in a different way, this
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Golf: Plant has shot at pro tour
Dean Plant is leaving the security of an assistant's job at Willingdon to play the minor tours full time. It is a risk he is willing to take knowing that failure could see him finish up skint and his appetite for the game severely dented. The 24 year-old
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Racing: Patience pays off for Fowler
Several Sussex trainers have had to be patient over the last few months in their search for winners. At last it was the turn of Mark Flower to saddle his first winner of the season when Mayzin scored at Lingfield last Saturday. Like most of the smaller
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School for all
The Argus on February 4 contained an article about high-performing schools. One of these was St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School in Preston Road, Brighton - a predominantly white, middle-class area. While other schools in the city struggle,
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Dictionary opens world on coarse England
Author Lynne Truss found literary fame and fortune with her best-seller on the use of correct English. Now another Brighton-based writer is hoping to strike gold with his book on the most incorrect use of English. Language teacher Jonathan Chamberlain
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It's their loss
I was sad to read your article describing how middle-class parents see the primary schools in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, February 9). Hertford Juniors is a good school, providing a creative curriculum and positive environment for the children of Hollingdean
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Football: Hardings light up Hassocks
Pat and Joel Harding are following in the footsteps of father Matthew and making a name for themselves in football. The 20-year-old twins may not feature on the national back pages like their Chelsea-mad dad did but they are creating their own headlines
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Benjamin to extend stay
Trevor Benjamin is staying on loan with Albion for a second month. Leicester striker Benjamin, who completes his first four weeks at Grimsby, agreed to an extension on Thursday. Seagulls manager Mark McGhee is confident the continued presence of the big
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Divorce threat drove my dad to despair
The son of a businessman found dead five days after wrecking his mansion home with a JCB said his father had been devastated by the prospect of divorce. James Rigden, 36, said his father Peter faced losing everything he had worked for after splitting
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Budget airlines in price war
A flight to Prague from Gatwick now costs less than a train journey from Brighton to London thanks to a fares war. Within hours of internet flights firm Bmibaby launching its £23.99 single to the Czech Republic, EasyJet hit back with a £20.99 discount
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Dear John, give us our stadium
Football supporter Lord Bassam has written to John Prescott calling on him to be bold and brave over a crucial planning decision. It is likely the Deputy Prime Minister will have to decide whether or not Brighton and Hove Albion's plans for a community
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CJ judge calls for tougher laws on drivers
A judge called for tougher laws governing illegal motorists after being forced to reduce the sentence of an uninsured illegal immigrant who ran over a nine-year-old boy. Judge Anthony Thorpe said the public was incredulous at the maximum six-month sentence
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17 held in forged IDs clampdown
Immigration officers and police raided a bakery in a clamp-down on overseas workers using forged ID. Seventeen Brazilian nationals were arrested in the raid on Fortes Bakery, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, which happened at about 11am yesterday. The workers
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Original gay club sold for £1.5m
The legendary Revenge nightclub in Brighton has been sold for £1.5 million. Tony Chapman, owner of what is now the biggest gay venue in the south-east, confirmed he had signed a deal with leisure company Stagfleet Ltd. The millionaire, who grew up in
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University strike threat looms
Universities will have to close if lecturers go on strike in protest at Government pay reforms. Staff have backed proposals for a week-long strike after a ballot conducted by the Association of University Teachers and also agreed to boycott assessments
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£4m drugs bust at luxury home
United States enforcement agents today said the streets were safer after tracing an international drugs ring to a luxury Brighton bungalow. Equipment and chemicals for the manufacture of up to £4 million of ecstasy, amphetamines and LSD were discovered
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Advice comes at a price
More than half a million pounds has been earmarked by Brighton and Hove city council to pay for specialist advice on major projects. The biggest sum - £185,000 -has been set aside for the scheme to replace the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. Tories
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Webcast to show politics in action
Pop bands do it to promote new releases, Jordan said she would do it when she gave birth and one US television network wanted to do it when Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed. The live internet webcast has become the latest means of flashing
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Church tightens its belt
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Sussex is to move out of his stately residence in an attempt to ease the Church's financial difficulties. The Right Reverend Kieran Conry, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, is expected to put the grand, flint-fronted
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Police slower on the draw
Police were sent on to the streets of Sussex with guns 204 times in the past year, new figures reveal. The number of authorised firearms incidents was down 20 per cent on 2001/2, when 248 cases were recorded. The number of times armed response vehicles
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CJ judge calls for tougher laws on drivers
A judge called for tougher laws governing illegal motorists after being forced to reduce the sentence of an uninsured illegal immigrant who ran over a nine-year-old boy. Judge Anthony Thorpe said the public was incredulous at the maximum six-month sentence
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Our war heroes died in vain
In 1940 when invasion was imminent, this country abandoned the slanging of party politics and formed a national government under the leadership of Winston Churchill, whose rhetoric inspired the nation to win the war. Although in a different way, this
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Racing: Patience pays off for Fowler
Several Sussex trainers have had to be patient over the last few months in their search for winners. At last it was the turn of Mark Flower to saddle his first winner of the season when Mayzin scored at Lingfield last Saturday. Like most of the smaller
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Cutting red tape
Your article, "No help through the legal jungle" (The Argus, February 9), presented a less than balanced picture of the provision of publicly-funded legal services. The Community Legal Service is charged with ensuring sufficient supply of services to
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Athletics: Brighton's future is under threat
Dick Knight is not the only club chairman who will be sending John Prescott flowers on Valentine's Day. Chris Carter fears the future of Brighton and Hove City Athletic Club could be in jeopardy if the Deputy Prime Minister throws out plans for a new
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Dictionary opens world on coarse England
Author Lynne Truss found literary fame and fortune with her best-seller on the use of correct English. Now another Brighton-based writer is hoping to strike gold with his book on the most incorrect use of English. Language teacher Jonathan Chamberlain
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Best education
The governors of Carden Primary School are concerned about comments on the relative desirability of Patcham and Carden Schools several years ago made in the article on the views of Dr Anthony Seldon. Time has moved on and things have changed. Carden Primary
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Non-League: Round-Up
Haywards Heath have axed player-manager Rob Hughes after just two games. Hughes left before Heath's latest game against Mile Oak and he has been followed out of the club by ten of the 11 signings he had made, including former Lewes and Horsham striker
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It's their loss
I was sad to read your article describing how middle-class parents see the primary schools in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, February 9). Hertford Juniors is a good school, providing a creative curriculum and positive environment for the children of Hollingdean
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Dr Martens: Wilson baclks Crawley to go up
Eastbourne Borough manager Garry Wilson hopes Saturday's derby against Crawley Town is the last, for a few years at least. Wilson is keen for the Reds to pip Weymouth to the premier division title and gain promotion to the Nationwide Conference, but is
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Private school was best choice for my kids
Regrettably, or perhaps deliberately, those interviewed for The Argus Analysis on February 9 seem to have missed the point of Dr Anthony Seldon's remarks. At no stage did he imply that parents who want the best for their children are hypocrites. On the
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Rugby: England set to rule
It is less than nine years since John Mallett won his one England cap. But the vastly experienced former Bath prop admits it feels like the dark ages now as the national side set their sights on a second successive Grand Slam. Sir Clive Woodward's squad
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Benjamin to extend stay
Trevor Benjamin is staying on loan with Albion for a second month. Leicester striker Benjamin, who completes his first four weeks at Grimsby, agreed to an extension on Thursday. Seagulls manager Mark McGhee is confident the continued presence of the big
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Divorce threat drove my dad to despair
The son of a businessman found dead five days after wrecking his mansion home with a JCB said his father had been devastated by the prospect of divorce. James Rigden, 36, said his father Peter faced losing everything he had worked for after splitting
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Investors shun creatives
Investors are undermining entrepreneurs in creative industries by failing to support them, a survey has shown. Industries such as computer games, fashion, design and architecture were failing to achieve their full potential due to lack of private cash
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Hoteliers urged to ditch Fawlty image
Hoteliers are being urged to bury lingering comparisons with Basil Fawlty by paying more attention to food hygiene and fire regulations. Calls have been made to close down those establishments which fail to comply with statutory health and safety laws
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Advice comes at a price
More than half a million pounds has been earmarked by Brighton and Hove city council to pay for specialist advice on major projects. The biggest sum - £185,000 -has been set aside for the scheme to replace the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. Tories
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Workers held in forged IDs clampdown
Immigration officers and police raided a bakery in a clamp-down on overseas workers using forged ID. Seventeen Brazilian nationals were arrested in the raid on Fortes Bakery, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, which happened at about 11am yesterday. The workers
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Budget airlines in price war
A flight to Prague from Gatwick now costs less than a train journey from Brighton to London thanks to a fares war. Within hours of internet flights firm Bmibaby launching its £23.99 single to the Czech Republic, EasyJet hit back with a £20.99 discount
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Dear John, give us our stadium
Football supporter Lord Bassam has written to John Prescott calling on him to be bold and brave over a crucial planning decision. It is likely the Deputy Prime Minister will have to decide whether or not Brighton and Hove Albion's plans for a community
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CJ judge calls for tougher laws on drivers
A judge called for tougher laws governing illegal motorists after being forced to reduce the sentence of an uninsured illegal immigrant who ran over a nine-year-old boy. Judge Anthony Thorpe said the public was incredulous at the maximum six-month sentence
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17 held in forged IDs clampdown
Immigration officers and police raided a bakery in a clamp-down on overseas workers using forged ID. Seventeen Brazilian nationals were arrested in the raid on Fortes Bakery, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, which happened at about 11am yesterday. The workers
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University strike threat looms
Universities will have to close if lecturers go on strike in protest at Government pay reforms. Staff have backed proposals for a week-long strike after a ballot conducted by the Association of University Teachers and also agreed to boycott assessments
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School faced with shutdown
Hundreds of school children face an uncertain future as their college is threatened with closure. A damning Ofsted report means Seaford Head Community College has been placed in special measures and could close if it does not make a dramatic turnaround
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Church tightens its belt
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Sussex is to move out of his stately residence in an attempt to ease the Church's financial difficulties. The Right Reverend Kieran Conry, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, is expected to put the grand, flint-fronted
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Police slower on the draw
Police were sent on to the streets of Sussex with guns 204 times in the past year, new figures reveal. The number of authorised firearms incidents was down 20 per cent on 2001/2, when 248 cases were recorded. The number of times armed response vehicles
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Jordan told to remove giant globes
Glamour model Jordan is at the centre of a legal row because her frontage is too big and needs planning permission. Part of the problem, which is causing much hilarity among council officers, surrounds two large, shining globes. The 25-year-old I'm a
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Park plan threatens bypass
A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because it wants to build a bypass. West Sussex County Council says the extension, called for by the Countryside Agency, includes land earmarked
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Expensive but always value for money
Your columnist Audrey Simpson is spot on (The Argus, February 6). Mark and Nicole Emmerson's One Paston Place was the outstanding restaurant of Brighton and Hove. I remember every meal I had there and there would have been many more if I could have afforded
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Get untaxed cars off our roads now
Further to the death of nine-year-old Callum "CJ" Oakford and the article about Vicki Crowther (The Argus, February 10), it is all very well passing legislation about untaxed cars but if no one is going to enforce it, what on earth is the point? I went
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Same old spin
How apt that Mr Edwards (Letters, February 10 ) should be blessed with the initials PR when claiming that "Blair is the best leader we have had in decades". Anybody who believes all the spin that this Government has trundled out over the past seven years
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Cutting red tape
Your article, "No help through the legal jungle" (The Argus, February 9), presented a less than balanced picture of the provision of publicly-funded legal services. The Community Legal Service is charged with ensuring sufficient supply of services to
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Athletics: Brighton's future is under threat
Dick Knight is not the only club chairman who will be sending John Prescott flowers on Valentine's Day. Chris Carter fears the future of Brighton and Hove City Athletic Club could be in jeopardy if the Deputy Prime Minister throws out plans for a new
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Hockey: Lewes unveil new strike force
Lewes are hoping for big things from their new strike partnership. Carl Wright has been joined in attack by the equally pacy Mark Justice who joined Lewes from Purley during the mid-season break. Justice made an encouraging National League debut in the
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Date
Best education
The governors of Carden Primary School are concerned about comments on the relative desirability of Patcham and Carden Schools several years ago made in the article on the views of Dr Anthony Seldon. Time has moved on and things have changed. Carden Primary
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Date
Non-League: Round-Up
Haywards Heath have axed player-manager Rob Hughes after just two games. Hughes left before Heath's latest game against Mile Oak and he has been followed out of the club by ten of the 11 signings he had made, including former Lewes and Horsham striker
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Date
Dr Martens: Wilson baclks Crawley to go up
Eastbourne Borough manager Garry Wilson hopes Saturday's derby against Crawley Town is the last, for a few years at least. Wilson is keen for the Reds to pip Weymouth to the premier division title and gain promotion to the Nationwide Conference, but is
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Private school was best choice for my kids
Regrettably, or perhaps deliberately, those interviewed for The Argus Analysis on February 9 seem to have missed the point of Dr Anthony Seldon's remarks. At no stage did he imply that parents who want the best for their children are hypocrites. On the
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Date
Rugby: England set to rule
It is less than nine years since John Mallett won his one England cap. But the vastly experienced former Bath prop admits it feels like the dark ages now as the national side set their sights on a second successive Grand Slam. Sir Clive Woodward's squad
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Date
Duo look forward to new cultural role
David Smith has been chosen to take a leading role in a Government campaign to promote culture across the South-East. Mr Smith, operations director at the Sussex Learning and Skills Council, is a leading educationalist and lecturer at the University of
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Director accepts five-year ban
The director of a hotel refurbishment business which failed with almost £5 million of debts has promised to stay away from company management for five years. Joseph O'Riordan, 63, of Channel Way, Fairlight, Hastings, was also director of a nightclub business
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Investors shun creatives
Investors are undermining entrepreneurs in creative industries by failing to support them, a survey has shown. Industries such as computer games, fashion, design and architecture were failing to achieve their full potential due to lack of private cash
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Hoteliers urged to ditch Fawlty image
Hoteliers are being urged to bury lingering comparisons with Basil Fawlty by paying more attention to food hygiene and fire regulations. Calls have been made to close down those establishments which fail to comply with statutory health and safety laws
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Date
Park plan threatens bypass
A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because it wants to build a bypass. A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because
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Date
Advice comes at a price
More than half a million pounds has been earmarked by Brighton and Hove city council to pay for specialist advice on major projects. The biggest sum - £185,000 -has been set aside for the scheme to replace the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. Tories
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Date
Budget airlines in price war
A flight to Prague from Gatwick now costs less than a train journey from Brighton to London thanks to a fares war. Within hours of internet flights firm Bmibaby launching its £23.99 single to the Czech Republic, EasyJet hit back with a £20.99 discount
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Date
Workers held in forged IDs clampdown
Immigration officers and police raided a bakery in a clamp-down on overseas workers using forged ID. Seventeen Brazilian nationals were arrested in the raid on Fortes Bakery, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, which happened at about 11am yesterday. The workers
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Date
February 13: Benjamin to extend stay
Trevor Benjamin is staying on loan with Albion for a second month. Leicester striker Benjamin, who completes his first four weeks at Grimsby, agreed to an extension on Thursday. Seagulls manager Mark McGhee is confident the continued presence of the big
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Date
Behind the curtains of drug factory
Frightened neighbours thought they had been caught up in a terror alert. Their exclusive private lane had been sealed off, an inflatable tent blocked the road and police dressed head-to-foot in white boiler suits were crawling all over a luxury bungalow
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Jordan told to remove giant globes
Glamour model Jordan is at the centre of a legal row because her frontage is too big and needs planning permission. Part of the problem, which is causing much hilarity among council officers, surrounds two large, shining globes. The 25-year-old I'm a
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Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw
Our report on Thursday last week following the conviction of teacher Jane Longhurst's killer Graham Coutts is attacked by Jolyon Western, from Brighton. She says: "I have to question whether your hugely excessive coverage (nine pages) was really motivated
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Park plan threatens bypass
A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because it wants to build a bypass. West Sussex County Council says the extension, called for by the Countryside Agency, includes land earmarked
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Date
17 held in forged IDs clampdown
Immigration officers and police raided a bakery in a clamp-down on overseas workers using forged ID. Seventeen Brazilian nationals were arrested in the raid on Fortes Bakery, Victoria Road, Burgess Hill, which happened at about 11am yesterday. The workers
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Date
Expensive but always value for money
Your columnist Audrey Simpson is spot on (The Argus, February 6). Mark and Nicole Emmerson's One Paston Place was the outstanding restaurant of Brighton and Hove. I remember every meal I had there and there would have been many more if I could have afforded
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Date
Get untaxed cars off our roads now
Further to the death of nine-year-old Callum "CJ" Oakford and the article about Vicki Crowther (The Argus, February 10), it is all very well passing legislation about untaxed cars but if no one is going to enforce it, what on earth is the point? I went
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Date
Golf: Plant has shot at pro tour
Dean Plant is leaving the security of an assistant's job at Willingdon to play the minor tours full time. It is a risk he is willing to take knowing that failure could see him finish up skint and his appetite for the game severely dented. The 24 year-old
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Date
Same old spin
How apt that Mr Edwards (Letters, February 10 ) should be blessed with the initials PR when claiming that "Blair is the best leader we have had in decades". Anybody who believes all the spin that this Government has trundled out over the past seven years
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Date
School for all
The Argus on February 4 contained an article about high-performing schools. One of these was St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School in Preston Road, Brighton - a predominantly white, middle-class area. While other schools in the city struggle,
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Date
Hockey: Lewes unveil new strike force
Lewes are hoping for big things from their new strike partnership. Carl Wright has been joined in attack by the equally pacy Mark Justice who joined Lewes from Purley during the mid-season break. Justice made an encouraging National League debut in the
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Date
Football: Hardings light up Hassocks
Pat and Joel Harding are following in the footsteps of father Matthew and making a name for themselves in football. The 20-year-old twins may not feature on the national back pages like their Chelsea-mad dad did but they are creating their own headlines
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Date
Duo look forward to new cultural role
David Smith has been chosen to take a leading role in a Government campaign to promote culture across the South-East. Mr Smith, operations director at the Sussex Learning and Skills Council, is a leading educationalist and lecturer at the University of
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Date
Director accepts five-year ban
The director of a hotel refurbishment business which failed with almost £5 million of debts has promised to stay away from company management for five years. Joseph O'Riordan, 63, of Channel Way, Fairlight, Hastings, was also director of a nightclub business
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Date
Park plan threatens bypass
A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because it wants to build a bypass. A council has objected to the decision to extend the boundaries of the proposed South Downs National Park because
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Date
Budget airlines in price war
A flight to Prague from Gatwick now costs less than a train journey from Brighton to London thanks to a fares war. Within hours of internet flights firm Bmibaby launching its £23.99 single to the Czech Republic, EasyJet hit back with a £20.99 discount
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Date
February 13: Benjamin to extend stay
Trevor Benjamin is staying on loan with Albion for a second month. Leicester striker Benjamin, who completes his first four weeks at Grimsby, agreed to an extension on Thursday. Seagulls manager Mark McGhee is confident the continued presence of the big
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Date
Original gay club sold for £1.5m
The legendary Revenge nightclub in Brighton has been sold for £1.5 million. Tony Chapman, owner of what is now the biggest gay venue in the south-east, confirmed he had signed a deal with leisure company Stagfleet Ltd. The millionaire, who grew up in
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Date
Webcast to show politics in action
Pop bands do it to promote new releases, Jordan said she would do it when she gave birth and one US television network wanted to do it when Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed. The live internet webcast has become the latest means of flashing
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Date
Behind the curtains of drug factory
Frightened neighbours thought they had been caught up in a terror alert. Their exclusive private lane had been sealed off, an inflatable tent blocked the road and police dressed head-to-foot in white boiler suits were crawling all over a luxury bungalow
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Date
£4m drugs bust at luxury home
United States enforcement agents today said the streets were safer after tracing an international drugs ring to a luxury Brighton bungalow. Equipment and chemicals for the manufacture of up to £4 million of ecstasy, amphetamines and LSD were discovered
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Advice comes at a price
More than half a million pounds has been earmarked by Brighton and Hove city council to pay for specialist advice on major projects. The biggest sum - £185,000 -has been set aside for the scheme to replace the King Alfred leisure centre in Hove. Tories
