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Boom, boom: Basil ready for brush with new generation
Basil Brush owner Entertainment Rights has secured a pan-European broadcast distribution contract with a subsidiary of Time Warner for the Duel Masters animated series. The deal with Turner Broadcasting System Europe will allow the series to be broadcast
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High St sales on a steady increase
High street sales showed steady if unspectacular progress during February, the British Retail Consortium said in a monthly survey yesterday. During one of the quieter periods in the retail calendar, total sales grew 5.3 per cent with the figure on a like-for-like
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Farmers get taste of sales bonanza
An initiative to promote the Sussex food and drink industry and support the county's farmers has been launched. One of the main priorities of A Taste Of Sussex will be to encourage supermarket chains to stock more of the county's local produce, providing
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No compensation for Equitable Life losers
The Government has rejected calls to compensate people who lost millions of pounds in troubled mutual Equitable Life. Almost 800,000 people lost money after Equitable made financial promises it could not keep to a large group of its own policyholders.
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Nothing mystical about Sean's prize
It was wonderful to see actor Sean Penn (perhaps the best actor of his generation) pick up the best actor Oscar for his role in Mystic River. It is a truly wonderful movie directed by Clint Eastwood and deals very sympathetically with a child abuse case
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The school run obstacle course
The school run is notoriously busy but for pupils at Brighton's Elm Grove Primary School it has become like Wacky Races. Children walking along Elm Grove have to dodge cars parked on the pavement and are even hooted at by motorists driving along the pedestrian
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Fatboy rocks Rio!
He once said he would never do it again but on Sunday night Norman Cook stepped up to the decks for the third Big Beach Boutique, not in Brighton this time but in Rio. Barefoot and sun-kissed, he seemed overwhelmed as he walked on stage to the cheers
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Got well soon
How about this for a two-inch-high, front page headline - "Woman admitted to Royal Sussex County Hospital as emergency, gets fantastic treatment, gets better" (Me, last week). Councillor Delia Forester (Labour) Queens Park Ward, - Brighton and Hove City
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There's no escaping the Viper
There was no escape for one attacker as police applied the full force of one of their most effective weapons. Seconds after lashing out at officers and spraying them with their own CS gas, he found himself flat on his face with his arms and legs tightly
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Personal care
As a member of the Alzheimer's Society and a trustee of ARDIS, a local charity that supports people with dementia in Bevendean and the Towner Club, Kemp Town, I agree with Jane Launchbury (Letters, March 4) about the personal care needs of those with
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Cut-price bus stranded us in the middle of nowhere
The war between two cut-price bus companies escalated today after one stopped to rescue passengers stranded on its broken-down rival. Passengers on Stagecoach's heavily-publicised £1 megabus service from Brighton to London were shepherded by traffic police
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Why women can feel safe with an iPod
They are already changing the way we listen to music but a Sussex academic says the iPod could soon change the world. Dr Michael Bull, regarded as the world's leading authority on personal stereos, has launched a study into the impact of the 21st Century
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Cash or safety
Tory spokesman David Gold (Letters, March 6) again seeks to promote the dangerous belief that many safety cameras have been put on our roads as an easy way to raise cash from "law abiding" motorists for the Treasury. The Conservatives were criticised
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Waterhall perfect
Despite all the excuses for not using Waterhall, it is the only suitable site for a stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion. 1. It is on the junction of the A27 and A23. 2. It would be a simple task to build a halt on the main line. 3. Drivers would be encouraged
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Falmer in 2008 - my dream and nightmare
In reply to David Pritchard (Letters, March 6) I would like to give readers two stark choices. It is 6.30pm on Tuesday November 5, 2008 (bonfire night). You step off the train at Falmer and make your way to the Community Stadium at Village Way North.
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Drinkers think my street is a toilet
I am writing to draw attention to the problem of people relieving themselves in public, with particular reference to Norfolk Square, Brighton. More or less every time I leave my house, I have to walk past somebody who feels it's okay to urinate where
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McGhee has striking plan
Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed plans to keep Trevor Benjamin and sign another striker. Benjamin's second month on loan to the Seagulls from troubled Leicester ends with next Tuesday's trip to Chesterfield. McGhee's hopes of holding on to Benjamin
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School term changes
School terms in Brighton and Hove are likely to change from autumn next year. Easter weekend would no longer determine the dates of the spring school holiday. This would be fixed as the first two weeks of April. Good Friday and Easter Monday would always
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Judge cages racist thug
A eracist tearaway who attacked his former teacher and abused a black teenager has been locked up for 33 months. Lee Domagala walked into his old school - Dorothy Stringer in Brighton - and threatened to set two Staffordshire bull terriers on deputy head
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Boom, boom: Basil ready for brush with new generation
Basil Brush owner Entertainment Rights has secured a pan-European broadcast distribution contract with a subsidiary of Time Warner for the Duel Masters animated series. The deal with Turner Broadcasting System Europe will allow the series to be broadcast
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Travel choice
Holidaymakers should head to Gatwick for the best shops according to the Consumers' Association (CA). The South Terminal, along with Heathrow's Terminal 4, offers the best shopping experience at any British airport. Research by the CA's Holiday Which?
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Steak in shop
A 16th Century butcher's shop is changing hands for the first time in 68 years. V M Brooks Butcher's, in High Street, Steyning, has been bought by residents Michael and Eve Chalcraft and Chris and Jason Bason. The new owners have given the shop, expected
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Company proves it has star quality
Some of Britain's leading actors are being paid through a Brighton accountancy firm. Mazars, based in Frederick Place, has secured the contract to manage payments for leading London agent Ken McReddie, whose clients include Helen Mirren and David Suchet
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Nothing mystical about Sean's prize
It was wonderful to see actor Sean Penn (perhaps the best actor of his generation) pick up the best actor Oscar for his role in Mystic River. It is a truly wonderful movie directed by Clint Eastwood and deals very sympathetically with a child abuse case
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Passion for Africa sparked a colourful new enterprise
Businessman Oliver Dearing is treating art-lovers to paintings created in the shanty towns of Africa. The 21-year-old has invested £6,000 of his student grant into an enterprise selling the works of art over the internet. Oliver was so taken with tribal
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Got well soon
How about this for a two-inch-high, front page headline - "Woman admitted to Royal Sussex County Hospital as emergency, gets fantastic treatment, gets better" (Me, last week). Councillor Delia Forester (Labour) Queens Park Ward, - Brighton and Hove City
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Cut-price bus stranded us in the middle of nowhere
The war between two cut-price bus companies escalated today after one stopped to rescue passengers stranded on its broken-down rival. Passengers on Stagecoach's heavily-publicised £1 megabus service from Brighton to London were shepherded by traffic police
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No subsidy needed
Reading The Argus last Thursday, I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. There was a report about Brighton and Hove City Council's 7.7 per cent increase in council tax, accompanied by cuts in services, and a piece on the lack of funds to
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Look at the facts
Much has been said recently about the proposals to build a new Worthing College, funded by the sale of part of its site to Asda. Sadly, a great deal of it has been based on ignorance. As the proposals will soon be determined by Worthing Borough Council
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Waterhall perfect
Despite all the excuses for not using Waterhall, it is the only suitable site for a stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion. 1. It is on the junction of the A27 and A23. 2. It would be a simple task to build a halt on the main line. 3. Drivers would be encouraged
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Date
Falmer in 2008 - my dream and nightmare
In reply to David Pritchard (Letters, March 6) I would like to give readers two stark choices. It is 6.30pm on Tuesday November 5, 2008 (bonfire night). You step off the train at Falmer and make your way to the Community Stadium at Village Way North.
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DJ jailed for childporn
A mobile DJ caught with more than 15,000 pornographic pictures of children on his computer has been jailed for 12 months. Married father-of-three Allen Parr, 50, admitted 19 charges of making indecent photographs of children. He asked for a further 15,734
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Travel choice
Holidaymakers should head to Gatwick for the best shops according to the Consumers' Association (CA). The South Terminal, along with Heathrow's Terminal 4, offers the best shopping experience at any British airport. Research by the CA's Holiday Which?
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Date
Steak in shop
A 16th Century butcher's shop is changing hands for the first time in 68 years. V M Brooks Butcher's, in High Street, Steyning, has been bought by residents Michael and Eve Chalcraft and Chris and Jason Bason. The new owners have given the shop, expected
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Firm favourite
A Crawley-based internet travel agency has been ranked 69th in a Top 100 Businesses to Work For list compiled by The Sunday Times. Air Miles began in 1994 as a subsidiary loyalty scheme for British Airways, allowing frequent flyers to build up air mile
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Company proves it has star quality
Some of Britain's leading actors are being paid through a Brighton accountancy firm. Mazars, based in Frederick Place, has secured the contract to manage payments for leading London agent Ken McReddie, whose clients include Helen Mirren and David Suchet
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Thanks a lot
I am overwhelmed by the response to your article about donating my bone marrow for my brother David. When our news is full of hideous crimes and constant anti-everything arguments, it is so refreshing to realise how thoughtful and kind people are. I admire
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No good to me
I read with interest your article (The Argus, March 2) about cheap trips to London on either National Express Coaches or Stagecoach's Megabus. I'm all for cheap fares to London but as a disabled person in an electric wheelchair, these wonderful offers
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Passion for Africa sparked a colourful new enterprise
Businessman Oliver Dearing is treating art-lovers to paintings created in the shanty towns of Africa. The 21-year-old has invested £6,000 of his student grant into an enterprise selling the works of art over the internet. Oliver was so taken with tribal
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Police identify body in barrel
A man stabbed to death and pushed from the top of a 450ft cliff in a plastic barrel has been named by police. Orville Donovan Gordon, 39, was found at the foot of Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, on January 17. Sussex Police said Mr Gordon was a Jamaican
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No subsidy needed
Reading The Argus last Thursday, I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming. There was a report about Brighton and Hove City Council's 7.7 per cent increase in council tax, accompanied by cuts in services, and a piece on the lack of funds to
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Date
Look at the facts
Much has been said recently about the proposals to build a new Worthing College, funded by the sale of part of its site to Asda. Sadly, a great deal of it has been based on ignorance. As the proposals will soon be determined by Worthing Borough Council
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Date
Rubbish piles up as dispute continues
Plastic bags full of rubbish will continue to blight the streets of Brighton and Hove for the foreseeable future. The city's rubbish collection service is in disarray after last month's wildcat strike by binmen. The dispute meant black refuse sacks were
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Fatboy wants third beach party
Fatboy Slim's rave in Rio could pave the way for the return of the Big Beach Boutique to Brighton. More than 300,000 people partied safely on the sand as DJ Norman Cook unleashed his block-rocking breakbeats in Brazil. After stepping off the stage yesterday
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Date
Not feasible
A lot of people would like to see Brighton and Hove City Council solve the problem of a new stadium for the Albion by building an entry development to the city on the Waterhall site. It would be a spectacular improvement to the city and its environs,
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Date
McGhee has striking plan
Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed plans to keep Trevor Benjamin and sign another striker. Benjamin's second month on loan to the Seagulls from troubled Leicester ends with next Tuesday's trip to Chesterfield. McGhee's hopes of holding on to Benjamin
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Date
DJ jailed for childporn
A mobile DJ caught with more than 15,000 pornographic pictures of children on his computer has been jailed for 12 months. Married father-of-three Allen Parr, 50, admitted 19 charges of making indecent photographs of children. He asked for a further 15,734
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Date
High St sales on a steady increase
High street sales showed steady if unspectacular progress during February, the British Retail Consortium said in a monthly survey yesterday. During one of the quieter periods in the retail calendar, total sales grew 5.3 per cent with the figure on a like-for-like
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Date
Firm favourite
A Crawley-based internet travel agency has been ranked 69th in a Top 100 Businesses to Work For list compiled by The Sunday Times. Air Miles began in 1994 as a subsidiary loyalty scheme for British Airways, allowing frequent flyers to build up air mile
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Date
Farmers get taste of sales bonanza
An initiative to promote the Sussex food and drink industry and support the county's farmers has been launched. One of the main priorities of A Taste Of Sussex will be to encourage supermarket chains to stock more of the county's local produce, providing
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Date
No compensation for Equitable Life losers
The Government has rejected calls to compensate people who lost millions of pounds in troubled mutual Equitable Life. Almost 800,000 people lost money after Equitable made financial promises it could not keep to a large group of its own policyholders.
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Date
Thanks a lot
I am overwhelmed by the response to your article about donating my bone marrow for my brother David. When our news is full of hideous crimes and constant anti-everything arguments, it is so refreshing to realise how thoughtful and kind people are. I admire
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Date
No good to me
I read with interest your article (The Argus, March 2) about cheap trips to London on either National Express Coaches or Stagecoach's Megabus. I'm all for cheap fares to London but as a disabled person in an electric wheelchair, these wonderful offers
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Date
The school run obstacle course
The school run is notoriously busy but for pupils at Brighton's Elm Grove Primary School it has become like Wacky Races. Children walking along Elm Grove have to dodge cars parked on the pavement and are even hooted at by motorists driving along the pedestrian
-
Date
Fatboy rocks Rio!
He once said he would never do it again but on Sunday night Norman Cook stepped up to the decks for the third Big Beach Boutique, not in Brighton this time but in Rio. Barefoot and sun-kissed, he seemed overwhelmed as he walked on stage to the cheers
-
Date
Police identify body in barrel
A man stabbed to death and pushed from the top of a 450ft cliff in a plastic barrel has been named by police. Orville Donovan Gordon, 39, was found at the foot of Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, on January 17. Sussex Police said Mr Gordon was a Jamaican
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Date
There's no escaping the Viper
There was no escape for one attacker as police applied the full force of one of their most effective weapons. Seconds after lashing out at officers and spraying them with their own CS gas, he found himself flat on his face with his arms and legs tightly
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Date
Personal care
As a member of the Alzheimer's Society and a trustee of ARDIS, a local charity that supports people with dementia in Bevendean and the Towner Club, Kemp Town, I agree with Jane Launchbury (Letters, March 4) about the personal care needs of those with
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Date
Why women can feel safe with an iPod
They are already changing the way we listen to music but a Sussex academic says the iPod could soon change the world. Dr Michael Bull, regarded as the world's leading authority on personal stereos, has launched a study into the impact of the 21st Century
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Date
Rubbish piles up as dispute continues
Plastic bags full of rubbish will continue to blight the streets of Brighton and Hove for the foreseeable future. The city's rubbish collection service is in disarray after last month's wildcat strike by binmen. The dispute meant black refuse sacks were
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Date
Cash or safety
Tory spokesman David Gold (Letters, March 6) again seeks to promote the dangerous belief that many safety cameras have been put on our roads as an easy way to raise cash from "law abiding" motorists for the Treasury. The Conservatives were criticised
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Date
Fatboy wants third beach party
Fatboy Slim's rave in Rio could pave the way for the return of the Big Beach Boutique to Brighton. More than 300,000 people partied safely on the sand as DJ Norman Cook unleashed his block-rocking breakbeats in Brazil. After stepping off the stage yesterday
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Date
Not feasible
A lot of people would like to see Brighton and Hove City Council solve the problem of a new stadium for the Albion by building an entry development to the city on the Waterhall site. It would be a spectacular improvement to the city and its environs,
-
Date
Drinkers think my street is a toilet
I am writing to draw attention to the problem of people relieving themselves in public, with particular reference to Norfolk Square, Brighton. More or less every time I leave my house, I have to walk past somebody who feels it's okay to urinate where
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Date
McGhee has striking plan
Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed plans to keep Trevor Benjamin and sign another striker. Benjamin's second month on loan to the Seagulls from troubled Leicester ends with next Tuesday's trip to Chesterfield. McGhee's hopes of holding on to Benjamin
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Date
McGhee has striking plan
Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed plans to keep Trevor Benjamin and sign another striker. Benjamin's second month on loan to the Seagulls from troubled Leicester ends with next Tuesday's trip to Chesterfield. McGhee's hopes of holding on to Benjamin
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Date
School term changes
School terms in Brighton and Hove are likely to change from autumn next year. Easter weekend would no longer determine the dates of the spring school holiday. This would be fixed as the first two weeks of April. Good Friday and Easter Monday would always
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Date
Judge cages racist thug
A eracist tearaway who attacked his former teacher and abused a black teenager has been locked up for 33 months. Lee Domagala walked into his old school - Dorothy Stringer in Brighton - and threatened to set two Staffordshire bull terriers on deputy head
