Archive
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Letter: Let the music play on
After just a few days of operation in Brighton the famous Spiegeltent has been served with a noise abatement notice. What this effectively means is that music can only be played at very low levels at the Festival Club, potentially altering the enjoyment
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Letter: Who'd have them?
Can any reader explain the huge influx of shouting, miserable-looking people pushing buggy prams in our area? Children should not be a toil but an embellishment to society. If one cannot afford children, why have them? It is bad for the child. A child
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Letter: Not us, guv
I am writing on behalf of the Balfour Junior School governors to correct a statement made in the news report, "Boy banned from going to the school next door". The governing body did not reject his application. We play absolutely no part in the implementation
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Police taken in by window dresser
When Iona Dudley-Ward began to strip off in a shop window, some passers-by thought she had simply got lost on the way to the changing rooms. Nonchalantly peeling off her clothes down to her underwear, she tried on several outfits, checking each in the
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Climate change boosts shark numbers
If you go for a dip off a Sussex beach in the summer the scariest thing you would expect to encounter is a spot of sewage or, if you're off Kemp Town, Brighton, a naturist. The last thing you'd expect is a shark. But they're definitely out there - and
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Scandal doctor appeals against sacking
A hospital doctor sacked for bedding one of his patients is fighting to get his job back. Dr Mardan Mahmood has appealed against the decision to dismiss him from the haematology department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The Argus revealed
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Poetry: Afternoon Tea With Wendy Cope, De Vere Grand Hotel
If you thought all modern poets wrote in obscure, irregular sentences that neither rhymed nor scanned, think again. Wendy Cope has been described as a "jet-age Tennyson" but I believe she has more in common with Sir John Betjeman. She wryly writes about
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Music: Birgitte Staernes and Jorunn Marie Bratlie, Pavilion Theatre
Violinist Birgitte Staernes made her grand concert debut in Oslo in 1991, having already won first prize in the Rotterdam International Violin competition. Fellow Norwegian Jorunn Marie Bratlie graduated in piano from the Norwegian State Academy Of Music
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Letter: More noise
What kind of person chooses to live in the centre of a city and then complains about noise - during a major cultural festival which only lasts three weeks? And what kind of council puts on a major cultural festival and then reacts to two complaints about
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Music: Ed Hughes and Pendle Poucher with Chroma, Fabrica
It's the quiet ones you have to watch. Poor old Ed Hughes had two shows booked in and ticket sales were going so badly, he had to cancel the second show. Then, out of the blue, the gig appeared on the front page of The Independent. Suddenly, people were
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Theatre: Pugilist Specialist, Komedia
Pugilist Specialist is not the easiest play to watch at 7.30pm on a Monday evening after a hard day at work. The language is dense, loaded and relentless and keeping up is a bit like chasing an express train. Every time you jump onboard, you're thrown
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Talks: Harold Pinter In Conversation, Dome Concert Hall
Harold Pinter was in Brighton to talk about freedom and independence. They are words which, he believes, are being diluted of all proper meaning by a UK and US administration using them as a shield, behind which they rain death and destruction on Iraq
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Theatre: Oliver Twist, Theatre Royal
Putting Dickens on stage is fraught with danger. The books are massive with a huge cast of characters and we all know them so well. But Neil Bartlett has done the impossible and created a fresh perspective on Oliver Twist. Bartlett lives in Brighton and
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Letter: Disappointment
One of this year's Brighton Festival highlights has been soaking up the evening ambience of the Spiegeltent. It has proved to be the best focal point of any Festival in memory with an eclectic mix of locals and visiting performers and various esteemed
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Britons appeal in Saudi torture claims
Britons who claim they were tortured in jails in Saudi Arabia took their fight for damages to the Court of Appeal. Accountant Ron Jones, from Crawley, says he was tortured into confessing to a terrorist bombing in Riyadh. Last July a High Court official
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Letter: True talent
I hope readers will take the opportunity to go along and view the work of so many talented artists in the Open House Trails. I went with friends to 31 Havelock Road, Brighton, where we were given a very warm and friendly welcome and we saw some original
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Youth Football: I have England cap but no club
England star Russell Martin has told league clubs: "Come and get me". Martin played a key role when England 2-2 drew against the Rest of the World in an under-18s schools international at Villa Park. The midfielder, from Brighton, hopes his performance
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Letter: Sorry, but I think I began the Open Houses
Brighton Open Studios/Houses was first brought to Brighton in 1974, not 1982 as claimed by Ned Hoskins (The Argus, April 30). In the Seventies I worked in London (although living in Brighton) for the artists' organisations AIR and SPACE - both founded
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Cricket: Sussex forced to struggle
Sussex made a dismal start to their three-day friendly against Loughborough UCCE at Hove today. The students were supposed to have provided Sussex's batsmen with the opportunity for some much-needed time in the middle. But medium-pacer Phil Lewis struck
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Former soldier cleared of hotel rape
A former British Army corporal broke down in tears as a jury cleared him of trying to rape a businesswoman at a luxury hotel. Jonathan Brockhouse, 34, sobbed in the dock at Hove Crown Court as the jury of nine women and three men unanimously acquitted
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BSkyB profits double
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB said today it had doubled profits after hitting a key subscriber target three months early. The group had set its sights on 315,000 customers using its Sky+ digital TV service by the end of June, but growth since the start
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Vote for top women
Nominations for this year's Everywoman Awards are now being accepted. The awards, sponsored by NatWest, started last year and celebrate women who have made successes of their businesses. Last year's winner was Philippa Stephen-Martin, owner of Hove-based
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Baltic export opportunites targeted
Shoreham Port Authority (SPA) is to take part in a five-day trade visit to Latvia and Estonia. A delegation of 11 British companies will visit the countries as part of a mission organised by the London Chamber of Commerce. The aim is to develop export
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Parents fail to save for university
Parents in Sussex are sticking their heads in the sand when it comes to providing for their children's future education, a survey suggests. And the Government's decision to introduce university top-up fees has failed to prompt 57 per cent of parents in
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Two more charged over doorman's murder
Two more men have been charged with the murder of a doorman in Hove, bringing the total to five. Emir Dema, 27, and Mevan Dema, 18, both from Albania, were due to appear before magistrates in Brighton today. Sussex Police said the men, who are related
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'Biased' commentator pulls plug on Albion
A football reporter who has commentated throughout Brighton and Hove Albion's push for promotion has pulled the plug on himself for their match of the season so far. Instead, BBC Southern Counties Radio presenter Andrew Hawes will be cheering on his favourite
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Winning lottery ticket theft inquiry
Lottery bosses are investigating claims a thief stole a winning £600,000 ticket. The ticket was bought by a man in Crawley on October 24 for the following day's game. He was ecstatic when all his numbers came up and put the winning ticket on the dining
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Officer quizzed over £500 fake passport
An immigration officer at Gatwick has been arrested on suspicion of selling fake passports. Lucy Denyer, 21, is alleged to have offered passports for £500 to reporters claiming to be illegal immigrants and told them she could get more. She has been suspended
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Theatre: Double Gazing
Club New York, Dyke Road, Brighton, Until Saturday May 15 Brighton playwright David Weedall writes specifically for the Fringe Festival with the aim of providing "a really fun night out" - sounds obvious but sometimes you do wonder. Often using minimalist
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Letter: Let the music play on
After just a few days of operation in Brighton the famous Spiegeltent has been served with a noise abatement notice. What this effectively means is that music can only be played at very low levels at the Festival Club, potentially altering the enjoyment
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Date
Letter: Who'd have them?
Can any reader explain the huge influx of shouting, miserable-looking people pushing buggy prams in our area? Children should not be a toil but an embellishment to society. If one cannot afford children, why have them? It is bad for the child. A child
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Why Miss England finalist hated her face
For years Racheal Baughan hated what she saw when she caught a glance of her reflection in a mirror. The pretty teenager would hide in shame because she was convinced she was ugly. Her family tried to boost Racheal's confidence but she became more and
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Police taken in by window dresser
When Iona Dudley-Ward began to strip off in a shop window, some passers-by thought she had simply got lost on the way to the changing rooms. Nonchalantly peeling off her clothes down to her underwear, she tried on several outfits, checking each in the
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Climate change boosts shark numbers
If you go for a dip off a Sussex beach in the summer the scariest thing you would expect to encounter is a spot of sewage or, if you're off Kemp Town, Brighton, a naturist. The last thing you'd expect is a shark. But they're definitely out there - and
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Poetry: Afternoon Tea With Wendy Cope, De Vere Grand Hotel
If you thought all modern poets wrote in obscure, irregular sentences that neither rhymed nor scanned, think again. Wendy Cope has been described as a "jet-age Tennyson" but I believe she has more in common with Sir John Betjeman. She wryly writes about
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Music: Joe Zawinul And The Zawinul Syndicate and Billy Cobham And The Art Of Five
Two legendary names in contemporary jazz made this an unmissable event. It was an evening of contrasts, Billy Cobham's Art Of Five set was a sparkling updating of the hard bop legacy, with a nod to Art Blakey in the presentation. Like that other great
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Music: Louis Vause, Pavilion Theatre
Lunchtime is not the ideal time for jazz. What you really need is a smoky bar and one or two beers under your belt. However, pianist Louis Vause and his quartet of drums, electric bass, flugelhorn/ trumpet and saxophone/flute shone through the formality
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Civil War enthusiast hands in £5000 gun collection
An American Civil War enthusiast surrendered his prized collection of replica guns after discovering he could end up in jail. He handed in two replica Winchester rifles and nine replica handguns, all capable of firing air pellets. The retired care worker
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Talks: Kwame Kwei-Armah and Susan Elderkin, Spiegeltent
When Susan Elderkin starts work on a new book, she looks to the landscape as an indicator of the people who live there. Invited by Brighton Festival to document her responses to a weekend stay in the city, she found herself drawn again and again to the
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Music: Double Image, Pavilion Theatre
Double Image is a quartet that specialises in performing trios. In Brighton it alternated its clarinettist with its violin player for a programme of works by Beethoven and Glinka along with a world premiere by Nicola LeFanu. Pianist David Carhart, violinist
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Talks: Harold Pinter In Conversation, Dome Concert Hall
Harold Pinter was in Brighton to talk about freedom and independence. They are words which, he believes, are being diluted of all proper meaning by a UK and US administration using them as a shield, behind which they rain death and destruction on Iraq
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Date
Letter: Disappointment
One of this year's Brighton Festival highlights has been soaking up the evening ambience of the Spiegeltent. It has proved to be the best focal point of any Festival in memory with an eclectic mix of locals and visiting performers and various esteemed
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Letter: Why is French so important?
There are now 25 countries in the European Union speaking about 20 languages. The French are objecting to Chris Patten as the next president of the union because his French is not good enough to carry on a detailed conversation with President Chirac.
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Letter: Carers' cut
The shortage of nursing staff in Brighton and Hove will not be helped by emergency nurses having their pay cut by 25 per cent (The Argus, April 28). The cut is being made by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust's outgoing chief executive
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Britons appeal in Saudi torture claims
Britons who claim they were tortured in jails in Saudi Arabia took their fight for damages to the Court of Appeal. Accountant Ron Jones, from Crawley, says he was tortured into confessing to a terrorist bombing in Riyadh. Last July a High Court official
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Letter: Petty politics
Spoilsports from environment protection threaten to fine the Brighton Festival's Spiegeltent for providing entertainment in a public park. Bossy safety police stop bicyclists from riding on one of Europe's widest seafronts. Nit-picking waste enforcement
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7,000 living in crowded homes
Seven thousand people are living in severely overcrowded conditions in Sussex, a housing investigation has revealed. According to a joint report by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), 2,000 households
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Vote for top women
Nominations for this year's Everywoman Awards are now being accepted. The awards, sponsored by NatWest, started last year and celebrate women who have made successes of their businesses. Last year's winner was Philippa Stephen-Martin, owner of Hove-based
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Date
Baltic export opportunites targeted
Shoreham Port Authority (SPA) is to take part in a five-day trade visit to Latvia and Estonia. A delegation of 11 British companies will visit the countries as part of a mission organised by the London Chamber of Commerce. The aim is to develop export
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Date
Companies close final salary pension schemes
Almost two-thirds of the UK's top pension funds have closed their final salary pension schemes to new members, a survey has revealed. Although 99 per cent of the UK's top 350 pension funds offer a final salary scheme, 61 per cent are now closed to new
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Buyers head for homes in country
House prices in rural Sussex have begun rising faster than the cost of city homes, new figures have revealed. Property prices in East Sussex surged by 14 per cent in the first three months this year, according to the Land Registry. The rise in prices
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Two more charged over doorman's murder
Two more men have been charged with the murder of a doorman in Hove, bringing the total to five. Emir Dema, 27, and Mevan Dema, 18, both from Albania, were due to appear before magistrates in Brighton today. Sussex Police said the men, who are related
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Date
'Biased' commentator pulls plug on Albion
A football reporter who has commentated throughout Brighton and Hove Albion's push for promotion has pulled the plug on himself for their match of the season so far. Instead, BBC Southern Counties Radio presenter Andrew Hawes will be cheering on his favourite
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Music: English National Opera
Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Brighton, Wednesday May 12 In its first ever visit to Brighton, English National Opera (ENO), widely regarded as England's premiere opera company singing in the original language, will perform concert excerpts from three
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Theatre: Double Gazing
Club New York, Dyke Road, Brighton, Until Saturday May 15 Brighton playwright David Weedall writes specifically for the Fringe Festival with the aim of providing "a really fun night out" - sounds obvious but sometimes you do wonder. Often using minimalist
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Date
Why Miss England finalist hated her face
For years Racheal Baughan hated what she saw when she caught a glance of her reflection in a mirror. The pretty teenager would hide in shame because she was convinced she was ugly. Her family tried to boost Racheal's confidence but she became more and
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Neighbours dragged into £6,000 dispute
Stephanie Hike and Mark Packwood used to be good friends but the souring of their relationship could cost them and their neighbours hundreds of pounds. Each claims the other owes more than £3,000 in a dispute which has also involved residents living in
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Letter: More balance
The problem outlined in your article "Boy banned from going to the school next door" (The Argus, April 30) largely stems from the council's timidity in tackling the mismatch in the intake of Balfour Infant and Balfour Junior schools. While there was consultation
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Date
Music: Joe Zawinul And The Zawinul Syndicate and Billy Cobham And The Art Of Five
Two legendary names in contemporary jazz made this an unmissable event. It was an evening of contrasts, Billy Cobham's Art Of Five set was a sparkling updating of the hard bop legacy, with a nod to Art Blakey in the presentation. Like that other great
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Date
Music: Louis Vause, Pavilion Theatre
Lunchtime is not the ideal time for jazz. What you really need is a smoky bar and one or two beers under your belt. However, pianist Louis Vause and his quartet of drums, electric bass, flugelhorn/ trumpet and saxophone/flute shone through the formality
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Civil War enthusiast hands in £5000 gun collection
An American Civil War enthusiast surrendered his prized collection of replica guns after discovering he could end up in jail. He handed in two replica Winchester rifles and nine replica handguns, all capable of firing air pellets. The retired care worker
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Date
Talks: Kwame Kwei-Armah and Susan Elderkin, Spiegeltent
When Susan Elderkin starts work on a new book, she looks to the landscape as an indicator of the people who live there. Invited by Brighton Festival to document her responses to a weekend stay in the city, she found herself drawn again and again to the
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Date
Music: Double Image, Pavilion Theatre
Double Image is a quartet that specialises in performing trios. In Brighton it alternated its clarinettist with its violin player for a programme of works by Beethoven and Glinka along with a world premiere by Nicola LeFanu. Pianist David Carhart, violinist
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Date
Letter: Why is French so important?
There are now 25 countries in the European Union speaking about 20 languages. The French are objecting to Chris Patten as the next president of the union because his French is not good enough to carry on a detailed conversation with President Chirac.
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Letter: Carers' cut
The shortage of nursing staff in Brighton and Hove will not be helped by emergency nurses having their pay cut by 25 per cent (The Argus, April 28). The cut is being made by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust's outgoing chief executive
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Letter: A lot to learn
Brighton is fast becoming a communist state. You cannot do this, you cannot do that. Cyclists banned from the seafront, rubbish bins being rifled, fines being issued all over the place, to swell council coffers, cars being driven from the city because
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Date
Letter: Petty politics
Spoilsports from environment protection threaten to fine the Brighton Festival's Spiegeltent for providing entertainment in a public park. Bossy safety police stop bicyclists from riding on one of Europe's widest seafronts. Nit-picking waste enforcement
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Date
Non-League Football: Hillians chief blasts league bosses
Manager Gary Croydon says he is "very concerned" about Burgess Hill becoming an Isthmian League club following the restructuring of non-league football. FA officials were joined by representatives of the Conference, Northern, Isthmian and Southern Leagues
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May 12: Roberts injury scare
Albion are sweating on the fitness of in-form goalkeeper Ben Roberts for Sunday's play-off first leg at Swindon. Roberts will be wrapped in cotton wool for the next few days to protect a right foot injury sustained in the early stages of last Saturday's
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May 12: 'Biased' commentator pulls plug on Albion
A football reporter who has commentated throughout Brighton and Hove Albion's push for promotion has pulled the plug on himself for their match of the season so far. Instead, BBC Southern Counties Radio presenter Andrew Hawes will be cheering on his favourite
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Date
7,000 living in crowded homes
Seven thousand people are living in severely overcrowded conditions in Sussex, a housing investigation has revealed. According to a joint report by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), 2,000 households
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Date
Roberts injury scare
Albion are sweating on the fitness of in-form goalkeeper Ben Roberts for Sunday's play-off first leg at Swindon. Roberts will be wrapped in cotton wool for the next few days to protect a right foot injury sustained in the early stages of last Saturday's
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Date
Children hurt in bus crash
Seven schoolchildren were hurt in a crash involving two buses in Brighton today. Five were treated on the spot for minor facial injuries and two were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton as a precaution. The children from Benfield School
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Teacher threatened head with scissors
A primary school teacher who threatened a headmistress with scissors and faked epileptic fits has been allowed to continue working. But Joanne Lilley said last night she planned to leave teaching later this year. She said: "This whole ordeal has hung
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Sussex firm is top of the hogs
Harley-Davidson, the world famous motorcycle maker, has presented a Sussex dealership with a prestigious in-house award. Shaw Harley-Davidson, based at Holmes Hill, near Lewes, will receive the Bar and Shield Award from company executives in the US for
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Date
Web firm has good design in mind
Web design company 72 Dots has created a web site for mind control expert Derren Brown. The firm, based in New England Street, Brighton, produced the site to accompany Derren's Channel 4 series, Trick Of The Mind. The web site, which can be found at www.channel4
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Date
Companies close final salary pension schemes
Almost two-thirds of the UK's top pension funds have closed their final salary pension schemes to new members, a survey has revealed. Although 99 per cent of the UK's top 350 pension funds offer a final salary scheme, 61 per cent are now closed to new
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Date
Buyers head for homes in country
House prices in rural Sussex have begun rising faster than the cost of city homes, new figures have revealed. Property prices in East Sussex surged by 14 per cent in the first three months this year, according to the Land Registry. The rise in prices
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Date
Man buried alive as trench collapses
A landscape gardener was killed when a trench he was digging for an ornamental lake collapsed. Karl Achermann's workmates struggled to free him after he was buried up to his neck in mud. Firefighters and paramedics were called in to help but Mr Achermann
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Music: English National Opera
Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Brighton, Wednesday May 12 In its first ever visit to Brighton, English National Opera (ENO), widely regarded as England's premiere opera company singing in the original language, will perform concert excerpts from three
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Date
Letter: Not us, guv
I am writing on behalf of the Balfour Junior School governors to correct a statement made in the news report, "Boy banned from going to the school next door". The governing body did not reject his application. We play absolutely no part in the implementation
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Date
Neighbours dragged into £6,000 dispute
Stephanie Hike and Mark Packwood used to be good friends but the souring of their relationship could cost them and their neighbours hundreds of pounds. Each claims the other owes more than £3,000 in a dispute which has also involved residents living in
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Date
Scandal doctor appeals against sacking
A hospital doctor sacked for bedding one of his patients is fighting to get his job back. Dr Mardan Mahmood has appealed against the decision to dismiss him from the haematology department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The Argus revealed
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Date
Letter: More balance
The problem outlined in your article "Boy banned from going to the school next door" (The Argus, April 30) largely stems from the council's timidity in tackling the mismatch in the intake of Balfour Infant and Balfour Junior schools. While there was consultation
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Date
Music: Birgitte Staernes and Jorunn Marie Bratlie, Pavilion Theatre
Violinist Birgitte Staernes made her grand concert debut in Oslo in 1991, having already won first prize in the Rotterdam International Violin competition. Fellow Norwegian Jorunn Marie Bratlie graduated in piano from the Norwegian State Academy Of Music
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Date
Letter: More noise
What kind of person chooses to live in the centre of a city and then complains about noise - during a major cultural festival which only lasts three weeks? And what kind of council puts on a major cultural festival and then reacts to two complaints about
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Date
Music: Ed Hughes and Pendle Poucher with Chroma, Fabrica
It's the quiet ones you have to watch. Poor old Ed Hughes had two shows booked in and ticket sales were going so badly, he had to cancel the second show. Then, out of the blue, the gig appeared on the front page of The Independent. Suddenly, people were
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Date
Theatre: Pugilist Specialist, Komedia
Pugilist Specialist is not the easiest play to watch at 7.30pm on a Monday evening after a hard day at work. The language is dense, loaded and relentless and keeping up is a bit like chasing an express train. Every time you jump onboard, you're thrown
-
Date
Theatre: Oliver Twist, Theatre Royal
Putting Dickens on stage is fraught with danger. The books are massive with a huge cast of characters and we all know them so well. But Neil Bartlett has done the impossible and created a fresh perspective on Oliver Twist. Bartlett lives in Brighton and
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Date
Letter: A lot to learn
Brighton is fast becoming a communist state. You cannot do this, you cannot do that. Cyclists banned from the seafront, rubbish bins being rifled, fines being issued all over the place, to swell council coffers, cars being driven from the city because
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Date
Letter: True talent
I hope readers will take the opportunity to go along and view the work of so many talented artists in the Open House Trails. I went with friends to 31 Havelock Road, Brighton, where we were given a very warm and friendly welcome and we saw some original
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Date
Youth Football: I have England cap but no club
England star Russell Martin has told league clubs: "Come and get me". Martin played a key role when England 2-2 drew against the Rest of the World in an under-18s schools international at Villa Park. The midfielder, from Brighton, hopes his performance
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Date
Letter: Sorry, but I think I began the Open Houses
Brighton Open Studios/Houses was first brought to Brighton in 1974, not 1982 as claimed by Ned Hoskins (The Argus, April 30). In the Seventies I worked in London (although living in Brighton) for the artists' organisations AIR and SPACE - both founded
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Date
Non-League Football: Hillians chief blasts league bosses
Manager Gary Croydon says he is "very concerned" about Burgess Hill becoming an Isthmian League club following the restructuring of non-league football. FA officials were joined by representatives of the Conference, Northern, Isthmian and Southern Leagues
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Date
May 12: Roberts injury scare
Albion are sweating on the fitness of in-form goalkeeper Ben Roberts for Sunday's play-off first leg at Swindon. Roberts will be wrapped in cotton wool for the next few days to protect a right foot injury sustained in the early stages of last Saturday's
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Date
May 12: 'Biased' commentator pulls plug on Albion
A football reporter who has commentated throughout Brighton and Hove Albion's push for promotion has pulled the plug on himself for their match of the season so far. Instead, BBC Southern Counties Radio presenter Andrew Hawes will be cheering on his favourite
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Date
Cricket: Sussex forced to struggle
Sussex made a dismal start to their three-day friendly against Loughborough UCCE at Hove today. The students were supposed to have provided Sussex's batsmen with the opportunity for some much-needed time in the middle. But medium-pacer Phil Lewis struck
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Date
Roberts injury scare
Albion are sweating on the fitness of in-form goalkeeper Ben Roberts for Sunday's play-off first leg at Swindon. Roberts will be wrapped in cotton wool for the next few days to protect a right foot injury sustained in the early stages of last Saturday's
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Date
Children hurt in bus crash
Seven schoolchildren were hurt in a crash involving two buses in Brighton today. Five were treated on the spot for minor facial injuries and two were taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton as a precaution. The children from Benfield School
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Date
BSkyB profits double
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB said today it had doubled profits after hitting a key subscriber target three months early. The group had set its sights on 315,000 customers using its Sky+ digital TV service by the end of June, but growth since the start
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Date
Sussex firm is top of the hogs
Harley-Davidson, the world famous motorcycle maker, has presented a Sussex dealership with a prestigious in-house award. Shaw Harley-Davidson, based at Holmes Hill, near Lewes, will receive the Bar and Shield Award from company executives in the US for
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Date
Web firm has good design in mind
Web design company 72 Dots has created a web site for mind control expert Derren Brown. The firm, based in New England Street, Brighton, produced the site to accompany Derren's Channel 4 series, Trick Of The Mind. The web site, which can be found at www.channel4
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Date
Parents fail to save for university
Parents in Sussex are sticking their heads in the sand when it comes to providing for their children's future education, a survey suggests. And the Government's decision to introduce university top-up fees has failed to prompt 57 per cent of parents in
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Date
Winning lottery ticket theft inquiry
Lottery bosses are investigating claims a thief stole a winning £600,000 ticket. The ticket was bought by a man in Crawley on October 24 for the following day's game. He was ecstatic when all his numbers came up and put the winning ticket on the dining
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Date
Officer quizzed over £500 fake passport
An immigration officer at Gatwick has been arrested on suspicion of selling fake passports. Lucy Denyer, 21, is alleged to have offered passports for £500 to reporters claiming to be illegal immigrants and told them she could get more. She has been suspended
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Date
Man buried alive as trench collapses
A landscape gardener was killed when a trench he was digging for an ornamental lake collapsed. Karl Achermann's workmates struggled to free him after he was buried up to his neck in mud. Firefighters and paramedics were called in to help but Mr Achermann
