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Letter: We need your help to survive
Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land, the Burgess Hill-based charity formed four years ago by Brighton-based Lucy Fensom and which provides care for tortured and abandoned donkeys in Israel, needs help if it's to continue its work. As a UK registered
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The tale of the sex-change boy who had a baby
As scandals go, Dawn Langley Simmons' story is breathtaking. Born an illegitimate Sussex country boy, he took on the mantle of wealthy socialite, moved to America where he had a sex change and became a Southern Belle. If that was not enough to stun the
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Letter: Uninvited guests
Richard Smith was probably right to say that some anarchists have anarchist posters on "their" walls (Letters, September 30). But for his information, the anarchists The Argus alluded to had their posters hanging on "my" walls, not their own, inside my
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Landlord told me to kill my dog
A nurse who complained her dog was escaping through her broken gate got a letter back from the landlords telling her to have it killed. Alison Hawes, 35, was horrified when her request for repairs was met with a demand to provide evidence by return of
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Letter: Was this for real?
During the afternoon of Wednesday, September 15, I was approached by a very personable young man outside the Guildbourne Centre in Worthing. He started by complimenting me on my hairstyle, then asked if I ever visited London. As it happened, I was going
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Athletics: Baldock goes back to his roots
Imagine Thierry Henry deciding to leave Arsenal to join Eastbourne Borough. Sounds like a ridiculous scenario but Sean Baldock has made a similar choice with his athletics career. Baldock has quit Belgrave Harriers - who won the British Athletics League
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Letter: Cheap cars
The reason people choose the car over public transport is because they can afford to. Before cars were so universally owned, people travelled to work by bus, train, cycle or even walked. Many large firms, especially factories employing shift workers,
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Football: Sussex ref blasts moaning managers
Former Premiership referee Gary Willard has handed moaning managers a red card. Worthing-based Willard is fed up with Premiership bosses who blame him and his fellow match assessors for controversial performances by referees. Willard said: "I've heard
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Letter: Home's closure leaves my brother vulnerable
Some time ago, I wrote a letter to say that West Sussex County Council should be named and shamed for its handling of the closure of St Giles, a residential home for adults with physical and learning disabilities in Lancing. Well, we are ten months down
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FA Cup: King won't axe Cup flops
Steven King will not punish his Lewes players further following their FA Cup exit at the hands of Wessex League Brockenhurst. The Rooks missed out on a cash windfall after suffering a shock 2-1 defeat at the Dripping Pan on Saturday. King admonished his
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England boost for Albion duo
Albion defenders Dan Harding and Adam Hinshelwood were handed a club and country boost today, thanks to an England injury crisis. Peter Taylor's under-21 squad has been hit by three injury withdrawals including Dean Ashton of Crewe, Albion's next opponents
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A Saga of fortune
Saga workers were given a Monday morning to remember after a slice of the proceeds from the £1.35 billion sale of the business came their way. Roger De Haan, who owns the over-50s venture founded by his father Sidney in 1951, offered staff, including
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Tories target tax cuts
Shadow Chancellor Oliver Letwin announced plans yesterday to "set Britain on the path to a lower tax economy". But Mr Letwin refused to give specific pledges on tax cuts, vowing there would be "no more broken promises on tax" under him. In his keynote
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Durutti Column, The Corn Exchange, Brighton
The Durutti Column should have been afforded a more prominent position in British rock history than the footnote they have acquired. The first signing of Factory Records back in 1977, their celestial guitar sketches possessed an audacious romanticism
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Feed your spirit with a good diet
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. South Downs NHS Trust, however, will be doing things differently to celebrate this year's World Mental Health Day. A range of complementary therapists
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Letter: No real skinhead can be called racist
Having read both your articles on Too Many Crooks and The Brighton Ska Festival (The Argus, September 25 and September 28), I felt compelled to write a response. Both your articles mentioned Ska gigs involving racist skinheads and hooligans. Having been
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'Sex pest' nurse accused of harassing colleagues
A nurse accused of becoming a sex pest boasted of love affairs with two of his colleagues at a care home, a professional standards body heard. Heeralall Dhunnookchand, 54, from Burgess Hill, said to one of them: "I love those boobs, they're just my size
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City gay icon honoured
One of Brighton and Hove's first gay icons will finally be recognised by a blue plaque. Campaigners have been battling for years to get the plaque commemorating Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, put on the house where he lived in Hove. The son of the
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Letter: We must let Iraq's people decide their own future
Would it really be irresponsible to pull out of Iraq? Humbly, I suggest not. The killing and bombing of the innocents is totally unacceptable and it may not stop for a generation. The effects of the Bush/Blair "liberation" are entirely negative - as predicted
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Soames to reveal first kiss secret in conference video
Political heavyweight Nicholas Soames is to reveal his embarrassment over fluffing his first kiss. The Mid Sussex MP will relive the moment in front of thousands of conference delegates as part of an attempt by Central Office to make the party leadership
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Letter: Be objective
In her one-sided criticism of the Fathers 4 Justice group (The Argus, September 25), Jean Calder ignores the fact that many of these fathers are fighting for their right to see their children which has already been granted by the Family Court. Their problem
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Midwife upset by fake ticket prank
A DIY parking ticket told a woman there was room for "a 20-mule team, two elephants, a goat and a tribe of pygmies" in the space she had left her car. Midwife Katrina Birch, 33, from Fiveways, Brighton, was on her way to the gym when she noticed the ticket
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Letter: Treat men equally
Like Bob Greene (Letters, September 20), I feel Fathers 4 Justice have acted irresponsibly in their recent actions. There was a time I considered joining the movement as, in principle, I agree with that they are trying to achieve. But I think they are
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Pubs set to open all night
Brighton and Hove is preparing to become one of Britain's first 24-hour party cities. The city council is close to adopting a licensing policy allowing pubs and clubs to stay open all night. The authority, which takes over licensing next February, will
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Letter: Going public
I recently visited New York. The US think cheap and efficient public transport is the alternative to traffic congestion. I visited Trenton, New Jersey and the cheap day return rail fare cost 15 dollars 75 cents (about £9.26). The journey was 58 miles
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Letter: Guns aren't cool
"Tennis is never going to be as cool as guns and drugs" (This Is Brighton, September 24). I'm no great tennis fan but guns and drugs, cool? This doesn't seem like a message our newspaper should be putting out - and it's not a view I would want the younger
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FA Cup: Striker fear for East Preston
East Preston are trying to ensure striker Lee Farrell is available for the biggest game in the club's history. Vic Short's side will entertain Isthmian premier division side Billericay Town in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup a week on Saturday
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Conference: MacDonald injury doubt for Reds
Crawley striker Charlie MacDonald fears he will lose his place in the side if forced to miss tonight's Conference clash with Farnborough. The Reds top scorer is a major doubt with an ankle injury he suffered in the second minute of Saturday's 1-0 defeat
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Rent rises top traders' priorities
Rent increases are putting the squeeze on traders in Brighton's North Laine area. The popular shopping quarter has become a victim of its own success. Increased demand for space has meant some rents have trebled in just five years, according to the North
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Brighton to London trains every nine minutes
A train would leave Brighton for London every nine minutes under a planned overhaul of rail services. Planning officers at The South East England Regional Assembly (Seera) found passengers were frustrated with the current service, which was congested
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Advice to help women entrepreneurs prosper
A networking event is being held next month to encourage more women to go into business. Women's Enterprise Day at the Thistle Hotel in Kings Road, Brighton, on November 17 aims to provide an insight into the world of enterprise and industry. Organisers
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Games firm leaps up tech league table
Specialist games company Babel Media has climbed more than 20 places in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 league table. The Hove-based firm, which tests all the games which can be played on Vodafone mobiles, was ranked 60th, compared with 81st
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Travel boss faces image test
Travel agent Martin Wellings has been elected president of the industry's consumer watchdog and given six months to help restore its tarnished reputation. Mr Wellings, who runs Hailsham-based Personal Service Travel (PST), has taken over at the top of
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Glyndebourne On Tour, Glyndebourne Opera House, near Lewes, until October 23
Glyndebourne's autumn tour opens with a revival of David McVicar's modern-dress production of Puccini's La Boheme, first premiered by Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 2000. This is Puccini's famous tale of love and death among students in Paris but, here
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Red Priest, St George's Church, Kemp Town, Brighton
Red Priest burst on to the stage, a bit like a thunderclap, with violins and recorders streaking. This Lewes-based international ensemble swung Vivaldi in a very theatrical fashion but with no cheapening of the music at all. The quartet was dressed in
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Detective who found he had breast cancer
Standing 6ft 4in tall and weighing 17st, rugby-playing detective Jason Foy should be the epitome of a fit and healthy man. But he was thrown into a woman's world when he was told he had breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy in August. As one of just
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Chocolate is good for you
At last, it's the news we have all been waiting for - chocolate is good for you. Time and again, we are told it will make us fat and spotty but, during Chocolate Week, which runs until Sunday, allow yourself to enjoy that melt-in-the-mouth feeling safe
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Brighton Philharmonic, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
Did BPO have a transfusion of Czech blood during the summer break? It would seem so from the all-Czech programme that opened its 80th anniversary season at the weekend. It was a swirling, swinging and almost gipsy-style orchestra as it got stuck in to
