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May 17: Midfielder Jones needed to quit anyway
Nathan Jones today revealed he would have quit Albion, even if he had been offered a new deal. Midfielder Jones and injury-plagued defender Paul Watson were released by Seagulls last week. But Jones says he would have left anyway after starting just three
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Letter: Waterhall works
Steve Collins has it right. Not only is Waterhall the best site for a fabulous sports complex but it is perfect for a park-and-ride scheme, thereby avoiding the need to move the dogs' home and adjacent properties on the east side of the A23. The railway
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Letter: Littlegreen boys
Could you please print a few lines to advertise our school reunion for pupils of Littlegreen School, a special school for boys with learning difficulties in Compton, near Chichester? I am trying to track down former pupils but it is proving difficult
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Letter: Keep Volks
James Greed asks about the Eastbourne tramway (Letters, May 11). This ran from Princes Park to the Crumbles on a 2ft gauge and operated from 1953 to 1969, after which it was transferred to Seaton, Devon, to replace a railway line closed by the notorious
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Police in raid on 'crack house' flats
One woman was arrested as police closed down what they described as "crack houses" in Brighton. Needles and other drug paraphernalia were discovered as police raided two flats on two floors of a property in London Road. Neighbours, nearby businesses and
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Cannes premiere for movie
A film made by Sussex directors has been premiered at Cannes. The Great Ecstasy Of Robert Carmichael, a first time feature by 24-year-old director Thomas Clay, is the only British fiction film in competition at the world's most prestigious film festival
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Pong on ship halts cruise
Angry passengers who had their cruise cancelled when the ship's toilets failed have returned home a week early. The 500 remaining passengers on the 34,000-ton Thomson Celebration docked at Southampton complaining of overflowing toilets and bad smells
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Footballers lose home in arson attack
Dozens of footballers have been left with nowhere to change after a suspected arson attack on their clubhouse. A fire broke out at Fishersgate Community Centre on Sunday, damaging four of the supporting triangles which make-up the dome-shaped structure
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£10m worth of child vouchers unclaimed
Parents are losing out on more than £10 million in unclaimed Government handouts, it emerged today. A new scheme aimed at giving financial help to people in early adulthood means that every child born after September 1 2002 is entitled to a £250 voucher
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Letter: This dump stinks
I was one of the hundreds of residents who received a two-page letter from Onyx, with its crisp colour CAD illustrations and an aerial photograph of the proposed facility in Hollingdean, Brighton. It was all very Fifties, futuristic and "happy happy"
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The True History...Of Julia Pastrana, Theatre Royal, Brighton, May 17 - 21
Companies such as Sound And Fury have long been experimenting with the dimmer switch and only last year the Festival introduced us to scratch-and-sniff theatre with a show in the Marine Colonnade toilets. If you've ever been to an over-subscribed school
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Letter: A numbers game
I enjoyed your report on the North-South play-off final (The Argus, May 16) but must take issue with one point. On the back page and in the report on page 43, it states "the Altrincham fans were easily outnumbered" by the travelling Borough support. I
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Letter: Greens done good
Isn't it a shame defeated General Election contender Mike Weatherley, the Tory candidate for Brighton Pavilion, should spoil what at first appeared to be a gracious and dignified letter (Letters, May 12) in praise of the re-elected Labour MP, David Lepper
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Letter: A brave face
The defeated Conservative candidate Mike Weatherley (below) puts a brave spin on the Tories' failure to win seats from Labour at the election, saying they "did well" and made "great advances". In fact, while the Tory vote rose nationally by just one per
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Midfielder Jones needed to quit anyway
Nathan Jones today revealed he would have quit Albion, even if he had been offered a new deal. Midfielder Jones and injury-plagued defender Paul Watson were released by Seagulls last week. But Jones says he would have left anyway after starting just three
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Starting up an importing business - Del Boy style
The story of how an obscure Italian liquor distilled in the mountains of Tuscany came to be the tipple of choice in Brighton and Hove is surprisingly simple. How the couple who brought the drink to these shores hustled and bustled, and generally blagged
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Tourists return to spend their £377m
New figures have emerged to suggest Brighton and Hove's tourist industry has fully recovered from the post-September 11 slump. The city now attracts almost eight million visitors each year, according to the first part of a study by Visit Brighton, the
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Wedding record
Glamour model Jordan and husband-to-be Peter Andre are believed to have signed a record £1.7 million contract with a magazine for their wedding photos. The Sussex-based couple are rumoured to have struck a deal with with celebrity magazine OK! which makes
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Ibrahim Ferrer, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
ATCHOOOOOOO - is all it seems to take these days for pop stars to flounce off to their sick beds, cancelling concerts and entire tours at the drop of a snotty hankie. Ibrahim Ferrer on the other hand, despite being in his mid-70s and suffering a terrible
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The Battleship Potemkin, The British Engineerium Museum, Hove
This scene from Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 epic, The Battleship Potemkin, is still widely acclaimed as the single most celebrated sequence in cinema history. After a mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin, popular unrest in harbour is brutally crushed by
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Letter: No mercy
I agree with Arnold Webster wholeheartedly (The Argus, May 14) about unruly yobs. It is almost unbelievable that today, it is not uncommon for teachers in our schools to be attacked in their own classrooms. In my young days, if one were not paying attention
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£10,000 triumph for gay pier man
A gay man insulted by his boss has won almost £10,000 in compensation. An employment tribunal has ordered the Palace Pier in Brighton to make the payment to former employee Alan Whitehead. Mr Whitehead worked as the senior arcade and sideshow manager
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Letter: Did this nurse of nurses suffer ME?
The article about ME (The Argus, May 12) suggests Florence Nightingale (pictured) may have been a sufferer of this illness. Although she is often mentioned in connection with the illness, I remain sceptical. I can see how sufferers of this ghastly disease
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Letter: Propaganda
I spotted the same cloud formation while sat on the beach on May 5. From where I saw it, just next to the pier, it looked like a cross as well but I assumed it was there to remind people to vote, it being Election Day. I said to some the people I was
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Top architect to explain his plan
Top architect Frank Gehry will make a visit to Brighton and Hove this week to explain how he came up with his latest plans for an apartment and leisure centre complex on the seafront. The internationally-acclaimed designer, who is based in Los Angeles
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Dog in Beachy Head plunge drama
Ben the dog sparked a huge rescue operation when he plunged down 535ft cliffs - and survived without a scratch. His owners, Mary and Lou James, watched in horror as he disappeared over the edge on his first visit to the seaside. But the seven-year-old
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Letter: Holy cake
Adrian Kwinter reports that images of Jesus have turned up in jam sponges, marble cake and cheese and onion crisps. Now, Jesus has appeared in a cloud over Worthing. Russ Bravo, editor of The Christian Herald, said he was "absolutely amazed" by the image
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Relatives remember A23 victims on anniversary of crash
The mother of two people killed in the A23 horror crash said: "I can finally let go now and start rebuilding my life." Gloria Marshall and relatives of the other six victims released white balloons at the scene yesterday to mark the first anniversary
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Sussex clue to pianist riddle
A mystery man who stunned carers by giving a virtuoso piano performance could be from Sussex. Medics are investigating a tip-off from a caller who thinks the man is from the county and it is one of the strongest leads they have so far. The man has not
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Letter: The no 14 lives
I think D Clapinson misread the bus timetable (Letters, May 14). The 14 and 14C are still running to the Sussex County Hospital from Newhaven. I read it in the timetable and I double-checked with a driver on the number 14 today. -Mrs Reigna Mitchell,
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Letter: Violence, chaos and lies: The election was a sham
I agree with Peter Poole (Letters, May 12). The election announcements were a shambles from start to finish. Some friends and I were present at the 1997 and 2001 counts and expected to go this year as well. I heard a rumour the public weren't going to
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Cricket: Dean refuses to get carried away
Ifield captain Graeme Dean is refusing to be drawn into title talk after his side's unbeaten start to the division one season. Ifield, who finished third last summer, beat Goring by nine wickets on Saturday to go 20 points clear at the top of the table
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Cricket: Records tumble as Yardy enjoys himself
Mike Yardy says enjoying himself is key to his sensational start to the new season. The Sussex batsman broke more records at Hove yesterday after reaching his maiden double hundred in the tour match against Bangladesh. When he was eventually out for 257
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Eateries feeling the bite as diners tighten up belts
The last eight months has seen a string of restaurant closures in Brighton and Hove. The city is known for its superb array of different styles of food on offer, with something for everyone on any budget. If you ate out at a different restaurant every
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Scientist quizzed in Billie-Jo trial
Tiny specks of flesh belonging to murdered teenager Billie-Jo Jenkins were not discovered on her foster-father's clothes during original scientific examination, the Old Bailey heard. Only after the blood had dried and flaked off was the flesh revealed
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Stadium pressure put on Prescott
Albion fans have vowed to give John Prescott a noisy reception if he has not said yes to their new stadium by the time of the Labour conference in September. The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to make his decision before Christmas but is facing pressure
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Appeal to teenage girls over stabbing
Police are trying to trace two teenage girls in connection with the killing of a McDonald's restaurant assistant. The two were involved in a minor altercation in the restaurant in Terminus Road, Chichester, on Saturday, April 9, a week before Jackie Marshall
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Doderskratt, Komedia, Brighton, May 17 - 21
The title of their latest piece may mean "the cackle at the end of the road" or, more ominous still, "death's laughter in the face of humanity". But the work of Sweden's Theatre Slava couldn't be more full of life. One of Europe's great music and movement
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Opera Gala, Sussex Symphony Orchestra, St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton
The Sussex Symphony Orchestra Opera Gala has become something of a fixture during the Brighton Festival and, judging by the applause and standing ovation this year's concert received, a very welcome one. Mark Andrew James and his team select a series
