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Probe launched into housing debate row
An investigation has been launched to find out if Government ministers interfered with the future of a city's council housing. A decision over the future of Brighton and Hove's 16,000 council homes was pulled from a full council meeting agenda at the
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Letter: What do you think about nature on TV?
I am currently researching audience responses to wildlife programmes and would like to know what readers of The Argus think of the different types of wildlife documentary on television at the moment? In your opinion, is TV coverage of natural history
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Letter: The wrong end
At the Palmeira Gardens end of Church Road, traffic flows freely on the one-way system. At the New Church Road end, however, there is congestion mainly because of road closures, Vallance Road as part of the Tesco development, Connaught Road as part of
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Letter: Drought? Really?
It makes me angry to read scare stories issued by water companies, especially Southern Water. I drive through Sussex a lot and make a point of driving around Ardingly. Last time I was there, about a month ago, the reservoir was brimming. This week, I
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Pilot fined over near-miss with Red Arrows
A pilot has been fined £3,000 for straying into the airspace of a Red Arrows display team during a public air show - almost causing a mid-air collision. Thousands of spectators were stunned as Martin Buuron's single-propeller Cirrus light aircraft entered
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Tributes paid to car crash man
Tributes have been paid to a man who died when his car plunged over 100ft cliffs after failing to stop for police. Flowers were laid on the cliff edge for Dean Paul Noakes, 29, of Thorndean Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton. Mr Noakes died instantly when his
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Chance to swan about in peace
A feathered father-of-five has shown who is top of the pecking order by seeing off an invasion of Canadian geese. Relationships got so bad between a pair of Canadian geese and their offspring and a pair of English swans and their cygnets that wildlife
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Chaos on the roads
Motorists are being warned to expect Bank Holiday traffic chaos on the roads. Leading travel information service ITIS is urging drivers to plan ahead to avoid expected delays on all three days of this holiday weekend. The South Coast is likely to be a
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Lib Dem MPs urged not to back stadium
Lewes MP Norman Baker has asked all his Liberal Democrat colleagues not to support Brighton and Hove Albion's stadium plans. Brighton Pavilion MP David Lepper tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons, urging MPs to show their support for
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Letter: More than just a case of blue and white
In reference to the article (The Argus, May 13) about Joyce Rose, a blue badge driver who received numerous parking tickets, some clarification is needed. Our investigations show Ms Rose received a number of tickets but over a period of two-and-a-half
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Letter: Very funny
Celia Barlow calls the plans for the King Alfred "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen". What? More beautiful than the Taj Mahal? The Champs Elysees? The Coliseum? The Chrysler building? She needs to get out more. If anyone was impressed by the Blue
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BB gun sparks police hunt in village
A man carrying a plastic ball bearing (BB) gun sparked an armed police hunt for more than two hours in a quiet village. Police officers carrying machine guns descended on a little road in Rustington, near Littlehampton, after a woman alerted them to a
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Letter: Beastly beauty
Poor Celia Barlow. What a beautydeprived life she must have led to believe Frank Gehry's latest design for the King Alfred site is "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen". I suggest she purchase a large box of Lego. It is similar to her exciting visual
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Nursing Home places aim to ease beds crisis
A hospital trust is to fund 30 nursing home places to ease its long-running bed-blocking crisis. Officials at East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust said they risk piling further financial pressure on themselves by paying for the places. Bosses said they would
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Letter: No answer
Celia Barlow said she was against tall buildings on the seafront and would "campaign to stop large blocks of flats on the Caffyns site". Yet she has also called Frank Gehry's design "the most beautiful thing I have ever seen", adding, "it is... fantastic
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I, Banquo, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 26 and 27
With I, Caliban he conjured Prospero's slave for a new take on The Tempest. With I, Peaseblossom he retold A Midsummer Night's Dream through the visions of Shakespeare's most neglected fairy. Now, in another beguiling new perspective on the Bard, Brighton's
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Letter: Double Dutch
Where did Mr Gehry learn doublespeak? He said the buildings he designed for the King Alfred site are "able to fit in with what's around" and "are in a decent scale to not stick out like a sore thumb". He even claims he is "trying to listen and be a good
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Letter: Gehry's folly, whatever its merits, isn't for Hove
When is Hove going to have a proper, informed discussion about the proposals for the King Alfred site? Every time Gehry's plan reappears in The Argus, another bit has been whittled away to make the building more palatable - but to who exactly? Certainly
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Nurse scouts USA talent
Nick Nurse today revealed how his eight-week working tour of some of America's less prestigious venues can help Brighton Bears strike deals for new players. Nurse is working as assistant coach with Oklahoma Storm in the USBL, a small-time American summer
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Letter: Rats not Withdean's only vermin
I am writing to inform your readers of the danger to children and animals caused by the mindless actions of some yobs. The Argus (May 5), printed an article about the rat problem in Withdean Park. Signs were put up by the local authority before traps
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McGhee cool on Celtic link
Albion manager Mark McGhee today played down reports linking him with a return to Celtic as Gordon Strachan's righthand man. McGhee says his close friend and former Aberdeen team-mate has not raised the subject of the pair joining forces at Parkhead.
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A love of words leads to an unusual venture
A woman has turned her love of anagrams into a business. Jules Kent, from Hanover, Brighton, has launched her own greeting card and gift company called Anagram Works based on jumbling up everyday words. One of her biggest sellers is a risqu card with
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Salon is looking to scoop award for youth training
A Sussex hairdresser could be in line for a cash boost as an employer who provides the best practical training for young people. The Cutting Club, at the David Lloyd club, Broadwater Way, Eastbourne, has entered the Edge Employer Awards. Practical learning
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High Street slump poses a threat to city's small traders
Turbulent times lie ahead for shopkeepers, with sales reaching their lowest levels for more than ten years. Figures released by the British Retail Consortium in April showed fewer people were parting with their cash as fears of a recession grew. The statistics
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Record field in bike challenge
A record number of cross-country cyclists braved sunshine and showers to raise thousands of pounds for The Argus Appeal, A total of 182 riders and two runners took part in the gruelling 105-mile South Downs Way Challenge between Winchester and Eastbourne
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Student sparkles after jewellery is returned
A student has been reunited with jewellery stolen from her final-year project thanks to The Argus and her eagle-eyed neighbours. Rebecca Mann, 22, was handed back the missing rings and brooches on Sunday only days before tutors were due to begin marking
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Relaxed rule on parking is 'not enough'
A parking action group has said plans to give drivers an extra three minutes' grace before they are issued a ticket do not go far enough. Steve Percy, chairman of the People's Parking Protest, welcomed a proposed relaxation in rules for drivers parked
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Former Tory MP attacks party leadership for his dismissal
Former Conservative MP Howard Flight has launched a ferocious attack on his own party leadership for dumping him before the General Election. Mr Flight, who was banned from standing for re-election in Arundel after saying a Conservative Government would
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Motorists protest over parking plan
Motorists are submitting a 180-signature petition against plans to put double-yellow lines in front of their driveways. Brighton and Hove City Council proposes to introduce resident permits and pay-and-display machines to extend the Goldsmid controlled
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Chicks to fly the nest
Two peregrine falcon chicks born on top of one of the most sought-after apartment blocks in Sussex are set to fly the nest. The chicks hatched from a clutch of four eggs perched 334ft up at the top of Sussex Heights on Brighton seafront. One chick died
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Family and friends pay tribute to artist who died suddenly
Hundreds of relatives and friends filled a church to pay a final tribute to an artist who died suddenly this month. Jo Keeling, 27, who exhibited striking "planetary-scapes" at a London gallery, died of an aneurysm on May 14 after she collapsed the night
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Audioporn, The Famous Spiegeltent, Brighton, Thursday May 26
Anxious that nothing should detract from the visceral power of their live shows - performances which have already led one critic to describe them as "the best band I've ever seen" - frontman Adrien Munden would "prefer it if you didn't mention that I
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Brighton Youth Orchestra, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
If Tony Blair and his ministers wanted to see respect from youngsters in action, they should have gone to this concert. They would have seen respect for the music, the audience, the conductor and each other. The 150 young musicians and members of the
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The Last Press Baron, Corn Exchange, Brighton
Conrad Black may have had top billing on the ticket stubs but this was definitely the George Galloway show. A screening of Canadian journalists Rick Caine and Debbie Melnyk's documentary, The Last Press Baron, which detailed Black's bullying rise and
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May 26: McGhee cool on Celtic link
Albion manager Mark McGhee today played down reports linking him with a return to Celtic as Gordon Strachan's righthand man. McGhee says his close friend and former Aberdeen team-mate has not raised the subject of the pair joining forces at Parkhead.
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Letter: Factfinding trip more than a jolly
What a shame The Argus (May 20) chose to concentrate on some negative comments about Sussex Police's fact-finding mission to San Francisco, and not its importance. No councillor supports unnecessary overseas travel, however, the benefits of this visit
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Brothers jailed for bungled raid
Two brothers have been jailed for their part in a bungled post office robbery. Ryan Marshall and his friend Shoeb Karim held up the sub-post office at East Grinstead using plastic guns. They escaped in a getaway car with £6,000 and handed it to Luke Marshall
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Letter: No Samaritans
My wife and I had to take our 15-year-old son, who has special needs, to Guy's Hospital for an orthopaedic appointment recently. We travelled to London Bridge on the 12:12 train from Shoreham. As the train pulled out from the station with a lurch, our
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Council faces £4.5m bill for PFI gamble
Education leaders have left taxpayers millions of pounds out of pocket by gambling over the future of a failed secondary school. Brighton and Hove City Council is being asked to pay £4.5 million to engineering firm Jarvis after deciding to close East
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Letter: Emperor monkey
If the revised "tin can towers" design, now in glorious Technicolor, is supposed to be an improvement, I think Mr Gehry is simply having a laugh. Does he really think this explosion in a paint factory fits Regency Hove - or anywhere else in the known
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Ball bearing gun sparks police hunt in village
A man carrying a plastic ball bearing gun sparked an armed police hunt for more than two hours in a quiet village. Police officers carrying machine guns descended on a little road in Rustington, near Littlehampton, after a woman alerted them to a man
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Super Eagles thwart Crump
Eastbourne Eagles have set their sights on a top-two finish after surviving a supershow from world champion Jason Crump last night. Eagles beat arch Elite League rivals Arena Essex 47-43 at Thurrock, despite a maximum for Crump, riding as a guest in place
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Sussex quicks to rescue
It is not very often Mushtaq Ahmed goes through a full day without taking a wicket. So it was just as well Sussex's quicker bowlers, and in particular James Kirtley, stuck to their task so admirably at Hove yesterday. Mushy wheeled away for 27 overs on
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Company vetting scheme success
A scheme set up to help consumers in East Sussex choose traders who have been vetted is one of the fastest growing of its kind in Britain. More than 100 businesses have undergone checks to add their names to the East Sussex County Council-run Buy With
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Disability petitioners stuck in lift
Campaigners became trapped in a disability lift on their way to deliver a petition against proposed funding cuts to a disabled group. The group proved too heavy for the lift which ground to a halt on its journey to a reception of waiting East Sussex county
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Contractor fined after burns death
A road contractor was ordered to pay £97,000 after a worker died from serious burns while cleaning a tanker. Colas Ltd, based in Wallage Lane, Rowfant, Crawley, admitted failing to ensure the safety of employees John Gilroy and Phillip Kelly while they
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Passionate opponent of Falmer stadium dies
Tom Carr, the man who led the campaign against the Albion's plans to build a stadium at Falmer, has died aged 73. Football-loving Mr Carr, who played local soccer until the age of 50, and was once a youth team player for Bury, always insisted his objection
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Chemical Brothers, Brighton Centre, Brighton
Our favourite superstar DJs took the Brighton Centre by storm, delivering a blistering set which went from one emotional extreme to the next. The crowd was buzzing with anticipation and when the Chemical Brothers took the stage, they didn't disappoint
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Taking Flight by Gravity and Levity, Corn Exchange, Brighton
Taking Flight was an aerial dance display which threw in the air the way to approach our relationship with the ground, the air above it and where we fit into the in-between. Performers and directors sent the rules of gravity to the wind and came up with
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The President Versus David Hicks, Corn Exchange, Brighton, Sunday
A sign fixed to the entrance of America's military camp in Guantanamo Bay reads: "Honor bound to defend freedom". It is an interesting choice of words for a military prison which holds up to 600 Muslims in tiny cages. None of its detainees have been charged
