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Smaller fire engines to beat the squeeze
Smaller fire engines may be introduced to combat problems caused by drivers who leave their vehicles blocking roads. East Sussex Fire Service is looking at introducing a more compact vehicle that can pass through narrow streets crowded with parked cars
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Sussex tops drink-drive stop league
Sussex motorists are among the most likely to get caught for drink-driving, according to a Government report. Drivers are more likely to be subjected to a breath test on the county's roads than in most other areas of Britain, the Home Office study found
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Tuberculosis pupil home from hospital
A pupil is recovering at home today after contracting tuberculosis. The Year 7 student sparked a health alert when medics discovered signs of the contagious and potentially-fatal condition early this week. Eleven and 12-year-olds at Littlehampton Community
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Myskina returns to Eastbourne
Former Eastbourne finalist Anastasia Myskina will return to Devonshire Park next month. The 2004 French Open champion, beaten in the title-decider by Chanda Rubin three years ago, today revealed she would enter the Hastings Direct Championships from June
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Moore handed Derby chance
Top young Brighton jockey Ryan Moore is celebrating his first Derby ride today on Sussex hope Unfurled. He has landed the spare mount on the John Dunlop trained contender in the Epsom showpiece a week tomorrow. Arundel maestro Dunlop turned to Moore after
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House Of Wax
(Cert 15, 112mins) Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Jared Padalecki, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Jon Abrahams, Robert Ri'chard, Brian Van Holt, Damon Herriman. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Hollywood continues to pillage the vaults with this teen-friendly
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The Pacifier
(Cert PG, 95mins) Starring Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Morgan York, Chris Potter, Carol Kane, Tate Donovan. Directed by Adam Shankman Anything Arnold Schwarzenegger can do, Vin Diesel can do it better. That seems
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MILLIONS
(Cert 12A, 98mins) Starring Alexander Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Enzo Cilenti. Directed by Danny Boyle Originally scheduled for release late last year, Danny Boyle's charming fairytale seems slightly out of place, set as it is
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Nordleys Ensemble, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome, Friday May 27
To celebrate the bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth, this young Danish ensemble presents a chamber concert of period works and new compositions inspired by the author's fairytales. The programme features Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor
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Trisha Brown Dance Company, Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Saturday May 28
This rare visit to the UK by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, their first to Brighton since 2000, will revisit two of her signature works, before culminating in the UK premiere of her highly-acclaimed Present Tense. An innovative and exuberant dancer and
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Alice, Charleston Gallery, Near Firle, Lewes, Throughout the festival
Sir John Tenniel's iconic illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass must be among the most famous and best-loved children's images in the world. In conjunction with The City Reads, and marking the 70th anniversary
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Guys N Dolls, Brighton Museum, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Throughout the festival
In fashion, science, art and entertainment, dolls have been used throughout the centuries to reinforce and question the cultural/social roles which men and women play. Exploring associations between consumption and desire, the nature of femininity, fashion
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Band still Keane for success
Sussex band Keane have been named songwriters of the year at the glitzy Ivor Novello awards. The trio, from Battle, had also hoped their song Everybody's Changing would win Best Song Musically and Lyrically but lost out to The Streets with Dry Your Eyes
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Arrest as police shut drug dens
A man was led away in handcuffs as police shut down two drug dens above an Age Concern charity shop. Police and Police Community Support Officers found rooms at the two flats on separate floors in London Road, Brighton, littered with hypodermic needles
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School bid rejected
Hopes Britain's first state-funded Montessori primary school could be built in Sussex have been dashed. Teachers from the private Montessori School in Stanford Avenue, Brighton, wanted to build a £6 million school at Redhill Close, Westdene, Brighton.
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Hundreds celebrate life of stabbed McDonald's worker
Hundreds of people gathered in a cathedral to celebrate the life of a loving grandmother stabbed to death in McDonald's. Family and friends met in Chichester Cathedral to pay tribute to Jackie Marshall, described as "a terrific and very special lady"
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Smaller fire engines to beat the squeeze
Smaller fire engines may be introduced to combat problems caused by drivers who leave their vehicles blocking roads. East Sussex Fire Service is looking at introducing a more compact vehicle that can pass through narrow streets crowded with parked cars
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73-year-old rebel won't pay cars bill
A rebel pensioner is refusing to pay the legal bill for removing derelict cars from his land. Adur District Council is demanding £4,300 from Victor Causabon-Vincent to cover their costs. But the 73-year-old retired engineer has told council bosses: "I
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Letter: Ordinary people suffer cancer too
Why is it the media get in such a tiswas when a celebrity, such as Kylie Minogue, is diagnosed with cancer or some other disease? People of Miss Minogue's standing can spend endless fortunes on private treatment. The rest of us have to endure second-rate
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Tuberculosis pupil home from hospital
A pupil is recovering at home today after contracting tuberculosis. The Year 7 student sparked a health alert when medics discovered signs of the contagious and potentially-fatal condition early this week. Eleven and 12-year-olds at Littlehampton Community
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Hosepipe ban to bite within three weeks
Water companies will impose hosepipe bans during the summer following the second driest winter since 1904. Southern Water is moving water around regions after little more than half the normal amount of rain fell from November to March. Despite the April
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Letter: Those against...
The Argus (May 18) published several pages of letters promoting the proposed Falmer stadium. I trust that in the name of responsible journalism, you will now be inviting opposing arguments to be displayed in equal prominence on your pages. In case you
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Jenkins: I didn't fight with Billie-Jo
Deputy headteacher Sion Jenkins took to the witness stand in his bid for freedom yesterday, recalling the final hours of his foster daughter Billie-Jo. Jenkins began his defence case at his retrial for the 13-year-old schoolgirl's murder by denying having
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Aurelai's Oratorio, Gardner Arts Centre, Wednesday May 25 - Saturday May 28, Age 9+
Charlie Chaplin's daughter Aurelia Thierree continues the family tradition of variety and circus in this dazzling display of stage illusions. Nothing is as it seems in this highly-imaginative family show, directed by the star's mother, the celebrated
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Letter: Too young to drive
In response to Harry Stamp (Letters, May 23), I am frankly tired of the suggestion that when one reaches 70, one should be re-tested. Who has the most number of accidents while driving - the young or the elderly? Ask any insurance company. One problem
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Letter: Too old to drive
I wholeheartedly agreed with the writer of a letter, entitled No Fools Like Them (Letters, May 23). Hove is full of elderly folk who think they are wonderful, safe and caring drivers. How wrong these people are. Young drivers can be retrained. Old drivers
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Golf: Evans to take on big boys
Ben Evans' first full season on the amateur circuit has really taken off. He got a flyer at the start of the year, winning the inaugural Faldo Series International Trophy in Hong Kong. This week at East Sussex National, the 18-year-old England B international
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Letter: Labour's dirty tricks extended to this page
In Channel 4's Dispatches programme on Monday, May 23, the MP for Hove, Celia Barlow, and a few Labour Party activists were shown demonstrating outside the Brighton Centre against the Tories during their party conference. Any Left-leaning person, such
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Cricket: Old faithfuls
The next generation of Sussex players are emerging at Hove, but it was a couple of seasoned campaigners who stole the show against Middlesex yesterday. James Kirtley recorded his best bowling figures for two years by taking 6-80 before Middlesex were
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City council looks for more banners
Advertising banners branded ugly by a conservation group will continue to hang from lampposts in Brighton and Hove. A row over the banners in West Street, Old Steine, London Road and other parts of the city broke out in April when the council was accused
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Son is jailed for stabbing
A one-legged man who stabbed his mother's drunk and violent boyfriend to death has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Dean Huggett, 21, walked into his living room in Dower Walk, Crawley, to find Peter Finch attacking his mother, Jackie Jones, last
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Critics Choice
this is brighton offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week: Magnolia Electric Company, Miss Pain, Mark Mulcahy, Melle Mel, Reel Big Fish and Selfish C***. Magnolia Electric Company, Hanbury Ballroom, St Georges Road, Brighton, 29 May There
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Relatives pay tribute to cliff crash driver
The family of a man who died when his car plunged over cliffs have paid tribute to him. Dean Paul Noakes, 29, of Thorndean Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, died instantly when his silver Nissan Sunny crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic before smashing through
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Napalm Death, The Old Market, Hove, Monday, May 30
On Monday, grindcore veterans Napalm Death start their European tour in Brighton. Over a month and a half they'll squeeze in 45 dates in 16 countries. "Whatever fatigue you have becomes a bit secondary," explains singer Barney Greenway. "You almost forget
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Jimeoin, Spiegeltent, Old Steine, Brighton, May 27 and 28
Irish comedian Jimeoin returns to Brighton for the first time in ten years with his funny yet charming look at the absurdities of modern-day living. Jimeoin, and yes before you ask it is his real name, is a master of observational humour, excelling in
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Stones in His Pockets, Theatre Royal, New Road, Brighton, 30 May to 1 June
When a major Hollywood film studio descends on rural Ireland, the demand for extras from the local community is huge. A must for fans of Father Ted, Marie Jones' comedy sees two actors take on an entire village, bringing more than 15 extraordinary characters
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Jamaica Inn, Connaught Theatre, Union Place, Worthing, May 31 - June 4
If the recent touring production of Rebecca whet your appetite for Daphne du Maurier, heres a chance to indulge in more dark romance, this time with an adaptation of the novel which brought her first taste of commercial success. A tale of candlelit villainy
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House Of Wax
(Cert 15, 112mins) Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Jared Padalecki, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Jon Abrahams, Robert Ri'chard, Brian Van Holt, Damon Herriman. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Hollywood continues to pillage the vaults with this teen-friendly
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The Pacifier
(Cert PG, 95mins) Starring Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Morgan York, Chris Potter, Carol Kane, Tate Donovan. Directed by Adam Shankman. Anything Arnold Schwarzenegger can do, Vin Diesel can do it better. That seems
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Guildhall Strings, Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
The Guildhall Strings are an elevenstrong chamber orchestra who formed in 1981 and have won prizes for their work ever since. Their repertoire ranges from the Baroque to the 21st Century as they proved in their festival recital at the Royal Pavilion.
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Millions
(Cert 12A, 98mins) Starring Alexander Etel, Lewis McGibbon, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Enzo Cilenti. Directed by Danny Boyle. Originally scheduled for release late last year, Danny Boyle's charming fairytale seems slightly out of place, set as it is
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73-year-old rebel won't pay cars bill
A rebel pensioner is refusing to pay the legal bill for removing derelict cars from his land. Adur District Council is demanding £4,300 from Victor Causabon-Vincent to cover their costs. But the 73-year-old retired engineer has told council bosses: "I
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Hosepipe ban to bite within three weeks
Water companies will impose hosepipe bans during the summer following the second driest winter since 1904. Southern Water is moving water around regions after little more than half the normal amount of rain fell from November to March. Despite the April
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Jenkins: I didn't fight with Billie-Jo
Deputy headteacher Sion Jenkins took to the witness stand in his bid for freedom yesterday, recalling the final hours of his foster daughter Billie-Jo. Jenkins began his defence case at his retrial for the 13-year-old schoolgirl's murder by denying having
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Evans to take on big boys
Ben Evans' first full season on the amateur circuit has really taken off. He got a flyer at the start of the year, winning the inaugural Faldo Series International Trophy in Hong Kong. This week at East Sussex National, the 18-year-old England B international
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Old faithfuls
The next generation of Sussex players are emerging at Hove, but it was a couple of seasoned campaigners who stole the show against Middlesex yesterday. James Kirtley recorded his best bowling figures for two years by taking 6-80 before Middlesex were
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Letter: Going off the buses
As a keen environmentalist, I use buses when I can but am constantly let down by a service which is expensive and doesn't do justice to a city with a fine reputation for its annual festival. The Seven Deadly Sins at Wild Park on Saturday (May 21) was
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Letter: He's the cure-all
I was relieved Frank Gehry's design for the King Alfred development was based on a Victorian lady. At first sight, I had taken it to symbolise the horrendous devastation of a tornado or tsunami. His topsy-turvy design strikes me as not having the same
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Letter: The city's golden age
I was pleased to see, in The Argus (May 21) that Frank Gehry is sticking to his original concept for the King Alfred site. I was also pleased he is ignoring the unelected HOVA and Brighton Society. Born in Brighton, in the middle of the last century and
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Letter: Let Gehry take us to the next level
It was great to see the latest version of the King Alfred proposals in the Argus on Saturday (May 21). I had been worried by the previous, rather watered-down, versions of the designs. It then seemed we had engaged a world-class architect, only to tie
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Letter: Song for me
Do any of your readers have a copy on video, CD or tape of the Norwegian entry, to this year's Eurovision Song Contest? I totally loved it. If you have, write to me at Flat 6, 25A Belmore Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 8BN. -Lorraine Forbes
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Letter: Mother courage
This is an open letter to the heartless thief who broke into my daughter's car. Before you broke in, didn't you see the baby seat and toys around the car? Didn't you notice it was a K-reg Fiesta? Didn't you think its owner may have had a baby and probably
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Festival Ceilidh, Corn Exchange, Sunday May 29
Do-si-do down to the Corn Exchange for this year's end of festival ceilidh. The Sussex Pistols folk band will be getting the crowd skipping, twirling and hollering. There are children's cocktail, a supervised quiet room for under-eights and a bar for
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The Big Splash, Brighton Marina, Sunday May 29
The boats and waters of Brighton Marina provide the backdrop to the Big Splash as it sets sail for another extravaganza of street theatre, music and dance. With a nautical theme and acts with overseas influences, this is probably one of the most popular
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Cosi Fan Tutte, Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Sunday May 29
An exquisite blend of farce and irony, coupled with one of the most beautiful scores in the operatic repertoire, made Cosi Fan Tutte a hit when it premiered in 1790. More than two centuries later, it continues to enjoy immense popularity and is considered
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Campus, Gardner Arts Centre, University Of Sussex, Falmer Throughout the festival
Visual artist Nancy Davenport explores symbolic architectural forms in this stimulating multimedia exhibition. A continuous video loop constructed from hundreds of still photographs, Weekend Campus pays homage to Jean-Luc Godard's tour de force tracking
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Memory Sticks, Fabrica, Duke Street, Throughout the festival
Textile artist Michele Walker uses quilting techniques as a metaphor for the complex social and personal histories which make up the fabric of our lives. Maker Unknown, her new commission for Fabrica, is a haunting sculptural installation, developed in
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Copenhagen, Little Theatre, Brighton
This excellent amateur production of Michael Frayn's Copenhagen could have been so much better had the actors managed to remember their lines. The set design, music and lighting were all superb and Michael Wells, Edward Wickham and Felicity Clements gave
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Letter: Cost or no cost?
We were intrigued by new Hove MP Celia Barlow's claim in her maiden speech in the House of Commons, that Frank Gehry's proposed King Alfred redevelopment "will cost the taxpayer not a single penny" (The Argus, May 18). Perhaps she would care to explain
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Letter: Ask a boxing-clever question
I am writing with regard to the talk being held next week at Heist, West Street, An Audience With Chris Eubank". I organised this event to raise vital funds for Age Concern. I am registered to do a trek in October along The Great Wall Of China and need
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Sussex tops drink-drive stop league
Sussex motorists are among the most likely to get caught for drink-driving, according to a Government report. Drivers are more likely to be subjected to a breath test on the county's roads than in most other areas of Britain, the Home Office study found
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Letter: Cool for cats
Volunteers raised £588.70 for Sussex Pet Rescue and Cat Welfare Sussex with a street collection in Brighton on Saturday, May 14. The charities wish to thank all those who donated and all those who collected the donations. Monies raised will got towards
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250 jobs to be axed at Amex
Financial services giant American Express is axing 250 jobs in Brighton. The city's biggest private-sector employer said the move was part of an overhaul of its customer services operations and would affect workers at Amex House in Edward Street. The
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Letter: Festival of greed
During this year's Brighton Festival, I have been to a few evenings of theatre and music, with an average ticket price of £25. I've had a few drinks at the bars in the Dome and Corn Exchange - at much higher prices than in the pub - and to cap it all,
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Tennis: Myskina returns to Eastbourne
Former Eastbourne finalist Anastasia Myskina will return to Devonshire Park next month. The 2004 French Open champion, beaten in the title-decider by Chanda Rubin three years ago, today revealed she would enter the Hastings Direct Championships from June
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Moore handed Derby chance
Top young Brighton jockey Ryan Moore is celebrating his first Derby ride today on Sussex hope Unfurled. He has landed the spare mount on the John Dunlop trained contender in the Epsom showpiece a week tomorrow. Arundel maestro Dunlop turned to Moore after
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Lawyers show support for art
A firm of solicitors is sponsoring an exhibition of final-year work by students of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at The University of Brighton. Burt Brill & Cardens (BB&C) has been backing the event, which kicks off with the much-hyped
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£5m gym is opened
Thirty jobs were created when a £5 million health club opened in Hastings. Bannatyne Fitness, the UK's largest independent health club operator, now has a string of clubs along the South Coast. More than 1,200 members have signed up to the gym in Battle
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Fiery finale brings end to festival
A fiery Norwegian ferry will be lit up with fireworks in a display to mark the close of England's largest arts festival. A team of pyrotechnicians will transform the floating Walk The Plank theatre into a firework show for the finale of the Brighton Festival
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Four arrested following bag snatches
Three women and a man have been arrested following a spate of bag snatches in Brighton and Hove. More than 60 purses and handbags have been stolen this month and, despite the arrests, thefts are continuing. Detective Inspector Ian Pollard said: "This
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Boys shot in ball bearing gun attacks
Two boys were shot with plastic ball bearing (BB) gun pellets as they walked to school. One 11-year-old was hit on the back of a leg, causing reddening. The attacks happened close to The Gallops, Findon, near Worthing, last Wednesday. On Wednesday this
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Ben Folds, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Thursday, June 2
Fans of the geeky and fanatically well-loved Ben Folds, dismayed when he November's UK tour was cancelled, are in luck: The piano-playing singer is coming to the Dome this week as one of a string of re-scheduled dates. "I had pneumonia three years ago
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Lou Barlow, Ocean Rooms, Brighton, Thursday, June 2
It was far from harmonious when Lo-Fi pioneer Lou Barlow parted ways with original grunge band Dinosaur Jr - but 16 years later they are reunited. The outfit pioneered that blistering, uncompromising, guitar-driven sound which went on to ignite the Nirvana-led
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Jazzanova, Audio, Marine Parade, Brighton, 29 May
"The DJ/club thing is where we come from and is still the source of inspiration for us and our music," say Jazzanova. Others make claims these self-effacing Germans would baulk at: that they are "at least two steps ahead of their imitators" and have "
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Club Boothby, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, May 28
It wasn't so much because he took part in E4's reality show Kings Of Comedy that we remember this Brighton-based comic, but because he walked out of it, tanked up on wine, just before everyone expected him to win. "I imagined the programme might actually
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The Death of Nelson, Marlborough Theatre, Princes Street, Brighton, 27 May to 29 May
This one-man play is a reminder of how fragile ideals become in the face of complacency. Written and performed by Robert Cohen, it covers the 18 years of Conservative rule from 1979. Cohen plays Richie, a laidback, apolitical guy who becomes godfather
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Just Desserts, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, May 30 - June 4
She shot to fame as naturist nymph Willow in the cult horror flick Wicker Man (despite her famous insistence that that was not my bum) and became best known as bikini-wearing Bond girl Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun (that definitely was
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Seymour Hersh, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
The journalist's journalist." A fitting epithet from Nick Clarke, the voice of Radio 4's The World At One, in conversation with Pulitzer prize-winner Seymour Hersh, who is best known for exposing the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. Beginning with
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Dimension Piano Trio, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton
There was an ominous warning in the programme note for this recital. It read: "Dimension aims to perform a repertoire which is not restricted solely to the piano trio medium." The note was no joke. The opening item was by Richard Joo, a British-Korean
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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
