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June 2: Albion hunt the new Zamora
Albion chairman Dick Knight today revealed plans to unearth another Bobby Zamora with the club's transfer windfall. Knight and manager Mark McGhee want to use part of the £250,000 won for the Seagulls by lifelong supporter Aaron Berry on a young prospect
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Letter: More big ideas
I was unable to leave Patcham, on many occasions, because we were blocked in by the A27 on one side and the A23 on the other. This was because the byepass was delayed for umpteen years. We need some radical ideas, such as a new byepass or a 5,000-space
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Letter: Police now trusted by gay community
About four years ago, it was not unusual for me to grunt, oink or snort whenever I passed a police officer, because my experiences with them had made me believe they were homophobic, racist and weren't to be trusted. Chief Inspector Peter Mills, who is
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Letter: Guiding advice
It would be helpful for Brighton and Hove's visitors to have volunteer guides to meet them off the trains at local railway stations and off the coaches at Pool Valley. These guides would have to be trained, as a fund of local knowledge would be necessary
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Jamaica Inn, Connaught Theatre, Worthing
A visit to the Jamaica Inn is full of mystery and surprise - not only for orphaned Mary Yellan who goes there to live with her estranged aunt and scary uncle but for the audience of this Salisbury Playhouse production as well. Mary, enthusiastically played
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Homes plagued by rat problem
An invasion of rats as big as cats is causing nightmares for villagers who say they cannot sleep because of scratching noises. Dead rodents have been found behind curtains, beneath floorboards and in the gardens of homes in Goreside Lane, Cuckfield. Carol
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Gay couple can't wait to get married
THE Reverend Debbie Gaston and Elaine Cook never thought they would get married. But after of a change in the law, they are preparing to tie the knot in one of the first gay weddings in England. When they first met 20 years ago, Ms Cook was in an unhappy
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Letter: Shock the vote
I fully agree with the views expressed by the girl in the pink wig who was arrested (Letters, May 25). The organisation of the election night at the wholly unsuitable Hove Town Hall was an undemocratic farce. I can remember many a packed and boisterous
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Council says buses for disabled will continue
A charity providing free transport for the elderly has been accused of scaremongering over claims cuts to its budget would leave hundreds of pensioners stranded in their homes. The East Sussex Disability Association (ESDA) yesterday raised the prospect
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Man sets fire to ex-girlfriend's car
A drunken man set fire to his ex-girlfriend's car in a jealous rage. Gerald Burton's former partner feared for her life after he accused her of having an affair with another man. Terrified Anna Gambone called police for help as he set her Vauxhall Cavalier
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Letter: Hove's whingers give new MP early grief
Just a month after Celia Barlow was elected MP, the Hove whingers are out in force. You can hear them now: "How dare you be elected as MP for Hove", "how dare you express an opinion on the King Alfred site", "how dare you declare support for the Falmer
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Paramedic in ambulance 'sex ordeal'
A paramedic broke down as she told a jury how she was sexually assaulted in the back of an ambulance. She said Ian Vickers put his hand between her legs and made an obscene comment as she tried to help him. A judge at Hove Crown Court adjourned the hearing
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Gay couple can't wait to get married
The Reverend Debbie Gaston and Elaine Cook never thought they would get married. But after of a change in the law, they are preparing to tie the knot in one of the first gay weddings in England. When they first met 20 years ago, Ms Cook was in an unhappy
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Letter: Avoid the twits
Mad bikers of Brighton - you've seen them, I've seen them, all day, every day, the stupid twits, going straight through red traffic lights and the wrong way down St James's Street, as well as on the pavement. The police should be at the bottom of St James's
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Cycling: Coyle's mighty in Mitre
Mike Coyle, the last man to start in Brighton Mitre's ten-mile hilly time trial, put in a storming finish on the steep climb of Steyning Bostal. He got home in a record 24min.42sec and won the event for the third time in a row. Coyle (VC Etoile) said:
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Letter: Put us in front
Architect Frank Gehry should abandon any move to tame the size of the new King Alfred leisure centre (The Argus, May 21). Keep Sussex Skating (KSS) wants the new sports centre to be the best in Britain and put Brighton and Hove out in front. KSS calls
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Letter: Tramway history reveals two towns' local rivalry
Adam Trimingham, in his interesting piece about Swiss Gardens, in Shoreham (The Argus, May 28), wrote: "There was also, at one time, a steam tram which ran from Shoreham to Hove". The Brighton and Shoreham Tramway Company was the first tramway in the
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Cricket: Sussex soaked in Swansea
Sussex have targeted their Championship game against bottom-of-the-table Glamorgan as a must win in their bid to climb the first division table. But they could have their work cut out after a first day washout at Swansea, where umpires Graham Burgess
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Cricket: Kirtley's in for long haul
Things looked reassuringly familiar for James Kirtley when he pitched up at Swansea yesterday. The walk from the pavilion to the outfield at St Helen's is the longest on the county circuit down a vast concrete terrace which, during the winter, is populated
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Lawyers' double reason to celebrate
An all-woman law firm will celebrate its first year in business with a bang this week after it was given the thumbs-up from the public sector. Staff at martin searle solicitors have won three quality marks, allowing them to give publicly-funded legal
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Recycling is on cards for traders
Traders are to benefit from a free cardboard and paper collection service. The North Laine Traders' Association has finally found a company who will relieve shop owners of all their throwaway cardboard. Until now, traders have had to send their old boxes
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Friends help in hunt for missing student
Friends of a student missing in Cambodia are selling wrist bands to pay for a private investigator to try to find him. Eddie Gibson, 20, a former Cardinal Newman pupil from Hove, disappeared in October after telling his parents he was on his way home.
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Nuisance bike riders could lose machines
The mini motorbike craze sweeping Sussex is causing headaches for residents and police. These two machines were seized by police in Worthing after they were ridden dangerously. In the last two months, police have confiscated six mini motorbikes and given
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Angry villagers want to kick out kids' camp
The future of a woodland camp for inner-city children is in doubt after angry villagers complained it was a blight on their community. The Woodcraft Folk, founded in the Twenties on the principles of peace, fraternity and co-operation, runs camping trips
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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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Letter: Scaredy cat
I would like to thank the mindless, thoughtless idiots for their firework display on the seafront recently. It being a lovely, mild, sultry evening, I decided to open my window to allow my cat to take in the air. He was sitting on the window ledge when
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Letter: Market forces
Before Margaret Thatcher, council housing was a self-financing public asset which provided decent, secure homes at low rent, for people in need. In opposition, Blair suggested he would reverse the Thatcherite policies which were undermining this system
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Letter: New Conservative
It is no good the Conservative Party arguing about a new leader. They already have one in Tony Blair - the Labour Party has become the New Conservative Party. Before the recent General Election, Tony Blair pompously announced his party was the party of
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Jenkins denies misleading 999 operator
Former deputy headteacher Sion Jenkins denied yesterday that he misled emergency services to back his claim that a mystery intruder murdered his foster daughter at their home. Jenkins allegedly told the operator during a 999 call that he had been out
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Lessons in graffiti
Lessons in graffiti do not normally appear on a school timetable. But youngsters at a Sussex school have been learning how to appreciate tags as art. The idea of the project at Thomas Bennett School in Crawley is to stop future criminal offences by changing
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Letter: Great Danes
Tony Mernagh is quoted as saying, "if we don't get park-and-ride... it would mean an increase in city-centre pollution levels... any further improvement in bus service almost certainly relies on reducing congestion in the city centre". (The Argus, May
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Letter: The hand that rocks the cradle
Having pulled off an amazing electoral victory, the victor, Celia Barlow, almost immediately became a target for sniping. It is unusual for a recently-elected MP to be so quickly vilified. It appears some readers can't bear the thought of being represented
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NHS trust looks to GPs for help
A struggling NHS trust has announced it is making £10 million of cuts by passing on dozens of appointments to GPs. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Crawley Hospital, is to cut its bill for agency workers covering sickness and holiday
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Letter: Yellow peril for the Albion's future
I am surprised and disappointed at the actions of Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, Norman Baker, after Brighton Pavilion MP, David Lepper, tabled an early-day motion in the House of Commons urging MPs to show support for a stadium at Falmer (The Argus,
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Letter: Thay it again
Pam Hunt's letter (Letters, May 20), reminded me of when my younger brother, many years ago, had problems deciding whether certain words were pronounced with TH or F. My mother constantly corrected him when he got it wrong. But taking him to purchase
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White sets sights on glory
FAYE White will be bursting with pride when she leads England out for the start of the European Championships on Sunday. From the humble beginnings of attending a soccer school in Crawley and playing women's football for the likes of Three Bridges, White
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Kirtley's in for long haul
Things looked reassuringly familiar for James Kirtley when he pitched up at Swansea yesterday. The walk from the pavilion to the outfield at St Helen's is the longest on the county circuit down a vast concrete terrace which, during the winter, is populated
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Eyesores that are sign of our times
A drive to save Sussex streets from the clutter of unwanted signs has been launched. West Sussex County Council says the signs have ruined some of the area's most picturesque views. Councillor Tex Pemberton, West Sussex County Council's cabinet member
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Man saved from sea accident becomes rescue volunteer
A man has become a lifeboat volunteer after being rescued from the sea. Windsurfer Robin Deakin was saved after an accident left him stranded three miles from land in bad weather. He is now a trained crew member with Newhaven Lifeboat and hopes he can
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The Improvisers with Steve Guest, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Friday, June 3
"Nothing more than a bunch of drink-ravaged show-offs who can't be bothered learning lines so they just turn up and wing it" is how one Improviser describes Friday's entertainment. But anyone who's seen Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the hit TV programme whose
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Sussex soaked in Swansea
Sussex have targeted their Championship game against bottom-of-the-table Glamorgan as a must win in their bid to climb the first division table. But they could have their work cut out after a first day washout at Swansea, where umpires Graham Burgess
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Kirtley's in for long haul
Things looked reassuringly familiar for James Kirtley when he pitched up at Swansea yesterday. The walk from the pavilion to the outfield at St Helen's is the longest on the county circuit down a vast concrete terrace which, during the winter, is populated
