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Letter: Stronger action
I was saddened to learn of the Sunday School teacher and her family driven out of their home by "urban terrorists" (The Argus, June 13). Victims of these crimes, who are spread across the country, having endured months or years of aggravation, are forced
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Letter: True fans
Not surprisingly, Manchester's local newspapers have received and published many letters recently about the take-over of Manchester United by the US millionaire, Malcolm Glazer. Supporters have expressed concern but other clubs' fans have accused them
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Letter: Quiet Don had an unforeseen impact
I have recently heard Don Bates, the Sussex cricketer and Brighton and Hove Albion footballer, has died from cancer, aged 72. Don had a dramatic impact upon my life while I was a young professional footballer at Brighton and Hove Albion. Indirectly, he
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Letter: Poisonous logic
I had to write in response to Sam Barsam (Letters, June 15) to warn people of the potential side-effects of water fluoridation. Mr Barsam seems unaware of them, saying, "the benefits considerably outweigh the risks and everyone, from children to the elderly
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Event set to go with a bang
A spectacular fireworks display will light up the night sky as part of an evening of music and entertainment. The Midsummer Bang will mark the launch of Brighton Bonfire Society and celebrate 100 years of the Rotary at Devil's Dyke. Proceeds from the
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Paying in blood to park
A regular donor is calling for parking charges to be waived for people who are giving blood. Peter Groves says he has struggled to find a parking space and faces charges of up to £3 a time when he donates blood at Hove Town Hall. He believes offering
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Theatre group dare not risk returning to Brighton
A theatre group plagued by bad luck every time it has visited Brighton is staying away. The experiences of The Open Air Shakespeare Company in the seaside city reads like a classic Bard tale and is enough to make the least superstitious mind think the
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Soldiers honoured at Indian war memorial
People gathered at the annual Chattri Memorial Service yesterday to pay their respects to the Sikh and Hindu soldiers who died in Brighton and Hove during the First World War. During the 1914-1918 war, more than 1.5 million Indian Army soldiers fought
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Charity runners warm to the task
More than 3,000 women took part in a Race for Life event at the biggest town centre park in Britain. Race for Life is the UK's biggest women-only fund-raising event and has generated £70 million for Cancer Research UK. Yesterday 3,009 women runners and
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Months of worry - but I was right
A disabled pensioner with a heart condition spent six months fighting a parking ticket he should never have been given. Cyril Burtenshaw suffered sleepless nights through stress and worry. He made a dozen telephone calls to Brighton and Hove Council objecting
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It was so hot, you could feel your tyres sticking
Thousands of cyclists poured into the city as they completed the 30th annual British Heart Foundation London to Brighton bike ride on the hottest day of the year. The 54-mile ride from Clapham Common in south London to Brighton seafront is the largest
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Letter: Parents, take responsibility
I think this latest idea of children being in school from 8am to 6pm is horrendous. The problem is that their mothers are not at home. It is about time parents took far more responsibility for their children instead of pushing it on to someone else. The
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US Civil War stick goes under the hammer
An American civil war artefact discovered during a house clearance is expected to raise up to £1,500 at auction. Scotsman Lieutenant-Colonel William Latimer Duff fought under General Ulysses S Grant at the Battle of Lookout Mountain in Tennessee in 1863
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Farmers blamed for killing river wildlife
Farming practices are killing off wildlife in Sussex rivers, according to an Environment Agency report. Lettuce and pea farmers are endangering fish in the river Rother because they plough the land, allowing silt to escape into the water, and snail populations
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Letter: Lobby MPs to stop all this cruelty
It was refreshing to read the herring gull being praised and concern being shown for its welfare by Elizabeth Taylor (Letters, June 9). Discarded fishing line is a danger not only to the herring gull but too all types of fowl and mammals which live around
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Searing heat leads to traffic chaos
Scorching temperatures brought parts of Sussex to a standstill as thousands of tourists headed to the coast on the hottest day of the year. Brighton and Hove was plunged into gridlock -prompting renewed calls for a park-and-ride to be built. Tailbacks
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Letter: Green potties
Nowadays, children do not seem to be introduced to the potty until they are well over two years old. When my children were young, in the Seventies, towelling nappies were still in use and washing and drying them was quite a chore. I started my children's
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No stopping Chi in Sussex League
Chichester Priory Park have increased their lead of the Premier League after a six-wicket win at Steyning. Brighton and Hove were without a game but Horsham moved into contention with a seven-wicket win at home to Littlehampton. Steyning batted first
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Seagulls out of striker chase
Albion have been priced out of landing prolific Swindon striker Sam Parkin. Chairman Dick Knight had talks with his Swindon counterpart Willie Carson and made a "speculative offer" but the Seagulls have been overtaken by East Anglian Championship rivals
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Roll up to support skating in the city
A sports group has launched a campaign to bring a roller skating rink to the city. Keep Sussex Skating (KSS) is collecting signatures calling on Brighton and Hove City Council and the developer behind the £250 million King Alfred seafront development
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Shopping mall plan gets the go ahead
Community and business leaders have signed up to plans to double the size of a shopping centre and regenerate a seaside town. The multi-million pound agreement with the owners of the Arndale Centre in Eastbourne and Eastbourne Borough Council will create
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City is switched on with new internet service
Brighton and Hove has become the country's most switched on city with the completion of its own wireless internet service via a new super fast system. There is now no Brighton resident or business more than ten minutes away from a fast internet wireless
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Recycling success
A nationwide chain of wood recycling schemes has been set up following the success of one in Brighton and Hove. Eleven projects throughout the UK have been set up with the advice and help of Richard Mehmed, who started wood recycling seven years ago after
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Letter: Water puzzle
I am puzzled. Prior to the meeting at Worthing's Assembly Hall to discuss the building of hundreeds of homes in Titnore Woods, Southern Water said it could cope with the demand (The Argus, June 7). Now that the development has been approved, Southern
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Letter: Skewed agenda
Brenda Barnes (Letters, June 17) was horrified seeing a "tramp" emptying a bin bag in the street. But she wasn't horrified he was homeless or that he was surviving by scavenging in other people's refuse. Nor did she complain that, in one of the world's
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MP backs plea over school transport
Government ministers are under pressure to intervene in a dispute over transport arrangements for a new special educational needs school. Crawley's Labour MP, Laura Moffatt, has asked the Government to force West Sussex County Council to make transport
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Real cost of getting 'married'
Same-sex partners could lose money by getting "married" when the Civil Partnership Bill comes into force. Brighton and Hove Green city councillor Simon Williams has warned that many gay and lesbian couples may be unaware they will lose benefits as a "
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Letter: Just treatment
For many years, I have been aware of the presence of a world teacher and that his teachings are more and more being brought into mankind's consciousness. The more we become like this great and enlightening man, the more he will feel invited by us to appear
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Letter: Promote cycling
Given the huge transport pressures in Brighton and Hove and the Government's apparent push for action on climate change - with carbon dioxide emissions from private transport growing year on year, when are we going to see the council taking cycling seriously
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Sun smiles on streets at colourful carnival
Whoever arranged the weather for this year's Kemp Town Carnival was in a very good mood. The sun blazed down on one of the year's first scorching summer days as thousands of people enjoyed the party atmosphere. The eighth annual carnival was the biggest
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Police investigate sex attack claims
Police are investigating claims of a sex attack in a picturesque village. Officers sealed off parts of Rottingdean and conducted fingertip searches after a woman's screams were heard on The Green, late on Friday night. The woman, who is said to be in
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Letter: Trustees needed
Thank you for the moving article featuring the White family, whose son, Thomas, suffers severe epilepsy. Leo House is a local charity which funds nurses for respite care at home for families, such as the Whites. We need people to join our board of trustees
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Letter: Kool song
The song Lorraine Forbes asked about (Letters, June 14) was called Take It To The Top and was by Kool And The Gang. It is available on any of their greatest hits albums. -AR Clevett, Rowan Close, Portslade
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Watch Kim shine at Wimbledon
British tennis legend Virginia Wade today tipped Kim Clijsters to follow up her Eastbourne title with her first Grand Slam triumph at Wimbledon. The Belgian former world No.1 beat Russian qualifier Vera Douchevina 7-5, 6-0 in Saturday's final of the Hastings
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Letter: We're not a desert
I suggest the water companies in Sussex send a delegation to Saudi Arabia or Las Vegas, which have less rainfall than we do in Sussex, to see how they cope with droughts. North and middle England have loads of water all year round. Why don't they pipe
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Letter: There's a gulf between IQ and commonsense
No doubt readers will have been appalled by the front page photo (The Argus, June 9) which showed two thugs on a bus threatening to stab a teenager. The perpetrators should be growing accustomed to media reports of their crimes: Elderly people beaten
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Sharks defying the bookies
Those Sussex supporters shrewd enough to invest a few bob on their side at 33-1 to win promotion at the start of the season must be starting to think it was money well spent. For while the county have yet to make an impression in the Championship they
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Strong UK sales lift Body Shop
Cosmetics specialist Body Shop said it had continued to buck the gloom on the High Street as it reported strong UK sales. The firm, which has been reaping the rewards of a rebranding programme, said same-store sales in the UK were seven per cent higher
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Library is nominated for award
A landmark library has been nominated for a Number 10 accolade. Brighton's Jubilee Library is one of 15 finalists in line for the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award. Now in its fifth year, the annual architecture award recognises excellence
