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Letter: Few positives
What a shocking capitulation by Brighton and Hove City Council - and leader Ken Bodfish in particular - in giving the go-ahead to the King Alfred Gehry development. What on earth does the scheme have going for it apart from the fact it would be a landmark
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Pub's bid to open later criticised
Pensioners are protesting at plans to extend a pub's opening hours. Ye Olde House At Home, in Broadwater Street East, Worthing, wants to serve alcohol until midnight on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and until 11pm on Sundays. The owner, Punch Taverns
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Refuse workers in call for bosses to be binned
Waste disposal workers are calling for their bosses to be sacked. Staff at the Cityclean Hollingdean depot in Brighton yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in senior management. They said morale was at an all-time low and asked to meet Brighton and
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Brick yobs nearly kill driver
A terrified Gatwick coach driver thought he had been shot when a brick was thrown through his windscreen. James Broderick's coach was ambushed just after midnight on Monday as he was was en route to pick up passengers from the South Terminal. Glass was
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Letter: Fighting for King Alfred
I am sure I am one of a substantial majority of the citizens of Brighton and Hove who are amazed our "leaders" on the city council are giving the go-ahead to the Gehry King Alfred proposals. This is primarily supposed to be a sports and leisure facility
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Smog warning issued for city
A smog warning was issued in Brighton and Hove today just days after the city was named one of the UK's most polluted places. People with respiratory problems were urged to take precautions as ozone levels rose across the South-East. The air pollution
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We need youth to revitalise life in city
More young people are needed in Brighton and Hove to revitalise the city, according to the leader of the city council. During a debate on house building targets, Councillor Ken Bodfish said: "We need to welcome younger people into the city who are economically
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MRSA shame of Sussex hospitals
Hospitals in Sussex have more cases of the MRSA superbug than almost anywhere else in England. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has the third-highest infection rate in the country, according to a table published today by the Department
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Letter: Paving paradise
As soon as the sun comes out, you can guarantee traffic gridlock in and around Brighton. I expect we'll see people such as Tony Mernagh, executive director of the Brighton and Hove City Centre Business Forum, and Brighton and Hove City Council leader
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Shopworker detectives net purse thieves
A hairdresser turned thief catcher when pickpockets struck outside his shop. Danny Starling, helped by store supervisor Donna Atkin, played detective and after a week investigating, chased and nabbed the two offenders. At one point he put on hairdressers
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Letter: Bet it won't
your article on June 20 quotes Brighton and Hove City Council leader Ken Bodfish as saying a park-and-ride site would take some pressure off. If he did say that, I would ask his traffic manager to tell the boss just how many minutes it would take to fill
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Letter: Park-and-ride will never solve our city gridlock
I have just read today's front page story of The Argus (June 20). Does the leader of Brighton and Hove City Council Ken Bodfish live in "cloud cuckoo land" when he says "this is one of the reasons we need park-and-ride". Several thousand cars were queueing
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Golf: Free Michael Campbell
Brighton-based magazine Golf Punk have lauched a campaign to give new US Open champion Michael Campbell the freedom of the city. Email cambo@golfpunkmag.com to register your support.
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Cricket: Mushy's fan club swells
There are a few more members in Mushtaq Ahmed's Sussex fan club today after the inspirational leg-spinner produced the best bowling in the short history of the Twenty20 Cup. Mushtaq took 5-11 from 21 balls as Essex crumbled from 73-2 to 109 all out on
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Last call to find awards' sponsors
Potential sponsors are being advised to act fast if they wish to support this year's Eastbourne Business Awards. The event takes place at the town's five-star Grand Hotel on October 28. This event has gone from strength to strength in the past two years
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Ottaker's opens
Ottaker's, the national bookshop chain, has opened a new branch in Worthing. The 4,000sqft store in Montague Street was officially launched on Saturday and, according to a statement, has more than 25,000 titles in stock. Now the shop's 15 staff are preparing
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MP pushing for young biker law
Demands to tighten safety laws for young motorcycle passengers following the death of an eight-year-old boy have moved forward. Eastbourne Tory MP Nigel Waterson has been invited by transport minister Stephen Ladyman to discuss his Parliamentary Bill
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Burglars ransack newlyweds' home
Burglars raided the home of newlyweds just two days after they left for their honeymoon. Mitch Phillips and Elaine Stowe believe they were targeted by villains who knew they were going away and their home would be filled with wedding gifts and valuables
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Letter: Function first
The King Alfred project is clearly arousing a great deal of concern. It might, therefore, be helpful if agreement could be reached regarding what principles should be followed in its construction. Firstly, its function should take precedence over its
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Expert quits job in row over Islam
An aviation expert was forced to quit his job after Arab bosses ordered him to respect Islamic tradition, an employment tribunal heard. Alan Higman was employed by the United Arab Emirates as an academic advisor at its technical training campus for military
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Letter: Mob rule
Once again the Argus reports how another family is forced to move home because of "yobbish" behaviour. The lack of respect for law and order - and society generally - appears to be sinking to ever deepening levels. This demise began with the ending of
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Letter: Judging mums
After reading tonight's Argus (June 20), I felt compelled to write in regarding the letter sent by Jo Adams. I agree schools being open from 8am to 6pm sounds bad but unfortunately some of us have to work to survive. I have two children who have attended
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Youths warned over pier jumping
Teenagers are dicing with death as they leap into the sea from harbour walls in a dangerous annual craze. Youths are jumping into the water from Brighton Marina and the Palace Pier in Brighton. Every year, warnings from coastguards and seafront officials
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Letter: Harry Lauder was the Elton John of his day
Sir Winston Churchill played his most famous recording over and over again during the darkest hours of the Second World War. The song was Keep Right On To The End Of The Road, the singer Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry was one of the first "gramophone stars
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Letter: No solution
Travel chaos is not the problem, the problem is transport. Let's tell the truth about transport. For 20 years, this country has known about the issues facing it and a massive problem has been transport. The car, the lorry, the bus - every mechanised method
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Letter: Stop the bikes
Brighton and Hove City Council leader Ken Bodfish cannot make a case for park-and-ride on the basis of yesterday's traffic chaos, which affected the whole of the county. Twenty-seven thousand riders and their pick-up vehicles is too much for any city
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Cycling: Coyle follows up with another win
Mike Coyle cycled 50 miles unpaced in 1hr.51min.37sec to win the East Sussex title at Maresfield. Coyle (VC Etoile), winner of the Sussex 50-mile Championship the previous week, was well clear of clubmate Tim Mardall who finished second (1hr.53min.1sec
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Cricket: Mushy makes history
Mushtaq Ahmed celebrated the best bowling performance in the history of Twenty20 cricket today and declared: "I was just having some fun." Sussex's brilliant leg-spinner had a 4,200 crowd at Hove on their feet last night after taking 5-11 as the Sharks
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Blue-sky thinking at green-friendly store
Gurgling watering cans, whistling birdboxes and walls that change colour are not the usual features of a charity shop. But the GreenHouse prides itself on being different. Set up by the Worthing-based charity Guild Care, it not only generates funds but
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Invite to get on board to join G8 protesters
A fleet of buses is revving up to take protesters to the G8 summit in Edinburgh. Oxfam is running several coaches from Brighton to Scotland on the weekend of July 2. The charity hopes hundreds of protesters from the South will make the 464-mile journey
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Row over 'problem children'
Neighbours in a well-kept cul-de-sac are at odds with each other over allegations of antisocial behaviour by groups of youths. Some say they are being driven to distraction by youths who abuse and harass them. But other residents have rallied to defend
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Phone mast site options thrown out
Moves to offer council-owned sites for new mobile phone masts have been thrown out. Brighton and Hove City Council's Labour leadership had hoped to authorise six sites in the city for use by mobile operators in an attempt to control the location of the
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Holiday death of security print pioneer
An award-winning businessman whose company pioneered developments in security printing has died while on holiday. Alan Ouzman, 68, spent 60 years living and working in Eastbourne. He died peacefully in his sleep on June 6 in Portugal. Born in Bexley,
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Tough guy with work at the Tate
Keith Purcell is learning disabled but his strength and artistic flair have brought him national attention. This week his passions - keeping fit and art - have jostled for his time as his preparations for the Special Olympics went on hold so he could
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Helen And The Horns, Komedia, Brighton, Thursday, June 23
"I recently wrote a song about New Church Road," says Helen McCookerybook. "The only time I ever took LSD was walking along that road. I walked from Brighton to Portslade while a friend walked from Portslade to Brighton, and we had utterly opposite experiences
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Michael Ball, Brighton Centre, Brighton
A packed and enthusiastic Brighton Centre welcomed Michael Ball back to the concert platform, fresh from his recent West End triumph in Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical The Woman In White, where he played the comic villain, Count Fosco. It must have
