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Fall Of The House Of Usherettes, Corn Exchange, Brighton, until Saturday, November 5
Enough has been said about Forkbeard Fantasy to know they are the theatrical equivalent of a strange old lady feeding pigeons in the park. They're odd, certainly, perhaps even a little scary but delve beneath the surface and you will find a depth of intelligence
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Letter: Campaign for this uncomfortable home truths
Can we expect those who send tents and so on to Asia to also bombard their MPs to index-link pensions? I don't think so - but miracles sometimes occur. Many OAPs will die of cold again this winter. Shame on a "civilised" island for ignoring thousands
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Letter: Our hospital gave me the best of care
I recently spent an unexpected few days in Jowers Ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. I have nothing but praise for the way I was treated. Everyone from consultant to cleaners were friendly and kind and did everything to make me comfortable. Everywhere
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Letter: Good service sealed with a voucher
I endorse Wally Dew's remarks about Newhaven Somerfield being a nice supermarket (Letters, October 27). I have shopped there for many years and found a good choice with friendly and helpful staff. As a regular customer I am also aware that if you spend
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G8 crane protesters tried and acquitted
Three activists who climbed a crane to highlight world poverty have been cleared of breaching the peace. Leila Deen, Paul Hutchings and Kath Pasteur, of Brighton and Hove World Development Movement, spent 12 hours on a crane 150ft above Edinburgh on July
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Girl, 7, bounces on with a broken leg
A seven-year-old girl spent two weeks not realising she had broken her leg. Sophie Minton had a fall at school and afterwards went trampolining, ballet dancing and swimming - only occasionally complaining of a sore knee. But a fortnight later, she was
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Club's legacy is a better Withdean
The Seagulls will leave a vastly improved Withdean stadium as a legacy to their temporary home. Brighton and Hove Albion has spent £3 million improving facilities to bring the former municipal athletics ground up to Football League standards. When they
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Brighton Philharmonic's £20,000 debt
An orchestra facing a £20,000 bill may have to increase ticket prices and cut shows to meet its debts. The Brighton Philharmonic owes unpaid National Insurance (NI) contributions, which only recently came to light. It is one of hundreds of orchestras
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Letter: Alternative to this waste of paper
I'm sure I'm not alone in being totally fed up with the amount of flyers put through my letterbox for take-aways and estate agents. The number of trees which must be felled to supply this bumph must be incredible, especially for the glossy picture-filled
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Singer who became showbiz critic
Joan Mills, amateur singer and one-time showbiz reviewer for The Argus, has died at the age of 83. Mrs Mills was born into one of the oldest fishing families in Brighton - the Gillams were named in the Domesday Book. She began her singing career with
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Shocked staff barred from their own pub
Bar staff turned up for work to discover the locks on their pub had been changed and the business closed down. Katharine Hammond, the tenant and general manager of Hanrahan's at Brighton Marina for five years, said X-Leisure, which owns the building and
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Mother Mary's 50-year miracle
A woman who founded an international religious congregation to care for the needy - described as "a true miracle of our times" by the Pope's ambassador - is to retire after more than 50 years' service. As the founder and Prioress-General of the Benedictine
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Letter: Thanks for take-away from Tallula's Tea Rooms
My much-loved grandmother recently passed away due to a long battle with cancer. Her last few months were spent in hospital and she regretfully couldn't make it to Brighton for a visit. Her favourite restaurant was Tallula's Tea Rooms, Hampton Place,
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Bowls: Bowled Over
Carol Ashby has created history by becoming the first woman to beat a male player in a World Bowls Tour ranking event. The 38-year-old from Eastbourne triumphed in a sudden death shoot-out against Australian Mark McMahon to reach the last 16 of the Engage
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Letter: Shut the doors
Could someone please explain to me why it is necessary to leave the ambulance doors open when it has been called to an emergency and the medics are in the house dealing with the patient? After all, the doctor doesn't leave his car door open. There must
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Tennis: Top ranking
Martin Lee today set his sights on being part of Britain's tennis future with Andrew Murray. The career of the 26-year-old left-hander from East Preston has been ravaged by injury for the past three years. But he has just won the Nottingham Satellite,
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Letter: Don't compromise fire-fighting capability
In response to the letter from county fire officer Martin Burrell (October 20), there is one thing in life which should not be compromised at any cost and that is fire-fighting capability. Fire and the effects of fire kill in a very short space of time
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Basketball: Don't write us off yet blasts Nurse
Nick Nurse today insisted his team's BBL Trophy hopes were still alive, despite more home disappointment. Genesis Brighton Bears blew their chance of topping their qualification group with this third successive home defeat at the Brighton Centre last
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Letter: Stop this madness before it's too late
I am astonished the Government has pushed through its "rationalisation" agenda for the Fire Service with little more than a whimper. While waving a big stick over the Fire Service and quoting "modernisation" at every turn, the Government is determined
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Wayne wishes Blayney well
Alan Blayney today prepared to return to first team action with a good luck wish from his former rival. Blayney is set to take over in goal for Albion at Stoke City on Saturday after Wayne Henderson's loan spell from Aston Villa expired. It will be Blayney's
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Camera stops graffiti vandals
A surveillance camera installed as part of a fight against graffiti has stopped tagging. Brighton and Hove Business Forum city centre manager Soozie Campbell said a new closed circuit television camera erected in Brighton near a problem wall had resulted
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Rain sparks chaos as supermarket floods
Thousands of pounds worth of trade was lost when heavy rain flooded out a major supermarket. Water poured through the roof of the Tesco supermarket at the Holmbush Centre in Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham, at 8.30am on Wednesday following a torrential
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'Ugliest building in Hove' to get makeover
A businessman's £2.5 million vision to transform a building labelled the "ugliest in Hove" has been given the go-ahead. Ali Kosari, who bought the Babylon Lounge on Hove seafront five years ago, is unsure when work will start on the revamp but yesterday
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Poet who collected history
A poet who revived public interest in Second World War poems has died, aged 88. Victor Selwyn, who lived in Saltdean, was one of three founding members of the Salamander Oasis Trust, which was responsible for collating more than 20,000 poems and diary
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Fake alibi 'supplied by brother'
A man accused of murder told a jury his brother may have tried to create a false alibi for him. Colin Meek's work time sheet record was faked to claim he was working in London on the day a wealthy businessman was the victim of a contract killing. Meek
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Housing row back under microscope
A panel investigating a council housing scandal is to reconvene. A Brighton and Hove City Council scrutiny committee is investigating why a debate on the future of 16,000 council homes was pulled from the agenda of a meeting in January. Members will hear
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Six-month promise to patients
Hospital managers have pledged that no patient will wait more than six months for appointments and operations from the end of December. In addition, no patient will wait more than 13 weeks for their first outpatient appointment at East Sussex Hospitals
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Letter: The market is key to success
The reversal of the fortunes of London Road's shopping street can only be saved by a radical proposal by Brighton and Hove City Council to re-develop the Open Market into a modern, undercover market - as is a feature of Midland towns and on the Continent
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Letter: No need for city centre car parks
Councillor Peter Willows believes "a mist appears when the council starts talking about transport" (Letters, October 29). Judging by his comments, it looks as though he has been lost in his own personal thick fog for months. Councillor Willows appears
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Letter: Roll the credits
Why is it that when you hire a video or DVD these days you are no longer given the covering sleeve with the information about who directed/starred in the film and the appropriate blurb? Some things just ain't what they used to be. -John Guy, Brighton
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At 14ft tall he's quite a guy!
The man who recreates Guy Fawkes every year for a bonfire group is celebrating two anniversaries this year. Martin Durrant, of the Lindfield Bonfire Society, has been making guys for 25 years and 2005 marks 400 years since the Gunpowder Plot. Mr Durrant
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Billie-Jo jury to visit death site
The jury in the Sion Jenkins retrial was told it will visit the house where he allegedly battered his foster daughter to death. Mr Justice David Clarke told the six men and six women the trip to Lower Park Road, Hastings, would take place tomorrow. Billie-Jo
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'Poohaven' waste pipe supported
A scheme dubbed "Poohaven" by its opponents could deposit raw sewage into the sea every 50 years. Brighton and Hove city councillors yesterday agreed to support Southern Water's plans to build a new waste water overflow pipe from Black Rock to a £200
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Letter: We need more of these eager beavers
We have heard that beavers are making a comeback but I think it is a case of working like beavers at the Old Steine in Brighton. Over the past few weeks, I have noticed the gardeners digging, turfing and seeding and it didn't look straightforward. This
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Boy of 15 in court as crash teenagers' inquests open
A boy of 15 has appeared in court charged in connection with a car that crashed killing five teenagers. The youth, who cannot be named, appeared at Hastings Youth Court yesterday hours before inquests into the deaths opened. He has been charged with aggravated
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Pensioner who killed wife dies
A frail husband who admitted killing his bedridden wife has died. Dennis Halford, 79, of Ham Road, Worthing, died in hospital on Monday following a brief illness. Observers noted he appeared confused and was unsteady on his feet when he was told he would
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Letter: Picture illustrates erosion of fan base
Congratulations to The Argus for your excellent Friday edition which captured so well both the excitement and relief of John Prescott's decision and the news that true Albion fans will finally get their stadium. But at the same time, your coverage shows
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Bedside vigil for arson couple
An innocent couple are fighting for their lives with horrific burns after a suspected drug gang torched their home by mistake. Charlie, 66, and Chris Fearn, 59, were last night critically ill in hospital, with their three anxious sons keeping vigil by
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Letter: Falmer critics silenced, now give us a break on pier
I noticed, right up to the day of decision (Letters October 28), that correspondents are critical of locating a stadium at Falmer but, thank heaven, commonsense has prevailed. With much gratitude to The Argus, Brighton and Hove will, at last, have a much-needed
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Cafe owner's drugs factory
The founder of one of the best-known cafes in Brighton has been exposed as the mastermind behind a cocaine and amphetamine factory. James Jansen opened the Frank-In-Steine cafe after converting the former public toilet block in Old Steine with his estranged
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Paul's angry to miss out on Palace match
Paul McShane is convinced he should be playing when Crystal Palace come to Withdean scenting revenge. The young Albion defender, man-of-the-match and match-winner when the Seagulls won at Selhurst Park recently, has been told his one-game ban counts for
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Cricket: Hodd is delighted to be back at Sussex
Andrew Hodd returned to Sussex after his Surrey exile today admitting: "It's great to be back home." The 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batsmen left the county in 2003 because of a lack of opportunities at Hove. But the departure of Tim Ambrose to Warwickshire
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Tackling the stink of sewage
A water firm has vowed to clamp down on bad smells coming out of one of its sewage plants. Southern Water is working to reduce odours at Newhaven treatment works, which deals with 12 million litres of wastewater a day. Sealed skips are being brought in
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Re-run of 'critical mass' bike demo
Cycling protesters are planning another demonstration following the success of a "critical mass" bike ride. More than 100 cyclists took to the streets of Brighton last Friday evening. The ride was the latest action by a global protest movement which aims
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Activist jailed for hate mail campaign
An animal rights activist has been jailed for sending threatening letters. Janet Lawrence, 51, the ex-wife of a high-ranking Army officer, targeted people and businesses who had links with animal testing organisations. Some of her terrified victims lived
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Hospital wards are set to close
Two hospital wards are to temporarily close at one of the largest hospitals in Sussex. Blackwell ward and Mirlees ward at the Conquest Hospital, St Leonards, will shut later this month, closing 30 beds in total. The move was announced at yesterday's board
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Mariza, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton, Thursday, November 3
"The voice that I have is stubborn," says Mariza. "It has within it a yearning which is constantly seeking its own fado." With her short, peroxide-blonde hair, heavy hooded eyes, tall thin frame and a habit of performing stock still with her arms stretched
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Orchestra's £20,000 debt
An orchestra facing a £20,000 bill may have to increase ticket prices and cut shows to meet its debts. The Brighton Philharmonic owes unpaid National Insurance (NI) contributions, which only recently came to light. It is one of hundreds of orchestras
