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Fans who made the dream possible
The fight for a new stadium was spearheaded by a nucleus of diehard Albion fans who have battled to save the club for the past ten years. Paul Samrah is a chartered accountant by profession but chairing the Falmer For All campaign to secure a new stadium
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Falmer decision is great news for the whole city
The city of Brighton and Hove woke up to wonderful news last Friday as John Prescott gave the go-ahead to Albion's new stadium at Falmer. It is not just the football club that will benefit. The new stadium at Falmer will help push Brighton and Hove
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Chance to seize FA Cup glory
The sheer romance of the FA Cup was rekindled on Saturday when a tiny Sussex team took on the might of professional outfit Oxford United and earned a famous draw. Glamour is not normally a word which trips off the lips of Eastbourne Borough FC supporters
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Letter: Don't give up on the monorail
I agree with Councillor Peter Willows (Letters, October 29) it is a great shame David Courtney has decided to abandon his dream of Brighton having a unique transport system - but I do not think his dream collapsed. Reading between the lines, I would say
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TV stars join drag artiste's raunchy send-off
It was a funeral service like no other. Drag artiste Phil Starr bowed out as he had lived - with raunchy songs and jokes amid deafening cheers and applause. The performer was laid to rest by hundreds of mourners who wanted to say goodbye to a man who
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London to Brighton veterans defy the miserable weather
They came with handlebar moustaches, Victorian headgear and, perhaps most appropriately, galoshes and umbrellas. Undeterred by the miserable grey skies and buffeting winds, almost 500 drivers took part in Sunday's London to Brighton veteran car rally.
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Marking a milestone with style
Bonfire celebrations lit up the Sussex sky as thousands celebrated the 400th anniversary of the gunpowder plot. More than 65,000 people packed into Lewes to watch processions, lit by flaming torches, squeeze down the narrow streets. The town's five main
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Beach path to be closed
Cyclists and pedestrians will be forced off a popular seafront route for three months when work to restore an ageing attraction gets under way. Just under 500ft of footpath and cycle track along Brighton seafront will close as demolition and replacement
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Tory hopeful takes in view
Tory leadership hopeful David Davis saw for himself the devastating impact thousands of new homes could have on the Sussex countryside. Mr Davis went to the top of Ditchling Beacon to take in a view of the Weald which could be dramatically changed by
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Letter: Stop the seagulls menace
I am totally perplexed by the number of seagulls which land in my garden. My garden, I tell you. Not next door, not across the road but in my garden. I have telephoned Brighton and Hove City Council on numerous occasions about all the mess these huge
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New barber's shop in line for demolition
A barber who set up his shop just three months ago has been told it is earmarked for demolition. Southgate Barber Shop owner Kevin Garner, 36, had no idea the building posed a serious flooding threat when he took it on and spent £5,000 on refurbishments
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Letter: Fight the towers
Professor Baker and other critics of the £290 million towers proposed for the King Alfred redevelopment are absolutely correct to oppose the current Karis scheme (The Argus, November 1). The problem is not Frank Gehry's architecture but the gloss which
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Football: King stays cool as Lewes hit top spot
Lewes went top of Conference south with a 3-0 win at Bishop's Stortford but manager Steven King is refusing to get too excited. He said: "It is a great feeling to be top of the league but I know it is going to change hands a lot over the next few weeks
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Taunts help Rowland put away penalty
Ollie Rowland today revealed how he shoved the taunts of Oxford United's players back down their throats to earn Eastbourne Borough a lucrative FA Cup replay next week. The 23-year-old held his nerve to fire home an 90th-minute penalty as the historic
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Match report: Stoke 3 Albion 0
It must be the season for apologies. Jose Mourinho will say sorry to Arsene Wenger if the Arsenal boss says sorry to him. Mark McGhee wants an apology from Leon Knight and now Stoke midfielder Darel Russell wants an apology from the Albion manager. Russell
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Knight told to say sorry
Albion manager Mark McGhee is demanding an apology from axed striker Leon Knight. He wants Knight to say sorry for his reaction to being substituted against Wolves last week. McGhee hinted today that if an apology is forthcoming then Knight will be back
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Checks on under-age drink sales
A crackdown has been launched on traders illegally selling alcohol and spray paint to under-age youngsters. The move comes from West Sussex Trading Standards, who have highlighted their concerns as part of National Consumer Week. During the summer, 64
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High hopes of golden Jubilee
A continental-style cafe quarter is expected to create hundreds of jobs and generate at least £20 million a year for the local economy, it has emerged. The Jubilee Street development in Brighton town centre is nowhere near completion but is already attracting
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Art display to honour a talented painter
Relatives and friends of a talented artist who died this year have gathered together some of her best paintings for an exhibition in her memory. Jo Keeling, 27, painted striking planetary-scapes until she collapsed and died of an aneurysm on May 14. Now
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Double parkers put peoples' lives at risk
Police have launched a crackdown on illegal double parkers who put lives at risk. They have warned that anyone who double parks faces being fined or having their car towed away. Officers are targeting car owners who live in the Walsingham Road, Carlisle
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Drivers make £150,000 from their Italian job
Mini Cooper owners raised nearly £150,000 for charity during a rally named after a cult film starring Michael Caine. More than 90 enthusiasts took part in this year's ten-day Italian Job run from Imola to Brighton. Among them was Mike Cooper, whose father
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The Fallout Trust, Ocean Rooms, Brighton
There's a feeling you get after you've attended your first gig, where it's far too overwhelming to listen to that band's music for a while afterwards. So, unexpectedly, over a decade on, I was reminded of that same feeling once again. Following on from
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Alice Cooper, Brighton Centre, Brighton
While the skies were lit up with fireworks on a stormy Guy Fawkes' night, rock legend Alice Cooper provided the fire as he kicked off the British leg of his new tour at the Brighton Centre. The rock demon-turned-radio show host took us through the highlights
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Faust & BSP, Old Market, Hove
In the Seventies, the seminal German progressive rock band Faust helped define the genre "Krautrock", a psychedelic sound characterised by drones, electronic effects, structured dissonance and eccentric vocals. Reformed in the Nineties around original
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Letter: New road layout would put Max in the spotlight
Regarding the proposals for the revamping of New Road in Brighton, one of the reasons the Max Miller Appreciation Society agreed to site the statue of the nation's most popular music hall star there was because we were told the street would be improved
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Letter: Egg-brained plans
Within days of each other, we had the Government's White Paper on Secondary Education in which foundation schools, city academies and the like were being championed as the way forward. Such schools would not only be able to set their own curriculum but
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Chance to seize FA Cup glory
The sheer romance of the FA Cup was rekindled on Saturday when a tiny Sussex team took on the might of professional outfit Oxford United and earned a famous draw. Glamour is not normally a word which trips off the lips of Eastbourne Borough FC supporters
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Letter: Art can heal
The benefit of art to health is indisputable - evidence of this is widely available. Your article "NHS having art attack" appeared on the day the Brighton and Hove Arts and Health Partnership hosted an arts and health event (The Argus, October 26). The
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Letter: Eye on the future
I want to make these points as a user of the eye hospital and as the chairman of the East Sussex branch of the National Federation of the Blind. There have been very welcome improvements to the Eye Hospital over the past few years - it is much brighter
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Emotional service for missing student
The father of missing student Eddie Gibson will fly out to Cambodia next week to continue the search for him. Eddie, 20, a former Cardinal Newman School student from Hove, disappeared a year ago while travelling in the Far East. His father Michael hopes
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Letter: This image is misleading
There has been a great deal of misinformation with regard to the King Alfred proposals but Geoffrey Baker's image was one of the most unfair slurs against this scheme (The Argus, November 1). This image is grossly distorted and drawn with too many floors
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'Erratic' leader faces rebellion
A council boss faces growing rebellion against his leadership from within his own party. Ken Bodfish, who has led Brighton and Hove City Council since 2000, has lost the confidence of at least four Labour colleagues. Several more want him to step down
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Letter: The true view
Even with my untrained eye, I can see that Geoffrey Baker's image is much more likely to be close to the true outcome. Showing the smaller tower directly beside the larger tower, and knowing that one is to be nine floors and one possibly 24 floors, it
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Falmer decision raises green space worries
Campaigners have warned that the decision to allow a community stadium at Falmer could pave the way for development of the city's remaining green spaces. The Seagulls' new ground will be built in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and conservationists
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Letter: Class, not glass
Looking at the glossy brochure by Karis Holdings was staggering. These topsy-turvy towers should be built. Forget the King Alfred site, the ideal spot would surely be the old Beeding cement works. Hidden away below the Downs, blending with the landscape
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Basketball: Yorick's on song as Bears claim a vital win
All right kidda? Yorick Williams is back, complete with trademark Mancunian greeting, a strut and a swagger and the happy knack of hitting key shots when his team needs them. The Moss Side maverick fired a three-pointer and followed with a long two inside
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Letter: City of Nimbys
To quote the text on the many "Heritage of Hove" signs seen across our community, "some tower blocks were built during the Sixties but now the emphasis is on the conservation of Hove's unique heritage". So why is Brighton and Hove City Council encouraging
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Match report: Eastbourne Borough 1 Oxford United 1
Garry Wilson had urged his players not to freeze on the big occasion on the eve of Eastbourne Borough's historic FA Cup clash with Oxford United on Saturday. But the Borough manager must have been grateful for the ice running through Ollie Rowland's veins
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Letter: A famous name doesn't justify ruining our view
I recently visited the Jubilee Library with my family and must say congratulations to Brighton and Hove's planning authority for approving the development of this fantastic building. It has brought a vibrancy to the area and when I visited, the library
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Town's sparkling thanks to festive light brigade
A traders' champion has drawn up a roll of honour paying tribute to businesses which have contributed to a town's Christmas lights. Worthing Town Centre manager Sharon Clarke thanked all the shops and firms which donated towards the £30,000 appeal. More
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Hotels in bar awards
Two hotels are up for awards for their bar services. Blanch House in Atlingworth Street, Brighton, is nominated for best hotel bar and best bar team in the The Bar Awards 2005 by industry publication CLASS magazine. Hotel du Vin in Ship Street, Brighton
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Retired teacher wants to rescue building from demolition
A retired teacher is fighting to save the school he worked at for 39 years from being demolished. Northbrook College is one of Worthing's few surviving examples of art moderne architecture, a Thirties style often identified with art deco. But it is due
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Dizzee Rascal, Event II, Brighton
The Dirty Skank tour was a chance for Dizzee to use his profile to give greater exposure to his new label's roster. How his comrades fared was due as much to whether they'd managed to sort their sound levels out as to the quality of their material. Leicester's
