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Omar fight goes global
Support for Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes is spreading across the globe. There are now campaigners lobbying to secure justice for the 36-year-old law graduate from Saltdean in countries including Spain, France, Belgium, Iraq and the United States
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Letter: Nanny-state police spoil Lewes fun
I have attended almost every Lewes Bonfire Night since I moved to Sussex in 1976. It has become one of the most enjoyable and interesting evenings in the calendar. But it now seems Sussex Police wants to ruin the event for anybody who has to travel there
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Letter: Low Spanish tax
In Spain, why does a detached, three-bedroom house with a garage and with rubbish collected daily, cost about £120 a year in the equivalent of council tax? Here, in England, we are being ripped off. If Spain can do it, why can't we? -RNG McCormack, Brighton
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Letter: Poppy dearth
Is it my imagination or is there a dearth of poppy sellers this year? I have usually purchased mine by now but haven't seen any in the usual outlets yet. -Sylvia Harwood, Hove
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Letter: Double standard
I read Green Party Councillor Keith Taylor's lecture to Lord Bassam about the virtues of the Green councillors with interest (Letters, November 5). Councillor Taylor stated: "The Greens will play an active role to ensure any development causes minimum
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Letter: I'm all right, Jack
Missing from the list of expenses claimed by MPs (The Argus, October 28) was the cost of the most generous pension scheme in the country. When everybody else is told to make private provision for a reasonable income after they retire, our cosseted MPs
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Face of suspect on fire engines
Posters of a man wanted in connection with an arson attack which left a couple fighting for their lives are being carried on fire engines in West Sussex. The Argus and Sussex Police are offering £2,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest
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Letter: Pettiness more offensive than gun
I read the item about the old gun outside the Newhaven History Museum with great interest (The Argus, October 24). Peter Bailey, the curator, must be amused and frustrated with the stupid way the police are making such a fuss about it. Time and again,
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Meningitis woman's marathon effort
Brave meningitis victim Clare Forbes is celebrating after she ran the New York Marathon in her personal best time. The 21-year-old, from Broadfield, Crawley, completed the 26-mile challenge despite losing both her legs to the illness four years ago. Clare
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Letter: Done us proud
Thank you for everyone's efforts in helping to secure Brighton and Hove Albion's biggest victory. The Argus has helped in many different ways - and it has always been appreciated by the supporters. -Paul Samrah, chair, Falmer For All Campaign
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Bonfire festivities at risk from hate laws
Bonfire celebrations that involve burning an effigy of a pope face censorship under controversial laws planned by the Government. Lewes attracted a record 65,000 people on Saturday to watch the town's five main societies commemorate the burning of the
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Letter: A long bet
I was disgusted to read funding for St Patrick's night shelter for the homeless is being withdrawn (Letters, October 25). The shelter is yards from a betting shop. Just a small percentage of the profits donated from this establishment (which could be
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Letter: Poppy shame
Following Mayor Bob Carden's appeal to wear our poppies with pride (Letters, October 31), many of us did until the Prime Minister went to war and left us vulnerable. How should we answer our children if they question the maxim, "our country, right or
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Hockey: Grinstead thrive as new mix of Saturday night fever hits town
East Grinstead are planning more Saturday night showdowns after beating Hampstead and Westminster to move out of the bottom two in the National premier division. Player-coach Mark Pearn grabbed a brace as Grinstead twice came from behind to secure only
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Letter: Deciding a site
I wish to clarify a couple of points raised by Dave Tyrrell (Letters, October 31) about Patcham Court Farm being considered as one of two park-and-ride sites. The Farm Business Tenancy referred to is a rolling contract, renewable each September. To maintain
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Football: Crawley delay naming new boss
Crawley expect to go into Saturday's crunch Conference clash with fellow strugglers Southport without a permanent manager for the second match in a row. The Reds had hoped to name a replacement for Francis Vines this week but have had to delay the process
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Bankruptcy cases jump by 21 per cent in Sussex
The number of people declaring themselves bankrupt in Sussex has risen by 21 per cent, according to new figures. There were 359 cases of bankruptcy from July to September this year compared with 297 cases in the same period last year. In total, 951 people
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Animator helping to push imagery to limit
Animation used to be for kids - but not any more. Hugely popular TV shows like The Simpsons, Beavis And Butthead and 2dtv are now mainstream adult viewing. Digital technology has allowed the imagination of animators to run riot and opened up new markets
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Winning honours at the double
Neilson Active Holidays - part of the Thomas Cook group - scooped two trophies at the travel industry's biggest awards ceremony in London. The firm, based at Brighton Marina, was named best activity holiday operator and best ski and board operator at
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Levy on traders would fund street cleaning
Councillors will this week decide whether to back a controversial scheme which could force traders to pay a supplementary tax to make parts of the city centre more attractive. Members of Brighton and Hove's policy and resources committee will vote on
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Effort to help ill girl, 5, is growing
A businessman who offered to pay for a five-year-old girl's life-saving treatment is planning more fund-raising events. Chris Weatherstone, of Weatherstone Property Group in Hove, was so touched by Sacha Skinner's story he decided to donate the necessary
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Advice from big names at city documentary festival
A film maker who followed drugs gangs in Brazil has started his own international documentary festival. David Notman-Watt was inspired by the box office success of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me to launch the two-day
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Battle to save live gigs for under-18s
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition to save a live music venue from dropping gigs for under-18s. Concorde 2 in Madeira Drive may have to cancel its popular all ages shows from November if the club is banned from serving alcohol when younger
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Great War survivors aged 109 and 105 honour comrades
Their numbers have dwindled to fewer than a dozen but as they prepare to mark both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday their spirit and pride is unfaltering. Most of the remaining veterans of the First World War are now too old and weak to stand in line
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Sussex duo dancing on
Sussex celebrities Zoe Ball and Patsy Palmer have danced their way into the next round of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing show. Presenter Zoe, from Hove, partnered with Ian Waite performed well on Saturday as did Patsy, from Brighton, partnered with Anton
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Billie-Jo's injuries described to jury
Graphic details were given to an Old Bailey jury of the fatal injuries sustained by schoolgirl Billie-Jo Jenkins and of attempts to save her. Paramedic Christopher Burton gave evidence yesterday at the murder retrial of 13-year-old Billie-Jo's foster
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Letter: An invite for a full-scale local school reunion
We are hoping to get in touch with some of our school mates from 1951, who attended Moulsecoomb School. Three of us have met up several times already and thought it would be a good idea if more of the school's former pupils could join us as well. The
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Letter: Cliff's an eyesore
Now Asda is removing the scaffolding from the cliffs at Brighton Marina, I assume the result will be an eyesore, with bolted patches every few metres. I shudder to think how many hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money it must have cost. And
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Letter: A beneficial life
With regard to J Maskell (Letters, November 2), I know of a single mother of three children by different fathers who left school at 16 and worked for three hours before walking out. She is now 45 and has not worked since. She has received an astronomical
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Autism group has six weeks to save charity
Hundreds of Sussex families will lose vital care and support if a charity for autistic children does not raise tens of thousands of pounds in the next six weeks. Sussex Autistic Society has provided specialist services such as respite care and day centre
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Police told to improve response to calls
Sussex Police have been ordered to make a "leap forward" in the way they respond to calls from the public. The force's call-handling performance has improved to "fair" in a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, compared to "poor" the previous
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Letter: Not the daddy
Rundaddy (Views From The Web, October 22) should check the history of Sussex before stating its partition occurred in 1974. This date was the creation of the East and West Sussex postal areas. Sussex was divided administratively into two counties, with
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Omar fight goes global
Support for Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes is spreading across the globe. There are now campaigners lobbying to secure justice for the 36-year-old law graduate from Saltdean in countries including Spain, France, Belgium, Iraq and the United States.
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Letter: A celluloid trip to Nevill School in the Fifties
I was one of the first pupils to start at Nevill School, now Blatchington Mill school, in 1958. Recently, I was given several old cine films of some of the school's first events - theatre productions, Christmas cake-making, sports days, athletics and
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Footballer in last tribute to tragic pal
Teenage car crash victim James Daniels will be cremated with a football shirt worn in a match by his lifelong friend, Albion striker Jake Robinson. James and Jake attended Railway Road Nursery in Newhaven, Denton County Primary School and Tideway School
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Hospital beds axed in cost-cutting crisis
Two hospital wards are being shut to save money. The wards at Southlands Hospital in Shoreham care mainly for elderly patients recovering from orthopaedic operations. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS trust announced today it was bringing in changes
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Letter: Igloo tent appeal
Does anyone own a free-standing dome tent they don't want? Its condition doesn't matter. We need one to make an igloo for Santa at our Christmas fair in December. There needs to be room inside for three to sit down - Santa, a child and his or her parent
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Police hunting daughter after mum found stabbed to death
A 25-year-old woman is being hunted by police after the murder of her mother. Nicola Edgington was yesterday named as the prime suspect in the murder of 60-year-old Marion Edgington, who was found stabbed to death in her Sussex home. Police fear Nicola
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Rugby: Hove on high in their new home and striking kit
Hove are in the pink as they reap the benefits of moving to a new home. And not just because of the eyecatching change strip they wore for their latest impressive win. The Sussex One club have drawn parallels with Albion's move to Falmer after re-locating
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Letter: Say no to Gehry - Hove wants more magnificence
Brighton and Hove City Council faces an important decision: Whether to allow the proposal by architect Frank Gehry for a dense, mixed-use development which will dominate the coastline for miles. There are precedents, the most obvious of which is the Royal
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Speedway: Brave Darkin confirms Bonanza date
Sergei Darkin is set to ride in the Brighton Bonanza, just three months after a horror crash which sparked fears for his life. Darkin, now recovering from the smash in Russia which caused broken ribs and collarbone and a punctured lung and left him in
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Sorry Knight's back in favour
Leon Knight is back in contention for Albion after saying sorry to boss Mark McGhee. The axed front man has drawn a line under their fall-out by apologising for his behaviour when he was substituted during last week's home draw with Wolves. Knight, dropped
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Get some training at breakfast
The improtance of training in small companies will be on the menu at a business breakfast for industry experts. The Wealden Business Breakfast will debate issues about personnel and training at the Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club on November 29. Guests
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Playing fair to tackle exploitation
A graduate from the University of Sussex is helping to give exploitation the boot by selling fair trade footballs. Jamie Lloyd, the director of Fair Deal Trading Partnership, has developed links with a manufacturer in the Sialkot region of Pakistan where
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Play team fury over TV voting blunder
The team behind proposals for a seafront urban playground have vowed to continue their fund-raising efforts following a National Lottery blow. Brighton and Hove Arts Commission is hoping the Big Lottery Fund will still give some cash towards the plan
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Insults hurled by hunt supporters and protesters in a countryside stand-off
When the ban on fox hunting came into force in February it brought to an end more than one bloody tradition. For years the start of the hunting season meant clashes between supporters and saboteurs, usually culminating in a round of arrests. The violent
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Campaigners step up battle for night bus
Supporters of the "Remember Hayley - Come Home Safe" campaign have taken their appeal for a night bus to councillors. The campaign was launched last month in memory of 23-year-old Hayley Owen, who died at 3am on December 4 last year after being thrown
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Shooting case jury is told of lies
A man accused of murder admitted lying to police, a jury heard. Jason Bradley, 37, claimed he wanted to protect co-defendant Colin Meek, Lewes Crown Court heard. Bradley and Meek, 35, both deny murdering wealthy businessman Ken Harvey as he drove to work
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Appeal by boss over damages
The owner of a printing company is to appeal against a High Court decision that he should pay £19,000 damages and costs estimated at £81,000 for labelling a solicitor a "tosspot". Anthony Hancock, 58, of Rigden Road, Hove, who runs The Print Factory in
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Panto dame is injured but the show will go on
A panto star has been forced to pull out of a top Christmas show after being badly injured in a bizarre airport accident. Irishman Billy Boyle, who has appeared in EastEnders and Father Ted, was due to appear as Dame Dotty in Puss In Boots at the Connaught
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Melt Banana, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton
Wilfully perverse and possessing a logic entirely of their own, Melt Banana conform to every cultural stereotype the West has of Japan, a nation whose prime minister releases albums of Elvis covers. Few bands could run through a greatest hits set in under
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Simply Red, Brighton Centre, Brighton, Tuesday, November 8
It's 20 years since Manchester's Simply Red released their debut single Money's Too Tight to Mention, during which time leftist politics has made way for love lyrics and their white soul sound has sold out stadiums the world over. Now they're touring
