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Letter: Opportunity has passed us all by
Some Brighton and Hove councillors seem to have a very short memory. In 1999, East Brighton was declared an "Education Action Zone", in recognition of the challenges the area faced in ensuring the children of East Brighton received a decent education.
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Letter: Have a nice day
One set of experts has systematically been through everything we are likely to eat and drink (contradicting themselves the following week), telling us every item will give us cancer of this, that and the other. Other experts say we are heading for another
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Letter: Time for action
Again we hear news of the need to save water. The majority of people in the South-East do their level best to achieve this. But, yet again, we are heading for a drought. Is it not time for the Government and local water authorities to draw up plans to
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Letter: Double standards
It is annoying enough knowing Brighton and Hove has one of the highest rates of parking fines administered to local motorists in the country. Therefore it is infuriating to see wardens employed to enforce no-parking regulations openly park on double yellow
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Pink plaques in pipeline
A series of pink plaques to celebrate gay and lesbian history has been proposed. At Brighton and Hove City Council's culture and tourism committee meeting on Thursday members discussed expanding the upcoming blue plaque scheme to include pink plaques,
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Fewer city pupils playing truant
Schools in Brighton and Hove have the lowest rate of truancy in the country, shows a new survey. Smart Technologies, which manufactures interactive whiteboards for schools, polled 1,000 11 to 16-year-olds across the UK to find out if they had ever skipped
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Alarm at rise in road deaths
Police are clamping down on drunk drivers and boy racers after experiencing an "abnormal spike" in the amount of road deaths during the opening weeks of the year. The deaths of two pedestrians in separate road accidents in Lancing and Washington on Thursday
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Letter: We need honest answers now
Reading Juliet McCaffery's letter (February 2) you could be forgiven for thinking only a few difficult parents are making a fuss about the school admissions policy while the majority are happy. As mentioned in the letter, parents in Moulsecoomb have the
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Letter: Bus project doesn't affect council tax
Your leading article (Argus February 1) about council tax increases in West Sussex was unfortunately way off the mark by suggesting cost increases for the Crawley Fastway bus project will push up bills. I can reassure all residents not a single penny
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Letter: What a dump
So, the powers that be in the city are becoming concerned about the non-development of the city's brownfield sites (The Argus, January 19). Tell this to the city residents who have complained for years about the non-activity of these valuable sites. To
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Letter: A bus boycott
I would like to see the public boycott the local bus service if the proposed disruption to the transport system goes ahead. My partner works long hours in the catering industry and is paid the minimum wage - compared to £8.41 per hour plus bonuses for
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Letter: It's a dog's dinner
I have always understood the first comprehensive school was started on the island of Anglesey, in Wales, because, being populated by close farming families, parents did not want their children separated into the "sheep and the goats". If the proposed
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Rugby match report: Haywards Heath 5 Morley 11
Don't talk to Ian Davies about being spirited in defeat. Don't console him that his Haywards Heath reached a national quarter-final and had the holders on the ropes. And please don't harp on about what a compelling tussle this Powergen Intermediate Cup
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Letter; Layers of government can lead to confusion
I recently received a letter from a constituent in East Saltdean. I gather from the letter she is a widow but unfortunately she does not give a name and address, hence my letter, in the hope she reads The Argus. She suggests the money Lewes District Council
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Match report: Crawley 0 Boreham Wood 2
Crawley fans turned on manager John Hollins after watching the most humiliating defeat in the club's recent history. Supporters lined the gangway in front of the main stand to hurl abuse at the Reds boss during ugly scenes at the final whistle. Having
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Match report: Coventry 2 Albion 0
Picture the predicament. In the past two years you have moved up the property ladder from a one-bed flat into a two-bed apartment. You work as hard as you can to keep your home in good order and the employees in the company department you manage work
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I'll be fit for the big one
Wayne Henderson has vowed to be fit for Albion's most significant game of the season against relegation rivals Leicester at Withdean on Saturday. The keeper hurt his left hip trying to keep out the first of two Dennis Wise goals in Saturday's unfortunate
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Airlines request more fuel
Overseas airlines are calling on British airports to secure more fuel following the Buncefield oil depot fire. American carriers are calling on BAA, which owns and operates Heathrow, to end a rationing system which favours British carriers. They are concerned
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Business and the disabled
Small and large businesses are invited to attend a free event to help them be better equipped to help disabled people. Local and national speakers will give talks on how small, cheap and practical measures can be put in place to help support employees
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£10m to rebuild burnt-out school
A secondary school that was seriously damaged in an arson attack will receive £10 million to rebuild it. Work on Tideway School in Newhaven is due to start towards the end of the summer and is expected to last two years. East Sussex County Council cabinet
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Billie-Jo jury out fifth day
The Old Bailey jury trying former deputy headteacher Sion Jenkins was today due to resume its deliberations for a fifth day. On Thursday, the six men and six women jurors were given a majority instruction by judge Mr Justice David Clarke after failing
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Rubbish inferno closes waste tip
Hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage was caused during a blaze at a household waste dump. Firefighters battled all night to bring the fire at the recycling centre at Wilson Avenue, Brighton, under control. But the flames damaged part of the main
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Clogs and The Books, Corn Exchange, Brighton
The melancholy of Clogs' music combined with the playing of The Books made for an intriguing evening. Clogs' guitar, subtle bassoon, masterful percussion - xylophone, conventional drumkit played most unconventionally, and steel drum - and outr violin
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The Strokes, Brighton Centre, Brighton
It is hard to watch The Strokes without thinking of the Arctic Monkeys. Five years ago the New Yorkers stood exactly where the Sheffield lads are standing now. They had just released their first album Is This It to an eager audience who had been waiting
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Letter: This rescue effort deserves applause
"Eyewitness Richard Darlow" was "less than impressed" with the efforts to save the life of a man who fell from the West Pier on Wednesday (The Argus, February 2). The Coastguard rescue helicopter he claims "buzzed overhead and made one of the men (who
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Letter: Inflated charges
The continual, above-inflation train, bus and taxi fare increases reported in The Argus (February 2) seem a strange Government policy to coax drivers out of their cars? Also reported in The Argus have been the continual, above-average-inflation rises
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Letter: Walk this way
I would be grateful if the person who organises the Westie Walkies, whose email brightonwesties@hotmail.com no longer seems to work, could advise me of the current email address. A few of us with Westies in London would like to take part in next Preston
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Letter: A load of rubbish
I am writing in response to Jennifer James' comments in The Argus (Letters, January 24) about refuse collection. I'd like to say we have every right to moan. I am 28 years old with a family and a mortgage and have to pay an astronomical council tax bill
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Conference protester meets his 'bouncer'
A former bouncer has come face to face with the pensioner he forcefully ejected from the Labour Party conference. Joe Ifill, from Hove, triggered a political storm when he was accused of manhandling Walter Wolfgang last September. The 83-year-old was
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Kooks debut is in Top Ten
Most of them still live with their parents and they prefer their dads' record collections to chart music. But Brighton band The Kooks have just gone straight into the top ten with their debut album and are revelling in the praise for their gloriously
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Police arrest film star Dora Bryan
National treasure Dora Bryan has been arrested for jumping a red light. The 83-year-old Bafta-winning actress, of Marine Parade, Brighton, was returning home from the London premier of her latest film, Gone to the Dogs, last Monday when she had her collar
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Farm spray victim's fury
A campaigner against pesticides has criticised a report dismissing the need for a spraying safety zone. Georgina Downs, 32, from Runcton, near Chichester, has had chronic health problems since inhaling pesticides as a child. She said a report released
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Letter: Safety comes first
It seems extraordinary a resident of Ladies Mile Road in Patcham has taken the time to count the cars parked in Tongdean Road every day, particularly as she has "no personal interest in the Little Dippers business" (Letters, February 1). One wonders also
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Letter: A benefit to all
I like Councillor Williams' suggestions for improvements to the St James's Street area which is already known as the "gay village". I came back from a trip to Canada a couple of years ago and thought it would be wonderful if Brighton could emulate Davy
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Fury at cancer unit switch
Campaigners are gathering support to save a specialist cancer care unit from moving from Worthing amid fears it will cut patient choice. Proposals have been made to move the gastro-intestinal unit from Worthing Hospital to either Brighton, Guildford or
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Sister of US terror prisoner hits out
The sister of a Brighton resident held prisoner in Guantanamo Bay has told of the "indescribable" impact her brother's incarceration is having on her family. Amani Deghayes, whose brother Omar will soon have spent four years in the US military camp, without
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Party girl was left to die
Friends and family of a 30-year-old woman mown down by a hit-and-run driver today described her as the life and soul of any party. Michelle Dever made friends wherever she went, always had a smile and would be the first on to the dance floor at any nightclub
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Letter: Take more care
It is quite unfair to blame the Care Standards Act for the closure of care and nursing homes. The national minimum standards set out fair and reasonable rules which promote the human dignity of the frail and elderly. There are a number of care and nursing
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Athletics: Briggs and Jones take county honours in Chichester 10k
The reputation of Chichester Priory as one of the fastest 10k races in the South was enhanced yesterday as a star-studded field set the course on fire. Both the men's and women's course records were smashed as the strongest field to gather in Sussex for
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The Hollow, Theatre Royal, Brighton, February 6-11
The all-time best-selling author in any genre excepting Shakespeare is Agatha Christie, The First Lady Of Crime. Her stage plays, however, have fared less well. While she holds the record for the longest-ever London run The Mousetrap opened in 1952, and
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A top pub for its grub
Staff and customers are celebrating a double win for their village pub. Six years after saving it from demolition, it has won a national award for its pub grub. The Morning Advertiser Best Pub Awards declared The Gun Inn at Findon, near Worthing, the
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Driving for big change at golf course
Multi-million pound plans have been unveiled to revitalise a golf course. The directors of Benfield Valley Golf Course in Hove want to create new sports, leisure and community facilities on the site. A planning application is being submitted to Brighton
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Blooming businesses flush out toilets' past
Spending a penny when you're out and about usually calls for a mad dash to the nearest public convenience. But pop into this one and you will more likely be relieved of a tenner for a bunch of freshly cut red roses or hand-tied tulips. And besides, the
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City pushes for greater fire safety in new buildings
Property developers have been urged to install fire sprinkler systems in new buildings. Brighton and Hove City Council will urge the city's three MPs, David Lepper, Des Turner and Celia Barlow, to press the Government to ensure that the installation of
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£3,000 gift aids ageing girl's dream
A charity has donated £3,000 to help the wishes of a girl suffering from the rare ageing condition progeria come true. Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath District Round Table pledged the money after reading about Ashanti White, aged two, who is ageing eight
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Pink plaques in pipeline
A series of pink plaques to celebrate gay and lesbian history has been proposed. At Brighton and Hove City Council's culture and tourism committee meeting on Thursday members discussed expanding the upcoming blue plaque scheme to include pink plaques,
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Coffeehouse, Red Roaster, Brighton
"I have measured out my life in coffee spoons," wrote T S Eliot. Sitting in a coffeehouse watching people falling in and out of love, grieving, waiting for long-lost children, confessing secrets and changing career, all over drawn-out cups of coffee,
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Record turn-out for Brighton's big race
A record number of runners will take part in the 16th Brighton half-marathon. More than 3,000 people are expected to join the annual 13.1-mile race on February 19 - 300 more than last year. The run will start at Madeira Drive at 10.30am and take a scenic
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New stamp pictures the coastal landmark that plunged into the sea
A photograph of a Sussex landmark which adorns a new set of postage stamps is at least five years out of date. The picture of Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, one of ten first class stamps featuring scenic English landscapes to be issued by Royal Mail next
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Belle & Sebastian, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
Some bands are great; others have greatness thrust upon them. A few, meanwhile, are repeatedly struck by great no matter how hard they try to avoid its blows. Belle & Sebastian are firmly and frustratingly in this latter camp. After five albums and
