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Torture issues explored
Campaigners will perform a public reading of a play about the American military jail Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Supporters of Omar Deghayes, a 36-year-old Saltdean man held under no charge at the facility for almost four years, will join the Brighton-based
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Parking fines 'to fund free travel'
Income from parking fines could be used to pick up the tab left by Government for its free-travel-for-pensioners scheme. A joint Labour-Liberal Democrat budget proposed for Brighton and Hove City Council would allocate £300,000 of projected car parking
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Fears as Kitty the cat goes missing again
Preston Manor puss Kitty, who caused uproar when a cat charity removed her from her home, has disappeared again. Kitty caused an outcry when cat charity Cats Protection took her away from Preston Manor, Preston Park, Brighton, claiming the tabby and white
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Letter: Give us a goal
A goal - that's what the footballing kids of Sussex want. For goodness' sake, Lewes District Council, what do you want? Take a walk around the parks where your own kids are playing football every weekend, knee-deep in mud and dog muck (council cut backs
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Letter: Suspicious mind
It has occurred to me the real reason why Mr Prescott chose to ignore professional advice and long-standing planning principles, when he granted permission for the Albion's stadium at Falmer was because it gave him carte blanche to add further developments
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Letter: Everyone can be a winner
Now the Government has decided to award £7 million to the local authority willing to lead the creation of a "wired-up community" and £120,000 to ten regional finalists, could I appeal to Brighton and Hove City Council to review its inexplicable opposition
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Football: Mullery goes and fans are still angry with Hollins
Alan Mullery has left Conference strugglers Crawley. The former Albion manager says his help as an advisor is no longer needed at the Broadfield Stadium. Mullery was given a part-time position last September to help owners, the SA Group, improve the running
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Letter: Problem kids
It's worrying when you start sounding like your parents. Nonetheless, it would appear ever-increasing numbers of youngsters have little or no respect for anybody. This is hardly surprising given, as Michael Acton (Letters, January 29) has observed, parents
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Hospitals top of MRSA risk list
Patients are more likely to catch the MRSA superbug at Brighton and Sussex University hospitals than anywhere else in the country. The trust's infection rate is more than twice the national average and the worst in England, the Department of Health revealed
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Hockey: Grinstead glory boy
Matt Jones reflected on East Grinstead's finest triumph for more than a decade and admitted: "It wasn't good for the nerves." Grinstead produced two astonishing comebacks on their way to being crowned national indoor champions in Birmingham on Sunday.
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Letter: Missing the point
Has Councillor Juliet McCaffery, deputy chair of Brighton and Hove Council's Children, Families and Schools, misunderstood the debate entirely? In her letter (February 2), she states distance is the fairest way to decide school admissions - and so it
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Basketball: The Jack of all trades plotting to sink leaders
Phil Waghorn has coached the kids, manned the scorers' table and washed some kit. Now all that remains to make his basketball week complete is to mastermind the downfall of the British League leaders, hopefully with the help of the nation's top marksman
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Letter: Today's police force is completely out of touch
The reply to my letter by Chief Supt Jeremy Paine (January 18) misses the point entirely and shows just how out of touch the police are. Why do empty police vehicles clog up the bus bays at Brighton Station, preventing innocent citizens from catching
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Football: Mullery goes and fans are still angry with Hollins
Alan Mullery has left Conference strugglers Crawley. The former Albion manager says his help as an advisor is no longer needed at the Broadfield Stadium. Mullery was given a part-time position last September to help owners, the SA Group, improve the running
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Shobana Jeyasingh, Gardner Arts Centre, Falmer, Tues, Feb 7
In 1988, the world of contemporary dance bore witness to an unprecedented collaboration. University of Sussex graduate Shobana Jeyasingh, a choreographer then working exclusively with Indian classical music, teamed up with Michael Nyman, the hugely successful
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A refreshing slice of Lime
Marketing design company Lime will produce the University of Sussex's annual financial report after winning a three-way pitch for the job. The Queen's Road, Brighton, firm commissioned a university photographer to capture the essence of the Falmer campus
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Loss of Gatwick rail link dispute
Business leaders have clashed over the Government's decision to axe a non-stop rail service between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria. The Department of Transport said it had decided to axe the Gatwick Express to give every standard class passengers
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Roadside rubbish is a danger
Rubbish strewn along a busy dual carriageway is so bad it could cause a fatal accident, a councillor has warned. Phillip Coote said he feared for the safety of motorists and passengers using the A27 between Brighton and Lancing. Coun Coote, deputy cabinet
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Jobless upsurge sparks debt fear
A Sussex MP has expressed his concern that unemployment is rising as families are getting into "record levels" of personal debt. Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, was responding to unemployment figures released by the House of Commons Library
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Genius and a gent dies
Tony Back, the well-known organist and composer, has died at the age of 64. Friends, family and well wishers were expected to attend his funeral today at Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton, at 12.30pm. Mr Back, born and educated in Brighton, wrote and performed
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Couple arrested after hit-and-run death crash
A couple have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman killed in a hit-and-run crash. Michelle Dever, 30, died in a collision with a Fiesta near her home in Brighton Road, Lancing, on Thursday night last week. The driver left the scene and
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BPO featuring Richard Durrant, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
Why Richard Durrant chose Malcolm Arnold's guitar concerto as his solo piece for this concert with the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra is beyond me. It is a nightmarish piece of work - dissonant and discordant - and did nothing to showcase the skills
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The Waterboys, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
There's a nostalgic curiosity attached to seeing a band that have been knocking around for a while - 25 years in this case. A vocal section of the audience made it clear: They wanted the old stuff. The Waterboys visionary front man Mike Scott, bearing
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Stand Up For Women, Theatre Royal, Brighton
Threshold - Womens Mental Health Initiative, a Brighton-based charity, was fortunate in lining up some extremely funny comediennes for this benefit concert. The acts were well balanced, with the three main artistes offering different styles of comedy.
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Letter: A gay village is a reason to be proud
C Stenning's insecurities about Councillor Williams' ideas for developing St James's Street (Letters, January 30) are unfounded. I have lived in the area for ten years and, like it or not, the growing cluster of gay businesses is already becoming an unofficial
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Letter: Council tax rises are avoidable
In viewing with gloom the percentage rise in council tax bills (The Argus, January 11), it is worth noting, in money terms, local Sussex councils will be taking a larger extra slice of our salaries and pensions than last year. This is because the percentage
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Letter: Knives are out
Your front page showing the knives taken from patients at Worthing A&E was shocking. Many years ago, in Glasgow, a judge called Lord Carmount handed out hefty sentences to anyone found in possession of such weapons. I'm not saying it cured the problem
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Letter: Buggy rage
As an invalid buggy user, I would like to know why so many pedestrians use the right-hand side of a pathway. We drive vehicles on the lefthand side in this country. If the walkers would also walk on the left, they would be facing the road traffic and
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Letter: Village people
I regret local councillors cannot be transferred like footballers, because Councillor Simon Williams, with his ideas for a multicoloured gay village in Kemp Town, would be able to exercise his talents much more usefully in a location such as Disneyland
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Torture issues explored
Campaigners will perform a public reading of a play about the American military jail Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Supporters of Omar Deghayes, a 36-year-old Saltdean man held under no charge at the facility for almost four years, will join the Brighton-based
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Hospital beds may be axed in big shake-up
Hospital beds could be axed as part of plans to shake-up mental health services for elderly people. The proposals, which would save around £1.3 million, involve closing units at Midhurst and Bognor and having all in-patient services based in one place
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Pier to star in pop video
She has been ravaged by time, battered by storms and attacked by arsonists. But Brighton's rusting West Pier could soon be attracting a new generation of fans across the world. Rising rock band Kubb has used it as the backdrop to a pop video for their
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Pay grumble by lecturers
Staff today reacted with anger after it emerged a college principal enjoyed a pay deal five times greater than most lecturers. With salary, pension contributions and bonuses, Ann Smith, principal at City College Brighton and Hove, took home £145,000 in
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Letter: Drivers can't see the bigger picture
Mr Plowman (Letters, February 3) states he has paid handsomely for the privilige of using roads but is not able to because of prohibitive parking charges. What he does not seem to grasp is it is simply no longer sustainable to allow so many motorists
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Court hears how dentist 'made his patients suffer'
A woman was left struggling to eat and talk after her dentist gave her a set of ill-fitting dentures, the General Dental Council (GDC) heard. Dirk Van Moerbeke is accused of serious professional misconduct over the treatment he gave 15 patients in Eastbourne
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Letter: Play by the rules
I read with interest your report on the proposed "work to rule" by the city's bus drivers (The Argus, January 30). To put pressure on their employers, they are going to stop at every stop and wait until passengers take their seats before driving on. All
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Letter: A plea for peace
At this tragic moment in time, when there seem to be extreme feelings and anger between the West and Islam, there are still positive forces of spiritual love and understanding to be found between both communities. I witnessed an example of this in our
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McGhee shocked at players' outbursts
Albion manager Mark McGhee today revealed his deep disappointment at the way players like Michel Kuipers have reacted to being left out of the side. McGhee says they have a duty to support their team-mates, even if they feel hard done by. Goalkeeper Kuipers
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McGhee shocked at players' outbursts
Mark McGhee today revealed his disappointment at the way players like Michel Kuipers have reacted to being left out of the side. McGhee says they have a duty to support their team-mates, even if they feel hard done by. Goalkeeper Kuipers was axed from
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Trader issues warning on phoney invoices
A trader is warning businesses to look out for a rogue company that is sending out false invoices. Mike Dalley, 69, owner of Cardome and Tube Station Tanning in St James's Street, Brighton, was horrified when Paper Roll Logistics sent him a £200 bill
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Ashes heroics send bat sales soaring
Woodworm Cricket Company said it was "looking forward" to posting its annual results following the Ashes heroics of Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, two famous users of its bats. The firm, based in Billingshurst, West Sussex, made a loss of more than
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Housing plans don't hold water
A senior planner has questioned Southern Water's support for major house-building in West Sussex as a water crisis looms. Southern Water, based in Worthing, said it had not ruled out introducing standpipes if winter rainfall doesn't replenish supplies
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Charity helps others to tackle 'Elephant Man' syndrome
When baby Jordan was born 11 years ago, Tracey Whitewood-Neal had no idea that she and husband Dean would have to travel a different route to other parents. At the age of two their son, Jordan, was diagnosed with Proteus Syndrome. The condition is believed
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Historic tunnel opened up for the first time in 60 years
An historic tunnel hidden beneath seaside flats has been restored to give occupants exclusive access to the beach. Tamworth House in Marine Parade, Brighton, was home to the Royal British Legion for more than half a century before its conversion into
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Jenkins jury deliberates
The jury retired for a fifth day last night to consider its verdict in the Billie-Jo Jenkins murder retrial. Former deputy head teacher Sion Jenkins denies murdering his 13-year-old foster daughter in February 1997. She was battered to the head by a metal
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Parents 'kept in the dark'
Parents voiced their anger against a council for not keeping them informed about plans to close a school. More than 100 people packed a school hall to hear a public consultation about proposals to merge Freshbrook First School with Thornberry Middle School
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Jose Gonzalez, Concorde 2, Brighton
I was first played a Jose Gonzalez in Mexico last summer but when I arrived back in the UK, his name seemed to ring few bells. There was so little hype about his Hanbury gig back in November, it came and went without me even knowing. Then one day a Sony
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One Night Of Queen, Brighton Centre, Brighton
January 2006 and a previously unknown promotions girl from Essex wins Celebrity Big Brother by a landslide. This Warholian fantasy proves we're apparently in such desperate need of celebrities to look up to, there just aren't enough to go around. It's
