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More public figures backing our Omar campaign
More international figures have backed a campaign by The Argus to secure justice for Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Deghayes. The Archbishop of York and Liberal Democrat acting leader Sir Menzies Campbell have added their names to a list which already
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King Alfred 'key to city's future development'
A £400 million scheme to redevelop the Brighton Centre will fail if the controversial King Alfred housing and leisure complex is rejected, business leaders have warned. Council leaders today revealed they are in talks with major firms to pay for the
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Letter: Dangerous cyclists too wild for park
With reference to the letter from Peter Grey (January 1), who said cyclists "will keep riding our bikes in the woods. It isn't hurting anyone", I and my family have walked in the park since 1964. We enjoy the beautiful and wild scenery and the prehistoric
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Letter: A unique trolley
I sent Mark White (Letters, February) of the UK Trolley Collector's Club a trolley not long ago. It was an engineering masterpiece but fatally flawed - it refused to move when you put the money in. It has since been withdrawn from service and Brighton
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Former addict says sorry for his crimes
A burglar who spent 30 years committing crimes said last night: "I want to say sorry to all my victims." Mark Kenyon was one of the most prolific burglars in Sussex and spent a total of 16 years behind bars. But he went on a year-long programme to divert
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Gruesome mystery of 19 nameless bodies
The bodies of 19 people who died mysteriously lie unidentified in Sussex morgues, new figures reveal. All died in unusual circumstances and they have never been identified. Some date back nearly ten years. The National Missing Persons Helpline (NMPH)
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Letter: Into the Grove
We were fascinated by the article on Brighton's past (The Argus, February 13). My wife and her mother were picking out themselves in the picture of the Grove Street party. If the dates were right, I don't know how. My wife wasn't born until well after
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No action on Billie-Jo claim
Police have confirmed they do not plan to interview a convicted murderer who has allegedly confessed to killing schoolgirl Billie-Jo Jenkins. A national newspaper claimed a Wakefield jail prisoner told a cellmate he had killed the 13-year-old as she painted
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Letter: Vote on schools
Ian Chisnall's letter calling for Brighton and Hove councillors to implement the nodal system for secondary school admissions is something I agree with. Alas, I fear he, I and other likeminded souls are living in cloudcuckoo land to think this will happen
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Letter: It's a class thing
Ian Chisnall conveniently ignores some uncomfortable truths in his observations on secondary school admissions policy and the effect of the closure of Comart on the availability of places in east Brighton (Letters, February 14). The group calling for
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Fire rips through timber mill
Company directors who were forced to watch as solid oak worth £400,000 burned to cinders today vowed it would not put them out of business. Firefighters spent more than 34 hours tackling the fire which ravaged the timber mill at The Woodland Centre, Whitesmith
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Letter: My vested interest is in helping boost city
For many years, The Brighton Society's Selma Montford (Letters, Feburary 15) has been a self-appointed spokesperson for the donothing, build-nowhere brigade, which oversaw Brighton's decline in the Eighties and early-Nineties. Those of us who have been
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King Alfred 'key to city's future development'
A £400 million scheme to redevelop the Brighton Centre will fail if the controversial King Alfred housing and leisure complex is rejected, business leaders have warned. Council leaders today revealed they are in talks with major firms to pay for the largest
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Letter: Locked in to life under lethal masts
Councillor Ted Kemble remarked that 3G phone masts are liable to "protracted planning battles" (Letters, February 15). Unfortunately, current planning guidelines don't recognise the adverse health effects of masts. If planning committees vote against
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Letter: Mr Volks' clock
Thank you for publishing the article about the Volk's Railway clock (The Argus, February 13). Volk's Electric Railway Association was impressed at the response to our last request to talk to people who had met Magnus Volk, who died in 1937. We hope some
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Robbie battles wind and rain to take the title
Robbie James displayed true grit to win the Sussex Beacon Half Marathon yesterday. The Lewes AC runner refused to surrender to the dreadful conditions which swept the course to clinch victory in only his third race at the distance. James did it the hard
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Letter: Green apathy
How I agree with Christine Wiltshire's sentiments that we can all do more for the planet (Letters, February 13), although the gist of her letter ended up saying, more or less, "the Government could do more for our planet". Let's face it, with the best
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Match report: Crawley 2 Altrincham 0
Two-goal Daryl Clare gave Crawley a massive boost and says the team now know what is needed to avoid relegation from the Conference. And they proved it on Saturday with a stunning performance against Altrincham. Clare scored twice as Reds tore apart an
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Anything Goes, Theatre Royal, Brighton, February 20-25
"I have abseiled down Table Mountain, I have swum with great white sharks off the coast of South Africa, I have cycled around Japan, I have climbed in the Himalayas and I have swum with killer whales," declares Angela Rippon. "And all in my 50s and 60s
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A flying start for the young
Young entrepreneurs have the chance to practise pitching their business ideas at a career fair. Students and graduates can also put questions to legal, finance and marketing experts, as well as practise their networking. The Flying Start Rally has been
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Dangerous treatment done with no licence
A beauty salon has been providing expensive and potentially dangerous laser treatment without a licence. Beauty Secrets in Western Road, Hove, offers intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment for hair removal despite not being registered with the Healthcare
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Public snub for Galloway talk
Celebrity Big Brother's George Galloway has postponed a question-and-answer session in Sussex because of poor ticket sales. The Respect MP for Bethnal Green, who was criticised for pretending to be a cat on the Channel 4 show, said he would not be able
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Web cam link opens up sewage works debate
Anti-sewage campaigners will watch councillors debate the £200 million Southern Water treatment scheme via web cam. Southern Water want to build the treatment works, dubbed Poohaven, to transfer millions of litres of sewage a day between Brighton and
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Labour offers to host post office
A political group has offered its premises to accommodate a post office until a permanent home can be found. Residents in east Worthing have been without a local branch since the one in Lyndhurst Road, owned by deputy mayor Jack Saheid, was closed six
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NME Awards Tour, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
The best thing about the NME is its modest lack of hyperbole and speaking clock-like accuracy. Guess which of these it labelled "Britain's Favourite New Band: a) We Are Scientists? b) Maximo Park? or c) the band currently selling two in every five albums
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Letter: Civic pride is a thing of the past
Well done Derek Hillier (Letters, February 8) for stating the obvious about the waste of resources used in changing Palmeira Square. But you only have to see the state of the pavements to see the need for the work - broken slabs with tarmac laid indiscriminately
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Hope for children who age too fast
Scientists may have found a way of treating children with the rare genetic ageing disease progeria. Eight-year-old Hayley Okines, from Bexhill, and two-year-old Ashanti White, from Burgess Hill, both suffer from the condition which means the ageing process
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Lottery winfall for landmark cottage
Charity workers are celebrating today after scooping a Lottery grant to turn a listed 15th-century house into a heritage centre for the community. The Uckfield and District Preservation Society has been awarded £5,000 to renovate Bridge Cottage, built
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Preston's love life is talk of the tabloids
The number of tabloid pages devoted to their on-off relationship reached double figures at the weekend alone. And it seems the pressure of the limelight has all become too much for Camille Aznar, the one time love of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Sam
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Letter: Here's the beef
I read the letter from Rev John Webster (February 10) about a missing recipe for Brighton beefsteak pudding. I have the recipe on a teatowel (which also features other old Sussex recipes). If he would care to get in touch with me, I can write out the
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The Levellers join property boom
They may be named after anarchist freedom fighters but folk-rock group The Levellers are about to embark on every respectable conservative's dream. The Brighton band, agitrockers and heroes of the Nineties' alternative scene, are moving into property
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Basketball: Brighton Bears 88 Chester Jets 96
Nick Nurse could be heading for a showdown with the British Basketball League after a refereeing rumpus erupted at the Triangle. Genesis Brighton Bears went down in controversial style to a Chester Jets side with whom they are competing for a play-off
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Letter: Watchdogs offer cold comfort to underclass
I'm sittng in a freezing-cold flat with my duvet around me to keep warm because the temperature outside has dropped. My heating is broken but I haven't got it repaired because I can't afford to put it on anyway. As I am not a pensioner, I don't qualify
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Match report: Albion 0 Watford 1
Chris Eagles' extraordinary winning goal from the halfway line stunned everybody at Withdean, everybody that is except Paul McShane. The young Albion centre half was the one man inside the ground who knew his fellow Manchester United loanee was going
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McShane urges Albion to stick with McGhee
Paul McShane urged Albion today to stick with manager Mark McGhee, even if they are relegated. On-loan McShane's plea follows a wonder goal from the halfway line by his Manchester United colleague Chris Eagles which earned high-flying Watford a 1-0 win
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Small firms mean big business
Entrepreneurial over-50s who want to launch a new business can get free advice at a business fair. The stand, named PRIME, will be one of 45 at the fourth annual Microbiz Fair at Horsham Drill Hall, in Denne Road, from 10am on March 18. Other exhibitors
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MFI to pull plug on its stores
Jobs could be under threat following reports that furnishings giant MFI is planning to close up to 20 of its stores. The retailer, which has six warehouse operations in Sussex, is reported to be preparing a drastic overhaul of its business, including
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King Alfred 'key to city's future development'
A £400 million scheme to redevelop the Brighton Centre will fail if the controversial King Alfred housing and leisure complex is rejected, business leaders have warned. Council leaders today revealed they are in talks with major firms to pay for the largest
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Bus pass holders faced with price hike
Bus users face higher fares and reduced services as a result of the rising cost of diesel. Transport firm Go-Ahead is warning it will have to cut services and increase fares because of the high cost of fuel. The Newcastle-based group runs services in
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Leo is back at the top
Seventies singer Leo Sayers comeback continues as he topped the UK singles chart for the second week running. Mecks remix of Thunder In My Heart Thunder In My Heart Again which features the 57-year-old Shoreham-born singer, was first released in 1977
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Number of homeless is halved
Homelessness levels in one part of Sussex have been cut by half. Mid Sussex District Council has reported a 49 per cent reduction in homelessness in just two years. Between April 2003 and March 2005, levels dropped to figures not seen for 20 years. Andrew
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More public figures backing our Omar campaign
More international figures have backed a campaign by The Argus to secure justice for Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Deghayes. The Archbishop of York and Liberal Democrat acting leader Sir Menzies Campbell have added their names to a list which already includes
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Van Morrison, Dome Concert Hall, Brighton
Going to see Van Morrison live is always a risky business. You arrive knowing that the notorious grumpster could play with his back to the audience or storm off after five songs. Thankfully for the sold-out audience, the Irish star appeared in reasonable
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Aqualung, Duke of York's, Brighton
Duke of York's, Preston Circus, Brighton Following a year concentrating on breaking the USA, Aqualung returned to Britain with a three-date tour with two late-night shows at The Duke of York's Picture House in Preston Circus, Brighton. They put on a brilliant
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Jim Noir, Komedia, Brighton
Looking like a cross between Al Capone and a Laurel and Hardy-type silent movie character, Jim Noir (real name Alan Roberts) emerged with his borrowed backing band sporting matching Forties suits and haircuts. Fortunately, the soundtrack was neither silent
