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Top advisers refuse to back seafront project
The Government's chief advisers on heritage and the environment have ruled out supporting Frank Gehry's £290 million plans for Hove seafront. English Heritage and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) - between them the guardians
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Living Together, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
It is rare to get a good production with a witty script and an excellent cast that makes you laugh from curtain-up to curtain-down. But that is what Eastbourne has this week in Alan Aykbourn's classic Living Together. This social comedy is one of his
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Letter: It's a new vision for Brighton
The barnstorming news a developer is bidding to revitalise the heart of the city should gladden the hearts of discerning visionaries who aspire to bringing the very best enterprises to Brighton and Hove (The Argus, April 8). The designer, international
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Greens to fight airport expansion
The Green Party has announced its intention to make the expansion of Shoreham Airport its main issue during the May local elections. Five Green candidates will contest wards in and around Shoreham that are likely to be affected by any expansion at the
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Travel plan aims to ease hospital parking
A green travel plan is being drawn up in a bid to cut the number of cars visiting hospital sites. The draft proposals were unveiled at a Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust board meeting yesterday. Ideas being considered include car sharing
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Letter: Daffodil man
As a regular visitor to the Brighton Easter Parade, I look forward to meeting the daffodil man along the coast road by the pier. For the past ten years or so, dressed in a straw boater, blazer and silver-tip walking cane, he would hand out daffodils to
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Police in orgy of crime detection
Sixteen crimes are being committed in Sussex every hour but there are no gloomy faces at police headquarters. Figures released last night show a whopping 136,000 crimes were committed in the past 12 months - but numbers are falling. There were more than
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Letter: Pet subject
The supportive stance of the family of the dog breeder, who abused so many innocent animals, made for unappetising reading (The Argus, April 20). I wonder why the family didn't question why they were not allowed into the outhouse behind the cottage? Whatever
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Dumped in the middle of road
A dangerous pile of shattered glass and builder's waste was dumped in the middle of the road. Council workers were astounded at the audacity of the fly-tipper who left the huge unsightly mountain outside Brighton General Hospital. Environment officers
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Letter: An act of God?
How excited readers must have been to learn "Brighton and Hove bus crashes into church wall" (The Argus, April 20). We certainly were - it was our church. All your readers must have been relieved to know neither the driver nor members of the public were
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Murder denied by 'Mad Mike'
A schizophrenic known as "Mad Mike" stabbed to death a father-of-two after an argument in the street, a court heard. Robert McKenzie, 43, of Shelley Road, Worthing, denies murdering Chris Stones, 27, of Cowper Road, Worthing, on June 23 last year. Yesterday
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'Gas-guzzlers' under attack
Parents using four-wheel-drive vehicles to bully their way through the school-run traffic have been blamed for massive carbon dioxide emissions. A survey has shown that Sussex drivers with new cars cause pollution levels far higher than the national average
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Letter: Gehry scheme is unviable
Hopefully Brighton and Hove City Council will finally accept it is not worth wasting any more money on Gehry's proposed decimation of the seafront. It is obvious the scheme is already economically unviable and would continue to run way over budget. Instead
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King Alfred plan 'dead'
The Government's chief advisers on heritage and the environment have ruled out supporting Frank Gehry's £290 million plans for the seafront. English Heritage and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) - between them the guardians
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Letter: Dangerous drivers
I am sick and tired of stretches of road being labeled "dangerous" It is not the road which is dangerous but dreadful drivers. There should be some studies done into the reasons people who get behind the wheel behave in a way which threatens the lives
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Letter: Developers only care about profit margins
So developers, the executive director of the the Brighton and Hove Economic Partnership, and the chairman of that Partnership, Simon Fanshawe, tell us we must embrace what they call "progress" and advocate further souless architecture totally out of character
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Match report: Exeter City 4 Crawley 0
John Hollins paid tribute to Exeter City after his side crashed to a painful 4-0 defeat at St James Park. The Crawley boss admitted his side were out-fought and outclassed in a game that was over as a contest by the half-time break. Hollins said: "Full
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Lynch has another England chance
Joel Lynch has been rewarded for his progress with Albion by further England recognition. The teenage defender has been put on standby for England under-19s for the European Championships elite qualifying tournament in Belgium next month. The squad for
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Video chain thrives despite competition
A husband-and-wife team who own and manage an independent video shop chain has been named the best in the business for the second year running. Lynn and Trevor Cobb, who run Tomorrow's World, won the Independent Rental Success of the Year category at
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Graffiti man found guilty of criminal damage
A graffiti vandal who daubed public buildings, including a magistrates court, with spray paint has been found guilty of criminal damage. Kevin Mason, 30, who lives in Devonshire Place, Brighton, was convicted of 19 charges of damaging buildings in the
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Pavements' black marks
Roads bosses have been accused of messing up the streets to avoid lawsuits from people tripping on paving slabs. MP Norman Baker says East Sussex County Council's policy of replacing wonky paving with Tarmac is ruining the look of Seaford. The Liberal
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Hilary Duff, Brighton Centre, Wednesday, April 26
Winner of numerous Nickelodeon Kid's Choice awards and "Most Searched By Kids And Teens On AOL" honours, Hilary Duff isn't far off eclipsing Britney Spears in America's pre-teen market. Commonly referred to as a global pop sensation, the 19-year-old became
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King Alfred plan 'dead'
THE Government's chief advisers on heritage and the environment have ruled out supporting Frank Gehry's £290 million plans for the seafront. English Heritage and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) - between them the guardians
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Slick City too hot for Crawley
John Hollins paid tribute to Exeter City after his side crashed to a painful 4-0 defeat at St James Park. The Crawley boss admitted his side were out-fought and outclassed in a game that was over as a contest by the half-time break. Hollins said: "Full
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Lynch has another England chance
Joel Lynch has been rewarded for his progress with Albion by further England recognition. The teenage defender has been put on standby for England under-19s for the European Championships elite qualifying tournament in Belgium next month. The squad for
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You'll be back says McShane
Paul McShane gave Albion a parting boost today by backing their bid to bounce straight back into the Championship next season. The on-loan Manchester United centre half says he would put money on the Seagulls coping with the rough and tumble of League
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Bandits score in pride league
The Seagulls might be on their way down, but an alternative Brighton team have been crowned champions of their league for the first time. The Brighton Bandits, the city's gay football club, finished top of the Gay Football Supporters' Network after winning
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Teachers in fear for their jobs
Dozens of teachers and school staff are still without jobs despite the fact the school they worked at has reopened. More than 150 staff were made redundant from Newlands School in Seaford when it closed on April 4 because of financial problems. The school
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Police in orgy of crime detection
Sixteen crimes are being committed in Sussex every hour but there are no gloomy faces at police headquarters. Figures released last night show a whopping 136,000 crimes were committed in the past 12 months - but numbers are falling. There were more than
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Dumped in the middle of road
A dangerous pile of shattered glass and builder's waste was dumped in the middle of the road. Council workers were astounded at the audacity of the fly-tipper who left the huge unsightly mountain outside Brighton General Hospital. Environment officers
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Murder denied by 'Mad Mike'
A schizophrenic known as "Mad Mike" stabbed to death a father-of-two after an argument in the street, a court heard. Robert McKenzie, 43, of Shelley Road, Worthing, denies murdering Chris Stones, 27, of Cowper Road, Worthing, on June 23 last year. Yesterday
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'Gas-guzzlers' under attack
PARENTS using four-wheel-drive vehicles to bully their way through the school-run traffic have been blamed for massive carbon dioxide emissions. A survey has shown that Sussex drivers with new cars cause pollution levels far higher than the national average
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The Best Of Friends, Theatre Royal, Brighton
I had expected a drawing room romp of a play, but what I got was an intellectual and religious debate on the nature of God and the warmth of friendship. Patricia Routledge is Dame Laurentia McLachlan, a nun and abbess of Stanbrook. Roy Dotrice is playwright
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Letter: Simon's vested interests
The article by Jean Calder on conflicting opinions on planning decisions in our city was excellent (The Argus, April 16). As a member of Brighton and Hove Council's planning committee, I have listened to and read the insults heaped on us by some prominent
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Bandits score in pride league
The Seagulls might be on their way down, but an alternative Brighton team have been crowned champions of their league for the first time. The Brighton Bandits, the city's gay football club, finished top of the Gay Football Supporters' Network after winning
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Teachers in fear for their jobs
Dozens of teachers and school staff are still without jobs despite the fact the school they worked at has reopened. More than 150 staff were made redundant from Newlands School in Seaford when it closed on April 4 because of financial problems. The school
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Letter: Poor reception
Referring to an article in The Argus (April 10) about myself and the reception of my television, I would like to emphasize that the reason I contacted The Argus in the first place was to enlist its help in ascertaining whether any other persons in Brighton
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Letter: Chaplin inspired me to join the RAF
I was brought up in Brighton during the Thirties and the recent correspondence regarding the town's cinemas has left me reeling with nostalgia. As a boy I recall being taken by my aunt to see Alice In Wonderland at the Lido in Hove. It had a very long
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Letter: Just say yes
I am writing to express my support for the new development at Brighton Marina. I did support the previous development plans but it appears if you do not express a view the planning committee take the soft option of being swayed by 30 to 40 demonstrators
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Speedway: Werner gives Eagles boost with positive update about his injury
Crocked Brent Werner today told Eastbourne Eagles fans: "I'm on the way back." Eagles' American reserve, out of action since breaking a collar bone in the home win over Wolverhampton on April 8, was back in the pits for the return Elite League A fixture
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You'll be back says McShane
Paul McShane gave Albion a parting boost today by backing their bid to bounce straight back into the Championship next season. The on-loan Manchester United centre half says he would put money on the Seagulls coping with the rough and tumble of League
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Car sales plan at petrol station
A petrol station and car wash could become a sales lot if planners agree. Adur District Council has received an application to change the use of the BP garage in Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham. It would be used to display 122 cars for sale and would include
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Saucy shop shows off St George
A shop manager who was rapped for her saucy window display is having the last laugh. Karen Chapman was reprimanded by town councillors for showing sexy underwear in Kadar Wear, Burgess Hill. Only four months later she has won an award from the same councillors
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Anger at leaking tap delay
A green councillor came to the rescue when a tap was left leaking for days during the current drought. Sue Paskins took a spanner to Roedale Valley allotments in Hollingdean, Brighton, to stop water pouring out into the road. Allotment holders had reported
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Parents' anger over Iraq war
A Sussex couple whose son is serving in Iraq joined a protest against the war with the families of soldiers killed in the conflict. Neville and Gabrielle, from Bexhill, attended a ceremony yesterday at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall, led by a lone
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New police chief's pledge on neighbourhood patrols
A new chief superintendent will take over the reigns of the East Sussex police division. Nick Wilkinson will now head the division following the departure of Chief Superintendent Dick Barton, who has taken an overseas secondment. Mr Wilkinson is local
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Witness backs defendant
A witness has backed a youth's claims that he was looking for teenager Will Devall shortly after divorcee Gary Rae was attacked and killed. The youth claims he played no part in the attack but arrived at the scene later. The girl said she saw the 17-year-old
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Revealing portrait of Celeb Big Brother lovers
A controversial artist, whose works include portraits of a bloodcovered Princess Diana and of heroin addict Rachel Whitear, is to unveil a painting of Chantelle and Ordinary Boys' singer Preston at her first public talk tomorrow. Stella Vine will reveal
