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Letter: Nazi image was very offensive
The photograph printed by Terry Applin of actresss Michaela Nicholls sporting Nazi uniform and suggestively showing her stocking top was offensive, tasteless and ignorant (The Argus, April 25). One wonders what the generation who lost loved ones in the
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Letter: Lollipop love
It's a concern to read that not enough lollipop staff can be found to help ensure the safety of our children outside some of our schools. The people who do this job would be near the top of my list when the MBEs are given out. It occurs to me there must
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Pier relives golden age
Romance and beauty are words sadly no longer associated with Brighton's now derelict West Pier. The magic of the pier throughout the last century has been consigned to history as fires and storms have wrecked the structure. But local film-makers plan
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Church in cash pledge
A businessman has pledged £2,500 to help save an historic church. St Andrew's Church in Waterloo Street, Hove, is struggling to stay open and needs to stump-up £15,000 to pay for heating and other maintenance work. A functioning heating system and the
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Letter: Excellent care
Well done the Royal Sussex County Hospital. I have just spent a week in the very ward, Peel, which was the subject of the infamous BBC Panorama programme on hospital cleaning. I want to assure the people of Sussex this ward was spotlessly clean. It was
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Letter: Congratulations
May I congratulate you on the excellent journalism from your two reporters Miles Godfrey and Miriam Wells on the King Alfred plans (The Argus, April 19). Thanks to their article, it is now clear the King Alfred planners have lost the plot and need to
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Letter: Give her a job
How hard is it to get a job in Brighton? Believe you me, it is very hard. My daughter has completed her qualification in nursery care. She has had a couple of jobs but they haven't worked out. She wants to go into retail but how do you get into this line
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Friends and family pay tribute to 'Pat the Hat'
Tributes have poured in for a much-loved local councillor who was killed in a tragic motorcycle accident. Ian Nottage, a member of Uckfield town and Wealden district councils, died shortly after 10am on Tuesday when his motorbike was in a collision with
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Homeless magazine out on the streets
Homeless charity The Big Issue will find itself out on the streets this week after councillors cut its funding. The magazine office in Queen's Road, Brighton, will shut its doors to rough sleepers for the last time on Saturday night. One member of staff
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Letter: Fluoridation is a wasteful process
Both the "pros" and the "antis" in the flouride debate are missing the full picture. The scientific facts are straightforward. Fluoride is an essential trace element, and, as Dr Boyask says (Letters, April 20), is needed for the development of sound teeth
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Letter: Working lunch
I've been reading about the assorted building projects proposed for the city centre with some of interest. It does seem as if every week yet another group of architects come up with an even more eye-catching idea than whatever the previous idea was. Considering
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Letter: No, doctor
I would like to reply to Dr Peter Kyle's letter (April 12). I hope he is right and ordinary people will have the opportunity to have a home within the King Alfred site. Other readers appear to agree with me about the present proposals. Going back to my
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Albion kids show bottle
Albion's kids showed they had resilience as well as talent at Worthing last night. A young Reserve side came from behind to beat Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 with second-half goals by strike pair Sam Gargan and Joe Gatting. The fledgling Seagulls fell behind
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B&Bs help in fitting the bill
Guesthouses and bed and breakfasts are being offered support from a safety and advice campaign. East Sussex County Council's trading standards service, borough council environmental health departments, East Sussex Fire And Rescue Service, Tourism South
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Movement on transport plan
A £28 million scheme to improve all aspects of transport and road safety has been submitted for Government approval. The five-year plan will see investment in road maintenance, bridge strengthening, street lighting, passenger transport, traffic management
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It's a sign of hope for small firms
A council has signed up to do more to help small businesses in the area. Lewes District Council has signed the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Concordat aimed at encouraging trade between local authorities and small businesses. The Concordat sets out
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Barrister admits he filmed up girls' skirts
A barrister who admitted filming up girls' skirts in supermarkets denied he got any sexual gratification from it, a court heard. Simon Austin Hamilton, 35, from London, said the pleasure he took was in the collecting and cataloguing the images. He said
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Chidren's parade inspired by the Orient and English breakfasts
A giant bottle of ketchup made from cardboard will form the centrepiece of an oversized recreation of a full English breakfast. These youngsters paid painstaking attention to detail to create their costumes and models for their float for this year's children's
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Kaiser Chiefs, Brighton Centre, Brighton
The Brighton Centre, that concrete behemoth squatting by the sea like a particularly surly brick, could have easily gobbled up and spat out the Kaiser Chiefs. It's not often bands with only one album under their belts get to play there, for very good
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April 21: It's too early to judge Sussex as they toil on a grey Hove day
Take three internationals out of any side in any sport and you are going to weaken it. Which is why it is unfair to make too many predictions on how Sussex's summer will pan out on the basis of their County Championship opener against Warwickshire. The
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Letter: Support for the Brighton Eye project
I write to give support to the proposed Brighton Eye development. I believe this is an important opportunity for the city and, in my opinion, is the best suggestion for a tourist attraction the city has had for some time. It would provide a new, modern
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Letter: Enlighten me
I am confused. Would someone please enlighten me as to what the Falmer Stadium which will be built in the conurbation of the city of Brighton and Hove has to do with Mr B Beck of Lewes (Letters, April 4) or, in fact, anyone from Lewes? Perhaps he is a
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Egyptian break 'like Beirut', says tourist
A tourist caught up in the Egyptian bomb blasts has told of her escape. Debbie Froggley, 43, and her family did not know if they would make it home alive following the terrorist attacks in the tourist resort of Dahab on Monday, which killed 24 people.
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Mice scupper school meals
A school's kitchen has been closed after environmental health officers discovered an infestation of mice. Parents were worried their children's health was at risk after pupils came home to tell them there were rumours of a rat infestation at Portslade
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Poohaven plans stay in pipeline
Planners have called for more time to examine the details of a blueprint for a controversial £200 million sewage works. The treatment centre at Lower Hoddern Farm in Peacehaven, which has been dubbed "Poohaven" by its opponents, would include a seven-mile
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School closure probe begins
An investigation into why an independent school ran out of money and was forced to close six weeks before GCSE and A-level exams will be launched by the administrator. Newlands School in Seaford closed on April 4 because of mounting debts it could not
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Letter: I applaud the McCartneys
I applaud Heather and Paul McCartney's stand against the global fur trade. Their efforts have exposed the horrors inflicted on animals by some European countries and the vile behaviour shown by the Chinese to their animals. Some scenes were hard to believe
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Cancer dad's fight to live
A dying father is in a race against time for treatment which could give him the hope of watching his baby daughter growing up. Today, The Argus launches an urgent appeal to help fund the medical care Neil Cooper needs to spend more precious time with
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The Dirty Diamond Revue, Komedia, Brighton
"We've got two aerial acts, one anarchic clown, a strippy act and a great singer," reveals Dirty Diamond Revue compere Chris Cresswell. "We've got a real mix - I think there's room for anything." The leader of the Voodoo Vaudeville theatre company brings
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Letter: White lines
What is J Reid of Hove on about? The King Alfred is a "white elephant" is it (Letters, March 23)? Well I always understood a white elephant was something of dubious value. For me and the thousands of others who use the various facilities on a regular
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Letter: We must listen to the voices of experience
For decades we have been told fluoride helps fight tooth decay in our children's teeth. This is the one and only argument for fluoridation, and recent studies have shown little or no difference in dental decay between children living in fluoridated and
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Speedway: Barker could be heat-15 star
Jon Cook has told his skipper to be ready for heat-15 action if Eastbourne Eagles go the distance again tonight. But the Eagles boss admits the chances of another thriller are remote as Eagles visit in-form Peterborough Panthers in the Elite League (7.30
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Sussex target overseas ace
Sussex could be poised to bring Pakistan star Shahid Afridi to Hove. All-rounder Afridi and Yasi Arafat, who played against Sussex for Scotland in the totesport League last season, are two names under consideration as the county hunt a replacement for
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Gatwick jobs fears
Job cuts at Gatwick could compromise security, union leaders have warned. The airport's owner BAA announced in March it was axing 230 posts. With investment companies lining up to take over BAA, the Transport and General Workers' Union fears shop-floor
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Hospital delay under debate
A controversial decision to delay building a multi-million pound hospital will be discussed next week. Councillors will debate the Arun Community Hospital saga at a full meeting on Wednesday. Members want reassurances the project will not be dropped altogether
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Family flee to avoid deportation
A family from Kosovo have left the town they have lived in for seven years to evade deportation. Fred Gurraj and Dorina Lunaj have abandoned their friends in St Leonards for a new life in the North. The couple and their ten-month-old baby have been threatened
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Aiden, Concorde 2, Brighton, Thurs, April 27
Any band which colours gigs by orchestrating a "Wall of Death" (the crowd splits in half before hurtling into each other on command), is unlikely to provide laidback fare - and Aiden promise anything but that. Their latest album, Nightmare Anatomy, opens
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April 27: Now how about sorting out the track of terror?
Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove is still fuming over the ECB's decision not to award the Rose Bowl coveted Test match status. He claims it was made on personal rather than cricketing decisions. Hampshire have been playing there for six seasons now and
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April 24: Goodwin and Yardy share match-saving stand of 385
Chris Adams believes the record-breaking exploits of two of his key batsmen will lift the entire Sussex team. Outplayed for much of the first three days in their Championship opener against Warwickshire, Mike Yardy and Murray Goodwin turned the contest
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April 22: Determined duo have more to do
Sussex's record in the season's curtain-raiser does not make happy reading. The county have won just two of their opening Championship games since 1990 and that record is unlikely to be improved today. Much of the pre-season discussion at Hove has centred
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April 20: Sussex back in the swiing
Luke Wright has been an integral part of Sussex's one-day team for two years but the signs are he is ready to come of age in Championship cricket as well. Wright, who celebrated his 21st birthday last month, earned his place in the team for the opener
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April 20: Sussex vow to ease Kirtley back into it gently
Sussex will not rush James Kirtley back into first-team action. The county's premier fast bowler is still working on his re-modelled action a month after being cleared to continue his career after he was banned during the winter for a suspect action.
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Pier relives great days
Romance and beauty are words sadly no longer associated with Brighton's now derelict West Pier. The magic of the pier throughout the last century has been consigned to history as fires and storms have wrecked the structure. But local film-makers
