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Fun results
Under eights Position Race Name Sex Age Club Time 1 2054 Dowds, Will M 7 St. Joseph's Redhill 00:06:45 2 2089 McCann, Henry M 7 Holmesdale 00:06:48 3 2125 Dahl, Angus M 6 00:06:51 4 2035 Try, Michael M 7 Hawley Primary School 00
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Letter: Only a uniform
In response to A Fischman (Letters, April 27), it amazes me such people get offended about someone wearing the Nazi uniform in a newspaper or theatre production in 2006. The Second World War ended more than 60 years ago and it is a fact it existed. We
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May 12: Super Sussex go top
Sussex are top of the Championship today after another remarkable performance by their bowlers hurried them to a 41-run win over Nottinghamshire at Hove. The county appeared to have blown their chance of a third successive victory when they lost their
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Soul lady's TV return
A restaurant boss who found fame and success after being grilled by Gordon Ramsay will be back on television this weekend. Charita Jones, of Momma Cherri's restaurant, Brighton, which specialises in soul food, will be a guest on the cooking programme
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I don't want to take over city
A millionaire entrepreneur says he has no plans to take over Brighton and Hove after he was involved in three major projects which brought him into the public eye. In the last few months, Mike Holland, 58, has ploughed millions of pounds into the revamp
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Schools still failing to get healthy status
Almost half of schools in Sussex have yet to achieve healthy schools status. Last year the Government launched its National Healthy Schools Programme to guarantee children get enough healthy food, physical exercise and personal and social education. While
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Letter: Chantelle's tears don't belong in the news
So Chantelle Houghton cried because she missed seeing her boyfriend, Preston, singing live on TV (The Argus, May 9). Why was this reported as news? What next? Chantelle breaks a fingernail? Sandra Carey Boggan's weekly diary is newsworthy, both inspiring
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£430m boost from tourism
An extra £30 million will ring through city tills in what is expected to be a record-breaking year for tourism. Visitors last year poured £400 million into Brighton and Hove's economy and tourism chiefs are quietly confident this year could bring an even
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Boxing: Minter's despair as fight called off
Ross Minter has been left distraught by the latest injury blow to disrupt his boxing career. Minter was due to defend his English welterweight title against Alan Bosworth tomorrow at York Hall, Bethnal Green. But has been banned from fighting due to a
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Letter: Parliament intended to save Kemp Town estate
On behalf of the Kemp Town Society, I feel it necessary to take issue with Addleshaw Goddard, the solicitors acting for Brunswick (Letters, May 9). They assert that, if planning permission were to be granted for the proposed marina development, Brighton
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Athletics: Robinson is a man on a mission
Andrew Robinson is determined to prove a point tomorrow. Steeplechaser Robinson was furious he was not chosen to compete at the Commonwealth Games in March despite meeting all the selection criteria. The Horsham Blue Star Harrier finished second at the
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180 jobs go in closure of dairy
Dairy processor Arla Foods has confirmed it will close a Sussex plant in June with the loss of 180 jobs. As reported in The Argus in January, the dairy at Sheffield Park, near Uckfield, will shut because its processing capacity is bigger than required
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When A Stranger Calls
(15, 87mins) Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Derek de Lint, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Kate Jennings Grant. Directed by Simon West. Released in 1979, When A Stranger Calls, directed by Fred Walton, sent a chill down the spine of every teenage babysitter
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Brick
(15, 113mins) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Emile de Ravin, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary. Directed by Rian Johnson. Noir detective story in a modern-day California high school. Geeky outsider Brendan Frye (Gordon-Levitt) is devastated
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The Great Escape, May 18-20, various locations, Brighton
Inspired by major music gatherings like South By Southwest in Texas and Eurosonic in the Netherlands, The Great Escape will see more than 100 bands play 14 intimate venues across Brighton. Potentially, you could see The Futureheads at The Beach, The Kooks
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Dr John, Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, Thursday, May 18
When recently asked by an interviewer about the secret to musical longevity, the legendary New Orleans R 'n' B man Dr John had his answer ready: "Living." Over the years the Doctor - otherwise known as Malcolm Rebennack - has been doing just that, rolling
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Clayhill, Komedia, Brighton, Tuesday, May 16
If predictions are correct, 2006 is to be "Clayhill's year". Their two albums have gained them a cult following, and successful support slots for the likes of Beth Orton and Catherine Williams have led them to be tipped for the top. "That makes me feel
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Michael Mcgoldrick, Komedia, Brighton, Sunday, May 14
BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year Michael McGoldrick has been making boundary-busting music for decades. While most 15-year-olds are happily making a nuisance of themselves, this Mancunian musician and his flute were making award-winning music. Over
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Critics' choice
The Guide offers a critical view of what's on in the coming week Westlife, Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, May 12 and 13 - The Irish man band who specialise in bland unmemorable ballads and cover versions are used to awards, but this year they
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Stompaphunk present 2020 Soundsystem, Audio, Brighton, Fri, May 12
The 2020 Soundsystem are among the ever-increasing new wave of acts mixing up electronic music with indie, punk and funk - or e-funk, as some have labeled it. The collective have established themselves firmly in the festival circuit, as well as building
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Corpses spark bird flu fears
Dead birds discovered in a food market and a gutter have sparked bird flu fears. A Portslade resident complained that the council would not remove a rotting bird stuck in their guttering. In another case, traders were concerned when a dead bird was left
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Police merger still probable
Campaigners have been told the sacking of Home Secretary Charles Clarke is unlikely to bring a halt to the merger of Sussex and Surrey police. John Reid, Mr Clarke's successor, is reviewing all aspects of his job, including merger plans. Peter Jones,
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Mystery Jets, Concorde 2, Brighton
No mystery about the Mystery Jets - you couldn't get more fun in a band if you got a big squeezing thing and fed it with fun. This is what good rock 'n' roll should be about. Henry Harrison, the dad of lead singer Blaine, looked like a mad professor as
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Camille, Spiegeltent, Old Steine Lawns, Brighton
"Mascara on the arm, one wonders how it gets there." At the midpoint of her show, after running a gamut of emotions from drunk, dishevelled and discombobulated to playful, flirtatious and alluring, Camille had earned the right to look a little tousled
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Boothby Graffoe, The Spiegeltent, The Old Steine,
Most comedians claim their "thing" is being off-the-cuff, but there was something about this laid back funnyman which made you feel it was actually true. Of course there were the obviously-practiced gags and the much-strummed tunes about baseball-playing
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Ida Barr's Bingo, Spiegeltent, Old Steine Lawns, Brighton May 13 and 14
Ex-music hall star turned granny rapper Ida Barr isn't just about the beats and the rhymes: She's also about the numbers, innit. Billed as a fallen intercontinental star who is still alive, but not so well and living in sheltered accommodation in Hackney
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Letter: We weren't ready for a freefall to the floor
Thank you for drawing attention to the alarming Sunday night occurrence at the Corn Exchange, a "multimedia happening" which caused 12 people to collapse and scores more to experience feelings of nausea and dizziness. Jane McMorrow, the festival producer
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Letter: Day centre is a must for Cyril
It was saddening to read the Downlands day centre in Peacehaven might be closing (The Argus, April 28). Nobody wants the cruel experience of Alzheimer's disease, especially loved ones and partners watching and caring for sufferers 24 hours a day. I am
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Letter: Compassion
Compassion in World Farming would like to thank the people of Eastbourne for raising £80.92 at our street collection on April 8. All proceeds will go towards our campaigning work for farm animal welfare. -Vicky Hammond, fundraising assistant, Compassion
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Letter: Collecting thanks
Sussex Pet Rescue and Cat Welfare Sussex raised the sum of £720.88 during a street collection in Brighton on May 6. The two charities, which are run entirely by volunteers, wish to thank all those who donated and those who collected. The charities need
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Letter: Pray for teeth
If, as Lynne Truscott reveals, even Nobel Prize-winners opposing fluoridation, (The Argus, April 17) perhaps we should be wary of adding fluoride to our drinking water. As a strong Christian, I urge everyone to pray we will be spared this highly risky
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Letter: A big 'no' vote
A big thank you to the residents of Northbrook Ward, Worthing, who responded to our leaflet and sent a powerful message of no confidence in the council by not voting last week. Despite our leaflet not getting out to the entire ward, nearly 80 per cent
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Highlights from the Fringe
Classical music meets physical comedy and a drama in a pie shop - it can only be the Festival Fringe. Here's five highlights happening this week: London Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Group, St Michael's All Angels Church, Victoria Road, tomorrow Made
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Argus readers get the news behind the news
The doors of The Argus were thrown open to the public yesterday as part of Local Newspaper Week. Sixty readers enjoyed a tour of the newspaper's offices and printing rooms. They were given an insight into the industry by staff including Michael Beard,
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Memory loss driver accepts death crash responsibility
A driver told a jury he took the blame for the death of a mother-of-two in a car crash. Gregory Schalla, 45, said he had no memory of the fatal accident near Crawley but he took full responsibility. Karen Powell, 32, of Newtown, Copthorne, was on a Saturday
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Letter: Keep it clean
I agree with Alan Towler about filthy Brighton (Letters, May 9). I spend a few weeks of the year in France and, where I stay, the rubbish is collected and the streets are washed and swept daily. The problem is Brighton and Hove City Council couldn't care
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Bridge railings stolen
Villagers are furious after thieves stole the metal railings from a road bridge in the middle of the night. The theft at Shripney Lane over the Aldingbourne Rife river in Shripney, near Bognor, was reported to Sussex Police. Temporary concrete barriers
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Letter: Leave streets free for the children
I was so pleased to read all the nice things Debbie Knowles had to say about this year's Brighton Festival Children's Parade (The Argus, May 10). Credit, as always, should go to Same Sky, our wonderful local arts organisation, which works with the schools
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Arrests in Blair anthrax hoax
An elderly couple have been arrested after a package claiming to contain deadly anthrax was sent to Tony and Cherie Blair. Officers from Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist squad swooped in Littlehampton and arrested them after a surveillance operation spanning
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Letter: Close the roads to open the festival
No one doubts the Children's Parade is a wonderful opener for Brighton Festival and a fantastic day out for all the kids. But, every year, the refusal of the authorities to close North Street and King's Road spoils it. Would it be such a problem, just
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Albion in court over Withdean
Brighton and Hove Albion could lose their right to play at Withdean Stadium if a High Court action by a neighbour is successful. John Catt, 81, is asking Mr Justice Collins to overturn the club's current planning permission to play at the converted athletics
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Letter: Bad reception
I can assure "Bobbie" that Cheltenham Place is not the only area suffering from bad BBC2 reception (Letters, April 26). I live in Hartington Road and there are several block of flats affected up here, including my own. I've heard of many instances in
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The Nose, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Wednesday, May 17
"His nose has legs, it has grown to giant proportions and is running around town." Baritone Jeremy Huw Williams isn't exaggerating when he calls The Nose a "radical opera". "It's farcical at times. Instead of an oversized heroine, we have an oversized
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Letter: Use used water
Has it not occurred to Chris Dunford (Letters, May 5) that he could wash empty cans etc at the end of his normal washing-up procedure, before throwing the soapy water away? -Mrs Marguerite Marsh, Hove
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Speedway: Brilliant Bridger up for challenge
Lewis Bridger can further stake his claim for Andrew Moore's No. 2 spot with another sparkling display at Arlington Stadium tomorrow. The 16-year-old ace claimed arguably the biggest scalp of his fledgling career on Monday night when he beat British No
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Simunye: I Fagiolini/The Sdasa Chorale, Theatre Royal, Brighton, Thurs, May 18
Simunye is what happened when British young solo-voice ensemble I Fagiolini and celebrated South African gospel group The SDSA Chorale got together. Despite being continents apart, the two groups joined forces in 1997 and formed the unlikely partnership
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Letter: George was here
I don't know what book Gordon Dean uses to research his film stars (Letters, May 6-7), but he misses two important things about George Sanders as far as this town is concerned - he was at school at Brighton College and he is commemorated on the front
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Letter: Brighton benefits
Having seen the new development proposal for the marina, all I can say is it is truly stunning visually but, more importantly, meets the highest environmental standards and provides more than £20 million to be used by Brighton and Hove City Council for
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Cricket: Super Sussex go top
Sussex are top of the Championship today after another remarkable performance by their bowlers hurried them to a 41-run win over Nottinghamshire at Hove. The county appeared to have blown their chance of a third successive victory when they lost their
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Mcghee is staying
Mark McGhee is staying as Albion manager but his backroom team has been reshuffled. Dean Wilkins has been promoted from youth team coach to first team coach. Current reserve team coach Dean White will concentrate on scouting, with McGhee's assistant Bob
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Families take part in finance experiment
A Big Brother-style experiment into finance and debt has revealed millions of us are throwing away money by trying to save. Twenty families in Brighton and Hove are being used in a social study to see if financial advice is the key to solving the nation's
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Independent traders 'must be protected'
An MP is warning that small independent shops will become a thing of the past unless a law is brought in to protect them. David Lepper, Labour MP for Brighton Pavilion, is calling for a Sustainable Communities Bill to stop big supermarket companies such
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Prime
(12A, 105mins) Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg, Meryl Streep, Jon Abrahams, Madhur Jaffrey, Zak Orth, Ato Essandoh. Directed by Ben Younger. Screen idol Mae West famously quipped, "It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men." Her admiration
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Mayor given town freedom
A stalwart of local government who has spent almost 40 years as a councillor is to be given the freedom of Hastings and St Leonards. Pam Brown, 81, will step down as Mayor of Hastings on May 17 when her successor is elected. Just before last week's local
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Get set for Consternation Street
Turning the street corner to find an army of giant red ants tapping out drum rhythms, an eight-foot ogre and a merman riding chariots made from huge shells and carried by dolphins is an unlikely scenario by any stretch of the imagination. But for two
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Reverend And The Makers, The Ocean Rooms, Brighton, Wednesday, May 17
With a following more cultish than a room full of Hollywood Scientologists, Sheffield's Reverend and The Makers are tipped for the top. Like their hometown friends The Arctic Monkeys, who they've just toured with, the relatively new band are said to be
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Mad Decent System, Audio, Brighton, Monday, May 15
Brazil is known to like to shake it but, aside from the lambada and bossa nova, there hasn't been much new stuff for the international dance floor that we knew of - until now. The northern emergence of baile funk has been led by Floridian DJ Diplo - think
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Brighton Goes Gospel, St George's Church, Brighton, Saturday, May 13
This 130-strong community gospel choir will raise the roof at St George's Church. The non-religious choir, who have been making a name for themselves over the past few years, have performed everywhere from The Royal Albert Hall and Brighton Peace Festival
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Villagers say theft of bridge railings put public at risk
Villagers are furious after thieves stole the metal railings from a road bridge in the middle of the night. The theft at Shripney Lane over the Aldingbourne Rife river in Shripney, near Bognor, was reported to Sussex Police. Temporary concrete barriers
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Entrepreneur on his latest multi-million pound rescue act
A millionaire entrepreneur says he has no plans to take over Brighton and Hove after he was involved in three major projects which brought him into the public eye. In the last few months, Mike Holland, 58, has ploughed millions of pounds into the revamp
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Spiegel Garden highlights
If you haven't made it to a Spiegeltent event on the Old Steine Lawns, yet, why not? This week's line-up is as diverse as ever, so put on your gladrags and head down there. Tickets for all events can be bought directly from the Spiegelgarden, by calling
