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Star may drop in to support top architect's £250m seafront project
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt could touch down in Brighton and Hove in August to visit the site of a controversial architectural project. The 41-year-old star of blockbusters such as Troy and Fight Club is helping award-winning architect Frank Gehry with
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Landmark uprooted by council
A historic stone marking the boundaries between parishes was moved by a council which was unaware of its significance. Residents and historians were upset when it vanished from Wild Park, Brighton. Inquiries revealed the stone, which marks the boundary
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Vote aims to bin 'a rubbish idea'
Almost 40,000 lorries a year are expected to use the county's already congested roads to ship a mountain of waste to Sussex. West Sussex County Council has revealed that a Government scheme to move five millions of tonnes of waste from the capital to
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Farmhouse squatters face eviction
Squatters who claim they have turned an empty building into a community centre are facing eviction from the premises. The group says it has breathed new life into Home Farm farmhouse in Stanmer Park, Brighton, after breaking in more than a week ago. The
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Countdown king gets another go
Countdown champion Mark Tournoff was given another crack of the whip when he was invited back to take part in the show for a second time. As one of the show's biggest fans the 43-year-old Royal Mail worker, of Wilbury Avenue, Hove, was crowned king on
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Filtration works
We have experienced the same bad taste in our tap water as Mrs Shepherd and Elizabeth O'Keefe for the past ten years or so, perhaps longer. The solution, we have found, is to purchase a water-filter jug. All good stores stock them and they cost about
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A&E merger plan slammed
Campaigners have described a plan to merge accident and emergency cover at two hospitals 15 miles apart as "utter madness". Health chiefs are considering closing the casualty ward at Eastbourne District General Hospital overnight and keeping A&E at
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Protect habitat
Unfortunately for the seals and otters, places such as Brighton's Sea Life Centre are the only places left for them to go. Their natural habitat is being destroyed at such an alarming rate they have to go into small confined living areas such as these
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Naked man shocks firework crowd
Crowds watched in horror as a man stripped naked and headed for the edge of a 100ft cliff during a firework display. Visitors to the Brighton Festival's Big Splash grand finale called the police when they the man - hobbling on crutches with his arm in
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We don't need any more incomers in Shoreham
when they say "developers want to spend millions of pounds to revitalise Shoreham" (The Argus, May 25 and Jan 19). First things first. Developers want to make millions, not spend them, and they have absolutely no interest in the area other than that.
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Who really cares for vagrants?
I am sick. I am so upset I am sick. I read in the paper of Sir Paul McCartney's marriage breakdown. With all his money and homes, he gets a great deal of publicity. A few pages on, I read of some poor vagrant being found dead in a supermarket car park
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Festivals performers honoured
Stars of this month's Brighton festivals have been honoured with a string of awards. Japanese mime artists, comedian Julian Clary and an east European symphony orchestra were among prize winners celebrating a fantastic month at last night's event at the
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Why only seals?
I have followed with interest the protests about the proposed seal enclosure at Brighton Sea Life centre. cages. No one bats an eyelid. These beautiful creatures should have the whole sky to fly in. So should the falcons and other birds of prey left tethered
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No valid ground
Your correspondents who have written to criticise the decision of the city planning applications sub-committee to give consent to the recent Sea Life Centre application may know something about animal welfare. Unfortunately, their knowledge of planning
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Yobs told to 'buzz off'
Police will disperse gangs of teenagers with an electronic gadget which sends out a high frequency noise that can be heard only by young people. The machine has not so far been used in Sussex. Dubbed the Mosquito, the device will be used by officers in
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Local boys brought the house down
Miles Godfrey's review of the G4 concert at Brighton Centre on Friday, May 19 was wrong in several points of fact (The Argus, May 22). Firstly, the Britney Spears song covered by G4 is Hit Me Baby One More Time and not Oops I Did It Again. Secondly, the
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Tragedy of evicted OAP
A pensioner evicted from the care home where she hoped to spend the rest of her days has died after taking an overdose of painkillers. Alice Pink, 93, was said to be distraught after being forced out of Dresden House, in Medina Villas, Hove, and her family
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A second home for all our readers
Strangely enough, the signs began to look good for Hove's Carnegie Library when the Fathers for Justice began to unfurl a banner at Big Ben. must be another SAVE HOVE LIBRARY poster". then, that such a good effect has been achieved at the Carnegie Library
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Blame Labour too
When Ian Hunt blames the Tories for running down council housing (Letters, May 25), he forgets Labour have done nothing to reverse the process. Worse, many Labour councils, including Brighton and Hove City Council, have privatised (or seek to privatise
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Rubbish trains
"Plans to heap nearly five million tons of London's rubbish into Sussex could lead to the nightmare scenario of roads jammed with garbage lorries and more tips and incinerators (The Argus, May 12). Before unification with Brighton, Hove's local authority
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Batsmen must produce for Sussex
Skipper Chris Adams admits Sussex's batsmen need to do their bit to sustain the county's challenge for a second Championship in three years. Sussex have made their best start since 1937 by winning four of their first five games to open up a nine-point
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It all adds up for Sussex hero Wright
Luke Wright today revealed the secret behind the unlikely double act which kept Sussex on course for Lord's. Wright and Robin Martin-Jenkins hit 57 off just 26 balls to steer the county to a five-wicket win over Somerset with ten balls to spare in the
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Tourism accolade
A tourist attraction has won a major industry accolade. Drusillas Park, Alfriston, won company of the year in the 2006 Quality Edge Training Awards for the travel and tourism sector. Zoo owners Laurence and Christine Smith were presented with the prestigious
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Charge into Europe
An electronics company expects exports to become the bedrock of its business within five years, after passing a sales milestone in Europe. Amplicon Liveline, based on Centenary Industrial Estate, Brighton, said for the first time in its 33-year history
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Ricochet puts Shed on target
The new owners of Brighton-based TV production house Ricochet, posted a 22 per cent rise in first half profits and said it was back on the acquisition trial. Shed Productions, which makes Footballers' Wives, said pre-tax profits rose to £2.8 million for
