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Letter: It cleans pipes

M Boyask suggests chlorination of our drinking water supply is "mass medication" (Letters, June 24). That is complete nonsense. Drinking water has been chlorinated for many decades to ensure it is wholesome and stays so until it arrives at our kitchen

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Letter: Good afternoon

I agree with Mr Keely about the variety show on the last Wednesday of the month at All Saints Hall in Eaton Road, Hove (Letters, June 10). For the price of a cup of coffee (in most cafes) you get two-and-a-half hours of entertainment between 2.30 and

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Letter: Deserved homes

I read the article about the nurse Charlotte Corpe (The Argus, June 26) and hope she and others in a similar situation get a chance to live in good quality homes such as the ones proposed at the marina. With house prices so crazy in the city, it's a wonder

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Letter: Not so beautiful

It is nice to know JM Hawkins of Shoreham (Letters, June 19) has paid no attention to the public inquiries into the proposed stadium at Falmer nor to the basic geography of the site. It beggars belief he can suggest building the stadium at Toads Hole

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Homeless problem deepening

Hundreds of families are being forced into accommodation for the homeless as a result of rising rents and house prices. Homeless charity Shelter has put together a list of how many families, couples and individuals are in temporary accommodation in towns

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Wind of change on the domestic turbine rules

An Environmental campaigner has backed Government plans to make it easier for wind turbines to be put on houses. Daren Howarth, 43, who successfully applied for the city's first domestic wind turbine, described the announcement to make it more straight-forward

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Eubank complains of 'gay sex' on seafront

Police are monitoring a seafront shelter after a complaint from former boxer Chris Eubank that it is being used as a gay "cruising" spot. Mr Eubank raised concerns with Brighton and Hove City Council chief executive Alan McCarthy that men were meeting

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Girl shot with £3 gun from market

A schoolboy has been suspended after a £3 ball-bearing gun he bought at a Sunday market was used to shoot a classmate. The girl was not seriously injured by the plastic pellet, which hit her in the hand but campaigners today called for a clampdown on

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Waste protesters vow to battle on

Campaigners have vowed to take their fight against a waste transfer site to the European Court after the Government said it would not review the plans. Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Local Government and Communities, has said the proposals for

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Letter: Elton Vs England

I was pleased to read Elton John and the promoters were doing "everything possible" to find a solution to the 30-minute clash between his concert at Hove and the England match against Ecuador (The Argus, June 22). The result of this effort? No changes

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Letter: Come on, England

England into the last eight. Portugal far from invincible. Maybe it's time to invest in paper towels, as there could well be a lot of experts wiping a lot of egg off their faces. -Ralph Hartfree, Hove

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Letter: Naked rioting?

Alan Goss praises the police for their handling of the World Naked Bike Ride (Letters, June 23) but he himself says the police van in which he got a lift home contained "stacked riot shields". What, I ask, were they for? I still think at least some of

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Axe threat maternity unit wins a reprieve

Maternity services were on a knife-edge last night as a condemned mother-and-baby unit was given a temporary reprieve. Managers at the debt-ridden East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust told staff on Monday they were planning to close the maternity unit at Conquest

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Letter: Afford-a-home

Councillor Francis Tonk's claim that every alternative to council housing is "privatisation" (The Argus, June 23) is wrong and misleading. There are many forms of social and community-owned-andmanaged housing, including the kind for which housing associations

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Letter: No smoke, please

So Adrian Weston thinks it's okay to pollute his children's lungs does he (Letters, June 22)? Infant School. The staff were told to shut all doors and windows and to keep the children inside. Brilliant! This is the same advice we are given in the event

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Letter: The needs of the wider community come first

The residents of the area around the proposed Veolia waste transfer facility (WTF) in Hollingdean Lane, Brighton, are vociferous in their calls for a change in council policy. As parents, they should be able to call on the support of every family with

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Cricket: Flashpoint spices up super win

Sussex made a winning start to their Twenty20 campaign at Arundel last night but any game against Hampshire these days would not be the same without some sort of flashpoint. The latest controversy came in the seventh over of Sussex's successful pursuit

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Wildlife secure in golf scheme

Golf course directors have reassured residents their multi-million pound plans to revitalise the site will not affect wildlife. Paul Boon, of Benfield Valley Golf Course, in Hove, said an independent ecological survey found the land was not home to any

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Welsh water pipeline could save the county

Engineers meeting today will debate a £1.1 billion scheme to move water from other parts of the country to save Sussex from future droughts. Plans to pump water from some of the wettest parts of the country to some of the driest, including East and West

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Site 'would look like a cowpat'

A sewage plant the size of 17 football pitches would look like an enormous cowpat, an inquiry heard. Southern Water was yesterday told a £200 million wastewater and sludge treatment works planned for Peacehaven was "outrageously out of scale". A five-week

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£8.6 million extension containing a collection 'that's second only to Tate Britain'

One of the most important collections in the modern British art world is being displayed in its entirety for the first time from Saturday. On one wall four familiar faces stare from a canvas, The Beatles logo emblazoned in the middle. On another Mick

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June 28: Flashpoint spices up super win

Sussex made a winning start to their Twenty20 campaign at Arundel last night but any game against Hampshire these days would not be the same without some sort of flashpoint. The latest controversy came in the seventh over of Sussex's successful pursuit

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Letter: A wonderful carnival

I would like to say a big thank you to John Homewood and all the committee of Woodingdean Carnival for giving me such a wonderful day last Saturday. I was asked to judge the floats and the children's groups, then I had a ride in a stretch limo and was

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Letter: Why not let Lewes have the dump?

Isn't there an obvious solution to the objections of residents to the proposed waste transfer station at Hollingdean Lane and those of Lewes District Council to the Falmer Stadium? Simply swap the locations for the two schemes. An Albion stadium in the

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Letter: This brave woman deserves much better

I was so glad to read Jean Calder's defence of Heather Mills McCartney (The Argus, June 24). I have felt so bad for her I have mentally wrung my hands and wanted to write to her. As a woman with disabililties of my own, I can relate to her situation.

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13 babies found with superbug

A baby unit was forced to close after 13 of the tots were found to be carrying hospital superbugs. Three babies at the Trevor Mann Baby Unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton were found to be carrying Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus

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Letter: Is Hove the right place for Elton?

While I do not disagree that Elton John performing at Sussex cricket ground is a good thing for Brighton and Hove, the question remains as to whether or not the venue is suitable for this kind of event, located as it is in the middle of a heavily residential

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Gina Yashere: I Don't Think So, Komedia, Brighton, Wed, June 28

Gina Yashere is one determined lady. Booked to play the Hay Festival recently, she set off from London with six and a half hours to spare, only to encounter the mother of all traffic jams 78 miles from her destination. So Yashere, determined not to miss

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Engineer killed as he worked

A BT engineer died after he was hit by a van as he worked on a notorious bend on a busy road. The 46 year-old man, who has not been named, died at the scene despite attempts to save him by a doctor who lives nearby. GP Philip Polwin was the first on the

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Mother attacked trying to help victim

A good Samaritan has told how she was attacked by a gang after she and her family went to help the victim of a road accident. The 44-year-old teacher fears she will not be able to walk for three months following the assault outside her home. She told

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Letter: Stop bad parking

It was good your editorial and article about ticketing policy (The Argus, June 23) highlighted the Government's concerns on parking. Its report covers a wide range of issues, including "pavement parking", the suggestion that parking attendants could have

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Speedway: Adams boosts Eagles' bid for bonus point

Eastbourne Eagles are hoping Grand Prix star Leigh Adams can help them towards an overdue Elite League bonus point tonight. But, as the vastly experienced Aussie booked in for a guest appearance at Arena-Essex (7.45), Eagles boss Jon Cook warned: "He

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Cricket: Adams hits out at Hampshire

Chris Adams accused Hampshire of poor sportsmanship after yet more controversy involving the counties at Arundel in their Twenty20 opener last night. Non-striker Matt Prior was run out by Chris Benham when he wandered out of his ground seconds after Hampshire's

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It's business as usual

A popular shopping street is remaining open despite repair works. Traders in Church Street, in Brighton's North Laine, are worried that customers may think the whole road is closed because of mains replacement works by Southern Water. There are signs

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The Electric Strawbs, Komedia, Brighton

The line-up of Strawbs is the same as it was 30 years ago when they recorded their classic album, Hero And Heroine, and many of the songs in this set were taken from that or the previous album, Bursting At The Seams. They opened with the single, Lay Down

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Monkey thieves stole to order

Monkeys stolen from a zoo could have been targeted by a criminal gang to meet demands of private collectors intent on building up a Noah's Ark of exotic animals. The theft of five rare primates from Drusillas, in Alfriston, near Polegate, overnight on

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Justice campaign praised at awards

The Argus campaign for justice for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Deghayes has been commended at an awards ceremony. The campaign, demanding the fair trial or release of Mr Deghayes, a 37-year-old man from Saltdean who has been held at the prison camp for

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Assault victim found dead in hotel room

A murder hunt has been launched to find the killer of a man whose body was found in a hotel used to house the homeless. Matthew Heading, 41, was found dead in a Brighton hotel room at 10am on Friday. Sussex Police said a postmortem revealed he had internal

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Pete pens opus to the pie-damaged thigh

Rock singer Pete Stephenson and Big Brother housemates Glyn, Mikey and Aisleyne made letters with their bodies to keep themselves busy. They then settled on a little songwriting to keep them busy without a task being set by Big Brother. The venture did

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Strangers On A Train, Theatre Royal, Brighton

You have to ask yourself why Patricia Highsmith's psychological novel has been adapted for the stage. Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film version with Robert Walker and Farley Granger was an immediate hit and arguably helped the director to become a major player

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Bonfires

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Burning cross parade

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Burning torches

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Costumes

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Burning crosses