Archive
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Letter: Leak emergency
With the serious problem of water leaks that remain unrepaired, sometimes for weeks on end, in spite of the leak being reported promptly when noticed, the only solution is an emergency service, on call 24-hours-a-day, solely for the purpose of dealing
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Extradition treaty slated as 'unjust'
The mother of one of the former NatWest bankers sent to the US to face fraud charges has hit out at the extradition treaty which allowed him to be sent. Trish Godman, a member of the Scottish Parliament and mother of Gary Mulgrew, of Tichborne Street,
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Race of a thousand s-miles
People in Brighton and Hove know a thing or two about running a mile. After all it is the place Steve Ovett, former mile record holder, grew up. So when it came to dashing, jogging, walking and even hopping a mile for charity on Saturday it seemed the
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US rights pledge over Omar is welcomed
The family of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes welcomed a pledge by the US to treat military prisoners in line with the Geneva Convention. Mr Deghayes, 37, from Saltdean has been imprisoned in Guantanamo, for four years in conditions which violate international
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Richest earn 100 per cent more
Households in the richest areas of Sussex have almost double the income of those in the poorest. The vast gap in wealth has been identified in a new report which includes the average income of households in every post code area in Britain. The Wealth
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Letter: El toro's rooftop vigil is ended
Irrespective of the excellent publicity the bull on the roof of the new Spanish restaurant, Pintxo People, Western Road, Brighton, has managed to generate in the past three months, Brighton and Hove City Council has seen fit to put an end to what is obviously
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Letter: Foundry tales
I agree with Mr Manville. There was a foundry at Brighton Station (Letters, July 1). I was taken to the station yard on an open day in 1938. The furnaces were below ground. At the time, they were making gates and railings but, in previous years, they
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Blaze girl in leap for life
A 16-year-old girl was hurt leaping from an upstairs window to escape a blaze thought to have been started deliberately. Ayesha Rees-Avery sustained heavy bruising, and back and foot injuries, jumping 20 feet from her bedroom into the back garden. Police
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Letter: Who is driving?
With reference to your article on tuk-tuks (The Argus, July 11), these vehicles are not taxis and do not operate as, and I quote "a new taxi service". You then state they "run like a bus service". Confused? I am. The people of Brighton and Hove must not
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Letter: No wheelchairs
How will tuk-tuks comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995? It says all public services have to be accessible to disabled persons and I can't quite see how any reasonable adjustment will suit these vehicles. -Valerie Richards, Brighton
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Football: Crawley 3 Millwall 2
Crawley chairman Azwar Majeed took a swipe at the supporters boycotting home matches and said: "You are letting the team down." Majeed spoke for the first time since the club were plunged into administration after Reds' opening pre-season friendly against
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Letter: Cooler than India
Can someone please explain how introducing services using motorised rickshaws which have been imported from India can be of any benefit to our already-congested city? They run from Brighton Marina to Brighton Station and central Hove, a route almost identical
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Match report: Bognor 2 Albion 5
Jake Robinson is ready to make the most of his last teenage year and cause a stir in first-team football. At the age of 19 and getting on for three years since his first senior goal, he reckons it is time he really made a name for himself. Four goals
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Challenge on homes scheme
The body responsible for planning 750,000 new homes has been challenged to ensure that infrastructure is built first. The South-East Regional Assembly (SEERA) has drawn up a draft plan which proposes 32,000 properties a year should be built over the next
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Forward Russia, Conocorde 2, Brighton, Monday, July 17
Part of the flourishing Leeds music scene which has already produced the likes of the Kaiser Chiefs and The Cribs, Forward Russia have been filling floors with their catchy disco punk. Having formed in 2004 and been championed by Radio 1 and XFM, hype
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Hewitt refuses to ease debt burden
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has refused to ease the financial crisis facing the NHS in Sussex. On a visit to Brighton on Friday, Mrs Hewitt said there were no plans to wipe the slate clean for debt-ridden hospital trusts. On the same day, The Argus
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Detective is suspended
A policeman in charge of a child protection team has been suspended after he allegedly bombarded the 15-year-old daughter of a murder victim with raunchy emails. Det Insp Dominic O'Brien has been suspended from duty with Sussex Police after he allegedly
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Town's old art gallery fetches £1m at auction
An 18th Century manor house which was home to an art gallery has sold at auction for nearly £1 million. The building, which was home to the Towner Art Gallery in Borough Lane, Eastbourne, was owned by Eastbourne Borough Council until the auction at the
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Eve Selis, Komedia, Brighton
Opener David Blosse is a relaxed but powerful singer and, with the help of Mark Intravaia on slide guitar and a fine double bassist, effortlessly punched some cheerfully melancholic songs through the growing conversation. Unfortunately, Matt English's
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Anthony And Cleopatra, Highdown Gardens, Worthing
The Rainbow Shakespeare company was set up to create professional Shakespeare productions "that the whole family could enjoy". I'm not sure that Antony and Cleopatra is perfect family viewing, but the company do a superb job of entertaining the audience
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Letter: Pedestrians should obey the law, too
Complaints about cyclists failing to use cycle lanes along the seafront frequently crop up in the Letters Pages and, recently, a number of councillors have joined the chorus about cyclists not riding where they are supposed to. However, we are assured
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Letter: On writing songs - of experience
With regard to Derek Hobbs-Ainley's experience (Letters, July 13), a friend who writes fine songs phoned to book a spot at a songwriters' night recently. On turning up she found they "couldn't fit her in", she suspected, because she was obviously over
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Letter: Best chairman
I was interested in the article about Major Carlo Campbell (The Argus, June 30) but I must pick you up on the period of his tenure as chairman of The Albion. He was not in office in the Thirties as you state. He was chairman from 1951 to 1958, taking
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July 15: Sussex sample life after Mushey
Sussex were revived by another Pakistani at Hove yesterday, just when the absence of Mushtaq Ahmed was beginning to hurt. Kent were steaming towards Sussex's first innings 399 thanks to some highclass strokeplay from Darren Stevens and Matt Walker's more
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Letter: We save lives
Your recent article "X-ray cancer danger" (The Argus, June 27) referenced a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on the effects of X-rays on women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. Contrary to your article, the findings relate to chest X-rays
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It looks like another Norman conquest
Norman Cook will meet council officials on Thursday to discuss plans for another Brighton gig after Argus readers backed the DJ's plans. A staggering 96 per cent said "yes" to an Argus poll which asked readers to vote on the DJ's hopes of returning to
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Comedy club's £2.5m revamp
An award-winning comedy club will reopen in two months after completion of a £2.5 million redevelopment. Mary Connolly, development director of Komedia in Gardner Street, Brighton, said the venue has been "completely remodelled" and will be unrecognisable
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Sezer is tipping Pete to go extra mile
Ousted housemate Sezer Yurtseven has backed Brightonian Pete Stephenson to win this year's Big Brother show. Speaking to The Argus at the Brighton Sport Relief Mile event, the stockbroker turned reality show contestant said he could not see any other
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Letter: Hanbury heave-ho
As a regular gig-goer in Brighton, I was upset to discover the Hanbury Ballroom music venue is to close and reopen as a private club. It was especially ironic to hear the news at one of its numerous excellent sell-out shows this year Midlake, last Friday
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Court ensures pier stays open
The owners of Hastings Pier have obeyed a court order to keep the threatened pier open but have warned the company may go bust. Traders on the front section of the 130-year-old attraction were granted a High Court injunction on Friday preventing Ravenclaw
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Letter: Tut-tut! Taxis take tuk-tuks to task
A big Brighton welcome to the Tuk-Tuks. I wish them all the best and, along with family and friends, will certainly use them. They appear to offer a safe, convenient and fun way to travel and, at £2.50 per journey from convenient stop-off points within
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Blood trail led to battered woman
A woman was found with severe head injuries in her home after a neighbour followed a trail of blood to her front door. Police forced their way in to the house and found the woman lying in a pool of blood on her bed. The woman, aged in her 50s, is thought
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Mercury rises to record levels
Sussex is being warned to brace itself for soaring temperatures as a record-breaking heatwave sweeps the county. Forecasters are predicting temperatures could push towards 100 degrees Fahrenheit this week, which would smash records dating back as far
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Letter: Criminal offence
Tuk-tuks are not taxis. Licensed by the traffic commissioner, they are buses, nothing else. In fact, it is a criminal offence under section 38 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 for anything other than a licensed hackney carriage to call itself a taxi
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Cricket: Ollie suggests there is hope without Mushy
Ollie Rayner was unable to bowl Sussex to victory against Kent yesterday - but he did enough to suggest that the county might have another match-winning spinner on their hands after all. The absence of the current one - Mushtaq Ahmed - was always going
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Letter: bandstand plus blue awnings equals birdcage
During the very hot weather recently, I caught a bus to Eastbourne in order to take a walk along its elegant promenade. What a shock I had when I arrived and found the lovely bandstand surrounded by seven or eight feet of blue awning. It looks absolutely
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Adams in race to be fit to face Middlesex
Skipper Chris Adams admits he is struggling to be fit for Sussex's next Championship game against Middlesex on Wednesday. Adams badly bruised his left thumb during the game against Kent, which ended in a draw. He was able to field yesterday but not in
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Town-wide anger at new parking charge zone
Residents and a council are furious parking charges will be extended across Eastbourne for a trial period. East Sussex County Council decided to extend the controlled parking zone around Eastbourne to include a further 45 streets at a meeting despite
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Traders get 11th hour victory in pier fight
Traders on condemned Hastings Pier have won an 11th-hour High Court injunction to prevent the closure of the 130-year-old attraction. Part of the pier has been shut for a month after a Hastings Borough Council safety inspection found it was in danger
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Teenage killer is jailed for 6 years
A teenager has been jailed for six years for his part in killing a man. Jason Jackson, 18, of Albert Road, Polegate, was part of a gang that beat 40-year-old divorcee Gary Rae to death outside his flat in High Street, Hailsham, on May 29 last year. Jackson
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I'd do it again, says protest dad
A millionaire fathers' rights campaigner who scaled the Houses of Parliament says he would do it all over again as he faces three years in jail for the stunt. Guy Harrison, 38, who spent seven hours perched on a ledge above Westminster last September,
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Jools Holland, Petworth Park, Petworth
A summer's evening, acres of idyllic parkland and a musician of masterly talents - what more could a girl need? Jools Holland certainly knows how to boogiewoogie and within minutes of coming on stage had the thousands of fans in Petworth Park dancing
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Devil of a challenge for riders
Thousands of cyclists defied the heatwave to raise money for charity. As temperatures soared into the Eighties they bravely rode 60 miles from Esher in Surrey to Hove. Fashion designer Jeff Banks and former world middleweight boxing champion Alan Minter
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Carnival time in the sunshine
After the disappointment of last year's carnival being rained off, people in Peacehaven made the most of the day this year. Thousands of revellers took part in a parade through the town before attending a party at The Joff Field on one of the hottest
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Protesters back NHS and Omar
Protesters called on councillors to help stop cuts in the NHS and help them get justice for a man in Guantanamo Bay. Groups of campaigners rallied outside a Brighton and Hove City Council meeting at Hove Town Hall on Thursday night. About 20 members of
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Sisters fight to protect father's resting place
Two sisters' legal battle to protect a Second World War wreck containing their father's remains will continue today. Rosemarie Fogg and Valerie Ledgard, both from Worthing, will be at the High Court in London to hear the latest deliberations over whether
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Sharp increase in theft of bikes
Thieves are stealing an average of three bicycles a day in Brighton and Hove. The spate of thefts includes 47 bikes stolen from the North Laine area of Brighton during the past six weeks. Some thieves are so brazen they carry bolt-cutters with them to
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Building Pride float is a right Carry On
A giant camel and pharaoh will be among the weird and wonderful sights on the streets for Europe's biggest free gay pride carnival. Volunteers from The Argus have spent weeks building Egyptian characters to decorate their float for this year's Brighton
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Dancing Queen, Theatre Royal, Brighton, July 17-22
Last year they gave Ray Charles the musical treatment and this year Spirit Of The Dance are giving ABBA the once over. As many critics pointed out at the time, putting on a show with the words "genius" and "Ray Charles" in the titles takes courage. While
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An infamous case of bigamy in Brighton
Emma Dash of 10 Broad Street, Brighton, probably thought she would never marry. When she did, at Easter 1885, it resulted in two trials at the Old Bailey. Some time previously, the 28-year-old had met a gentleman at a ball in London. She did not think
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Protesters back NHS and Omar
Protesters called on councillors to help stop cuts in the NHS and help them get justice for a man in Guantanamo Bay. Groups of campaigners rallied outside a Brighton and Hove City Council meeting at Hove Town Hall on Thursday night. About 20 members
