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Assistant head at Brighton school accused of looking at child porn
An assistant head teacher has been removed from his post after being accused of looking at child pornography. Parents of pupils from Brighton's Dorothy Stringer High School, received letters yesterday morning informing them that assistant head
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Report rapes
Good on Katie Price for urging any women who has been affected by rape to talk to somebody they trust about it (The Argus, September 2). Recent figures show that 40% of adults who are raped tell no one. Sadly, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise.
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Rents are high
I WOULD like to reply to Alan Moore’s letter, (The Argus, August 25), regarding council house rents. I have lived in a two-bedroom council house in Hollingbury for over 50 years and my rent is well over £70 weekly, not the £24 or £34 he quoted for
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Trust parents
The excellent headmaster of Ardingly College is quite right to draw attention to the difficulties newspapers face with their league tables in placing schools that study both the International Baccalaureate and A-levels. The IB is, however, taken by a
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Same sights
Has anyone actually noticed the new modern style architecture being built around Brighton and England in general? Some of these buildings win awards. But what puzzles me, is that they are hardly original. You take the Spinaker Tower in Portsmouth
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‘Standards could be breached by safety door’
I REFER to the article on fire doors at Swallow Court, Whitehawk, Brighton, (The Argus, August 24). Judging from the photograph, the actual door does not seem to comply with the basic requirements of a fire rated door, in that the area of glass appears
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Don’t axe Kaz
When will the boards of our local hospitals come to realise that “patients” are not only the ones who are inpatients in their hospital beds. On reading the article regarding the end of hairdressing services offered by Kaz Mills at Worthing Hospital (
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Decision on Beachdown festival not made lightly
Now the weekend has been and gone we feel as a organisation it was time to write and support the Beachdown event management team. I like many others have worked alongside the organisers of Beachdown for many months and feel some of the press and comments
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A267 accident causes tailbacks
Commuters are facing tailbacks after an accident on the A267. The incident involving two vehicles happened in Cross in Hand near Heathfield. Firefighters were called about 4.30pm today. Paramedics are also at the scene.
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Brighton police rate Labour Party conference terrorist threat low
The risk of a terrorist attack on this year's Labour Party conference is rated as low, police chiefs said today. The conference is being held at the Brighton Centre from September 27 to October 1 with around 13,000 delegates and their staff expected
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Martin-Jenkins rolls back the years
All-rounder Robin Martin-Jenkins produced his best bowling performance for over two years as Sussex dismissed Lancashire for 236 on the second day of the LV Championship match at Old Trafford. Martin-Jenkins finished off Lancashire's first innings with
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Climate Camp and Allotments
This week I wanted to dedicate some photos to the Climate Camp and to my allotment neighbours Jake and Helen and others from Sussex, who will be representing those concerned about the environment. Hopefully this time an innocent passer by will not be
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Brighton firefighters rush to suspected high-rise blaze
Firefighters were called to a suspected high-rise blaze. Crews were called to Tyson Place in Kemp Town, Brighton about 4.15pm today. The alarm had been started by some overheated food. Nobody was injured in the incident.
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Route 666
Working with his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis, Hove-based genius Nick Cave has co-composed the soundtrack for The Road, the forthcoming movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalypse novel. Directed by John Hillcoat and starring Viggo
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Drive-by yobs fire on Sussex reverend
Drive-by yobs fired a catapult at a clergyman in a night of vandalism. Police received more than a dozen reports of two men firing projectiles from a moving car on Tuesday night. They were spotted in Ditchling, South Chailey, Hassocks, Haywards Heath
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Rooks still flying
Lewes Football Club survive – for now. The Rooks on Wednesday faced a winding up order over an unpaid tax debt of £110,000 but having paid some £30,000 a judge at the High Court granted the club a three months stay (in which they must make monthly payments
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More lazy days and some wedding bells
Two of my favouritest people in the whole wide world are getting married this Saturday. Another poor man marrying into my bewilderingly daft family, bless him. And so my parents, who have retired to one of the most beautiful spots in Spain, flew back
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Family of foreign student who died in Hastings have spoken of grief
The family of a foreign student who died on a language holiday have spoken of their grief following the anniversary of his death. Mohammed al-Majed, from Qatar in the Middle East, was attacked after an argument outside a kebab shop in Hastings. The
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Sussex library fines run top £3 million mark
Library users are handing over hundreds of thousands of pounds a year for failing to return books on time. Over the last five years Sussex’s councils and universities have been paid more than £3 million by customers who had items overdue.
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Train worker headbutted at Crawley station
A train conductor was headbutted when he confronted a passenger for smoking in a carriage. The 38-year-old Southern railway worker suffered a fractured cheekbone in the attack. Police released this CCTV image of a man they want to speak
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Reds explain Cook sale
Crawley co-owner Sue Carter insists that striker Jamie Cook did not have to leave for financial reasons. Cook, who scored 39 goals in 90 appearances after being signed by manager Steve Evans in 2007, returned to his former club Oxford United
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Walker shocked by deal
When Mitch Walker was announced as one of the substitutes for Albion’s last home game against Stockport, fans familiar only with the first team were wondering if Russell Slade had made another signing. Walker thought it could not get much better
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Rooks still have work to do
Martin Elliott has warned there is lots of hard work ahead after Lewes were given a stay of execution. The Rooks survived being wound-up in the High Court yesterday when the judge agreed to a three-month adjournment. Their hearing was brought by HM
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Do Sussex school league tables have any real value for us?
After their students' nail-biting wait for exam results in A-Levels and GCSEs, schools and colleges face their own nervous time as national league tables appear in newspapers. Where schools rank in the tables is important for future
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Seaford star to appear in Coronation Street
Dave Lynn can't help turning heads wherever he goes. And when Coronation Street producers needed a shot of glamour to brighten up the rain-soaked cobbles of Weatherfield, they knew just who to ask. Drag artiste Dave, of Arlington Gardens
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Lancashire v Sussex: Day 2
CLOSE: Sussex 11-0 (5.4) Bright sunshine now but too late and the umps have just called it off for the day. We've had 36.1 overs today but what cricket there has been has been dominated by Sussex who could still force a victory if they bat well through
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Brighton nightclub asks to let more revellers in
A Brighton nightclub wants to be able to allow one and a half times the number of revellers in. The Concorde 2, on Madeira Drive is applying to Brighton and Hove City Council to have its premises licence change to increase their capacity
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Phillips shines on French debut
Ollie Phillips is in the pink after a dramatic debut for Europe’s most glamorous club last night. The Brighton-born winger came off the bench for Stade Francais to make a try, score one himself and have a last-gasp effort ruled out for offside in a 40
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Davies hopes for Slade repeat
Albion new boy Arron Davies hopes Russell Slade can kick start his career for a second time. The Nottingham Forest attacker has joined the Seagulls on loan until January and joins his new colleagues for training today. Davies helped
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Newhaven is UK's stolen tractor export hotspot
A Sussex port has become the prime route for criminals escaping with millions of pounds of stolen farm equipment. Newhaven Port is being used as a gateway to Europe by gangs who transport the gear to countries including Lithuania, Poland, Cyprus
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Seat Ibiza
It probably should not come as surprise that the Ibiza is benefiting from an onslaught of eye catching technology. The three new Ibiza models, FR, Cupra and Bocanegra, are set to bolster Seats sporting reputation. Using the impressive TSi engine in two
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Man charged over Eastbourne HSBC raid
A man has been charged with robbing an Eastbourne bank. Police were called to HSBC in Terminus Road at 3.25pm on Tuesday after staff reported a man had handed them a note saying he was armed and dangerous. They handed over cash and the man left. Frater
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Police shut raves after Beachdown cancellation
Police closed down three weekend raves after the Beachdown music festival was cancelled. About 80 people attended illegal parties near Ditchling Beacon, while another was shut down between Ford and Climping, near Arundel. Sussex Police
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Marathon training starts with......new running shoes
I bit the bullet last week and bought a new pair of running shoes. My last pair I have had since 2000. It is fair to say that they had completely had it and were starting to fall apart. They also smelt; badly. Buying a pair of running shoes
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Land Rover driver injured after Albourne crash
A driver suffered several broken bones when his car crashed into a ditch. The man, described as in his 30s, was freed by firefighters from a Land Rover Discovery which crashed in Henfield Road, Albourne at about 9.50pm on Wednesday. He was taken to
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Refurbished Brighton bandstand already rusting
A newly refurbished bandstand costing hundreds of thousands of pounds is already showing signs of decline - just a month after it was reopened. The £850,000 restoration of Brighton’s birdcage bandstand was paid for by Brighton and Hove City
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Beachdown volunteers handed over £100 hours before cancellation
Volunteers who agreed to work at Beachdown in exchange for free tickets fear they have been left worse off than people who paid to attend the cancelled event. Festival organisers offered free tickets in exchange for 12 hours work during the
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Chawla glad to be back
Piyush Chawla is determined to make the most of his unexpected opportunity to play for Sussex again. The 20-year-old Indian leg spinner has rejoined the county for the rest of the season, three months after he made a sensational impact in his
