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Barmy fans worship at the temple of Smart
What a refreshing change this week made. Put quite simply, we won! Not only a victory but with a clean sheet as well. The FA Trophy may not be the glamorous tournament the FA Cup is but when it's the only one you are left in, it matters! OK, we are still
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Time For Yoga
Christmas is here again and I,like most other people, am stuffing myself with all the usual goodies such as mince pies and Christmas cake – things which, according to my homeopath friend, have the nutritional value of -100. Having a walking
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Muslims and Christmas: What they really think
It is the time of year for traditions, whether it be going to Church on a frosty Christmas morning or the almost cast-iron guarantee that there will be someone sitting on a plastic garden chair or similar around the festive dinner table.
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Steeleye Span, Hove Centre, Norton Road, Hove, Dec 19
Formed by Ashley Hutchings after he left electro-folk pioneers Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span’s original line-up included vocalist Maddy Prior, who is still in the current band. For this tour Maddy is joined by long-time band members fiddler Peter
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The Horrors, Concorde 2, Brighton, Dec 18
We may have started the year thinking The Horrors were little more than a faintly comical bunch of haircuts, but we’ve ended it firmly corrected. With second album Primary Colours, the art-Goths proved there was much more to them than being mates
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Eighties Matchbox Christmas Disaster, Concorde 2, Brighton, Dec 19
One of Brighton’s best-loved homegrown bands, The Eighties Matchbox Disaster host their legendary annual Christmas party tomorrow. Promising “an awesome line-up of raw rock ’n’ roll talent”, the bill includes hot tips for 2010 Bad For Lazarus, Rodeo Death
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The Fish Brothers, Hare And Hounds, London Road, Brighton, Dec 18
Brighton's notorious music hall punks are holding their tenth Annual Fishmas Party tonight, with a bumper bill of local talent backing them up. Joing the legendary Martin Fish and company for this pre-Christmas knees-up will be Brighton’s own pioneers
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Poyet wants fringe players to be ready for action
Albion are keeping their action-starved fringe players up to speed to make sure they are ready if needed to help in the relegation battle. Former first team regulars like Adam Virgo, Andrew Whing and Dean Cox are being put through their paces
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50 Years Of Motown with The Real Thing, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Dec 23
With their hits Can’t Get By Without You and You To Me Are Everything, The Real Thing brought a touch of soul glamour to the disco-filled charts of the late 1970s. Now the Liverpudlian trio are back in Brighton as part of a Christmas celebration of
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John Bramwell, Hanbury Club, Brighton, Dec 14
As the small, watery-eyed figure of John Bramwell rocked his right leg back and forth on a wilting beer crate his entire body swayed too, as if he was about to topple over and take the pint of Guiness set on a table to his left with him. A wistful
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Bad Manners, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Dec 20
He may be a little slimmer these days, but Bad Manners’ Buster Bloodvessel is capable of bringing as much good cheer as Saint Nick. It would be hard to find anyone who could keep still during Buster’s versions of The Can Can, My Girl Lollipop, Special
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Three Bonzos And A Piano, Ropetackle Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Dec 18
Led by Neil Innes and the late great Vivian Stanshall, the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band added a healthy dose of eccentric British comedy to the late 1960s. With songs about tubas in the moonlight, urban spacemen and Ali Baba’s camel, they became a cult favourite
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Jools Holland, Brighton Centre, Dec 12
The last time I saw Jools Holland was as a student in a park in Preston in the mid-1990s. I couldn’t wait to see him again, and the minute he stepped on stage in Brighton I knew he wouldn’t disappoint. In the past 15 years the former Squeeze star
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A Grand Night Out De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, Dec 20
Relive the homely thrills and spills of Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit adventures, as not only A Grand Day Out but also the Oscar-winning The Wrong Trousers are screened at the De La Warr in a cracking night out for the family. The screening will
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Fantasmagoria, Komedia, Brighton, Dec 14
Eight people have died performing the infamous bullet catch trick, said warm-up act Lee Warren, “the world’s most popular purple magician”. This was the draw, the reason for us all being there, and, as Steve “danger” Dela told us, this would be the first
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Brighton Christmas Market, Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Dec 20
It seems there’s been a different Christmas market for every day of the advent calendar so far, but the Brighton Centre’s is the only one that boasts its own ice rink. To mark the launch of popular public ice-skating event Get Your Skates On, which
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Brendan Cole Live & Unjudged, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Dec 22-23 and Dec 27-28
Serial womaniser and Strictly Come Dancing’s fleet-footed bad boy Brendan Cole presents an all-singing, all-dancing show. With a host of special guests, the snake-hipped Kiwi will showcase a host of classic dance moves from the sensual rumba to the elegance
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Chicago, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, until Dec 20
From the moment it starts, Chicago is sultry, sexy and cool. Having had an extremely successful revival over the past decade, it’s fantastic to see how this production has kept all the fun and original elements of the musical in place, while making
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Stars In Their Mince Pies, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Dec 20-22
Witness once again the magic transformations a door of dry ice is capable of performing at this tongue-in-cheek Christmas tribute to TV’s greatest tribute show. A host of sizzling soundalikes will compete to pass off the most convincing
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Burning The Clocks, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Dec 21
Marking the winter solstice, city arts charity SameSky’s parade of illuminated lanterns offers a festive celebration without the commercialism. The lanterns are carried through the city by about 1,000 participants and down to the seafront, where
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Electric Six, Concorde 2, Brighton, Dec 17
In 2003, Detroit beef-rock howlers Electric Six rode into the Concorde on a giddy wave of mainstream novelty, driven by the massive success of tongue-in-cheek hit Danger! High Voltage. Six years later, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to anticipate
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Where is Gok when I need him?
I am in a pickle. My boyfriend's company Christmas do is less than a week away and I have nothing to wear. Obviously that is not strictly true but if you are a girl or know any, then you will understand what I am getting at. There is literally nothing
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Saturnalia, The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Dec 20
From baroque to Balkan, folk to funk, Emo to Elbow – there’s music to delight most tastes at this celebration of tomorrow’s winter solstice. The event is presented by Hullaballoo Community Quire – spelt that way to distinguish it from traditional
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Barnstormers Comedy, The Ropetackle Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Dec 19
Kevin Precious plays host as Perrier Award nominated comic John Gordillo, Kerry Godliman and Tony Hendriks make appearances at the popular comedy night. Heartfelt and intelligent, Gordillo is a grown-up comic with high-quality material; Godliman combines
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Penguin, Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Dec 20-Jan 3 (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day)
Since its publication in 2007, Polly Dunbar’s Penguin has won a clutch of book awards from the likes of Nestle, Practical Pre-School and the Booktrust. So the picture book was a natural choice for Polly and former college mate Katherine Morton’
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Levi Bellfield could be charged with Milly Dowler murder
A decision to charge a convicted killer with the murder of Surrey schoolgirl Milly Dowler could be made within weeks. Prosecutors are considering whether to put prime suspect Levi Bellfield, 40, in the dock over the 13-year-old's death. The murderer
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Out-of-date Sussex scam warnings spark new scare
Out-of-date warnings of a postal scam are frightening householders in the latest “urban myth” to do the rounds by email and text message. Sussex Police has passed on warnings based on a chain email which describes a scam shut down in 2005. The myth
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My thanks
My parents were enjoying a day trip to Brighton on December 8 when my mother fell and dislocated her shoulder and tore ligaments in her knee. They are both in their 70s and were obviously distressed. A kind lady on her lunch hour took control, rang
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History centre
interest in family history due to programs such as Heir Hunters, Who Do You Think You Are and So You Think You Are Royal, it is sad to learn Brighton and Hove City Council plan to close the excellent Brighton History Centre at the start of the next financial
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French future
IN RESPONSE to Richard J Szypulski’s letter (The Argus, December 9), in the past 60 years, various governments have not been friendly towards the British rail network, each using it as a political football. The reason why nationalisation of the railways
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Time to change
OVERDUE perhaps, but a congestion charge for Brighton city centre is a good idea (The Argus, December 12). The situation is worsening, not only at Christmas, and an emergency vehicle could be delayed with terrible results. It is no use
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Rifle range
he Argus, with its variety of news items, never ceases to publish articles which take me back to my teenage days in the 1930s and 1940s. The latest article (December 11) concerned the Brighton College Cadet Force’s rifle range which I used in August
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Vote it down
It is not a merry Christmas and even less likely to be a happy New Year with news of plans by Brighton and Hove City Council to close down the Local History Centre. This, however, is subject to the full council’s budget meeting, where the opposition
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Bike Train will create safe space for children to cycle
I’m sorry both Roger French and The Argus see our “Bike Train” proposal as “crazy” (December 14) without giving it any serious consideration. People cycle for many reasons not just because “you can get on and off as you choose” but also because it’s
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Brezovan's no Danny boy
Peter Brezovan has admitted he did not see eye to eye with former Albion favourite Danny Wilson. But the towering Slovakian goalkeeper insists there will be no hard feelings when he returns to the County Ground on Saturday with the Seagulls to face Wilson's
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Hornets angry over Carney approach
Horsham boss John Maggs says the club will do “everything it can” to keep star midfielder Lee Carney, pictured, after an approach by Three Bridges. Furious Maggs has reported the County League club for making an illegal approach which means any move
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Council to look at 20mph scheme in Brighton and Hove
An investigation into the impact of installing a city-wide 20mph speed limit has been launched. If the Brighton and Hove City Council review finds that the move would improve road safety without major detrimental effects on traffic flow,
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Worthing teens jailed for bottle attack
Two hoodies who slashed a man’s neck with broken bottles made a grovelling apology to their victim in court - and were then jailed for seven years each. Alex Kostin was lucky not to have bled to death from the wounds the two thugs inflicted
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Ferring vicar's personalised car is a page three model
Revved up reverend Gary Ingram is turning heads with his latest set of wheels. The black Renault Clio's personalised number plate Y2 REV has raised quite a few smiles amongst his new flock. The 50-year-old's car also sports a few more
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Unions claim rail cuts will put Sussex lives at risk
Union leaders claim putting off the replacement of Sussex railway lines is putting lives at risk. Members of the RMT union will be protesting today against a range of Network Rail proposals, including a national 1,500 job cut by April 2010. Greg Hewitt
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High Court cancer patient switches to new NHS drug
A cancer sufferer who successfully fought to get the drug he needed to prolong his life has been told he now needs to switch to a new treatment. Colin Ross has been taking Revlimid for more than a year following a High Court battle to force
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Two injured in Copthorne crash
Two people were taken to hospital after a crash yesterday. Two cars collided on New Town, Copthorne, near Crawley, at the junction with Copthorne Common Road at around 12.30pm. The two patients, including a woman in her 20s, were taken to East Surrey
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Sussex hospital no-shows wasting millions of pounds
Thousands of patients are not turning up for hospital appointments, costing health trusts millions of pounds a year. Figures published by the NHS Information Centre show more than 14,000 people did not appear for their first appointment at
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Green light for £8m redevelopment of County Ground
Sussex's ambitious plans for the redevelopment of the County Ground have cleared another significant hurdle. Brighton & Hove city planners yesterday approved the second phase of their £8m scheme when they granted permission for a new two-storey 2,500
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ex-Playboy model "punched friend in Brighton club toilets"
A former Playboy Model of the Year repeatedly punched a former friend in a nightclub toilet cubicle during a bust-up about her husband, a court heard today. Louise Glover, 26, also tried to push the head of Maxine Hardcastle - the daughter
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Three Sussex charity shops best for bargains says Vogue
By Sarah Peel Style bible Vogue has named three Sussex charity shops as among the best in the UK to pick up a bargain. The fashion magazine, which usually features famous models and celebrities, listed the Eastbourne stores as being great places to
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Albion chairman offered Coppell ten-year deal
Steve Coppell was offered a ten-year contract to manage Albion by former chairman Dick Knight. Knight made the staggering offer after initially overlooking Coppell, because he fell asleep at his interview. Details of the shock deal on
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Burgess Hill gun pranksters spared prison sentence
Two pranksters who terrified members of the public when they drove around with what looked like a rifle sticking out of their car window have escaped a jail sentence. Police were alerted after frightened pedestrians rang 999 fearing they were being shot
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Security guards patrol Brighton taxi ranks
Marshalls are being funded to keep late-night taxi queues in order. Four security guards are patrolling city centre taxi ranks in Brighton between midnight and 4am on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The scheme - funded by a Government grant - has been
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£3.5 million for luxury home in Hove
It is worth a cool £3.5 million and in these recession-hit times only the super rich can afford a house like this. The stunning state-of-the-art home is one of the most expensive properties for sale in Brighton and Hove. From the electronically
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Brighton and Hove supermarkets caught overcharging customers
Shoppers are being charged the wrong amount at the tills by supermarkets. Research from Brighton and Hove City Council’s Trading Standards team shows up to half of goods bought from big stores are incorrectly priced. Every supermarket visited by council
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Two for one this time
Yesterday was our Christmas party at work and I booked today off. But I'm not suffering nearly as much as I thought (and, briefly and irresponsibly, hoped) I might be - in fact, I've not suffered at all. Anyway, this is the last week of my 'optional
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Lewes to host Police Question Time
Senior police officers are expected to face an audience grilling at a Question Time-style event in Lewes next month. Chief Superintendent Robin Smith, commander of Sussex Police's East Sussex division, is due to be joined by Sussex Police Authority
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Appeal after Crawley burglaries
A burglary spate in Crawley continued with four raids in a single evening. Detectives are investigating two burglaries and two attempted burglaries which took place on Tuesday. The crimes followed 23 burglaries in two weeks between November and the
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Are urban foxes here to stay?
Foxes may have a reputation among some people for attacking defenceless pets as they hunt for food in increasing numbers in our towns and cities. But, in fact, the food they love to eat is cheese. They also enjoy peanuts, rice pudding
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No Real deal for Poyet
Albion boss Gus Poyet has dismissed English newspaper reports linking him with a return to debt-ridden Real Zaragoza in Spain. Poyet told The Argus today: "I have been here for a month and, of course, I am not looking to change things right
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Good Luck For You Sir!
Is a sweet Cambodian greeting, rather appropriate on departure day. I can’t help confessing I felt a lump in the throat packing up a tiny room that has been my home for the last three months, finding stuff I hadn’t even unpacked, things I had bought and
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Brighton University extension plans revealed
A disused post office building will be converted to house a university extension. The University of Brighton has been granted permission to overhaul the upper floors of the 38,319sq ft six-storey block in Cambridge Road, Hastings. A complex of teaching
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Microwave causes blaze at Worthing flat
Firefighters were called to tackle a fire in a first-floor flat. The blaze, which broke out in the microwave, caused smoke to fill the property. The incident happened in Pearsons Retreat, Brougham Road in Worthing about 5pm yesterday. A spokeswoman
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The Eastenders Christmas Special
Nothing drags in the bloated post-lunch Christmas viewer like an Eastenders special. Every year they dish up a hefty serving of misery, pain and violence and every year, millions of people are left choking on their Milk Tray in horrified delight
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Sussex coach to hold talks with Hamilton-Brown
Sussex will not push Rory Hamilton-Brown to make a quick decision over whether he is staying at the county. The 22-year-old all-rounder is set for talks with coach Mark Robinson today after returning from South Africa where he was with England’s performance
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Honda Jazz 1.4
The prospect of a new Jazz should be greeted with open arms and the new version still looks like a Jazz but has a more grown up feel without falling victim to unnecessary dimension increases. It has been penned by the same designer who created the Civic
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Comment: Albion's debt to Bloom
Albion were, once upon a time, extremely unlucky to have Bill Archer and David Bellotti running the club. Now, according to Argus chief sports writer Andy Naylor, they are extraordinarily fortunate to have Tony Bloom, a man whose pockets are
