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Brighton street rakes in parking fines
A single seafront street that raked in £100,000 in parking tickets has been named one of the most lucrative for councils in the country. Almost 11 tickets a day were handed out in Madeira Drive, Brighton, last year bringing in fines worth a staggering
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Home for the holidays
If Stephen Fry, Julie Walters and Rupert Grint are to be believed, this is the summer for “staycations”. In their recent TV ad for Visit England, they suggest there is no need to go abroad when we have so much treasure on our doorsteps. There are
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Rough Guide's glowing praise for Brighton and Hove
A guide book has revealed what Brightonians have known for years – the city is one of the top highlights in the country. The Rough Guide to Great Britain 2012 puts the city as the second best place to visit, with only the Gower Peninsula in Wales above
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Hanover Centre shows Open Art Gallery despite financial cutbacks
Lack of funds has meant The Hanover Centre cannot afford to be on the Hanover Art Trail. For the first time in its ten year history, The Hanover Centre will not be featured on the Hanover Art Trail (which costs £255) during Brighton’s Open Houses Festival
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Predator
When Andy Roberts was five, he and his nine-year-old brother snuck downstairs while their parents were asleep to video a movie which would change their world. The film was the classic Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring jungle-set mash-up of gun-toting
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Parking wasteland in Brighton
A seafront road that has been at the centre of a parking charges row remained empty yesterday morning (May 17). The Argus photographers snapped Madeira Drive on two separate days. The first picture was taken at about 1.30pm on a sunny Wednesday and
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Canvas
As a child in the 1980s, Michael Wynne took regular camping holidays in North Wales. He grew up in Birkenhead and when his dad was unemployed and money was tight, a quick jaunt along the coast for an outdoor holiday was a cheap means of getting
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Poyet says Albion skipper is not for sale
Gus Poyet has told Albion’s rivals it would take an “unbelievable” offer to tempt him to sell his skipper. The Seagulls have rejected a shock bid from Barnsley for Gordon Greer. Now boss Poyet has declared his defensive kingpin is not for sale – unless
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Patient handover delays increase at Sussex hospitals
Ambulances are taking longer to hand over patients to hospitals and get back on the road. Accident and emergency departments across Sussex have become busier in the last two years. South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) turnaround times take into
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Pighog on the Fringe
Fat mums, drugged-up horses and ex-revolutionaries can only mean one thing: a poetry reading. Tales of the above and more will be among the readings at Hallucinated Horse, an event that takes its name from a bilingual book of Latin
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Delayed post protests stack up in Brighton once again
Angry Royal Mail customers and staff are still complaining about the ongoing problems at a city sorting office. People claiming to be postal workers have taken to the internet to criticise changes to delivery routes and working practices that
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A Celebration of William Byrd
It's not just the quality of the music which encouraged The Cardinall’s Musick to record all of William Byrd’s Latin works across 13 CDs. “It’s absolutely amazing, full of emotion and has a wonderful story to it,” says Andrew Carwood
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Jubilee demos expected to stretch Sussex Police
Sussex Police are braced for their busiest weekend of public order events “in recent memory” as activists’ plans clash with Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Anti-cuts group Brighton Uncut has become the latest to announce an event on the first
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Kenneth Harris writes:
In 1940 Nora Dunn died in childbirth, leaving husband James with three children aged between two and ten years. They were living in Brighton at the time. I would like to know what happened to the children. They were Roy, four at the time, Colin, aged
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Brighton Hot Model finalist is a Lady Boy
A Thai Lady Boy has reached the final of a contest to find the hottest woman in Brighton. Organisers of Brighton’s Next Hot Model had no idea Angkookrat Rawangnam, known as Toon, who performs in Lady Boys of Bangkok, was born a man.
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Crawley mourn Haining
Former Crawley Town player and manager Dave Haining has died at the age of 68. Haining was associated with Crawley Town for 47 years after first joining as a player in 1965. He went on to make more than 500 first team appearances for the club
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Hundreds of children's pictures to appear in The Argus next week
Here at The Argus have been inundated with entries for the Our Queen competition – with more than 1,500 pictures being sent to us. Children across Sussex have entered our contest asking for pictures of the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.
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D-Day for Newhaven Port regeneration
D-DAY is fast approaching for the multi-million pound future of one of the biggest ports in Sussex. Developers have put forward two separate bids, both with supermarkets at their core, to regenerate Newhaven. But experts at Lewes District
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Steve Coogan returns as Alan Partridge
Alan Partridge will be returning to TV. Steve Coogan’s most famous creation will return to screens once more after signing a new deal with Sky TV. The Rottingdean-based comedian, famous for his series about the Norwich radio DJ, will make two hour-long
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One in ten suffers noise nuisance in Sussex
A massive rise in complaints about noise nuisance has been seen across the county. Mediation services, which help to resolve disputes between neighbours, have seen a leap in the number of people seeking help. The Brighton and Hove Independent
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Mo Bourner takes his first steps
A teenager has taken his first steps after he was left in a coma after being punched. Sixteen-year-old Mo Bourner has returned to Sussex for the first time since being savagely attacked. Mo nearly died after being knocked to the ground with one punch
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Petition for more allotments in Brighton and Hove
Since the economic downturn hit, we have all been encouraged to grow our own food. But that is easier said than done in Brighton and Hove. There are currently 2,000 green-fingered wannabes on the waiting list for an allotment plot in
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Brighton MP called to backbench committee executive
An MP has been elected onto the executive of an influential backbench committee. Simon Kirby, who represents Brighton Kemptown, will serve on the executive of the influential 1922 committee, which links Conservative MPs with the Prime Minister. Mr Kirby
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Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures, Theatre Royal, until May 19, call 01273 709709
The show might be called Early Adventures but director Matthew Bourne was a late starter who took up dance at the age of 22. Thank goodness; had the usual ballet-school formalities been drummed in at a tender age, we might never have got the
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Ashley Fripp, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 17
There were two pianos on the Pavilion stage for the recital by young English musician Ashley Fripp: a two manual harpsichord with terrace dynamics and no pedals for 17th-century baroque, and a giant 9ft Bosendorfer with three pedals for 19th-century
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The Music and Legacy Of Joy Division, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 17
Thirty-two years after the death of Ian Curtis, aged 23, there is as much interest and intrigue in Joy Division as ever. While his former bandmates continue with their petty public squabbles and apparent attempts to sour the Joy Division’s legacy,
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Brighton and Hove schoolchildren warm up for Olympics
Schoolchildren passed on their Olympic torch in the latest stage of a citywide journey. Pupils from West Blatchington Primary School passed on the “torch of friendship” to Aldrington Primary School. The torch is being passed between 58 schools in Brighton
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Police hunt Brighton arson gang
A gang of young firestarters are behind a string of city arsons, police believe. A fire was started on land near the recycling centre at Wilson Avenue, Whitehawk, Brighton, at about 6pm on Wednesday (May 17). The previous day a blaze
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Pighog On The Fringe: Shed Show, Bali Brasserie, until May 19, call 01273 917272
It’s official: women love sheds too. Only one in five of Shedman’s audience at this premiere of his pre-Edinburgh show was male (but this is Brighton remember and Shedman normally expects about half and half). For ten years, Brighton’s own Pighog
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The Best Of BUG: The Evolution Of Music Video, Duke Of York's Picturehouse, Brighton, May 17
Adam Buxton’s BUG is the show Channel Four’s RudeTube really wants to be. It’s funny, cool and intelligent, with its own anarchic sensibility, not having to rely on cheap jokes and occasional nudity. It’s no surprise that Sky Atlantic has snapped
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Hove MP slams Brighton squatters
An MP has condemned the squatting of an empty department store. Mike Weatherley, Conservative MP for Hove, who campaigned for a recent law change making some forms of squatting illegal, said the occupation of the Co-op building in London Road, Brighton
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Armed police respond to Brighton beach dog attack
One man is in hospital and another in police custody after a dog attack on Brighton beach. More than a dozen officers were reportedly seen on the beach in response to a dog attack close to the Palace Pier at around 6am today (May 18).
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Ball gets Olympic place
Brighton-born Ashleigh Ball has been named in the Great Britain women's hockey squad for the London Olympics. Ball, who first learnt to play hockey at Great Walstead School in Haywards Heath, was this morning named in the squad of 16 for the Games.
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New Brighton and Hove City Council leader's first engagement
Newly installed city leader Jason Kitcat spoke at an anti-homophobia vigil just hours after being inducted. Councillor Kitcat became leader of Brighton and Hove City Council at a ceremony in Hove Town Hall on Thursday. His first engagement was speaking
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Brighton and Hove's first Green mayor
The city’s first ever Green mayor has donned his robes for the first time. Brighton and Hove City Council leader Bill Randall was helped into the ceremonial robes by outgoing mayor Labour councillor Anne Meadows at Hove Town Hall yesterday
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White Night 'joy'
I AM overjoyed that White Night has been cancelled (The Argus, May 15). Living in North Laine, we experienced a full night of noise last year. It’s bad enough that a standard Saturday sees our area being treated as an entertainment fall-out zone: residents
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Caroline Lucas stepped down for a reason
IT IS no surprise Caroline Lucas has stepped down as leader of the Green Party (The Argus, May 15). The Greens won just a handful of local council seats across the country, fewer even than the 15 to 20 they were gaining in previous years, and insignificant
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Modern society is truly filthy - it'll stab you for cash, scam your savings and take from your family
TO THE correspondents who complained their box of groceries was stolen from their Brighton doorstep (Letters, May 11), I can only say: welcome to what the historian AL Rowse called “filthy modern society”. According to Rowse, filthy modern society began
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Mystic llama predicts Chelsea win
A llama is placing his bets on the Champions League final tomorrow (May 19). Nicholas the llama’s quiet life at the Ashdown Forest Llama Park has been kicked into the media spotlight, as Chelsea fans hope his prediction is correct. Park owner Linda
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Chichester college attempt to make world's biggest smoothie
College students are attempting to break the record for the world’s biggest smoothie. Pupils at Chichester College are attempting to produce 1300 litres of the fruit drink in a giant refrigerated vat from 11am this morning. Anyone wishing
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Two mile tailbacks on A27 between Brighton and Lewes
Two mile tailbacks are holding up commuters after a crash at a section of roadworks. One lane of the A27 eastbound near to the Southerham Roundabout is currently blocked following the accident which occurred at just after 7.30am this morning. Cars are
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West Sussex officers will protect Olympic torch
Meet the protectors of the Olympic Torch. Metropolitan Police officers PC Michael Smith, who grew up near Brighton, and PC Simone Gibson, now living in West Sussex, have both been chosen to form part of a 70 officer team to protect the Olympic
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Man killed in Cross In Hand car crash
A man has died after a head-on collision while attempting to overtake. A 40-year-old man from East Sussex driving a red Volkswagon Golf was overtaking a car on the B2102 between Cross In Hand and Blackboys at around 3.30pm yesterday afternoon. After
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We must change cyber bullying law
Anonymous online abuse and harassment is growing, and nobody is immune to it. I want people to know how easy it is to be a target of nameless attackers who are often referred to as ‘internet trolls’. Privacy on Facebook is not guaranteed
