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Notts on top at Hove despite Nash century
Chris Nash scored his 11th first class century as Sussex reached 305-9 at the close on the opening day of their County Championship match with Nottinghamshire at Hove. Nash shared in a fifth-wicket partnership of 145 with Luke Wright who continued his
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John Davis writes:
I am trying to trace any relatives and friends of my late father, Charles Frederick John Davis, born in September 1905. He died in April 1967. He worked in railway sheds at Brighton Station, and then at BMW Isetta’s, Underwoods, and finally in the boiler
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Albion target extra power
Gus Poyet believes summer recruitment will be easier for Albion this year as he tries to add more power to his Championship squad. The manager, pictured below, says he knows what is required following their first season back in the second tier. The
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Foodies Festival
His face is on a thousand sauce bottles in every supermarket in the country. He fronted MasterChef for ten years. But Loyd Grossman is no professional chef. “I am an amateur,” he explains, before he travels to Hove to make his Foodies Festival
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Max and Ivan Are... Con Artists
In his own words, Max Olesker left the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe with “a gammy foot and an Edinburgh Comedy Award” after truly going the extra mile last August. He and his comedy partner Ivan Gonzalez organised a comedians vs professionals
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The Hanging Gardens Of Brighton
Last night saw the 15ft-high Gate Of Ishtar resurrected in the centre of Brighton to mark the biggest event in the closing weekend of the Fringe. The Hanging Gardens Of Brighton is the first event by Babylon, a Bristol-based festival
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Scores of law breaking motorists caught in Shoreham police operation
Scores of motorists were caught breaching road safety rules in a police operation. Eighty-three drivers were stopped by officers from the Adur and Worthing neighbourhood policing team over offences during a day-long road safety awareness Operation Airwalk
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Circus Klezmer
With his distinctive images of pre-war Jewish communities, from brides to fiddlers, Marc Chagall was an obvious influence on director Adrian Schvarstein’s Circus Klezmer. The showcombines Chagall-inspired images of Jewish village life
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Brighton woman's three-day Eurovision celebration
Bizarre ballads and dodgy dresses. It is time once again time for the Eurovision song contest. The annual homage to Europop takes place this year in Azerbaijan with the UK entering veteran singer Engelbert Humperdinck. Brighton resident Nina Dodd is
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Persistent Littlehampton criminal avoids jail sentence
A persistent offender has escaped jail despite pleading guilty to nineteen different charges. Billy Robinson, of West Way, Wick and pleaded guilty to a range of charges including theft, handling stolen goods, fraud, public order and drugs offences committed
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Cabaret Queens
Since their conception at the end of the 2000s, neo-cabaret duo Bourgeois And Maurice have needed little more than a piano and some fabulous costumes to stage a show. But for the first of their two shows at Fringe pop-up venue The Warren
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Krystle Warren And The Faculty
When Krystle Warren talks about the recording of her second album, Love Songs, she’s pretty succinct about her aim. “I wanted to flip the bird to the s*** that passes off as music these days,” she says while on a break from her European tour
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Teen accused of Connor Saunders' manslaughter pleads not guilty
A 14-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Connor Saunders. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of punching Connor, of Downsway, Woodingdean, during an altercation in the street in Rottingdean
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Shearer reunited with Evans
Former Crawley goalkeeper Scott Shearer has joined Rotherham United on a two-year deal. Shearer turned down the offer of a new contract last week and has instead opted to link up with ex-Reds boss Steve Evans at the Millers. The 31-year-old turned down
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Cirque Du Ciel – ShangHi, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, May 24
It opened badly, with a dodgy video projected on to the curtains, of cityscapes, swirling water and some bad graphics, accompanied by music that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Visit China advert from the 1990s. Then, for the next two hours
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Doctor Faustus: The Imaginarium, The Happy Cell, Hove, until May 27, call 01273 917272
Brighton’s Tanglehead Productions won an Audience Choice Award for their debut at last year’s Fringe, a site-specific version of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at this alternative health centre. This year’s effort returns
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Travel plans released for Fatboy Slim Amex gig
Revellers heading to Fatboy’s big gig at the Amex have been issued travel advice to help them get home. Gig organisers have listed a range of options for the journey home from the gigs on Friday and Saturday next week (June 1-2) including buses
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Savvy homeless making cash from Brighton Fringe programmes
Savvy rough-sleepers have been selling the free Brighton Fringe programme after organisers ran out of them in only the second week. The entrepreneurial homeless people were seen flogging the 84-page brochure for £2 a time in New Road after
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The sound of summer
The Brighton Festival may be over but the summer season is only just warming up. Gareth Becker and Dominic Smith look ahead at some of the hottest summer festival events... AROUND SUSSEX... Meadowlands (June 1 to June 3) Where
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Film Diary 2012: The Raid
This bullet-point action flick comes from Indonesia with a twist. It was written, edited and directed by Welshman Gareth Evans. Not that you'd really notice, it has all the hallmarks of a well-crafted contemporary Eastern martial arts movie, albeit
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Sussex v Nottinghamshire LIVE - Day one
Sussex take on Nottinghamshire in division one of the County Championship at Hove and you can follow all the action via our live blog. It's a fully interactive service so get in touch about anything Sussex or cricket related
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Family's grief after alleged dog poisoning in Portslade
A family is grieving after their dog was apparently poisoned on the South Downs. What was supposed to be a nice weekend walk turned to tragedy for the Ellis family. After returning from the trek near their Portslade home, their chocolate
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Councillor response to grass verges
LETTER writers have understandably asked why some grass verges are growing a bit shaggy. As will be appreciated, the council is hard-pressed financially. Our budget is being squeezed by Government cuts and the council tax freeze recently imposed on us
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Fox hunting convictions are welcome
IT WAS good to see three people finally convicted for illegal fox hunting – the first prosecution of its kind in the county (The Argus, May 15). To see these three finally pay for their behaviour and lack of respect for foxes feels good to me and many
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Our Queen – Sussex children's picture competition last chance to vote
More than 1,500 children have sent The Argus pictures for the Our Queen competition – which were published in two special souvenir supplements. We were inundated with entries for our contest to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. For anyone
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Century delights Wright
Luke Wright put the “dark times” behind him as he produced a dazzling performance at Hove last night. Wright smashed a brilliant 103 to inspire Sussex to a four-wicket victory over Yorkshire to keep them on top of Group C in the CB40. It was only the
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Teen in court on manslaughter charge
A 14-year-old boy charged with the manslaughter of a former X Factor star's best friend is expected to enter a plea when he appears at Hove Crown Court today. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of punching Connor Saunders
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Woman serious injured in fall from Brighton window
A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after falling out of window and plunging more than 50ft to the ground. Emergency services were called to Madeira Mansions in Maderia Place, Brighton, just before midnight last night. The woman, in her 30s
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Climate change requires us all to be responsible
Brian Beck as an intelligent layman (Letters, May 14) raises some points about global warming which requires an answer. I, as a one-time lecturer at Brighton Polytechnic (now the University of Brighton), have to say he has only been given some of the
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Lanes change for Old Town traffic?
Whether it’s from visiting in person or hearing about it by word of mouth, there can be few who have not heard of The Lanes in Brighton. Whether it is discovering a shopping gem hidden around one of the many twisting twittens or sampling a
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Defence brands thug 'a complete idiot' in Brighton assault trial
A thug who punched a holidaymaker got more than he bargained for when an onlooker beat him with a hammer. Mark Molloy, 32, was spared jail after his own barrister branded him “a complete idiot”. After punching a man, smashing a window and pulling a
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Maggs takes charge at Crawley Down
John Maggs has taken over as manager at Crawley Down. Former Crawley and Horsham boss Maggs has replaced Darren Guirey, who has decided to take a year out of football due to business commitments. Maggs had worked as assistant to Guirey
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Thousands run in first Race for Life in Sussex this year
More than 1,000 women and girls of all ages got together for the first Sussex Race for Life event for this year. The 5km event at Tilgate Park in Crawley is expected to raise more than £122,000 for Cancer Research UK. Toddlers, teenagers and 20-somethings
