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Scarecrows around Woodingdean
There’s a surprising sight in Woodingdean this week. In various parts of the area you will see scarecrows in front gardens. However, they’re not there to frighten the birds away but a part of a competition being held by the parish church.
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Albion boss backs lung cancer campaign
Brighton and Hove Albion boss Gus Poyet is backing a new lung cancer awareness campaign. The drive is being led by the club’s charity, Albion in the Community, in partnership with the NHS. The aim is to raise awareness of the symptoms of the condition
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Ex-FA chief joins Albion
Albion have appointed Paul Barber as the club’s new chief executive. The former Football Association commercial director and Tottenham Hotspur executive director arrives with a wealth of experience, both from the football and business sectors. He will
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Sussex towns miss out on Portas cash
Five Sussex towns have been snubbed in their bid for a share of the £1.2m Mary Portas high street regeneration cash. The Department for Local Government chose 12 towns which will receive £100,000 each along with the assistance of retail guru Mary Portas
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Saltdean Fun Day a big success once again
Thousands turned out for fun in the sun at Saltdean’s second annual fun day on Saturday. The free event at Oval Park, Saltdean was set up by the Friends of Saltdean Lido to help raise awareness of the ongoing campaign to save the Grade II listed
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Yobs to be banned from Worthing parks and town centre
Groups of yobs will be banned from parks and a town centre to try to cut sun-fuelled antisocial behaviour. Police and council officials have agreed to the creation of an order which will allow officers to remove groups of more than two people from popular
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El-Abd sweating on World Cup place
Adam El-Abd is sweating on a World Cup debut with Egypt as he tackles a week of training on the Mediterranean coast. The Albion defender has travelled with the squad to Alexandria, which will host their qualifier against Mozambique on Friday, and is
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Blonde Poison, The Old Market, Hove, May 23
Staring at her mirror, prettifying herself for a gentleman caller, Stella Goldschlag is like any other glamorous lady of a certain age, keen to talk about the past and dragging out photo albums. But as she ponders on the former-schoolboy-suitor-turned-journalist
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Sussex suffer rare defeat at home to Notts
Sussex slipped to their first defeat in all cricket since the opening game of the season as they lost by seven wickets to Nottinghamshire at Hove. Notts successfully chased down a target of 145 after tea to replace Warwickshire at the top of
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London to Brighton night cyclists banned from the train
Charity cyclists were left stranded after a train company banned them from catching a ride home. More than 4,700 fundraisers rode through the night from London to Brighton on Saturday to raise cash for the British Heart Foundation. But when the exhausted
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Faust, The Warren, Brighton, May 23
Hell, observes our chest-baring dandy of a devil incarnate in this fire-and-brimstone single act fringe epic, is to be found in the pub on a Friday night, in the drunken moments where 21st century damsels and dukes bid sleazily for one
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Outstanding Worthing school set to expand
An outstanding school will hire more teachers in a bid to keep soaring class sizes under 30. Thomas A Becket Middle School, in Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, will expand so that it has seven forms in Year 7 next school year. Currently it has six forms
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Police appeal for witnesses after man beaten with blunt instrument
Police are appealing for information after a man was beaten around the head with a blunt instrument. A 31-year-old man from Brighton suffered from head injuries after the assualt on Tongdean Lane, Withdean, Brighton, at around 8.35am on Sunday
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Woman found dead on Seaford beach
A woman has been found dead on an empty beach. The 30 to 40-year-old was discovered on the beach at Seaford near to Chyngton Way around 9.40am on Friday (May 25). Police said that the cause of the woman's death was a mystery and that the Coroner had
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St Leonards doctor no longer a risk to babies, hearing rules
A doctor whose “serious errors” contributed to the deaths of two newborn babies has been judged fit to look after expectant mothers and their youngsters in Sussex. Dr Ashok Mohanty, who currently works in the obstetrics and gynaecology department at
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Kerwood must wait to learn her Olympic fate
Sussex’s Charlotte Kerwood must wait to hear whether she has been selected to represent Team GB in the shooting at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The British Olympic Association announced a team of ten athletes today for the Games but delayed their decision
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Asbo substitute 'could result in witch-hunts'
New measures to tackle antisocial behaviour could encourage witch-hunts, a top Brighton professor has warned. As previously revealed in The Argus, antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) are to be scrapped in favour of criminal behaviour orders which will
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Tahrir Square, Charleston Festival, Firle, May 25
The programme of events at Charleston’s literary festival this year is varied and exciting, and the second event didn’t disappoint. Legendary Jon Snow is a well-loved Channel 4 News reporter whose intelligent delivery and calm wit have made him popular
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The School Of Life, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 27
Confusion is normal. Act first and reflect later. You can change the world if you want to. Help is at hand to stay sane. These were just some of the nuggets of advice espoused by three authors here representing the London-based School Of Life, which
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Index On Censorship, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 26
A very hot ticket on a very hot day, Index On Censorship was a debate about free speech, self-censorship, the nature of offence and the rights of society. Allowing audience participation via the use of hand-held devices to vote on questions posed
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Richard Egarr, Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, May 26
You play Bach your way and I'll play him his, was Wanda Landowska's celebrated riposte to criticism of her harpsichord interpretation. But every musician plays Bach his way today, because everybody can. Yet blood is still spilt in argument over Bach
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Hove street could be gated to stop urinating drunks
A locked gate could be fitted across a busy street to keep out drunken yobs. Residents of Farman Street, Hove, say they are fed up with drunks urinating, vomiting and fighting on their doorsteps. They say the pedestrianised passageway has become a rat
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Allege, The Basement, Brighton, May 26
French choreographer Clement Layes intrigued the sold-out venue with his personal but bizarre solo performance. Throughout the 45-minute act Layes had a glass of water balanced on his head which, at times, he skilfully slid, hands-free, to the side
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Circus Klezmer, Theatre Royal Brighton, May 25
Put together a troupe of tumbling acrobats, Klezmer musicians, trapeze artists, jugglers with a dozen oranges and a Jewish wedding inspired by Chagall and you have Circus Klezmer. In an extraordinary show at the Theatre Royal, Adrian Schvarzstein
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War Sum Up, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, May 25
War Sum Up, a multimedia opera of traditional Japanese poetry and contemporary manga graphics, wasn’t really a pleasant experience. But then at the heart of the performance lies some fairly dark and unpleasant themes. War, futility and brutality are
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Sean Shibe, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 25
Teenage Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe began and ended his sell-out concert with music composed or inspired by the Dowlands, English composers and lutanists in Shakespeare's time. On this very warm day, the Pavilion Theatre's fans were on at full blast
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Rom Com Con, The Blind Tiger, Brighton, May 26
Comedy pair Lizzy Mace and Juliette Burton are on a mission – to find love in the manner of a romantic comedy. But unlike the heroines of every rom com ever made, these two ladies don't have a tear-jerking soundtrack, immaculate hair or
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The Hanging Gardens Of Brighton, Old Steine Gardens, Brighton, May 25 to 27
On the last weekend of Brighton Festival and Fringe, everyone in the city was ready to party. New company Babylon kicked off the festivities with The Hanging Gardens Of Brighton, a new small festival, one of several preview events around the country ahead
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Joyced!, Hendrick's Library Of Delightfully Peculiar Writings, Brighton, May 26
Katie O’Kelly is a talented character actress. She has a real talent for evoking personalities through facial expressions alone and switched from squawking chicken to hard-drinking Dubliner with an ease and flow few Fringe performers could match.
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Elderflower Fields Festival, Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum, near Lewes, May 25 to May 27
In an industry saturated with “boutique” festivals, the question is: what sets Elderflower Fields Festival apart from all the others? The answer, quite simply, is its focus on localism. From the complimentary glass of sparkling elderflower wine which
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This Time Tomorrow, Varndean School, Brighton, May 27
It was a blistering hot Sunday afternoon and Varndean school shimmered in the heat. In the playground were four vehicles – the set. An audience of two were tucked into the back seat of each car and waited, windows obscured by black paper
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The Silent Movie Experience, Komedia Studio, Brighton, May 27
In the wake of the 2011’s awards-show darling The Artist, the mode of silent cinema has received a bit of an awareness boost of late. The Silent Movie Experience at the Komedia Studio provided another cinematic education, this time one that’s perfect
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The Oh F__k Moment, The Writer’s Place, Brighton, May 26
We don’t usually sit around recalling our mistakes. You can’t just unsend an email sent to the wrong person, and we often spend our lives trying to forget these things ever happened. This performance by Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe was designed
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Much Ado About Wenlock, The Warren, Brighton, May 26
This delightful show of “physical theatre” celebrated the Olympics – in unlikely fashion. While national patience runs thin before London 2012 has really started, Rachael Savage and Vamos Theatre “bring a little bit of magic” back, yet
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Arnold Wesker’s The Mistress, The Warren, Brighton, May 26
Guilt, guilt and more guilt. Fashion designer Samantha is talking to dummies again (three of them her mannequins), and knocking back whisky waiting for the phone to ring. It doesn’t, and there’s no escaping the self-recrimination that comes
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How To Read Minds And Influence People, The Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, May 27
It’s hard to be boundlessly energetic in a room as hot as an oven, but Doug Segal managed it. Mind-reader, comedian and all-round winning stage presence, Segal kept the audience applauding and astounded throughout his 60-minute show. From predicting
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Pappy’s, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 27
Just for a moment when Ben, Matthew and Tom bounced on to the stage waving, it could have been The Wiggles, such is the upbeat enthusiasm with which they perform. But only for a moment. The Most Inept Censor sketch immediately set the tone for the surreal
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Hundreds gather for rave in Falmer fields
Hundreds of people gathered for an illegal rave in Brighton. The rave took place in fields off Ridge Road, Falmer, overnight from Saturday to yesterday. Police said complaints from members of the pubic started at 5am yesterday. Some of the revellers
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The Tuesday Group, Iambic Arts Theatre, Brighton, May 25
A group of random people meets every Tuesday. The only thing they have in common is they are all dying. Since they don’t have to skirt around the C word here to cater for other people’s awkwardness, they can each be as open and honest as they want about
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Krapp's Last Tape, The Lectern, Brighton, May 25
Samuel Beckett’s one-man play hauntingly evokes how time and age makes us strange to ourselves. Aidan Stephenson’s one-off performance captured this achingly well, shading between slapstick and quiet tragedy. The Lectern’s small
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Max And Ivan Are: Con Artists, Upstairs At Three And Ten, Brighton, May 25
Max and Ivan took a deep breath and plunged into their convoluted crime caper at such a frenetic pace it seemed they wouldn’t have time for another gulp until they came out the other side. Not that this was a cram-it-all-in-see-what-sticks affair,
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Here I am, stuck in the middle with you
Cindy Boynton is one of millions of people who find themselves part of the so-called “sandwich generation” – those caught between the demands of caring for young children and the demands of caring for elderly parents. Now 44, the New Yorker
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What About Samuel? The Open House, Brighton, May 25
The infant Samuel was neither seen nor heard but was very much part of the plot, being lost by his mum and dad in this slickly dark take on middle-class parenting. Co-written and performed by Danny Charles and Mary Rose, the 50-minute
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Life with Simpo is a barrel of laughs
A vintage joke shop has opened in The Lanes. That’s right, a vintage joke shop – a brisk rebuttal to anyone who thought Brighton’s capacity for esoteric enterprise had reached saturation point. Frighton (get it?) is located in a Harry Potteresque
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Why Willows Weep, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, May 27
"Encouraging people to stand and look upwards" is how writer Susan Elderkin described the aim of Woodlands Trust short story collection Why Willows Weep. And judging by the reaction to the selection of forest-inspired fables from Elderkin, Chichester-based
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Sussex plagued by power cuts
Sussex is one of the worst areas in the country for power cuts. The south-east suffered more power blackouts than any other region in the UK in 2011, according to the latest reports. Eaton Power’s latest Blackout Tracker report measures information
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Uckfield fire crew rescue stuck ducks
It was foul luck when these plucky ducks got stuck. A mother duck and her nine ducklings plunged into a deep lagoon at the Veolia Environmental Services composting facility in Whitesmith, near Lewes. Concerned staff called East Sussex Fire and Rescue
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Bette and Joan
Even 50 years on from its release, What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? is a strange and uncomfortable watch. The classic B-movie tells of two rival sisters – a former child star, the titular Baby Jane, who has to look after her wheelchair-bound
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Baby survives after pregnant Crawley woman stabbed
A pregnant woman was stabbed three times by a man police believe was trying to kill her. Victim Stacey Clarke was rushed to hospital after being attacked by a knifeman, who then went on the run. Six-month pregnant Stacey was last night
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Walderton circular
1 - From the main street in Walderton, a few yards north-east of The Barley Mow pub, turn into Cooks Lane, passing by a stream gully that carries the River Ems through the village. Climb beside houses and turn left in 100 yards. In 125 yards, along the
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Sussex v Nottinghamshire LIVE - day four
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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Fighting fascism
The Dome in Brighton was packed with people waiting to hear the British Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley. But no one there knew that opponents had found a clever way to prevent him from being heard. A few days before the meeting in July 1934,
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Sunseekers watch in horror as man drowns saving child at Sussex beach
Beachgoers have told how they watched in horror as a swimmer drowned after rescuing a child at West Wittering beach. The 32-year-old man from Sutton in Surrey was caught in an undercurrent moments after pulling the five-year-old girl on a rubber
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It's not roads which are the danger
A CAR is a machine, not a toy for children. Driving is a skill to be taught by adults, and learned by adults. If you are an irresponsible, selfish person, you will be an irresponsible and selfish driver. Therein lies the danger. Cars don’t “flip over
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Let the sun shine on me...
THE sun is shining at the moment. Let’s keep our fingers and everything crossed. But already the moaners are having a go: “Oh it’s too hot for me,” and “I can’t stand the heat, it plays havoc with my skin.” And this is just after a few days. I am a
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Smash EDO: spend your Bank Holiday marching with us
AS MANY Brightonians know, Smash EDO has been campaigning against EDO, a company operating from a factory in Moulsecoomb which builds bomb release units. These are used in Iraq, Palestine and across the world, and have been for many years. We want to
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Yes, sell King's House, but use the money for new asset projects
I WAS pleased to read that it would seem Brighton and Hove City Council is now considering the sale of King’s House (The Argus, May 23), but I do have serious reservations. When it comes to the sale of a publicly-owned asset like this, I would hate to
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Reds may go back for Grabban
Crawley could resurrect their interest in striker Lewis Grabban. Reds agreed a fee with Rotherham United for the 24-year-old ten days ago only for talks with the former Crystal Palace goalscorer to break down last Tuesday over personal terms. Grabban
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Kipling connections
At the turn of the last century, author Rudyard Kipling was a celebrity equal to leading pop stars of today. Leaders of charabanc trips would point out his house in Rottingdean and postcards like this were produced. Kipling, an intensely private man
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Teenage pedestrian hurt in Uckfield collision
A boy of 14 was badly hurt following a collision with a car. The teenager, who lives locally, was walking in the High Street, Uckfield, on Saturday afternoon when the accident happened. He received serious but not life-threatening injuries and was
