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Mayor of Cuckfield fronts High Weald Welly Walk
It was best feet forward for these walkers – as long as they were wearing wellies. They were taking part in the High Weald Welly Walk and were seen off on their 2.7-mile trek by the mayor of Cuckfield, Lindy Elphick. It was organised by the
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Smart return for circus
Billy Smart’s Circus opened in Brighton for the first time in more than 50 years yesterday. The first national tour in three decades includes body contortionists and a teenager operating a bow and arrow with her feet. Deiree Chavez, 18, said
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M23 northbound near Pease Pottage closed after lorry fire
Road access to Gatwick Airport is being affected after a lorry fire on the M23 northbound this afternoon (Wednesday May 22). Police have closed the M23 northbound at junction 11, near Pease Pottage, after the lorry caught fire at around 4.10pm.
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Man struck by lorry on A27 in Worthing has died
A man who was struck by a lorry on a busy carriageway has died. Eyewitnesses said they saw the 29-year-old “crouch down” in front of the lorry on the A27 in Worthing, near the Swandean Psychiatric unit, on Tuesday morning. He was described
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Star’s support stuns actors
A Hollywood heavyweight has stunned a group of Fringe performers – by sending them a personal message ahead of their run. Kevin Spacey, who is best known for box office hits American Beauty, LA Confidential and Seven, sent the good luck letter
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Magnificent Magoffin puts Sussex in total control
Steve Magoffin produced a sensational bowling performance to put Sussex in total control after the first day of their Championship clash with Somerset at Horsham. The Australian seamer claimed career-best figures of 8-20 – the fourth best at Cricketfield
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Fears for Hove letting firm following sudden closure
There are fears for the future of a city lettings agency after it closed its doors to customers last week. Concerned landlords and tenants have contacted The Argus over the last few days to say that Hove-based Direct Lettings owes them thousands
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Record number of women enter Brighton Marathon
More women than ever before entered in this year's Brighton Marathon. Women made up 38.7 per cent of the thousands of entries at this year's race in April. This was the highest proportion recorded for the event so far and well above the national
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Stars 'putt' charity first in celebrity golf fundraiser
Celebrities tested their putting talents in aid of charity. The Mike Tindall Inaugural Celebrity Golf Classic at Mannings Heath Golf Club and South Lodge Country House Hotel in Horsham was in aid of Rugby for Heroes and The On Course Foundation
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Prison food choices
I read that a prisoner in Lewes Prison caused serious disruption in a fit of pique because he wasn’t served his favourite choice of lunch (The Argus, May 10). Whatever next? Is he given tea in bed as well? Mrs M Marsh, Richardson Road, Hove
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Revamp for Brighton and Hove council site
A council website is to be changed to make it easier to navigate. Brighton and Hove City Council said the new format would begin going live today. Work on the site will take place in stages over the coming months and once complete there
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Visually-impaired man set on fire in Brighton street
A visually-impaired man was set on fire in a random attack after being stopped in the street and asked what it was like to be blind. The 38-year-old victim was on his way back from a conference and was due to meet his partner when he was stopped
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Brighton chiropractor could save thousands from going under the knife
A chiropractor from Brighton is behind a breakthrough in back pain treatment that could save thousands of people a year from expensive surgery. Richard Hollis, who works at Sundial Clinics in the city, is part of the team which has discovered that
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Police release pictures of brothers wanted in connection with Hove shooting
Police have named brothers they want to trace in relation to a fatal Hove shooting. Brothers Albert, 34, and Edmund, 30, Nela are being sought by police and members of the public are warned not to approach them. The men of dual-nationality
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Convent demolition point
Your article on the plans to demolish the former St Benedict’s Convent in Manor Road (The Argus, May 15) refers to a report claiming “the original convent building was built in around 1900 to serve the Sisters of St Augustine’s Lady”. In fact,
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Tweets and posts inspire graffiti wall
Graffiti artists have taken inspiration from social media to create a piece of artwork. Twitter and Facebook have inspired Brighton artists named Pinky and Barney Chum101’s ‘vintage teen flash’. The duo took over The Warren, a pop-up venue
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New Website Up 4 Craven Vale & Baker's Bottom
www.cravenvale.org.uk is the website for all who live in Craven Vale and Baker's Bottom, Brighton, and is administered by the Craven Vale Community Association. The Association represents all residents of those two areas plus The Causeway, Monument
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Bookmakers' bid for new Brighton branch
A betting firm wants to open a branch in a busy shopping street. William Hill has applied to convert two units in St James’s Street, Brighton. The former doctor’s surgery and Sussex Local Produce store are currently vacant. Planning documents
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Knee Deep Review by Leila Wade, 13
Casus - Knee Deep a fusion of traditional and contemporary circus techniques performed by Emma Serjeant, Jesse Scott, Lachlan McAulay and Natano Fa’anana. This was a truly mesmerising show, which thrilled and completely captivated the audience in a
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Albion show huge increase
Albion have beaten five Premier League clubs when it comes to attendances. They averaged 26,236 in the Championship in 2012-13, the best in the division. That figure also put them ahead of top-flight clubs Fulham, West Brom, Reading, Swansea
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Support for the Albion
I have supported Brighton and Hove Albion for 75 years and worked for the club for 65 years, and still do with programmes and lotteries, and am very disappointed with the latest developments. I can understand chairman Tony Bloom’s disappointment
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Sussex MP fails in bid to change gay marriage legislation in Parliament
Gay marriage legislation has been approved after a backbench bid to derail it failed. Only 70 MPs – half the number predicted – supported an amendment by East Worthing and Shoreham MP Tim Loughton to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples
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Hundreds of women raise thousands for hospice in midnight walk
Hundreds of women walked ten miles from midnight until dawn to support a children's hospice. The 750 people taking part in the Night to Remember in Eastbourne managed to raise more than £96,000 for Chestnut Tree House near Arundel. Eastbourne
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'Enormous cracks' in medieval church in Lewes
Huge cracks have been discovered in the walls of a Sussex church dating back to the 12th century. The St Thomas a Becket church in Cliffe, Lewes was scheduled to be restored after cracks started appearing a year ago. But after starting the
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The Conservative Party is fast becoming the irrelevant rump of a bygone age
To add to the tribulations of a beleaguered Prime Minister and Tory hierarchy, last Sunday witnessed a deputation of chairmen and chairwomen from Conservative associations at Number Ten Downing Street which oppose the Equal Marriage Bill. This
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Sussex Police DNA rates criticised
The DNA of 25 young people is being taken by Sussex Police every week. New research has found that police officers in the county took swabs from 1,290 people aged 17 or under during 2011. A year earlier samples from another 2,136 children and
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Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang, Friends' Meeting House, until Sunday, call 01273 917272
FOR many years, the Reformation was just something that happened in the history books. But Hilary Mantel’s Booker Prize-winning novels have brought that time of upheaval into sharp focus, revealing the machinations of Thomas Cromwell which brought
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Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyoncé Do?! Komedia Studio, May 21
The funky punctuation and the promise of pop diva singalongs laid seeds of trepidation, but Luisa Omielan’s new stand-up comedy show was a stunner. Interspersed with the best songs of Queen Bee and Destiny’s Child, the show’s interlocking themes
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The Visitor, Brighton Media Centre Gallery, May 21
Playwright Sharon Jennings took her audience back to the Reformation and placed them in a prison cell where a monk, Sebastian Newdigate, stood chained to a stone pillar. In his habit, stained with filth and blood, he offered croaking prayers from his
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Seal of approval for Seaford
A slippery customer caused quite a splash when he landed on the Sussex coast. The grey seal, nicknamed Trevor, arrived near The Esplanade in Seaford at 6.30pm on Monday. Within hours, hundreds of people surrounded him – forcing worried wildlife
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The Kite Runner, Theatre Royal Brighton, until Saturday, call 01273 709709
The Kite Runner is a vast and rich novel, spanning several countries and decades of personal and political history. But it’s a mistake to assume that what works on paper will work on stage. While there are dozens of things that jar about Matthew
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Public Service Broadcasting, Resident Records, Brighton, May 21
Prior to the main event at The Haunt later in the evening (see Ben Miller’s review), J Willgoose brought a stripped-down version of the Public Service Broadcasting show to Resident Records in Kensington Gardens. With the audio visual element limited
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Send your questions to Brighton and Hove's brand new bus boss
Here's your chance to quiz one of the biggest transport bosses in Brighton and Hove. Martin Harris, the new managing director of Brighton and Hove Buses, has agreed to answer readers' questions for Friday's Your Interview. Topics could include
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Varmints, The Old Market, Hove, May 21
Varmints is a dance-theatre piece based on a book for children by Helen Ward. This 55-minute show – with its 8+ age recommendation, 6pm start time, plus performance for schools – was clearly intended for kids. The story is nature versus the city
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Public Service Broadcasting, The Haunt, May 21
If Public Service Broadcasting’s ploy was a visually arresting one, stacking the stage with columns of flickering black and white television screens, it would seem negligent to overlook the only sight of the night which eclipsed them. Nordic Giants
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Dead Guilty, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until May 25, call 01323 412000
Richard Harris’s psychological play Dead Guilty provides a mixture of guilt, obsession and revenge but suffers from being too drawn out and predictable. Anna Brecon, from Emmerdale, is well cast as Julia Darrow, an attractive graphic artist whose
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Cancel The Apocalypse, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, May 21
Quoting Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and mentioning his daughter’s godmother, Brighton’s Green MP Caroline Lucas, author Andrew Simms couldn’t have appeared more stereotypically white, middle-class and liberal. Simms’ book, Cancel The Apocalypse,
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Lunchtime Concert: Yuka Ishizuka and Riyad Nicolas, Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, May 21
Pianists who are sometimes soloists and sometimes perform with one or a few other musicians in “chamber music” often become more free and expressive when they play alone but hold back and adopt a more restrained approach in a group. Young Syrian
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Adult singing group being set in Sussex
An adult singing group is being set up in Sussex. The new community project Sing It Local will run on Tuesday evenings aims to get the people of Lewes and Ringmer to socialise and have fun with their neighbours and friends. Organiser Keith
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Thief forced to pay back the cost of stolen milk
A teenage milk thief has been forced to pay for the bottles he stole from homes in West Sussex. The 17-year-old from Bognor stole eight bottles of milk from outside homes in Grosvenor Road, Belgrave Crescent and Stockbridge Road in Chichester.
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Albion sex trial jury sent out to consider verdict
The jury have been sent home for the day. They will continue deliberations at 10:15 tomorrow morning.
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Sussex v Somerset LIVE
Actually Machan's 3rd CC game. Play underway here in 5 minutes. Actually starting to brighten up a little bit. Groundsman says the pitch is likely to be slow and low so might not be the most thrilling game again. Interesting that Somerset are the only
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Holloway: Changing room mess made team talk easy
Ian Holloway has thanked whoever left excrement in Crystal Palace’s dressing room prior to their play-off semi-final at Albion for giving him the easiest team talk of his career. The Eagles were greeted by the disgusting deposit when they arrived
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Daily Fringe Blog - Tuesday 21st May - Fringe Film
Tonight I went to see Fringe Film, a more off-beat little Fringe event hosted by Otherplace productions at Upstairs at Three and Ten. Fringe Film is a great idea – screening short films on themes such as comedy and documentary. As the lights went
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Executive role scrapped in money-saving move at Sussex council
A council has scrapped its chief executive in a senior management reshuffle designed to save £200,000. Rother District Council took the decision to delete the post, as well as three other top positions, on Monday night. The local authority,
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Poyet on the Stoke wish list
Albion boss Gus Poyet is believed to be near the top of Stoke City’s wish list as they look to replace Tony Pulis. Roberto Martinez and Roberto di Matteo are also being linked in the Potteries with the now vacant job at the Britannia Stadium.
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Sussex schoolboy wins dream trip to 'Antarctica'
An eight-year-old from Sussex won a dream holiday to “Antarctica”. Jacob Coughlan, of Heathfield, won the competition with children’s newspaper First News, which saw him and his family flown out to Orlando, Florida. He was the first child in
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Top pop acts to headline new Brighton festival
The Saturdays and The Wanted have been announced as the headline acts at Brighton's new one-day music festival. And tomorrow (Thursday, May 23) The Argus will announce another big name in the world of pop who will perform at the brand new festival
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Greer proud to get Scots call
Gordon Greer savoured a first senior Scotland call-up – and admitted he thought international football had passed him by. The 32-year-old defender joins Albion colleague Liam Bridcutt in the squad to face Croatia in a World Cup qualifier in Zagreb
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Busy night for Sussex's animal rescue teams
A horse and a cow needed help from firefighters last night (May 21). Fire crews were called to help a cow which was stuck in a ditch in Westfield near Hastings. The animal was spotted in Doleham Lane at about 7.40pm and it took crews from Hastings
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Morrisons wants to move on to controversial Brighton site
Morrisons wants tomove on to a community garden that residents fought to prevent becoming the site of a supermarket. The food giant has put in a licensing application to take over the unit at 58-62 Lewes Road, Brighton. Lewes Road Community
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Thieves target Brighton community centre three nights in a row
Youngsters have spoken of their devastation after thieves targeted their community centre three nights in a row. The 67 Centre in Moulsecoomb has been left with crippling repair costs after heartless criminals broke in on May 12, 13 and 14.
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Learn about Brighton's history in guided walking tour
A free guided tour exploring the history of part of Brighton takes place on Saturday. The event has been organised by the Community Service Volunteers’ Life Lines project in Brighton in partnership with the Tarner History Project. It covers
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Nine days of fun planned for Burgess Hill in June
Burgess Hill will host a summer festival over nine days in June. The festival includes a whole host of events including walks and talks, music and dance, art and literature, special activities for different age groups, as well as events for families
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Plant lovers swap seedlings to celebrate spring in Sussex
Scores of plant-lovers of all ages gathered for the Spring Seedling Swap. The event in Preston Park, Brighton, featured a wide range of vegetables, herbs and mystery seedlings for growing spaces of all sizes. People were given the chance to
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Sussex film tells of struggle with dementia
A new film shows how families struggle to cope with dementia. West Sussex County Council has published the film to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week this week, May 20 to the 24. The video tells the story of Nora who has advanced dementia
