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Albion striker takes another step on road to recovery
Will Hoskins inched his way back towards first team contention for Albion tonight. The striker played the whole game in a 1-0 defeat for the under 21s against Swansea at Lancing. Hoskins had previously made two partial appearances for Simon
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Cyclist fighting for life following Brighton seafront bus shelter crash
A man is fighting for his life following a crash into a bus shelter by the Brighton seafront cycle path. It took place on theshared footway and cycle path on the Upper Promenade parallel to the A259 King's Road, Brighton. A Sussex Police statement
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Bradley Murdoch reportedly drops appeal following conviction for murdering Peter Falconio
A man convicted of killing former Hove man Peter Falconio in Australia in 2001 has reportedly dropped an appeal against his conviction. Lawyers representing Bradley Murdoch are said to have withdrawn an application for the appeal. This was
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Hand grenade discovered in garden
A hand grenade was found in the garden of a home. It was discovered in Pegwell Close, Crawley, shortly after 4pm on Sunday, Police said. A spokeswoman added: “The grenade was left where it was found and the bomb disposal unit arrived and carried
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Brighton and Hove one of UK's least affordable places to live
Brighton and Hove has been named as the fifth least affordable place to live in the country. House prices in the city now outperform wages by a ratio of more than seven to one, with only leafy Oxford, Winchester, Truro and Bath proving less affordable
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Martlets Hospice Classical Spectacular, All Saints Church, Hove, March 9
Under the baton of Simon Gray, the English Festival Opera Orchestra joined forces with the combined Music 2000 Chorus and the Actually Gay Men’s Chorus to provide a delightful evening of favourite pieces and arias. Added pleasure came from distinguished
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John Grant, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, March 8
John Grant’s album Pale Green Ghosts – released last March and ending 2013 as Rough Trade’s album of the year – is a record full of reckoning built upon themes of alienation, loss, heartbreak and low self-esteem. Prior to the gig, the mood in the
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Back To Broadway, The Capitol, Horsham, March 8
Back To Broadway, which is coming to Eastbourne next month, is packed with some of the biggest hits from many of the world’s greatest musicals. If you enjoyed Gotta Sing Gotta Dance, you should love this all-singing, all-dancing spectacular.
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Rizzle Kicks, Brighton Centre, March 7
Brighton’s favourite sons, Jordan “Rizzle” Stephens and Harley “Sylvester” Alexander-Sule, made their home town the last gig of their UK tour, and rightly so. The excitement that greeted the platinum-selling hip-hop duo when they bounced on stage
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Haim, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, March 7
Three Californian sisters conquered Brighton on Friday night. Of course, Brighton was already half in love with Haim before they took to the stage – the excitement was palpable and the applause deafening. At one point the crowd was so enthralled
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Man perches on 25ft drop for three hours
A man perched on cliffs for more than three hours. Buses were halted following the incident in Brighton on Sunday night. A Sussex Police statement said: “At 9.50pm we were called by a passing member of the public to cliffs at Marine Gate, Brighton
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Sick! Festival: Before Your Very Eyes, The Old Market, Hove, March 7
Seven children, aged between eight and 14, reflected on the journey of life with the help of two video screens, crude make-up and dressing-up props in this challenging production. A recorded voice instructed them as to how adults behave and the
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Buckley ready to play full role for Albion
Will Buckley says he is ready to start for Albion against QPR tomorrow night. But Oscar Garcia will still be without Andrea Orlandi and fellow central midfielder Dale Stephens also remains a doubt. Buckley, brought on in the second half of
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United draw Sholing in Vase semi-final
Eastbourne United will be at home in the second leg of their FA Vase semi-final. Simon Rowland’s side were this morning drawn against Sholing in the last four of the competition. The first leg will be away on March 29 with the second leg at
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Western Road blocked due to emergency gasworks outside KFC
A lane on Western Road has been blocked by emergency gasworks outside KFC, causing delays to traffic. Brighton and Hove Buses says services running along the main Brighton road will be delayed as a result. DELAYS TO SERVICES in
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Gatwick offers £1k compensation to residents affected by second runway
Around 4,000 households most affected by noise from a possible second runway at Gatwick will get £1,000 towards their council tax, bosses of the West Sussex airport have promised. The pledge involves annual compensation and is equivalent to Band
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Major delays follow seven-vehicle crash
Two separate car crashes - including a seven-vehicle shunt - caused major delays this morning. Both collisions took place shortly before 8am. A Sussex Police spokesman said: "Emergency services were called to a seven-vehicle shunt on the A22
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Eastbourne Lifeboat launched to rescue injured fisherman
The lifeboat has been launched from Eastbourne after reports of an injury on board a fishing boat. Crew from the RNLI are currently on route to a boat in an "unknown origin" after reports that a crew member on a fishing boat had sustained an injury
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Sadler: Reds must bounce quickly from defeat
Defender Mat Sadler says Crawley must bounce back immediately from their first league defeat since Boxing Day to avoid being dragged into a relegation battle. Crawley still have ambitions of challenging for the play-offs due to the number of games
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Katie Price voted least favourite travel companion
Glamour girl Katie Price has been named the least desirable holiday companion. The Brighton-born model and businesswoman topped a poll to identify the person with whom travellers would least like to be stuck, conducted by RadioTimes.
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Sussex exhibition lifts lid on travellers' lives
Sussex gypsies, travellers and showmen will share their life stories and family photographs in a new touring exhibition which starts today. The Heritage Lottery-funded event is the culmination of a 19-month oral history project by Brighton charity
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Brighton and Hove bus worker sacked after removing drunk
A bus supervisor was sacked from his job after scuffling with a drunk passenger who threatened him with a bottle. Long-serving Brighton and Hove Bus Company employee Nigel Thew was fired after frogmarching an unruly passenger from a bus filled
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Agustien faces former club
Albion's out-of-favour midfielder Kemy Agustien has another run-out in the development team against his former club Swansea at Lancing tonight. The Dutchman featured in last week's 5-2 defeat at Bristol City as he tries to get fitter for first
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Gold for Evans and Gallagher at Paralympics
Visually-impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans, from Brighton, earned Great Britain their first ever gold medal at the Winter Paralympics today. The pair took the super-G title in one minute, 28.72 seconds as they bounced back
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Woman dies after crash in Crawley
A woman has died after a collision on Crawley Avenue in Crawley. The 28-year-old was travelling in the car with a 35-year-old man at about 1.40am on Sunday when the black BMW Z3 sports car left the west bound carriageway along the A2011 Crawley
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Bottles and paint thrown from squat at Brighton church
Balaclava-clad squatters took over a Brighton church and hurled bottles and paint at passers-by and police. Police officers cordoned off several streets and the force’s helicopter was scrambled as the drama unfolded at Montpelier Place Baptist
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One in six Sussex cancer sufferers are lonely as a result of illness
One in six people living with cancer in Sussex are lonely as a result of their illness. Macmillan Cancer Support says many patients end up becoming housebound and unable to feed themselves properly because of their isolation. The charity estimates
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Social housing criteria defies the logic of humanitarian need
We’ve all read and heard how the education system has let millions of people down, and surely there is no stronger evidence of this failure in the policies (thinking) of the people (ministers) in Government. There can be no better example of this
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Brighton and Hove seafront packed as sun finally makes an appearance
Residents in Brighton and Hove were finally able to take a break from sheltering from storms and bask in the sun this weekend. With temperatures reaching as high as 15 degrees on Sunday beachgoers found themselves enjoying temperatures as warm
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Development of the Sussex countryside would risk an outcry
If developers proposed to build on the hallowed ground of the Wordsworth country there would be a national outcry, protests in Parliament and they would probably risk a lynching. So why is Sussex fair ground for such desecration? Parkland was
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University of Brighton should follow the example of others over animal testing
Few people will be impressed with the University of Brighton’s attempt to justify the animal experiments carried out at its laboratories, for it is utterly unconvincing (The Argus, March 3). It is now widely recognised that experimenting on mice
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Relatives of war dead wanted for Rottingdean time capsule tribute
Relatives of fallen soldiers from the First World War are being sought to contribute to a time capsule to commemorate its 100th anniversary. Rottingdean’s Royal British Legion will place the capsule at the side of the war memorial in the village
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Wrong way to go about recycling in Brighton and Hove
I put my recycling boxes out on Thursday, February 27, for collection the next day. They were still there on Sunday, March 2. They had lids on and were weighed down with a couple of bricks on each box. In the evening it started to get very
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EU freedom of movement benefits might be a one-way thing for our youngsters
This EU policy of free movement is a good idea to my way of thinking if it allows our young people to go abroad and work an interesting way in their lives. But how many of our young people go abroad to work and live their lives compared with the
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Motorists to face six weeks of roadwork disruption on the A23
Motorists will face six weeks of disruption on the A23 as new lighting is installed. The work, which will be carried out overnight, will see carriageway and lane closures. Workers will start today and hope to finish by April 17. More than
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'Unprecedented' cruise liner footage restored by Sussex historians
Never-before-seen footage of life aboard the Titanic’s sister ship the Olympic has been restored by historians in Sussex. The rare film, described by experts as “unprecedented”, was found by builders in a box of film cans marked Cunard in the attic
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Worthing war hero who was oIdest UK motorist dies aged 106
A war hero believed to be the oldest motorist in the UK has died at the age of 106. Harry Jamieson received his driving licence in 1924 aged 17 and proudly never clocked up a single penalty point. The self-confessed petrol-head had lived independently
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Andrews: Reading players got Greer sent off
Keith Andrews has accused Reading players of getting his skipper sent off. But he still reckons Albion could have nicked a late winner against their play-off rivals. Gordon Greer was shown a second yellow card after his foul on Adam Le Fondre
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Brighton mechanic crushed after 2.5 tonne car falls on him
A mechanic's leg was almost cut off when the 2.5 tonne car he was working under slipped and crushed him. David Wakely, 23, was in agony after the car's disc brake sliced through his upper leg and severed an artery. Despite his desperate pleas
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Dunk tipped to shine when Albion face QPR
ALBION No. 1 Tomasz Kuszczak has backed Lewis Dunk to shine on his first Championship start for 15 months. Dunk is poised to replace suspended skipper Gordon Greer in tomorrow night's crunch clash with QPR at the Amex. Dunk was brought on immediately
