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Brighton Fringe: Alexis Dubus – Cars And Girls, Otherplace At The Basement The Pit, Kensington Street, Sunday, May 31
In the blurb to his Fringe show Alexis Dubus’s Cars And Girls was described as “poetic true-life tales of travel and heartbreak”. But the verse stories were so much more – told by a self-effacing loveable raconteur focusing on his adventures across
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Butland's rise shows Walton route to the top
Christian Walton does not have to look very far for inspiration about the bright future within his grasp as one of England’s finest young goalkeepers. Albion’s young Cornishman is being groomed in similar fashion to Bristolian Jack Butland.
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Last of £11 million Sussex-based fake Viagra gang sentenced to four years
A MAN has been jailed for four years for his role in a £11 million fake Viagra scam. Darrell Jacob, of Hereford Street in Brighton, was handed a four-year prison sentence for the sale and supply of unlicensed medicines and money laundering at the
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Village tribute to concentration camp medic
AN army medical officer who treated prisoners at a German concentration camp has been honoured in the Sussex village he called home. A plaque has been unveiled in memory of Major General James Johnston on Northiam’s village green during a ceremony
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£10k reuse depot project gets Green backing
POLITICIANS have given their backing to an innovative new project to develop a unique reuse depot in shipping containers. Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas and Green councillors have given their backing to the project launched by Freegle founder
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Minister claims Network Rail salaries rising eight times faster than other public sector workers as talks resume to halt strike
TALKS aimed at averting strikes by rail workers in a dispute over pay have resumed. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union at Network Rail (NR) are due to walk out for 24 hours from next Thursday evening and 48 hours the following
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Scary TV not keeping young viewers up all night says university study
YOUNGSTERS are not kept awake all night after watching scary TV programmes, a report by University of Sussex psychologists has concluded. Researchers found that while a small minority of children can exhibit extreme reactions to a frightening programme
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Talking Point: Albion entitled to a Championship blip
What do you make of Derby County? A bigger club in the Championship than Albion, more progressive? The distance between them in the Amex era has never been greater than it was this season. Despite the implosion which has just cost Steve
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Brighton Fringe: From The Cradle To The Bin, The Warren Main House, St Peters Green North, until Sunday, May 31, call 01273 917272
It’s a bad sign when a comedy show feels the need to bribe its audience with chocolate at the start. And so it proved with Ship Of Fools’ From The Cradle To The Bin, an agonisingly unfunny show based around a rundown retirement home. The one
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A year of fun and laughter for city’s last mayoress
NORAH Fitch loves children. She dedicated her working life to fighting for them to make sure they had the happiest childhood possible. During her years as a child social worker and a guardian of the court she looked out for scores of youngsters.
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Deputy steps up to new role following council leader’s sudden death
A NEW council leader for Hastings has been announced after the sudden death of Jeremy Birch. Councillor Peter Chowney has been confirmed as the new leader of Hastings Borough Council after stepping up from the deputy role. Coun Chowney said
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Debate rages on whether to honour ‘Indian killer’
A BRITISH soldier who served with the controversial General Custer is at the centre of a debate as to whether or not he should be honoured on the city’s buses. Henry Holden fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last
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Award winning pigs are set for TV debut
NO porkies – this top-of-the-hogs charcuterie farm will feature on hit television show Countryfile this weekend. Beal's Farm Charcuterie, based in Chailey, welcomed TV cameras to its award-winning operation earlier this month and will appear during
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Young wordsmiths show off their flair in story contest for BBC Radio 2
WHILE hashtag has been crowned the country’s favourite word for school children, Sussex youngsters opted for the word squid. Among this county’s other favourite words for youngsters are kite, typewriter, lawyer, and toucan. The findings come