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  • The Phantom Of The Opera

    (Cert 12A, 142 mins): Starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow, Ciaran Hinds and Minnie Driver. Directed by Joel Schumacher. Responsible for everything from Cats and Starlight Express to Joseph And His Amazing

  • Ola Onabule, Komedia, Brighton, Sunday December 12

    Born in London to African parents, Ola Onabule (full name Olatunji Olugbenga Omotayo Olanrewaju Adetokunbo Abdul Majeed Onabule) grew up in Nigeria. Returning to Britain as a young man in the Seventies, he studied for a law degree but dropped out in the

  • Selfish C***, The Freebutt, Brighton, Friday December 10

    Right, let's get this over with. Yes, this is an article about a band called Selfish C***. We realise it's strong language and that it might cause offence to some readers but, when all's said and done, it's just another word. Not everyone minds being

  • Letter: Beauty spot is now a car park

    It was a lovely sunny day. As I have arthritis and cannot walk too far, I thought I would drive over to Falmer pond, watch the ducks, read the paper and have a gentle walk around the perimeter. When I arrived there, it was to find it had turned into the

  • Letter: Pay attention

    My time in the Army towards the end of the war taught me an attention to detail which proved vital later in running a business. It is Brighton and Hove City Council's inability to grasp this fact which means it is up a gumtree. The other evening, some

  • Letter: Well done, Norfolk

    CongratuLations to Norfolk Square residents and traders for winning the Home Office Taking A Stand award (The Argus, December 2). Their role in turning around the ambience in the square during the past two years deserves recognition. -Councillor Roy Pennington

  • Hells Kitchen's Gordon finds his soul mate

    He is famous for his short fuse and foul-mouthed outbursts but Gordon Ramsay may finally have met his match. Charita Jones, the owner of Momma Cherri's Soul Food Shack in Brighton, gave the fiery chef a run for his money when it came to turning up the

  • Education chief leaves for heads' association

    The man in charge of educating 50,000 children in Brighton and Hove is to become the head of one of the country's largest teachers' organisations. David Hawker will quit his job as the the director of children, families and schools for Brighton and Hove

  • Calendar girl Jordan brings fans some festive cheer

    Glamour model Jordan gave her fans an early Christmas treat when she popped into a shopping centre to sign copies of her latest calendar. Hundreds of people waited to greet the celebrity during her visit to Clinton Cards, in Churchill Square, Brighton

  • Non-League Football: Southall linked with Hastings' vacancy

    Former Welsh international goalkeeper Neville Southall has been linked with the vacant manager's job at Hastings United. United hope to appoint a new manager early next week and Big Nev is rumoured to be the big name for the Pilot Field hot-seat. Southall

  • Speedway: Injury gives Dugard historic chance

    Martin Dugard takes centre stage again on Sunday in a bid to make speedway history. Dugard only rides for fun these days, but he is threatening to snatch former Eastbourne Eagles team-mate Paul Hurry's King of the Bonanza crown away from him. The Hassocks-based

  • Boxing: Wayne looks for Wright fight

    Wayne Alexander is gunning for the world's top light-middleweight Ronald 'Winky' Wright. Reigning WBU world champion Alexander wants a showdown with Wright to prove who is the best in the division and is confident of emerging the winner against Delroy

  • Basketball: Holley prepares for battle of the boards

    Tony Holley today prepared for his battle of the boards and declared: "I'm afraid of nobody." The Brighton Bears big man goes head-to-head with Terrence Durham, statistically the best rebounder in the country, when Plymouth Raiders visit in the BBL Trophy

  • County League: Harwood confident of turnout

    East Preston are confident they can put out two teams tomorrow even though a player exodus has already begun following boss Vic Short's resignation. Four players, including skipper Jimmy Smith, have already left, but chairman Brian Harwood and caretaker

  • Letter: Keep open space

    I write to support the Queen's Park and Craven Vale Action group on the question of the Pankhurst Avenue Reservoir site. While I accept that members of the planning committee, as a semi-judicial body, are free to make their own decisions, who would have

  • Isthmian Division One: Hornets home in on Curnow

    Horsham boss John Maggs is hoping to sign defender Julian Curnow from Dulwich Hamlet. Curnow has played for a number of Sussex clubs, including Bognor, Lewes and Burgess Hill. Maggs said: "I have to talk to Dulwich about it, but I'm quite hopeful of bringing

  • Millwall chief still McGhee's top man

    Mark McGhee will see the best chairman he has ever worked with tomorrow. It is too early in their relationship for Albion's Dick Knight to receive such an accolade. The honour goes instead to Theo Paphitis, the outgoing chairman of Millwall. McGhee parted

  • Conference South: Bognor get ugly

    Jack Pearce has warned Bognor fans to expect some "ugly" performances in the foreseeable future. Pearce is in the process of making major changes at Nyewood Lane and after a run of four games without a win is willing to ditch Bognor's typical passing-style

  • Losses mount at troubled energy firm

    Troubled nuclear power generator British Energy today announced a steep rise in operating losses and admitted that it was facing a challenging second half. The group said increased pension costs, an inability to take advantage of electricity price rises

  • Safety tips for the office Christmas party

    Firms have been urged to make sure their staff do not injure themselves at office parties by dancing on desks or photocopying parts of their body. Managers were even advised not to put up any mistletoe in case it encouraged sexual harassment. The Royal

  • Compensation culture fears unfounded

    Fears that the UK is being consumed by a compensation culture are unfounded, a report claimed today. A study from market analyst Datamonitor found that the number of cliams in recent years had actually fallen. But the perception that society is becoming

  • Caution on further rate rises urged

    Business leaders have broadly welcomed the Bank of England's decision to peg interest rates at 4.75 per cent for the fourth month running. The latest no-change decision from the Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) was seen as a timely boost for independent

  • 300 Amex staff face city transfer

    Financial services giant American Express is considering moving 300 workers out of Brighton. Staff at the company's Napier House offices in Trafalgar Place, have been warned of a possible move to Burgess Hill. Another 200 staff could be relocated to Amex's

  • Letter: Let's follow Ken's example

    In the light of Brighton and Hove's councillors awarding themselves another increase in allowances while denying teaching assistants a living wage and fully paid holidays, is there any chance of them following the enlightened stance of Ken Livingstone's

  • Letter: Testing drugs on animals is futile

    In his role as Chancellor of Oxford University, Chris Patten extols the virtues of animal testing as justification for the new research centre under construction at the university but currently stalled by animal rights protestors. Patten enthuses that

  • Letter: Thank you, Lewes

    Compassion in World Farming would like to thank the people of Lewes for raising £160.38 at our street collection on Saturday, November 6. All proceeds go towards our campaigning work for farm animal welfare. For more information, contact CIWF on 01730

  • The Argus' gardening guru dies aged 72

    Renowned journalist and garden enthusiast Bob James has died, aged 72. Bob, who was The Argus gardening correspondent for more than 25 years, loved Sussex, gardening and writing. He believed gardening should be fun and enthused thousands of readers of

  • Martina granted freedom of town

    Legendary tennis ace Martina Navratilova is to be given the freedom of Eastbourne. The town's highest civic honour will be handed to the 48-year-old star for her remarkable record at Eastbourne's world famous women's tennis championships. In 30 years,

  • Letter: Pensions earned

    In his understandable concern about the deficit in the local goverment pension fund, Derrick Cockman (Letters, December 7) makes a number of points about local government pensions which need to be challenged. Firstly, there is no such thing as a "Brighton

  • Eubank's court fight with boy, 6

    The disabled six-year-old neighbour of Chris Eubank is going to the High Court over the ex-boxer's plans for the redevelopment of his home. Mr Eubank has planning permission to demolish his two detached houses in The Upper Drive, Hove, to make way for

  • Letter: Pension fund

    It was no great surprise to read Brighton and Hove City Council's pension fund has a £60 million deficit (The Argus, November 29) but I was amazed to read it expects taxpayers to help make it up. The shortfall equates to £10,576 for each of the 5,658

  • Letter: Rare cyclists

    As a bird-watcher I am accustomed to waiting for hours to see rare species and, accordingly, have been keeping a close eye on Dyke Road and Dyke Road Avenue for the two cyclists Mr Malcolm Blunt (The Argus, December 2) claims to have briefly seen out

  • Conference: Davidson has a point to prove

    Danny Davidson is desperate to prove a point to the man who threw him on the soccer scrapheap. The Crawley striker is determined to continue his goalscoring form against Nigel Clough's Burton Albion at the Broadfield Stadium tomorrow. Davidson, 25, spent

  • Council cuts jobs to ease tax fears

    A council has wrecked Christmas for many of its staff by axing 300 jobs in a bid to keep down tax increases. The posts will go over three years from West Sussex County Council, which has vowed to protect front line services such as teaching and firefighting

  • Letter: It's God's right

    Religious zealots are adept at advancing spurious reasons why a law reform cannot be enacted. But, when arguing against voluntary euthanasia, they fail to point out that the fundamental reason for such opposition is a belief that their God, one of many

  • Crackdown on city graffiti

    Police are for the first time seeking curfews and banning orders for graffiti vandals who are costing Brighton and Hove £250,000 a year. Thousands of tags and daubings are scarring the city and police and council officers have now launched a full-time

  • Letter: Trust the dentist

    For the record, having watched the McInytre Investigates - Can You Trust Your Dentist? programme on November 30 regarding bad dentistry, I write to mention that I have been with the same dentist in Hove for more than 30 years. He is Mr Melvyn Sharpe of

  • Cash lifeline for strikers

    Striking teaching assistants will be handed a cash bonus by unions in time for Christmas. The Unison public sector union will pay £8,000 for every day of industrial action to ensure members "are not out of pocket". Schools across Brighton and Hove are

  • Letter: Cardboard puzzle

    What do we do with cardboard? That is the question. I live in a block of retirement flats, hence we are all over a certain age, with some very elderly. We have been told the binmen will not take cardboard, so what are we supposed to do with it. When you

  • Letter: Moving suburbs

    I heard on the news that Adur and Worthing Councils are talking about a merger. I would like to suggest the best solution would be that Southwick and Shoreham should be attached to what they are really a part of, the greater Brighton conurbation, while

  • Basketball: Bears win thriller

    Nick Nurse heaped praise on his Brighton Bears as they scored a crucial British League win in Glasgow last night. Bears won 85-84 at fast-improving Scottish Rocks as the home club fumed over refereeing decisions. Yorick Williams fired Bears ahead with

  • Letter: They don't know what is appropriate for Hove

    The letter from Elizabeth Dowse of No-ID (Letters, December 2) was timely. All those councillors who rejected the original planning application for 52 Palmeira Avenue on the grounds it was not modern enough should go and have a look at what we have in

  • McGhee backs Virgo switch

    Albion manager Mark McGhee today backed Adam Virgo to make the swift switch from international centre half to goalscoring centre forward. Virgo returns to the Seagulls' attack from a three-match ban at Millwall tomorrow after an outstanding debut in defence

  • Conference South: Rooks face tough test

    Lewes boss Steven King believes tomorrow's trip to Weston-Super-Mare will be one of the toughest tests of the season. Weston are tenth in the league but have the only unbeaten home record in the division. King said: "Weston will be one of the hardest

  • Currie moves to Ipswich

    Albion midfielder Darren Currie today began life as an Ipswich player after a shock £250,000 move. The Seagulls have reluctantly sold the 30-year-old playmaker because of their crippling financial crisis. Manager Mark McGhee, who snapped Currie up from

  • Conference South: Safety first for Borough

    Garry Wilson refuses to talk about the possibility of Eastbourne Borough achieving promotion for the fourth time in six seasons. A run of seven wins in their last eight league games has lifted Borough onto the fringes of the play-off zone but the memories

  • Rail station's in line for revamp

    Brighton station could get a facelift with a new ticket office, bar and toilets. Train company Southern has applied for planning permission to tear down the old ticket office and replace it with a shop or wine bar. It also hopes to build new toilets and

  • Tower designers scoop awards

    The designers of the planned new 42-storey skyscraper near Brighton station have swept the board at a top architectural awards ceremony. Allies and Morrison won the best office and best urban regeneration project honours at the inaugural Architect of

  • Agency's in the Fast Track again

    A temporary staffing agency run by a mum-of-four has become one of only three UK companies to be ranked in the Fast Track 100 table for a third year running. Ambition24hours, founded in 1996 by Penny Streeter, has increased sales by 72 per cent each year

  • December 10: Currie moves to Ipswich

    Albion midfielder Darren Currie today began life as an Ipswich player after a shock £250,000 move. The Seagulls have reluctantly sold the 30-year-old playmaker because of their crippling financial crisis. Manager Mark McGhee, who snapped Currie up from

  • December 10: McGhee backs Virgo switch

    Albion manager Mark McGhee today backed Adam Virgo to make the swift switch from international centre half to goalscoring centre forward. Virgo returns to the Seagulls' attack from a three-match ban at Millwall tomorrow after an outstanding debut in defence

  • December 10: Millwall chief still McGhee's top man

    Mark McGhee will see the best chairman he has ever worked with tomorrow. It is too early in their relationship for Albion's Dick Knight to receive such an accolade. The honour goes instead to Theo Paphitis, the outgoing chairman of Millwall. McGhee parted

  • Blade: Trinity

    (Cert 15, 105 mins): Starring Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, Jessica Biel, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, James Remar and Parker Posey. Directed by David S Goyer. It's tough being a human-vampire hybrid, especially when you're forced to do battle

  • Garden State

    (Cert 15, 102mins): Starring Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard and Ian Holm. Directed by Zach Braff. Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) moved 3,000 miles across country to Los Angeles to pursue his dreams of stardom and to escape his domineering

  • Napoleaon Dynamite

    (Cert PG, 95mins): Starring Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell and Tina Majorino. Directed by Jared Hess. If this oddball indie movie is anything to go by, the geeks are about to inherit the Earth. High school misfit Napoleon Dynamite (Heder) lives in

  • Ken Dodd, Brighton Dome, Satirday December 11

    I don't like the idea of comedy being hijacked for political or other purposes," says Ken Dodd. "I'm not an activist. I'm not trying to make a political point, or any kind of point really. If I have an agenda it's just the title of the show - happiness

  • Morrissey, Brighton Centre, Friday December 17

    Morrissey, the bequiffed singer of The Smiths, became the icon for a teenage generation when he first rose to fame in the Eighties. Moody, opinionated and intensely self-aware, he epitomised the sense of isolation of the angsty adolescent. Twenty years

  • Faithless, Brighton Centre, Monday December 13

    Encompassing a diverse range of sounds and styles, the critically acclaimed, multi-million selling collective Faithless are hard to categorise. Formed in 1995, and consisting of Sister Bliss, Maxi Jazz and Rollo Armstrong, their albums feature everything