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  • Oliver! Chichester Festival Theatre

    A screaming pregnant woman collapsing on the street, another being clubbed to death in a doorway and a thief being shot dead at point-blank range. These may not be what you usually associate with an evening of Christmas family fun. But judging from the

  • Letter: Get the facts here

    John Jolliffe suggests tenants contact Solon, their "independent adviser", to get "the real facts" on the future of council housing. Since Solon is employed by the council (albeit using our money), you can't expect to get all the facts from any of them

  • Fears for lives as aerial fire unit faces axe

    Firefighters are calling on the public to help them save an aerial appliance crew from being axed. They say dozens of people in Brighton and Hove have been rescued by aerial ladders, which can be used at heights of up to 100ft, but getting rid of them

  • Letter: Show flexibility

    I agree with Mrs Scales (Letters, December 16). The Queen's Park Estate needs a community centre. The plot of land at the top of Pankhurst Avenue, traditionally having been used as a public space, is the ideal situation for this. It is time for Brighton

  • Letter: Flags are exempt

    It would be funny if it weren't so serious. The enforcement department of Worthing Council has completely misunderstood the law and thus played into the hands of the various parties who want to play fast and loose with our country's relationship with

  • Letter: We've bin recycling

    With the recent high winds, I now have a much better understanding of this recycling lark. I have recycled my tins and plastic bottles with the lady next door and my papers with the chap five doors down. The little titbits available on page three made

  • England earmark Sussex's best kids

    Sussex rugby youngsters have achieved international recognition on three fronts. There are call-ups for three players at under-19s and two at under-18s, with two others in line at under-16s. Alex Rogers, Dylan Hartley and Kiba Richards are in the squad

  • Southall watches Hastings stroll

    Neville Southall had his first glimpse of the Hastings United side he is set to take charge of at the Pilot Field last night. Five days after his appointment as Steve Lovell's successor at Hastings, Southall was an interested spectator as his new charges

  • Mayo's future in the balance

    Albion manager Mark McGhee today challenged Kerry Mayo to prove he is worth another contract. Long-serving Mayo's future with the Seagulls is in the balance after talks with McGhee about a new deal. The versatile defender has until the end of the season

  • HMV tunes into digital music craze

    HMV tuned in to the craze for digital music today by rolling out plans for a new downloading service. The group is teaming up with US giant Microsoft to develop software and hardware enabling music lovers to download their favourite songs direct to their

  • Sales shortfall disappoints Wimpey

    Housebuilder George Wimpey today said sales volumes in 2004 would fall short of last year after the company felt the impact of a slower market. Wimpey, which also runs Laing Homes, added that five interest rate rises and media speculation about prices

  • Hospital caf wins award

    A caf which brought bistro food to a hospital has won an award. The 20-20 caf at the East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre, based at Brighton General Hospital, has been recognised for its excellence in standards of cleanliness and food hygiene.

  • Expanding firm takes on extra managers

    Property firm Ellis and Partners has appointed two new directors following its expansion to Brighton and Hove. Sarah Rose, a fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents, and Simon Kleeman, a chartered building surveyor, take the tally up to six

  • Pub report angers aggrieved licensees

    MPs faced criticism today for failing to curb the power of pub chains which campaigners claim was heaping pressure on tenants and stifling consumer choice. The Trade and Industry Committee launched an inquiry amid concern that too many pubs were now owned

  • Mary Rose claim for auction cannonball

    A man tried to sell a cannonball on the internet, claiming it was from the Tudor warship Mary Rose. Police and coastguards raided his house in Westbourne, near Chichester, after the cannonball was offered on auction web site eBay. They were alerted to

  • Magical flight to see Santa ends in tears at airport

    More than 100 children were left heartbroken when a trip to see Father Christmas in Lapland was cancelled because their plane broke down. Youngsters burst into tears at Gatwick after their fantasy-like holiday to Santa's grotto was abandoned. Nine-year-old

  • Club promoter jailed for supplying drugs

    A nightclub promoter has been jailed for supplying cocaine to his friends. Idon Irwin enjoyed a lavish lifestyle as a high profile member of the Brighton night scene. Today the 48-year-old is starting a 30-month prison sentence after admitting possessing

  • Murder hunt follows missing earl's silence

    French police are treating the case of a missing Sussex aristocrat as murder. The news came as the Earl of Shaftesbury's family spoke for the first time and admitted: "We fear the worst." In a statement, the earl's son Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 27, said:

  • Letter: People still need somewhere to live

    I voted against Brighton and Hove City Council's proposals to pull the financial plug on the Big Issue Foundation. Labour and Tory councillors and senior council officers appear to believe that, by withdrawing support from the foundation, they will reduce

  • Letter: Women only

    It is reported that Hove Labour Party has been told to nominate a woman as the next parliamentary candidate for Hove. The current trend of political correctness to have an equal number of men, women and minority groups as MPs means a dumbing down of Parliament

  • Letter: They're not selling

    What is the point of the Local Plan? It has certainly cost us a great deal of money. If one turns to section H03, it states boldly that "a priority will be attached to securing the provision of three-bedroom accommodation suitable for families as well

  • The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Concorde 2,

    As The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster reached the outrageously heavy chorus of their opening song. An enthusiastic member of the audience climbed halfway up one of Concorde 2's floor-to-roof columns and began humping it wildly. Beneath him the outstretched

  • Fiery festival sees out the year's shortest day

    Thousands took part in one of the finest fiery spectacles seen this winter. Crowds of people lined the seafront to watch the Burning of Clocks' festival, which began exactly a decade ago to provide a celebration of the winter Solstice. About 2,000 adults

  • Bootleg Beatles, Brighton Centre, Wednesday December 22

    Tribute bands may be ten-a-penny right now but most don't have the magnetic allure or staying power of grandfathers of the genre, The Bootleg Beatles. What makes four experienced musicians and entertainers choose a career which follows the well-worn path

  • Former police boxes sold for £163,000

    With property prices still soaring, a canny buyer might have thought these two police boxes would be a bargain-buy to turn into cosy little homes. But the unassuming brick buildings fetched £163,000 - more than double their reserve prices - at auction

  • Letter: Workers' rights

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year will sound as hollow this year as it has every other year to the majority of Brighton building workers. Despite European rulings and Government and union initiatives, these workers will still find themselves over the

  • Letter: Blair has done much worse

    I do not condone the activities that led to David Blunkett's resignation. However, he has paid a heavy penalty compared with the price paid by the Prime Minister for his activities. Mr Blair ordered an attack on another country illegally (no authorisation

  • Letter: Help us save local green spaces

    They say those the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. This certainly would explain the actions of Mid-Sussex District Council (MSDC) and Crest Nicholson over their seemingly unstoppable further development of Bolnore city... sorry village near

  • Five-day strike for schools

    Schools are facing week-long strike action by classroom staff after talks over pay ended in failure. Teaching assistants in Brighton and Hove could strike at some schools for five days in the new year as the row escalates. The national Employers' Organisation

  • Letter: Rubbish idea?

    The high winds last Friday blew over hundreds of the new wheelie bins, many of them into the road, and lids of recycling boxes were blown into the air along with much of their contents. Mile Oak looked like a battle ground. When will it be cleared up

  • Letter: Existing rail link already avoids central London

    The suggested closure of the Brighton-Watford train service will affect many local people because it provides a way of travelling to the Midlands, Manchester, North Wales and on to Glasgow without going through central London. For older people this is

  • Geest gives bidder access to books

    Fresh foods group Geest today pledged to open its books after receiving a revised £503 million takeover approach. Geest said it was allowing Bakkavor - an Icelandic convenience foods company that produces ready meals and dips for UK supermarkets - to

  • Last minute pre-Christmas shopping flurry

    Retailers are gearing up for a pre-Christmas sales flurry today as last-minute shoppers prepared to buy their final presents. High street stores launched their festive sales push weeks ago, but many shoppers have still not found the time to find the gifts

  • Butlins decked out to launch flagship hotel

    It's the ocean cruise with a difference, allowing you to enjoy life on the high seas without worrying about getting seasick or finding the lifeboats. Doze off on the deck, nap in your cabin, soak up the sea views and dine at the captain's table, all without