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Hunt for sex attacker
Police are hunting a sex attacker who grabbed an 18-year-old woman in Shoreham. The victim was in an area of open ground known as The Ham, off Eastern Road, at 3am on Saturday. She struggled and ran to a nearby garage where police were called. Anyone
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Money manoeuvres
I offer some advice to West Sussex County Council which is planning to increase its council tax by 9.7 per cent (The Argus, January 30). Perhaps it could take a leaf out of Brighton and Hove's book and instal a bevy of benevolent parking attendants and
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Job swap officer's TV date
Two council officers who swapped jobs for a week will share their experiences with TV viewers tonight. Alison Redman works for Wealden District Council as a waste management officer. Until recently, Shane Clarke worked for Lambeth Council in South London
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
I suppose I could be called an old fuddy-duddy for looking back on the days when life was gentler and we got our enjoyment from simple pleasures. When I first came to live in Brighton at the beginning of the Seventies, I was lucky enough to live in the
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Scrap stadium plans
If one of the big superstores put in planning permission to build at the Seagulls' intended Falmer site and said it was the people's store, no doubt a fair number of people would use the site - maybe as many or more people as the Albion would get over
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Delay allows travellers to stay
The owner of a golf course will have to take court action to remove travellers after an emergency order was not given in time. Fifteen caravans and travellers moved into the car park at Benfield Valley Golf Course, in Hangleton, Hove, in January. Police
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Mexican waive
Nigel Bruce is mainly remembered as Dr Watson, a part he played admirably to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes. This character actor of the Thirties and Forties was wounded on the Western Front in the First World War, as was George Zucco, another famous
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Peace how?
The Argus (January 31) devoted a whole page to the comments of Palestinian pacifist Wajdi Mahmoud. I was sorry to read how his family shuddered at the sound of bombs and flinched at the sound of jets. Maybe you will provide equal covering of how Israelis
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Athletics: Jack is all right as claims title at last attempt
Jack Vail earned his first Sussex Schools Cross Country Championship title at his last attempt. Although one of the best young middle distance runners in the county, Vail had been limited to just one appearance because of illness. But the Brighton, Hove
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On their own
OH, dear. A handful of nobodies hiding behind the title of Society of Sussex Downsmen is going to oppose the stadium so much needed by Brighton and Hove at Falmer (The Argus, January 29). It is pitiful to think these people complain they may be able to
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Make detox a way of life
Our bodies and minds are heavily laden with toxins due to bad diets and eating habits, negative feelings and aggressive actions. Non-organic methods of farming have ruined the nutritional quality of much of our food. Our mental toxins come from ego, greed
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Graphic relief
Customers using the gents' loo at The Freemasons Tavern in Hove are getting a surprise. As they walk in, they are confronted with water rushing down a glass wall in front of an image of an erupting volcano. By introducing this feature, the management
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Don't stop
Because of my work, I have to move around Sussex and, especially, Brighton on a regular basis. It sems now Brighton and Hove has received a city charter it feels it can stop bothering. Travelling across Brighton, in particular through Churchill Square
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Ryman League: Hornets throw it away
Horsham boss John Maggs was furious after watching his side throw away a three goal lead in the final ten minutes at Theobalds Lane to draw 3-3 with lowly Cheshunt in division two. He said: "I'm disgusted. I never thought I'd see that happen from a team
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Health warning
The Government has been giving nurses wage rises well above the rate of inflation but they are still not properly paid. That's why many of them are leaving the profession altogether, or taking up temporary jobs. This has created a boom for firms such
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Fears for post office's future
A sub-post office which closed unexpectedly at Christmas may be sold to become a shop. The leasehold on the post office in St George's Road, Brighton, has been put on the market by mail bosses with an asking price of £50,000 and may be sold to any commercial
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Lack of trust
The headline reporting a council tax increase of five times the rate of inflation (The Argus, January 31) is a shocking indictment of the tax-and-spend policies of our spendthrift Labour council since it assumed full control of local government service
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Rich City League: Good times at Hailsham
If Joe Stevens decides not to continue as Hailsham's manager at the end of the season, there will surely be no lack of interest from other candidates. Last time Town advertised a managerial post at the Beaconsfield they only had six firm applicants. But
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Two halves
Those of us who campaigned vigorously against a directly elected mayor for Brighton and Hove are pleased to see the improved committee system taking shape. There is clearly more openness, democracy and public involvement than before. Equally, it knocks
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Rich City League: Durrant haunts Wick
Wick old boys Peter Durrant and Ben Milford combined on their debuts to help Southwick sink their former club. Sammy Donnelly's men snatched a 2-1 win at Crabtree Park, with Durrant heading the late winner from a Milford free-kick. Goalkeeper Dave Treadwell
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Dr Martens League: Six off in vital win for Saints
Six red cards were shown as St Leonards marched to a crucial 3-1 victory over eastern division relegation rivals Rugby United Saints, now off the bottom of the table, were quickly on the offensive and after 19 minutes Roy Godden nodded in the opener from
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Battle for places hots up
Brighton and Hove Albion face a triple selection dilemma as they bid to open a four-point lead on the chasing pack. The Seagulls will have Gary Hart, Simon Morgan and Paul Watson available again after one match bans as they tackle play-off hopefuls Tranmere
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Homes plan for police station
A former police station is likely to be converted into housing for people in need. The building in St Andrew's Road, Portslade, was used by police when Portslade was a separate town. It is owned by Brighton and Hove City Council and at a housing meeting
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Agency creates 100 care jobs
Almost 100 jobs are to be created to meet the growing call for temporary nurses and care assistants. Abacus Care, Kent and Sussex, is to create the posts during the next 12 months to meet demand in care homes and hospitals. The agency, based in Crowborough
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Dome raid jury sent home
The jury in the Millennium Dome diamond raid trial has been sent home after its first day of deliberations. The jury at the Old Bailey retired today to consider verdicts in the trial of five men accused of plotting to snatch gems worth £200 million from
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'Disgrace' of Britain's long-hours culture
The number of people working more than 48 hours a week has increased, according to a report out today. A top union leader called Britain's long-hours culture a national disgrace. Almost four million employees are working at least 48 hours a week, 350,000
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Have your say on parking
A public meeting is to discuss the impact of parking attendants and the enforcement of regulations. The People's Parking Protest, set up by Steve Percy, who runs System Electronics in Seven Dials, Brighton, is holding the meeting at The Railway Club,
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Alert for summer student families
The host family of a German student raped on her way to their home have called for extra vigilance to protect future visitors. The couple were racked with guilt after their 18-year-old guest, who had been in Brighton less than two weeks, was brutally
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Tories attack council tax rise
The Tories have attacked a proposed 10.9 per cent increase in council tax as "outrageous". The rise is likely to be recommended by Labour leaders of Brighton and Hove City Council. Tory opposition leader Councillor Brian Oxley said: "It is as we feared
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Matron in Filipino dispute replaced
A matron who lost her job because of a row about Filipino nurses has been temporarily replaced. Denise Chaffer will be acting matron at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust for six months. She is standing in for Rosemary Cranna, who sparked outrage
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Defector 'misses the Tory party'
Ivan Massow, the gay millionaire businessman and former Tory adviser who defected to Labour, has confessed he misses his old party. Eighteen months after his spectacular political U-turn, the Brighton-born entrepreneur has revealed he is having second
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999 crews get quicker
Sussex ambulance crews are reaching emergency cases quicker than ever. Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust has managed to hit the Government's target for responding to life-threatening calls. Ambulances have to reach three-quarters of high-priority calls
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Pupils inspired to opt for campus life
More school leavers are going on to study at university, thanks to the success of a new scheme. In its first year of operation the Sussex Coastal Highway has seen the number of potential undergraduates in Sussex rise by 30 per cent. Sixteen-year-old Durrington
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Money manoeuvres
I offer some advice to West Sussex County Council which is planning to increase its council tax by 9.7 per cent (The Argus, January 30). Perhaps it could take a leaf out of Brighton and Hove's book and instal a bevy of benevolent parking attendants and
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Job swap officer's TV date
Two council officers who swapped jobs for a week will share their experiences with TV viewers tonight. Alison Redman works for Wealden District Council as a waste management officer. Until recently, Shane Clarke worked for Lambeth Council in South London
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Human tragedy
Gill Carpenter's humorous lament about "turning into her mother" (Letters, January 30) put me in mind of Oscar Wilde's perceptive wit in The Importance Of Being Earnest, Act I: "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does.
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There's a volcano in our toilet
An artist has added a splash of colour to a pub's smallest rooms - with a water feature and a volcano. For regulars at the Freemasons Tavern in Western Road, Hove, a trip to the bathroom has become more like a visit to the Loo-vre. In the gents', a sheet
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Dyslexics helped by space science
Rupa Anandakumar is one of many people to have a form of dyslexia but she has not let it get in the way of what she wants to do. She is now a therapist working with autistic children. Nicky Woodward is also dyslexic. Having dealt with the condition from
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
After realising daughter was all set for another weekend slumped in front of Sabrina The Teenage Witch on the small screen, I decided to introduce some culture into her life. "Come on," I said on Saturday morning, "let's go to London." "Oh goodie," said
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
I suppose I could be called an old fuddy-duddy for looking back on the days when life was gentler and we got our enjoyment from simple pleasures. When I first came to live in Brighton at the beginning of the Seventies, I was lucky enough to live in the
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Maude hints at front bench comeback
Horsham MP Francis Maude has hinted he is ready for a return to the Conservative party front bench. The former Shadow Foreign Secretary effectively withdrew from frontline politics in the wake of Michael Portillo's defeat in the Tory leadership contest
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Push for new rail station
Councillors are pressing the Government to give a rail operator a 20-year franchise so it can replace Haywards Heath station. Mid Sussex District Council wants the agreement signed as soon as possible so Govia, the preferred bidder for the Brighton line
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Plea for action on graffiti plague
Residents and businesses near Worthing's central rail station are demanding council action to end a graffiti plague. Houses, businesses and walls in Cross Street are covered in vandals' spray-paint "tags". Six months ago Worthing council decided to spend
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Parking regime 'costs us trade'
Businesses say parking regulations are crippling their trade and must be changed. Traders in Hove Street and Sackville Road, Hove, say customers can no longer find spaces nearby and are taking their business elsewhere. The tighter regulations, brought
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Three years for a killer punch
A man who punched and killed a man in a night club argument has today been jailed for three years. Shane Manville hit Anthony Evans, 29, in the face, knocking him to the floor, after an altercation at the bar. Today, Manville, 26, of Glynde Road, Brighton
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Mexican waive
Nigel Bruce is mainly remembered as Dr Watson, a part he played admirably to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes. This character actor of the Thirties and Forties was wounded on the Western Front in the First World War, as was George Zucco, another famous
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Peace how?
The Argus (January 31) devoted a whole page to the comments of Palestinian pacifist Wajdi Mahmoud. I was sorry to read how his family shuddered at the sound of bombs and flinched at the sound of jets. Maybe you will provide equal covering of how Israelis
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Athletics: Jack is all right as claims title at last attempt
Jack Vail earned his first Sussex Schools Cross Country Championship title at his last attempt. Although one of the best young middle distance runners in the county, Vail had been limited to just one appearance because of illness. But the Brighton, Hove
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Bears lose plot and a shot at Trophy
Bears failed to follow the script on their big day and it cost them a place in the BBL Trophy semi-final. Nick Nurse's men went down for the fourth successive time to London Towers in yesterday's quarter-final at the Coventry Skydome and again it was
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Make detox a way of life
Our bodies and minds are heavily laden with toxins due to bad diets and eating habits, negative feelings and aggressive actions. Non-organic methods of farming have ruined the nutritional quality of much of our food. Our mental toxins come from ego, greed
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Don't stop
Because of my work, I have to move around Sussex and, especially, Brighton on a regular basis. It sems now Brighton and Hove has received a city charter it feels it can stop bothering. Travelling across Brighton, in particular through Churchill Square
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Two halves
Those of us who campaigned vigorously against a directly elected mayor for Brighton and Hove are pleased to see the improved committee system taking shape. There is clearly more openness, democracy and public involvement than before. Equally, it knocks
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Man dies in Mercedes smash
A man was killed when the car he was in left an East Sussex road and crashed into a tree. The 26-year-old from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was driving the Mercedes on the B2104 at Hailsham when it left the road at 10.44pm yesterday. Fire crews freed the man
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Arrogant planners ignore local opinion
I read with considerable interest and not a little amazement about the proposed West Hove Forum (The Argus, January 25) with its brief to "bring people together to create a neighbourhood forum that will have a powerful voice to enhance and improve the
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Dr Martens League: Six off in vital win for Saints
Six red cards were shown as St Leonards marched to a crucial 3-1 victory over eastern division relegation rivals Rugby United Saints, now off the bottom of the table, were quickly on the offensive and after 19 minutes Roy Godden nodded in the opener from
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Dr Martens League: Crawley happy with a point
Crawley extended their lead in the premier division to five points with a 0-0 draw at Ilkeston in farcical conditions caused by torrential rain at the New Manor ground. Reds will be content with a point, especially as title rivals Kettering lost 3-1 at
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Battle for places hots up
Brighton and Hove Albion face a triple selection dilemma as they bid to open a four-point lead on the chasing pack. The Seagulls will have Gary Hart, Simon Morgan and Paul Watson available again after one match bans as they tackle play-off hopefuls Tranmere
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Protest aims to halt homes
More than 200 protesters joined a windswept countryside rally against plans for a major housing development. Football pundit Jimmy Hill and actresses Greta Scacchi and Judy Parfitt joined MP Howard Flight and local councillors on farmland to the west
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Policeman hurt in van smash
An investigation was under way today after a marked police van carrying eight officers was involved in a crash with a car. Firefighters had to cut one policeman, believed to the driver, from the van following the accident at Lavant, near Chichester. The
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Pay deals vary sharply
Pay deals have ranged from a wage freeze to rises of 7.5 per cent in recent weeks. Increases in the minimum wage and shortages of skilled workers in the rail industry, construction and public services have helped boost pay rates in some sectors. Workers
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'Disgrace' of Britain's long-hours culture
The number of people working more than 48 hours a week has increased, according to a report out today. A top union leader called Britain's long-hours culture a national disgrace. Almost four million employees are working at least 48 hours a week, 350,000
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Tories attack council tax rise
The Tories have attacked a proposed 10.9 per cent increase in council tax as "outrageous". The rise is likely to be recommended by Labour leaders of Brighton and Hove City Council. Tory opposition leader Councillor Brian Oxley said: "It is as we feared
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Drawing on ancient tribal wisdom
IN 1838, the Cherokee Indians were forcibly evicted from their homeland in Georgia after gold was discovered there. They undertook, on foot, an arduous 800-mile journey westwards to Oklahoma. During the six-month ordeal, thousands of Cherokees died, yet
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Defector 'misses the Tory party'
Ivan Massow, the gay millionaire businessman and former Tory adviser who defected to Labour, has confessed he misses his old party. Eighteen months after his spectacular political U-turn, the Brighton-born entrepreneur has revealed he is having second
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999 crews get quicker
Sussex ambulance crews are reaching emergency cases quicker than ever. Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust has managed to hit the Government's target for responding to life-threatening calls. Ambulances have to reach three-quarters of high-priority calls
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Pupils inspired to opt for campus life
More school leavers are going on to study at university, thanks to the success of a new scheme. In its first year of operation the Sussex Coastal Highway has seen the number of potential undergraduates in Sussex rise by 30 per cent. Sixteen-year-old Durrington
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Performance-related pay
The new way of running Brighton and Hove City Council tells us nothing about exactly how decisions will be made. Presumably, as before, the committee will decide, thus ensuring individual anonymity. Moreover, with one-third fewer councillors and a committee
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Human tragedy
Gill Carpenter's humorous lament about "turning into her mother" (Letters, January 30) put me in mind of Oscar Wilde's perceptive wit in The Importance Of Being Earnest, Act I: "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does.
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There's a volcano in our toilet
An artist has added a splash of colour to a pub's smallest rooms - with a water feature and a volcano. For regulars at the Freemasons Tavern in Western Road, Hove, a trip to the bathroom has become more like a visit to the Loo-vre. In the gents', a sheet
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Dyslexics helped by space science
Rupa Anandakumar is one of many people to have a form of dyslexia but she has not let it get in the way of what she wants to do. She is now a therapist working with autistic children. Nicky Woodward is also dyslexic. Having dealt with the condition from
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
After realising daughter was all set for another weekend slumped in front of Sabrina The Teenage Witch on the small screen, I decided to introduce some culture into her life. "Come on," I said on Saturday morning, "let's go to London." "Oh goodie," said
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Sea change for local democracy
It has taken Brighton and Hove Council more than three months to work out its proposed new system of government. Citizens decisively rejected having a directly-elected mayor running the city in a referendum last October. Other cities which took the same
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Push for new rail station
Councillors are pressing the Government to give a rail operator a 20-year franchise so it can replace Haywards Heath station. Mid Sussex District Council wants the agreement signed as soon as possible so Govia, the preferred bidder for the Brighton line
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Parking regime 'costs us trade'
Businesses say parking regulations are crippling their trade and must be changed. Traders in Hove Street and Sackville Road, Hove, say customers can no longer find spaces nearby and are taking their business elsewhere. The tighter regulations, brought
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Three years for a killer punch
A man who punched and killed a man in a night club argument has today been jailed for three years. Shane Manville hit Anthony Evans, 29, in the face, knocking him to the floor, after an altercation at the bar. Today, Manville, 26, of Glynde Road, Brighton
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Basketball: Thunder put an end to losing streak
Worthing Thunder ended their five game losing run in style and knocked Teesside off the top of the NBL conference. Thunder beat their old rivals 88-84 in a dramatic clash at the Leisure Centre, despite having skipper Paul Mundy-Castle ejected in the first
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Thieves about
What is Brighton and Hove becoming - a den of thieves? Petty theft seems to be taking over. An opportunist thief conned carers at a care home and robbed them. The same week, a member of staff from the same home had her bag stolen while shopping in Brighton
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Bears lose plot and a shot at Trophy
Bears failed to follow the script on their big day and it cost them a place in the BBL Trophy semi-final. Nick Nurse's men went down for the fourth successive time to London Towers in yesterday's quarter-final at the Coventry Skydome and again it was
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City has to come first
Electors in Brighton and Hove had the chance to bring in a new and vibrant form of democracy last year by voting for a directly-elected mayor. But in a referendum they decisively rejected the idea and voted instead for an improved version of the old committee
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Arrogant planners ignore local opinion
I read with considerable interest and not a little amazement about the proposed West Hove Forum (The Argus, January 25) with its brief to "bring people together to create a neighbourhood forum that will have a powerful voice to enhance and improve the
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Dr Martens League: Crawley happy with a point
Crawley extended their lead in the premier division to five points with a 0-0 draw at Ilkeston in farcical conditions caused by torrential rain at the New Manor ground. Reds will be content with a point, especially as title rivals Kettering lost 3-1 at
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Protest aims to halt homes
More than 200 protesters joined a windswept countryside rally against plans for a major housing development. Football pundit Jimmy Hill and actresses Greta Scacchi and Judy Parfitt joined MP Howard Flight and local councillors on farmland to the west
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Cut-price fares war at airport
British Airways is to fight back from big losses announced today with plans for a no-frills price war at Gatwick. It is also expected to announce later this month that almost 7,000 jobs will be slashed from its payroll in the next five years. The airline
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Pay deals vary sharply
Pay deals have ranged from a wage freeze to rises of 7.5 per cent in recent weeks. Increases in the minimum wage and shortages of skilled workers in the rail industry, construction and public services have helped boost pay rates in some sectors. Workers
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Waves warning as man swept away
Seafront sightseers have been branded "crazy" for risking their lives in crashing 30ft waves, hours after a man was swept to his death. Thrill-seekers have been flocking to Brighton promenade to dodge huge waves battering the shore. But last night they
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Cost remains a barrier to working
Which of us do not have friends or relatives who are working mothers? And how many more parents are there out there who would like to return to work but are prevented by childcare issues? These were some of the questions prompting the recent survey of
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Drawing on ancient tribal wisdom
IN 1838, the Cherokee Indians were forcibly evicted from their homeland in Georgia after gold was discovered there. They undertook, on foot, an arduous 800-mile journey westwards to Oklahoma. During the six-month ordeal, thousands of Cherokees died, yet
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Hunt for sex attacker
Police are hunting a sex attacker who grabbed an 18-year-old woman in Shoreham. The victim was in an area of open ground known as The Ham, off Eastern Road, at 3am on Saturday. She struggled and ran to a nearby garage where police were called. Anyone
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Performance-related pay
The new way of running Brighton and Hove City Council tells us nothing about exactly how decisions will be made. Presumably, as before, the committee will decide, thus ensuring individual anonymity. Moreover, with one-third fewer councillors and a committee
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Date
Sea change for local democracy
It has taken Brighton and Hove Council more than three months to work out its proposed new system of government. Citizens decisively rejected having a directly-elected mayor running the city in a referendum last October. Other cities which took the same
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Date
Protest aims to halt homes
More than 200 protesters joined a windswept countryside rally against plans for a major housing development. Football pundit Jimmy Hill and actresses Greta Scacchi and Judy Parfitt joined MP Howard Flight and local councillors on farmland to the west
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Cut-price fares war at airport
British Airways is to fight back from big losses announced today with plans for a no-frills price war at Gatwick. It is also expected to announce later this month that almost 7,000 jobs will be slashed from its payroll in the next five years. The airline
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Appeal over PO robbery
Police are appealing for witnesses after a Littlehampton post office was robbed. The raid at the Horsham Road Post Office happened shortly before 8am today. Cash was stolen. Four men were seen leaving the area in a red vehicle, heading south towards the
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Push for new rail station
Councillors are pressing the Government to give a rail operator a 20-year franchise so it can replace Haywards Heath station. Mid Sussex District Council wants the agreement signed as soon as possible so Govia, the preferred bidder for the Brighton line
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Port 'becoming a smugglers' haven'
A Sussex port is becoming a "smugglers' den" following cuts in the number of customs officers, an MP has warned. Lewes MP Norman Baker says the number of customs workers at Newhaven docks has fallen by 88 per cent in 12 years. The Home Office, replying
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Scrap stadium plans
If one of the big superstores put in planning permission to build at the Seagulls' intended Falmer site and said it was the people's store, no doubt a fair number of people would use the site - maybe as many or more people as the Albion would get over
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Delay allows travellers to stay
The owner of a golf course will have to take court action to remove travellers after an emergency order was not given in time. Fifteen caravans and travellers moved into the car park at Benfield Valley Golf Course, in Hangleton, Hove, in January. Police
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On their own
OH, dear. A handful of nobodies hiding behind the title of Society of Sussex Downsmen is going to oppose the stadium so much needed by Brighton and Hove at Falmer (The Argus, January 29). It is pitiful to think these people complain they may be able to
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Basketball: Thunder put an end to losing streak
Worthing Thunder ended their five game losing run in style and knocked Teesside off the top of the NBL conference. Thunder beat their old rivals 88-84 in a dramatic clash at the Leisure Centre, despite having skipper Paul Mundy-Castle ejected in the first
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Thieves about
What is Brighton and Hove becoming - a den of thieves? Petty theft seems to be taking over. An opportunist thief conned carers at a care home and robbed them. The same week, a member of staff from the same home had her bag stolen while shopping in Brighton
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Graphic relief
Customers using the gents' loo at The Freemasons Tavern in Hove are getting a surprise. As they walk in, they are confronted with water rushing down a glass wall in front of an image of an erupting volcano. By introducing this feature, the management
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Ryman League: Hornets throw it away
Horsham boss John Maggs was furious after watching his side throw away a three goal lead in the final ten minutes at Theobalds Lane to draw 3-3 with lowly Cheshunt in division two. He said: "I'm disgusted. I never thought I'd see that happen from a team
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Health warning
The Government has been giving nurses wage rises well above the rate of inflation but they are still not properly paid. That's why many of them are leaving the profession altogether, or taking up temporary jobs. This has created a boom for firms such
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Fears for post office's future
A sub-post office which closed unexpectedly at Christmas may be sold to become a shop. The leasehold on the post office in St George's Road, Brighton, has been put on the market by mail bosses with an asking price of £50,000 and may be sold to any commercial
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Lack of trust
The headline reporting a council tax increase of five times the rate of inflation (The Argus, January 31) is a shocking indictment of the tax-and-spend policies of our spendthrift Labour council since it assumed full control of local government service
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Rich City League: Good times at Hailsham
If Joe Stevens decides not to continue as Hailsham's manager at the end of the season, there will surely be no lack of interest from other candidates. Last time Town advertised a managerial post at the Beaconsfield they only had six firm applicants. But
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City has to come first
Electors in Brighton and Hove had the chance to bring in a new and vibrant form of democracy last year by voting for a directly-elected mayor. But in a referendum they decisively rejected the idea and voted instead for an improved version of the old committee
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Rich City League: Durrant haunts Wick
Wick old boys Peter Durrant and Ben Milford combined on their debuts to help Southwick sink their former club. Sammy Donnelly's men snatched a 2-1 win at Crabtree Park, with Durrant heading the late winner from a Milford free-kick. Goalkeeper Dave Treadwell
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Busby Babe's golf row
A former "Busby Babe" today refused to be drawn on a report that a golf club row led to him having a heart attack. A Sunday newspaper claimed former Manchester United goalkeeper Ray Wood, 70, was bullied and victimised for refusing to wear the brightly-coloured
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Homes plan for police station
A former police station is likely to be converted into housing for people in need. The building in St Andrew's Road, Portslade, was used by police when Portslade was a separate town. It is owned by Brighton and Hove City Council and at a housing meeting
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Three years for a killer punch
A man who punched and killed a man in a night club argument has today been jailed for three years. Shane Manville hit Anthony Evans, 29, in the face, knocking him to the floor, after an altercation at the bar. Today, Manville, 26, of Glynde Road, Brighton
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Agency creates 100 care jobs
Almost 100 jobs are to be created to meet the growing call for temporary nurses and care assistants. Abacus Care, Kent and Sussex, is to create the posts during the next 12 months to meet demand in care homes and hospitals. The agency, based in Crowborough
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Dome raid jury sent home
The jury in the Millennium Dome diamond raid trial has been sent home after its first day of deliberations. The jury at the Old Bailey retired today to consider verdicts in the trial of five men accused of plotting to snatch gems worth £200 million from
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Cut-price fares war at airport
British Airways is to fight back from big losses announced today with plans for a no-frills price war at Gatwick. It is also expected to announce later this month that almost 7,000 jobs will be slashed from its payroll in the next five years. The airline
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Have your say on parking
A public meeting is to discuss the impact of parking attendants and the enforcement of regulations. The People's Parking Protest, set up by Steve Percy, who runs System Electronics in Seven Dials, Brighton, is holding the meeting at The Railway Club,
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Alert for summer student families
The host family of a German student raped on her way to their home have called for extra vigilance to protect future visitors. The couple were racked with guilt after their 18-year-old guest, who had been in Brighton less than two weeks, was brutally
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Waves warning as man swept away
Seafront sightseers have been branded "crazy" for risking their lives in crashing 30ft waves, hours after a man was swept to his death. Thrill-seekers have been flocking to Brighton promenade to dodge huge waves battering the shore. But last night they
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Matron in Filipino dispute replaced
A matron who lost her job because of a row about Filipino nurses has been temporarily replaced. Denise Chaffer will be acting matron at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust for six months. She is standing in for Rosemary Cranna, who sparked outrage
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Cost remains a barrier to working
Which of us do not have friends or relatives who are working mothers? And how many more parents are there out there who would like to return to work but are prevented by childcare issues? These were some of the questions prompting the recent survey of
