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EPIC ANNOUNCES £114,000 PROFIT
EPIC, the Brighton-based software group, reported half-year pre-tax profits of £114,000. The figure is a modest improvement on the same period last year when the company turned in £103,000. Turnover during the six months fell to £1.36 million from the
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OOPS! IT'S A BURGLAR BUNGLE
AN error by statisticians wrongly labelled a town a crime blackspot, it was revealed today. Burgess Hill was dubbed the burglary capital of Mid Sussex after the publication of a hard-hitting report on crime in the county. The figures showed home owners
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EYESORE SPRAY THREAT TO TOWN'S ATTRACTIONS
POLICE and community leaders met today to stamp out a menace threatening Brighton's multi-million pound tourism industry. Graffiti vandals caused thousands of pounds' damage in a wrecking spree at the weekend and worried hoteliers are warning: "Clean
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JACQUI BEALING
THIS year my St Valentine's Day gift to my husband is a toaster. In fact, half a toaster. He's paying for the other half. That's his gift to me. Iknow this doesn't sound terribly romantic, but we've done roses, we've done meals out and we've done Paris
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Minton fit for action
ALBION playmaker Jeff Minton is ready to return to first team action. The Seagulls' nine-goal midfielder expects to be fit to face Exeter at the Priestfield Stadium on Saturday. Minton has missed the last three matches after hurting his right ankle at
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ACTION ON THE TOWN HALL TROUBLE-MAKERS
SECURITY is being stepped up at a town hall to halt a rise in abusive and threatening behaviour towards staff. Police have been called to Worthing Town Hall several times after trouble has flared between workers and aggressive customers. A report to councillors
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WONDER CROPS OR A THREAT TO MAN?
LEWES MP Norman Baker will next week launch a national campaign calling for a five-year ban on the use of genetically modified food in the UK. Amid growing concern about the long term effects of GM foods and crops, MATT ADAMS spoke to Mr Baker and those
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COUPLE HELD OVER BARMAID MURDER
POLICE have arrested a man and woman in Hove in connection with the murder of a barmaid in Lincolnshire more than four years ago. Lincolnshire detectives spent two weeks at Hove police station before making the arrests yesterday. The battered body of
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MENINGITIS AT RECORD LEVEL
MENINGITIS cases in Sussex have reached record levels. Nine people have been struck down with the killer bug across the county so far this year, according to new figures. In the Brighton, Hove and Lewes area, there were six cases in January alone, nearl
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EYESORE SPRAY THREAT TO TOWN'S ATTRACTIONS
POLICE and community leaders met today to stamp out a menace threatening Brighton's multi-million pound tourism industry. Graffiti vandals caused thousands of pounds' damage in a wrecking spree at the weekend and worried hoteliers are warning: "Clean
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Keeley after a new club
FORMER Albion star John Keeley has issued a "come and get me" plea to non-league clubs. Goalkeeper Keeley, who once commanded a transfer fee of £240,000, was left looking for a new club after quitting Ryman League side Lewes on Saturday. But he can't
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WONDER CROPS OR A THREAT TO MAN?
LEWES MP Norman Baker will next week launch a national campaign calling for a five-year ban on the use of genetically modified food in the UK. Amid growing concern about the long term effects of GM foods and crops, MATT ADAMS spoke to Mr Baker and those
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Keeley after a new club
FORMER Albion star John Keeley has issued a "come and get me" plea to non-league clubs. Goalkeeper Keeley, who once commanded a transfer fee of £240,000, was left looking for a new club after quitting Ryman League side Lewes on Saturday. But he can't
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DRIVER IS HERO OF SCHOOL BUS CRASH
THE driver of a school bus which ploughed into a cottage has been hailed a hero for helping his young passengers despite his own injuries. Geoffrey Mays, 22, led the shocked and crying children off the wrecked vehicle to safety even though he was bleeding
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LEAKING OIL POLLUTES A STREAM
ENVIRONMENT experts are investigating an oil leak which polluted a stream. Environment Agency officers have placed a boom across the stream and used absorbent material to soak up escaping oil from a tank on a construction site near Vines Cross Road, Horam
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EPIC ANNOUNCES £114,000 PROFIT
EPIC, the Brighton-based software group, reported half-year pre-tax profits of £114,000. The figure is a modest improvement on the same period last year when the company turned in £103,000. Turnover during the six months fell to £1.36 million from the
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OOPS! IT'S A BURGLAR BUNGLE
AN error by statisticians wrongly labelled a town a crime blackspot, it was revealed today. Burgess Hill was dubbed the burglary capital of Mid Sussex after the publication of a hard-hitting report on crime in the county. The figures showed home owners
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JACQUI BEALING
THIS year my St Valentine's Day gift to my husband is a toaster. In fact, half a toaster. He's paying for the other half. That's his gift to me. Iknow this doesn't sound terribly romantic, but we've done roses, we've done meals out and we've done Paris
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Minton fit for action
ALBION playmaker Jeff Minton is ready to return to first team action. The Seagulls' nine-goal midfielder expects to be fit to face Exeter at the Priestfield Stadium on Saturday. Minton has missed the last three matches after hurting his right ankle at
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ACTION ON THE TOWN HALL TROUBLE-MAKERS
SECURITY is being stepped up at a town hall to halt a rise in abusive and threatening behaviour towards staff. Police have been called to Worthing Town Hall several times after trouble has flared between workers and aggressive customers. A report to councillors
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DRIVER IS HERO OF SCHOOL BUS CRASH
THE driver of a school bus which ploughed into a cottage has been hailed a hero for helping his young passengers despite his own injuries. Geoffrey Mays, 22, led the shocked and crying children off the wrecked vehicle to safety even though he was bleeding
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COUPLE HELD OVER BARMAID MURDER
POLICE have arrested a man and woman in Hove in connection with the murder of a barmaid in Lincolnshire more than four years ago. Lincolnshire detectives spent two weeks at Hove police station before making the arrests yesterday. The battered body of
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MENINGITIS AT RECORD LEVEL
MENINGITIS cases in Sussex have reached record levels. Nine people have been struck down with the killer bug across the county so far this year, according to new figures. In the Brighton, Hove and Lewes area, there were six cases in January alone, nearl
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LEAKING OIL POLLUTES A STREAM
ENVIRONMENT experts are investigating an oil leak which polluted a stream. Environment Agency officers have placed a boom across the stream and used absorbent material to soak up escaping oil from a tank on a construction site near Vines Cross Road, Horam
