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BUSINESS failures jumped by more than a fifth in the first three months of the year.
More than 11,000 companies have failed since January 1, figures from leading credit information company Dun & Bradstreet show. The total of 11,093 is up from 9,185 in the same three months in 1998, an increase of 21 per cent. The worst-hit region
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A TEENAGER needed hospital treatment for alcohol poisoning after she was sold drink at an off-licenc
The 15-year-old girl was unconscious at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, for seven hours. She and another girl of 15 were illegally sold peach schnapps, Budweiser, and Bacardi. Now police have warned they will get tough on licensees who sell
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BRIGHTON Bears have been given a £100,000 boost before they even tip off for the first time in thei
That's the amount Brighton and Hove council are spending to make sure that the club have the best possible facilities when the Bears return to the town after 15 years in Worthing in September. They are footing the bill for a wooden sprung floor, Olympic-sized
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TWO THOUSAND jobs could be created at new factories on land between Worthing and Sompting.
But the move today sparked a furious row between two council leaders. Worthing Council planners say the new factories will bring much-needed jobs to the town. But West Sussex County Council's Conservative leader Graham Forshaw said today that the move
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FOR 77 years the Rotary Club of Worthing has been a male only stronghold.
Now finally, in 1999, more than 80 per cent of members have voted to accept the opposite sex. Two years ago, when the Worthing club last voted on the issue, women were kept out by a close vote. Now members have changed their minds. Haydn Smith, president
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TWO brothers were due in court today charged in connection with the weekend stabbing death of a Brig
Darren Mateer, 30, from Whitehawk, is accused of murder and affray. His brother Jonathan, 26, also from Whitehawk, is charged with affray. A19-year-old woman arrested after the death of Jay Kensett, 16, has since been released on bail. Jay died at the
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A MAN who held a couple and a six-month-old baby hostage at their own flat has been jailed for three
Lewes Crown Court heard 39-year-old Stephen Fisher held the family against their will just two months after he was released following a five-year prison sentence for kidnap and robbery. During the three-day ordeal, Fisher did not allow Sara and Kevin
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DEATH threats on Brighton's Whitehawk estate today prompted police and politicians to issue an urgen
Extra patrols are on the streets of the estate in the wake of the life sentence given to labourer Colin Stacey for the murder of rival football fan Leigh Shaw. Co-accused Ryan Bish was found not guilty and, it is understood, threats have now been made
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SUSSEX'S new overseas star Michael Di Venuto won't have to wait long before his first taste of count
The Tasmanian left-hander was due to fly into Gatwick this morning and Sussex hope he will make his debut in Thursday's day-night friendly against Kent under the new permanent floodlights at Hove. Cricket Manager Peter Moores said: "The plan is for Michael
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TWO THOUSAND jobs could be created at new factories on land between Worthing and Sompting.
But the move today sparked a furious row between two council leaders. Worthing Council planners say the new factories will bring much-needed jobs to the town. But West Sussex County Council's Conservative leader Graham Forshaw said today that the move
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by LIZZIE ENFIELD
HAVE spent all week trying to avoid computer programmer, who boards at Haywards Heath and does incomprehensible things on laptop for rest of the journey. This week, apparently inspired by the fine weather, Haywards Heath has left laptop in office and
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FOR 77 years the Rotary Club of Worthing has been a male only stronghold.
Now finally, in 1999, more than 80 per cent of members have voted to accept the opposite sex. Two years ago, when the Worthing club last voted on the issue, women were kept out by a close vote. Now members have changed their minds. Haydn Smith, president
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TWO brothers were due in court today charged in connection with the weekend stabbing death of a Brig
Darren Mateer, 30, from Whitehawk, is accused of murder and affray. His brother Jonathan, 26, also from Whitehawk, is charged with affray. A19-year-old woman arrested after the death of Jay Kensett, 16, has since been released on bail. Jay died at the
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A MAN who held a couple and a six-month-old baby hostage at their own flat has been jailed for three
Lewes Crown Court heard 39-year-old Stephen Fisher held the family against their will just two months after he was released following a five-year prison sentence for kidnap and robbery. During the three-day ordeal, Fisher did not allow Sara and Kevin
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DEATH threats on Brighton's Whitehawk estate today prompted police and politicians to issue an urgen
Extra patrols are on the streets of the estate in the wake of the life sentence given to labourer Colin Stacey for the murder of rival football fan Leigh Shaw. Co-accused Ryan Bish was found not guilty and, it is understood, threats have now been made
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DUNCAN McArthur returns to youth team action tonight as Albion's kids seek a place in the semi-final
The left-sided midfielder has played in the last two first team matches. McArthur lines up at Nyewood Lane, Bognor, with two more fringe first teamers, Danny Davis and Scott Ramsay, in an Albion side aiming for revenge against Luton (7.30). Goalkeeper
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SUSSEX'S new overseas star Michael Di Venuto won't have to wait long before his first taste of count
The Tasmanian left-hander was due to fly into Gatwick this morning and Sussex hope he will make his debut in Thursday's day-night friendly against Kent under the new permanent floodlights at Hove. Cricket Manager Peter Moores said: "The plan is for Michael
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by LIZZIE ENFIELD
HAVE spent all week trying to avoid computer programmer, who boards at Haywards Heath and does incomprehensible things on laptop for rest of the journey. This week, apparently inspired by the fine weather, Haywards Heath has left laptop in office and
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ALBION fan Chris Hill will have a big hand in the future of the club.
The Argus can today reveal that Chris, 43, is the man whose palm features in a new referendum campaign. Brighton and Hove Council launched a search for the supporter whose outstretched arm is used in publicity material urging people to vote on plans for
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AN "air rage" passenger's behaviour was so bad she had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat, a
The captain of a British Airways jet later said he had never come across anything like it in more than 30 years as a pilot. It was alleged that a passenger and a cabin crew member were punched during the incident. Belinda Seery, 34, denied endangering
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THE DEVASTATED parents of a two-year-old meningitis victim today issued a stark warning to other fam
The little girl was the first of five to fall ill in the largest outbreak of highly-contagious strain C meningitis doctors in East Sussex have ever seen. Despite attempts to save her the tot died within hours of falling ill. She showed no symptoms of
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BUSINESS failures jumped by more than a fifth in the first three months of the year.
More than 11,000 companies have failed since January 1, figures from leading credit information company Dun & Bradstreet show. The total of 11,093 is up from 9,185 in the same three months in 1998, an increase of 21 per cent. The worst-hit region
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A TEENAGER needed hospital treatment for alcohol poisoning after she was sold drink at an off-licenc
The 15-year-old girl was unconscious at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, for seven hours. She and another girl of 15 were illegally sold peach schnapps, Budweiser, and Bacardi. Now police have warned they will get tough on licensees who sell
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DUNCAN McArthur returns to youth team action tonight as Albion's kids seek a place in the semi-final
The left-sided midfielder has played in the last two first team matches. McArthur lines up at Nyewood Lane, Bognor, with two more fringe first teamers, Danny Davis and Scott Ramsay, in an Albion side aiming for revenge against Luton (7.30). Goalkeeper
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BRIGHTON Bears have been given a £100,000 boost before they even tip off for the first time in thei
That's the amount Brighton and Hove council are spending to make sure that the club have the best possible facilities when the Bears return to the town after 15 years in Worthing in September. They are footing the bill for a wooden sprung floor, Olympic-sized
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ALBION fan Chris Hill will have a big hand in the future of the club.
The Argus can today reveal that Chris, 43, is the man whose palm features in a new referendum campaign. Brighton and Hove Council launched a search for the supporter whose outstretched arm is used in publicity material urging people to vote on plans for
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AN "air rage" passenger's behaviour was so bad she had to be handcuffed and strapped to her seat, a
The captain of a British Airways jet later said he had never come across anything like it in more than 30 years as a pilot. It was alleged that a passenger and a cabin crew member were punched during the incident. Belinda Seery, 34, denied endangering
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THE DEVASTATED parents of a two-year-old meningitis victim today issued a stark warning to other fam
The little girl was the first of five to fall ill in the largest outbreak of highly-contagious strain C meningitis doctors in East Sussex have ever seen. Despite attempts to save her the tot died within hours of falling ill. She showed no symptoms of
