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NURSES failed to revive a dying woman after mixing up her notes with another patient.
Frail widow Marjorie Dyer, 85, had been looking forward to leaving Eastbourne District General Hospital before the blunder. But a mix-up meant she was not given full resuscitation when nurses were called to help her as she choked on her food. They did
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A LANDLORD who risked the lives of his tenants by failing to maintain gas heaters and cookers has be
A court was told how Paul Bowler's failure to meet gas safety regulations at a block of flats in Eastbourne could have had fatal consequences. Bowler, of Shepham Lane, Polegate, who manages 24 flats in the Eastbourne area, admitted at Eastbourne breaching
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REFUGEES fleeing from war-torn Kosovo were today being considered for political asylum after they we
Police surrounded the vehicle after the driver heard noises coming from the back and stopped at the Triangle Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill. Inside they found three refugees from Kosovo and another three from Afghanistan. The Kosovans, two women in their
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BRIGHTON'S oldest hotel, the Old Ship, has been sold for £5 million.
And its new owner, the Paramount Hotel Group, says it will spend £2 million turning the three-star seafront hotel into a four-star establishment over the next 18 months. All 152 bedrooms will undergo a refit, followed by alterations to the reception area
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ALBION are giving a trial to right-footed Brentford defender Andy Walker.
The teenager makes his debut in the Reserves against Bournemouth at Woodside Road, Worthing, tonight (7.0). Central defender Gary Macdonald plays his second match on trial from Portsmouth. Albion Reserves: Trigg; Walker, Mayo, Browne, Smith, Allan, Macdonald
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WWHAT a relief it was to hear that scientists have proved lack of sleep damages your IQ.
I'd been worrying about my increasing fondness for trash TV and my inability to read anything more taxing than a shopping list (and even then, I lose the plot). But now I know it's all down to the accumulative effect of a year of getting less than eight
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SUSSEX skipper Chris Adams is using Graham Gooch as his batting coach.
The former England captain came to the County Ground at Hove this winter. Adams will also be using Gooch regularly throughout the season and the sessions could be widened to include other Sussex players. "I have been working hard with Graham Gooch in
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A MULTI-MILLION pound deal to transfer thousands of council homes to a new landlord has finally been
Worthing Homes Ltd has taken control of 2,500 former council properties in the town after 18 months of consultation with tenants and staff. The £35 million deal was able to take place after Worthing Council balloted its tenants. Seventy-six per cent of
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HOSPITAL waiting lists in Sussex are set to miss the Government's end-of-year target by hundreds of
But local health chiefs have been congratulated for bringing the lists down as far as they have. Latest figures show the number of people waiting for operations at the end of last month in East Sussex was 19,519 - 819 more than Ministers want to see by
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MORE than 10,000 jobs in the South East are likely to disappear over the next two to three years, cl
According to the organisation, the National Minimum Wage, which comes into force tomorrow , will have a knock-on effect on wage differentials which will force firms to reduce their profits or increase their prices. Either of these, it says, will eventually
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REFUGEES fleeing from war-torn Kosovo were today being considered for political asylum after they we
Police surrounded the vehicle after the driver heard noises coming from the back and stopped at the Triangle Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill. Inside they found three refugees from Kosovo and another three from Afghanistan. The Kosovans, two women in their
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BRIGHTON'S oldest hotel, the Old Ship, has been sold for £5 million.
And its new owner, the Paramount Hotel Group, says it will spend £2 million turning the three-star seafront hotel into a four-star establishment over the next 18 months. All 152 bedrooms will undergo a refit, followed by alterations to the reception area
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ALBION are giving a trial to right-footed Brentford defender Andy Walker.
The teenager makes his debut in the Reserves against Bournemouth at Woodside Road, Worthing, tonight (7.0). Central defender Gary Macdonald plays his second match on trial from Portsmouth. Albion Reserves: Trigg; Walker, Mayo, Browne, Smith, Allan, Macdonald
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WWHAT a relief it was to hear that scientists have proved lack of sleep damages your IQ.
I'd been worrying about my increasing fondness for trash TV and my inability to read anything more taxing than a shopping list (and even then, I lose the plot). But now I know it's all down to the accumulative effect of a year of getting less than eight
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SUSSEX'S new overseas star Michael Di Venuto can't wait for his first taste of action with his new c
The Tasmanian left-hander is due to make his debut in tomorrow's day-night friendly against Kent even though he will still be recovering from a 24-hour flight which started in Hobart and involved stopovers in Melbourne, Sydney and Bangkok before he arrived
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SUSSEX skipper Chris Adams is using Graham Gooch as his batting coach.
The former England captain came to the County Ground at Hove this winter. Adams will also be using Gooch regularly throughout the season and the sessions could be widened to include other Sussex players. "I have been working hard with Graham Gooch in
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A MULTI-MILLION pound deal to transfer thousands of council homes to a new landlord has finally been
Worthing Homes Ltd has taken control of 2,500 former council properties in the town after 18 months of consultation with tenants and staff. The £35 million deal was able to take place after Worthing Council balloted its tenants. Seventy-six per cent of
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MUSICIAN Reg Leopold has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business during a remark
He has featured on recordings by artists including the Beatles, Cilla Black and Petula Clarke and now, at the age of nearly 92, lives quietly in Saltdean. ROWAN DORE reports. FOR most musicians, the invitation to work with Frank Sinatra would have been
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HOSPITAL waiting lists in Sussex are set to miss the Government's end-of-year target by hundreds of
But local health chiefs have been congratulated for bringing the lists down as far as they have. Latest figures show the number of people waiting for operations at the end of last month in East Sussex was 19,519 - 819 more than Ministers want to see by
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A TORY councillor may have helped a Sussex gun dealer set up his deadly business, the Argus can reve
John Kapp loaned Anthony Mitchell, jailed yesterday at the Old Bailey for eight years, more than £6,000 in three installments between 1993 and 1995. Mitchell, who had been a tenant of the Brighton and Hove councillor for ten years, told him the cash was
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SIX Sussex police officers will learn today whether they will be charged in connection with the poli
The officers, five suspended and one still on duty, are due to attend a police station in Kent this afternoon when they will be told their fates. Meanwhile, the Sussex Police Authority meets today to discuss reinstating Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse
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MORE than 10,000 jobs in the South East are likely to disappear over the next two to three years, cl
According to the organisation, the National Minimum Wage, which comes into force tomorrow , will have a knock-on effect on wage differentials which will force firms to reduce their profits or increase their prices. Either of these, it says, will eventually
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SUSSEX'S new overseas star Michael Di Venuto can't wait for his first taste of action with his new c
The Tasmanian left-hander is due to make his debut in tomorrow's day-night friendly against Kent even though he will still be recovering from a 24-hour flight which started in Hobart and involved stopovers in Melbourne, Sydney and Bangkok before he arrived
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MUSICIAN Reg Leopold has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business during a remark
He has featured on recordings by artists including the Beatles, Cilla Black and Petula Clarke and now, at the age of nearly 92, lives quietly in Saltdean. ROWAN DORE reports. FOR most musicians, the invitation to work with Frank Sinatra would have been
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A TORY councillor may have helped a Sussex gun dealer set up his deadly business, the Argus can reve
John Kapp loaned Anthony Mitchell, jailed yesterday at the Old Bailey for eight years, more than £6,000 in three installments between 1993 and 1995. Mitchell, who had been a tenant of the Brighton and Hove councillor for ten years, told him the cash was
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SIX Sussex police officers will learn today whether they will be charged in connection with the poli
The officers, five suspended and one still on duty, are due to attend a police station in Kent this afternoon when they will be told their fates. Meanwhile, the Sussex Police Authority meets today to discuss reinstating Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse
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NURSES failed to revive a dying woman after mixing up her notes with another patient.
Frail widow Marjorie Dyer, 85, had been looking forward to leaving Eastbourne District General Hospital before the blunder. But a mix-up meant she was not given full resuscitation when nurses were called to help her as she choked on her food. They did
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A LANDLORD who risked the lives of his tenants by failing to maintain gas heaters and cookers has be
A court was told how Paul Bowler's failure to meet gas safety regulations at a block of flats in Eastbourne could have had fatal consequences. Bowler, of Shepham Lane, Polegate, who manages 24 flats in the Eastbourne area, admitted at Eastbourne breaching
