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JOB worries across the South East are receding dramatically, according to a report out today.
The Business Strategies study also revealed that people in the region, which covers East and West Sussex, are becoming increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months. Melanie Lansbury, Business Strategies managing economist
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A HIT-AND-RUN driver left a 13-year-old boy with a broken ankle.
Karl Trott was visiting his grandparents in Cowley Drive, Woodingdean, Brighton, and had just got off a bus at 1.30pm when yesterday's accident happened. The driver of the silver F-registration Peugeot slowed but then sped away. Karl's mother Dawn, of
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A DEVELOPER has been told to move the foundations of blocks of flats which are being built in the wr
Work had already started on the 14 two-bedroomed flats in Sea Road, East Preston, when workers were ordered to down tools after the mistake was spotted. The flats are supposed to be 31ft from Sea Road, but are only 18ft away. Now Arun Council says if
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AUTHOR James Herbert releases his new novel Others today. JACQUI BEALING met him at his home near He
IT WOULD BE too much of a cliche to expect James Herbert, millionaire author of horror fiction, to live in a sinister house infested with your worst nightmares. But to discover that his attractive Sussex home is dazzlingly white, both inside and out,
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THE Brighton line could soon be going on-line.
Train passengers may soon be able to travel along the information super-highway from their local railway station. Ringdale, a subsidiary of Burgess-Hill-based computer company Network Technology, says talks with Connex SouthCentral to set up Internet
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TEACHERS across Brighton and Hove have threatened to strike in support of colleagues at Marina High
Some teachers at the school will lose their jobs when it closes next term before reopening as a media and arts college. The Brighton and Hove Teachers' Association, the local branch of the NUT, says staff at other schools could take "discontinuous action
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JOB worries across the South East are receding dramatically, according to a report out today.
The Business Strategies study also revealed that people in the region, which covers East and West Sussex, are becoming increasingly optimistic about the economic outlook for the next 12 months. Melanie Lansbury, Business Strategies managing economist
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A HOME owner was in his local when a barmaid rushed in to tell him his bungalow was on fire.
Colin Clayton ran outside to find his bungalow ablaze and firefighters already at the scene. But most of the chalet bungalow in Dunnings Road, East Grinstead, was wrecked. Mr Clayton, 43, said: "I rushed out but it was too late to do anything. There was
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A HIT-AND-RUN driver left a 13-year-old boy with a broken ankle.
Karl Trott was visiting his grandparents in Cowley Drive, Woodingdean, Brighton, and had just got off a bus at 1.30pm when yesterday's accident happened. The driver of the silver F-registration Peugeot slowed but then sped away. Karl's mother Dawn, of
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A WOMAN who was trying to feed me a juicy, confidential titbit about the ruling clique on Brighton a
When I asked why, she replied: "I remembered that you were Labour." Only a fortnight earlier, I was told by a Conservative councillor who'd known me for years that I was a Liberal Democrat, even though I disagree strongly with the basic tenet of their
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A DEVELOPER has been told to move the foundations of blocks of flats which are being built in the wr
Work had already started on the 14 two-bedroomed flats in Sea Road, East Preston, when workers were ordered to down tools after the mistake was spotted. The flats are supposed to be 31ft from Sea Road, but are only 18ft away. Now Arun Council says if
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AUTHOR James Herbert releases his new novel Others today. JACQUI BEALING met him at his home near He
IT WOULD BE too much of a cliche to expect James Herbert, millionaire author of horror fiction, to live in a sinister house infested with your worst nightmares. But to discover that his attractive Sussex home is dazzlingly white, both inside and out,
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Mystery death of sheikh, aged 24
AN investigation continued today into the mystery death in Sussex of a member of the ruling family of the oil-rich emirate of Sharjah. The Argus has learned that tests being conducted into the cause of his death include one to determine whether Sheikh
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TEACHERS across Brighton and Hove have threatened to strike in support of colleagues at Marina High
Some teachers at the school will lose their jobs when it closes next term before reopening as a media and arts college. The Brighton and Hove Teachers' Association, the local branch of the NUT, says staff at other schools could take "discontinuous action
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THE owner of a Sussex mansion watched his luxury home go up in flames early today.
Forty firefighters battled a blaze at Glebe House, in Northiam, near Rye, for more than four hours after Nigel Anthrobus, his family and two guests fled the eight-bedroom Victorian mansion. Mr Anthrobus, surveying the damage later, said: "It's been a
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A HOME owner was in his local when a barmaid rushed in to tell him his bungalow was on fire.
Colin Clayton ran outside to find his bungalow ablaze and firefighters already at the scene. But most of the chalet bungalow in Dunnings Road, East Grinstead, was wrecked. Mr Clayton, 43, said: "I rushed out but it was too late to do anything. There was
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A WOMAN who was trying to feed me a juicy, confidential titbit about the ruling clique on Brighton a
When I asked why, she replied: "I remembered that you were Labour." Only a fortnight earlier, I was told by a Conservative councillor who'd known me for years that I was a Liberal Democrat, even though I disagree strongly with the basic tenet of their
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ROD Thomas may be back to boost Albion's fight against relegation after all.
The Seagulls have abandoned plans to send their wing wizard on another rehabilitation visit to Lilleshall in a desperate attempt to get him fit for the last three matches of the season. Thomas has not played for Albion this year. He hurt a hamstring at
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ALBION have made a £1.4 million loss for the second year running.
That is how much the club was in the red in the year ending May 1998, their first at Gillingham. The cash-strapped Seagulls shipped a similar amount in the year ending May 1997, their last at the Goldstone. Annual accounts filed at Companies House show
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Mystery death of sheikh, aged 24
AN investigation continued today into the mystery death in Sussex of a member of the ruling family of the oil-rich emirate of Sharjah. The Argus has learned that tests being conducted into the cause of his death include one to determine whether Sheikh
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MISCHIEVOUS schoolgirl Roxanne Cutting has always been a real handful.
And now her long-suffering mum Sonia has been given confirmation of what she always suspected - her daughter is a real-life Dennis the Menace. Roxanne, 11, has been playing pranks on her family since she was a toddler. When she was only four, she hacked
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THE owner of a Sussex mansion watched his luxury home go up in flames early today.
Forty firefighters battled a blaze at Glebe House, in Northiam, near Rye, for more than four hours after Nigel Anthrobus, his family and two guests fled the eight-bedroom Victorian mansion. Mr Anthrobus, surveying the damage later, said: "It's been a
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ROD Thomas may be back to boost Albion's fight against relegation after all.
The Seagulls have abandoned plans to send their wing wizard on another rehabilitation visit to Lilleshall in a desperate attempt to get him fit for the last three matches of the season. Thomas has not played for Albion this year. He hurt a hamstring at
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ALBION have made a £1.4 million loss for the second year running.
That is how much the club was in the red in the year ending May 1998, their first at Gillingham. The cash-strapped Seagulls shipped a similar amount in the year ending May 1997, their last at the Goldstone. Annual accounts filed at Companies House show
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MISCHIEVOUS schoolgirl Roxanne Cutting has always been a real handful.
And now her long-suffering mum Sonia has been given confirmation of what she always suspected - her daughter is a real-life Dennis the Menace. Roxanne, 11, has been playing pranks on her family since she was a toddler. When she was only four, she hacked
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THE Brighton line could soon be going on-line.
Train passengers may soon be able to travel along the information super-highway from their local railway station. Ringdale, a subsidiary of Burgess-Hill-based computer company Network Technology, says talks with Connex SouthCentral to set up Internet