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PUPILS IN DRUGS SEARCH
MORE than 20 pupils were searched for drugs as they made their way to a Crawley school. Police carried out checks in Hazelwick underpass, which is used by pupils to get to Hazelwick School, Three Bridges. Nothing was found. Sgt Chris Ball said the operation
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DOOMED NURSING HOME MAY GET NEW LEASE OF LIFE
AN anonymous donor has stepped in with a cash gift which may save a nursing home facing closure. Campaigners battling to keep Montgomery House in Hove have been given £30,000 to help clear its overdraft. Care assistant Roger Owen, one of those spearheading
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TIMBER FIRM DUE IN COURT AFTER YOUTH'S ARM SEVERED
A TIMBER firm is to be prosecuted over an accident where a teenager lost his arm. Tom Harrocks, 17, had to have his arm amputated after it became snared in part of a wood extraction silo in December. He became trapped in the machinery at timber merchants
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BABY SPICE SEES GINA RESCUE SHOW
BABY Spice Emma Bunton was a surprise guest at the Theatre Royal in Brighton last night. Emma shared a private box with television presenter Dani Behr at the performance of A Slice of Saturday Night after signing autographs for fans. But the show's main
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MARKET MEN FEAR FOR HUNDREDS OF JOBS
MARKET traders fear hundreds of jobs across Sussex could be at risk if they are not found a new permanent home. Brighton and Hove Council's lease to the users of Brighton Wholesale Market in Circus Street expires next March. The wholesalers say if somewhere
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NOW HE'S A MUM TOO
BEING woken at 3am to feed a bawling infant is getting to be a habit for Mark Kenward. No sooner has he rocked his one-year-old son back to sleep then he has to check on another little fellow, Tao the three-week-old baby lemur. Mark said: "I thought I'd
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HOSPITAL PROBE ORDERED BY NHS
A TOP-LEVEL inquiry into nursing care at a Sussex hospital was ordered by Government health chiefs last night. The "no holds barred" probe into the level of care at Eastbourne District General Hospital - where two recent deaths raised questions of staffing
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PUPILS IN DRUGS SEARCH
MORE than 20 pupils were searched for drugs as they made their way to a Crawley school. Police carried out checks in Hazelwick underpass, which is used by pupils to get to Hazelwick School, Three Bridges. Nothing was found. Sgt Chris Ball said the operation
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DOOMED NURSING HOME MAY GET NEW LEASE OF LIFE
AN anonymous donor has stepped in with a cash gift which may save a nursing home facing closure. Campaigners battling to keep Montgomery House in Hove have been given £30,000 to help clear its overdraft. Care assistant Roger Owen, one of those spearheading
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TIMBER FIRM DUE IN COURT AFTER YOUTH'S ARM SEVERED
A TIMBER firm is to be prosecuted over an accident where a teenager lost his arm. Tom Harrocks, 17, had to have his arm amputated after it became snared in part of a wood extraction silo in December. He became trapped in the machinery at timber merchants
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MARKET MEN FEAR FOR HUNDREDS OF JOBS
MARKET traders fear hundreds of jobs across Sussex could be at risk if they are not found a new permanent home. Brighton and Hove Council's lease to the users of Brighton Wholesale Market in Circus Street expires next March. The wholesalers say if somewhere
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LESSON FOR LAWRENCE
BY NOW anyone remotely in the public eye should know never to engage in pillow talk with a virtual stranger - unless they don't mind making the front page of the tabloids. But some fools never learn. Like England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio, who
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CATERING STAFF 'LEFT IN A STEW'
CATERING staff in schools across West Sussex have had their employment rights "sacrificed" in a row over hot meals, it has been claimed. West Sussex County Council has been accused of leaving 800 school kitchen staff with the prospect of losing their
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JAMIE'S BORN TO BE A STAR
SIX years ago Jamie Benson was dreaming of life as a pop star. Now the 19-year-old is getting a taste of stardom after her group's debut single stormed the charts. Jamie is singer with new girl band Hepburn, whose track, I Quit, went in at number eight
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FOUR DIE IN HOLIDAY HORROR
FOUR Sussex friends have been killed in a horror crash while on holiday in Australia. Brothers Martyn and Ben Hebblethwaite and friend Peter Standing had been celebrating Timothy Skipp's 22nd birthday yesterday. They were all killed instantly when a truck
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LESSON FOR LAWRENCE
BY NOW anyone remotely in the public eye should know never to engage in pillow talk with a virtual stranger - unless they don't mind making the front page of the tabloids. But some fools never learn. Like England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio, who
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BABY SPICE SEES GINA RESCUE SHOW
BABY Spice Emma Bunton was a surprise guest at the Theatre Royal in Brighton last night. Emma shared a private box with television presenter Dani Behr at the performance of A Slice of Saturday Night after signing autographs for fans. But the show's main
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CATERING STAFF 'LEFT IN A STEW'
CATERING staff in schools across West Sussex have had their employment rights "sacrificed" in a row over hot meals, it has been claimed. West Sussex County Council has been accused of leaving 800 school kitchen staff with the prospect of losing their
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JAMIE'S BORN TO BE A STAR
SIX years ago Jamie Benson was dreaming of life as a pop star. Now the 19-year-old is getting a taste of stardom after her group's debut single stormed the charts. Jamie is singer with new girl band Hepburn, whose track, I Quit, went in at number eight
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NOW HE'S A MUM TOO
BEING woken at 3am to feed a bawling infant is getting to be a habit for Mark Kenward. No sooner has he rocked his one-year-old son back to sleep then he has to check on another little fellow, Tao the three-week-old baby lemur. Mark said: "I thought I'd
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FOUR DIE IN HOLIDAY HORROR
FOUR Sussex friends have been killed in a horror crash while on holiday in Australia. Brothers Martyn and Ben Hebblethwaite and friend Peter Standing had been celebrating Timothy Skipp's 22nd birthday yesterday. They were all killed instantly when a truck
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HOSPITAL PROBE ORDERED BY NHS
A TOP-LEVEL inquiry into nursing care at a Sussex hospital was ordered by Government health chiefs last night. The "no holds barred" probe into the level of care at Eastbourne District General Hospital - where two recent deaths raised questions of staffing