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MP BLASTS HINT OF SECOND RUNWAY
A SUSSEX MP warned today that a second runway at Gatwick Airport would be catastrophic. Mid Sussex Conservative MP Nicholas Soames said it was "disgraceful" the Government had not ruled out the possibility of future expansion at the airport. He said:
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THE COLUMN WHERE WE RESPOND TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS, BY CHRIS CHANDLER
HOLLYWOOD legend Katharine Hepburn shares her birth date with another actress, Hedy Lamarr, and disgraced U.S. politician Spiro Agnew. But not until November, despite what we said in our daily birthdays panel a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to R.E.D. Halliday
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TOWN FEARS HOSPITAL WILL HAVE NO BEDS
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Littlehampton Hospital are furious over a recommendation to axe all beds there. Members of the West Sussex Health Authority community hospitals review steering group were today discussing a number of proposals for the hospital
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ARE YOU A FACE TO BE?
THE people of Brighton and Hove are being offered a unique chance to go down in history at the start of the new millennium. The search is on to find 100 residents who will spearhead the towns' bid for city status and star in a range of exciting millennium
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CALLS THAT COULD RUIN YOUR HEALTH
YOU see them everywhere these days. On trains, in the street, even driving cars, people seem to have gone mad for mobile phones. But from his home near Shoreham Airport, Simon Best is asking some awkward questions of one of the world's fastest growing
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BYPASS PLEA FOR TRAFFIC-CHOKED VILLAGES
TORIES are pressing for a bypass for two traffic-clogged villages to be built as soon as possible. They say traffic in Woodingdean and Rottingdean has become almost intolerable for local people. Rottingdean councillors Lynda Hyde and David Smith are behind
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BUNGALOW BATTLERS LOSE SITE FIGHT
PENSIONERS have lost their fight to overturn a legal requirement which every year forces them from their homes. A dozen residents of High Beech Chalet Park, St Leonards, gathered at a council meeting last night to hear if their challenge had been successful
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HUSBAND WELCOMES WARDS INQUIRY
THE HUSBAND of a woman who died after routine surgery today welcomed a top-level Government inquiry into the hospital where it happened. Roy Freeman called for honesty and openness from the "no holds barred" review. Pauline Freeman, 54, died after a routine
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RAILTRACK today announced increased annual profits of nearly £1.2 million a day, figures which prom
It said it needed figures like the 1998-99 pre-tax profit of £428 million so it could continue to invest heavily in the rail network. But the London Regional Passengers Committee said rail travellers would feel "totally ripped off" by the latest figure
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POLICE QUIZ PAIR ON CRIME WAVE
POLICE investigating a village crime wave have quizzed two boys aged 11 and 14. Horsted Keynes, near Haywards Heath, which has a population of 1,400, has been struck by a spate of crimes including deceptions, burglaries, thefts and vandalism over the
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THE COLUMN WHERE WE RESPOND TO YOUR COMPLAINTS AND OPINIONS, BY CHRIS CHANDLER
HOLLYWOOD legend Katharine Hepburn shares her birth date with another actress, Hedy Lamarr, and disgraced U.S. politician Spiro Agnew. But not until November, despite what we said in our daily birthdays panel a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to R.E.D. Halliday
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MAN FREED IN SECOND RAPE CASE
A FATHER of two has been cleared of rape for the second time in three months. Adrian Tubb, 34, was warned by a judge to take care in any future relationships after yesterday's hearing at Lewes Crown Court. Mr Tubb, formerly of Harmsworth Crescent, Hangleton
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TOWN FEARS HOSPITAL WILL HAVE NO BEDS
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save Littlehampton Hospital are furious over a recommendation to axe all beds there. Members of the West Sussex Health Authority community hospitals review steering group were today discussing a number of proposals for the hospital
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MATRON TO FACE DRUG DEATH QUIZ
A NURSE is to be further questioned after one of her patients died and others were allegedly mistreated. The unnamed woman was a matron at a Worthing nursing home when a patient in her care died after allegedly being given an overdose of painkillers.
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ARE YOU A FACE TO BE?
THE people of Brighton and Hove are being offered a unique chance to go down in history at the start of the new millennium. The search is on to find 100 residents who will spearhead the towns' bid for city status and star in a range of exciting millennium
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CALLS THAT COULD RUIN YOUR HEALTH
YOU see them everywhere these days. On trains, in the street, even driving cars, people seem to have gone mad for mobile phones. But from his home near Shoreham Airport, Simon Best is asking some awkward questions of one of the world's fastest growing
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RAILTRACK today announced increased annual profits of nearly £1.2 million a day, figures which prom
It said it needed figures like the 1998-99 pre-tax profit of £428 million so it could continue to invest heavily in the rail network. But the London Regional Passengers Committee said rail travellers would feel "totally ripped off" by the latest figure
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POLICE QUIZ PAIR ON CRIME WAVE
POLICE investigating a village crime wave have quizzed two boys aged 11 and 14. Horsted Keynes, near Haywards Heath, which has a population of 1,400, has been struck by a spate of crimes including deceptions, burglaries, thefts and vandalism over the
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MAN FREED IN SECOND RAPE CASE
A FATHER of two has been cleared of rape for the second time in three months. Adrian Tubb, 34, was warned by a judge to take care in any future relationships after yesterday's hearing at Lewes Crown Court. Mr Tubb, formerly of Harmsworth Crescent, Hangleton
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TEACHERS END STRIKE THREAT
TEACHERS called off their strike threat today after reaching a last-minute agreement over job losses. More than 400 NUT members employed by Brighton and Hove Council had voted to take action if there were compulsory redundancies at Marina High School.
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THE SAGE OF SUSSEX
ADAM TRIMINGHAM THE other day I set off from my home in West Hove on my bike along the seafront cycle lane and I seemed to be the only soul who wasn't protected from the weather in a car. Even the rain was driving. Yet when I arrived in Brighton, there
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MATRON TO FACE DRUG DEATH QUIZ
A NURSE is to be further questioned after one of her patients died and others were allegedly mistreated. The unnamed woman was a matron at a Worthing nursing home when a patient in her care died after allegedly being given an overdose of painkillers.
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SILENCE IN COURT
A SUSPECTED thief arrested in an undercover police operation has walked free after prosecutors failed to turn up in court. Police have been left angered and the Crown Prosecution Service has launched an inquiry. Police, magistrates and defendants waited
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READY FOR THE KISS
SECURITY was tight, to say the least. Guards looked around anxiously as five men struggled to manoeuvre the specially constructed trolley through a small side entrance. It was a sort of scene you would expect when transporting one of the world's greatest
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MP BLASTS HINT OF SECOND RUNWAY
A SUSSEX MP warned today that a second runway at Gatwick Airport would be catastrophic. Mid Sussex Conservative MP Nicholas Soames said it was "disgraceful" the Government had not ruled out the possibility of future expansion at the airport. He said:
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TEACHERS END STRIKE THREAT
TEACHERS called off their strike threat today after reaching a last-minute agreement over job losses. More than 400 NUT members employed by Brighton and Hove Council had voted to take action if there were compulsory redundancies at Marina High School.
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THE SAGE OF SUSSEX
ADAM TRIMINGHAM THE other day I set off from my home in West Hove on my bike along the seafront cycle lane and I seemed to be the only soul who wasn't protected from the weather in a car. Even the rain was driving. Yet when I arrived in Brighton, there
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BYPASS PLEA FOR TRAFFIC-CHOKED VILLAGES
TORIES are pressing for a bypass for two traffic-clogged villages to be built as soon as possible. They say traffic in Woodingdean and Rottingdean has become almost intolerable for local people. Rottingdean councillors Lynda Hyde and David Smith are behind
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SILENCE IN COURT
A SUSPECTED thief arrested in an undercover police operation has walked free after prosecutors failed to turn up in court. Police have been left angered and the Crown Prosecution Service has launched an inquiry. Police, magistrates and defendants waited
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BUNGALOW BATTLERS LOSE SITE FIGHT
PENSIONERS have lost their fight to overturn a legal requirement which every year forces them from their homes. A dozen residents of High Beech Chalet Park, St Leonards, gathered at a council meeting last night to hear if their challenge had been successful
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READY FOR THE KISS
SECURITY was tight, to say the least. Guards looked around anxiously as five men struggled to manoeuvre the specially constructed trolley through a small side entrance. It was a sort of scene you would expect when transporting one of the world's greatest
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HUSBAND WELCOMES WARDS INQUIRY
THE HUSBAND of a woman who died after routine surgery today welcomed a top-level Government inquiry into the hospital where it happened. Roy Freeman called for honesty and openness from the "no holds barred" review. Pauline Freeman, 54, died after a routine
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MP blasts hint at second runway
A Sussex MP warned today that a second runway at Gatwick Airport would be catastrophic. Mid Sussex Conservative MP Nicholas Soames said it was "disgraceful" the Government had not ruled out the possibility of future expansion at the airport. He
