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CONFIDENCE among manufacturers has continued to strengthen over the last three months and is now ris
The Quarterly Industrial Trends survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed 28 per cent of companies are more optimistic about the business environment than four months ago while only 15 per cent are less optimistic. Total new orders to manufacturers
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VOICE OF THE ARGUS
Something Left to do There are plans to build more than one million houses in the South East over the next 16 years. Many of those homes would be built in Sussex, changing our beautiful landscape forever. Now 70 Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs from
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Community news
Woodingdean Ray Blackwood 01273 559766 CLOCKS: Don't forget they go back this weekend. And its just over 60 days to the millennium. Apart from waiting for local buses in Woodingdean, we are still waiting for a bus shelter at the stop nearest to the Community
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GIRLS ABDUCT TOT AT HOME
A TWO-year-old girl has been reunited with her parents after a three-hour abduction ordeal. Two 12-year-old girls were arrested after little Lois Grenham was abducted from outside her home in Hove where she had been playing. A full-scale police search
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ADAM TRIMINGHAM - THE SAGE OF SUSSEX
Isn't it odd there should be such fury in Kemp Town over plans for a residents' parking scheme around the Royal Sussex County Hospital? There certainly has been a great deal of fury from hundreds of people in the area, but it's odd because there has been
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Trojan Horse gets a recall
Brighton Bears welcome back rising star Jan Trojanowski for their double header against Chester Jets and Derby Storm this weekend. Trojanowski missed last Saturday's 89-75 defeat against Sheffield Sharks in the quarter finals of the National Cup as he
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There's a mouse in my bird house
WHen carrying out the annual clean-out of one of my bird nestboxes the other day I discovered I'd got a squatter, though a very welcome one. Lifting the lid, I was faced with a layer of dead leaves, below which were interwoven strips of honeysuckle bark
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Weight to go, Mike! He's still picking up prizes
Former policeman Mike Archer is a world-beating strongman - at the age of 66. While most men of his age take up bowls, retired chief superintendent Mike Archer is winning international weight-lifting championships. Mike, who has lived with his wife, Grace
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Top Tory to fight seat
Geoffrey Theobald, opposition leader on Brighton and Hove Council, is one of three hopefuls on the shortlist to become the Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemp Town at the next General Election. Coun Theobald will fight it out with two Londoners for
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There's a mouse in my bird house
WHen carrying out the annual clean-out of one of my bird nestboxes the other day I discovered I'd got a squatter, though a very welcome one. Lifting the lid, I was faced with a layer of dead leaves, below which were interwoven strips of honeysuckle bark
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Trojan Horse gets a recall
Brighton Bears welcome back rising star Jan Trojanowski for their double header against Chester Jets and Derby Storm this weekend. Trojanowski missed last Saturday's 89-75 defeat against Sheffield Sharks in the quarter finals of the National Cup as he
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Rebels will do it for their fans
SAMMY Donnelly has told Worthing's army of cup fans: We want to do you proud. Rebels will start as massive underdogs away to Nationwide League Division Three high-fliers Rotherham tomorrow. But they expect to be backed by at least 500 supporters, double
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PAY WINNER SAYS FIGHT
A teenager who made legal history with a minimum wage victory today said he hoped his success would encourage other underpaid workers to take action against their bosses. Eighteen-year-old Hayden Aldred earned just £1.50 an hour when he worked at Bognor-based
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There's a mouse in my bird house
WHen carrying out the annual clean-out of one of my bird nestboxes the other day I discovered I'd got a squatter, though a very welcome one. Lifting the lid, I was faced with a layer of dead leaves, below which were interwoven strips of honeysuckle bark
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Letter spurns plans for five new cities
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was today urged to reject "disastrous" proposals for more than a million new homes across Sussex and the South East. The call comes in a letter signed by a cross-party group of 70 Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs
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Weight to go, Mike! He's still picking up prizes
Former policeman Mike Archer is a world-beating strongman - at the age of 66. While most men of his age take up bowls, retired chief superintendent Mike Archer is winning international weight-lifting championships. Mike, who has lived with his wife, Grace
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CONFIDENCE among manufacturers has continued to strengthen over the last three months and is now ris
The Quarterly Industrial Trends survey by the Confederation of British Industry showed 28 per cent of companies are more optimistic about the business environment than four months ago while only 15 per cent are less optimistic. Total new orders to manufacturers
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VOICE OF THE ARGUS
Something Left to do There are plans to build more than one million houses in the South East over the next 16 years. Many of those homes would be built in Sussex, changing our beautiful landscape forever. Now 70 Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs from
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COMMUNITY NEWS FROM AROUND SUSSEX
Worthing Tony Malone 01903 246486 Architecture Week: A leaflet is available from the Tourist Information Bureau which sets out the Sussex events that will take place in the period November 3-14 as part of Architecture Week. Buildings in the area that
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Community news
Woodingdean Ray Blackwood 01273 559766 CLOCKS: Don't forget they go back this weekend. And its just over 60 days to the millennium. Apart from waiting for local buses in Woodingdean, we are still waiting for a bus shelter at the stop nearest to the Community
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BOY, 12, SAVES BLAZE FAMILY
A boy braved thick smoke and ran through a pitch-black house to save his family and pets from fire last night. Twelve-year-old Craig Knight raised the alarm after finding his bedroom TV alight and the room filling with fumes. As he ran to tell his family
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feedback with chris chandler
THE big battalions are engaged. As Southern Water and its opponents fight it out at the public inquiry over expanding Portobello sewage works at Telscombe Cliffs, it is going to be hard pounding. The people of Telscombe are determined not to have it,
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GIRLS ABDUCT TOT AT HOME
A TWO-year-old girl has been reunited with her parents after a three-hour abduction ordeal. Two 12-year-old girls were arrested after little Lois Grenham was abducted from outside her home in Hove where she had been playing. A full-scale police search
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ADAM TRIMINGHAM - THE SAGE OF SUSSEX
Isn't it odd there should be such fury in Kemp Town over plans for a residents' parking scheme around the Royal Sussex County Hospital? There certainly has been a great deal of fury from hundreds of people in the area, but it's odd because there has been
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Walton's up for the cup
ALBION No. 1 Mark Walton has vowed to be fit to embark on another FA Cup adventure. The big Welshman reckons he will be ready for tomorrow's first-round showdown at Peterborough, despite suffering a groin injury at Cheltenham last Saturday. "It's okay
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traveller threat to a collection
A lilac collection is under threat after travellers moved into a Brighton park. The three travellers' vehicles and a caravan arrived at Withdean Park, Brighton, which is home to the National Lilac Collection. The vehicles were parked just metres from
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Top Tory to fight seat
Geoffrey Theobald, opposition leader on Brighton and Hove Council, is one of three hopefuls on the shortlist to become the Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemp Town at the next General Election. Coun Theobald will fight it out with two Londoners for
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LIVE WIRE!
A PARAGLIDER was lucky to be alive today after plunging on to 11,000 volt cables. The 24-year-old was left hanging 30ft in the air with his canopy tangled around the wires. It took emergency rescue teams more than an hour to free the paraglider and all
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There's a mouse in my bird house
WHen carrying out the annual clean-out of one of my bird nestboxes the other day I discovered I'd got a squatter, though a very welcome one. Lifting the lid, I was faced with a layer of dead leaves, below which were interwoven strips of honeysuckle bark
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Date
COMMUNITY NEWS FROM AROUND SUSSEX
Worthing Tony Malone 01903 246486 Architecture Week: A leaflet is available from the Tourist Information Bureau which sets out the Sussex events that will take place in the period November 3-14 as part of Architecture Week. Buildings in the area that
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Date
BOY, 12, SAVES BLAZE FAMILY
A boy braved thick smoke and ran through a pitch-black house to save his family and pets from fire last night. Twelve-year-old Craig Knight raised the alarm after finding his bedroom TV alight and the room filling with fumes. As he ran to tell his family
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Date
feedback with chris chandler
THE big battalions are engaged. As Southern Water and its opponents fight it out at the public inquiry over expanding Portobello sewage works at Telscombe Cliffs, it is going to be hard pounding. The people of Telscombe are determined not to have it,
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Date
Rebels will do it for their fans
SAMMY Donnelly has told Worthing's army of cup fans: We want to do you proud. Rebels will start as massive underdogs away to Nationwide League Division Three high-fliers Rotherham tomorrow. But they expect to be backed by at least 500 supporters, double
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Walton's up for the cup
ALBION No. 1 Mark Walton has vowed to be fit to embark on another FA Cup adventure. The big Welshman reckons he will be ready for tomorrow's first-round showdown at Peterborough, despite suffering a groin injury at Cheltenham last Saturday. "It's okay
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PAY WINNER SAYS FIGHT
A teenager who made legal history with a minimum wage victory today said he hoped his success would encourage other underpaid workers to take action against their bosses. Eighteen-year-old Hayden Aldred earned just £1.50 an hour when he worked at Bognor-based
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traveller threat to a collection
A lilac collection is under threat after travellers moved into a Brighton park. The three travellers' vehicles and a caravan arrived at Withdean Park, Brighton, which is home to the National Lilac Collection. The vehicles were parked just metres from
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Letter spurns plans for five new cities
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was today urged to reject "disastrous" proposals for more than a million new homes across Sussex and the South East. The call comes in a letter signed by a cross-party group of 70 Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs
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LIVE WIRE!
A PARAGLIDER was lucky to be alive today after plunging on to 11,000 volt cables. The 24-year-old was left hanging 30ft in the air with his canopy tangled around the wires. It took emergency rescue teams more than an hour to free the paraglider and all