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VOICE OF THE ARGUS
No dignity in death Death has not been dignified for scores of patients who spent their last days at Eastbourne District General Hospital over the Christmas and New Year period. Because the hospital mortuary has been full, the bodies have been placed
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FEEDBACK - CHRIS CHANDLER
IT WAS the party of the century. No doubt about that, but how many of the revellers who cheered in 2000 at the Old Steine, Brighton, realise they owe a thank-you to the St John Ambulance? I ask because Terry Wing, Divisional Superintendent for Regency
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Bognor target table toppers
BOGNOR can bring the table-toppers down to earth again at Nyewood Lane. Jack Pearce's side won at Croydon when they were setting the pace in Division One and will look to complete the double over new leaders Staines tomorrow. Rocks will be without strikers
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Concern for Smith
BOSS Billy Smith admits it could be a long, hard winter for his Crawley side after they slipped back into relegation trouble. Successive defeats over the holiday have plunged Reds into the Premier Division's bottom four and tomorrow they travel to in-form
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Tuck can't bear to watch his beloved Albion
STUART Tuck admits he still can't bear to watch his beloved Albion in action. But, more than a year after injury forced him to walk away from his home town club, the Brighton-born defender is ready to lace up his boots again and chase promotion with Worthing
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Hobson joins Chester on loan
FORMER Albion captain Gary Hobson has joined the Football League's bottom club Chester on a month's loan. He trains with his new team-mates today and is likely to make his debut against Darlington at the Deva Stadium tomorrow. Hobson's temporary move
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CRASH DRIVER, 70, DIES IN HOSPITAL
AN elderly driver badly injured in a car crash on a busy road has died. Jill Sutton, 70, had spent nearly a month fighting for her life in intensive care at Worthing Hospital following the accident on the A27 at Worthing. Mrs Sutton, of Grand Avenue,
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Only a supporting role for actors at Bond star funeral
HUNDREDS of people attended the funeral of Bond star Desmond Llewelyn yesterday - but there was no sign of any of the legendary 007s themselves. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and Roger Moore were among the notable absentees at Mr Llewelyn's funeral service
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TEARS AS I SAW MY FRIEND DIE
A 15-year-old boy told a jury how he ran off crying after watching his friend take his dying breath. Luke Chart told Lewes Crown Court today he ran to fetch Jay Kensett's mother after he was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife in March last year. Darren
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Property tycoon in court victory
PROPERTY tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has been cleared of a conspiracy to prevent tenants buying the freehold to their homes. The decision brings to an end an eight-year battle by the residents of Palmeira Square, Hove, to recover up to £200,000 from the
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MOBILE MORGUE
THE bodies of patients are being kept in refrigerated lorries at two Sussex hospitals unable to cope with the number of deaths, it was revealed today. The beleaguered Eastbourne District General Hospital has so far stored a total of 60 bodies in the truck
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MO SEES WHERE THE CASH GOES
CABINET minister Mo Mowlam praised a residents' project today as "a beacon for the rest of the country." The former Northern Ireland Secretary congratulated the people of East Brighton for their efforts to tackle poverty and other social problems. She
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Ilic linked with Spanish move
FORMER St Leonards keeper Sasa Ilic has been linked with a £1.5million move from Charlton Athletic to Spanish club Celta Vigo. The Australian-born Yugoslav international moved to the Valley from Saints for a small undisclosed fee before the beginning
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Hobson joins Chester on loan
FORMER Albion captain Gary Hobson has joined the Football League's bottom club Chester on a month's loan. He trains with his new team-mates today and is likely to make his debut against Darlington at the Deva Stadium tomorrow. Hobson's temporary move
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PARENTS' FEARS OVER ILL TEACHER
A Sussex school today urged parents not to panic after a teacher contracted meningitis three weeks after a pupil died from the disease. The male teacher at Bognor Regis Community College is responding to treatment after being stricken by the disease on
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Only a supporting role for actors at Bond star funeral
HUNDREDS of people attended the funeral of Bond star Desmond Llewelyn yesterday - but there was no sign of any of the legendary 007s themselves. Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and Roger Moore were among the notable absentees at Mr Llewelyn's funeral service
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Property tycoon in court victory
PROPERTY tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has been cleared of a conspiracy to prevent tenants buying the freehold to their homes. The decision brings to an end an eight-year battle by the residents of Palmeira Square, Hove, to recover up to £200,000 from the
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Promise of 400 jobs is welcomed by town
A BOOKS wholesaler has announced a 400-job boost for Sussex by spring this year. Gardner Books is to recruit hundreds of extra employees after it completes the expansion of its Hampden Park Industrial Estate headquarters in Eastbourne. The new jobs, mainly
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It'll be hard going on the high street
SUSSEX high streets should brace themselves for more doom and gloom. Strong demand from bargain-hungry shoppers after Christmas will not be enough to prevent downbeat trading statements over the next few weeks and depressed results later in the year,
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FARMS TAKE ON STORE GIANTS
Farmers are to take on supermarkets with their own USA-style outdoor market in Mid Sussex in the next few months. They hope to sell produce direct to a population of more than 100,000 in the Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead area instead
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MO SEES WHERE THE CASH GOES
CABINET minister Mo Mowlam praised a residents' project today as "a beacon for the rest of the country." The former Northern Ireland Secretary congratulated the people of East Brighton for their efforts to tackle poverty and other social problems. She
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Ilic linked with Spanish move
FORMER St Leonards keeper Sasa Ilic has been linked with a £1.5million move from Charlton Athletic to Spanish club Celta Vigo. The Australian-born Yugoslav international moved to the Valley from Saints for a small undisclosed fee before the beginning
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PARENTS' FEARS OVER ILL TEACHER
A Sussex school today urged parents not to panic after a teacher contracted meningitis three weeks after a pupil died from the disease. The male teacher at Bognor Regis Community College is responding to treatment after being stricken by the disease on
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Future fears of Sewage Town
Telscombe Cliffs will become known as "sewage town" if Southern Water is allowed to build a treatment works on the beach, the Portobello inquiry was told. Former town mayor Gerry Summerfield said property values would be devalued in the Saltdean, Telscombe
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Hoogstraten winsbattle for Square
WITH its distinctive white paintwork and Regency architecture, Palmeira Square is one of the most beautiful sites in Hove. But the 19th Century terraces were to become the unlikely setting for an epic battle between seven tenants and the man once dubbed
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High-level wrangle holds up vital cash
MILLIONS of pounds of aid for economic black spots in Sussex are being held up in a wrangle between Brussels and Whitehall. The dispute could end the chances of the coastal strip from Shoreham to Newhaven, including the whole of Brighton and Hove, winning
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MP's PLEA FOR MORE TOLERANCE ON EUROPE
A TORY MP who announced he is to stand down at the next general election has warned his party not to "self-destruct" over Europe. Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, 75, MP for Wealden for the past 33 years, announced his retirement to constituency members this
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Promise of 400 jobs is welcomed by town
A BOOKS wholesaler has announced a 400-job boost for Sussex by spring this year. Gardner Books is to recruit hundreds of extra employees after it completes the expansion of its Hampden Park Industrial Estate headquarters in Eastbourne. The new jobs, mainly
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It'll be hard going on the high street
SUSSEX high streets should brace themselves for more doom and gloom. Strong demand from bargain-hungry shoppers after Christmas will not be enough to prevent downbeat trading statements over the next few weeks and depressed results later in the year,
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VOICE OF THE ARGUS
No dignity in death Death has not been dignified for scores of patients who spent their last days at Eastbourne District General Hospital over the Christmas and New Year period. Because the hospital mortuary has been full, the bodies have been placed
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FARMS TAKE ON STORE GIANTS
Farmers are to take on supermarkets with their own USA-style outdoor market in Mid Sussex in the next few months. They hope to sell produce direct to a population of more than 100,000 in the Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead area instead
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FEEDBACK - CHRIS CHANDLER
IT WAS the party of the century. No doubt about that, but how many of the revellers who cheered in 2000 at the Old Steine, Brighton, realise they owe a thank-you to the St John Ambulance? I ask because Terry Wing, Divisional Superintendent for Regency
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Bognor target table toppers
BOGNOR can bring the table-toppers down to earth again at Nyewood Lane. Jack Pearce's side won at Croydon when they were setting the pace in Division One and will look to complete the double over new leaders Staines tomorrow. Rocks will be without strikers
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Concern for Smith
BOSS Billy Smith admits it could be a long, hard winter for his Crawley side after they slipped back into relegation trouble. Successive defeats over the holiday have plunged Reds into the Premier Division's bottom four and tomorrow they travel to in-form
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Tuck can't bear to watch his beloved Albion
STUART Tuck admits he still can't bear to watch his beloved Albion in action. But, more than a year after injury forced him to walk away from his home town club, the Brighton-born defender is ready to lace up his boots again and chase promotion with Worthing
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CRASH DRIVER, 70, DIES IN HOSPITAL
AN elderly driver badly injured in a car crash on a busy road has died. Jill Sutton, 70, had spent nearly a month fighting for her life in intensive care at Worthing Hospital following the accident on the A27 at Worthing. Mrs Sutton, of Grand Avenue,
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Future fears of Sewage Town
Telscombe Cliffs will become known as "sewage town" if Southern Water is allowed to build a treatment works on the beach, the Portobello inquiry was told. Former town mayor Gerry Summerfield said property values would be devalued in the Saltdean, Telscombe
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TEARS AS I SAW MY FRIEND DIE
A 15-year-old boy told a jury how he ran off crying after watching his friend take his dying breath. Luke Chart told Lewes Crown Court today he ran to fetch Jay Kensett's mother after he was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife in March last year. Darren
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Hoogstraten winsbattle for Square
WITH its distinctive white paintwork and Regency architecture, Palmeira Square is one of the most beautiful sites in Hove. But the 19th Century terraces were to become the unlikely setting for an epic battle between seven tenants and the man once dubbed
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High-level wrangle holds up vital cash
MILLIONS of pounds of aid for economic black spots in Sussex are being held up in a wrangle between Brussels and Whitehall. The dispute could end the chances of the coastal strip from Shoreham to Newhaven, including the whole of Brighton and Hove, winning
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MP's PLEA FOR MORE TOLERANCE ON EUROPE
A TORY MP who announced he is to stand down at the next general election has warned his party not to "self-destruct" over Europe. Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, 75, MP for Wealden for the past 33 years, announced his retirement to constituency members this
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MOBILE MORGUE
THE bodies of patients are being kept in refrigerated lorries at two Sussex hospitals unable to cope with the number of deaths, it was revealed today. The beleaguered Eastbourne District General Hospital has so far stored a total of 60 bodies in the truck
