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DO THEY MEAN ME? - DEREK JAMESON
Stars don't dazzle me THEY call it the celebrity game, though there are no known rules. Mike Tyson is the latest privileged player. He wouldn't be fighting in Manchester had he been plain Harry Bloggins. Instead he was allowed to slip through the immigration
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Oil success spells high interest rates
OIL output in Britain last year was higher than at any other time since the mid-1980s. The latest Oil and Gas Index shows in the year up to November 1999, oil output reached 2.63 million barrels per day. Prices and revenue from oil also increased, with
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SET FAIR FOR WEATHER GIRL HEATHER
CRAWLEY-BORN Helen Young has been named as the BBC's new senior weather forecaster. Ms Young, 30, is the youngest person ever to hold the job - and the first woman. She will lead a team of 19 Met Office forecasters. Her promotion puts her in charge of
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CHILD, 4, IS USED TO STEAL FROM OAP
CONMEN used a four-year-old boy to help them steal from an 86-year-old woman. One of the men went with the boy to the victim's home in Canterbury Road, Tilgate, Crawley, and asked if they could get the child's ball from her garden. As she went to help
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DAME VERA SLAMS BOY'S POPPY CASH SENTENCE
FORCES Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn today condemned the "light" sentence on a 13-year-old boy who stole a Poppy Appeal tin. Mid Sussex magistrates ordered him to repay £30 to the Royal British Legion and to spend 16 hours at an attendance centre to receive
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BEACH WORK WILL MAKE CLIFFS FALL, SAYS EX-MAYOR
Southern Water's plans to cut into the chalk at Telscombe to build its giant sewage works on the beach will cause a massive cliff collapse, the Portobello inquiry was told today. Former mayor of Peacehaven Arthur Tappenden, who was an LCC district surveyor
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Brighton go top of the table
BRIGHTON went top of Kent and Sussex division one after an excellent performance saw off Newhaven 2-1. Simon Bulteel gave Newhaven an early lead from a short corner, but Brighton equalised before half time when Graham Pruce set up Paul Daniels to finish
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Brighton and Worthing warm up for title clash
GET set for a momentous title shoot out after Brighton lost their perfect record amid high drama at Waterhall. Cranbrook outside half Dale Spencer stroked over a 30-yard penalty with the last kick of the game as Cranbrook grabbed a 22-22 draw from Saturday's
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GO-AHEAD AT LAST FOR CITY'S BIG FUN PLAN
WORK could start this year on a £25 million leisure complex on the edge of Chichester city centre. A five-year long planning wrangle finally ended yesterday when district councillors voted to approve a huge scheme for school land in the city's Stockbridge
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'ARROGANCE' ACCUSATION AFTER MULTI-BILLION MERGER
BOSSES at SmithKline Beecham have been accused of arrogance for leaving their employees in the dark about job cuts. Workers at the company's plants in Worthing and Crawley have been left wondering about their future since the pharmaceutical giant announced
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HOW I LOST £80,000 TO MY FRIEND
A WIDOW who lent her best friend almost £80,000 to fight a court battle is demanding her money back after discovering the story behind the loan could have been a sham. Bette Cohen, pictured left, is suing her former close friend Victoria Pike for the
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SIGNAL FAILURE - LIZZIE ENFIELD
ACCIDENTALLY did "a Cherie" this morning. This involved not miraculously conceiving a child, the miracle in my case not being my grand old age - have a good ten years to go before I catch up with Ms B - but the fact that, despite efforts over the past
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STRIKE-HIT CONNEXT WON'T HALT TRAINS
Rail firm Connex, facing a series of strikes by drivers, was today drawing up contingency plans in a bid to keep services running. Connex said it will run as many trains as possible on its key routes when drivers stage walkouts in a dispute over hours
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POOL ATTACKER IS FOUND GUILTY
A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of stabbing a teenager. Knife-wielding Timothy Small plunged a butterfly knife into 19-year-old Tarin Heaton-Heather during a confrontation at an open-air swimming pool in Lewes. Mr Heaton-Heather was left fighting
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DO THEY MEAN ME? - DEREK JAMESON
Stars don't dazzle me THEY call it the celebrity game, though there are no known rules. Mike Tyson is the latest privileged player. He wouldn't be fighting in Manchester had he been plain Harry Bloggins. Instead he was allowed to slip through the immigration
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Oil success spells high interest rates
OIL output in Britain last year was higher than at any other time since the mid-1980s. The latest Oil and Gas Index shows in the year up to November 1999, oil output reached 2.63 million barrels per day. Prices and revenue from oil also increased, with
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SET FAIR FOR WEATHER GIRL HEATHER
CRAWLEY-BORN Helen Young has been named as the BBC's new senior weather forecaster. Ms Young, 30, is the youngest person ever to hold the job - and the first woman. She will lead a team of 19 Met Office forecasters. Her promotion puts her in charge of
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CHILD, 4, IS USED TO STEAL FROM OAP
CONMEN used a four-year-old boy to help them steal from an 86-year-old woman. One of the men went with the boy to the victim's home in Canterbury Road, Tilgate, Crawley, and asked if they could get the child's ball from her garden. As she went to help
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DAME VERA SLAMS BOY'S POPPY CASH SENTENCE
FORCES Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn today condemned the "light" sentence on a 13-year-old boy who stole a Poppy Appeal tin. Mid Sussex magistrates ordered him to repay £30 to the Royal British Legion and to spend 16 hours at an attendance centre to receive
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BEACH WORK WILL MAKE CLIFFS FALL, SAYS EX-MAYOR
Southern Water's plans to cut into the chalk at Telscombe to build its giant sewage works on the beach will cause a massive cliff collapse, the Portobello inquiry was told today. Former mayor of Peacehaven Arthur Tappenden, who was an LCC district surveyor
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PAUL PUTS HIS MUSCLE WHERE HIS MOUTH IS
Paul Elgood has been getting a taste of what life is like for those who do Brighton and Hove's dirtiest job. The leader of the Liberal Democrats on Brighton and Hove Council annoyed dustmen when he criticised the amount of rubbish left in the streets
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Lwes face battle to avoid the drop
LEWES' three season stint in London Two South looks to be coming to a close after a 14-10 home defeat by Old Guildfordians. They failed to turn territorial advantage into points and now face a huge task if they are make the cut for the new look Division
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Pullin on a high after Chi win
JULIE Pullin is ready face up to the biggest match of her career against Jennifer Capriati in the third round of the Australian Open if she can overcome Jing-Kian Yi in Melbourne tomorrow. It would be another bonus for the 24-year-old from Hove who won
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'ARROGANCE' ACCUSATION AFTER MULTI-BILLION MERGER
BOSSES at SmithKline Beecham have been accused of arrogance for leaving their employees in the dark about job cuts. Workers at the company's plants in Worthing and Crawley have been left wondering about their future since the pharmaceutical giant announced
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HOW I LOST £80,000 TO MY FRIEND
A WIDOW who lent her best friend almost £80,000 to fight a court battle is demanding her money back after discovering the story behind the loan could have been a sham. Bette Cohen, pictured left, is suing her former close friend Victoria Pike for the
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SIGNAL FAILURE - LIZZIE ENFIELD
ACCIDENTALLY did "a Cherie" this morning. This involved not miraculously conceiving a child, the miracle in my case not being my grand old age - have a good ten years to go before I catch up with Ms B - but the fact that, despite efforts over the past
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STRIKE-HIT CONNEXT WON'T HALT TRAINS
Rail firm Connex, facing a series of strikes by drivers, was today drawing up contingency plans in a bid to keep services running. Connex said it will run as many trains as possible on its key routes when drivers stage walkouts in a dispute over hours
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Conservationists join the battle to beat bulldozers
HERITAGE lovers have backed a campaign to save a Sussex landmark. The Kemp Town Conservation Society claims the threatened French Convalescent Home on Brighton seafront is unique and should not be bulldozed. The Argus launched a campaign to save the imposing
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Paul puts his muscle where his mouth is
Paul Elgood has been getting a taste of what life is like for those who do Brighton and Hove's dirtiest job. The leader of the Liberal Democrats on Brighton and Hove Council annoyed dustmen when he criticised the amount of rubbish left in the streets
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WOMAN AND PETS SAVED
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a woman and three pets from their smoke-filled home last night. Crews from Hailsham and Herstmonceux went to the kitchen fire at a house in Swan Road, Hailsham. Firefighters entered the building, where they found the woman and her
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ARGUS OPINION
Real fears overmega-merger More and more companies are merging in the new millennium to form multi-billion pound, worldwide organisations. First we had Time Warner and AOL coming together in a £100 billion deal. Now Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham
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PAUL PUTS HIS MUSCLE WHERE HIS MOUTH IS
Paul Elgood has been getting a taste of what life is like for those who do Brighton and Hove's dirtiest job. The leader of the Liberal Democrats on Brighton and Hove Council annoyed dustmen when he criticised the amount of rubbish left in the streets
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Crawley power into the last 16
CRAWLEY clinched a place in the last 16 of the EHA Trophy after winning 3-1 at local rivals Mid Sussex on Sunday. A stern half-time team talk spurred Crawley to victory after a goalless first half when they failed to break down a Mid Sussex side who were
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Lwes face battle to avoid the drop
LEWES' three season stint in London Two South looks to be coming to a close after a 14-10 home defeat by Old Guildfordians. They failed to turn territorial advantage into points and now face a huge task if they are make the cut for the new look Division
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Pullin on a high after Chi win
JULIE Pullin is ready face up to the biggest match of her career against Jennifer Capriati in the third round of the Australian Open if she can overcome Jing-Kian Yi in Melbourne tomorrow. It would be another bonus for the 24-year-old from Hove who won
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Hart held in Reserve!
ALBION'S misfiring hot-shot Gary Hart played in the Reserves last night. He turned out at Oxford, 48 hours after being hauled off in the first-team's 1-0 home defeat by Leyton Orient. Hart figured in the opening 45 minutes of a 4-3 win for the reserves
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Conservationists join the battle to beat bulldozers
HERITAGE lovers have backed a campaign to save a Sussex landmark. The Kemp Town Conservation Society claims the threatened French Convalescent Home on Brighton seafront is unique and should not be bulldozed. The Argus launched a campaign to save the imposing
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Paul puts his muscle where his mouth is
Paul Elgood has been getting a taste of what life is like for those who do Brighton and Hove's dirtiest job. The leader of the Liberal Democrats on Brighton and Hove Council annoyed dustmen when he criticised the amount of rubbish left in the streets
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BRIGHTON HAS TWICE AS MUCH VIOLENCE
PEOPLE in Brighton are twice as likely to be a victim of violence than in any other part of Sussex, show figures out today. For the first time, the Home Office has published area-by-area statistics and Brighton comes top of the Sussex crime league in
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WOMAN AND PETS SAVED
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a woman and three pets from their smoke-filled home last night. Crews from Hailsham and Herstmonceux went to the kitchen fire at a house in Swan Road, Hailsham. Firefighters entered the building, where they found the woman and her
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NOW WHAT ABOUT US? PAY PLEA BY STALWARTS OF THE NHS
HEALTH service staff who have battled for a pay rise for two years today accused the Government of ignoring their struggle. Ancillary workers, which includes clerical and administration staff, porters and lab technicians, say the NHS would grind to a
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UNTUGGED . . . MP FEARS FOR FUTURE OF PORT WATCH STAFF AS BOAT IS AXED
THE main tug operating from New-haven is to be taken out of service after 20 years with the loss of five jobs. Another eight jobs are under threat with the news that port owner Sea Containers plans in an attempt to cut costs to run the harbour with CCTV
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ARGUS OPINION
Real fears overmega-merger More and more companies are merging in the new millennium to form multi-billion pound, worldwide organisations. First we had Time Warner and AOL coming together in a £100 billion deal. Now Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham
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Brighton go top of the table
BRIGHTON went top of Kent and Sussex division one after an excellent performance saw off Newhaven 2-1. Simon Bulteel gave Newhaven an early lead from a short corner, but Brighton equalised before half time when Graham Pruce set up Paul Daniels to finish
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Crawley power into the last 16
CRAWLEY clinched a place in the last 16 of the EHA Trophy after winning 3-1 at local rivals Mid Sussex on Sunday. A stern half-time team talk spurred Crawley to victory after a goalless first half when they failed to break down a Mid Sussex side who were
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Brighton and Worthing warm up for title clash
GET set for a momentous title shoot out after Brighton lost their perfect record amid high drama at Waterhall. Cranbrook outside half Dale Spencer stroked over a 30-yard penalty with the last kick of the game as Cranbrook grabbed a 22-22 draw from Saturday's
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GO-AHEAD AT LAST FOR CITY'S BIG FUN PLAN
WORK could start this year on a £25 million leisure complex on the edge of Chichester city centre. A five-year long planning wrangle finally ended yesterday when district councillors voted to approve a huge scheme for school land in the city's Stockbridge
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Hart held in Reserve!
ALBION'S misfiring hot-shot Gary Hart played in the Reserves last night. He turned out at Oxford, 48 hours after being hauled off in the first-team's 1-0 home defeat by Leyton Orient. Hart figured in the opening 45 minutes of a 4-3 win for the reserves
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POOL ATTACKER IS FOUND GUILTY
A 24-year-old man has been found guilty of stabbing a teenager. Knife-wielding Timothy Small plunged a butterfly knife into 19-year-old Tarin Heaton-Heather during a confrontation at an open-air swimming pool in Lewes. Mr Heaton-Heather was left fighting
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BRIGHTON HAS TWICE AS MUCH VIOLENCE
PEOPLE in Brighton are twice as likely to be a victim of violence than in any other part of Sussex, show figures out today. For the first time, the Home Office has published area-by-area statistics and Brighton comes top of the Sussex crime league in
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NOW WHAT ABOUT US? PAY PLEA BY STALWARTS OF THE NHS
HEALTH service staff who have battled for a pay rise for two years today accused the Government of ignoring their struggle. Ancillary workers, which includes clerical and administration staff, porters and lab technicians, say the NHS would grind to a
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UNTUGGED . . . MP FEARS FOR FUTURE OF PORT WATCH STAFF AS BOAT IS AXED
THE main tug operating from New-haven is to be taken out of service after 20 years with the loss of five jobs. Another eight jobs are under threat with the news that port owner Sea Containers plans in an attempt to cut costs to run the harbour with CCTV
