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A call for Sharon and John Chadwick
I am trying to trace Sharon Jane Chadwick, born on July 12, 1963 and Sean Richard Chadwick, born on July 12, 1964. Both were born in Brighton. -Victoria Roger, 19 Butland Avenue, Paignton, Devon TQ3 2RQ
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Welcome development in the North Laines
I am sure the 60 per cent increase in tourism in Brighton over the last five years is partly due to the vibrancy and creativity of the North Laine, which is an excellent additional attraction to Brighton. I hope that when the area around the station is
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Tone down the lights on the Pier
While no-one doubts the success of the Brighton Pier, the high-intensity lighting associated with the latest rides must be an unwelcome intrusion into thousands of front rooms in the towns. Re-directing them skyward or seaward would surely serve the same
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Alarm over 60ft radio mast
People living in a quiet close fear a new mobile phone mast being built behind their homes will devalue their property. The 60ft metal mast towers over their homes in Honey Croft, Hangleton, and they say it is even more of an eyesore than they feared
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Cat burglar sold Tigger just for 12 tins of food
A heartbroken family is appealing for the return of their kitten who was stolen from their garden and sold to a pet shop. Ginger Tigger went missing from Hangleton on Saturday morning. After asking people all over the estate, owner Samantha Coghill, 20
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Don't raise it
I agree with Brighton and Hove policies and resources committee the subsidy paid to Brighton and Hove Bus Company should not be raised from the current figure of £750,000 by a further £410,000 (Argus, July 13). What sort of a business is Brighton and
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United in grief
For Sarah's grandmother, the scene was almost too much to bear and she broke down. The family clutched each other and the flowers they had brought to add to the carpet of blooms which has taken over the grass verge bordering the field, near Brinsbury
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Ill-advised
The proposals to cut accident and emergency services at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and send patients across the country to the Royal Sussex County Hospital are regrettable and ill-advised. In many years of service as a medical consultant
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Insulting bills to former residents
Frail pensioners evicted from the French Convalescent Home have been asked to pay towards the cost of the move. Relatives of former residents of the home in Kemp Town were stunned when they each received £50 ambulance bills. The trustees of the home had
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Dilemma
Nobody wants an incinerator anywhere near them, and quite right too (Opinion, July 12). Dioxin emissions are toxic. Nobody wants cars choking up our streets but frequent gridlock doesn't seem to discourage them. At the same time we want more people coming
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Eagles trounce Coventry
Eastbourne Eagles produced the result of the season to win 52-38 at Coventry last night. It was a remarkable display by the Sussex speedway team, who were with-out Paul Hurry and Petri Kokko. Eastbourne's hopes of winning the Elite League were further
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Albion beaten in Galway
Below-par Albion were hustled and harried to their first defeat of pre-season on Ireland's west coast last night. But they will not be placing too much importance against a 2-0 defeat to Galway United, probably the best and certainly the most competitive
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Police find Sarah shoe
Police hunting the killer of eight-year-old Sarah Payne have found what they think is one of her shoes. It was near the tiny village of Coolham, about three miles from where her naked body was found near Pulborough. The black velcro fastening shoe is
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Alliance banks on a major overhaul
Alliance & Leicester, the building society turned bank, has announced a far-reaching overhaul of its business but said there would be no job losses as a result. The company, which became a bank in 1997, said that despite undertaking a "thorough cost
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Welcome development in the North Laines
I am sure the 60 per cent increase in tourism in Brighton over the last five years is partly due to the vibrancy and creativity of the North Laine, which is an excellent additional attraction to Brighton. I hope that when the area around the station is
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Tone down the lights on the Pier
While no-one doubts the success of the Brighton Pier, the high-intensity lighting associated with the latest rides must be an unwelcome intrusion into thousands of front rooms in the towns. Re-directing them skyward or seaward would surely serve the same
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Needed: Five English students interested in Japan
We are trying to find five English students aged 13 to 14 interested in Japan to participate in a day of cultural exchange with ten Japanese students. The day ends with a traditional Japanese restaurant meal and is sponsored by the Education Exchange
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Simon Fanshawe, chairman of the Place to Be executive
which is spearheading our bid for city status, updates you on the campaign Sometime back at the Place To Be we made a list of all the areas in Brighton and Hove you could say that you lived in, from Portslade to Woodingdean and Stanmer to Kemp Town. From
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Alarm over 60ft radio mast
People living in a quiet close fear a new mobile phone mast being built behind their homes will devalue their property. The 60ft metal mast towers over their homes in Honey Croft, Hangleton, and they say it is even more of an eyesore than they feared
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I put my heart and sole into blade marathon
A group of in-line skaters are back at home after skating from Land's End to John O'Groats. The team of six, who met while blading along Brighton's seafront, skated 865 miles in 17 days. This week Paul Robinson, the eldest blader of the pack, was at home
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Cat burglar sold Tigger just for 12 tins of food
A heartbroken family is appealing for the return of their kitten who was stolen from their garden and sold to a pet shop. Ginger Tigger went missing from Hangleton on Saturday morning. After asking people all over the estate, owner Samantha Coghill, 20
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It wouldn't help
I'm sceptical about the argument that unrestricted pub opening would reduce drunkenness (Opinion, July 13). Where is the evidence? The Government maintains that our current 11pm closing encourages excessive alcoholic intake and points to continental countries
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My 'sexist' boss hardly spoke
A female legal worker saw a 'dream job' and a chance of a posting in New York with a City of London finance house scuppered by sexist bosses, a tribunal was told. Sally Tucker, of Palmeira Square, Hove, joined Fuji Capital Markets (UK) Ltd in 1996 as
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Don't raise it
I agree with Brighton and Hove policies and resources committee the subsidy paid to Brighton and Hove Bus Company should not be raised from the current figure of £750,000 by a further £410,000 (Argus, July 13). What sort of a business is Brighton and
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Short arm of the law saves £1 gnomes
Two £1 gnomes were back safely at their Brighton home today after a police chase. The garden ornaments, Richard and Edward, were pinched just hours earlier from the front doorstep of a house in Mackie Avenue, Patcham, Brighton. Peter Forrest, 50-year-old
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United in grief
For Sarah's grandmother, the scene was almost too much to bear and she broke down. The family clutched each other and the flowers they had brought to add to the carpet of blooms which has taken over the grass verge bordering the field, near Brinsbury
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Ill-advised
The proposals to cut accident and emergency services at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and send patients across the country to the Royal Sussex County Hospital are regrettable and ill-advised. In many years of service as a medical consultant
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New delay to hospital vote
Publication of a crucial discussion document on the future of the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath, has been delayed. The Argus has been campaigning to stop a possible downgrading of services and keep all accident and emergency services at the
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Restaurant proposed for green lung valley
Up to 100 jobs would be created under plans to open a £2 million country-style restaurant. The 150-seat scheme by Bass involves the conversion of Benfield Barn, off Hangleton Lane, in Hove. It has the backing of Wilsco, the new owners of Benfield Valley
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Insulting bills to former residents
Frail pensioners evicted from the French Convalescent Home have been asked to pay towards the cost of the move. Relatives of former residents of the home in Kemp Town were stunned when they each received £50 ambulance bills. The trustees of the home had
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They're lucky
The person who recently wrote describing their 15-week wait for hospital treatment is actually lucky. My husband has had a bad knee for about three years and various GPs have told him various different things. These range from he's too young for an operation
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Dilemma
Nobody wants an incinerator anywhere near them, and quite right too (Opinion, July 12). Dioxin emissions are toxic. Nobody wants cars choking up our streets but frequent gridlock doesn't seem to discourage them. At the same time we want more people coming
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Eagles trounce Coventry
Eastbourne Eagles produced the result of the season to win 52-38 at Coventry last night. It was a remarkable display by the Sussex speedway team, who were with-out Paul Hurry and Petri Kokko. Eastbourne's hopes of winning the Elite League were further
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Courage that needs results
Everyone who saw the parents of murdered Sarah Payne appear at a press conference will admire their strength and determination. How did they manage it? Where did they find the will? Only two days after their lovely eight year-old had been found murdered
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Alliance banks on a major overhaul
Alliance & Leicester, the building society turned bank, has announced a far-reaching overhaul of its business but said there would be no job losses as a result. The company, which became a bank in 1997, said that despite undertaking a "thorough cost
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Council should shape up
The message is clear. Reinstate the West Pier market now and get rid of the travellers who blight the lives of our townsfolk. Even better, get rid of the present Brighton and Hove Council, responsible for some of the most undemocratic decisions in local
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Needed: Five English students interested in Japan
We are trying to find five English students aged 13 to 14 interested in Japan to participate in a day of cultural exchange with ten Japanese students. The day ends with a traditional Japanese restaurant meal and is sponsored by the Education Exchange
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Why not go legal?
If the market traders making an outcry about being refused use of the illegal sites by the West Pier have the business acumen they suggest, why don't they trade alongside the legal traders in Brighton and Hove, and pay fair rent and rates? This also applies
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Simon Fanshawe, chairman of the Place to Be executive
which is spearheading our bid for city status, updates you on the campaign Sometime back at the Place To Be we made a list of all the areas in Brighton and Hove you could say that you lived in, from Portslade to Woodingdean and Stanmer to Kemp Town. From
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Adam Trimingham - The Sage of Sussex
Strolling through the Sussex countryside on a summer afternoon should be a delight. But it wasn't on Sunday close to Saddlescombe village, north of Brighton. Scores of people were holding a rave with the noise reverberating all over the Downs and cars
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I put my heart and sole into blade marathon
A group of in-line skaters are back at home after skating from Land's End to John O'Groats. The team of six, who met while blading along Brighton's seafront, skated 865 miles in 17 days. This week Paul Robinson, the eldest blader of the pack, was at home
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Shame on you
Four weeks ago my neighbour had nearly all his windows smashed in his car. The vandals used a piece of metal to inflict this damage and left it behind with possible fingerprints on it. This was pointed out to the police at the time. Today, July 18, they
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Care home 'family' forced to part
A residential home for elderly people is to close after 17 years, leaving 28 residents looking for somewhere to live. The Wish House care home in New Church Road, Hove, has been run by husband and wife team Amin and Cyndy Abdullah. Mrs Abdullah said the
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It wouldn't help
I'm sceptical about the argument that unrestricted pub opening would reduce drunkenness (Opinion, July 13). Where is the evidence? The Government maintains that our current 11pm closing encourages excessive alcoholic intake and points to continental countries
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My 'sexist' boss hardly spoke
A female legal worker saw a 'dream job' and a chance of a posting in New York with a City of London finance house scuppered by sexist bosses, a tribunal was told. Sally Tucker, of Palmeira Square, Hove, joined Fuji Capital Markets (UK) Ltd in 1996 as
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Short arm of the law saves £1 gnomes
Two £1 gnomes were back safely at their Brighton home today after a police chase. The garden ornaments, Richard and Edward, were pinched just hours earlier from the front doorstep of a house in Mackie Avenue, Patcham, Brighton. Peter Forrest, 50-year-old
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Double victims
We recently received a phone call from the police, telling us our car, which had just been stolen, had been found. However, when we picked it up we were horrified to discover we would have to pay £105 to get it back. When we challenged this payment, we
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Alarm call saves sleepy neighbour
An unemployed painter and decorator had a lucky escape when neighbours knocked on his window telling him his house was on fire. The 29-year-old man, who did not want to be identified, was asleep at his home in Caledonian Road, Brighton, at 11.45am yesterday
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Restaurant proposed for green lung valley
Up to 100 jobs would be created under plans to open a £2 million country-style restaurant. The 150-seat scheme by Bass involves the conversion of Benfield Barn, off Hangleton Lane, in Hove. It has the backing of Wilsco, the new owners of Benfield Valley
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They're lucky
The person who recently wrote describing their 15-week wait for hospital treatment is actually lucky. My husband has had a bad knee for about three years and various GPs have told him various different things. These range from he's too young for an operation
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Courage that needs results
Everyone who saw the parents of murdered Sarah Payne appear at a press conference will admire their strength and determination. How did they manage it? Where did they find the will? Only two days after their lovely eight year-old had been found murdered
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We can't cope
As a Newhaven resident I am very strongly against the proposed siting of an incinerator in this area. A chimney of any height would not disperse the toxic pollution. Surely a less populated area such as Beddingham, which already has a waste tip, or the
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Town councillors should listen to locals or leave
AS the Portobello fiasco drags on, I and many other East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs residents have become increasingly disillusioned and distrusting of our elected town council. Earlier this year a post-referendum was held to enable residents to confirm
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Rogers: We're making progress
Skipper Paul Rogers shared in Albion's first defeat of pre-season last night, then insisted: "We are still making progress." The Seagulls went down 2-0 at Irish Premier outfit Galway United whose first goal came from a 47th- minute penalty conceded by
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Sussex pair tie them in Notts
The smell of burning record books hung in the Hove air last night after a brilliant partnership by Richard Montgomerie and Michael Bevan. The Sussex batsmen put on 292 for the second wicket on the first day of the Championship match against Hove as the
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Bevan vows to get better
Michael Bevan has promised to score more big runs for Sussex before he leaves at the start of August to play for his country. The Australian run-machine scored his second successive Championship century at Hove yesterday, making 166 in a second-wicket
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Council should shape up
The message is clear. Reinstate the West Pier market now and get rid of the travellers who blight the lives of our townsfolk. Even better, get rid of the present Brighton and Hove Council, responsible for some of the most undemocratic decisions in local
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A call for Sharon and John Chadwick
I am trying to trace Sharon Jane Chadwick, born on July 12, 1963 and Sean Richard Chadwick, born on July 12, 1964. Both were born in Brighton. -Victoria Roger, 19 Butland Avenue, Paignton, Devon TQ3 2RQ
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Why not go legal?
If the market traders making an outcry about being refused use of the illegal sites by the West Pier have the business acumen they suggest, why don't they trade alongside the legal traders in Brighton and Hove, and pay fair rent and rates? This also applies
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Adam Trimingham - The Sage of Sussex
Strolling through the Sussex countryside on a summer afternoon should be a delight. But it wasn't on Sunday close to Saddlescombe village, north of Brighton. Scores of people were holding a rave with the noise reverberating all over the Downs and cars
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Shame on you
Four weeks ago my neighbour had nearly all his windows smashed in his car. The vandals used a piece of metal to inflict this damage and left it behind with possible fingerprints on it. This was pointed out to the police at the time. Today, July 18, they
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Care home 'family' forced to part
A residential home for elderly people is to close after 17 years, leaving 28 residents looking for somewhere to live. The Wish House care home in New Church Road, Hove, has been run by husband and wife team Amin and Cyndy Abdullah. Mrs Abdullah said the
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Double victims
We recently received a phone call from the police, telling us our car, which had just been stolen, had been found. However, when we picked it up we were horrified to discover we would have to pay £105 to get it back. When we challenged this payment, we
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Alarm call saves sleepy neighbour
An unemployed painter and decorator had a lucky escape when neighbours knocked on his window telling him his house was on fire. The 29-year-old man, who did not want to be identified, was asleep at his home in Caledonian Road, Brighton, at 11.45am yesterday
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We can't cope
As a Newhaven resident I am very strongly against the proposed siting of an incinerator in this area. A chimney of any height would not disperse the toxic pollution. Surely a less populated area such as Beddingham, which already has a waste tip, or the
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Albion beaten in Galway
Below-par Albion were hustled and harried to their first defeat of pre-season on Ireland's west coast last night. But they will not be placing too much importance against a 2-0 defeat to Galway United, probably the best and certainly the most competitive
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Town councillors should listen to locals or leave
AS the Portobello fiasco drags on, I and many other East Saltdean and Telscombe Cliffs residents have become increasingly disillusioned and distrusting of our elected town council. Earlier this year a post-referendum was held to enable residents to confirm
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Date
Rogers: We're making progress
Skipper Paul Rogers shared in Albion's first defeat of pre-season last night, then insisted: "We are still making progress." The Seagulls went down 2-0 at Irish Premier outfit Galway United whose first goal came from a 47th- minute penalty conceded by
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Sussex pair tie them in Notts
The smell of burning record books hung in the Hove air last night after a brilliant partnership by Richard Montgomerie and Michael Bevan. The Sussex batsmen put on 292 for the second wicket on the first day of the Championship match against Hove as the
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Bevan vows to get better
Michael Bevan has promised to score more big runs for Sussex before he leaves at the start of August to play for his country. The Australian run-machine scored his second successive Championship century at Hove yesterday, making 166 in a second-wicket
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Police find Sarah shoe
Police hunting the killer of eight-year-old Sarah Payne have found what they think is one of her shoes. It was near the tiny village of Coolham, about three miles from where her naked body was found near Pulborough. The black velcro fastening shoe is
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£1,000 Victory for birdman
A battling birdman has claimed a victory in a court battle to prove he was the rightful winner of the competition in Eastbourne. Artist Richard Geiger entered a birdman contest in which contestants leapt from Eastbourne Pier and flapped as hard as they
