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Sign is distracting
I agree with P.J. Benham (Opinion, August 15) about the Patcham roundabout. I have never seen such an ugly distraction on a busy, accident-prone roundabout. We already have the stone pylons at the beginning of the boundary to Brighton; "Welcome to Brighton
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Vengeance for child molesters
So Derek Jameson thinks we should set Myra Hindley free (Argus, August 8). We reap as we sow in this world. She should have been hung, as should all these other perverts. I'd like to pull the rope so no other innocent child suffers. -S Prior, Toronto
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More access to vocational courses
Why are so many free vocational training courses for the unemployed limited to single parents, those living in Kemp Town or Whitehawk, or those under 25? Surely it's about time this was available to everybody who is unemployed. -C Graham Montpelier Road
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John Parry - I'm so proud to be tainted
A wonderful new phrase is about to enter the popular vocabulary. It will become office argot. It is so cynical, so contemporary, I predict it will be widely used at work wherever ambitious young turks are out to discredit their seniors. The crushing,
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Feedback with Chris Chandler
It was only two paragraphs but enough to make Seeboard bosses blow a fuse. We reported power supplies to 3,000 people in East Sussex would be disrupted because overhead lines were to be modernised. Our brief piece brought a high-voltage reply from Seeboard
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Protesters mobilising over mast
Brighton and Hove Council has been taken to the local government watchdog over its decision to allow a controversial mobile phone mast to be built near homes. The newly-installed 60ft mast towers over homes at the northern end of Hangleton. Residents
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'Clean up' demand by trader
A publican has written to police and his local MP about a rising tide of crime, noise and rubbish in his street. Simon Eden, landlord of the Royal Sovereign pub, in Preston Street, Brighton, has complained to MP David Lepper, Paul Whitehouse, chief constable
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Trying hard to beat the curse of truancy
Schools in Hastings and Rye have the worst truancy record in Sussex, with Brighton Kemp Town in second place, according to Government figures. Pupils in the Brighton constituency missed 26,800 half days in the school year 1998/99 through unauthorised
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lt's time to say no to circuses with animals
Having attended the Moscow State Circus this week and wondering at the brilliance of their non-animal performance, I wonder at the ethics and morals of circuses who still use animals to perform and at Brighton and Hove Council for allowing them on to
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Action plan to stop eye blunder repeat
Hospital bosses are working on an action plan to prevent the repeat of a surgical blunder which badly-damaged the eyesight of elderly patients. Brighton Health Care NHS Trust, which runs the Sussex Eye Hospital, drafted the plan earlier this year in the
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Boy who couldn't find ticket is thrown off train
Rail bosses are investigating after a 13-year-old boy who could not find his ticket was thrown off a train. Connor Prior, of Sherbourne Road, Hove, had been staying with his aunt in London and was making his way home from East Croydon on Friday, July
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Dizzy heights of thrills and spills
After seeing his hopes of becoming a Seagull cruelly shot down, pilot Steve Cullen has risen to new heights with a triumphant homecoming at one of the most spectacular events in Sussex. Airbourne 2000 was off to a soaraway start yesterday as thousands
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The trouble with traffic
Frustrated traders and residents have condemned a council's "ineptitude". Traders in St James's Street, Kemp Town, oppose Brighton and Hove Council's on-going development of the street. They claim to have lost between 20 and 40 per cent of trade despite
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Pub pair deny drink allegation
A married couple who ran a Brighton pub were sacked after a catalogue of complaints about their drunken behaviour. Rick and Linda Voiello, former managers of the Ladies Mile pub in Patcham, were accused of frequently being drunk behind the bar and rowing
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Proud moment
There has been considerable interest in the decision of the Brighton Conservatives to attend Pride last month. I believe that is proof our decision was the right one, because it has demonstrated the importance of the gay community in Brighton and that
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Depressed nurse took a lethal overdose
A nurse killed himself with an overdose of insulin from the hospital where he worked, an inquest heard. Toby French, who was depressed, injected the anti-diabetes drug and died three days later at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Mr French
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Man is still fighting for life after a head injury
A man was still fighting for his life today after suffering a head injury in Brighton. Police do not know whether he was attacked or fell and they are having to treat the case as a possible crime. The 31-year-old, who was found unconscious on the ground
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Horror as death fall man hits shopper
A woman miraculously escaped with only minor injuries when a man hit her as he plunged 50ft to his death in a busy shopping centre. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at Crawley's County Mall shopping precinct, at 7.30pm
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Defendant reveals all except his name
A man was jailed for a month today after appearing naked at Brighton Magistrates' Court. He refused to wear any clothes or give his identity. Stipendiary magistrate Ann Arnold warned him he would be convicted of contempt of court if he did not co-operate
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Bondage case wife is jailed
A woman has been cleared of trying to murder her husband during a bondage sex session. But Dena Thompson was today beginning a jail sentence for fraud. Immediately after the case, Sussex Police said they planned to re-examine the evidence surrounding
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Hard work starts for Langney
It's time to get cracking at Priory Lane. After a summer basking in the glory of clinching the County League championship and a busy pre-season, Langney Sports take their first steps into the unknown tomorrow. Spalding make the trip to Sussex for Langney's
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Voice of the Argus - Danger on the line
With all the recent publicity about the dangers facing children, it is sad to hear how a Connex ticket inspector made a 13-year-old boy get off a train. Just because he couldn't find his ticket. Connor Prior had only mislaid his ticket, but that apparently
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Southern Water should pay for legal inquiry
The three-month long Portobello inquiry cost East Sussex County Council £750,000 in legal bills. This was the price of defending the sensible refusal to allow Southern Water to build a chemical factory on our beaches (Argus, August 12). If that expenditure
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Back on the road again
An outdoor museum is hosting a tribute to the first petrol-driven four-wheel motor car to be built in Britain. Twelve proud owners are expected to show off their stately Lanchester cars at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in Singleton, near Chichester
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No need for another cinema in Hove
I cannot see why there is any need to build a cinema at the King Alfred when Hove already has one. The splendid building on Portland Road is currently a bingo hall. This activity only takes up a small part of the building and can be easily moved somewhere
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Sign is distracting
I agree with P.J. Benham (Opinion, August 15) about the Patcham roundabout. I have never seen such an ugly distraction on a busy, accident-prone roundabout. We already have the stone pylons at the beginning of the boundary to Brighton; "Welcome to Brighton
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More access to vocational courses
Why are so many free vocational training courses for the unemployed limited to single parents, those living in Kemp Town or Whitehawk, or those under 25? Surely it's about time this was available to everybody who is unemployed. -C Graham Montpelier Road
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John Parry - I'm so proud to be tainted
A wonderful new phrase is about to enter the popular vocabulary. It will become office argot. It is so cynical, so contemporary, I predict it will be widely used at work wherever ambitious young turks are out to discredit their seniors. The crushing,
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Feedback with Chris Chandler
It was only two paragraphs but enough to make Seeboard bosses blow a fuse. We reported power supplies to 3,000 people in East Sussex would be disrupted because overhead lines were to be modernised. Our brief piece brought a high-voltage reply from Seeboard
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Trying hard to beat the curse of truancy
Schools in Hastings and Rye have the worst truancy record in Sussex, with Brighton Kemp Town in second place, according to Government figures. Pupils in the Brighton constituency missed 26,800 half days in the school year 1998/99 through unauthorised
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lt's time to say no to circuses with animals
Having attended the Moscow State Circus this week and wondering at the brilliance of their non-animal performance, I wonder at the ethics and morals of circuses who still use animals to perform and at Brighton and Hove Council for allowing them on to
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Logical remedy
I am glad Councillor Tehmtan Framroze admits people are attracted to this area (Opinion, August 14). By his logic we therefore must have more houses and waste disposal, more crowded roads and greater hospital workload. But his logic obviously does not
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Safe for visitors
I was very sorry to hear of the experiences of Jorg Seiler and his party of German schoolchildren during their recent visit to the Southwick area (Opinion, August 8). Sussex Police have, with our local authorities, English language organisations and the
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Raiders conquer castle for £3-worth of toys
They tried storming it with troops, starving its inhabitants, catapulting missiles over the walls and scaling its ramparts. Pevensey Castle, one of the oldest in Britain, withstood sieges and attacks for 1,000 years. During medieval times its Inner Bailey
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Easy option
On Saturday evening my husband and I went for a meal in Preston Street. We left the restaurant at about 8.45pm. At the top of the street, two police vans were in evidence and two police officers were ticketing illegally parked cars. We walked along Western
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Five hurt as car is crushed by a van
An eight-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after a van and trailer crushed the car he was travelling in. A Volkswagen Transporter mounted a bank and tipped over on to the Mazda 323 carrying the boy in Palaw Hatch Lane, Sharpthorne, near East Grinstead
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Pub pair deny drink allegation
A married couple who ran a Brighton pub were sacked after a catalogue of complaints about their drunken behaviour. Rick and Linda Voiello, former managers of the Ladies Mile pub in Patcham, were accused of frequently being drunk behind the bar and rowing
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Proud moment
There has been considerable interest in the decision of the Brighton Conservatives to attend Pride last month. I believe that is proof our decision was the right one, because it has demonstrated the importance of the gay community in Brighton and that
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Depressed nurse took a lethal overdose
A nurse killed himself with an overdose of insulin from the hospital where he worked, an inquest heard. Toby French, who was depressed, injected the anti-diabetes drug and died three days later at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Mr French
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Black marks over truancy
Schools in Hastings and Rye have one of the worst records in the country for pupils playing truant, according to Government figures. Students missed 1.5 per cent of half days through unauthorised absences during the 1998-99 academic year. That is compared
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Defendant reveals all except his name
A man was jailed for a month today after appearing naked at Brighton Magistrates' Court. He refused to wear any clothes or give his identity. Stipendiary magistrate Ann Arnold warned him he would be convicted of contempt of court if he did not co-operate
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Hard work starts for Langney
It's time to get cracking at Priory Lane. After a summer basking in the glory of clinching the County League championship and a busy pre-season, Langney Sports take their first steps into the unknown tomorrow. Spalding make the trip to Sussex for Langney's
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Voice of the Argus - Danger on the line
With all the recent publicity about the dangers facing children, it is sad to hear how a Connex ticket inspector made a 13-year-old boy get off a train. Just because he couldn't find his ticket. Connor Prior had only mislaid his ticket, but that apparently
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Southern Water should pay for legal inquiry
The three-month long Portobello inquiry cost East Sussex County Council £750,000 in legal bills. This was the price of defending the sensible refusal to allow Southern Water to build a chemical factory on our beaches (Argus, August 12). If that expenditure
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A walk down memory lane
Visitors to Stella Mitchell's amazing museum are warned that the experience is guaranteed to make them feel old. Stella has spent the last 27 years scouring jumble and car boot sales, charity shops and flea markets for 20th Century memorabilia. She has
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Tears of worker cleared of rape
A building worker wept after being cleared of rape. Anatoleyvich Yevehenko, 23, was accused of grabbing the woman around the throat and attacking her as she sat on a sofa. It was alleged that at one point she scrambled to a window and screamed, but he
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Public is getting picky, says poll
Consumer spending is set to dip over the next six months. A UK-wide Mori poll of nearly 2,000 people in June, carried out for Direct Line Financial Services, found cautious consumers were choosing to save up rather than borrow to make major purchases.
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Tarmac kills trees
Not only is Tarmac unsightly but, unlike the cracks between paving stones, it does not allow water to reach tree roots, with the result that these rise to the surface and not only cause further cracks, but also put the tree at risk of dying. Would that
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No need for another cinema in Hove
I cannot see why there is any need to build a cinema at the King Alfred when Hove already has one. The splendid building on Portland Road is currently a bingo hall. This activity only takes up a small part of the building and can be easily moved somewhere
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Logical remedy
I am glad Councillor Tehmtan Framroze admits people are attracted to this area (Opinion, August 14). By his logic we therefore must have more houses and waste disposal, more crowded roads and greater hospital workload. But his logic obviously does not
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Safe for visitors
I was very sorry to hear of the experiences of Jorg Seiler and his party of German schoolchildren during their recent visit to the Southwick area (Opinion, August 8). Sussex Police have, with our local authorities, English language organisations and the
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Raiders conquer castle for £3-worth of toys
They tried storming it with troops, starving its inhabitants, catapulting missiles over the walls and scaling its ramparts. Pevensey Castle, one of the oldest in Britain, withstood sieges and attacks for 1,000 years. During medieval times its Inner Bailey
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Easy option
On Saturday evening my husband and I went for a meal in Preston Street. We left the restaurant at about 8.45pm. At the top of the street, two police vans were in evidence and two police officers were ticketing illegally parked cars. We walked along Western
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We're the A-team
For thousands of anxious Sussex A-level students, yesterday was the moment of truth. Emotions ran high as some students achieved results beyond their wildest hopes while others faced the prospect of taking resits. Students and staff at Varndean College
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Parklife
I object to the recent trend of using Preston Park as an open-air summer venue for seemingly endless music events. I do not want to spend pleasant weekend afternoons being subjected to the drone of thumping PA systems, the annoying chants of DJs and the
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...on the issue
Did it really need a judge (Argus, August 10) to tell Brighton and Hove Council the lights complained of in Stonery Road, Portslade, were a nuisance? As a taxi driver, on occasions driving at night in the area, I could have told it that. As you approach
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Shed light...
I wrote to Brighton and Hove Council in December 1998 complaining of a bright light shining into my room from a building opposite my home. The reply from the director of housing said: "Other people living in the road had also complained, but I regret
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Sussex on top
Jamie Carpenter hammered 132 and Michael Yardy 94 as Sussex Seconds declared on 381-7 to set Kent 360 to win at Hastings. Pace bowler Paul Havell struck an early blow by bowling Richard Clinton for one as the visitors closed on 1-1. Sussex resumed on
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Sussex face three-day defeat
Sussex are on the verge of a second successive hammering by leaders Northamptonshire after an abysmal batting collapse at Eastbourne last night. Chasing 228 to win, the county were in danger of recording their lowest- ever total when Darren Cousins took
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Atkinson's injury woes
Graeme Atkinson's hopes of another happy return to Brighton have been wrecked by injury. The former Seagulls defender is sidelined from Rochdale's visit to Withdean tomorrow by serious knee damage. "I'm afraid I won't be involved," Atkinson revealed.
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Let's build fortress Withdean
Albion want to turn Withdean into a fortress. That is the message from defender Paul Watson as the Seagulls prepare for tomorrow's first home match of the season against Rochdale. Albion lost six times in front of their own fans in the League last season
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Convoy moves on beauty spot
Scores of travellers have moved on to a South Coast beauty spot, raising fears it could be weeks before they are moved. People living near Telscombe Tye are fuming after the convoy moved there overnight and set up home. They fear the travellers will leave
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A walk down memory lane
Visitors to Stella Mitchell's amazing museum are warned that the experience is guaranteed to make them feel old. Stella has spent the last 27 years scouring jumble and car boot sales, charity shops and flea markets for 20th Century memorabilia. She has
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Public is getting picky, says poll
Consumer spending is set to dip over the next six months. A UK-wide Mori poll of nearly 2,000 people in June, carried out for Direct Line Financial Services, found cautious consumers were choosing to save up rather than borrow to make major purchases.
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Tarmac kills trees
Not only is Tarmac unsightly but, unlike the cracks between paving stones, it does not allow water to reach tree roots, with the result that these rise to the surface and not only cause further cracks, but also put the tree at risk of dying. Would that
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Vengeance for child molesters
So Derek Jameson thinks we should set Myra Hindley free (Argus, August 8). We reap as we sow in this world. She should have been hung, as should all these other perverts. I'd like to pull the rope so no other innocent child suffers. -S Prior, Toronto
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Protesters mobilising over mast
Brighton and Hove Council has been taken to the local government watchdog over its decision to allow a controversial mobile phone mast to be built near homes. The newly-installed 60ft mast towers over homes at the northern end of Hangleton. Residents
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'Clean up' demand by trader
A publican has written to police and his local MP about a rising tide of crime, noise and rubbish in his street. Simon Eden, landlord of the Royal Sovereign pub, in Preston Street, Brighton, has complained to MP David Lepper, Paul Whitehouse, chief constable
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Action plan to stop eye blunder repeat
Hospital bosses are working on an action plan to prevent the repeat of a surgical blunder which badly-damaged the eyesight of elderly patients. Brighton Health Care NHS Trust, which runs the Sussex Eye Hospital, drafted the plan earlier this year in the
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Boy who couldn't find ticket is thrown off train
Rail bosses are investigating after a 13-year-old boy who could not find his ticket was thrown off a train. Connor Prior, of Sherbourne Road, Hove, had been staying with his aunt in London and was making his way home from East Croydon on Friday, July
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Date
Dizzy heights of thrills and spills
After seeing his hopes of becoming a Seagull cruelly shot down, pilot Steve Cullen has risen to new heights with a triumphant homecoming at one of the most spectacular events in Sussex. Airbourne 2000 was off to a soaraway start yesterday as thousands
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The trouble with traffic
Frustrated traders and residents have condemned a council's "ineptitude". Traders in St James's Street, Kemp Town, oppose Brighton and Hove Council's on-going development of the street. They claim to have lost between 20 and 40 per cent of trade despite
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Hotel hit by walk-in antique thieves
Thieves walked into an hotel and stole an antique clock. The theft took place at Newick Park, Newick, yesterday. It is believed to have been carried out by two or three men in their late 20s. They walked into the Georgian listed building, used as a hotel
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Man is still fighting for life after a head injury
A man was still fighting for his life today after suffering a head injury in Brighton. Police do not know whether he was attacked or fell and they are having to treat the case as a possible crime. The 31-year-old, who was found unconscious on the ground
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Horror as death fall man hits shopper
A woman miraculously escaped with only minor injuries when a man hit her as he plunged 50ft to his death in a busy shopping centre. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at Crawley's County Mall shopping precinct, at 7.30pm
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We're the A-team
For thousands of anxious Sussex A-level students, yesterday was the moment of truth. Emotions ran high as some students achieved results beyond their wildest hopes while others faced the prospect of taking resits. Students and staff at Varndean College
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Bondage case wife is jailed
A woman has been cleared of trying to murder her husband during a bondage sex session. But Dena Thompson was today beginning a jail sentence for fraud. Immediately after the case, Sussex Police said they planned to re-examine the evidence surrounding
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Parklife
I object to the recent trend of using Preston Park as an open-air summer venue for seemingly endless music events. I do not want to spend pleasant weekend afternoons being subjected to the drone of thumping PA systems, the annoying chants of DJs and the
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Date
...on the issue
Did it really need a judge (Argus, August 10) to tell Brighton and Hove Council the lights complained of in Stonery Road, Portslade, were a nuisance? As a taxi driver, on occasions driving at night in the area, I could have told it that. As you approach
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Date
Shed light...
I wrote to Brighton and Hove Council in December 1998 complaining of a bright light shining into my room from a building opposite my home. The reply from the director of housing said: "Other people living in the road had also complained, but I regret
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Date
Sussex on top
Jamie Carpenter hammered 132 and Michael Yardy 94 as Sussex Seconds declared on 381-7 to set Kent 360 to win at Hastings. Pace bowler Paul Havell struck an early blow by bowling Richard Clinton for one as the visitors closed on 1-1. Sussex resumed on
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Sussex face three-day defeat
Sussex are on the verge of a second successive hammering by leaders Northamptonshire after an abysmal batting collapse at Eastbourne last night. Chasing 228 to win, the county were in danger of recording their lowest- ever total when Darren Cousins took
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Atkinson's injury woes
Graeme Atkinson's hopes of another happy return to Brighton have been wrecked by injury. The former Seagulls defender is sidelined from Rochdale's visit to Withdean tomorrow by serious knee damage. "I'm afraid I won't be involved," Atkinson revealed.
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Let's build fortress Withdean
Albion want to turn Withdean into a fortress. That is the message from defender Paul Watson as the Seagulls prepare for tomorrow's first home match of the season against Rochdale. Albion lost six times in front of their own fans in the League last season
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Convoy moves on beauty spot
Scores of travellers have moved on to a South Coast beauty spot, raising fears it could be weeks before they are moved. People living near Telscombe Tye are fuming after the convoy moved there overnight and set up home. They fear the travellers will leave
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Back on the road again
An outdoor museum is hosting a tribute to the first petrol-driven four-wheel motor car to be built in Britain. Twelve proud owners are expected to show off their stately Lanchester cars at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in Singleton, near Chichester
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Shopper hit in death plunge
A woman miraculously escaped with only minor injuries when a man hit her as he plunged 50ft to his death in a busy shopping centre. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at Crawley's County Mall shopping precinct, at 7.30pm
