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Rank slims down after heavy losses
Rank, the slimmed-down leisure group that owns the Hard Rock Cafe, dived £142 million into the red after a number of one-off costs hit results. The group, which last week unveiled the latest in its long-running disposal programme with the £90 million
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"Unprofitable" but convenient
Like Preston Village, the people of Ovingdean will soon be losing their only direct weekday evening bus link with the outside world. The wonderfully useful evening No 57 bus route which connects the village to Brighton and the station is being axed from
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Traffic pollution kills
A recent report in medical journal The Lancet reveals one in 17 deaths is caused by traffic pollution. Why then is Brighton and Hove Council planning to turn the King Alfred sports centre into a cinema and erecting a Tesco shed upon the gasworks, developments
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Suspicious
The comment by Telscombe Town councillor Roy Goodall that the ongoing council dispute is between the Liberal Democrats and the Independents (Opinion, Sept 5) cannot go unchallenged. On the contrary, the differences concerning selling part of Telscombe
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Trucker fined for reporting refugees
A lorry driver who discovered seven illegal immigrants in his trailer and immediately reported them to Customs officers is furious after being fined £14,000. David Black was returning from Germany when he drove out of Dover docks and saw a hand waving
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Checking out with a smile
Anita Barrow has checked out for the last time after 13 years working at the same supermarket. Anita, 69, began working at ASDA in Hollingbury, Brighton, when it opened in 1987. The checkout operator, who is retiring, was given a bouquet to mark her long
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£100,000 spent to keep out travellers
A council is to spend £100,000 to step up security against travellers. Crawley Borough Council has been inundated with complaints from residents and businesses about the number of unauthorised camp sites at various locations around the town. Height restriction
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Do something
It's amazing travellers continue to arrive in this area year after year, yet nothing is nothing done to accommodate them legally, or ensure they do not get on to sensitive nature sites or popular public areas. Surely, the authorities responsible for these
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£100,000 clean-up for smelly hospital
A hospital trust is to spend £100,000 on improving cleanliness. The South Downs Health NHS Trust, which runs Brighton General Hospital, has been given the money as part of a Government initiative to clean up NHS hospitals. In a recent inspection the trust
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Big spenders dig deep for Sussex needy
It was an evening to see, be seen and, more importantly, to dig deep. The 43rd launch party of the Argus Appeal drew a glittering who's who of celebrities from the world of stage, screen and the cream of Sussex businesses. Stars, including actors Joe
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Jones in Olympic near miss
Sussex athletics star Mick Jones was last night putting a brave face on his Olympic games hammer blow. The county record holder from Crawley has been told he missed a place in the British Olympic team by just a few hours. Jones set a new county best of
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Stabler is happy
Carl Stabler would take pleasure in seeing Wick lift silverware this season and raising two fingers to his critics. The Wick boss is upset his men have been labelled "big money" players in some quarters of the County League. He insisted his side receive
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Council inactivity just encourages travellers
Travellers have illegally occupied what is normally a picnic area in Preston Park, used frequently by families. The families have been deprived of the facilities provided, including tables and seats used for picnicking, for quite a number of weeks over
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Non-league: Reds escape, Rebels win again
Crawley Town scored twice in the last five minutes to maintain their flying start to the Dr Martens Premier season. Goals from Luke Anderson and Danny Carroll earnt ten man Reds 2-2 draw away to Halesowen. Langney led through a Jason Reed header at Stamford
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Cardiff 1, Albion 1: Match verdict
Football has a horrible habit of kicking you in the teeth when you least expect it. Just ask Bobby Zamora. The Saturday before last at Withdean, Albion's teenage hitman was the hat-trick hero against Torquay. On Saturday in Wales, the lanky Londoner became
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Fuel Panic
Petrol pumps across Sussex were drying up today following panic buying by motorists desperate to beat the fuel blockade. Petrol and diesel stocks were dwindling as drivers fought to fill up amid fears a blockade of fuel depots in the North West would
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Getting more for your pound
Canny customers conspired to prevent retailers putting up their prices after the July sales, according to a new report. The latest Shop Price Index, calculated by the British Retail Consortium, showed the average family's shopping basket was marginally
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Rank slims down after heavy losses
Rank, the slimmed-down leisure group that owns the Hard Rock Cafe, dived £142 million into the red after a number of one-off costs hit results. The group, which last week unveiled the latest in its long-running disposal programme with the £90 million
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In defense of free speech
As a Labour supporter I would like to show my appreciation for the Argus' defence of the principle of free speech, as demonstrated in a recent robust condemnation of Brighton and Hove Council's shilly-shallying over the allotment of conference venues
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"Unprofitable" but convenient
Like Preston Village, the people of Ovingdean will soon be losing their only direct weekday evening bus link with the outside world. The wonderfully useful evening No 57 bus route which connects the village to Brighton and the station is being axed from
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No rights?
With the ghastly crime recently committed against schoolgirl Sarah Payne fresh in mind, I was pleased to read a judge recently placed a restriction order on a convicted paedophile, forbidding him to linger where children congregate. Imagine my disbelief
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Lis Solkhon - Voice of the Third Age
Never mind Hands, Knees And Boomps-a-daisy - make that Hips, knees and, well, perhaps on reflection forget the boomps-a-daisy bit. 'Hips, knees and don't be lazy' is the message being sent out by the Sprint Fund, a charity aimed at those who have benefited
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Thanks! Appeal is on our side
Young footballers can now kick their old equipment into touch thanks to the Argus Appeal. Coaches at Hove YMCA had been forced to train youngsters with equipment that was years old. The charity, which teaches children aged ten to 16 at Wish Road, Hove
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Old dog track is turfed out
The end of an era is being signalled at a greyhound track as turf dating back decades is uprooted. The turf has covered the straights of Brighton and Hove Greyhound Stadium in Nevill Road, Hove, since it first opened in 1928. But maintaining it has become
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Flood risk now a fact of daily life in the South
The Environment Agency warned today that climate change is fast making the South a flood hotspot. The warning came at the launch of Flood Action Week, a Government campaign. More than 640,000 people already live in flood-risk areas across Sussex, Kent
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Checking out with a smile
Anita Barrow has checked out for the last time after 13 years working at the same supermarket. Anita, 69, began working at ASDA in Hollingbury, Brighton, when it opened in 1987. The checkout operator, who is retiring, was given a bouquet to mark her long
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Worse ahead in fuel crisis
Truck drivers were today threatening to blockade fuel depots in Sussex in an attempt to dry up local petrol supplies. Hauliers predict truckers will target two fuel depots at Shoreham as they increase the squeeze on the nation's pumps. Farmers and hauliers
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Jones in Olympic near miss
Sussex athletics star Mick Jones was last night putting a brave face on his Olympic games hammer blow. The county record holder from Crawley has been told he missed a place in the British Olympic team by just a few hours. Jones set a new county best of
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Voice of the Argus - Police can't just cop out
A police superintendent has admitted what we have known all along - that there just aren't enough bobbies on the beat in Sussex. All too often the only time residents see officers is when they are speeding past in a squad car or visiting their home to
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Intimidation
Twice recently we have set off on potentially glorious walks over the Downs, only for both expeditions to turn into a depressing and ugly experiences. Both times we have been intimidated by temporary squatters on land which should be attractive and accessible
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Stabler is happy
Carl Stabler would take pleasure in seeing Wick lift silverware this season and raising two fingers to his critics. The Wick boss is upset his men have been labelled "big money" players in some quarters of the County League. He insisted his side receive
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Council inactivity just encourages travellers
Travellers have illegally occupied what is normally a picnic area in Preston Park, used frequently by families. The families have been deprived of the facilities provided, including tables and seats used for picnicking, for quite a number of weeks over
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Cardiff 1, Albion 1: Match verdict
Football has a horrible habit of kicking you in the teeth when you least expect it. Just ask Bobby Zamora. The Saturday before last at Withdean, Albion's teenage hitman was the hat-trick hero against Torquay. On Saturday in Wales, the lanky Londoner became
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Adams puts Carr on list
Albion have dumped Darren Carr on the transfer list. The Seagulls are open to offers for the big centre half, manager Micky Adams revealed today. "We have not seen the best of him and we feel he will possibly be better looking to earn a living somewhere
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Getting more for your pound
Canny customers conspired to prevent retailers putting up their prices after the July sales, according to a new report. The latest Shop Price Index, calculated by the British Retail Consortium, showed the average family's shopping basket was marginally
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Sales topped up by summer
Customers at JD Wetherspoon pubs have been drinking up over the last year and boosting sales at the group. Sales for the year to July 30 leapt 37 per cent to £369.6 million, while like-for-like sales, stripping out the effect of new pub openings, bubbled
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In defense of free speech
As a Labour supporter I would like to show my appreciation for the Argus' defence of the principle of free speech, as demonstrated in a recent robust condemnation of Brighton and Hove Council's shilly-shallying over the allotment of conference venues
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Date
No rights?
With the ghastly crime recently committed against schoolgirl Sarah Payne fresh in mind, I was pleased to read a judge recently placed a restriction order on a convicted paedophile, forbidding him to linger where children congregate. Imagine my disbelief
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Signal failure by Lizzie Enfield
As left home this morning, caught tale end of radio report which went something like this: "Connex managers say they will now look for more humane alternatives to solve the problem of overcrowding . . . meanwhile in the Big Brother house . . . ' I wondered
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Lis Solkhon - Voice of the Third Age
Never mind Hands, Knees And Boomps-a-daisy - make that Hips, knees and, well, perhaps on reflection forget the boomps-a-daisy bit. 'Hips, knees and don't be lazy' is the message being sent out by the Sprint Fund, a charity aimed at those who have benefited
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We forecast rubbish fiasco, says union
Brighton and Hove Council's leadership was warned to expect chaos before refuse collection rounds in the town were reorganised, according to a union. It says council leader Lynette Gwyn-Jones and environment supremo John Ballance both refused to meet
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Steve's a deep-dive Sheik in the Oman
Explorer Steve Dover gave the British Government just £1 for a shipwreck that had been lying at the bottom of the Indian Ocean for 84 years. But when the 44-year-old expert diver from Coolham, near Horsham, handed over the token cash he had no idea the
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Drive time for the wild ones
Thousands of people packed Brighton seafront at the weekend for the annual National Speed Trials and the Ace Cafe Reunion Run. Two-wheeled power was the star attraction on both Saturday and Sunday, with the fastest times during the speed trials being
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Thanks! Appeal is on our side
Young footballers can now kick their old equipment into touch thanks to the Argus Appeal. Coaches at Hove YMCA had been forced to train youngsters with equipment that was years old. The charity, which teaches children aged ten to 16 at Wish Road, Hove
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Date
Old dog track is turfed out
The end of an era is being signalled at a greyhound track as turf dating back decades is uprooted. The turf has covered the straights of Brighton and Hove Greyhound Stadium in Nevill Road, Hove, since it first opened in 1928. But maintaining it has become
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It's a risk
Six weeks ago, a horsebox was abandoned outside a house in Bear Road, Brighton. Since then, people have been living in the van, although they have promised they will move it when they have the money to buy petrol. Four weeks ago I telephoned the police
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Flood risk now a fact of daily life in the South
The Environment Agency warned today that climate change is fast making the South a flood hotspot. The warning came at the launch of Flood Action Week, a Government campaign. More than 640,000 people already live in flood-risk areas across Sussex, Kent
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Dropouts
What an envious lifestyle travellers lead! Not a care in the world, except, of course, the constant problem of being moved on. The average person who works hard to provide a home for their family resents the travellers presence. They contribute nothing
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Five weeks of noise in new shingle plan
Eighty heavy lorries an hour will rumble past seafront homes while shingle is extracted for sea defences, latest plans reveal. Residents living in exclusive properties at Shoreham Beach will have excavators loading the lorries close to their homes for
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Winemaker counts cost of arson attack
Car thieves have been blamed after part of an historic wine centre was severely damaged by fire. A Ford Escort car was abandoned outside the English Wine Centre at Alfriston and then torched before the flames spread to the building. Flames engulfed the
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It's scrubland
Simple! If Brighton and Hove Council had actually spent the £600,000 awarded four years ago by the National Lottery on improving Preston Park the travellers now living there would not have mistaken the run-down park for an unused piece of scrubland in
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Not a job for a killer
A murderer serving life for battering a pensioner to death with a hammer has been removed from rehabilitation work in an old people's home, the Home Office said today. Brian Parsons, 40, is serving life in Ford Open prison, near Arundel, for the 1987-
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Worse ahead in fuel crisis
Truck drivers were today threatening to blockade fuel depots in Sussex in an attempt to dry up local petrol supplies. Hauliers predict truckers will target two fuel depots at Shoreham as they increase the squeeze on the nation's pumps. Farmers and hauliers
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Bad reputation
I couldn't help being a little disbelieving when I saw the picture of the Irish travelling mum with seven of her children (Argus, September 7), looking so sweet and innocent and protesting that not all travellers are badly-behaved. I live in Coldean and
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It's poetic justice
The arrival of travellers in Preston Park has cheered me up no end, especially as they seem to have virtually corralled poor Andy Rollings' Chalet Cafe. Poetic justice, some may say. For years, park users have been urging Brighton and Hove Council to
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Voice of the Argus - Police can't just cop out
A police superintendent has admitted what we have known all along - that there just aren't enough bobbies on the beat in Sussex. All too often the only time residents see officers is when they are speeding past in a squad car or visiting their home to
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Date
Intimidation
Twice recently we have set off on potentially glorious walks over the Downs, only for both expeditions to turn into a depressing and ugly experiences. Both times we have been intimidated by temporary squatters on land which should be attractive and accessible
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Brighton win cricket title
Brighton and Hove clinched the Shepherd Neame Sussex League title by winning their last match and pipping 1999 champions Hastings by seven points. It has been a vintage season for Brighton who have completed the double after beating Three Bridges in the
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Adams puts Carr on list
Albion have dumped Darren Carr on the transfer list. The Seagulls are open to offers for the big centre half, manager Micky Adams revealed today. "We have not seen the best of him and we feel he will possibly be better looking to earn a living somewhere
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Date
Sales topped up by summer
Customers at JD Wetherspoon pubs have been drinking up over the last year and boosting sales at the group. Sales for the year to July 30 leapt 37 per cent to £369.6 million, while like-for-like sales, stripping out the effect of new pub openings, bubbled
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Date
Traffic pollution kills
A recent report in medical journal The Lancet reveals one in 17 deaths is caused by traffic pollution. Why then is Brighton and Hove Council planning to turn the King Alfred sports centre into a cinema and erecting a Tesco shed upon the gasworks, developments
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Date
Signal failure by Lizzie Enfield
As left home this morning, caught tale end of radio report which went something like this: "Connex managers say they will now look for more humane alternatives to solve the problem of overcrowding . . . meanwhile in the Big Brother house . . . ' I wondered
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We forecast rubbish fiasco, says union
Brighton and Hove Council's leadership was warned to expect chaos before refuse collection rounds in the town were reorganised, according to a union. It says council leader Lynette Gwyn-Jones and environment supremo John Ballance both refused to meet
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Date
Steve's a deep-dive Sheik in the Oman
Explorer Steve Dover gave the British Government just £1 for a shipwreck that had been lying at the bottom of the Indian Ocean for 84 years. But when the 44-year-old expert diver from Coolham, near Horsham, handed over the token cash he had no idea the
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Date
Drive time for the wild ones
Thousands of people packed Brighton seafront at the weekend for the annual National Speed Trials and the Ace Cafe Reunion Run. Two-wheeled power was the star attraction on both Saturday and Sunday, with the fastest times during the speed trials being
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Date
Suspicious
The comment by Telscombe Town councillor Roy Goodall that the ongoing council dispute is between the Liberal Democrats and the Independents (Opinion, Sept 5) cannot go unchallenged. On the contrary, the differences concerning selling part of Telscombe
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Date
It's a risk
Six weeks ago, a horsebox was abandoned outside a house in Bear Road, Brighton. Since then, people have been living in the van, although they have promised they will move it when they have the money to buy petrol. Four weeks ago I telephoned the police
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Date
Trucker fined for reporting refugees
A lorry driver who discovered seven illegal immigrants in his trailer and immediately reported them to Customs officers is furious after being fined £14,000. David Black was returning from Germany when he drove out of Dover docks and saw a hand waving
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Date
Dropouts
What an envious lifestyle travellers lead! Not a care in the world, except, of course, the constant problem of being moved on. The average person who works hard to provide a home for their family resents the travellers presence. They contribute nothing
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Date
Five weeks of noise in new shingle plan
Eighty heavy lorries an hour will rumble past seafront homes while shingle is extracted for sea defences, latest plans reveal. Residents living in exclusive properties at Shoreham Beach will have excavators loading the lorries close to their homes for
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Date
Winemaker counts cost of arson attack
Car thieves have been blamed after part of an historic wine centre was severely damaged by fire. A Ford Escort car was abandoned outside the English Wine Centre at Alfriston and then torched before the flames spread to the building. Flames engulfed the
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Date
It's scrubland
Simple! If Brighton and Hove Council had actually spent the £600,000 awarded four years ago by the National Lottery on improving Preston Park the travellers now living there would not have mistaken the run-down park for an unused piece of scrubland in
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Date
£100,000 spent to keep out travellers
A council is to spend £100,000 to step up security against travellers. Crawley Borough Council has been inundated with complaints from residents and businesses about the number of unauthorised camp sites at various locations around the town. Height restriction
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Date
Not a job for a killer
A murderer serving life for battering a pensioner to death with a hammer has been removed from rehabilitation work in an old people's home, the Home Office said today. Brian Parsons, 40, is serving life in Ford Open prison, near Arundel, for the 1987-
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Do something
It's amazing travellers continue to arrive in this area year after year, yet nothing is nothing done to accommodate them legally, or ensure they do not get on to sensitive nature sites or popular public areas. Surely, the authorities responsible for these
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Date
£100,000 clean-up for smelly hospital
A hospital trust is to spend £100,000 on improving cleanliness. The South Downs Health NHS Trust, which runs Brighton General Hospital, has been given the money as part of a Government initiative to clean up NHS hospitals. In a recent inspection the trust
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Date
Big spenders dig deep for Sussex needy
It was an evening to see, be seen and, more importantly, to dig deep. The 43rd launch party of the Argus Appeal drew a glittering who's who of celebrities from the world of stage, screen and the cream of Sussex businesses. Stars, including actors Joe
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Date
Bad reputation
I couldn't help being a little disbelieving when I saw the picture of the Irish travelling mum with seven of her children (Argus, September 7), looking so sweet and innocent and protesting that not all travellers are badly-behaved. I live in Coldean and
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Date
It's poetic justice
The arrival of travellers in Preston Park has cheered me up no end, especially as they seem to have virtually corralled poor Andy Rollings' Chalet Cafe. Poetic justice, some may say. For years, park users have been urging Brighton and Hove Council to
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Date
Brighton win cricket title
Brighton and Hove clinched the Shepherd Neame Sussex League title by winning their last match and pipping 1999 champions Hastings by seven points. It has been a vintage season for Brighton who have completed the double after beating Three Bridges in the
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Non-league: Reds escape, Rebels win again
Crawley Town scored twice in the last five minutes to maintain their flying start to the Dr Martens Premier season. Goals from Luke Anderson and Danny Carroll earnt ten man Reds 2-2 draw away to Halesowen. Langney led through a Jason Reed header at Stamford
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Fuel Panic
Petrol pumps across Sussex were drying up today following panic buying by motorists desperate to beat the fuel blockade. Petrol and diesel stocks were dwindling as drivers fought to fill up amid fears a blockade of fuel depots in the North West would
