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Praise for policeman's dramatic rescue
Sergeant Richard Delacour has been praised for his bravery after a dramatic rescue 100ft above a railway line. He was called to Highcroft Villas, Brighton, where a depressed man in his twenties was threatening to jump 100ft from a wall down on to the
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New homes 'could open floodgates'
Residents in Ringmer are campaigning to get housebuilding plans in their village thrown out. They fear proposals for 14 new homes on farmland behind Elphick Road would open the floodgates for more. The land has been offered by a local farmer for affordable
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Parking scheme to go ahead
Councillors are pressing ahead with a town centre parking scheme for Hove even though surveys have shown most people are against it. But Brighton and Hove Council has agreed to reduce the charges for the first year. Last night environment councillor John
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Is this the answer?
A scheme to discourage people from giving to beggars, by encouraging them to support charities for the homeless instead, could be launched in Brighton. The "alternative giving scheme" has been proposed by the town's homelessness tsar, Helen Keats, whose
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Tall story
Ken Moorey has had visitors coming from miles around to see his latest wonder at Firle, near Lewes. Noted for his success with giant plants such as sunflowers, Ken has now grown what could be the biggest outdoor tomato plant in Britain. The disadvantage
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First class news
People in North Moulsecoomb were dismayed when the post office in Barcombe Road suddenly closed without warning. But now it is to be reopened in November by the Patel family who already have another business in the area. It's good news for local customers
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The Big Cheeses take the Challenge biscuit
Horsham Riders triumphed at the Cheddar Mountain Bike Challenge over four days in Somerset. Their four-man team of Mike Thyer, Gordon Smith, Stuart Aspinall and Paul Vinten swept to victory in the veterans' three-hour relay race after lapping all the
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Bobbies can beat misery
St James's Street is the most beautiful shopping area in Brighton and should be one of the resort's greatest attractions. But for the last 30 years it has been in decline. It has become the haunt of beggars, drug addicts and winos who have made the lives
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Towers topple Bears
Brighton Bears are still searching for their first win of the season after London Towers proved too strong for them in pulling off a comfortable 95-73 League win. Towers' victory at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre puts them top of the Southern
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Pilot 'drank ten pints before flight'
A British Airways captain sank the equivalent of ten pints of beer before work and slept through a flight to London, it was alleged today. The pilot reported for duty for the flight from Barcelona after only two hours' sleep following a heavy late-night
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Fresh appeal in hunt for Sarah's killer
The detective leading the hunt for the killer of Sarah Payne said today he was "desperate" to hear from a lorry driver who could have vital information. The driver officers want to hear from was at the wheel of a white 7.5 tonne curtain-sided lorry which
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Call to block the burner
Plans to build an incinerator in the Ouse valley should be dropped, says Lewes Labour Party. It believes anaerobic digestion, which turns waste into compost, could deal with a major portion of waste planners propose to burn in an incinerator in Newhaven
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Tomboy - Coat Peg
An exhibition of erotic art is due to open in Brighton. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations
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Asbestos delay to new store
The opening of a new store in Worthing is to be delayed after builders found asbestos. The potentially deadly substance has been found in the new Wilkinson store in the Guildbourne Centre, off South Street. The store was scheduled to open this coming
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Woman and children in blaze drama
Firefighters rescued a woman and four children as they huddled together in the bedroom of their burning East Sussex home last night. The five - two children, two teenagers and a woman in her early twenties -were trapped in the bedroom of a house in High
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Protesters aim to stop the sprawl
Protesters fighting plans for 3,000 new homes in Mid Sussex took their concern to the town hall last night. They converged on Crawley Town Hall to object to the prospect of a mini-town springing up on their doorstep. The group sat in on the meeting in
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The two faces of St James's Street
Friday afternoon, and St James's Street resembles a busy European high street. Quirky boutiques and pubs nestle between big name stores. It is the kind of place which has helped give Brighton its Bohemian reputation. Yet just hours later two men are assaulted
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Death crash driver loses appeal
A court has upheld a five-year jail sentence on a death-crash driver who went on to commit his third drink-drive offence within weeks of being charged. The Court of Appeal in London ruled that the jail term imposed on Neil Zanardelli, 23, was "not manifestly
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Daewoo staff told: You'll get your money
Unpaid Daewoo workers have today been told they will get their salaries for last month - but the cash will not be coming from the Korean company. More than 750 staff at the firm's technical centre in Worthing were finally told they would receive wages
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Oscars on the buses
A bus company is heading for the bright lights after being nominated for the industry's most prestigious awards. Brighton and Hove Buses has been nominated for the 'Bus Oscars', along with two Sussex community bus services. Late services, cancellations
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No to circus animal ban
A move to ban circuses which use animals has been rejected despite angry protests. Brighton and Hove Council bans circuses with wild animals on its land but not domestic animals such as horses. There were demonstrations by animal lovers when Zippo's Circus
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New homes 'could open floodgates'
Residents in Ringmer are campaigning to get housebuilding plans in their village thrown out. They fear proposals for 14 new homes on farmland behind Elphick Road would open the floodgates for more. The land has been offered by a local farmer for affordable
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A&E Q&A
Debate is raging about the merits of moving key accident and emergency services from Haywards Heath down to Brighton. Health trusts managing hospitals in the two towns want to centralise care provided so doctors can maintain their skills and medical specialities
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Health chiefs feel the heat
Residents took health officials to task last night over the possible reorganisation of casualty services at a hospital. They fear elderly and infirm patients will be forced to make long journeys on public transport if the scheme for the Princess Royal
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Join the Q for Bond actor's old home
The former Sussex family home of Desmond Llewelyn, known to millions as gadget man Q in the James Bond films, is on the market for £585,000. Desmond, 85, lived in 19th Century Whitelands, just outside Battle, for many years before moving to High Street
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Parking scheme to go ahead
Councillors are pressing ahead with a town centre parking scheme for Hove even though surveys have shown most people are against it. But Brighton and Hove Council has agreed to reduce the charges for the first year. Last night environment councillor John
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The Big Cheeses take the Challenge biscuit
Horsham Riders triumphed at the Cheddar Mountain Bike Challenge over four days in Somerset. Their four-man team of Mike Thyer, Gordon Smith, Stuart Aspinall and Paul Vinten swept to victory in the veterans' three-hour relay race after lapping all the
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Pirates take the spoils against Eagles
Eatbourne Eagles began their Craven Shield bid with a 52-38 defeat at Poole last night. The new Elite League champions were always chasing a lost cause after the Pirates scored a 5-1 in the opening heat. Paul Hurry was the Sussex team's best rider, scoring
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Towers topple Bears
Brighton Bears are still searching for their first win of the season after London Towers proved too strong for them in pulling off a comfortable 95-73 League win. Towers' victory at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre puts them top of the Southern
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Booker knows it all chapter and verse
Albion manager Micky Adams has picked an ideal replacement for Alan Cork. The players will respond to Bob Booker, according to one of the new No.2's former team-mates. Darren Carr was at Sheffield United with Booker. The Seagulls' transfer-listed stopper
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It's working out just fine for Mayo, at last
Albion defender Kerry Mayo is relishing his partnership with the player many people expected to replaced him. The Seagulls' stalwart has former an effective understanding with free-scoring summer signing Nathan Jones. Mayo admits he feared the worst when
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Adams gets a wage rise
Micky Adams has been given a pay rise for masterminding Albion's surge up the table. Chairman Dick Knight and his board decided to reward Adams for the run of 16 League points out of a possible 18 which earned him the Third Division manager of the month
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Resort's hotels lose out to competition
Hotels in Bognor are losing business to Bournemouth and Brighton, according to a new report. The report from the Bognor Regis Regeneration Group said too few Bognor hotels made the grade despite increased demand for accommodation. It also claimed there
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Call for stadium by the station
The Albion's proposed new stadium should be built on derelict land next to Brighton station, a report to countryside watchdogs says. The Sussex Downs Conservation Board is being advised to object to a proposed redevelopment of the site. The land should
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Home care for hip and knee patients
A new home care scheme for patients who have had hip or knee replacement operations is being piloted in West Sussex. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust is spending £120,000 to appoint a team of nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists
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Tonic needed by troubled Tavern
De Vere Group, the hotels to fitness clubs operator, said it was considering selling its loss-making Tavern drinks wholesaling division. The poor performance at Tavern marred an otherwise optimistic trading update for the year to October. There was steady
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Tomboy - Coat Peg
An exhibition of erotic art is due to open in Brighton. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex
Well, it's all over bar the yawning. When William Hague finishes his speech to the Tory faithful today, the party conference season will have finished for another year. Looking back on this season, like almost any other in recent years, there has been
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The two faces of St James's Street
Friday afternoon, and St James's Street resembles a busy European high street. Quirky boutiques and pubs nestle between big name stores. It is the kind of place which has helped give Brighton its Bohemian reputation. Yet just hours later two men are assaulted
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Oscars on the buses
A bus company is heading for the bright lights after being nominated for the industry's most prestigious awards. Brighton and Hove Buses has been nominated for the 'Bus Oscars', along with two Sussex community bus services. Late services, cancellations
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No to circus animal ban
A move to ban circuses which use animals has been rejected despite angry protests. Brighton and Hove Council bans circuses with wild animals on its land but not domestic animals such as horses. There were demonstrations by animal lovers when Zippo's Circus
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A&E Q&A
Debate is raging about the merits of moving key accident and emergency services from Haywards Heath down to Brighton. Health trusts managing hospitals in the two towns want to centralise care provided so doctors can maintain their skills and medical specialities
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Health chiefs feel the heat
Residents took health officials to task last night over the possible reorganisation of casualty services at a hospital. They fear elderly and infirm patients will be forced to make long journeys on public transport if the scheme for the Princess Royal
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High cost of keeping in touch with voters
Lewes MP Norman Baker has forked out £1,500 of his own money to distribute a report saying how well he is doing as the only Liberal Democrat MP in Sussex to 38,000 homes. The glossy report includes media comments about the MP, who has angered and frustrated
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Join the Q for Bond actor's old home
The former Sussex family home of Desmond Llewelyn, known to millions as gadget man Q in the James Bond films, is on the market for £585,000. Desmond, 85, lived in 19th Century Whitelands, just outside Battle, for many years before moving to High Street
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How I beat begging
A former drug addict who begged to get money for heroin is calling on people not to give to beggars. Sarah Browning, a former methadone addict and heroin user who has just kicked her drug habit after ten years, said: "Please do not give money directly
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Pirates take the spoils against Eagles
Eatbourne Eagles began their Craven Shield bid with a 52-38 defeat at Poole last night. The new Elite League champions were always chasing a lost cause after the Pirates scored a 5-1 in the opening heat. Paul Hurry was the Sussex team's best rider, scoring
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Date
Booker knows it all chapter and verse
Albion manager Micky Adams has picked an ideal replacement for Alan Cork. The players will respond to Bob Booker, according to one of the new No.2's former team-mates. Darren Carr was at Sheffield United with Booker. The Seagulls' transfer-listed stopper
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It's working out just fine for Mayo, at last
Albion defender Kerry Mayo is relishing his partnership with the player many people expected to replaced him. The Seagulls' stalwart has former an effective understanding with free-scoring summer signing Nathan Jones. Mayo admits he feared the worst when
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Adams gets a wage rise
Micky Adams has been given a pay rise for masterminding Albion's surge up the table. Chairman Dick Knight and his board decided to reward Adams for the run of 16 League points out of a possible 18 which earned him the Third Division manager of the month
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Charity chief's reward to catch a thief
The head of a national charity today offered a cash reward after lifesaving equipment was stolen in Brighton. Marjorie Wallace, founder and chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, had two bags taken as they were being loaded into her car on
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Daewoo staff told: You'll get your money
Unpaid Daewoo workers have today been told they will get their salaries for last month - but the cash will not be coming from the Korean company. More than 750 staff at the firm's technical centre in Worthing were finally told they would receive wages
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Call for stadium by the station
The Albion's proposed new stadium should be built on derelict land next to Brighton station, a report to countryside watchdogs says. The Sussex Downs Conservation Board is being advised to object to a proposed redevelopment of the site. The land should
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Same-track shock for train driver
An empty passenger train had to stop when the driver spotted another train on the same track outside Brighton station today. The incident comes exactly a year after the Paddington rail disaster. Train operators Connex said the incident at 9am was caused
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Tonic needed by troubled Tavern
De Vere Group, the hotels to fitness clubs operator, said it was considering selling its loss-making Tavern drinks wholesaling division. The poor performance at Tavern marred an otherwise optimistic trading update for the year to October. There was steady
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex
Well, it's all over bar the yawning. When William Hague finishes his speech to the Tory faithful today, the party conference season will have finished for another year. Looking back on this season, like almost any other in recent years, there has been
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Only here for the pier
More than ten years ago, Ian Stuart tried to buy Brighton's West Pier but was foiled. Now, the self-made millionaire is back in Sussex to show that one resort's loss is another's gain. Last month, he signed on the dotted line as the new owner of Hastings
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Man died in arrest drama
A man had a heart attack and died when detectives tried to arrest him, an inquest heard. Frederick Reynolds, 74, was taken to hospital after collapsing at his home in Grove Road, Worthing, but died in the resuscitation room. Detective Constable Michael
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Praise for policeman's dramatic rescue
Sergeant Richard Delacour has been praised for his bravery after a dramatic rescue 100ft above a railway line. He was called to Highcroft Villas, Brighton, where a depressed man in his twenties was threatening to jump 100ft from a wall down on to the
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Pilot 'drank ten pints before flight'
A British Airways captain sank the equivalent of ten pints of beer before work and slept through a flight to London, it was alleged today. The pilot reported for duty for the flight from Barcelona after only two hours' sleep following a heavy late-night
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High cost of keeping in touch with voters
Lewes MP Norman Baker has forked out £1,500 of his own money to distribute a report saying how well he is doing as the only Liberal Democrat MP in Sussex to 38,000 homes. The glossy report includes media comments about the MP, who has angered and frustrated
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Date
Is this the answer?
A scheme to discourage people from giving to beggars, by encouraging them to support charities for the homeless instead, could be launched in Brighton. The "alternative giving scheme" has been proposed by the town's homelessness tsar, Helen Keats, whose
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Date
How I beat begging
A former drug addict who begged to get money for heroin is calling on people not to give to beggars. Sarah Browning, a former methadone addict and heroin user who has just kicked her drug habit after ten years, said: "Please do not give money directly
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Tall story
Ken Moorey has had visitors coming from miles around to see his latest wonder at Firle, near Lewes. Noted for his success with giant plants such as sunflowers, Ken has now grown what could be the biggest outdoor tomato plant in Britain. The disadvantage
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Date
First class news
People in North Moulsecoomb were dismayed when the post office in Barcombe Road suddenly closed without warning. But now it is to be reopened in November by the Patel family who already have another business in the area. It's good news for local customers
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Date
Bobbies can beat misery
St James's Street is the most beautiful shopping area in Brighton and should be one of the resort's greatest attractions. But for the last 30 years it has been in decline. It has become the haunt of beggars, drug addicts and winos who have made the lives
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Date
Charity chief's reward to catch a thief
The head of a national charity today offered a cash reward after lifesaving equipment was stolen in Brighton. Marjorie Wallace, founder and chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, had two bags taken as they were being loaded into her car on
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Date
Daewoo staff told: You'll get your money
Unpaid Daewoo workers have today been told they will get their salaries for last month - but the cash will not be coming from the Korean company. More than 750 staff at the firm's technical centre in Worthing were finally told they would receive wages
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Date
Pilot 'drank ten pints before flight'
A British Airways captain sank the equivalent of ten pints of beer before work and slept through a flight to London, it was alleged today. The pilot reported for duty for the flight from Barcelona after only two hours' sleep following a heavy late-night
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Fresh appeal in hunt for Sarah's killer
The detective leading the hunt for the killer of Sarah Payne said today he was "desperate" to hear from a lorry driver who could have vital information. The driver officers want to hear from was at the wheel of a white 7.5 tonne curtain-sided lorry which
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Same-track shock for train driver
An empty passenger train had to stop when the driver spotted another train on the same track outside Brighton station today. The incident comes exactly a year after the Paddington rail disaster. Train operators Connex said the incident at 9am was caused
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How I beat begging
A former drug addict who begged to get money for heroin is calling on people not to give to beggars. Sarah Browning, a former methadone addict and heroin user who has just kicked her drug habit after ten years, said: "Please do not give money directly
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Warning over bogus officials
Bogus officials are targeting elderly people in Haywards Heath and Lindfield, police have warned. The spate of visits started on Saturday afternoon, when a gang of three called at an elderly woman's home in Dellney Avenue, Haywards Heath, at about 4.30pm
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Call to block the burner
Plans to build an incinerator in the Ouse valley should be dropped, says Lewes Labour Party. It believes anaerobic digestion, which turns waste into compost, could deal with a major portion of waste planners propose to burn in an incinerator in Newhaven
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Council acts to protect its treasure
Councillors look set to introduce new guidelines to stop treasure hunters taking home ancient relics found on council land. The council has been inundated with requests from archaeologists, people with metal detectors and local historians wanting to search
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Court bans building boss from directorship
A former building company boss has been disqualified from being a director after running up debts of more than half a million pounds. David Antink, of Westfield Lane, St Leonards, was director of Sussex Building Contractors Ltd until it was wound up in
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Put A&E cuts on ice, says watchdog
Health watchdogs say NHS chiefs have not proved major changes to the Princess Royal Hospital will benefit people. They want any changes put on ice while a study set up by the NHS Executive is carried out of hospitals in the Burgess Hill, Horsham, East
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Backlog hits benefit claimants
A council is bringing in extra measures to try to tackle a backlog of benefits claims. Arun Council has 3,700 outstanding council tax and rent rebate claims and staff are struggling to keep up with demand. The figure is an improvement on summer high of
