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Eubank project ends in disappointment
Residents of a housing project set up by former boxer Chris Eubank have spoken of their disappointment at having to leave their homes. St Anne's House in Buckingham Road, Brighton, was sold to MS Investments for more than £2 million. More than 15 vulnerable
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Adams: My hurt over Keegan move
Albion boss Micky Adams has revealed the hurt of being replaced by Kevin Keegan. He says his sacking by Fulham was a "massive blow" to his pride. England coach Keegan was appointed manager at Fulham by Mohamed Al Fayed after Adams steered them to promotion
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Strange system
It seems a strange benefits system that enables young single mothers, often straight from school to motherhood and contributing nothing in the way of taxes or national insurance, to get a home and sufficient cash to keep themselves and their offspring
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Fuel dilemma
If fuel tax supposedly pays for hospitals and schools, why are so many hospitals being downgraded? Surely if there is money to prop up the Millennium Dome and the euro, there is money for hospitals? I suppose the reason Brighton's Royal Sussex County
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People power
Conservatives and Labour alike should take note. If the incinerator goes ahead in Newhaven, there will be massive campaigning by residents of Newhaven and other surrounding towns to unseat their local Labour and Tory MPs and councillors. We will actively
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Ryan wants to secure title for his grandad
Ryan Moore, teenage son of Woodingdean trainer Gary Moore and his wife Jayne, wants to clinch an amateur riders' title at Ascot tomorrow in memory of his grandad. Charlie Moore died on Sunday and Ryan will be going all out to secure the Bollinger Champagne
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It's hypocrisy
At last someone has had the guts to put in writing something I have advocated for many years, to no avail. I agree whole-heartedly with Ian Slater's recent suggestion that party politics should not have a place in local government. Before the last war
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Big Trophy clash gets the go ahead
The Davies and Tate Trophy for the Sussex Inter-Club Matchplay knockout goes ahead at Goodwood tomorrow after last month's postponement caused by the fuel crisis. A hurried change of final dates has not made a great difference to either East Brighton,
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Readers back begging campaign
The Don't Give to Beggars campaign has won overwhelming support from our readers. Yesterday people were asked: 'Should we give to beggars?" The result was a resounding no. Of those taking part in our current website poll, 86.5 per cent said no and 13.5
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I see an eyesore
One of the biggest eyesores in Brighton is on the corner of Grand Parade and Edward Street. Advertising hoardings front a derelict site full of rubbish. It would be an affront anywhere but what makes it worse is that this site is right opposite the Royal
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Littlejohn plots his own course to gold
Mark Littlejohn wants to launch his own Olympic campaign after master-minding the gold medal success of Shirley Robertson . Littlejohn, from Lancing, coached Robertson to victory in the European class in Sydney. Now the 37-year-old Lancing Club member
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Horsham in tune with Wem-ber-ley
Horsham might get a few moments in the media spotlight as they bid to put the lights out on Wembley tomorrow. Hornets' trip to the Ryman division two strugglers coincides with England's last-ever run out beneath the Twin Towers. Wembley's Vale Farm ground
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Langney's rise rewarded
Langey Sports' achievements have not gone unnoticed on the national stage. The Dr Martens League new boys won the Non-League Directory's Club-of-the-Year Award for the Home Counties South region. Langney were one of six regional winners nationwide and
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One in five students will drop out
Almost one in five students at the universities of Brighton and Sussex will fail to complete their degrees, according to figures out today. The projected drop-out figures are above average when compared with those for other universities, which range from
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Cliff plunge man fights for life
A man was fighting for his life today after falling from a 100ft cliff. The man, in his mid-twenties, was found at midnight by a passer-by at the foot of cliffs behind the Asda supermarket at Roedean, Brighton. He was taken to the Royal Sussex County
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BA considers breath-testing pilots
British Airways has been carrying out research for months on whether to introduce random breath tests for its pilots and cabin crew. The move was prompted by the introduction of random tests in other parts of the transport industry, including railways
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Love triangle theory as man hit by car
A man was hit by a car last night in what police suspect was a "love triangle" feud. The alleged attack happened in a Brighton car park and there were reports the victim was hit more than once by the car. It happened at 9pm outside the Sportsman pub at
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Fewer trains run on time
The number of trains running on time in Sussex has fallen, new figures reveal. A total of 87.5 per cent of Connex South Central trains arrived on time between June 25 and September 16 this year compared with 91 per cent for the same period in 1999. The
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Place to be - for addicted beggars
He is white, in his mid-twenties, comes from London and wants your money to feed his heroin habit. With its relative prosperity, laid-back atmosphere and self-styled Place To Be motif, Brighton has successfully sold itself as one of the most attractive
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Judge keeps centre open
Parents battling to save a home for autistic children are celebrating after council officials agreed to return to the drawing board. A High Court judge yesterday quashed Brighton and Hove Council's decision to close the Palmeria Project, a centre for
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Sarah appeal prompts 50 calls
About 50 people have contacted police in response to a new appeal for information in the hunt for the killer of Sarah Payne. The Sussex detective leading the murder team, Detective Superintendent Peter Kennett, said yesterday he was "desperate" to hear
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Money back guaranteed
Thousands of people across Sussex have received reductions in their water bills after we revealed they were paying for a service they had not received. Southern Water has reduced bills for 18,000 people who paid for rainwater drainage. A high proportion
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A right royal eyesore
It could potentially be one of the most desirable addresses in Sussex. But uncertainty hangs over the future of a derelict building site overlooks Brighton's historic Royal Pavilion. The plot of land, on the corner of Edward Street and Grand Parade, was
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Victory for phone mast campaign
People living near a mobile phone mast are celebrating news that it is to be taken down. More than 600 people objected to the 45ft steel mast being installed at the British Engineerium in Nevill Avenue, Hove. Residents branded it an eyesore and said they
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Come out, wherever you are
A campaign aimed at encouraging gays and lesbians to "come out" gets under way this week. Sheila McWattie reports. Homophobic attacks are on the increase in Brighton, a town famous for its high proportion of gay residents and visitors. As National Coming
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Devoted husband's five-year quest
A teacher who has spent five years looking for his missing wife arrived in Brighton and vowed: "I will keep searching until I die." Bernard Breant has travelled across Europe and made inquiries all over the world about Odette, his wife of 28 years. Odette
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
Brighton and Hove - European Capital of Culture 2008. Yes! Doesn't it have a wonderful ring to it! In spite of my regular criticism of so much that is wrong here, it is well meant criticism. I want nothing but the very best for this potentially glorious
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Adams: My hurt over Keegan move
Albion boss Micky Adams has revealed the hurt of being replaced by Kevin Keegan. He says his sacking by Fulham was a "massive blow" to his pride. England coach Keegan was appointed manager at Fulham by Mohamed Al Fayed after Adams steered them to promotion
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Strange system
It seems a strange benefits system that enables young single mothers, often straight from school to motherhood and contributing nothing in the way of taxes or national insurance, to get a home and sufficient cash to keep themselves and their offspring
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Officer hurt in 999 crash
A police sergeant was injured when his patrol car was involved in a crash with a taxi. The unnamed officer, based at the John Street police station in Brighton, was answering a 999 call to a fight when the accident happened last night. He was taken to
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Fuel dilemma
If fuel tax supposedly pays for hospitals and schools, why are so many hospitals being downgraded? Surely if there is money to prop up the Millennium Dome and the euro, there is money for hospitals? I suppose the reason Brighton's Royal Sussex County
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Don't blame us
The anonymous correspondent who describes motorists as "a bunch of hypocrites" (Opinion, September 28) fails to take into account a number of important points. Unlike the French, our protesters did not blockade ports or in any way interfere with people
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I see an eyesore
One of the biggest eyesores in Brighton is on the corner of Grand Parade and Edward Street. Advertising hoardings front a derelict site full of rubbish. It would be an affront anywhere but what makes it worse is that this site is right opposite the Royal
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Bully boy
Like many others in Sussex and beyond, I've been following with morbid fascination the unfortunate saga of Nicholas Hoogstraten - the man who so accurately defines himself in his descriptions of other people. The Argus reported the latest on his illegal
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Littlejohn plots his own course to gold
Mark Littlejohn wants to launch his own Olympic campaign after master-minding the gold medal success of Shirley Robertson . Littlejohn, from Lancing, coached Robertson to victory in the European class in Sydney. Now the 37-year-old Lancing Club member
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Free our GPs from their administrative shackles
I am registered with Goodwood Court Surgery and agree with Dr Nigel Higson's comments regarding the stress GPs are under because of the excessive administrative work they now have to deal with (Argus, September 29). I have worked for the NHS all my life
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Horsham in tune with Wem-ber-ley
Horsham might get a few moments in the media spotlight as they bid to put the lights out on Wembley tomorrow. Hornets' trip to the Ryman division two strugglers coincides with England's last-ever run out beneath the Twin Towers. Wembley's Vale Farm ground
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Parking misery
Parking in Hove is a nightmare. I live off Lansdowne Road in Hove and drive around, sometimes for up to 30 minutes at a time, trying to find a legal place to park. The other day it was raining hard so I parked on double yellows to unload my bags. On my
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Langney's rise rewarded
Langey Sports' achievements have not gone unnoticed on the national stage. The Dr Martens League new boys won the Non-League Directory's Club-of-the-Year Award for the Home Counties South region. Langney were one of six regional winners nationwide and
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Rider thrown from horse
A rider was badly injured when she was thrown from her horse after an accident with a delivery van. The 44-year-old woman was riding along Honeywick Lane in Chiddingly, near Hailsham, at 1pm yesterday when a Transit-style van overtook them. The van and
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BA considers breath-testing pilots
British Airways has been carrying out research for months on whether to introduce random breath tests for its pilots and cabin crew. The move was prompted by the introduction of random tests in other parts of the transport industry, including railways
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Love triangle theory as man hit by car
A man was hit by a car last night in what police suspect was a "love triangle" feud. The alleged attack happened in a Brighton car park and there were reports the victim was hit more than once by the car. It happened at 9pm outside the Sportsman pub at
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Bogus officers steal £200 from OAP
Burglars posed as police officers to steal £200 from a 94-year-old man. The pair entered their victim's house in Bellhurst Road, Robertsbridge, at about 3.30am on Wednesday. They made an untidy search of the house, then woke the pensioner, told him they
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Fewer trains run on time
The number of trains running on time in Sussex has fallen, new figures reveal. A total of 87.5 per cent of Connex South Central trains arrived on time between June 25 and September 16 this year compared with 91 per cent for the same period in 1999. The
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Housing market is cooling, believe it or not
The housing market has come off the boil, although property prices in the South East have risen faster than anywhere else in the UK. House prices in the South East rose by 2.85 per cent in the third quarter of the year compared to the UK average of 1.1
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Art deco flats are a diamond investment
A former diamond factory is being converted into a sparkling complex of flats with a Thirties-style art deco theme. Developer Michael Wrennall said he was astonished by the level of interest in the four-storey Deco Building, which overlooks Lewes Road
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Place to be - for addicted beggars
He is white, in his mid-twenties, comes from London and wants your money to feed his heroin habit. With its relative prosperity, laid-back atmosphere and self-styled Place To Be motif, Brighton has successfully sold itself as one of the most attractive
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Judge keeps centre open
Parents battling to save a home for autistic children are celebrating after council officials agreed to return to the drawing board. A High Court judge yesterday quashed Brighton and Hove Council's decision to close the Palmeria Project, a centre for
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Joy over 200 new jobs
A wholesale book firm is to create 200 new jobs in Eastbourne. Local MP Nigel Waterson said the news about Gardners Books was a sign of an upturn in investment in the town. The firm, based in Whittle Drive, is to take over a disused pharmaceuticals building
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Money back guaranteed
Thousands of people across Sussex have received reductions in their water bills after we revealed they were paying for a service they had not received. Southern Water has reduced bills for 18,000 people who paid for rainwater drainage. A high proportion
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Arts centre revamp on hold
A multi-million pound scheme to refurbish an arts centre has been put on hold. Extensive renovation work to Horsham Arts Centre is not expected to start until 2002, almost a year later than originally planned. Horsham Council, which owns the venue, says
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A right royal eyesore
It could potentially be one of the most desirable addresses in Sussex. But uncertainty hangs over the future of a derelict building site overlooks Brighton's historic Royal Pavilion. The plot of land, on the corner of Edward Street and Grand Parade, was
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Pensioner's gift to lorry ban campaign
An elderly woman has donated her pension money to help support a ban on juggernauts in her village. The woman gave £50 towards measures to stop the stream of lorries which residents claim is ruining their quality of life and making the roads dangerous
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On the warpath over hospitals merger
A campaign has been launched to oppose plans to merge two hospitals and close another. Parliamentary candidate Chris Berry is furious at plans outlined by Eastbourne Hospitals NHS Trust for the future of local services. The trust has appointed a panel
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Parents' poor mark for attendance
A meeting set up so parents and pupils could voice their concerns over a trouble-hit college fell flat when only three people turned up. Councillors thought no one was going to come to the event to talk about East Brighton College of Media Arts last night
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Man bailed on art theft charge
A Sussex man is among four charged with conspiring to steal a £1.6 million collection of paintings, including work by LS Lowry. The four were given bail when they appeared in court today. Richard Westbrook, 30, of Bognor, has been charged with stealing
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Devoted husband's five-year quest
A teacher who has spent five years looking for his missing wife arrived in Brighton and vowed: "I will keep searching until I die." Bernard Breant has travelled across Europe and made inquiries all over the world about Odette, his wife of 28 years. Odette
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Big Brother will still be watching
The Inland Revenue's "Big Brother" powers of surveillance will not be curbed by the Human Rights Act, a partner in a leading firm of accountants said. Chris Chadburn, a partner at Baker Tilly, said many of the provisions of the Act, which became law on
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Tomboy - Diamond Geezer
A diamond factory is being converted into flats. 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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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
Everyone seems agreed the Olympics were a spectacular success. But some our coverage was far from medal-winning, according to two readers. Susan Hannington, from Haywards Heath, felt we did not provide enough details of the performances of local competitors
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
Brighton and Hove - European Capital of Culture 2008. Yes! Doesn't it have a wonderful ring to it! In spite of my regular criticism of so much that is wrong here, it is well meant criticism. I want nothing but the very best for this potentially glorious
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Officer hurt in 999 crash
A police sergeant was injured when his patrol car was involved in a crash with a taxi. The unnamed officer, based at the John Street police station in Brighton, was answering a 999 call to a fight when the accident happened last night. He was taken to
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Aggressive
English drivers must be the most aggressive in the world. After years of hospitalisation I have only recently regained my strength and begun driving. Since then, I have been amazed at the road rage I have been confronted with. While it's true drivers
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Don't blame us
The anonymous correspondent who describes motorists as "a bunch of hypocrites" (Opinion, September 28) fails to take into account a number of important points. Unlike the French, our protesters did not blockade ports or in any way interfere with people
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A big improvement, and that's the tooth
A former false tooth factory in Coombe Road, Brighton, is being converted into dozens of luxury apartments. It's a welcome development for neighbours after the building was left abandoned and crumbling for many years. The factory looked like a rotten
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Bully boy
Like many others in Sussex and beyond, I've been following with morbid fascination the unfortunate saga of Nicholas Hoogstraten - the man who so accurately defines himself in his descriptions of other people. The Argus reported the latest on his illegal
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Another fine mess
Brighton and Hove Council has got itself into another right old mess, this time over the future of the Palmeira Project in Hove. The home was scheduled for closure next month after the council said the costs of running the project, run by NCH Action for
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Free our GPs from their administrative shackles
I am registered with Goodwood Court Surgery and agree with Dr Nigel Higson's comments regarding the stress GPs are under because of the excessive administrative work they now have to deal with (Argus, September 29). I have worked for the NHS all my life
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Parking misery
Parking in Hove is a nightmare. I live off Lansdowne Road in Hove and drive around, sometimes for up to 30 minutes at a time, trying to find a legal place to park. The other day it was raining hard so I parked on double yellows to unload my bags. On my
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Reds boss is bubbling
Billy Smith was spraying champagne at Crawley last night as he celebrated being named Dr Martens Manager-of-the-Month. The Reds boss, who has pulled off a masterstroke since rejoining the club last year, won the September award after guiding his side
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Housing market is cooling, believe it or not
The housing market has come off the boil, although property prices in the South East have risen faster than anywhere else in the UK. House prices in the South East rose by 2.85 per cent in the third quarter of the year compared to the UK average of 1.1
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Art deco flats are a diamond investment
A former diamond factory is being converted into a sparkling complex of flats with a Thirties-style art deco theme. Developer Michael Wrennall said he was astonished by the level of interest in the four-storey Deco Building, which overlooks Lewes Road
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Pensioner's gift to lorry ban campaign
An elderly woman has donated her pension money to help support a ban on juggernauts in her village. The woman gave £50 towards measures to stop the stream of lorries which residents claim is ruining their quality of life and making the roads dangerous
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Parents' poor mark for attendance
A meeting set up so parents and pupils could voice their concerns over a trouble-hit college fell flat when only three people turned up. Councillors thought no one was going to come to the event to talk about East Brighton College of Media Arts last night
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Police chief: Drugs law isn't working
Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse today admitted: "The prohibition of drugs is not working." The county's police chief believes a national debate is needed to find new solutions and discuss legalising soft drugs such as cannabis. His views fly in
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Big Brother will still be watching
The Inland Revenue's "Big Brother" powers of surveillance will not be curbed by the Human Rights Act, a partner in a leading firm of accountants said. Chris Chadburn, a partner at Baker Tilly, said many of the provisions of the Act, which became law on
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Tomboy - Diamond Geezer
A diamond factory is being converted into flats. 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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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
Everyone seems agreed the Olympics were a spectacular success. But some our coverage was far from medal-winning, according to two readers. Susan Hannington, from Haywards Heath, felt we did not provide enough details of the performances of local competitors
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Eubank project ends in disappointment
Residents of a housing project set up by former boxer Chris Eubank have spoken of their disappointment at having to leave their homes. St Anne's House in Buckingham Road, Brighton, was sold to MS Investments for more than £2 million. More than 15 vulnerable
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Date
People power
Conservatives and Labour alike should take note. If the incinerator goes ahead in Newhaven, there will be massive campaigning by residents of Newhaven and other surrounding towns to unseat their local Labour and Tory MPs and councillors. We will actively
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Date
Aggressive
English drivers must be the most aggressive in the world. After years of hospitalisation I have only recently regained my strength and begun driving. Since then, I have been amazed at the road rage I have been confronted with. While it's true drivers
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Ryan wants to secure title for his grandad
Ryan Moore, teenage son of Woodingdean trainer Gary Moore and his wife Jayne, wants to clinch an amateur riders' title at Ascot tomorrow in memory of his grandad. Charlie Moore died on Sunday and Ryan will be going all out to secure the Bollinger Champagne
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Date
A big improvement, and that's the tooth
A former false tooth factory in Coombe Road, Brighton, is being converted into dozens of luxury apartments. It's a welcome development for neighbours after the building was left abandoned and crumbling for many years. The factory looked like a rotten
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Date
It's hypocrisy
At last someone has had the guts to put in writing something I have advocated for many years, to no avail. I agree whole-heartedly with Ian Slater's recent suggestion that party politics should not have a place in local government. Before the last war
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Date
Big Trophy clash gets the go ahead
The Davies and Tate Trophy for the Sussex Inter-Club Matchplay knockout goes ahead at Goodwood tomorrow after last month's postponement caused by the fuel crisis. A hurried change of final dates has not made a great difference to either East Brighton,
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Date
Readers back begging campaign
The Don't Give to Beggars campaign has won overwhelming support from our readers. Yesterday people were asked: 'Should we give to beggars?" The result was a resounding no. Of those taking part in our current website poll, 86.5 per cent said no and 13.5
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Case against photographer is dropped
A magistrate today threw out the prosecution of a freelance photographer accused of refusing to obey a police order at a monkey farm demonstration. Stipendiary magistrate Paul Tain ruled Terry Kane, 36, had no case to answer after hearing legal argument
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Another fine mess
Brighton and Hove Council has got itself into another right old mess, this time over the future of the Palmeira Project in Hove. The home was scheduled for closure next month after the council said the costs of running the project, run by NCH Action for
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Date
Reds boss is bubbling
Billy Smith was spraying champagne at Crawley last night as he celebrated being named Dr Martens Manager-of-the-Month. The Reds boss, who has pulled off a masterstroke since rejoining the club last year, won the September award after guiding his side
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Date
One in five students will drop out
Almost one in five students at the universities of Brighton and Sussex will fail to complete their degrees, according to figures out today. The projected drop-out figures are above average when compared with those for other universities, which range from
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Cliff plunge man fights for life
A man was fighting for his life today after falling from a 100ft cliff. The man, in his mid-twenties, was found at midnight by a passer-by at the foot of cliffs behind the Asda supermarket at Roedean, Brighton. He was taken to the Royal Sussex County
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Man hurt in flat blaze
A man needed hospital treatment yesterday after being rescued from his burning flat in Billingshurst. He was treated for the effects of breathing in smoke. Firefighters rescued the man and his cat from the blaze in a first floor flat in Bridgewater Close
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Missing boy, 9, returns home
A nine-year-old boy vanished for almost ten hours after failing to take his regular taxi home from school. Anthony Deeks, from Worthing, was eventually spotted at Paddington station in London early today. He was due to be collected by his mother this
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Firm fined for air safety breach
A freight company was fined £4,000 after a passenger flight was loaded with paint and aerosols in breach of air safety regulations. The aircraft was loaded with paint and aerosols, Crawley magistrates heard. When the flight from Gatwick landed in Guernsey
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Sarah appeal prompts 50 calls
About 50 people have contacted police in response to a new appeal for information in the hunt for the killer of Sarah Payne. The Sussex detective leading the murder team, Detective Superintendent Peter Kennett, said yesterday he was "desperate" to hear
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Hi-tech yacht heads for home
Sussex sailor Graham Goff was returning to port today aboard the £4 million catamaran Team Philips - just 18 hours after setting out for New York. A project spokesman said today the 120ft craft was heading back to Dartmouth, Devon, because of a swaying
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Valley votes for national park
The creation of a South Downs National Park should go ahead as soon as possible, say residents of Findon Valley, Worthing. There was an overwhelming vote in favour of the South Downs National Park at a public meeting organised by the Findon Valley Residents
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Victory for phone mast campaign
People living near a mobile phone mast are celebrating news that it is to be taken down. More than 600 people objected to the 45ft steel mast being installed at the British Engineerium in Nevill Avenue, Hove. Residents branded it an eyesore and said they
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Come out, wherever you are
A campaign aimed at encouraging gays and lesbians to "come out" gets under way this week. Sheila McWattie reports. Homophobic attacks are on the increase in Brighton, a town famous for its high proportion of gay residents and visitors. As National Coming
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Care home evacuated in blaze
Fire investigators were searching for clues last night after a blaze caused a Bexhill care home to be evacuated. Police were also called to investigate at the care home at Fairmount Road. The alarm was raised shortly before 7pm when smoke was seen rising
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Police chief: Drugs law isn't working
Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse today admitted: "The prohibition of drugs is not working." The county's police chief believes a national debate is needed to find new solutions and discuss legalising soft drugs such as cannabis. His views fly in
