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House prices drop
House prices in Sussex have fallen for the fourth successive month. More than half the county's chartered surveyors reported a slump in values from August to September. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says prices are expected to continue to
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Father and son golfers make history
A father and son have beaten the odds by both hitting a hole-in-one on the same green, on the same course, in the same week. Ray and Tim Hoyles were celebrating after they both struck lucky on hole number six, otherwise known as the 'drop hole', at Brighton
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Between you and me, by Vanora Leigh
There was a time (last Friday to be precise), when I didn't own a rolling pin. Now I have two. Not bad for a woman who has never rolled pastry and has no intention of doing so in the future. Strictly speaking, the rolling pins are The Mother's property
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Housing mix-up hits autistic boy
An autistic teenager has been forced into a bed and breakfast after a mix-up by housing bosses. Ricky Weblin, 14, had to leave his home in Hardwick Road, Hangleton with his mum Cheryl and seven-year-old brother Luke because bailiffs were coming to evict
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Volunteers hit streets to help homeless
It is seven degrees centigrade and the homeless of Brighton are bedding down for the night. A chill wind blows down Western Road as three volunteers from Off the Fence clutch flasks of soup, toiletries, warm clothing and sleeping bags to hand out to those
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Fireworks are go
The Lewes bonfire celebrations will go ahead as planned this weekend despite fears over flood damage to the procession routes. A meeting between police, council officials and bonfire societies declared the public would be safe. It had been feared the
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On the ball
Clare Cheetham, Withdean resident, must have been overjoyed when someone blocked her drive on a Brighton and Hove Albion match day (Opinion, October 19), as it gave her an excuse to call the police and write to the Argus about it. How long has she waited
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Selfish parkers
In reply to the letter howling at parking enforcement in the St. James's Street area (Argus, October 14), conflicts often occur when business owners think it is their God-given right to park illegally outside their premises all day. These people are then
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Charge them
The entire board of Railtrack, including chief executive Gerald Corbett, should be immediately sacked and also face criminal charges. By its own admission, the signalling and the rails were faulty and a potential danger at least a year ago. It was obvious
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Good moves
Getting into and around Brighton and Hove each day can be just as annoying, slow and tedious as the rush-hour train trip to London. So councillors are being asked to recommend an extra £1.38 million to improve transport through traffic calming, pedestrian
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The future's rail
Simon Fanshawe's excellent column helped to highlight a totally ignored major strategic planning brief effecting Brighton, Hove, Shoreham and surrounding areas over the next decade and beyond (Argus, October 19). For Brighton, with its London dormitory
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Fish fund needed
It was such a shame fishmonger Jim Partidge lost £700 because of the road closure outside his shop while the memorial PC Jeff Tooley was unveiled. Perhaps a Jim Partridge fund could be set up, if only to buy him a freezer to put his unsold fish in. It
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All so easy for Seagulls
Albion cruised to another victory against lowly Plymouth at Withdean last night. Midfielder Richard Carpenter rewarded their superiority with his second goal of the season in the 37th minute. Paul Watson hit the bar in the first half and Carpenter also
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Albion tipped for the title
Albion have been tipped as potential champions by former player Jason Peake after another convincing performance. Goals in each half by Richard Carpenter and Bobby Zamora saw off Peake's current club Plymouth at Withdean last night. The Seagulls' seventh
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Diners flee kitchen blaze
Customers had to down knives and forks when fire broke out in a restaurant last night. About ten people abandoned their meals and fled when the blaze broke out in Harry's English Restaurant in Church Road, Hove, shortly before 9pm. Flames from a gas hob
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All change on trains: Govia's record
The train company chosen to take over most Sussex services has a worse punctuality record than the firm it will replace. Govia, which runs Thameslink, fought off Connex to take over the service from the South Coast to London. Commuters and MPs welcomed
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Car fireball victim named
A man killed when his car crashed and burst into flames was named today as Ben Adams, 20, from Brighton. Mr Adams, an IT manager of Laughton Road, Woodingdean, died when his Peugeot 205 left Falmer Road and crashed into a flint wall in Ovingdean Road
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Drugs gang caged
Drug dealers who sold heroin and crack cocaine in Brighton have been jailed for a total of 27 years. Known as The Londoners, they sold wraps from the window of a flat in Whitehawk "like sweets" and in full view of neighbours. The gang, from Brighton and
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Clampdown on unsafe fireworks
A crackdown on unsafe fireworks has been launched by a West Sussex watchdog in a bid to cut down on bonfire night accidents. Last year, firework-related injuries rose by a fifth. Children and young people were harmed in more than half of firework accidents
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Tomboy - Sita Scooter
SITA have been unable to access an L-shaped street to collect rubbish. 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
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Father and son golfers make history
A father and son have beaten the odds by both hitting a hole-in-one on the same green, on the same course, in the same week. Ray and Tim Hoyles were celebrating after they both struck lucky on hole number six, otherwise known as the 'drop hole', at Brighton
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Fireworks are go
The Lewes bonfire celebrations will go ahead as planned this weekend despite fears over flood damage to the procession routes. A meeting between police, council officials and bonfire societies declared the public would be safe. It had been feared the
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Gas terror man jailed
A man has been jailed for two years for threatening to kill himself and a police officer by lighting a cigarette in a gas-filled bungalow. A court heard Alan Scott's threats were a "cry for help" following the death of his grandmother and were triggered
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Government promises flood towns quick cash
Countryside minister Elliot Morley today promised to seek quicker payouts to councils to meet the cost of dealing with the Sussex floods. He made the pledge during a Commons debate on the floods and also announced £800,000 to start the Chichester flood
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Named and shamed over safety at work
Sixteen Sussex companies have been named and shamed today over their record on safety at work. They include the firm running a nursing home where a resident was scalded to death and a security company where an employee was suffocated by an unsafe gas
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Suicide of man deemed 'not at risk'
A man stepped in front of a train just minutes after a doctor decided he was not a danger to himself, an inquest heard. Work colleagues at Seeboard became worried about Grant Saunders, 35, of Congreve Road, Worthing, when he arrived distressed and tearful
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Town lures top shops
Town centre bosses say they are winning their battle to attract top stores to a shopping centre. The Arndale Centre in Eastbourne is now full for the first time in more than a year after the last five empty units were snapped up by high street names.
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Connex 'won't run down services'
Train operator Connex has denied rumours it is planning to run down its West Sussex commuter services after losing its rail franchise yesterday. The company said London workers who live in the county would continue to get the same quality of travel until
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Government promises flood towns quick cash
Countryside minister Elliot Morley today promised to seek quicker payouts to councils to meet the cost of dealing with the Sussex floods. He made the pledge during a Commons debate on the floods and also announced £800,000 to start the Chichester flood
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On the ball
Clare Cheetham, Withdean resident, must have been overjoyed when someone blocked her drive on a Brighton and Hove Albion match day (Opinion, October 19), as it gave her an excuse to call the police and write to the Argus about it. How long has she waited
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Opinions count
Councillor Simon Battle criticised Campaign chairman Russell Hicks for expressing concern about the Hove parking scheme because Mr Hicks lives in Kemp Town. Does this mean I, as a Hove resident, would not be entitled to express a legitimate concern about
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Selfish parkers
In reply to the letter howling at parking enforcement in the St. James's Street area (Argus, October 14), conflicts often occur when business owners think it is their God-given right to park illegally outside their premises all day. These people are then
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Tragedy
In the light of the Hatfield rail disaster, Tory spokesman on transport Patrick Jenkin said certain aspects of rail privatisation might have been, in hindsight, a mistake. It's a tragedy people had to die in order for them to realise this. Rail privatisation
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The future's rail
Simon Fanshawe's excellent column helped to highlight a totally ignored major strategic planning brief effecting Brighton, Hove, Shoreham and surrounding areas over the next decade and beyond (Argus, October 19). For Brighton, with its London dormitory
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Youth In Action: Claire's one of world's top juniors
Claire Smithson is among the top junior discus throwers on the planet. The 17-year-old, from Hove, finished eighth in the World Junior Championships in Chile. Claire, who belongs to the Brighton and Hove club, was eighth in the final with a throw of 50.18m
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End of a reign of error?
Connex has gone. Commuters are cheering. But do they know what they're cheering for? Govia, which is taking over the South Central franchise, is promising £1.5 billion to revamp trains and stations during the next 20 years. It seems time to crack open
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Political tirades simply cloud the main issue
Simon Fanshawe's Place to Be updates have turned into political tirades which seem to have no relevance to the job he was employed to do. Most recently, for example, he suggests if the railways had not been privatised the Brighton Station site could have
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All so easy for Seagulls
Albion cruised to another victory against lowly Plymouth at Withdean last night. Midfielder Richard Carpenter rewarded their superiority with his second goal of the season in the 37th minute. Paul Watson hit the bar in the first half and Carpenter also
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Albion tipped for the title
Albion have been tipped as potential champions by former player Jason Peake after another convincing performance. Goals in each half by Richard Carpenter and Bobby Zamora saw off Peake's current club Plymouth at Withdean last night. The Seagulls' seventh
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Diners flee kitchen blaze
Customers had to down knives and forks when fire broke out in a restaurant last night. About ten people abandoned their meals and fled when the blaze broke out in Harry's English Restaurant in Church Road, Hove, shortly before 9pm. Flames from a gas hob
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All change on trains: Govia's record
The train company chosen to take over most Sussex services has a worse punctuality record than the firm it will replace. Govia, which runs Thameslink, fought off Connex to take over the service from the South Coast to London. Commuters and MPs welcomed
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New twist in bins chaos saga
Dustmen are refusing to collect rubbish bags from a street because they say it is an awkward shape. People living in L-shaped Westbourne Street, Hove, are kicking up a stink over the excuse given by waste firm Sita. Residents in Westbourne Street, who
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Review: Itching for a Switch
When you need more than one PC on your desk, it is hard to find space for all the extra kit. Now a new and surprisingly uncomplicated device called a SwitchView allows a user to connect up to four PCs to a single monitor, keyboard and mouse. The SwitchView
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Catch up at Pursuit's cybercafe
Residents and visitors can take a break from shopping or sightseeing to e-mail friends and surf the net thanks to a new town centre cybercafe. Pursuit Internet, in Brighton's Preston Street, offers customers the chance to use the net while having a cup
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You're never too old for e-learning
A company has been set up to make it easier for older people to use computers, e-mail and the internet. Portslade-based Clickton targets its business specifically at people over 50 who have never used the internet before. The company aims to advise potential
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Meeting says no to A&E plan
Campaigners fighting to save their hospital services say thousands of pounds should be spent on developing facilities in Mid Sussex and not south of the county. More than 60 people packed a public meeting last night to discuss plans to downgrade accident
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Drugs gang caged
Drug dealers who sold heroin and crack cocaine in Brighton have been jailed for a total of 27 years. Known as The Londoners, they sold wraps from the window of a flat in Whitehawk "like sweets" and in full view of neighbours. The gang, from Brighton and
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Worthing gets wired to the web
Internet surfers have flocked to Worthing's first cyber cafe. Worthing Online in Warwick Street opened its doors on Saturday and has been packed with customers wanting to surf the net ever since. The cafe was the brainchild of joint managers Alex Holmes
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Watchdog fears over brewery deal
The Competition Commission has voiced its concerns about the £2.3 million takeover of Bass's brewing business by Belgian giant Interbrew. Worries over the deal include whether it will reduce competition in the brewing market, and whether it will give
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Tomboy - Sita Scooter
SITA have been unable to access an L-shaped street to collect rubbish. 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
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Road rage
Wendy Taylor is wrong in blaming Tony Blair for the cancellation of the A27 Worthing bypass. It was the previous Tory administration, in its final desperate budget, which tried to swap roads for votes in its poorly-thought out death throes. Sir George
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Gas terror man jailed
A man has been jailed for two years for threatening to kill himself and a police officer by lighting a cigarette in a gas-filled bungalow. A court heard Alan Scott's threats were a "cry for help" following the death of his grandmother and were triggered
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Government promises flood towns quick cash
Countryside minister Elliot Morley today promised to seek quicker payouts to councils to meet the cost of dealing with the Sussex floods. He made the pledge during a Commons debate on the floods and also announced £800,000 to start the Chichester flood
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Named and shamed over safety at work
Sixteen Sussex companies have been named and shamed today over their record on safety at work. They include the firm running a nursing home where a resident was scalded to death and a security company where an employee was suffocated by an unsafe gas
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Meal ticket
The article on the dinner ladies in West Sussex who are still waiting for their redundancy payments (Argus, September 8) reminded me they would not be in this sorry situation but for the Conservative West Sussex County Council's decision to axe children's
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Opinions count
Councillor Simon Battle criticised Campaign chairman Russell Hicks for expressing concern about the Hove parking scheme because Mr Hicks lives in Kemp Town. Does this mean I, as a Hove resident, would not be entitled to express a legitimate concern about
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Tragedy
In the light of the Hatfield rail disaster, Tory spokesman on transport Patrick Jenkin said certain aspects of rail privatisation might have been, in hindsight, a mistake. It's a tragedy people had to die in order for them to realise this. Rail privatisation
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Youth In Action: On crest of world wave
Paul Campbell-James has turned a nightmare year on its head. The 17-year-old Seaford sailor has qualified for the World Youth Championships in Sydney. Campbell-James broke his leg in May which wrecked his hopes of competing in Britain's European and World
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Youth In Action: Claire's one of world's top juniors
Claire Smithson is among the top junior discus throwers on the planet. The 17-year-old, from Hove, finished eighth in the World Junior Championships in Chile. Claire, who belongs to the Brighton and Hove club, was eighth in the final with a throw of 50.18m
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End of a reign of error?
Connex has gone. Commuters are cheering. But do they know what they're cheering for? Govia, which is taking over the South Central franchise, is promising £1.5 billion to revamp trains and stations during the next 20 years. It seems time to crack open
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Political tirades simply cloud the main issue
Simon Fanshawe's Place to Be updates have turned into political tirades which seem to have no relevance to the job he was employed to do. Most recently, for example, he suggests if the railways had not been privatised the Brighton Station site could have
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Sloppy defending costs Crawley
Crawley were knocked off their perch at the top of the Dr Martens League after an x-rated second half performance last night. Reds threw away an interval lead given to them by Danny Carroll to lose their first home league game of the season. Cambridge
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Burt header earns Town a derby win
Hastings Town got their season back on track last night as they took the derby honours in a 1-0 win over visitors Langney Sports in the Dr Martens League Eastern Division. Tony Burt's headed goal from Terry White's free kick on 72 minutes was a rare highlight
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Baby boom for soccer squad
Forget the Busby Babes - here come the Beeding Babes. Four players at Upper Beeding Football Club and their partners have recently become proud parents of baby girls. Scott Redfern, Matt Andrews, John Burgess and Vic Gretton couldn't believe it as each
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All change on trains: Can Govia do better?
Connex is on the way out and a new firm will run most of our trains - but will we notice the difference? Govia staff were yesterday celebrating after the company was handed the troubled South Central franchise. But the company, expected to take over from
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New twist in bins chaos saga
Dustmen are refusing to collect rubbish bags from a street because they say it is an awkward shape. People living in L-shaped Westbourne Street, Hove, are kicking up a stink over the excuse given by waste firm Sita. Residents in Westbourne Street, who
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Review: Itching for a Switch
When you need more than one PC on your desk, it is hard to find space for all the extra kit. Now a new and surprisingly uncomplicated device called a SwitchView allows a user to connect up to four PCs to a single monitor, keyboard and mouse. The SwitchView
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Catch up at Pursuit's cybercafe
Residents and visitors can take a break from shopping or sightseeing to e-mail friends and surf the net thanks to a new town centre cybercafe. Pursuit Internet, in Brighton's Preston Street, offers customers the chance to use the net while having a cup
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You're never too old for e-learning
A company has been set up to make it easier for older people to use computers, e-mail and the internet. Portslade-based Clickton targets its business specifically at people over 50 who have never used the internet before. The company aims to advise potential
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BT's blunder leads to billing clawback
Thousands of internet customers are facing large bills after BT neglected to charge them for £30 million of phone calls. A billing error which went unnoticed for six months led the communications giant to accidentally give many customers free internet
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House prices drop
House prices in Sussex have fallen for the fourth successive month. More than half the county's chartered surveyors reported a slump in values from August to September. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors says prices are expected to continue to
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Watchdog fears over brewery deal
The Competition Commission has voiced its concerns about the £2.3 million takeover of Bass's brewing business by Belgian giant Interbrew. Worries over the deal include whether it will reduce competition in the brewing market, and whether it will give
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Road rage
Wendy Taylor is wrong in blaming Tony Blair for the cancellation of the A27 Worthing bypass. It was the previous Tory administration, in its final desperate budget, which tried to swap roads for votes in its poorly-thought out death throes. Sir George
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Jury told of rail line death
A man electrocuted himself on a railway line after a night of drinking, an inquest heard. Jason Blandford, 29, of Lavant Close, Goring, was found on the track near Angmering station. An inquest jury at Worthing heard Mr Blandford had been upset and angry
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Between you and me, by Vanora Leigh
There was a time (last Friday to be precise), when I didn't own a rolling pin. Now I have two. Not bad for a woman who has never rolled pastry and has no intention of doing so in the future. Strictly speaking, the rolling pins are The Mother's property
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School set for million pound rejuvenation
A Sussex school is to undergo a £1 million expansion programme. The development will see the creation of a new maths faculty and better music facilities at Downlands School in Hassocks. West Sussex County Council says the move is essential to keep the
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Housing mix-up hits autistic boy
An autistic teenager has been forced into a bed and breakfast after a mix-up by housing bosses. Ricky Weblin, 14, had to leave his home in Hardwick Road, Hangleton with his mum Cheryl and seven-year-old brother Luke because bailiffs were coming to evict
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Volunteers hit streets to help homeless
It is seven degrees centigrade and the homeless of Brighton are bedding down for the night. A chill wind blows down Western Road as three volunteers from Off the Fence clutch flasks of soup, toiletries, warm clothing and sleeping bags to hand out to those
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Residents urged to fight new homes
Local campaigners are calling for people to support their fight against a major housing development in the West Sussex countryside. Residents opposed to plans to build hundreds of homes at West Durrington say the scheme is environmental vandalism and
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£280,000 windfall for college
A leading college has landed a windfall of more than a quarter of a million pounds. The development and enterprise unit at Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology has secured £280,627 from the European Social Fund. College bosses will now set up three
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Meal ticket
The article on the dinner ladies in West Sussex who are still waiting for their redundancy payments (Argus, September 8) reminded me they would not be in this sorry situation but for the Conservative West Sussex County Council's decision to axe children's
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Charge them
The entire board of Railtrack, including chief executive Gerald Corbett, should be immediately sacked and also face criminal charges. By its own admission, the signalling and the rails were faulty and a potential danger at least a year ago. It was obvious
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Youth In Action: On crest of world wave
Paul Campbell-James has turned a nightmare year on its head. The 17-year-old Seaford sailor has qualified for the World Youth Championships in Sydney. Campbell-James broke his leg in May which wrecked his hopes of competing in Britain's European and World
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Good moves
Getting into and around Brighton and Hove each day can be just as annoying, slow and tedious as the rush-hour train trip to London. So councillors are being asked to recommend an extra £1.38 million to improve transport through traffic calming, pedestrian
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Hospital bed crisis will get worse
Hospital bosses have held emergency talks with councillors to discuss the looming bed crisis this winter. Managers at Eastbourne's District General Hospital have admitted it will be difficult to cope with the anticipated increase in patients during the
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Sloppy defending costs Crawley
Crawley were knocked off their perch at the top of the Dr Martens League after an x-rated second half performance last night. Reds threw away an interval lead given to them by Danny Carroll to lose their first home league game of the season. Cambridge
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Fish fund needed
It was such a shame fishmonger Jim Partidge lost £700 because of the road closure outside his shop while the memorial PC Jeff Tooley was unveiled. Perhaps a Jim Partridge fund could be set up, if only to buy him a freezer to put his unsold fish in. It
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Burt header earns Town a derby win
Hastings Town got their season back on track last night as they took the derby honours in a 1-0 win over visitors Langney Sports in the Dr Martens League Eastern Division. Tony Burt's headed goal from Terry White's free kick on 72 minutes was a rare highlight
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Baby boom for soccer squad
Forget the Busby Babes - here come the Beeding Babes. Four players at Upper Beeding Football Club and their partners have recently become proud parents of baby girls. Scott Redfern, Matt Andrews, John Burgess and Vic Gretton couldn't believe it as each
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Head denies bullying claims
A teenager who claims her life was wrecked by bullying at a Sussex school ten years ago never complained to her head teacher, London's High Court heard. Paul Harvey, head of Ifield Middle School in Crawley, disputed Leah Bradford-Smart's claims that she
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All change on trains: Can Govia do better?
Connex is on the way out and a new firm will run most of our trains - but will we notice the difference? Govia staff were yesterday celebrating after the company was handed the troubled South Central franchise. But the company, expected to take over from
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Dial-a-ride to get out and about
Disabled people in Mid Sussex can now take advantage of a new Dial-a-Ride service. West Sussex County Council, Mid Sussex District Council and the Countryside Agency have teamed up to provide the £370,000 scheme. The service, operated by Bluebird Community
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Car fireball victim named
A man killed when his car crashed and burst into flames was named today as Ben Adams, 20, from Brighton. Mr Adams, an IT manager of Laughton Road, Woodingdean, died when his Peugeot 205 left Falmer Road and crashed into a flint wall in Ovingdean Road
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BT's blunder leads to billing clawback
Thousands of internet customers are facing large bills after BT neglected to charge them for £30 million of phone calls. A billing error which went unnoticed for six months led the communications giant to accidentally give many customers free internet
