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West Pier to be star attraction at celebrity ball
A scale model of Brighton's West Pier is expected to fetch thousands of pounds for sick and disadvantaged children when it goes under the hammer. The intricately designed model is set to take centre stage at the Variety Club's annual dinner and ball at
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Funding boost for over-subscribed schools
Schools in Brighton have had more than £1 million earmarked to cope with the after-effects of a baby boom in the Nineties. Primary and secondary schools will spend the money on extra classrooms to cater for the unusually high number of children born in
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Not right venue
As a venue for Brighton and Hove Albion's new football stadium, Falmer is too soon, too little, too inconvenient, to inaccessible, too expensive and will be too restrictive. Success breeds confidence, which in turn encourages investment. It would be bad
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Argus reader builds bridges with disabled
A Good Samaritan has stepped in following an Argus story of a window cleaner crippled after a fall. Steve Walker broke his back when he fell 20ft from a ladder in Brighton. He is now confined to a wheelchair and cannot tend his prized carp and goldfish
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Don't bother
Good luck to those who have started a campaign to save All Saints Hospital in Eastbourne. They obviously do not have much experience of the hospital, nor have been inside it. To describe it as out-of-date is putting it mildly. I have never met anyone
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Euro so wrong
Lacking the courage of his convictions and abdicating the real responsibility of leadership, the stay-in-office-at-all-costs Prime Minister Tony Blair now wants to give the impression the country should not rush into joining the euro. Putting aside the
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Tomboy - The Place To Be
An Australian state has come up with a new slogan: The Place to Be. 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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Need reminding
Having read of the public disgust at the attitude of the Imperial War Graves Commission over the salaries of its gardeners, I suggest the media get together and send an illuminated scroll of the two exhortations to each member involved in the petty money-pinching
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We've a lot to offer but need everybody's help
As the owner of a shop in St George's Road, Kemp Town, an area criticised by Sam Miguel as not having anything to offer (Opinion, October 20), I would like to enlighten him as to what we do offer. St George's Road has a comprehensive range of high quality
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Man about city by Simon Fanshawe
Last Saturday I was the guest speaker at the Headway Ball. Let's hope you never have to phone these people. Volunteers run the charity that helps people cope with accidental brain injuries, caused by car accidents, motorbike accidents, falling down stairs
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex
Here are three items you won't find in Brighton and Hove Council's Local Plan and which should be included. They can be considered as my contribution to part of the lengthy consultation process into this worthy document which few people will ever read
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Cancellation chaos for commuters
Rail passengers faced new chaos today as cancellations and delays hit trains from Sussex to London. And as commuters struggled in to work news emerged that another train has come off the rails, this time in Surrey. Half today's trains from Brighton to
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Not gawpers
I was surprised to see Adam Trimingham's article describing those visiting Lewes and Uckfield during and immediately after the recent floods as "gawpers" (Argus, October 19) . We were away during the floods and when we heard about the water and mud through
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Super nurses
Sussex's first 'super nurse' has started work in Brighton. Vanessa Wright will be helping to ensure that children and young people in local authority care get the best healthcare available. Her newly-defined role as a nurse consultant will allow her to
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Windsor on the mark again for under-17s
Mark Windsor took his tally to eight for the season as Albion's impressive under-17s toppled league leaders Leyton Orient 3-1 at Brisbane Road last Saturday. Windsor scored twice as Albion moved to within two points of Orient at the top of the Football
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A desperate situation
A day centre for people with mental health problems is in danger of having to shut its doors because it faces a huge leap in rent. Mora House Day Centre in Crawley has had its annual rent increased tenfold by Crawley Borough Council from £2,100 to £21,000
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Jobseekers' interests best served by public sector
I would like to clarify several points in Sally Hall's article describing the pioneering scheme Working Links as a public-private partnership involving Manpower and the government's Employment Service (Argus, October 20). In fact, Working Links is a private
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Cycling: Maes finds top gear
Lancing rider Natacha Maes (In Gear) was in a class of her own when she won Brighton Mitre 25-mile time trial at Steyning. It was her fourth success in the event and her time was 1hr.0min.13sec. Second place went to Marina Bloom, of Crawley, Wheelers
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The day I discovered BSE
For a short time, before anyone could even guess at the scale of the catastrophe about to unfold, it was called simply Pitsham Farm Syndrome. Hidden by trees in the sleek South Downs landscape just south of Midhurst, Pitsham Farm is an unlikely candidate
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Wright time for a super-nurse
The first of a new breed of so-called 'super nurses' to be employed in Sussex has taken up her post. Vanessa Wright will take on the role at South Downs Health NHS Trust which combines working directly with children and a management role involving planning
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Business joins fight against incinerator
Firms in Newhaven are being asked to organise their own polls to gauge the extent of workforce opposition towards a waste incinerator in the town. Residents, town councillors, community leaders, and local MP Norman Baker are all fighting plans to make
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West Pier to be star attraction at celebrity ball
A scale model of Brighton's West Pier is expected to fetch thousands of pounds for sick and disadvantaged children when it goes under the hammer. The intricately designed model is set to take centre stage at the Variety Club's annual dinner and ball at
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Funding boost for over-subscribed schools
Schools in Brighton have had more than £1 million earmarked to cope with the after-effects of a baby boom in the Nineties. Primary and secondary schools will spend the money on extra classrooms to cater for the unusually high number of children born in
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New mental health centre planned
A new £500,000 centre for adults with mental health problems could open in East Brighton if proposals get the go ahead next month. The proposed new centre at Brighton General Hospital will provide a day hospital, drop-in centre and cafe for people from
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Not right venue
As a venue for Brighton and Hove Albion's new football stadium, Falmer is too soon, too little, too inconvenient, to inaccessible, too expensive and will be too restrictive. Success breeds confidence, which in turn encourages investment. It would be bad
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New train operator urged to listen to the people
Rail campaigners are today calling for early talks with Govia, which won the new South Central train franchise on Tuesday. Commuters using the main line from Hassocks to London say it is vital the company is aware of people's concerns so improvements
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Ill-informed
It is obviously not sensible for people to leave trains and wander down railway lines, running the risk of electrocution and being run over, as recently occurred. However, if Connex or Thameslink do not provide information to their staff and then instruct
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Tomboy - The Place To Be
An Australian state has come up with a new slogan: The Place to Be. 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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Need reminding
Having read of the public disgust at the attitude of the Imperial War Graves Commission over the salaries of its gardeners, I suggest the media get together and send an illuminated scroll of the two exhortations to each member involved in the petty money-pinching
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Question time
There has been gross distortion in the national media over the issue of overseas war grave gardeners' pay. The gardeners are employed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is funded by the Ministry of Defence. The gardeners carry out an important
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Don't assume
The recent article about a convicted armed robber who has had a £20,000 sex change operation paid for by the NHS (Argus, October 19) reflects the uninformed assumptions still plaguing transsexual people. While in no way condoning her crime, it is fair
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We've a lot to offer but need everybody's help
As the owner of a shop in St George's Road, Kemp Town, an area criticised by Sam Miguel as not having anything to offer (Opinion, October 20), I would like to enlighten him as to what we do offer. St George's Road has a comprehensive range of high quality
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Art treasure found in garage fetches £55,000
An oil painting found hidden in a box in a disused garage fetched £55,000 at auction yesterday. Fording the Stream, by Victorian landscape painter Sidney Richard Percy, had not seen the light of day for 50 years until a homebuyer discovered it hidden
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex
Here are three items you won't find in Brighton and Hove Council's Local Plan and which should be included. They can be considered as my contribution to part of the lengthy consultation process into this worthy document which few people will ever read
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Fu vaccine runs out
Demand for flu jabs has left stocks of the vaccine at an all-time low in parts of West Sussex. Some GPs' practices in towns including Crawley, Horsham and Worthing have been particularly hard hit as demand for the vaccine outstrips supply. Health chiefs
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Cancellation chaos for commuters
Rail passengers faced new chaos today as cancellations and delays hit trains from Sussex to London. And as commuters struggled in to work news emerged that another train has come off the rails, this time in Surrey. Half today's trains from Brighton to
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Crisis looms for hospital
NHS chiefs fear lengthening waiting lists and the looming winter beds crisis could bring Eastbourne's main hospital "to a halt". Eastbourne District General Hospital is already 385 cases behind its target and the backlog looks likely to increase in the
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Yobs run amok on estate
Yobs went on the rampage on a Brighton estate last night, hurling stones at buses and cars and attempting to torch a youth centre. The trouble started at about 8.20pm when louts attacked the 67 Youth Centre, in Hodshrove Road, Moulsecoomb. Vandals climbed
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Who pays now?
How can one best describe a local planning authority which endangers people's health, welfare and livelihoods by permitting the building of homes and businesses on the flood plain of a river? Incompetent? Irresponsible? Culpably negligent? No doubt the
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Not gawpers
I was surprised to see Adam Trimingham's article describing those visiting Lewes and Uckfield during and immediately after the recent floods as "gawpers" (Argus, October 19) . We were away during the floods and when we heard about the water and mud through
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Inconvenient
What price convenience? Running low on a couple of items, I popped across the road to the convenience store, which is a few yards closer than my regular supermarket. My shopping came to £1.50. Not a lot, but the identical items cost me only £1 at my regular
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No more stores
Blatchington Road in Hove was much nicer when there were Victorian buildings on the stretch of it where the Co-op supermarket now stands. Surely a lesson was learned from this? So why repeat this gross error by building a similar store on the old gasworks
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Windsor on the mark again for under-17s
Mark Windsor took his tally to eight for the season as Albion's impressive under-17s toppled league leaders Leyton Orient 3-1 at Brisbane Road last Saturday. Windsor scored twice as Albion moved to within two points of Orient at the top of the Football
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Cycling: Maes finds top gear
Lancing rider Natacha Maes (In Gear) was in a class of her own when she won Brighton Mitre 25-mile time trial at Steyning. It was her fourth success in the event and her time was 1hr.0min.13sec. Second place went to Marina Bloom, of Crawley, Wheelers
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Doctor in loo rescue
A doctor had to be rescued by firefighters when he became trapped in the toilet of a blood transfusion van. The doctor had been working with blood donors yesterday evening when it happened. The van was parked by the Frog's Hole Farm pub in Maidenbower
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Robot ready for battle
Three Sussex electronics enthusiasts have built a machine to take part in the BBC show Robot Wars. Shane Howard, 34, Brian Fountain, 34, and Darryl Howard, ten, all from Hastings, hope their creation Gemini will win the series. It weighs 250kg and has
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Green light for 'flood risk' homes
Councillors have given the go-ahead for 60 more houses in a harbour development despite fears they will be at risk of flooding. The Environment Agency slated plans to build the extra homes at Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne, claiming residents' lives were
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The day I discovered BSE
For a short time, before anyone could even guess at the scale of the catastrophe about to unfold, it was called simply Pitsham Farm Syndrome. Hidden by trees in the sleek South Downs landscape just south of Midhurst, Pitsham Farm is an unlikely candidate
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Win a tax-free year
A year's free council tax is up for grabs as part of a consultation exercise to find out voters' views. Brighton and Hove Council is offering the prize of a year with no council tax to persuade people to have a say about the way they are governed. People
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Sacked for my accent
A Spaniard has won £1,360 compensation after an employment tribunal ruled he was sacked from his job on the railways because of his accent. Augustin Darius-Martin, who worked as a train host serving passengers from a refreshment trolley on the route between
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New mental health centre planned
A new £500,000 centre for adults with mental health problems could open in East Brighton if proposals get the go ahead next month. The proposed new centre at Brighton General Hospital will provide a day hospital, drop-in centre and cafe for people from
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Panasonic blames euro for job losses
As many as 1,300 people found out today they will lose their jobs at a Japanese-owned electrical factory. Panasonic, which employs 2,400 workers at its 25-year-old plant in Cardiff said uncertainty over Britain's adoption of the single currency was one
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Ill-informed
It is obviously not sensible for people to leave trains and wander down railway lines, running the risk of electrocution and being run over, as recently occurred. However, if Connex or Thameslink do not provide information to their staff and then instruct
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Question time
There has been gross distortion in the national media over the issue of overseas war grave gardeners' pay. The gardeners are employed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is funded by the Ministry of Defence. The gardeners carry out an important
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Don't assume
The recent article about a convicted armed robber who has had a £20,000 sex change operation paid for by the NHS (Argus, October 19) reflects the uninformed assumptions still plaguing transsexual people. While in no way condoning her crime, it is fair
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Art treasure found in garage fetches £55,000
An oil painting found hidden in a box in a disused garage fetched £55,000 at auction yesterday. Fording the Stream, by Victorian landscape painter Sidney Richard Percy, had not seen the light of day for 50 years until a homebuyer discovered it hidden
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Lottery boost for childcare
Schools across Sussex are celebrating today following the announcement of a wave of grants which will fund more than 3,000 out-of-school childcare places. Fifty-six awards, totalling more than £1.2 million, have been made from the New Opportunities Fund
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Hard-hitting animal rights play cut
A controversial writer has been told his play will be running on only two evenings instead of every night for a fortnight. Brian Behan has accused the New Venture Theatre in Brighton of not being brave enough to stage his graphic play, Animal Terrorists
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Yobs run amok on estate
Yobs went on the rampage on a Brighton estate last night, hurling stones at buses and cars and attempting to torch a youth centre. The trouble started at about 8.20pm when louts attacked the 67 Youth Centre, in Hodshrove Road, Moulsecoomb. Vandals climbed
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Bad sign
I am unhappy about the signs showing distance in kilometres along Eastbourne's seafront. After all, traffic distance signs in this country must by law be in yards or miles - it is even unlawful to give a metric equivalent. I called the borough council's
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New group is a twin attraction
Passers-by could be forgiven for seeing double if they walk past Hanover Community Centre in Brighton. As many as nine sets of twins in their double buggies can be seen heading up the hill to a new support group set up to cater for the increasing number
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Who pays now?
How can one best describe a local planning authority which endangers people's health, welfare and livelihoods by permitting the building of homes and businesses on the flood plain of a river? Incompetent? Irresponsible? Culpably negligent? No doubt the
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Date
Inconvenient
What price convenience? Running low on a couple of items, I popped across the road to the convenience store, which is a few yards closer than my regular supermarket. My shopping came to £1.50. Not a lot, but the identical items cost me only £1 at my regular
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Date
No more stores
Blatchington Road in Hove was much nicer when there were Victorian buildings on the stretch of it where the Co-op supermarket now stands. Surely a lesson was learned from this? So why repeat this gross error by building a similar store on the old gasworks
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Why oh why?
Dad, what's a public consultation exercise? It's where you ask people's opinion about something, son. Who asks the people, Dad? Well, it's usually the local council, son. Does the council have to take any notice of what the people say, Dad? No, not really
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We're accessible
Michael Panting enviously observes other bus companies' achievements for accessible transport (Opinion, October 20). Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company has been investing in new easy-access buses. By next spring around half our fleet will be accessible
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A job well done
It was interesting to see the article on Prince Edward's visit to the flood-stricken areas around Lewes and Uckfield (Argus, October 18) but a shame there was no mention of the fantastic job carried out by staff of Lewes District Council. Staff worked
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Table tennis: Horsham hold second place
Horsham held on to second place in the British League premier division table at Broadbridge Heath with a 10-4 victory over the powerful south London club, Dulwich. After five games Horsham began to falter with a slender 3-2 lead. Ritchie Venner, 35, the
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Olympic theme for new stadium
Stephen Morley has Olympic designs for Albion at Falmer. Morley is the man masterminding the look of the Seagulls' proposed stadium. He is incorporating a key feature of the spectacular home of the Sydney Olympics to provide Albion with a gold medal winner
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Albion stars get new deal
Three key members of Albion's promotion-chasing squad today committed themselves to the club until 2003. Defender Danny Cullip and midfield pair Charlie Oatway and Paul Watson have all signed new contracts with the club extending their term until June
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Beware of the dips
Police are out to stop Sussex people falling prey to pickpockets on the London Underground. So far this year, British Transport Police have had 38 reports from East Sussex visitors to the capital. Officers have set up Operation Jackdaw to promote caution
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The Aussies have pinched our idea
Of all the slogans in all the towns in all the world, they come up with ours. Two years after Brighton and Hove first declared itself the Place to Be, our Australian namesake is doing the same. The state of Victoria, whose capital Melbourne has its own
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Council takes a swipe at stadium plan
A scathing attack was launched today on plans to build a new stadium for the Albion at Falmer. It came from West Sussex County Council, which says the development would spoil an area of outstanding natural beauty. Councillors are also set to oppose an
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Win a tax-free year
A year's free council tax is up for grabs as part of a consultation exercise to find out voters' views. Brighton and Hove Council is offering the prize of a year with no council tax to persuade people to have a say about the way they are governed. People
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Back to school for flood kids
Classes are about to start again for pupils whose school was closed due to flooding. Temporary classrooms have been winched into place at Lewes New School. The school, in Talbot Terrace, had only been open a few weeks when torrential rain submerged much
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Sacked for my accent
A Spaniard has won £1,360 compensation after an employment tribunal ruled he was sacked from his job on the railways because of his accent. Augustin Darius-Martin, who worked as a train host serving passengers from a refreshment trolley on the route between
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Firms urged to co-operate to lift local economy
A second Mid Sussex town is taking new steps to encourage more businesses to join forces and boost the area's economy. Haywards Heath Business Association is reorganising its membership policy in a bid to bring in new members. It intends to scrap subscription-only
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EU cash to tackle social exclusion
A college has scooped a £280,000 handout from the European Social Fund to help disadvantaged youngsters. Eastbourne College of Arts and Technology received the cash to fund three projects to help meet the Government's agenda for social inclusion and lifelong
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Fire service 999 response unaffected by floods
Fire chiefs insist it is "business as usual" despite having two fire stations and a control room knocked out by the recent floods. East Sussex Fire Brigade handled more than 400 calls in the first 12 hours of the emergency and, despite difficulties, responded
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Panasonic blames euro for job losses
As many as 1,300 people found out today they will lose their jobs at a Japanese-owned electrical factory. Panasonic, which employs 2,400 workers at its 25-year-old plant in Cardiff said uncertainty over Britain's adoption of the single currency was one
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Argus reader builds bridges with disabled
A Good Samaritan has stepped in following an Argus story of a window cleaner crippled after a fall. Steve Walker broke his back when he fell 20ft from a ladder in Brighton. He is now confined to a wheelchair and cannot tend his prized carp and goldfish
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Don't bother
Good luck to those who have started a campaign to save All Saints Hospital in Eastbourne. They obviously do not have much experience of the hospital, nor have been inside it. To describe it as out-of-date is putting it mildly. I have never met anyone
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Euro so wrong
Lacking the courage of his convictions and abdicating the real responsibility of leadership, the stay-in-office-at-all-costs Prime Minister Tony Blair now wants to give the impression the country should not rush into joining the euro. Putting aside the
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Council told to review pedestrian scheme
County council officers have been asked to look again at the controversial scheme to improve the safety of pedestrians in Bognor's town centre. Some traders say they are losing out because of an experimental traffic free precinct which has been introduced
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Anger at holidays by the sea for the homeless
A seaside resort has hit out at news of vagrants being sent to their quiet town for holidays. Pevensey Bay, near Eastbourne, is one of a handful of seaside towns chosen as locations for free holidays for homeless people. Recipients enjoy free food and
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Lottery boost for childcare
Schools across Sussex are celebrating today following the announcement of a wave of grants which will fund more than 3,000 out-of-school childcare places. Fifty-six awards, totalling more than £1.2 million, have been made from the New Opportunities Fund
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Man about city by Simon Fanshawe
Last Saturday I was the guest speaker at the Headway Ball. Let's hope you never have to phone these people. Volunteers run the charity that helps people cope with accidental brain injuries, caused by car accidents, motorbike accidents, falling down stairs
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Date
Hard-hitting animal rights play cut
A controversial writer has been told his play will be running on only two evenings instead of every night for a fortnight. Brian Behan has accused the New Venture Theatre in Brighton of not being brave enough to stage his graphic play, Animal Terrorists
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Date
Bad sign
I am unhappy about the signs showing distance in kilometres along Eastbourne's seafront. After all, traffic distance signs in this country must by law be in yards or miles - it is even unlawful to give a metric equivalent. I called the borough council's
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Date
New group is a twin attraction
Passers-by could be forgiven for seeing double if they walk past Hanover Community Centre in Brighton. As many as nine sets of twins in their double buggies can be seen heading up the hill to a new support group set up to cater for the increasing number
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Date
Why oh why?
Dad, what's a public consultation exercise? It's where you ask people's opinion about something, son. Who asks the people, Dad? Well, it's usually the local council, son. Does the council have to take any notice of what the people say, Dad? No, not really
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Date
Super nurses
Sussex's first 'super nurse' has started work in Brighton. Vanessa Wright will be helping to ensure that children and young people in local authority care get the best healthcare available. Her newly-defined role as a nurse consultant will allow her to
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Biker badly hurt
Police are appealing for witnesses after an East Sussex motorcyclist was seriously injured in a road accident. The 24-year-old man from Hailsham was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital after the crash near Lower Dicker on Tuesday morning. His
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We're accessible
Michael Panting enviously observes other bus companies' achievements for accessible transport (Opinion, October 20). Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company has been investing in new easy-access buses. By next spring around half our fleet will be accessible
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Date
A desperate situation
A day centre for people with mental health problems is in danger of having to shut its doors because it faces a huge leap in rent. Mora House Day Centre in Crawley has had its annual rent increased tenfold by Crawley Borough Council from £2,100 to £21,000
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Date
Jobseekers' interests best served by public sector
I would like to clarify several points in Sally Hall's article describing the pioneering scheme Working Links as a public-private partnership involving Manpower and the government's Employment Service (Argus, October 20). In fact, Working Links is a private
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Date
A job well done
It was interesting to see the article on Prince Edward's visit to the flood-stricken areas around Lewes and Uckfield (Argus, October 18) but a shame there was no mention of the fantastic job carried out by staff of Lewes District Council. Staff worked
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Date
Table tennis: Horsham hold second place
Horsham held on to second place in the British League premier division table at Broadbridge Heath with a 10-4 victory over the powerful south London club, Dulwich. After five games Horsham began to falter with a slender 3-2 lead. Ritchie Venner, 35, the
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Date
Olympic theme for new stadium
Stephen Morley has Olympic designs for Albion at Falmer. Morley is the man masterminding the look of the Seagulls' proposed stadium. He is incorporating a key feature of the spectacular home of the Sydney Olympics to provide Albion with a gold medal winner
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Date
Albion stars get new deal
Three key members of Albion's promotion-chasing squad today committed themselves to the club until 2003. Defender Danny Cullip and midfield pair Charlie Oatway and Paul Watson have all signed new contracts with the club extending their term until June
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Date
Beware of the dips
Police are out to stop Sussex people falling prey to pickpockets on the London Underground. So far this year, British Transport Police have had 38 reports from East Sussex visitors to the capital. Officers have set up Operation Jackdaw to promote caution
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Tourism chiefs' seafront dream
Plans have been unveiled for a 150ft water jet on Worthing seafront. It is hoped local businesses will pay for the feature, the cost of which has yet to be worked out. It is hoped it will become a major tourist attraction. Supporters it would be similar
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The Aussies have pinched our idea
Of all the slogans in all the towns in all the world, they come up with ours. Two years after Brighton and Hove first declared itself the Place to Be, our Australian namesake is doing the same. The state of Victoria, whose capital Melbourne has its own
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Date
Council takes a swipe at stadium plan
A scathing attack was launched today on plans to build a new stadium for the Albion at Falmer. It came from West Sussex County Council, which says the development would spoil an area of outstanding natural beauty. Councillors are also set to oppose an
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Date
Back to school for flood kids
Classes are about to start again for pupils whose school was closed due to flooding. Temporary classrooms have been winched into place at Lewes New School. The school, in Talbot Terrace, had only been open a few weeks when torrential rain submerged much
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School plan faces axe
Councillors look set to abandon plans for a new primary school at Angmering, despite being given a three-acre site for it. Developers are building a bypass and 600 homes, which are expected to swell the number of school-age children in the village by
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Wright time for a super-nurse
The first of a new breed of so-called 'super nurses' to be employed in Sussex has taken up her post. Vanessa Wright will take on the role at South Downs Health NHS Trust which combines working directly with children and a management role involving planning
