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Tomboy - Parking IOU
Parking wardens and police are unable to issue tickets for traffic violations, due to a printing error. 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
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Trio deny bag thefts
<The gang is accused of stealing bags from cars> A gang including a teenage boy have gone on trial accused of carrying out a string of bag thefts from cars in Sussex. The three - a 13-year-old boy and two men, Matthew Beaver and John Alan Lee, both
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Man About City, by Simon Fanshawe
I took a taxi the other day and the driver and I fell into an argument. It was one of those clenched teeth, sullen stand-offs. In 25 years here I don't think I have ever met a cabbie with whom I didn't get on. Actually I lie. I don't know if he still
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Petrol panic is back
Panic buying of petrol returned to Sussex today as drivers anticipated renewed protests over fuel tax. Queues formed outside filling stations in Brighton, causing traffic congestion. Some drivers began filling up late last night and by this morning a
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Banned from the shops
Professional thieves are being served with notices banning them from 124 shops in Brighton. The first six men and women have been blacklisted in a project to cut shoplifting in the town centre. Members of the Brighton Retail Crime Initiative have started
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They're great
Conservative candidate David Gold expresses the hope other members of the public get better value for money from Labour members of Parliament than he does (Argus, October 28). I can reassure him that on several occasions when I have contacted David Lepper
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Relying on post
Police should have been issuing tickets for motoring and parking offences with increased fines from yesterday. But in Brighton and Hove, newly-printed tickets couldn't be issued because computers could not read them properly. Motorists thinking this was
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Nonsense
I read with amazement the suggestions from the so-called Green Party that Brighton and Hove Albion should be required to develop a new stadium at Withdean. Councillor Pete West claims all the club's proposals for a stadium at Falmer can be contained at
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It's good to talk
Rail passengers are at the end of their tether through the delays and cancellations that have occurred this autumn. It's bad enough having to wait for hours to reach your destination. It's even worse when you have no idea what's happening because train
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Cycling: Sussex road season ends on a high
The Sussex road season ends on a high note on Saturday with the Sussex CA open hill climb on Chantry Lane, Storrington. The event incorporates the county hill climb championship. The Sussex entry is one of the best ever. Saltdean's John Limpus (GS Stella
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Greens wrong on Albion, says Bassam
Government minister Lord Bassam has criticised Green councillors who want the Albion's temporary home at Withdean made permanent. They want plans to build a 25,000-seat stadium for the club at Falmer to be scrapped. But Home Office minister Lord Bassam
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Football: Adams sticks with his stars
Albion manager Micky Adams has eliminated the wholesale chopping and changing which has dogged the Seagulls in recent summers. Three more key players signed extensions to their contracts last week. Danny Cullip, Charlie Oatway and Paul Watson have all
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Football: Adams vows to fight complacency
Albion manager Micky Adams has pledged to avoid complacency as the Seagulls prepare to tackle a stream of strugglers. Saturday's home game against next-to-bottom Carlisle begins a spell of fixtures against clubs in the lower half of the table. It provides
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Blaze wrecks garage
Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed a garage in Bevendean Crescent, Brighton, last night. The fire took hold at 5pm and equipment stored inside was destroyed. Three fire engines tackled the blaze and firefighters only finished
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Police in handout to the homeless
Sussex Police who are cracking down on beggars have announced they are giving £1,000 to an organisation which provides shelter for the homeless. The grant dovetails with the force's current call - don't give to beggars but give instead to agencies that
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Traffic wardens run out of tickets
Red-faced Sussex police and traffic wardens were caught short when they found themselves with no parking or speeding tickets to issue. Fixed penalty fines went up yesterday, but the thousands of newly-printed notices had to be sent back to the printers
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Sonny's £2m gift of love
A 94-year-old war veteran has left almost £2 million to children's charities in memory of his only daughter who died, aged three. Albert Chapman, who was known as Sonny, was in Palestine during the Second World War when he learned that his child, Gillian
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Firms urged to dig deep for flood appeal
The Argus has launched a £10,000 appeal to help the victims of Sussex's flood rebuild their lives. It is two weeks since the worst floods in living memory devastated Lewes and Uckfield, destroying homes and businesses. Businesses across Sussex are urged
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Happier ending for toy story
Renowned toy shop Hamleys, a familiar name to the millions of families who visit the capital, today showed it had just scraped a profit during the last half year. This is despite a "depressed" toy market and fewer tourists. The group, which has seen intense
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Tomboy - Parking IOU
Parking wardens and police are unable to issue tickets for traffic violations, due to a printing error. 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
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Council to decide whether Christmas club can stay open
Revellers could party at a West Sussex nightclub until six in the morning the day after Boxing Day and on New Year's Day despite noise complaints from residents. The Empire Club on the Esplanade in Bognor has asked Arun District Council to extend the
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Vandals caught on camera
Security cameras hold the key to whether children were responsible for attacks on two charity shops and a snack bar in a town centre. Angry traders say youngsters aged about 14 or under were filmed in the Market Place and Martlets area of Burgess Hill
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Switch-off plan to put hospital in the black
<NHS chiefs hope turning lights off will save money at Eastbourne District General Hospital, above> Hospital bosses are hoping to cut a £1.5 million debt by getting staff to switch off lights. Eastbourne District General Hospital has fallen into
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Thugs threaten bus service
A bus operator is threatening to scrap services after a spate of attacks by gangs of children as young as eight. Eastbourne Buses managing director Steve Barnett said he will stop his drivers going to the town's Shinewater Estate if there is even one
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Police on trail of car of the future
"I say, phone . . . find me a Chinese restaurant in Brighton and book me a table for two for seven tonight." "Certainly, sir." Moments later, the phone says: "That has been booked for you, sir." The car is told to find the restaurant, to give detailed
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More weather misery
Torrential rain brought misery to motorists today and put residents in fear of flooding. Rush hour drivers faced long delays on East Sussex roads this morning as the weather made conditions hazardous once again. The A22 was badly hit, as were the A21
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Petrol panic is back
Panic buying of petrol returned to Sussex today as drivers anticipated renewed protests over fuel tax. Queues formed outside filling stations in Brighton, causing traffic congestion. Some drivers began filling up late last night and by this morning a
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PC saves yacht couple
An off-duty policeman saved a husband and wife from drowning today when they were hit by a freak gust of wind while on their yacht. Hampshire PC David Spensly-Corfield heard cries from the water while with two friends at Chichester Harbour. He spotted
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Thanks for help
I would like to thank the Argus for helping us obtain accommodation for the Boyan Ensemble of Kiev and the host families who responded to the appeal. The choir arrived at Dover at 7.30pm in their coach which had travelled from Kiev, rehearsed as soon
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War veterans want drink ban extended
War veterans are calling for a proposed drinking ban in a troubled shopping area to be extended to keep street drinkers away from a war memorial. Brighton and Hove Council is consulting with traders about plans to ban drinking in St James's Street, Brighton
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Illegal system
The comments by Lord Chief Justice Woolfe in passing judgement on Robert Thompson and Jon Venables illustrate everything that is wrong with the criminal justice system and why our streets are no longer safe. He will not send them to a young offenders'
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Crime pays
How triumphant our do-gooders must be that Chief Lord Justice Woolfe thinks Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the young killers of two-year-old James Bulger, have made progress in detention and may be released after serving only eight years. There was
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Relying on post
Police should have been issuing tickets for motoring and parking offences with increased fines from yesterday. But in Brighton and Hove, newly-printed tickets couldn't be issued because computers could not read them properly. Motorists thinking this was
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Nonsense
I read with amazement the suggestions from the so-called Green Party that Brighton and Hove Albion should be required to develop a new stadium at Withdean. Councillor Pete West claims all the club's proposals for a stadium at Falmer can be contained at
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It's good to talk
Rail passengers are at the end of their tether through the delays and cancellations that have occurred this autumn. It's bad enough having to wait for hours to reach your destination. It's even worse when you have no idea what's happening because train
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Room with a pew
A former church has been turned into a house containing rooms with a pew. The Old Chapel, complete with imposing three-storey steeple and six bedrooms, has just finished being converted into a des res with a difference by the Richardson family. The former
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Cycling: Sussex road season ends on a high
The Sussex road season ends on a high note on Saturday with the Sussex CA open hill climb on Chantry Lane, Storrington. The event incorporates the county hill climb championship. The Sussex entry is one of the best ever. Saltdean's John Limpus (GS Stella
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Building on flood plains is simply unacceptable
I despair at the ignorance shown by politicians, both national and local, regarding the reasons for the devastation caused by the recent floods. Damien Green MP is quoted as demanding to know about the dangers of building on flood plains. I learned about
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Football: Carr to the rescue of Hillians
A goal deep into injury time by Ashley Carr gave Burgess Hill a share of the spoils against Sidley United at Leylands Park last night. Tony Holden's effort was blocked following a corner but Carr was on hand to slam the ball home for the equaliser. Paul
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Greens wrong on Albion, says Bassam
Government minister Lord Bassam has criticised Green councillors who want the Albion's temporary home at Withdean made permanent. They want plans to build a 25,000-seat stadium for the club at Falmer to be scrapped. But Home Office minister Lord Bassam
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Bad track record
What an appalling state our railways are in. As an old-time railway man, retired for 20 years with nearly 50 years of service, I am disgusted with the present situation. The main cause of the problem is due to underfunding of British Rail by the previous
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Football: Adams slams FA over Eriksson choice
Albion supremo Micky Adams has slammed the FA for choosing Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson as England's new coach. He has accused them of appointing a "designer manager" and disappointing up and coming English coaches. But the move has been welcomed by Adams
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Football: Adams sticks with his stars
Albion manager Micky Adams has eliminated the wholesale chopping and changing which has dogged the Seagulls in recent summers. Three more key players signed extensions to their contracts last week. Danny Cullip, Charlie Oatway and Paul Watson have all
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Pervert shocks trick-or-treat girl, 12
Police are hunting a man who indecently exposed himself to a young girl out treat-or-treating. The man approached the 12-year-old in Kingston Road, Eastbourne, on Tuesday at 5.30pm. After indecently exposing himself, the man started making lewd remarks
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Traffic wardens run out of tickets
Red-faced Sussex police and traffic wardens were caught short when they found themselves with no parking or speeding tickets to issue. Fixed penalty fines went up yesterday, but the thousands of newly-printed notices had to be sent back to the printers
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Son's 'pilgrimage' heartbreak
Rogerio Da Costa is being deported today, a week after he arrived in Britain to meet his family for the first time. His aunt, Ros Clapperton, of Hove, is making a last- ditch attempt to stop her nephew being sent back to Brazil at 6pm today. Rogerio,
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Remembrance Sunday: Why we should remember them
Not even the battlefield tour guides have heard of Richebourg. It is an insignificant speck on the map of France, to the north-east of a town called Bethune. Most people from Sussex disembark from the ferry at Calais and drive straight past on the A26
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Train firms rapped over darkest hour
A rail passengers' group has attacked two train companies for forcing travellers to sit in the dark for two hours after a mechanical failure. Some of the passengers became so fed-up they forced open doors and started walking along the track to nearby
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Sonny's £2m gift of love
A 94-year-old war veteran has left almost £2 million to children's charities in memory of his only daughter who died, aged three. Albert Chapman, who was known as Sonny, was in Palestine during the Second World War when he learned that his child, Gillian
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Firms urged to dig deep for flood appeal
The Argus has launched a £10,000 appeal to help the victims of Sussex's flood rebuild their lives. It is two weeks since the worst floods in living memory devastated Lewes and Uckfield, destroying homes and businesses. Businesses across Sussex are urged
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Crime underworld could feature on big screen
A novel about Brighton's criminal underworld could be made into a film by Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino. Writer David Hurst, 33, lived in the town for two years to write Rumour-Fuelled Society, his new book which is modelled on violent movies like
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Happier ending for toy story
Renowned toy shop Hamleys, a familiar name to the millions of families who visit the capital, today showed it had just scraped a profit during the last half year. This is despite a "depressed" toy market and fewer tourists. The group, which has seen intense
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex
Isn't it odd that we all live on a cool, rainy island and yet many of us do not appear to like water too much? We look miserable when it rains and if it pours, as it has in the last month, we seem unable to deal with it. Our bodies are largely made out
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Police on trail of car of the future
"I say, phone . . . find me a Chinese restaurant in Brighton and book me a table for two for seven tonight." "Certainly, sir." Moments later, the phone says: "That has been booked for you, sir." The car is told to find the restaurant, to give detailed
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Stay away from bonfire, say police
Police are calling on people not to go to Lewes' traditional bonfire celebrations on Saturday. The call to avoid Sussex's biggest Guy Fawkes event follows the floods of three weeks ago, which have prompted safety fears. More than 30,000 people usually
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Thanks for help
I would like to thank the Argus for helping us obtain accommodation for the Boyan Ensemble of Kiev and the host families who responded to the appeal. The choir arrived at Dover at 7.30pm in their coach which had travelled from Kiev, rehearsed as soon
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War veterans want drink ban extended
War veterans are calling for a proposed drinking ban in a troubled shopping area to be extended to keep street drinkers away from a war memorial. Brighton and Hove Council is consulting with traders about plans to ban drinking in St James's Street, Brighton
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Illegal system
The comments by Lord Chief Justice Woolfe in passing judgement on Robert Thompson and Jon Venables illustrate everything that is wrong with the criminal justice system and why our streets are no longer safe. He will not send them to a young offenders'
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Short term
Tory David Gold's promises on fuel tax (Opinion, October 28) reek of the short-termist populism which is a hallmark of the Conservative Party today. As a teacher, I have seen over the last ten years the damage the relentless increase in car use has caused
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Crime pays
How triumphant our do-gooders must be that Chief Lord Justice Woolfe thinks Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, the young killers of two-year-old James Bulger, have made progress in detention and may be released after serving only eight years. There was
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Such a mess
I travelled to London Victoria on a Connex train on Wednesday, October 25. We were the first in to our compartment and it was clean. We were the last out and I couldn't believe the amount of rubbish left behind. I called after one lady to take her rubbish
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Time to sort time wasters
It's tough work being an ambulance driver or paramedic, dealing with people who are desperately ill or those who have been badly injured in accidents. The last thing they need is distractions in their work. Yet that's exactly what they are getting through
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Building on flood plains is simply unacceptable
I despair at the ignorance shown by politicians, both national and local, regarding the reasons for the devastation caused by the recent floods. Damien Green MP is quoted as demanding to know about the dangers of building on flood plains. I learned about
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Football: Carr to the rescue of Hillians
A goal deep into injury time by Ashley Carr gave Burgess Hill a share of the spoils against Sidley United at Leylands Park last night. Tony Holden's effort was blocked following a corner but Carr was on hand to slam the ball home for the equaliser. Paul
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Bad track record
What an appalling state our railways are in. As an old-time railway man, retired for 20 years with nearly 50 years of service, I am disgusted with the present situation. The main cause of the problem is due to underfunding of British Rail by the previous
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Football: Adams slams FA over Eriksson choice
Albion supremo Micky Adams has slammed the FA for choosing Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson as England's new coach. He has accused them of appointing a "designer manager" and disappointing up and coming English coaches. But the move has been welcomed by Adams
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Government backs us over beggars
The Government has backed our Don't Give To Beggars campaign. Brighton Pavilion Labour MP David Lepper highlighted the campaign in the House of Commons. He said: "Its aim is to encourage people to give money to agencies working with the street homeless
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Council orders flood probe
Councillors have called for a report on lessons to be learned after floods in Brighton in the last month. Scores of homes and shops in Bevendean were flooded in mid-October and there was further damage on Monday after a second storm. Brighton and Hove
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Missing man killed
A man was hit by a car and killed after kneeling down in the road. A taxi driver slowed to avoid the victim but a car overtaking him struck the pedestrian. A member of the public tried to resuscitate the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The
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Son's 'pilgrimage' heartbreak
Rogerio Da Costa is being deported today, a week after he arrived in Britain to meet his family for the first time. His aunt, Ros Clapperton, of Hove, is making a last- ditch attempt to stop her nephew being sent back to Brazil at 6pm today. Rogerio,
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Remembrance Sunday: Why we should remember them
Not even the battlefield tour guides have heard of Richebourg. It is an insignificant speck on the map of France, to the north-east of a town called Bethune. Most people from Sussex disembark from the ferry at Calais and drive straight past on the A26
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Film crew follows in Sarah's final footsteps
A TV crew today returned to the spot where the body of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was found to film a reconstruction for BBC show Crimewatch UK. Camera crews and actors braved the bad weather at the side of the A29 at Pulborough to reconstruct the
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Train firms rapped over darkest hour
A rail passengers' group has attacked two train companies for forcing travellers to sit in the dark for two hours after a mechanical failure. Some of the passengers became so fed-up they forced open doors and started walking along the track to nearby
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Firefighters oppose emergency control room merger
Firefighters are taking to the streets to quiz the public about a proposal to merge emergency service control rooms. The idea is being fiercely resisted by the Fire Brigades Union, which has warned that jobs and lives could be at risk. East Sussex firefighters
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Eye doctor sets his sights on the Falklands
An eye surgeon who has diagnosed diseases suffered by patients living on the other side of the world via the internet will soon see them in the flesh. Alec Harden, of Withdean Road, Brighton, will fly to the Falkland Islands on Saturday. He will spend
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£9,000 raised for flood victims
An auction raised almost £9,000 for those whose lives and homes have been devastated by floods. The sale at the Lewes Auction Rooms in Garden Street last night attracted 300 people to bid for china, collectables, pictures and antiques. The top-priced
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Crime underworld could feature on big screen
A novel about Brighton's criminal underworld could be made into a film by Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino. Writer David Hurst, 33, lived in the town for two years to write Rumour-Fuelled Society, his new book which is modelled on violent movies like
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New pool gets the go-ahead
Work starts in January on a £13 million swimming and leisure complex which earlier this year was in danger of being scrapped. The new complex is being built in Horsham Park and will replace the present pool. It is expected to be completed by June 2002
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Trio deny bag thefts
<The gang is accused of stealing bags from cars> A gang including a teenage boy have gone on trial accused of carrying out a string of bag thefts from cars in Sussex. The three - a 13-year-old boy and two men, Matthew Beaver and John Alan Lee, both
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Man About City, by Simon Fanshawe
I took a taxi the other day and the driver and I fell into an argument. It was one of those clenched teeth, sullen stand-offs. In 25 years here I don't think I have ever met a cabbie with whom I didn't get on. Actually I lie. I don't know if he still
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Adam Trimingham: The Sage of Sussex
Isn't it odd that we all live on a cool, rainy island and yet many of us do not appear to like water too much? We look miserable when it rains and if it pours, as it has in the last month, we seem unable to deal with it. Our bodies are largely made out
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MP quits Thatcherite group
Horsham MP Francis Maude has resigned from the Thatcherite No Turning Back group, along with Shadow Chancellor Michael Portillo. Senior Tory sources said the pair were angry that an account of a dinner at one of the influential group's meetings had been
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Stay away from bonfire, say police
Police are calling on people not to go to Lewes' traditional bonfire celebrations on Saturday. The call to avoid Sussex's biggest Guy Fawkes event follows the floods of three weeks ago, which have prompted safety fears. More than 30,000 people usually
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Use shopping bags to beat floods
Flood-hit families in the Horsham area have been told to use supermarket carrier bags to keep the waters at bay. Horsham District Council received about 100 calls for help today from people in the Horsham and Cowfold areas. As a result it has found itself
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Sandbags at the ready
Families in flood-prone parts of Mid Sussex had their sandbags at the ready today as more heavy rain bucketed down. At storm-hit Hickmans Lane, Lindfield, families have formed a flood watch group after being hit by a series of floods since May. This morning
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Banned from the shops
Professional thieves are being served with notices banning them from 124 shops in Brighton. The first six men and women have been blacklisted in a project to cut shoplifting in the town centre. Members of the Brighton Retail Crime Initiative have started
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Short term
Tory David Gold's promises on fuel tax (Opinion, October 28) reek of the short-termist populism which is a hallmark of the Conservative Party today. As a teacher, I have seen over the last ten years the damage the relentless increase in car use has caused
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Date
They're great
Conservative candidate David Gold expresses the hope other members of the public get better value for money from Labour members of Parliament than he does (Argus, October 28). I can reassure him that on several occasions when I have contacted David Lepper
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Date
Such a mess
I travelled to London Victoria on a Connex train on Wednesday, October 25. We were the first in to our compartment and it was clean. We were the last out and I couldn't believe the amount of rubbish left behind. I called after one lady to take her rubbish
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Date
Time to sort time wasters
It's tough work being an ambulance driver or paramedic, dealing with people who are desperately ill or those who have been badly injured in accidents. The last thing they need is distractions in their work. Yet that's exactly what they are getting through
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Date
Football: Adams vows to fight complacency
Albion manager Micky Adams has pledged to avoid complacency as the Seagulls prepare to tackle a stream of strugglers. Saturday's home game against next-to-bottom Carlisle begins a spell of fixtures against clubs in the lower half of the table. It provides
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Blaze wrecks garage
Firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire which destroyed a garage in Bevendean Crescent, Brighton, last night. The fire took hold at 5pm and equipment stored inside was destroyed. Three fire engines tackled the blaze and firefighters only finished
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Date
Government backs us over beggars
The Government has backed our Don't Give To Beggars campaign. Brighton Pavilion Labour MP David Lepper highlighted the campaign in the House of Commons. He said: "Its aim is to encourage people to give money to agencies working with the street homeless
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Police in handout to the homeless
Sussex Police who are cracking down on beggars have announced they are giving £1,000 to an organisation which provides shelter for the homeless. The grant dovetails with the force's current call - don't give to beggars but give instead to agencies that
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Date
Council orders flood probe
Councillors have called for a report on lessons to be learned after floods in Brighton in the last month. Scores of homes and shops in Bevendean were flooded in mid-October and there was further damage on Monday after a second storm. Brighton and Hove
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Date
Missing man killed
A man was hit by a car and killed after kneeling down in the road. A taxi driver slowed to avoid the victim but a car overtaking him struck the pedestrian. A member of the public tried to resuscitate the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The
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Date
Film crew follows in Sarah's final footsteps
A TV crew today returned to the spot where the body of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was found to film a reconstruction for BBC show Crimewatch UK. Camera crews and actors braved the bad weather at the side of the A29 at Pulborough to reconstruct the
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Date
Firefighters oppose emergency control room merger
Firefighters are taking to the streets to quiz the public about a proposal to merge emergency service control rooms. The idea is being fiercely resisted by the Fire Brigades Union, which has warned that jobs and lives could be at risk. East Sussex firefighters
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Date
Eye doctor sets his sights on the Falklands
An eye surgeon who has diagnosed diseases suffered by patients living on the other side of the world via the internet will soon see them in the flesh. Alec Harden, of Withdean Road, Brighton, will fly to the Falkland Islands on Saturday. He will spend
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Date
£9,000 raised for flood victims
An auction raised almost £9,000 for those whose lives and homes have been devastated by floods. The sale at the Lewes Auction Rooms in Garden Street last night attracted 300 people to bid for china, collectables, pictures and antiques. The top-priced
