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Car park anger of flood victims
People who were flooded out of their homes are furious land at the bottom of their gardens could be earmarked for a car park. If proposed changes to the Lewes District Council local plan are passed, industrial units and a long-stay car park could be built
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Mansfield 2, Albion 0: Albion promotion hopes hit
Albion's promotion surge spluttered to a halt at Field Mill. Two second half goals by the prolific Chris Greenacre ended the Seagulls' six-match unbeaten League run and gave lowly Mansfield only their second win in twelve games. Micky Adams' men struggled
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Do it yourself
Rather than spend a year-and-a-day looking around the shops for a Tracy Island, those with the facilities should do what we did. We downloaded the Blue Peter instructions from the BBC website - www/ bbc.co.uk/bluepeter/makes/past_thunderbirds.shtml (the
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Unfair criticism
I would reassure Dawn Crook (Opinion, December 14) that we are doing our best to improve reliability and punctuality of bus services. I am sorry we sometimes fail due to our own shortcomings, but many times delays are simply due to too much traffic on
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Easily bought
I was very disappointed to read Attila the Stockbroker's poem regarding environmentalists and their campaign against the building of Falmer stadium. Brighton and Hove and Mid-Sussex Friends of the Earth opposes the stadium for two very simple reasons:
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Firm resolve
I have made my New Year resolution. I have decided to walk away from people who do the following things: a) Say "pee" instead of "pence"; b) Say "Cheers!" when there's no drink in sight; c) Irritate me with two negatives in a sentence. Will people never
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When the old ways are safer
Millions of people all over the world have read the saucy secret Claire Swire sent to one of her friends. It was just a private joke 26-year-old Claire sent to Bradley Chait. But he in turn sent it to more friends and the message was secret no longer.
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Council must apologise for attack on campaign
Having been a local councillor for about 25 years, I have worked and co-operated with a great number of officers of Brighton and Hove Council. During all this time I have had the greatest respect for their integrity and political inpartiality. I was therefore
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Cricket: Taylor winning fitness battle
Sussex fast bowler Billy Taylor will be fit for the new season despite suffering a stress fracture of his ankle. The injury was diagnosed just three weeks after the 23-year-old had linked up with club side Foxton in New Zealand's North Island for the
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Zamora can go if price is right
Albion manager Micky Adams will not stand in Bobby Zamora's way if a Premiership or First Division club makes an acceptable bid for him. Adams' pledge follows the £1.2 million offer for the teenage hotshot from Third Division rivals Cardiff City, revealed
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Town steers course for new mayor
Schoolteacher Harry Steer is to be the next first citizen of Brighton and Hove. The ruling Labour group will put his name forward to a council meeting early in the New Year. Coun Steer will succeed the current Mayor, Councillor Andy Durr, at the end of
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Man hurt in hit and run
A pedestrian was taken to hospital with head injuries after being knocked down by a hit and run driver in a stolen car. A doctor stopped to help the injured man and an ambulance was called to take him to hospital. The car made off from the scene and was
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Hospitals struggle to beat ward superbug
Health executives have admitted the number of patients infected with a potentially fatal bug while staying in hospital is increasing. Brighton Health Care NHS Trust recorded 314 MRSA cases for the first nine months of this year. The figure is already
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Get rid of the bangs
I shall rejoice more than all the angels in Heaven the day finally, oh finally, fireworks are abolished forever. I am sick to death of incessant loud bangs from six weeks before November 5 until well into December. Why oh why are they sold so early in
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Mansfield 2, Albion 0: Albion promotion hopes hit
Albion's promotion surge spluttered to a halt at Field Mill. Two second half goals by the prolific Chris Greenacre ended the Seagulls' six-match unbeaten League run and gave lowly Mansfield only their second win in twelve games. Micky Adams' men struggled
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Housing need higher on coast, study says
A new housing survey shows housing need on the coast is even higher than it is in London. Fordham Research was employed by Brighton and Hove Council to carry out a comprehensive investigation. It discovered housing need in the two towns was twice the
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Do it yourself
Rather than spend a year-and-a-day looking around the shops for a Tracy Island, those with the facilities should do what we did. We downloaded the Blue Peter instructions from the BBC website - www/ bbc.co.uk/bluepeter/makes/past_thunderbirds.shtml (the
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Park and ride
Several readers have complained about the recent price rises on park and ride. However, at £2, the new fare is considerably lower than regular bus services. The message it is still giving people is that it is cheaper to jump in your car and use park and
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Unfair criticism
I would reassure Dawn Crook (Opinion, December 14) that we are doing our best to improve reliability and punctuality of bus services. I am sorry we sometimes fail due to our own shortcomings, but many times delays are simply due to too much traffic on
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Shocking figure
The truthfulness of any declaration made by Labour is yet again called into question by the truly shocking figures just published by the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation. These figures, which provide further devastating evidence of the gap between
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Fairy godmother
The Theatre Royal in Brighton is putting on a really traditional pantomime this year with Cinderella, complete with local stars. And it's a real coup to have persuaded comedian Julian Clary to be the big name in his first-ever pantomime role. Julian's
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Boxing: Alldis title fight show thrown into chaos
Michael Alldis's plans of winning the Lonsdale belt outright have been thrown into chaos. Crawley fighter Alldis had been lined up to make a third defence of his British super-bantamweight title in his home town on Tuesday January 23. But the British
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Cricket: Taylor winning fitness battle
Sussex fast bowler Billy Taylor will be fit for the new season despite suffering a stress fracture of his ankle. The injury was diagnosed just three weeks after the 23-year-old had linked up with club side Foxton in New Zealand's North Island for the
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Date
Zamora can go if price is right
Albion manager Micky Adams will not stand in Bobby Zamora's way if a Premiership or First Division club makes an acceptable bid for him. Adams' pledge follows the £1.2 million offer for the teenage hotshot from Third Division rivals Cardiff City, revealed
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Wheelchair ban for dying man
A dying man has been banned from keeping his wheelchair in the entrance to the flats where he lives because his landlord said it is a fire risk. His landlord, who is also confined to a wheelchair, said it could affect his insurance and might affect the
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Police call off hunt for Jessie's killer
Police have stopped the investigation into murdered student Jessie Earl following discussions with her parents. The police team charged with finding the Eastbourne woman's killer has now been disbanded, although the case will remain open. The skeletal
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Case highlights dangers of unsafe sex-e mail
It's fast and easy, but no e-mail is totally secret as Claire Swire discovered when she sent a sexually explicit message to one of her friends. Within days it had been read by millions of people across the world. The world of electronic messaging throws
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Car park anger of flood victims
People who were flooded out of their homes are furious land at the bottom of their gardens could be earmarked for a car park. If proposed changes to the Lewes District Council local plan are passed, industrial units and a long-stay car park could be built
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Date
Man hurt in hit and run
A pedestrian was taken to hospital with head injuries after being knocked down by a hit and run driver in a stolen car. A doctor stopped to help the injured man and an ambulance was called to take him to hospital. The car made off from the scene and was
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Hospitals struggle to beat ward superbug
Health executives have admitted the number of patients infected with a potentially fatal bug while staying in hospital is increasing. Brighton Health Care NHS Trust recorded 314 MRSA cases for the first nine months of this year. The figure is already
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Commuters rail against Connex
Connex South Central's punctuality performance was getting worse even before the Hatfield crash, it has been revealed. According to figures published by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), passengers on Sussex's main train operator are less satisfied
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Christmas crimewave is cracked
Crime has been all but wiped out in the centre of Hove following the introduction of "zero tolerance" policing. Even senior officers have been surprised by the success after less than a week of the new initiative. Hove police launched round-the-clock
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Either there really is a problem with the post, or we have been forsaken by our friends. Our Christmas card display so far this year is pitiful. If it hadn't been for our financial adviser, a mail-order catalogue company I once used, and our own parents
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Car park anger of flood victims
People who were flooded out of their homes are furious land at the bottom of their gardens could be earmarked for a car park. If proposed changes to the Lewes District Council local plan are passed, industrial units and a long-stay car park could be built
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Date
Town steers course for new mayor
Schoolteacher Harry Steer is to be the next first citizen of Brighton and Hove. The ruling Labour group will put his name forward to a council meeting early in the New Year. Coun Steer will succeed the current Mayor, Councillor Andy Durr, at the end of
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Match Report: Albion crash at Mansfield
Micky Adams named the side beaten in the FA Cup at Scunthorpe last Saturday, but all eyes were on Bobby Zamora again at refurbished Field Mill today. We revealed on Friday that the Seagulls had turned down a £1.2 million bid from Third Division rivals
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Date
Easily bought
I was very disappointed to read Attila the Stockbroker's poem regarding environmentalists and their campaign against the building of Falmer stadium. Brighton and Hove and Mid-Sussex Friends of the Earth opposes the stadium for two very simple reasons:
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Poor decorum
I could not believe my eyes when I read of the offer from Teresa Baker of Caring Lady Funeral Director for free burger tokens (Argus, December 13). Does the name Sweeney Todd mean anything to her? What will it be next - Spud-U-Like in association with
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Rail fatigue
There's been rail chaos for two months ever since the Hatfield crash in which four people were killed. But even before that, Connex South Central, which runs most rail services in Sussex, had a punctuality record which was getting worse. It also failed
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Firm resolve
I have made my New Year resolution. I have decided to walk away from people who do the following things: a) Say "pee" instead of "pence"; b) Say "Cheers!" when there's no drink in sight; c) Irritate me with two negatives in a sentence. Will people never
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Date
When the old ways are safer
Millions of people all over the world have read the saucy secret Claire Swire sent to one of her friends. It was just a private joke 26-year-old Claire sent to Bradley Chait. But he in turn sent it to more friends and the message was secret no longer.
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Date
Kick out Tories
If it's a decent county council Cabinet system we want in West Sussex, kick the Tories out in next May's election (New Year Verdict Sought On Council Cabinet System, Argus, December 11). It is the seven Cabinet councillors themselves who have brought
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Youth in Action: Hockey
Identical twins Alex and Dominic Barnes have been earmarked by England under-18s just three years after first picking up hockey sticks. The 17-year-old midfielders from Eastbourne joked with each other about a national call up this season, but now have
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Council must apologise for attack on campaign
Having been a local councillor for about 25 years, I have worked and co-operated with a great number of officers of Brighton and Hove Council. During all this time I have had the greatest respect for their integrity and political inpartiality. I was therefore
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Date
Bill can't ring true
Puzzled shop bosses Sue and Marcus Walker-Reilly have 35,000 reasons for querying their telephone bill. That's the number of calls BT logged over the last three months from their store, Norman Hobbs Hi-Fi in Sussex Road, Haywards Heath. The bill comes
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Crash survivor says belt up or sack me
Royal Mail are insiting a lorry crash survivor returns to his job behind the wheel of a truck even though it is not fitted with seatbelts, the driver claims. Anthony Prior of Twineham Road, Eastbourne, was lucky to survive a head-on smash in July. The
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Mystery illness strikes mercy woman
Ambulance technician Christine White is recovering in a hospital isolation ward after contracting a mystery illness in Gambia while on a mercy mission. The 24-year-old collapsed at home just a day after returning from the African country. She was shaking
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Town steers course for new mayor
Schoolteacher Harry Steer is to be the next first citizen of Brighton and Hove. The ruling Labour group will put his name forward to a council meeting early in the New Year. Coun Steer will succeed the current Mayor, Councillor Andy Durr, at the end of
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Date
£10m not enough for local transport
Councillors want more funding for roads and transport despite a £10 million handout by the Government. East Sussex County Council has welcomed the increased funds for next year but says it needs more to carry out its full programme of works under the
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Date
Housing need higher on coast, study says
A new housing survey shows housing need on the coast is even higher than it is in London. Fordham Research was employed by Brighton and Hove Council to carry out a comprehensive investigation. It discovered housing need in the two towns was twice the
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Zoe baby right here right now
TV and radio personality Zoe Ball gave birth to a baby boy in a hospital in London on Friday night. Zoe and her DJ husband Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, named him Woody. Weighing in at 8lb 5oz, baby Woody was delivered by Caesarean just after 7pm at London's
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Alleged assault detective acquitted
A police detective accused of indecently assaulting a 33-year-old woman on the inaugural sailing of a new ferry service has been acquitted. Brent Beckett, 40, stationed at Newhaven police station in East Sussex, walked free from Lewes Crown Court yesterday
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Get rid of the bangs
I shall rejoice more than all the angels in Heaven the day finally, oh finally, fireworks are abolished forever. I am sick to death of incessant loud bangs from six weeks before November 5 until well into December. Why oh why are they sold so early in
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Date
Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Either there really is a problem with the post, or we have been forsaken by our friends. Our Christmas card display so far this year is pitiful. If it hadn't been for our financial adviser, a mail-order catalogue company I once used, and our own parents
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Date
Match Report: Albion crash at Mansfield
Micky Adams named the side beaten in the FA Cup at Scunthorpe last Saturday, but all eyes were on Bobby Zamora again at refurbished Field Mill today. We revealed on Friday that the Seagulls had turned down a £1.2 million bid from Third Division rivals
-
Date
Park and ride
Several readers have complained about the recent price rises on park and ride. However, at £2, the new fare is considerably lower than regular bus services. The message it is still giving people is that it is cheaper to jump in your car and use park and
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Date
Shocking figure
The truthfulness of any declaration made by Labour is yet again called into question by the truly shocking figures just published by the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation. These figures, which provide further devastating evidence of the gap between
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Date
Fairy godmother
The Theatre Royal in Brighton is putting on a really traditional pantomime this year with Cinderella, complete with local stars. And it's a real coup to have persuaded comedian Julian Clary to be the big name in his first-ever pantomime role. Julian's
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Date
Poor decorum
I could not believe my eyes when I read of the offer from Teresa Baker of Caring Lady Funeral Director for free burger tokens (Argus, December 13). Does the name Sweeney Todd mean anything to her? What will it be next - Spud-U-Like in association with
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Date
Rail fatigue
There's been rail chaos for two months ever since the Hatfield crash in which four people were killed. But even before that, Connex South Central, which runs most rail services in Sussex, had a punctuality record which was getting worse. It also failed
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Date
Kick out Tories
If it's a decent county council Cabinet system we want in West Sussex, kick the Tories out in next May's election (New Year Verdict Sought On Council Cabinet System, Argus, December 11). It is the seven Cabinet councillors themselves who have brought
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Date
Youth in Action: Hockey
Identical twins Alex and Dominic Barnes have been earmarked by England under-18s just three years after first picking up hockey sticks. The 17-year-old midfielders from Eastbourne joked with each other about a national call up this season, but now have
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Date
Boxing: Alldis title fight show thrown into chaos
Michael Alldis's plans of winning the Lonsdale belt outright have been thrown into chaos. Crawley fighter Alldis had been lined up to make a third defence of his British super-bantamweight title in his home town on Tuesday January 23. But the British
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Date
Bill can't ring true
Puzzled shop bosses Sue and Marcus Walker-Reilly have 35,000 reasons for querying their telephone bill. That's the number of calls BT logged over the last three months from their store, Norman Hobbs Hi-Fi in Sussex Road, Haywards Heath. The bill comes
-
Date
Wheelchair ban for dying man
A dying man has been banned from keeping his wheelchair in the entrance to the flats where he lives because his landlord said it is a fire risk. His landlord, who is also confined to a wheelchair, said it could affect his insurance and might affect the
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Date
Crash survivor says belt up or sack me
Royal Mail are insiting a lorry crash survivor returns to his job behind the wheel of a truck even though it is not fitted with seatbelts, the driver claims. Anthony Prior of Twineham Road, Eastbourne, was lucky to survive a head-on smash in July. The
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Date
Police call off hunt for Jessie's killer
Police have stopped the investigation into murdered student Jessie Earl following discussions with her parents. The police team charged with finding the Eastbourne woman's killer has now been disbanded, although the case will remain open. The skeletal
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Date
Mystery illness strikes mercy woman
Ambulance technician Christine White is recovering in a hospital isolation ward after contracting a mystery illness in Gambia while on a mercy mission. The 24-year-old collapsed at home just a day after returning from the African country. She was shaking
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Date
Case highlights dangers of unsafe sex-e mail
It's fast and easy, but no e-mail is totally secret as Claire Swire discovered when she sent a sexually explicit message to one of her friends. Within days it had been read by millions of people across the world. The world of electronic messaging throws
-
Date
£10m not enough for local transport
Councillors want more funding for roads and transport despite a £10 million handout by the Government. East Sussex County Council has welcomed the increased funds for next year but says it needs more to carry out its full programme of works under the
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Date
Housing need higher on coast, study says
A new housing survey shows housing need on the coast is even higher than it is in London. Fordham Research was employed by Brighton and Hove Council to carry out a comprehensive investigation. It discovered housing need in the two towns was twice the
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Date
Zoe baby right here right now
TV and radio personality Zoe Ball gave birth to a baby boy in a hospital in London on Friday night. Zoe and her DJ husband Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, named him Woody. Weighing in at 8lb 5oz, baby Woody was delivered by Caesarean just after 7pm at London's
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Date
Commuters rail against Connex
Connex South Central's punctuality performance was getting worse even before the Hatfield crash, it has been revealed. According to figures published by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), passengers on Sussex's main train operator are less satisfied
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Date
Christmas crimewave is cracked
Crime has been all but wiped out in the centre of Hove following the introduction of "zero tolerance" policing. Even senior officers have been surprised by the success after less than a week of the new initiative. Hove police launched round-the-clock
