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Growth hit by an autumn fall-back
The pace of economic growth cooled against the previous three months. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2000, compared with one per cent growth in the previous
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Unfit meat trial has ruined my life
A food broker cleared of defrauding businesses by selling poultry unfit for human consumption says the case has ruined his life. Timothy Powell, 38, of Neville Avenue, Hove, was found not guilty by a jury at Hull Crown Court yesterday. Three other men
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A place for all
Christmas is upon us once more and as I sat wrapping my presents my thoughts went out to all the mentally handicapped people in the world who will never know or understand what Christmas is. Over the past year I have avidly been following the saga of
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
Different reactions to our front page story of last Friday concerning the unfortunate Claire Swire. The Sussex woman wrote a somewhat saucy private email to her boyfriend. He passed it on to work colleagues and it ended up being seen around the world.
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
So, what were you doing on the great day, at the time of the big announcement? In years to come, how will you tell your grandchildren about the magical moment when this feisty old town of ours shook off its shady image and slipped on its rather grander
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High cost of staying in the game
Parents desperate to get their hands on the Playstation 2, this year's most elusive Christmas gift, are paying up to five times its retail value. Games buffs have spotted a lucrative market in the Sony Playstation 2, this season's must-have computer console
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New Year rapist faces life in jail
Sex attacker Paul Reynolds was today warned he faced a life sentence for brutally raping a woman early on New Year's Day. The 24-year-old was returning from the festivities in the Old Steine, Brighton, when Reynolds, 35, raped her in the grounds of a
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Horse Racing: 'Wayward Lad' gives racing fans a thrill
If Dick Francis never writes another thriller, the fans hungry for intrigue and a smell of danger, don't have far to look. They have only to turn to 'The Wayward Lad', the recently published autobiography of jockey Graham Bradley. In the top echelon of
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Creative act
So Brighton and Hove's new status as a city will be "significant in stimulating economic and cultural activity and retaining and attracting investment and jobs" (December 18). It is perhaps worth noting, before we get carried away with the euphoria, Brighton
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Horse Racing: Trainer is following a family tradition
The South Downs near Lewes are home to several race horse trainers and one of the most recent to join the group is 36-year-old Mark Ewar-Hoad. Mark has had his licence for only two months and if the name has a familiar sound it is because as plain Mark
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Golf: Huge pro-am at East Brighton
East Brighton stages the biggest pro-am in Sussex on July 23 when 44 teams with their pros compete for a £7,500 jackpot. The winning pro gets £1,000. The club has a reputation for putting on a good show at their pro-am and next year's promises to be even
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Essential tasks
Now Brighton and Hove is a city, please could Brighton and Hove Council get on with improving essential public services. The environment: Brighton and Hove has no free recycling services and traffic congestion will only get worse with the new minimum
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Double trouble
No wonder the two babies in adjoining cots at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton look so similar. They were born to Bernadette Smith and her daughter Amanda on the same day within a few hours of each other. It could become confusing for 50-year-old
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Festive Scrooge
The supermarket chain Somerfield is cashing in on Christmas at its London Road branch in Brighton. Normally it gives free delivery of orders costing more than £25 but this has been increased to £50 during the festive season. The increase affects people
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City mayor
Never mind John Parry's suggestion for a future mayor for Brighton and Hove. My nomination will have to be Roger French, the much-maligned boss of Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company. Mr French and his company are constantly the subject of criticism
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Boxing: Alldis made to wait
Crawley's Michael Alldis still does not know which title he will be fighting for in his home town on January 23. The Argus revealed last week that the British Boxing Board has refused the three potential opponents put forward to challenge for Alldis's
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Change the way you give
Many people may be tempted in the next few days to give money to beggars who sit shivering on the cold streets of Brighton and Hove. But they do not know whether the money will be going towards buying a cup of tea and a hot meal or towards fuelling a
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Strong identity
So, Mr Fanshawe got his city by the sea. Doubtless he will bask in the glory of it and we will all rejoice in his new twin cathedrals of stadium-on-the-Downs and superstore-by-station. I would prefer a local football ground built on a brownfield site
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City status is a chance to solve waste trouble
Congratulations to Brighton and Hove on gaining city status. Maybe now is the time for Brighton and Hove to accept that if waste incineration is to be an option under the Joint East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Waste Management Plan then it takes responsibility
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Football: Get back to grass roots
Albion manager Micky Adams has blamed a mini-slump on an absence of grass. The bad weather has been restricting the Seagulls to an artificial surface at their University of Sussex training ground. Adams believes that has been a big factor in successive
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I chased robbers who shot guard
A Sussex trader told today how he ran after armed raiders who shot a security guard in the face. John Booth, owner of Old Town Antiques, ran after the pair as they fled the scene in High Street, Hastings. The security man was shot in the lower face and
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City 'needs its own police'
Brighton and Hove needs its own city police force, according to a top councillor. Ken Bodfish, former chairman of Sussex Police Authority, says its officers should wear distinctive white helmets as a proud symbol of their identity. The Brighton and Hove
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Terror at hands of a psychopath
A young student told today how she came face to face with a crazed knifeman. The 20-year-old had a knife put to her throat and feared she was about to be raped. Her 15 seconds of terror ended when she screamed for help and the attacker fled. The woman
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Growth hit by an autumn fall-back
The pace of economic growth cooled against the previous three months. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2000, compared with one per cent growth in the previous
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High cost of staying in the game
Parents desperate to get their hands on the Playstation 2, this year's most elusive Christmas gift, are paying up to five times its retail value. Games buffs have spotted a lucrative market in the Sony Playstation 2, this season's must-have computer console
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New Year rapist faces life in jail
Sex attacker Paul Reynolds was today warned he faced a life sentence for brutally raping a woman early on New Year's Day. The 24-year-old was returning from the festivities in the Old Steine, Brighton, when Reynolds, 35, raped her in the grounds of a
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Shop display
Would it be possible before Hanningtons closes to have the complete building opened up to the public to view the upstairs compartments and see the many artefacts that have been kept back? I am sure they will not all be able to be seen in the museum at
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Horse Racing: 'Wayward Lad' gives racing fans a thrill
If Dick Francis never writes another thriller, the fans hungry for intrigue and a smell of danger, don't have far to look. They have only to turn to 'The Wayward Lad', the recently published autobiography of jockey Graham Bradley. In the top echelon of
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Creative act
So Brighton and Hove's new status as a city will be "significant in stimulating economic and cultural activity and retaining and attracting investment and jobs" (December 18). It is perhaps worth noting, before we get carried away with the euphoria, Brighton
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Golf: Huge pro-am at East Brighton
East Brighton stages the biggest pro-am in Sussex on July 23 when 44 teams with their pros compete for a £7,500 jackpot. The winning pro gets £1,000. The club has a reputation for putting on a good show at their pro-am and next year's promises to be even
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Golf: A fond look back at Heath's history
When Haywards Heath Golf Club opened for business in 1922, a six bedroom house ten minutes walk from the station could be had for £1,700. Today the property explosion in Mid Sussex has hoisted the price for an equivalent investment to around £200,000.
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Double trouble
No wonder the two babies in adjoining cots at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton look so similar. They were born to Bernadette Smith and her daughter Amanda on the same day within a few hours of each other. It could become confusing for 50-year-old
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Robbers tie up retired couple
Masked raiders broke into a house in a Sussex village and tied up a retired couple. Three men wearing ski masks and woollen gloves went through a downstairs door into the couple's house in Thakeham, near Storrington, at 7.15pm on Thursday. They demanded
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Car hits man on pavement
A man suffered serious leg injuries when a car mounted the kerb to avoid another vehicle and mowed him down. Police are trying to trace the mystery driver who could have caused the Renault to swerve at Copthorne Bank, Copthorne, just before 6pm yesterday
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Boxing: Alldis made to wait
Crawley's Michael Alldis still does not know which title he will be fighting for in his home town on January 23. The Argus revealed last week that the British Boxing Board has refused the three potential opponents put forward to challenge for Alldis's
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Football Roundup: Saints got it all wrong in the Senior Cup
St Leonards boss Andy Thomson admitted his team got it wrong when they were dumped out of the Sussex Senior Cup by County League Sidley in midweek. He said: "Some of our lads, especially those who travel down from London, didn't realise how much the Sussex
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City status is a chance to solve waste trouble
Congratulations to Brighton and Hove on gaining city status. Maybe now is the time for Brighton and Hove to accept that if waste incineration is to be an option under the Joint East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Waste Management Plan then it takes responsibility
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Football: Cattlin backing Adams
Micky Adams can lead Albion to back-to-back promotions. That is the opinion of Chris Cattlin, who guided Seagulls to sixth in the old Division Two in 1985, and was one win away from promotion. Cattlin, who still lives and works in Brighton, said: "Micky
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Lydia's off the mark with a promise of more
The sigh of relief could be heard from East Kent to West Sussex last Tuesday when Guignol du Cochet ran out an easy winner of the Two Mile Chase at Folkestone. It was the first jumping winner of the season for Funtington, Chichester, trainer Lydia Richards
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Muggers threaten woman with blade
An estate agency manager had a knife held to her throat in a street robbery. The 39-year-old victim was left with a split lip after two muggers attacked her as she returned from her firm's Christmas party. A blue Ford pulled up as she walked along Borough
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I chased robbers who shot guard
A Sussex trader told today how he ran after armed raiders who shot a security guard in the face. John Booth, owner of Old Town Antiques, ran after the pair as they fled the scene in High Street, Hastings. The security man was shot in the lower face and
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Baby joy for mum and daughter
A mother and daughter have given birth on the same day at a Sussex hospital. Bernadette Smith and her daughter Amanda Beveridge are thrilled and staff at the Royal Sussex County in Brighton say it is the first such coincidence they can remember. The two
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City 'needs its own police'
Brighton and Hove needs its own city police force, according to a top councillor. Ken Bodfish, former chairman of Sussex Police Authority, says its officers should wear distinctive white helmets as a proud symbol of their identity. The Brighton and Hove
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How to get home for Christmas
Train operator Connex says passengers in Sussex should have no problems reaching their destinations over Christmas, despite cuts in services. Unlike other rail operators in the country, the company is not taking advance bookings on services during the
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Terror at hands of a psychopath
A young student told today how she came face to face with a crazed knifeman. The 20-year-old had a knife put to her throat and feared she was about to be raped. Her 15 seconds of terror ended when she screamed for help and the attacker fled. The woman
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Unfit meat trial has ruined my life
A food broker cleared of defrauding businesses by selling poultry unfit for human consumption says the case has ruined his life. Timothy Powell, 38, of Neville Avenue, Hove, was found not guilty by a jury at Hull Crown Court yesterday. Three other men
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Beat the winter blues
The recent bad weather was certainly the worst in memory and beyond but it has not in any way affected people's Christmas spirit. The look of Christmas has never been better, with lights and displays to take the breath away. Years ago it was a few fairy
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A place for all
Christmas is upon us once more and as I sat wrapping my presents my thoughts went out to all the mentally handicapped people in the world who will never know or understand what Christmas is. Over the past year I have avidly been following the saga of
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Date
Feedback, with Chris Chandler
Different reactions to our front page story of last Friday concerning the unfortunate Claire Swire. The Sussex woman wrote a somewhat saucy private email to her boyfriend. He passed it on to work colleagues and it ended up being seen around the world.
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
So, what were you doing on the great day, at the time of the big announcement? In years to come, how will you tell your grandchildren about the magical moment when this feisty old town of ours shook off its shady image and slipped on its rather grander
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Rude Ross
AM I the only person who loathes Jonathan Ross? In my opinion he is crude, insensitive, arrogant and unbelievably conceited. His latest act of gross indecency on BBC1's They Think It's All Over is not really all that surprising. He is so vile he obviously
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Horse Racing: Trainer is following a family tradition
The South Downs near Lewes are home to several race horse trainers and one of the most recent to join the group is 36-year-old Mark Ewar-Hoad. Mark has had his licence for only two months and if the name has a familiar sound it is because as plain Mark
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Golf: Velvick master class
Giles Velvick didn't so much win the Sussex PGU 2000 Mastercolour League but, with a lead of 18 points, he virtually ran away with the title. The 28-year-old head pro at Horam Park crowned a season notable for consistency under pressure. Final event counting
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City squad
Being a very proud Brightonian, along with thousands more I am delighted we are now a city. Thanks to all who worked so hard for this wonderful ending. My other delight is our football team. May I suggest to Dick Knight and the board, for a double millennium
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Essential tasks
Now Brighton and Hove is a city, please could Brighton and Hove Council get on with improving essential public services. The environment: Brighton and Hove has no free recycling services and traffic congestion will only get worse with the new minimum
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New postcodes
Many congratulations on the Argus' coverage of the city of Brighton and Hove. I trust now Hove actually will be given credit for its equal status with Brighton and would suggest the postal code be immediately altered. Instead of BN (Brighton), either
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Basketball: Bears coach will not resign
Mark Dunning has no intention of quitting struggling Brighton Bears. But Bears' coach admits he is running out of ideas as he looks to turn their season around. Bears have won just one of their last ten games ahead of tomorrow's final Uni-ball Trophy
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Festive Scrooge
The supermarket chain Somerfield is cashing in on Christmas at its London Road branch in Brighton. Normally it gives free delivery of orders costing more than £25 but this has been increased to £50 during the festive season. The increase affects people
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City mayor
Never mind John Parry's suggestion for a future mayor for Brighton and Hove. My nomination will have to be Roger French, the much-maligned boss of Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company. Mr French and his company are constantly the subject of criticism
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Change the way you give
Many people may be tempted in the next few days to give money to beggars who sit shivering on the cold streets of Brighton and Hove. But they do not know whether the money will be going towards buying a cup of tea and a hot meal or towards fuelling a
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Date
Strong identity
So, Mr Fanshawe got his city by the sea. Doubtless he will bask in the glory of it and we will all rejoice in his new twin cathedrals of stadium-on-the-Downs and superstore-by-station. I would prefer a local football ground built on a brownfield site
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Football: Hillians could be kicked out
Burgess Hill are facing Senior Cup elimination for fielding the cup-tied Dave Stevens. Their hopes of an FA Vase lifeline have also been dashed after third round victors Arlesey were found not guilty of making four substitutions. Stevens scored and was
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Football: Get back to grass roots
Albion manager Micky Adams has blamed a mini-slump on an absence of grass. The bad weather has been restricting the Seagulls to an artificial surface at their University of Sussex training ground. Adams believes that has been a big factor in successive
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Death 'is a festive warning'
A coroner has used the death of a Sussex building worker to give a seasonal warning of the dangers of drink. Matt Harrod, 18, of Blackbridge Lane, Horsham, stumbled in front of a car after drinking enough alcohol to kill himself. The inquest heard Mr
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Drugs rap for nursing home matron
A nursing home matron who gave drugs to dying patients without their doctors' permission will not be struck off. A disciplinary committee of the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting found Junia Woolgar guilty of administering
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Naked man in blaze drama
A naked man had to be rescued from a ledge after he was forced out of his bedroom window by flames. Most of the 15 residents of the block of flats in South Terrace, Littlehampton, had fled by the time firefighters arrived to deal with a bathroom fire.
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Theakston pipped in party poll
Sussex-based TV presenter Jamie Theakston is less fanciable than Big Brother's "Nasty Nick", according to a new survey. The snub was delivered in a survey in which women were asked whom they would most like to catch a taxi home with after their annual
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Farewell poem for stabbed student
A poem by the sister of student John Rees, who was stabbed to death after a night out, was read out at his funeral. Emma Rees composed the tribute to her brother especially for the service at Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton. It was read by the Rev Dr Fiona
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New payout for troubled train travellers
Sussex Rail users will get more compensation for the disruption to services caused by bad weather and speed restrictions. Travellers who use Connex services to the coast and who hold a monthly or longer period season ticket will automatically receive
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Beat the winter blues
The recent bad weather was certainly the worst in memory and beyond but it has not in any way affected people's Christmas spirit. The look of Christmas has never been better, with lights and displays to take the breath away. Years ago it was a few fairy
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Date
Rude Ross
AM I the only person who loathes Jonathan Ross? In my opinion he is crude, insensitive, arrogant and unbelievably conceited. His latest act of gross indecency on BBC1's They Think It's All Over is not really all that surprising. He is so vile he obviously
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Date
Shop display
Would it be possible before Hanningtons closes to have the complete building opened up to the public to view the upstairs compartments and see the many artefacts that have been kept back? I am sure they will not all be able to be seen in the museum at
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Date
Golf: Velvick master class
Giles Velvick didn't so much win the Sussex PGU 2000 Mastercolour League but, with a lead of 18 points, he virtually ran away with the title. The 28-year-old head pro at Horam Park crowned a season notable for consistency under pressure. Final event counting
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Date
City squad
Being a very proud Brightonian, along with thousands more I am delighted we are now a city. Thanks to all who worked so hard for this wonderful ending. My other delight is our football team. May I suggest to Dick Knight and the board, for a double millennium
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Date
Golf: A fond look back at Heath's history
When Haywards Heath Golf Club opened for business in 1922, a six bedroom house ten minutes walk from the station could be had for £1,700. Today the property explosion in Mid Sussex has hoisted the price for an equivalent investment to around £200,000.
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Robbers tie up retired couple
Masked raiders broke into a house in a Sussex village and tied up a retired couple. Three men wearing ski masks and woollen gloves went through a downstairs door into the couple's house in Thakeham, near Storrington, at 7.15pm on Thursday. They demanded
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Date
New postcodes
Many congratulations on the Argus' coverage of the city of Brighton and Hove. I trust now Hove actually will be given credit for its equal status with Brighton and would suggest the postal code be immediately altered. Instead of BN (Brighton), either
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Date
Basketball: Bears coach will not resign
Mark Dunning has no intention of quitting struggling Brighton Bears. But Bears' coach admits he is running out of ideas as he looks to turn their season around. Bears have won just one of their last ten games ahead of tomorrow's final Uni-ball Trophy
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Football Roundup: Saints got it all wrong in the Senior Cup
St Leonards boss Andy Thomson admitted his team got it wrong when they were dumped out of the Sussex Senior Cup by County League Sidley in midweek. He said: "Some of our lads, especially those who travel down from London, didn't realise how much the Sussex
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Date
Football: Hillians could be kicked out
Burgess Hill are facing Senior Cup elimination for fielding the cup-tied Dave Stevens. Their hopes of an FA Vase lifeline have also been dashed after third round victors Arlesey were found not guilty of making four substitutions. Stevens scored and was
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Date
Football: Cattlin backing Adams
Micky Adams can lead Albion to back-to-back promotions. That is the opinion of Chris Cattlin, who guided Seagulls to sixth in the old Division Two in 1985, and was one win away from promotion. Cattlin, who still lives and works in Brighton, said: "Micky
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Theakston pipped in party poll
Sussex-based TV presenter Jamie Theakston is less fanciable than Big Brother's "Nasty Nick", according to a new survey. The snub was delivered in a survey in which women were asked whom they would most like to catch a taxi home with after their annual
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Date
Muggers threaten woman with blade
An estate agency manager had a knife held to her throat in a street robbery. The 39-year-old victim was left with a split lip after two muggers attacked her as she returned from her firm's Christmas party. A blue Ford pulled up as she walked along Borough
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Date
Farewell poem for stabbed student
A poem by the sister of student John Rees, who was stabbed to death after a night out, was read out at his funeral. Emma Rees composed the tribute to her brother especially for the service at Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton. It was read by the Rev Dr Fiona
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New payout for troubled train travellers
Sussex Rail users will get more compensation for the disruption to services caused by bad weather and speed restrictions. Travellers who use Connex services to the coast and who hold a monthly or longer period season ticket will automatically receive
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Date
Baby joy for mum and daughter
A mother and daughter have given birth on the same day at a Sussex hospital. Bernadette Smith and her daughter Amanda Beveridge are thrilled and staff at the Royal Sussex County in Brighton say it is the first such coincidence they can remember. The two
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Date
How to get home for Christmas
Train operator Connex says passengers in Sussex should have no problems reaching their destinations over Christmas, despite cuts in services. Unlike other rail operators in the country, the company is not taking advance bookings on services during the
