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Heard World, by John Wilson Goddard
"What's that man doing?" seems to me a perfectly reasonable question for a young kiddie to ask when it sees me in the street. After all, what am I doing? Holding a long, long white metal rod in front of me, waving it from side to side and tapping it on
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No need
WhileI agree wholeheartedly with James Greed that it is very good news that Brighton and Hove has been granted city status, I do not understand why this brings a "need" for a cathedral. I do not think that anyone would say that Leeds is less of a city
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Lording it up
After reading Lord Bassam's article (Argus, January 4), I do wonder if he lives in Brighton or Hove. The place he describes is certainly not the place I know. We have massive waste disposal problems, in fact certain places in Brighton and Hove look like
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No cashback
I would very much like to hear from anybody who entered into a Cashback agreement around April 1996, which promised them a full or partial refund of the purchase price of the goods, provided a claim was submitted within a 30-day period commencing five
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Table Tennis: Players to boycott Open
Ritchie Venner is one of several players set to boycott the English Open at Chatham next month. He says the English Table Tennis Association overcharge English players to help finance the cost of entertaining foreign teams. Venner lives in Crawley, only
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You're all stars
People in Stonery Road, Portslade, persuaded councillors to have the lights changed in the flats opposite their homes. Now security lights no longer shine into their houses and they also don't light up the skies above. Residents are now to receive an
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Better red-faced than dead
Testicular cancer used to be one of those diseases few people talked about because it was so embarrassing. Not any more. Celebrities such as Jamie Theakston are speaking about the once taboo subject in a new documentary. Testicular cancer rates have risen
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Success in mast war
May I congratulate the good people of the Goldstone Valley on their success in removing the mobile phone mast from the Engineerium. It is significant that it took a woman to head the campaign and I note her concern that no more masts should be
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Patients losing patience with shoddy treatment
The Royal Sussex Hospital must be top of the list when it comes to bad hygiene. I was recently sitting with my husband in a cubicle of the accident and emergency department with blood and urine on the floor. It was not cleaned, just had a sheet thrown
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New drains could solve pitch crisis
Albion are investigating a permanent cure for the pitch problems at Withdean. The Seagulls and Stadium managers Ecovert South are considering proposals for a new drainage system to be installed at the end of the season. They will be presented to Brighton
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I'll always get stuck in
Charlie Oatway has vowed to continue his combative contribution to Albion's promotion fight. The hard-man midfielder is available again for Saturday's key visit to Kidderminster Harriers following his fourth suspension for the Seagulls. You can rest assured
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Boy, 13, saves child from drowning
A family is putting forward a 13-year-old boy for a bravery commendation after he saved their son from drowning. Adam Knight plunged into an ice-cold swimming pool to pluck five-year-old George Christensen to safety. The boys were sharing the holiday
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Dark sky at night, stargazers' delight
Sir Patrick Moore could present an award to residents who won a battle to cut light pollution outside their homes. He will be asked to present an award of the British Astronomical Association's appreciation to people in Stonery Road, Portslade. They complained
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Engineering set for strong growth
The UK's engineering sector is expected to outpace the rest of manufacturing and the UK economy as a whole this year. But a survey by the Engineering Employers' Federation shows the stronger growth masks significant regional and sector variations. The
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Heard World, by John Wilson Goddard
"What's that man doing?" seems to me a perfectly reasonable question for a young kiddie to ask when it sees me in the street. After all, what am I doing? Holding a long, long white metal rod in front of me, waving it from side to side and tapping it on
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
The general election campaign started unofficially this week with both Tony Blair and William Hague going on the offensive. So I'm being brave enough to predict what will happen locally and nationally. Thursday May 3 will be election day. It will be four
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Bins boss admits failing residents
A senior manager of the firm which empties Mid Sussex's bins admitted last night: "We got it wrong." Sita had to bring in extra workers and trucks to deal with a backlog after workers staged a one-day lightning strike. About 70 employees walked out over
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Lording it up
After reading Lord Bassam's article (Argus, January 4), I do wonder if he lives in Brighton or Hove. The place he describes is certainly not the place I know. We have massive waste disposal problems, in fact certain places in Brighton and Hove look like
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No cashback
I would very much like to hear from anybody who entered into a Cashback agreement around April 1996, which promised them a full or partial refund of the purchase price of the goods, provided a claim was submitted within a 30-day period commencing five
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No more raves
I am frankly amazed that the Argus (January 6) should condone people entering other people's property to hold raves. Surely our local newspaper should be supporting the police in their campaign against these events. Why can't young people do what they
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Table Tennis: Players to boycott Open
Ritchie Venner is one of several players set to boycott the English Open at Chatham next month. He says the English Table Tennis Association overcharge English players to help finance the cost of entertaining foreign teams. Venner lives in Crawley, only
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You're all stars
People in Stonery Road, Portslade, persuaded councillors to have the lights changed in the flats opposite their homes. Now security lights no longer shine into their houses and they also don't light up the skies above. Residents are now to receive an
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Angler caught by spy camera
A fisherman has been fined for taking sea trout without a licence after he was filmed with a secret riverbank camera. The Environment Agency set up the camera to catch Richard Strupinski as he illegally took the fish from Hardham Weir on the River Rother
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Memories
Your article Home and Away (Argus, January 8), revived memories of my journey to Canada as a war bride when I was 19. I was on the same sailing as Monica Sweetman although we never met. I was in H. Cabin, B. Deck on the SS Scythia, a single funnelled
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Success in mast war
May I congratulate the good people of the Goldstone Valley on their success in removing the mobile phone mast from the Engineerium. It is significant that it took a woman to head the campaign and I note her concern that no more masts should be
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Zamora given spot of bother
Albion boss Micky Adams wants to put goal king Bobby Zamora on the spot at Kidderminster on Saturday. He has nominated Zamora as the Seagulls' new penalty taker following Tuesday's shoot-out exit from the LDV Vans Trophy at Brentford. Paul Watson has
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Bassam's angels ready for action
Neighbourhood wardens who aim to improve life on deprived estates were heralded as community angels today. The community warden scheme, which was officially launched this morning by Home Office minister Lord Bassam, is part of the urban regeneration programme
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Woman punches sex pest
A sex attacker ended up with a bloody nose when he pounced on an East Sussex student. The 18-year-old woman was attacked as she lay on the ground near the Clambers play area in Falaise Road, Hastings, on Monday night. She had tripped as she tried to escape
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Boy, 13, saves child from drowning
A family is putting forward a 13-year-old boy for a bravery commendation after he saved their son from drowning. Adam Knight plunged into an ice-cold swimming pool to pluck five-year-old George Christensen to safety. The boys were sharing the holiday
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Thugs beat up Falklands veteran
A Falklands War veteran who was beaten by thugs after trying to stop a nightclub fight said today: "I thought I was going to die." Former Royal Marine Mark Smith, 39, was in Rutherfords nightclub on Worthing Pier when the violence started. Mr Smith, who
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Engineering set for strong growth
The UK's engineering sector is expected to outpace the rest of manufacturing and the UK economy as a whole this year. But a survey by the Engineering Employers' Federation shows the stronger growth masks significant regional and sector variations. The
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Tomboy - Deluxe Mower
Cows have been brought up to eat toxic grass that sheep have turned their nose up at. 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
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
The general election campaign started unofficially this week with both Tony Blair and William Hague going on the offensive. So I'm being brave enough to predict what will happen locally and nationally. Thursday May 3 will be election day. It will be four
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Love of Lewes
I agree with Charles Goode's letter (Opinion, January 8). It is more pleasant to drive to Lewes than venture into Brighton. We keep hearing about St James' Street but I cannot see any point in going there now that the second-hand bookshops are closing
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Gravestone goes missing
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a gravestone from a cemetery. Police were called after two men and a woman were seen taking the stone from the Mill Lane burial ground in Shoreham at the weekend. A witness saw them put the heavy memorial on to a
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No more raves
I am frankly amazed that the Argus (January 6) should condone people entering other people's property to hold raves. Surely our local newspaper should be supporting the police in their campaign against these events. Why can't young people do what they
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Backing buses
Russell Hicks' criticism of Roger French and Brighton and Hove Buses for not supporting local business is misplaced. Not only does he give up time to chair the Hove Town Centre Management Business steering group but his company gave the largest private
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Angler caught by spy camera
A fisherman has been fined for taking sea trout without a licence after he was filmed with a secret riverbank camera. The Environment Agency set up the camera to catch Richard Strupinski as he illegally took the fish from Hardham Weir on the River Rother
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Memories
Your article Home and Away (Argus, January 8), revived memories of my journey to Canada as a war bride when I was 19. I was on the same sailing as Monica Sweetman although we never met. I was in H. Cabin, B. Deck on the SS Scythia, a single funnelled
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Cycling: League is boost for grassroots
Most Sussex clubs are members of the Surrey Cycle Racing League which has grown over the past 18 years. The League now embraces clubs from neighbouring counties and has become one of the most successful organisations in the country. The league's secretary
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Voice of the Argus: Government must act now
The sick men who download child pornography from the internet must be removed from society and face the toughest sentences a court is able to impose. Two of these men from Sussex, together with five others, yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute
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Football briefs: Newhouse moves on
Former Albion forward Aidan Newhouse has joined Conference club Northwich Victoria. Ex-Seagulls winger Clive Walker has taken charge of Ryman League Division Two outfit Molesey. Martin Ling, on loan to Albion at the end of last season, is keeping himself
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Zamora given spot of bother
Albion boss Micky Adams wants to put goal king Bobby Zamora on the spot at Kidderminster on Saturday. He has nominated Zamora as the Seagulls' new penalty taker following Tuesday's shoot-out exit from the LDV Vans Trophy at Brentford. Paul Watson has
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Bassam's angels ready for action
Neighbourhood wardens who aim to improve life on deprived estates were heralded as community angels today. The community warden scheme, which was officially launched this morning by Home Office minister Lord Bassam, is part of the urban regeneration programme
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Arson probe after car firm blaze
A suspected arson attack at one of the largest car companies in Sussex is thought to have caused more than £200,000 of damage. The blaze at Evans Halshaw in Portslade last night wrecked a workshop at the rear of the showroom in Old Shoreham Road. Twenty
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Thugs beat up Falklands veteran
A Falklands War veteran who was beaten by thugs after trying to stop a nightclub fight said today: "I thought I was going to die." Former Royal Marine Mark Smith, 39, was in Rutherfords nightclub on Worthing Pier when the violence started. Mr Smith, who
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Worldwide web of filth
Operation Cathedral, which led to the smashing of the world's largest internet child porn ring, began in San Jose, California, in 1996. A child complained that her friend's father molested her and when police investigated they found the abuser had published
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Child porn peddler was our neighbour
Neighbours of one of two Sussex men who admitted being part of the world's largest internet child porn ring told today how they forced him out of their street. David Hines, 30, of Chichester Road, Bognor, has admitted conspiring to distribute paedophile
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Tomboy - Deluxe Mower
Cows have been brought up to eat toxic grass that sheep have turned their nose up at. 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
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Love of Lewes
I agree with Charles Goode's letter (Opinion, January 8). It is more pleasant to drive to Lewes than venture into Brighton. We keep hearing about St James' Street but I cannot see any point in going there now that the second-hand bookshops are closing
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Gravestone goes missing
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a gravestone from a cemetery. Police were called after two men and a woman were seen taking the stone from the Mill Lane burial ground in Shoreham at the weekend. A witness saw them put the heavy memorial on to a
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No need
WhileI agree wholeheartedly with James Greed that it is very good news that Brighton and Hove has been granted city status, I do not understand why this brings a "need" for a cathedral. I do not think that anyone would say that Leeds is less of a city
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Backing buses
Russell Hicks' criticism of Roger French and Brighton and Hove Buses for not supporting local business is misplaced. Not only does he give up time to chair the Hove Town Centre Management Business steering group but his company gave the largest private
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Better red-faced than dead
Testicular cancer used to be one of those diseases few people talked about because it was so embarrassing. Not any more. Celebrities such as Jamie Theakston are speaking about the once taboo subject in a new documentary. Testicular cancer rates have risen
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Cycling: League is boost for grassroots
Most Sussex clubs are members of the Surrey Cycle Racing League which has grown over the past 18 years. The League now embraces clubs from neighbouring counties and has become one of the most successful organisations in the country. The league's secretary
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Voice of the Argus: Government must act now
The sick men who download child pornography from the internet must be removed from society and face the toughest sentences a court is able to impose. Two of these men from Sussex, together with five others, yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute
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Football briefs: Newhouse moves on
Former Albion forward Aidan Newhouse has joined Conference club Northwich Victoria. Ex-Seagulls winger Clive Walker has taken charge of Ryman League Division Two outfit Molesey. Martin Ling, on loan to Albion at the end of last season, is keeping himself
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Patients losing patience with shoddy treatment
The Royal Sussex Hospital must be top of the list when it comes to bad hygiene. I was recently sitting with my husband in a cubicle of the accident and emergency department with blood and urine on the floor. It was not cleaned, just had a sheet thrown
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New drains could solve pitch crisis
Albion are investigating a permanent cure for the pitch problems at Withdean. The Seagulls and Stadium managers Ecovert South are considering proposals for a new drainage system to be installed at the end of the season. They will be presented to Brighton
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I'll always get stuck in
Charlie Oatway has vowed to continue his combative contribution to Albion's promotion fight. The hard-man midfielder is available again for Saturday's key visit to Kidderminster Harriers following his fourth suspension for the Seagulls. You can rest assured
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Key backing for bypasses
Controversial plans for two new roads in East Sussex have received crucial support from regional planners. The regional planning committee of the South-East England Regional Assembly (Seera) agreed yesterday to support the building of bypasses for Hastings
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Resort's crime strategies 'a failure'
Crime-fighting strategies in Hastings have been ranked the second least effective in England and Wales. The Crime List, billed as the first league table of police performance, has been compiled by academics at Leeds University who examined 375 local authority
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Arson probe after car firm blaze
A suspected arson attack at one of the largest car companies in Sussex is thought to have caused more than £200,000 of damage. The blaze at Evans Halshaw in Portslade last night wrecked a workshop at the rear of the showroom in Old Shoreham Road. Twenty
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Dark sky at night, stargazers' delight
Sir Patrick Moore could present an award to residents who won a battle to cut light pollution outside their homes. He will be asked to present an award of the British Astronomical Association's appreciation to people in Stonery Road, Portslade. They complained
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Worldwide web of filth
Operation Cathedral, which led to the smashing of the world's largest internet child porn ring, began in San Jose, California, in 1996. A child complained that her friend's father molested her and when police investigated they found the abuser had published
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Child porn peddler was our neighbour
Neighbours of one of two Sussex men who admitted being part of the world's largest internet child porn ring told today how they forced him out of their street. David Hines, 30, of Chichester Road, Bognor, has admitted conspiring to distribute paedophile