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Home furnishings boost Laura Ashley
Laura Ashley, the fashion and home furnishings retailer, was today celebrating a buoyant Christmas as it unveiled plans to restructure its European operation. Like-for-like sales, stripping out the effect of new store space, in the six weeks to January
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Good intentions
Company bosses have pledged to make equal opportunities one of their highest priorities during the next few years, according to a new survey. Most managers polled by the Industrial Society said the issue would become more important. Angela Ishmael of
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Tomboy - Piano auction
One of Russ Conway's pianos is due to be auctioned. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
Readers thought we must have found the secret of eternal life last week. We said in the Comment column on Tuesday last week that babies born the previous day had "a good chance of seeing in the next millennium". It should, of course, have said the next
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
We like to pride ourselves on being a humane and liberal society, and that may be partially true. But what no one talks about is something I would describe as a kind of pitiless inhumanity inflicted on us by both big business and government in the name
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Lorry hijacked
A man wielding a lump of wood has hijacked a 17.5-ton lorry with a valuable cargo. The driver was accosted when his Volvo truck stopped at a roundabout on the A23 at Lowfield Heath, near Gatwick, yesterday. He told police a man brandishing a large piece
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Autistic kids' centre is saved
A group of parents said to be "suicidal" today dramatically won their fight to save a care centre they say has been crucial in their struggle to care for autistic children. The parents - who were reported to be on the verge of breakdown because of their
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Destroying the Dome
I was astonished to read that John Parry thinks he has subsidised my visits to the Millennium Dome. I think my direct contribution as well as the taxes I have paid have subsidised his absence. Every person who did not visit the Dome contributed towards
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Rubbish service
I was interested to read of the problems Mr Sita Misra has with the refuse collectors who, unfortunately for him, share his name (January 8). My own experience of this firm is one of gross incompetence and a lack of care. The service I and my neighbours
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Bus price rise
How sad to read yet another letter moaning about the 20p rise for some with Brighton's fixed rate bus fare. The bus company is only trying out what most successful bus companies already operate. I wonder if these unhappy people haggle about every other
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Public forum
Your report concerning the Worthing Police Community Forum which has written to the Home Secretary for more beat officers (January 8) is very pertinent to Brighton and Hove. The city has no police and community consultative group funded by the Home Office
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Turf Talk: Jamie's patience tested to the limit
Reserves of patience and fortitude are called for when a trainer has his best horse sidelined. Male Ana Mou finished lame the next morning after winning the Gerry Feilden Hurdle at Newbury in November and will not run for a year. Lewes trainer Jamie Poulton
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Skating pledge
Culture Minister Chris Smith was recently at Brighton University debating the development potential of Creative Industries for the new city (December 18). The rhetoric is fine, but may lack substance. The staging of industry requires the venues for working
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Golf: Pulford glides swiftly into an oldies role
It hasn't taken Dennis Pulford long to find another niche in golf administration since his retirement last month as secretary-treasurer of the Sussex County Union. Pulford, 69, is now busier than ever with his new job as hon secretary of the United Kingdom
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Saturday's Non League Football Fixtures
Crawley will come up against a familiar face when they entertain Ashford at Broadfield Stadium in the FA Umbro Trophy. Former Reds' striker Jon Warden linked up with the Kent club in the summer when Tommy Sampson, who masterminded Deal's FA Vase success
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Football: Sheriff is banned after ref rumpus
Whitehawk have banned top scorer Mark Sheriff for the rest of the season. The livewire striker has also been fined £60 by the club following an alleged assault on referee Harry Ford in the match against Littlehampton last Saturday. The move is the first
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School fights phone mast bid
A head teacher is fighting plans to put a 60ft mobile phone mast next to her school. Cathy Moore wants city council planners to stop the BT Cellnet mast being built at the old gasworks site in Church Road, Hove. She and other staff at neighbouring St
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Keeping it private could be the death of you
When Jamie Theakston was asked to talk about his testicles on TV, no doubt he felt a fleeting moment of bashfulness. Men are notoriously protective of their private parts and when it comes to talking about manhood-related health complaints, they tend
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Auction house to shed 150 workers
Staff at a famous Sussex auction house were today waiting to hear if they would be hit by job losses. Sotheby's, which employs 100 people at its Billingshurst sale room, last night warned it would be shedding 150 jobs worldwide. But the firm said it could
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How our dream home was ruined
A couple say their dream of retiring to the seaside has been ruined after a builder left their bungalow unfit to live in. They say the experience with their home in Rottingdean, Brighton, has affected their health. Last month Brighton County Court ordered
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Firm needs 300 staff - but won't say where
Household giant Kimberly-Clark has launched a recruitment campaign to fill 300 Sussex vacancies - but says it cannot reveal exactly where. The corporation has yet to sign a deal on suitable premises for its European Shared Service Centre in Brighton.
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Girl denied injecting brother with heroin
A teenager who died of a heroin overdose had earlier claimed his sister bullied him into taking the drug, an inquest heard. Christopher Emery, 17, was found dead at a flat in Burlington, Street, Brighton, last May 25. An inquest heard his sister Kirsty
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Thieves swipe Megan's first moments
Thieves have stolen a baby's christening gifts and the first pictures of its life. They broke into the family home and stole presents and a video camera containing footage of seven-month-old Megan Wright's birth and her first Christmas. Her mother Nicola
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Leisure group buys four more bars
A Brighton leisure chain with ambitions of doubling in size has taken over another three nightclubs and a pub in the city centre. C-Side has bought the Cuba Bar, The Lift and the Pig in Paradise, and is in the process of buying The Gloucester, bringing
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Good intentions
Company bosses have pledged to make equal opportunities one of their highest priorities during the next few years, according to a new survey. Most managers polled by the Industrial Society said the issue would become more important. Angela Ishmael of
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Body Shop profits warning
Ethical cosmetics retailer Body Shop International today warned it would see a ten to 15 per cent decline in profits this year. The Littlehampton-based giant blamed the weather, transport difficulties and poor sales of some new lines for a disappointing
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Tomboy - Piano auction
One of Russ Conway's pianos is due to be auctioned. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine illustrations
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Why did you do it?
To the thieves who stole my bag from Asda in Brighton Marina: Please tell me why. Inside the bag was money, credit cards, a camera, mobile phone and keys to my car and house. Inside the purse were documents and phone numbers of next of kin and other people
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Unlucky break?
Poor Prince Charles. That nice man went out over the weekend to help tear a living animal to death on a fox hunt and broke a little bone in his shoulder. He should have broken one further up. And why were his dear little sons not on hand to help him up
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
Readers thought we must have found the secret of eternal life last week. We said in the Comment column on Tuesday last week that babies born the previous day had "a good chance of seeing in the next millennium". It should, of course, have said the next
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Tatty soccer pitch storm
Eastbourne United's home ground might not have been earmarked for housing if it had been better kept, a top councillor said today. Supporters have been alarmed by news that The Oval at Princes Park has been picked as a potential site for up to 100 homes
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Death riddle of mother, 29
A mother of three young children has been found dead at a house in Burgess Hill. A neighbour found the body of 29-year-old Tracey Steer at a house in Denham Road. Ms Steer, a single parent, lived about half a mile away at the Temple Grove estate in a
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Autistic kids' centre is saved
A group of parents said to be "suicidal" today dramatically won their fight to save a care centre they say has been crucial in their struggle to care for autistic children. The parents - who were reported to be on the verge of breakdown because of their
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Turf Talk: Dina saddles a win over the jumps
Pulborough trainer Dina Smith, who returned to training after a gap of 12 years, saddled the first jumping winner of her renewed career at Leicester on Monday. Ibal trotted up by six lengths in a novice hurdle in the hands of Andrew Thornton, who had
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Turf Talk: Gifford boosts coffers with double
The first two days of this week saw Josh Gifford increase his prize money for the season by more than 25 per cent. Hot on the heels of Lordbernieboufant winning the £13,650 Sussex National at Fontwell, Mr Percy made a winning first appearance over fences
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Slow response
concerning recent attacks on women in the Brighton area and a subsequent reward offer of £5,000 for information, I could not help but wonder whether the police were of the belief that catching criminals was the responsibility of the public. In October
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In the drink
There are always moans and groans from traditionalists when leisure chains take over pubs and clubs. But in the case of Brighton-based C-side, any complaints are misplaced. Here is a local concern which knows what many local people want. Its latest acquisitions
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Skating pledge
Culture Minister Chris Smith was recently at Brighton University debating the development potential of Creative Industries for the new city (December 18). The rhetoric is fine, but may lack substance. The staging of industry requires the venues for working
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Breaking the great taboo
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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Football: Soldier armed for Bognor's Trophy bid
Army defender Joe Collins is in line for a dramatic call-up for Bognor in the FA Trophy. The Combined Services stopper will partner David Wright if, as expected, Jay Pickering fails to overcome a knee injury in time for the home tie with Billericay. Bognor's
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Should police have let the party go on?
I was one of hundreds of disappointed revellers attending the Shoreham New Year's Eve party that the police decided to stop at five minutes to twelve. I would like to point out that there were clearly marked fire exits which were well lit and free from
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Football: Liverpool cough up
Liverpool's Premiership superstars trained at Crawley Town's Broadfield Stadium this week, but only after they had paid for the privilege. On their previous two visits, Crawley had made their facilities available for free in the hope they might be able
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Zamora faces fitness battle
Albion are sweating on the health of goal ace Bobby Zamora for tomorrow's first ever League visit to Kidderminster Harriers. Zamora was sent home yesterday suffering from sickness and diarrhoea. Manager Micky Adams said: "He is not well at the moment.
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Search for missing man, 81
Police are hunting for an 81-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who has been missing since late last night. John Mustchin disappeared from Grove Crescent in Littlehampton at 9.20pm. Police are asking residents to check their gardens and sheds as they
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Auction house to shed 150 workers
Staff at a famous Sussex auction house were today waiting to hear if they would be hit by job losses. Sotheby's, which employs 100 people at its Billingshurst sale room, last night warned it would be shedding 150 jobs worldwide. But the firm said it could
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Thieves leave thank-you note for victim
Thieves stuck a thank-you note to a car windscreen after breaking in to steal shop goods. The note to their victim read: "Thank you for all the good stuff you left for me and him. "PS: Leave better stuff next time - ten out of ten for the chicken noodles
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Stop the influx, says MP
An MP has called for action to halt the flow of people moving to Sussex after a report named it as still one of the most expensive places in Britain to buy a house. West Sussex is the seventh most expensive county, with the average semi-detached house
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Police swamp the villains
Crime in central Hove has been slashed by 75 per cent after police swamped the area with beat officers. The initiative - which flies in the face of current policing methods - has reduced incidents to a handful of minor offences. The blitz in a one-mile
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Leisure group buys four more bars
A Brighton leisure chain with ambitions of doubling in size has taken over another three nightclubs and a pub in the city centre. C-Side has bought the Cuba Bar, The Lift and the Pig in Paradise, and is in the process of buying The Gloucester, bringing
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Record Christmas for Sainsbury's
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's had a record Christmas despite showing only a modest pick-up in sales in the past three months. The group said like-for-like sales, excluding income from new stores, had risen by 0.7 per cent in the 12 weeks to January 6.
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New buy for Newsquest
Newsquest (Sussex) has agreed to acquire Surrey & Sussex Publishing Ltd and Horley Publishing Ltd, publishers of Gatwick Life and Horley Life. The newspapers' founder and editor, Graham Larcombe, will remain with the company along with his wife, Cherry
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Body Shop profits warning
Ethical cosmetics retailer Body Shop International today warned it would see a ten to 15 per cent decline in profits this year. The Littlehampton-based giant blamed the weather, transport difficulties and poor sales of some new lines for a disappointing
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Why did you do it?
To the thieves who stole my bag from Asda in Brighton Marina: Please tell me why. Inside the bag was money, credit cards, a camera, mobile phone and keys to my car and house. Inside the purse were documents and phone numbers of next of kin and other people
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A perfect gent
I would like to echo the comments of Frank Edward's on the late Les Hamilton (December 25). I was fortunate enough to play football with him when he was a young man and his children were at school. In those days we travelled to away matches by coach and
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Unlucky break?
Poor Prince Charles. That nice man went out over the weekend to help tear a living animal to death on a fox hunt and broke a little bone in his shoulder. He should have broken one further up. And why were his dear little sons not on hand to help him up
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Man held in hunt for knife fiend
Police are questioning a man over a string of knife attacks and a rape in Brighton and Hove. Sussex detectives seized the 48-year-old at a shop in Wood Green, London, just after 8pm yesterday. The man offered no resistance and was put into a police car
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Mallet attack on park soccer game
Football authorities have launched an inquiry after a supporter ran on to the pitch at a park match and started attacking players with a mallet. The top-of-table clash between Harbour View and Brighton Rangers in Brighton League Division One at Stanmer
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Selling out
Now we know what the Labourites on the Adur District Council really want - a sell out of Southwick and Fishersgate to the big city of Brighton and Hove (December 26). The Port of Shoreham is the prize which the Adur Labour councillors would deliver to
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Turf Talk: Gifford boosts coffers with double
The first two days of this week saw Josh Gifford increase his prize money for the season by more than 25 per cent. Hot on the heels of Lordbernieboufant winning the £13,650 Sussex National at Fontwell, Mr Percy made a winning first appearance over fences
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Slow response
concerning recent attacks on women in the Brighton area and a subsequent reward offer of £5,000 for information, I could not help but wonder whether the police were of the belief that catching criminals was the responsibility of the public. In October
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In the drink
There are always moans and groans from traditionalists when leisure chains take over pubs and clubs. But in the case of Brighton-based C-side, any complaints are misplaced. Here is a local concern which knows what many local people want. Its latest acquisitions
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Breaking the great taboo
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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Bad parking
In reply to a letter regarding illegal parking (January 7). My son was parked with a small amount of his bumper over an entrance, which left sufficient room for cars to enter or leave the driveway. However when I returned to the car I found it had been
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Golf: Sussex survivors of weather a rare breed
Only a couple of Sussex courses have beaten the bad weather that has battered Britain since October. Incredibly, Hill Barn, the popular play-and-pay track at Worthing, did not put up the shutters and temporary greens were in operation for only a few days
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Should police have let the party go on?
I was one of hundreds of disappointed revellers attending the Shoreham New Year's Eve party that the police decided to stop at five minutes to twelve. I would like to point out that there were clearly marked fire exits which were well lit and free from
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Albion strike deal with Gillingham
Albion have reached an out-of-court settlement with Gillingham following a financial dispute with their former landlords. The dispute related to the groundshare agreement inherited by the Seagulls' chairman Dick Knight when he took over the club. Chief
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Zamora faces fitness battle
Albion are sweating on the health of goal ace Bobby Zamora for tomorrow's first ever League visit to Kidderminster Harriers. Zamora was sent home yesterday suffering from sickness and diarrhoea. Manager Micky Adams said: "He is not well at the moment.
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Death crash victims named
Police have named three teenage students who were killed when their car hit a tree. The accident happened on the A286 at Easebourne, near Midhurst, last night when the red Vauxhall Nova came off the road. They all died instantly. The one survivor of the
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Thieves leave thank-you note for victim
Thieves stuck a thank-you note to a car windscreen after breaking in to steal shop goods. The note to their victim read: "Thank you for all the good stuff you left for me and him. "PS: Leave better stuff next time - ten out of ten for the chicken noodles
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Stop the influx, says MP
An MP has called for action to halt the flow of people moving to Sussex after a report named it as still one of the most expensive places in Britain to buy a house. West Sussex is the seventh most expensive county, with the average semi-detached house
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Police swamp the villains
Crime in central Hove has been slashed by 75 per cent after police swamped the area with beat officers. The initiative - which flies in the face of current policing methods - has reduced incidents to a handful of minor offences. The blitz in a one-mile
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Record Christmas for Sainsbury's
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's had a record Christmas despite showing only a modest pick-up in sales in the past three months. The group said like-for-like sales, excluding income from new stores, had risen by 0.7 per cent in the 12 weeks to January 6.
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Home furnishings boost Laura Ashley
Laura Ashley, the fashion and home furnishings retailer, was today celebrating a buoyant Christmas as it unveiled plans to restructure its European operation. Like-for-like sales, stripping out the effect of new store space, in the six weeks to January
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New buy for Newsquest
Newsquest (Sussex) has agreed to acquire Surrey & Sussex Publishing Ltd and Horley Publishing Ltd, publishers of Gatwick Life and Horley Life. The newspapers' founder and editor, Graham Larcombe, will remain with the company along with his wife, Cherry
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A perfect gent
I would like to echo the comments of Frank Edward's on the late Les Hamilton (December 25). I was fortunate enough to play football with him when he was a young man and his children were at school. In those days we travelled to away matches by coach and
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
We like to pride ourselves on being a humane and liberal society, and that may be partially true. But what no one talks about is something I would describe as a kind of pitiless inhumanity inflicted on us by both big business and government in the name
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Lorry hijacked
A man wielding a lump of wood has hijacked a 17.5-ton lorry with a valuable cargo. The driver was accosted when his Volvo truck stopped at a roundabout on the A23 at Lowfield Heath, near Gatwick, yesterday. He told police a man brandishing a large piece
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Man held in hunt for knife fiend
Police are questioning a man over a string of knife attacks and a rape in Brighton and Hove. Sussex detectives seized the 48-year-old at a shop in Wood Green, London, just after 8pm yesterday. The man offered no resistance and was put into a police car
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Destroying the Dome
I was astonished to read that John Parry thinks he has subsidised my visits to the Millennium Dome. I think my direct contribution as well as the taxes I have paid have subsidised his absence. Every person who did not visit the Dome contributed towards
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Mallet attack on park soccer game
Football authorities have launched an inquiry after a supporter ran on to the pitch at a park match and started attacking players with a mallet. The top-of-table clash between Harbour View and Brighton Rangers in Brighton League Division One at Stanmer
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Rubbish service
I was interested to read of the problems Mr Sita Misra has with the refuse collectors who, unfortunately for him, share his name (January 8). My own experience of this firm is one of gross incompetence and a lack of care. The service I and my neighbours
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Bus price rise
How sad to read yet another letter moaning about the 20p rise for some with Brighton's fixed rate bus fare. The bus company is only trying out what most successful bus companies already operate. I wonder if these unhappy people haggle about every other
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Selling out
Now we know what the Labourites on the Adur District Council really want - a sell out of Southwick and Fishersgate to the big city of Brighton and Hove (December 26). The Port of Shoreham is the prize which the Adur Labour councillors would deliver to
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Public forum
Your report concerning the Worthing Police Community Forum which has written to the Home Secretary for more beat officers (January 8) is very pertinent to Brighton and Hove. The city has no police and community consultative group funded by the Home Office
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Turf Talk: Jamie's patience tested to the limit
Reserves of patience and fortitude are called for when a trainer has his best horse sidelined. Male Ana Mou finished lame the next morning after winning the Gerry Feilden Hurdle at Newbury in November and will not run for a year. Lewes trainer Jamie Poulton
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Golf: Pulford glides swiftly into an oldies role
It hasn't taken Dennis Pulford long to find another niche in golf administration since his retirement last month as secretary-treasurer of the Sussex County Union. Pulford, 69, is now busier than ever with his new job as hon secretary of the United Kingdom
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Golf: Quiet on the Park front
No sign yet of Hastings Council selling Beauport Park. Six months ago a deal was expected to be closed in two to three months. The unnamed purchasers from the private sector still have not been identified and the 300 club members are just as much in the
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Bad parking
In reply to a letter regarding illegal parking (January 7). My son was parked with a small amount of his bumper over an entrance, which left sufficient room for cars to enter or leave the driveway. However when I returned to the car I found it had been
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Golf: Sussex survivors of weather a rare breed
Only a couple of Sussex courses have beaten the bad weather that has battered Britain since October. Incredibly, Hill Barn, the popular play-and-pay track at Worthing, did not put up the shutters and temporary greens were in operation for only a few days
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Saturday's Non League Football Fixtures
Crawley will come up against a familiar face when they entertain Ashford at Broadfield Stadium in the FA Umbro Trophy. Former Reds' striker Jon Warden linked up with the Kent club in the summer when Tommy Sampson, who masterminded Deal's FA Vase success
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Football: Sheriff is banned after ref rumpus
Whitehawk have banned top scorer Mark Sheriff for the rest of the season. The livewire striker has also been fined £60 by the club following an alleged assault on referee Harry Ford in the match against Littlehampton last Saturday. The move is the first
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Albion strike deal with Gillingham
Albion have reached an out-of-court settlement with Gillingham following a financial dispute with their former landlords. The dispute related to the groundshare agreement inherited by the Seagulls' chairman Dick Knight when he took over the club. Chief
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School fights phone mast bid
A head teacher is fighting plans to put a 60ft mobile phone mast next to her school. Cathy Moore wants city council planners to stop the BT Cellnet mast being built at the old gasworks site in Church Road, Hove. She and other staff at neighbouring St
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Keeping it private could be the death of you
When Jamie Theakston was asked to talk about his testicles on TV, no doubt he felt a fleeting moment of bashfulness. Men are notoriously protective of their private parts and when it comes to talking about manhood-related health complaints, they tend
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Date
Death crash victims named
Police have named three teenage students who were killed when their car hit a tree. The accident happened on the A286 at Easebourne, near Midhurst, last night when the red Vauxhall Nova came off the road. They all died instantly. The one survivor of the
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Pervert targets schoolgirls
A man exposed himself to a group of 11-year-old girls in Eastbourne. He then performed an obscene gesture before his horrified victims could run away. The man had been seen hanging around in Brassey Avenue in the Hampden Park area, close to a veterinary
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How our dream home was ruined
A couple say their dream of retiring to the seaside has been ruined after a builder left their bungalow unfit to live in. They say the experience with their home in Rottingdean, Brighton, has affected their health. Last month Brighton County Court ordered
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Man released in P.O. raid inquiry
A man quizzed by detectives in connection with a robbery bid at a village post office has been released without charge. Police say a man armed with a crowbar tried to break the security screen inside the Fishbourne Post Office near Chichester. When it
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Bogus PC steals £1,000
A crook posing as a policeman conned his way into an elderly East Sussex woman's home and stole £1,000. The bogus officer knocked on the door of the 89 year-old's house in Millstream Gardens, Wannock, near Polegate, on Wednesday. He told her he had seen
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Firm needs 300 staff - but won't say where
Household giant Kimberly-Clark has launched a recruitment campaign to fill 300 Sussex vacancies - but says it cannot reveal exactly where. The corporation has yet to sign a deal on suitable premises for its European Shared Service Centre in Brighton.
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Girl denied injecting brother with heroin
A teenager who died of a heroin overdose had earlier claimed his sister bullied him into taking the drug, an inquest heard. Christopher Emery, 17, was found dead at a flat in Burlington, Street, Brighton, last May 25. An inquest heard his sister Kirsty
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Thieves swipe Megan's first moments
Thieves have stolen a baby's christening gifts and the first pictures of its life. They broke into the family home and stole presents and a video camera containing footage of seven-month-old Megan Wright's birth and her first Christmas. Her mother Nicola