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Business in Brief
NEW BOSS: Tesco's former retail director Michael Wemms is to become chairman at store group House of Fraser. Mr Wemms is currently deputy chairman at House of Fraser, but took up a non-executive post in 1996. He left Tesco last year after joining in 1992
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8,000 jobs on chopping block
Up to 8,000 manufacturing jobs are likely to be lost in the first three months of this year, a survey has predicted. The study of regional manufacturers by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found job losses were expected to continue in all but
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Abbey National snubs Lloyds TSB
Mortgage bank Abbey National yesterday rebuffed Lloyds TSB's near £20 billion conditional offer, saying the terms of the proposed deal "remain inadequate". The bank said its board had met to consider the pre-conditional offer, announced on January 31,
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Fined £30 for trying to stay alive
A group of teenage boys were left shocked after they were each fined £30 for cycling on a pavement to avoid oncoming traffic. Police in Brighton and Hove have launched a crackdown on cyclists who ride on pavements, through red lights and the wrong way
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Tomboy - Yankee Duck
An American duck is stranded in England and may have to mate with a common English duck. 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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Heard World, by John Wilson Goddard
Tuesday and Friday mornings find me up a little earlier than usual and off on my half-hour walk to Fitness Works at the King Alfred Leisure Centre, in Hove. As a totally blind professional actor, I can't say work floods my way. It's more a desultory trickle
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Country folk have lost pubs, shops, buses and schools in many Sussex villages during the last 20 years. Now they may lose the local phone box too as demand for calls declines. Thanks to mobile phones, BT has said it will not build any more phone boxes
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DNA squad arrests 12
Twelve people have been arrested by Brighton police after they were matched to DNA profiles. More than 60 offenders have been identified by DNA evidence left at crime scenes. Police are paying extra for "fast track" testing to match the DNA profiles with
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Boys quizzed over factory inferno
Two young boys are to be questioned by police after a massive blaze ripped through a factory last night. The Paula Rosa Kitchens Factory on the Water Lane industrial estate, Storrington, was wrecked after a suspected arson attack. At the height of the
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Man killed crossing bypass
A man died today after being hit by a car as he tried to cross a busy Mid Sussex bypass. His relatives had not been told of his death this morning as police were still trying to identify him. The man, in his mid-20s, was crossing the A23 at Sayers Common
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Dust to dust
I can understand it must cause great distress to people who have found their relatives have had organs taken from their dead bodies without permission. I think the suggested new law whereby permission for such action is obtained from parents and relatives
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Cycling: Stella clinch the team prize
Storrington rider Mark Jones led the host club to a clean sweep of team prizes in the Stella's two open time trials. The first event was over a hilly 11-mile course from Storrington to Whiteways Lodge and back. It resulted in a win for Hampshire rider
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Unjust award
In response to Councillor Mitchell (Opinion, February 3), I oppose an education honour to Lord Bassam on the grounds that he is a member of a Government which cynically promised students a free education, pledged not to charge tuition fees or top-up fees
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Football: Birmingham is injured again
The injury hoodoo plaguing Albion trialist David Birmingham has struck again. Birmingham was forced off with thigh damage early in the second half of yesterday's 2-0 friendly win for the reserves against his current club Portsmouth. The leftback's debut
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Football: Youth team hopes hit by deadline
Albion under-19s' defene their Youth Alliance play-off title could be hit by a Football League deadline. The Seagulls insist they will finish the qualifying stage up to three fixtures short as the organising body want them completed by February 24. A
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Cruel vandals
Vandals have committed a particularly unpleasant crime at lonely Balsdean Farm on downland behind Rottingdean village. They separated new-born lambs from their mothers and left them to die in fields the ewes could not reach. No one knows at the moment
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Council tax up by 6%
Council tax bills in Brighton and Hove will increase by six per cent from April. The rise, double the inflation rate, is the same as the level forecast by Brighton and Hove Council chiefs last year. It is lower than rises which have been passed for the
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Try walking
Brighton Councillor Geoffrey Theobald's call (Argus, February 2) for a pedestrian crossing over the A259 at Saltdean Lido is good news. And may we also have a crossing, please, in Saltdean's busy Longridge Avenue, both crossings with push-button traffic
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Carpenter battled for six months with injury
Albion midfielder Richard Carpenter has revealed a secret injury battle. The Seagulls' free-kick hotshot has been plagued by ankle trouble for SIX months. Carpenter hurt his left ankle in the home Worthington Cup defeat by Millwall back in August. An
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Don't panic
The Stewart report on mobile phones has been seriously misrepresented by Councillor Taylor (Argus, January 30) and others. It says: "The precautionary approach is not 'all or none'...it is a matter of degree...before accepting new development we should
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Pinamonte is fitting in well at the Orient
Former Albion midfielder Paul Clark reckons ex-Seagull Lorenzo Pinamonte could play a key part in Orient's promotion challenge. Italian Pinamonte scored on his debut on a month's loan from Brentford in last Saturday's 3-0 home win over Halifax. Clark,
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Steele could face Cardiff
Lee Steele could start for Albion against Cardiff on Saturday. The striker had his first full game since December in a 2-0 friendly win for the reserves at Portsmouth yesterday. Steele didn't score, but reserve boss Dean White said: "He got a full 90
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Water, water everywhere, but Albion are still hopeful
The Withdean Stadium pitch was waterlogged this morning. But Albion secretary Derek Allan is hopeful Saturday's crunch clash against Cardiff will go ahead. About a third of the pitch was under water after relentless heavy rain. Allan said: "According
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Walton can expect some stick
Former Albion No.1 Mark Walton has been warned to expect another hostile reception from fans at Withdean. He was heckled throughout the Seagulls' 2-0 win against Cardiff in the LDV Vans Trophy in December. Liz Costa, vice-chair of the supporters' club
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Pilot error blamed for Spitfire crash
Pilot error was to blame for the crash of an historic twin-seater Spitfire which claimed the lives of two men. However, an inquest jury heard it was impossible to know whose hands were at the controls when a landing went badly wrong. Verdicts of accidental
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Jury told of rape ordeal
A pub barman raped a 16-year-old girl twice at knifepoint after tying her hands together with her own shoelaces, a court has been told. Stephen Potter, 35, of Olive Road, Hove, is accused of raping the girl after spending the evening with her father drinking
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I've lost the weight of my two children
Mother Teresa Kirk has shed the equivalent weight of her twins after piling on the pounds during her married years. The weight started to accumulate when she married her husband, John, ten years ago. But when she tipped the scales at more than 15st she
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Police find human bones
Police officers made a grim discovery yesterday when they came across human bones on waste ground. The bones, including the skull and fragments of clothing, were discovered near a BT engineering centre in Seddlescombe Road North, Hastings. Police cordoned
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Flu empties classrooms
Hundreds of pupils have been sent home as a flu outbreak sweeps through schools. Staff and students have been struck down with the virus and in some cases there have not been enough teachers to take classes. To make matters worse, there are not enough
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Murder charge man remanded
Shane Manville, 25, of Glynde Road, Brighton, has appeared before Lewes Crown Court charged with murdering Anthony Evans. Mr Evans, 29, a plasterer, of Bolsover Road, Hove, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on January 23, following an incident
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RSPCA base up for sale
The headquarters of the country's biggest animal charity is being offered for sale with an asking price of more than £3.5 million. The RSPCA expects a developer to snap up the prime 1.92-acre site in The Causeway, Horsham. The site has outline planning
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Business in Brief
NEW BOSS: Tesco's former retail director Michael Wemms is to become chairman at store group House of Fraser. Mr Wemms is currently deputy chairman at House of Fraser, but took up a non-executive post in 1996. He left Tesco last year after joining in 1992
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BSkyB hits 5m target
Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting showed it had met its year-end target of five million digital subscribers ahead of schedule. A total of 5.3 million people had signed up for BSkyB's direct to home (DTH) package, rather than through cable
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8,000 jobs on chopping block
Up to 8,000 manufacturing jobs are likely to be lost in the first three months of this year, a survey has predicted. The study of regional manufacturers by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found job losses were expected to continue in all but
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Abbey National snubs Lloyds TSB
Mortgage bank Abbey National yesterday rebuffed Lloyds TSB's near £20 billion conditional offer, saying the terms of the proposed deal "remain inadequate". The bank said its board had met to consider the pre-conditional offer, announced on January 31,
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Fined £30 for trying to stay alive
A group of teenage boys were left shocked after they were each fined £30 for cycling on a pavement to avoid oncoming traffic. Police in Brighton and Hove have launched a crackdown on cyclists who ride on pavements, through red lights and the wrong way
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Country folk have lost pubs, shops, buses and schools in many Sussex villages during the last 20 years. Now they may lose the local phone box too as demand for calls declines. Thanks to mobile phones, BT has said it will not build any more phone boxes
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DNA squad arrests 12
Twelve people have been arrested by Brighton police after they were matched to DNA profiles. More than 60 offenders have been identified by DNA evidence left at crime scenes. Police are paying extra for "fast track" testing to match the DNA profiles with
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Boys quizzed over factory inferno
Two young boys are to be questioned by police after a massive blaze ripped through a factory last night. The Paula Rosa Kitchens Factory on the Water Lane industrial estate, Storrington, was wrecked after a suspected arson attack. At the height of the
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Fire brigade 'can't cope with major floods'
East Sussex Fire Brigade today admitted it does not have full rescue capability to deal with widespread flooding. A report to a fire authority meeting this morning said bluntly: "Increasingly, there is an expectation on the part of the public that on
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Rains bring new flood misery
Homes were deluged and rivers shored up with sandbags today as torrential rain triggered floods across Sussex. A severe flood warning was put on the river Cuckmere at Hellingly with warnings also on place on stretches of the rivers Uck, Brede, Rother,
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Plan to turn away homeless
Homeless people and drug addicts could be prevented from moving to Brighton and Hove in a bid to reduce the strain on services. Instead of benefiting from drug and alcohol dependency services, day centres and support agencies, they could be told to go
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Shotgun raider strikes again
A food store has been targeted in the latest in a string of armed robberies in Worthing. Police believe the gunman who robbed the Spar shop in Heene Road last night is the same one who has raided seven other shops and garages in the area since Christmas
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Nature's course
I sympathise with Mrs Giles (Argus, February 2) in discovering the flowers on her sister's grave being destroyed. But our shock was only due to thinking the devastation was caused by mindless vandalism. Having subsequently discovered that it was the wildlife
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Dust to dust
I can understand it must cause great distress to people who have found their relatives have had organs taken from their dead bodies without permission. I think the suggested new law whereby permission for such action is obtained from parents and relatives
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Football: Birmingham is injured again
The injury hoodoo plaguing Albion trialist David Birmingham has struck again. Birmingham was forced off with thigh damage early in the second half of yesterday's 2-0 friendly win for the reserves against his current club Portsmouth. The leftback's debut
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Football: Youth team hopes hit by deadline
Albion under-19s' defene their Youth Alliance play-off title could be hit by a Football League deadline. The Seagulls insist they will finish the qualifying stage up to three fixtures short as the organising body want them completed by February 24. A
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Council tax up by 6%
Council tax bills in Brighton and Hove will increase by six per cent from April. The rise, double the inflation rate, is the same as the level forecast by Brighton and Hove Council chiefs last year. It is lower than rises which have been passed for the
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Try walking
Brighton Councillor Geoffrey Theobald's call (Argus, February 2) for a pedestrian crossing over the A259 at Saltdean Lido is good news. And may we also have a crossing, please, in Saltdean's busy Longridge Avenue, both crossings with push-button traffic
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More wardens, less car chaos
Illegal parking is causing chaos in the heart of Brighton and Hove because thousands of drivers believe, rightly, the chances of being caught are small. Traffic wardens employed by Sussex Police are simply overwhelmed by the scale of the problems they
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Adams: Backlog will cost us title
Albion boss Micky Adams fears a fixture pile-up has handed the Third Division title to Chesterfield. Tuesday's postponement at Rochdale was the fourth time the Seagulls have had a League game called off since Christmas. The Rochdale visit was originally
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Pinamonte is fitting in well at the Orient
Former Albion midfielder Paul Clark reckons ex-Seagull Lorenzo Pinamonte could play a key part in Orient's promotion challenge. Italian Pinamonte scored on his debut on a month's loan from Brentford in last Saturday's 3-0 home win over Halifax. Clark,
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Walton can expect some stick
Former Albion No.1 Mark Walton has been warned to expect another hostile reception from fans at Withdean. He was heckled throughout the Seagulls' 2-0 win against Cardiff in the LDV Vans Trophy in December. Liz Costa, vice-chair of the supporters' club
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Passengers' ordeal with train knifeman
Terrified travellers were forced to travel in the same carriage as a man who threatened to stab a train guard. The man became aggressive after being challenged by the guard because he had a child's ticket. When the guard said he did not believe the man
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Parking firm to run traffic wardens
Car parking giant NCP has won the four-year contract to clamp down on illegal parking in Brighton and Hove. The company beat off competition from three other contractors to land the £2.3 million Brighton and Hove Council deal. The council will take over
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Shotgun raider strikes again
A food store has been targeted in the latest in a string of armed robberies in Worthing. Police believe the gunman who robbed the Spar shop in Heene Road last night is the same one who has raided seven other shops and garages in the area since Christmas
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Police find human bones
Police officers made a grim discovery yesterday when they came across human bones on waste ground. The bones, including the skull and fragments of clothing, were discovered near a BT engineering centre in Seddlescombe Road North, Hastings. Police cordoned
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Plan to turn away homeless
Homeless people and drug addicts could be prevented from moving to Brighton and Hove in a bid to reduce the strain on services. Instead of benefiting from drug and alcohol dependency services, day centres and support agencies, they could be told to go
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Flu empties classrooms
Hundreds of pupils have been sent home as a flu outbreak sweeps through schools. Staff and students have been struck down with the virus and in some cases there have not been enough teachers to take classes. To make matters worse, there are not enough
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Bypass works promise disruption
Drivers face delays as preliminary work for the A259 Angmering bypass gets under way. Traffic controls and speed limits will be in place until the end of the month, when the enlarged roundabout at Roundstone Lane is set for completion. Improvements are
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BSkyB hits 5m target
Satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting showed it had met its year-end target of five million digital subscribers ahead of schedule. A total of 5.3 million people had signed up for BSkyB's direct to home (DTH) package, rather than through cable
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Brinks-Mat police dig in Sussex
Detectives investigating the £26 million Brinks-Mat bullion robbery are digging for hidden gold in Sussex. Scotland Yard said officers from the Flying Squad were searching an area in Old London Road, Ore, near Hastings. About 30 officers were today searching
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Thugs take newborn lambs from mothers
Newborn lambs were left to die by thugs who separated them from their mothers. Farmer John Carr found the bodies when he started work in the morning at Balsdean Farm in Rottingdean. He said: "This is sick and mindless - just why they did it is a complete
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Fire brigade 'can't cope with major floods'
East Sussex Fire Brigade today admitted it does not have full rescue capability to deal with widespread flooding. A report to a fire authority meeting this morning said bluntly: "Increasingly, there is an expectation on the part of the public that on
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Rains bring new flood misery
Homes were deluged and rivers shored up with sandbags today as torrential rain triggered floods across Sussex. A severe flood warning was put on the river Cuckmere at Hellingly with warnings also on place on stretches of the rivers Uck, Brede, Rother,
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Plan to turn away homeless
Homeless people and drug addicts could be prevented from moving to Brighton and Hove in a bid to reduce the strain on services. Instead of benefiting from drug and alcohol dependency services, day centres and support agencies, they could be told to go
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Nature's course
I sympathise with Mrs Giles (Argus, February 2) in discovering the flowers on her sister's grave being destroyed. But our shock was only due to thinking the devastation was caused by mindless vandalism. Having subsequently discovered that it was the wildlife
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Hard question
It is very distressing to read of the removal of body parts from dead children. I was horrified to hear a dad linking them to "spare parts in a garage". My deeply-felt sympathy goes out to him and all the other parents who have suffered this grief. However
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Table Tennis: Defeat so costly as Horsham crack up
Horsham are out of the British League premier division title race after losing 9-4 at Dulwich. Their chance of winning £1,000 prize money for finishing second has evaporated. If they lose any more points to lower teams they will be under pressure to finish
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Bird brain
Bird lovers have been flocking to Barcombe for a sight of a lovelorn North American ring-necked duck which has been spotted on a reservoir. The rare visitor may have trouble in looking for a mate as only six similar birds have ever been seen in the county
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Publicity seeker
When Jenny Langston was mayor she got herself in the newspaper every day about something. If it was not talking to the elderly it was opening a charity shop. Now she is standing as Tory hopeful she is at it again. I think Ms Langston is a publicity seeker
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More wardens, less car chaos
Illegal parking is causing chaos in the heart of Brighton and Hove because thousands of drivers believe, rightly, the chances of being caught are small. Traffic wardens employed by Sussex Police are simply overwhelmed by the scale of the problems they
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Adams: Backlog will cost us title
Albion boss Micky Adams fears a fixture pile-up has handed the Third Division title to Chesterfield. Tuesday's postponement at Rochdale was the fourth time the Seagulls have had a League game called off since Christmas. The Rochdale visit was originally
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Fair debate needed on mobile masts
AS I understand it, the application for a mast to be erected on St Mary's Church in Surrenden Road, Brighton, was withdrawn by the church in deference to objections made by neighbours. Councillors Spray and McCaffery were jubilant at the residents' victory
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Passengers' ordeal with train knifeman
Terrified travellers were forced to travel in the same carriage as a man who threatened to stab a train guard. The man became aggressive after being challenged by the guard because he had a child's ticket. When the guard said he did not believe the man
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Parking firm to run traffic wardens
Car parking giant NCP has won the four-year contract to clamp down on illegal parking in Brighton and Hove. The company beat off competition from three other contractors to land the £2.3 million Brighton and Hove Council deal. The council will take over
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Lightning bolt was close call for cyclist
Darren Gibson's life changed forever when he was struck by lightning while cycling in the French mountains. The 35-year-old teacher from Brighton was hit by a lightning bolt so powerful it ripped off his clothes, sent him flying from his mountain bike
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Duck in a flap as he seeks love
A lonely rare duck is in a flap over Sussex, desperate to find his Valentine before the mating season starts in a few weeks. The lovelorn North American ring-necked duck is thousands of miles from home. What's more he has little chance of finding a mate
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Shotgun raider strikes again
A food store has been targeted in the latest in a string of armed robberies in Worthing. Police believe the gunman who robbed the Spar shop in Heene Road last night is the same one who has raided seven other shops and garages in the area since Christmas
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Tomboy - Yankee Duck
An American duck is stranded in England and may have to mate with a common English duck. 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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Heard World, by John Wilson Goddard
Tuesday and Friday mornings find me up a little earlier than usual and off on my half-hour walk to Fitness Works at the King Alfred Leisure Centre, in Hove. As a totally blind professional actor, I can't say work floods my way. It's more a desultory trickle
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Brinks-Mat police dig in Sussex
Detectives investigating the £26 million Brinks-Mat bullion robbery are digging for hidden gold in Sussex. Scotland Yard said officers from the Flying Squad were searching an area in Old London Road, Ore, near Hastings. About 30 officers were today searching
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Thugs take newborn lambs from mothers
Newborn lambs were left to die by thugs who separated them from their mothers. Farmer John Carr found the bodies when he started work in the morning at Balsdean Farm in Rottingdean. He said: "This is sick and mindless - just why they did it is a complete
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Man killed crossing bypass
A man died today after being hit by a car as he tried to cross a busy Mid Sussex bypass. His relatives had not been told of his death this morning as police were still trying to identify him. The man, in his mid-20s, was crossing the A23 at Sayers Common
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Cycling: Stella clinch the team prize
Storrington rider Mark Jones led the host club to a clean sweep of team prizes in the Stella's two open time trials. The first event was over a hilly 11-mile course from Storrington to Whiteways Lodge and back. It resulted in a win for Hampshire rider
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Hard question
It is very distressing to read of the removal of body parts from dead children. I was horrified to hear a dad linking them to "spare parts in a garage". My deeply-felt sympathy goes out to him and all the other parents who have suffered this grief. However
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Table Tennis: Defeat so costly as Horsham crack up
Horsham are out of the British League premier division title race after losing 9-4 at Dulwich. Their chance of winning £1,000 prize money for finishing second has evaporated. If they lose any more points to lower teams they will be under pressure to finish
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Date
Unjust award
In response to Councillor Mitchell (Opinion, February 3), I oppose an education honour to Lord Bassam on the grounds that he is a member of a Government which cynically promised students a free education, pledged not to charge tuition fees or top-up fees
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Bird brain
Bird lovers have been flocking to Barcombe for a sight of a lovelorn North American ring-necked duck which has been spotted on a reservoir. The rare visitor may have trouble in looking for a mate as only six similar birds have ever been seen in the county
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Date
Publicity seeker
When Jenny Langston was mayor she got herself in the newspaper every day about something. If it was not talking to the elderly it was opening a charity shop. Now she is standing as Tory hopeful she is at it again. I think Ms Langston is a publicity seeker
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Cruel vandals
Vandals have committed a particularly unpleasant crime at lonely Balsdean Farm on downland behind Rottingdean village. They separated new-born lambs from their mothers and left them to die in fields the ewes could not reach. No one knows at the moment
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Carpenter battled for six months with injury
Albion midfielder Richard Carpenter has revealed a secret injury battle. The Seagulls' free-kick hotshot has been plagued by ankle trouble for SIX months. Carpenter hurt his left ankle in the home Worthington Cup defeat by Millwall back in August. An
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Don't panic
The Stewart report on mobile phones has been seriously misrepresented by Councillor Taylor (Argus, January 30) and others. It says: "The precautionary approach is not 'all or none'...it is a matter of degree...before accepting new development we should
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Date
Fair debate needed on mobile masts
AS I understand it, the application for a mast to be erected on St Mary's Church in Surrenden Road, Brighton, was withdrawn by the church in deference to objections made by neighbours. Councillors Spray and McCaffery were jubilant at the residents' victory
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Steele could face Cardiff
Lee Steele could start for Albion against Cardiff on Saturday. The striker had his first full game since December in a 2-0 friendly win for the reserves at Portsmouth yesterday. Steele didn't score, but reserve boss Dean White said: "He got a full 90
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Water, water everywhere, but Albion are still hopeful
The Withdean Stadium pitch was waterlogged this morning. But Albion secretary Derek Allan is hopeful Saturday's crunch clash against Cardiff will go ahead. About a third of the pitch was under water after relentless heavy rain. Allan said: "According
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Pilot error blamed for Spitfire crash
Pilot error was to blame for the crash of an historic twin-seater Spitfire which claimed the lives of two men. However, an inquest jury heard it was impossible to know whose hands were at the controls when a landing went badly wrong. Verdicts of accidental
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Jury told of rape ordeal
A pub barman raped a 16-year-old girl twice at knifepoint after tying her hands together with her own shoelaces, a court has been told. Stephen Potter, 35, of Olive Road, Hove, is accused of raping the girl after spending the evening with her father drinking
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Lightning bolt was close call for cyclist
Darren Gibson's life changed forever when he was struck by lightning while cycling in the French mountains. The 35-year-old teacher from Brighton was hit by a lightning bolt so powerful it ripped off his clothes, sent him flying from his mountain bike
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I've lost the weight of my two children
Mother Teresa Kirk has shed the equivalent weight of her twins after piling on the pounds during her married years. The weight started to accumulate when she married her husband, John, ten years ago. But when she tipped the scales at more than 15st she
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Duck in a flap as he seeks love
A lonely rare duck is in a flap over Sussex, desperate to find his Valentine before the mating season starts in a few weeks. The lovelorn North American ring-necked duck is thousands of miles from home. What's more he has little chance of finding a mate
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Murder charge man remanded
Shane Manville, 25, of Glynde Road, Brighton, has appeared before Lewes Crown Court charged with murdering Anthony Evans. Mr Evans, 29, a plasterer, of Bolsover Road, Hove, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on January 23, following an incident
