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An imperial reprieve
Britons who prefer to buy their food in pounds and ounces can do so for another ten years. The Government said imperial measurements can still be displayed with metric ones. The traditional measurements were due to disappear at the end of last year when
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Dip in Beazer's last figures
The weaker housing market in the middle of last year led to a decline in half-year profits at housebuilder Beazer. These are the last set of results before the group is taken over by Persimmon. Beazer showed pre-tax profits for the six months to December
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Future looks busy at petrol stations
Fuel stations across Britain are set to branch out from selling sandwiches and flowers to providing a wide range of consumer services, including internet access and banking. Garage forecourts are to have a major facelift during the next 12 months to provide
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Tomboy - Riverprance
A teacher has landed a part in "Riverdance". 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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No improvement
Going to George Street, Hove, I could not believe my eyes. I saw what I can only describe as flagrant vandalism being carried out by construction, or should I say destruction, workmen. It would be punishable by law if committed by a member of the public
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Thank you
On Saturday February 3, I had an accident after getting off the bus near Brighton market. I would like to thank the people who came to my aid, especially the lady who phoned for the ambulance and was also kind enough to phone my wife. I received very
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
Just at this precise moment I am not sure that Scotland is where I would like to be. The TV screen is full of folk complaining bitterly that they are without power, Scottish or otherwise, no gas, not much bread and what a pity they had their old coal
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Metric farce
I'm afraid Mr Hodgson (Opinion, January 25) is not only out of touch with public opinion over the metric farce but also has his facts wrong. No proper discussion took place in Parliament. Of course, metric has been in use in this country since the turn
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Athletics: Thompson shines on his world debut
Gavin Thompson of Crawley finished a brilliant 11th on his debut in the World Cross Country Championships Trials at Nottingham. Thompson, who won the Sussex senior title at his first attempt last month, settled with the chasing group which included Pat
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Alexander vows to be world champion
Wayne Alexander has vowed to become a world champion. The 27-year-old reigning British champion was stopped in the fifth round while challenging Nambia's Harry Simon for the WBO light-middleweight title in Widness on Saturday. But Alexander, who moved
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Living tribute to Timmy
Timmy Barry, who died when he was swept into a rough sea near Brighton Marina, was by all accounts a lovely lad. That's why an appeal is being launched today at Hillside Special School in Portslade which he attended. The school wants to revamp a barren
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Bravo for buses
I am a Korean studying in Brighton. I want to talk about Brighton's bus system, but this time it's not complaints but congratulations. When I first used your buses, I was so impressed by the bus pass system - one day, one week, one month, three months
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Priest's sex change bid
A hospital chaplain is waiting to see whether church officials will support his decision to have a sex change. The priest, who has works in a Sussex hospital, needs permission from his bishop to keep his licence to practice. Today the Reverend David Guest
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Roddick 'backs Lib Dems'
Body Shop tycoon Anita Roddick, who backed Labour in the 1997 election, was today reported to be returning to the Lib Dems. Ms Roddick became a "Blair Babe" at the last General Election and appeared in one of Labour's party political broadcasts. But one
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Dental records solve bones mystery
Bones discovered by police on waste ground have been identified as belonging to Ann Sheila Joyce, who went missing from London more than a year ago. The bones, including the skull and fragments of clothing, were uncovered near a British Telecom engineering
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Brink's-Mat gold dig called off
Detectives searching for gold stolen in the Brink's-Mat robbery have completed a fruitless search of a builder's yard. Metropolitan Police Flying Squad officers spent five days searching the premises at Ore, near Hastings, using sophisticated scanning
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Inquiry after fatal jab error
An inquest on a patient who was wrongly injected with an anaesthetic was expected to open today. The inquiry into the death will be conducted by Brighton coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley and will identify the patient who died in the Royal Sussex County
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Inside the mind of a paedophile
A member of the biggest internet paedophile ring which who today faces a jail sentence has given a sickening insight into his world in a documentary. David Hines showed no remorse as he spoke of trading thousands of degrading images on the BBC1 Panorama
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Daewoo axes 187 jobs
South Korean car giant Daewoo is to axe 187 jobs at its UK technical centre under plans to continue cutting costs. Staff at the research and engineering plant at Lyons Farm - which employed 750 workers before the parent company went bankrupt - were told
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Business in Brief
PROMOTION: Computer services group Logica has won a £6.4 million contract with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to develop an internet portal promoting Britain overseas. FLOATING: Financial news group Reuters is to float Instinet, its wholly-owned
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An imperial reprieve
Britons who prefer to buy their food in pounds and ounces can do so for another ten years. The Government said imperial measurements can still be displayed with metric ones. The traditional measurements were due to disappear at the end of last year when
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Dip in Beazer's last figures
The weaker housing market in the middle of last year led to a decline in half-year profits at housebuilder Beazer. These are the last set of results before the group is taken over by Persimmon. Beazer showed pre-tax profits for the six months to December
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No improvement
Going to George Street, Hove, I could not believe my eyes. I saw what I can only describe as flagrant vandalism being carried out by construction, or should I say destruction, workmen. It would be punishable by law if committed by a member of the public
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
"I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everyone." Bill Cosby, Entertainer. Trying to keep everyone in her household happy was making Stella ill. Well-meaning friends had mentioned that she was looking tired and pallid
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Me and My Kids, by Bini McCall
Her Grandad bought daughter a mobile phone when she started secondary school, so she could get in touch in any emergency. Also, being the overprotective parents we are, it took a few months for us to feel comfortable with her travelling to and from school
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The only council without a chief
Eastbourne Council has become the only one in the country to do away with the role of chief executive following the sacking of Sari Conway. The borough is still weighing up whether to appoint a replacement for its controversial former top officer, who
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Man quizzed over street shooting
Detectives are treating a shooting as attempted murder after Crawley residents were woken by gunfire yesterday. They arrested a 27-year-old from Crawley after a shot was fired in the Springfield Road area shortly before 1am. A man in his 20s, who was
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Yet another armed hold-up
A Worthing shopkeeper has been robbed at gunpoint in the town's 11th armed raid since Christmas. Pickwick News in Brighton Road became the latest victim on Friday evening of a string of robberies. But officers are not linking the latest robbery with nine
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Road dash by triplets' mum
Tiny triplets sent to three different hospitals because of a shortage of incubators have been reunited. Yesterday the sisters, all born seriously underweight, were finally in the same ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Delighted parents
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Daewoo axes 187 jobs
South Korean car giant Daewoo is to axe 187 jobs at its UK technical centre under plans to continue cutting costs. Staff at the research and engineering plant at Lyons Farm - which employed 750 workers before the parent company went bankrupt - were told
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What a waste
What a desperate, contrived letter, full of Tory soundbites, from Mary Mears (Opinion, January 29). The National Lottery was set up to provide generously for the arts, sports and regeneration projects - all of which were starved of money under the Conservatives
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Doing our best
Mr La Panche (Opinion, February 3) repeats his general dissatisfaction expressed in his letters of December 13 and 19 last year. We welcome constructive criticism as it avoids any complacency in our efforts to run a reliable bus service. This continues
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Basketball: Johnson threatens a walk out
Wilbur Johnson has warned Brighton Bears he may leave if he is not convinced the club can launch a genuine play-off challenge next season. Johnson, speaking after struggling Bears' much-needed 70-64 inter-conference victory over Edinburgh Rocks at Burgess
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Man quizzed over street shooting
Detectives are treating a shooting as attempted murder after Crawley residents were woken by gunfire yesterday. They arrested a 27-year-old from Crawley after a shot was fired in the Springfield Road area shortly before 1am. A man in his 20s, who was
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Alexander vows to be world champion
Wayne Alexander has vowed to become a world champion. The 27-year-old reigning British champion was stopped in the fifth round while challenging Nambia's Harry Simon for the WBO light-middleweight title in Widness on Saturday. But Alexander, who moved
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Bus frustration
I am from Thailand, taking a short English course here. I have heard most Brighton people are frustrated with buses here but the situation is not perfect in my own country. In Thailand, buses have no button for us to press when we want to get off, so
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Football: Ryman League - Russell's firepower boosts Bognor
Matt Russell struck twice to give Bognor a resounding 2-0 division one home victory against high-flying Braintree. But David Birmingham spoilt the day when he was sent off for dissent in the 72nd minute. Rocks threatened early on against the division's
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Living tribute to Timmy
Timmy Barry, who died when he was swept into a rough sea near Brighton Marina, was by all accounts a lovely lad. That's why an appeal is being launched today at Hillside Special School in Portslade which he attended. The school wants to revamp a barren
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Waste of time
In Brighton almost all the buses lower their step when mothers with prams and elderly people get on and off. This does not happen in my country. I have also met a lot of friendly drivers here - again, a big difference. But the one thing I'm really irritated
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Bravo for buses
I am a Korean studying in Brighton. I want to talk about Brighton's bus system, but this time it's not complaints but congratulations. When I first used your buses, I was so impressed by the bus pass system - one day, one week, one month, three months
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Albion still in title hunt
Albion boss Micky Adams believes his team can still land the Third Division title. He has pledged to pursue runaway leaders Chesterfield until they are mathematically out of reach. Bobby Zamora's 20th goal of the season gave the Seagulls a vital 1-0 victory
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Dental records solve bones mystery
Bones discovered by police on waste ground have been identified as belonging to Ann Sheila Joyce, who went missing from London more than a year ago. The bones, including the skull and fragments of clothing, were uncovered near a British Telecom engineering
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Thieves raid disabled riding centre
A West Sussex riding centre for the disabled has been devastated by the theft of all its saddles and bridles. The South Downs Riding Centre for the Disabled in Pound Lane, Upper Beeding, was broken into early on Saturday. They stole 17 saddles and 17
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Inquiry after fatal jab error
An inquest on a patient who was wrongly injected with an anaesthetic was expected to open today. The inquiry into the death will be conducted by Brighton coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley and will identify the patient who died in the Royal Sussex County
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Daewoo axes 187 jobs
South Korean car giant Daewoo is to axe 187 jobs at its UK technical centre under plans to continue cutting costs. Staff at the research and engineering plant at Lyons Farm - which employed 750 workers before the parent company went bankrupt - were told
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Business in Brief
PROMOTION: Computer services group Logica has won a £6.4 million contract with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to develop an internet portal promoting Britain overseas. FLOATING: Financial news group Reuters is to float Instinet, its wholly-owned
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
"I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everyone." Bill Cosby, Entertainer. Trying to keep everyone in her household happy was making Stella ill. Well-meaning friends had mentioned that she was looking tired and pallid
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Me and My Kids, by Bini McCall
Her Grandad bought daughter a mobile phone when she started secondary school, so she could get in touch in any emergency. Also, being the overprotective parents we are, it took a few months for us to feel comfortable with her travelling to and from school
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Road dash by triplets' mum
Tiny triplets sent to three different hospitals because of a shortage of incubators have been reunited. Yesterday the sisters, all born seriously underweight, were finally in the same ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Delighted parents
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What a waste
What a desperate, contrived letter, full of Tory soundbites, from Mary Mears (Opinion, January 29). The National Lottery was set up to provide generously for the arts, sports and regeneration projects - all of which were starved of money under the Conservatives
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Mixing it
We are foreign students, enjoying our time in Brighton but trying to adjust to the English way of life. We notice that most of your hot and cold water taps are separated - in houses, pubs, nightclubs, shopping centres, everywhere. This makes them difficult
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Walking for fun
And here I was, thinking that when my bus fare went up by 25 per cent - far above the rate of inflation - and the managing director of Brighton and Hove Bus Company said the whole purpose of it was that we would all be able to get aboard quicker, he meant
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Doing our best
Mr La Panche (Opinion, February 3) repeats his general dissatisfaction expressed in his letters of December 13 and 19 last year. We welcome constructive criticism as it avoids any complacency in our efforts to run a reliable bus service. This continues
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Basketball: Johnson threatens a walk out
Wilbur Johnson has warned Brighton Bears he may leave if he is not convinced the club can launch a genuine play-off challenge next season. Johnson, speaking after struggling Bears' much-needed 70-64 inter-conference victory over Edinburgh Rocks at Burgess
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Kate's big break
Music teacher Kate Woollatt is giving up the classroom and going to Europe with the cast of Riverdance. It will be a big leap from the Brighton and Hove music service, teaching children the violin and piano. She's even had to rearrange her wedding and
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Man quizzed over street shooting
Detectives are treating a shooting as attempted murder after Crawley residents were woken by gunfire yesterday. They arrested a 27-year-old from Crawley after a shot was fired in the Springfield Road area shortly before 1am. A man in his 20s, who was
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Dirty dogs
I have been studying in Brighton for nine months. Before I came to England, I had heard that English people love dogs but I am still surprised by what I have found. Firstly, you can take your dogs on to a bus. In Japan you can't - except for guide dogs
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A crisis looming?
Ten years ago, councils were trying to stop areas such as Hove from being overrun with rest and nursing homes. Now councillors are trying to prevent them from closing as owners see more money in selling them as private housing rather than keeping them
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Bus frustration
I am from Thailand, taking a short English course here. I have heard most Brighton people are frustrated with buses here but the situation is not perfect in my own country. In Thailand, buses have no button for us to press when we want to get off, so
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Football: Ryman League - Russell's firepower boosts Bognor
Matt Russell struck twice to give Bognor a resounding 2-0 division one home victory against high-flying Braintree. But David Birmingham spoilt the day when he was sent off for dissent in the 72nd minute. Rocks threatened early on against the division's
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Waste of time
In Brighton almost all the buses lower their step when mothers with prams and elderly people get on and off. This does not happen in my country. I have also met a lot of friendly drivers here - again, a big difference. But the one thing I'm really irritated
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Football: Dr Martens League - Delight for Huggins on debut for Reds
Leroy Huggins made a dream debut as he hit the winner in Crawley's 1-0 Premier Division home victory over Moor Green. Huggins, signed from Fisher Athletic on Thursday, netted after nine minutes when he collected a Dave Powell pass to fire past goalkeeper
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YMCA's title hopes dented
Horsham YMCA boss John Suter was angry as his side's title hopes were dented by a 1-1 draw with Whitehawk. Suter believed his team threw away two points. YMCA took an early lead through Nick Flint, but missed a stack of chances before Hawks stole a point
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Albion will to win is priceless
In this era of mega-rich clubs and obscene wage demands it is refreshing to realise money does not always mean everything. It can buy you better quality players, but that does not guarantee a greater will to win. Albion's starting line-up for this promotion
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Albion still in title hunt
Albion boss Micky Adams believes his team can still land the Third Division title. He has pledged to pursue runaway leaders Chesterfield until they are mathematically out of reach. Bobby Zamora's 20th goal of the season gave the Seagulls a vital 1-0 victory
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Court defeat for ice cream man
Ice cream vendors fear being forced off the streets following a Brighton man's High Court defeat. Sean Kempin, 43, who owns seven vans in Brighton and Hove, asked two judges two rule that his drivers should be recognised as "roundsmen", like milkmen,
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Lucky teacher is all set for musical feat
Music teacher Kate Woollatt is giving up the classroom for the stage and hot-footing it to Europe with the cast of Riverdance. She is due to say goodbye to her pupils at schools across Brighton and Hove this week before heading to Dublin to start rehearsals
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Soccer yobs go on rampage
Violence erupted on the streets as football fans clashed during the Albion v Cardiff match on Saturday. Hundreds of police had been drafted in because of fears of trouble. Twelve fans, both Brighton and Cardiff supporters, were arrested during the Division
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Future looks busy at petrol stations
Fuel stations across Britain are set to branch out from selling sandwiches and flowers to providing a wide range of consumer services, including internet access and banking. Garage forecourts are to have a major facelift during the next 12 months to provide
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Date
Tomboy - Riverprance
A teacher has landed a part in "Riverdance". 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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Thank you
On Saturday February 3, I had an accident after getting off the bus near Brighton market. I would like to thank the people who came to my aid, especially the lady who phoned for the ambulance and was also kind enough to phone my wife. I received very
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
Just at this precise moment I am not sure that Scotland is where I would like to be. The TV screen is full of folk complaining bitterly that they are without power, Scottish or otherwise, no gas, not much bread and what a pity they had their old coal
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Date
Metric farce
I'm afraid Mr Hodgson (Opinion, January 25) is not only out of touch with public opinion over the metric farce but also has his facts wrong. No proper discussion took place in Parliament. Of course, metric has been in use in this country since the turn
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Mixing it
We are foreign students, enjoying our time in Brighton but trying to adjust to the English way of life. We notice that most of your hot and cold water taps are separated - in houses, pubs, nightclubs, shopping centres, everywhere. This makes them difficult
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Date
Walking for fun
And here I was, thinking that when my bus fare went up by 25 per cent - far above the rate of inflation - and the managing director of Brighton and Hove Bus Company said the whole purpose of it was that we would all be able to get aboard quicker, he meant
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Date
Athletics: Thompson shines on his world debut
Gavin Thompson of Crawley finished a brilliant 11th on his debut in the World Cross Country Championships Trials at Nottingham. Thompson, who won the Sussex senior title at his first attempt last month, settled with the chasing group which included Pat
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Date
Kate's big break
Music teacher Kate Woollatt is giving up the classroom and going to Europe with the cast of Riverdance. It will be a big leap from the Brighton and Hove music service, teaching children the violin and piano. She's even had to rearrange her wedding and
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Date
Dirty dogs
I have been studying in Brighton for nine months. Before I came to England, I had heard that English people love dogs but I am still surprised by what I have found. Firstly, you can take your dogs on to a bus. In Japan you can't - except for guide dogs
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A crisis looming?
Ten years ago, councils were trying to stop areas such as Hove from being overrun with rest and nursing homes. Now councillors are trying to prevent them from closing as owners see more money in selling them as private housing rather than keeping them
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Horses in road tragedy
Two horses were killed early today after being struck by a car when they escaped into a road. The driver had to be cut from the wreckage of her Peugeot 106 after her car left the road and flipped on to its bonnet in Crawley Avenue, Crawley, at 1am. The
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Football: Dr Martens League - Delight for Huggins on debut for Reds
Leroy Huggins made a dream debut as he hit the winner in Crawley's 1-0 Premier Division home victory over Moor Green. Huggins, signed from Fisher Athletic on Thursday, netted after nine minutes when he collected a Dave Powell pass to fire past goalkeeper
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Date
YMCA's title hopes dented
Horsham YMCA boss John Suter was angry as his side's title hopes were dented by a 1-1 draw with Whitehawk. Suter believed his team threw away two points. YMCA took an early lead through Nick Flint, but missed a stack of chances before Hawks stole a point
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Date
Albion will to win is priceless
In this era of mega-rich clubs and obscene wage demands it is refreshing to realise money does not always mean everything. It can buy you better quality players, but that does not guarantee a greater will to win. Albion's starting line-up for this promotion
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Date
Priest's sex change bid
A hospital chaplain is waiting to see whether church officials will support his decision to have a sex change. The priest, who has works in a Sussex hospital, needs permission from his bishop to keep his licence to practice. Today the Reverend David Guest
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Court defeat for ice cream man
Ice cream vendors fear being forced off the streets following a Brighton man's High Court defeat. Sean Kempin, 43, who owns seven vans in Brighton and Hove, asked two judges two rule that his drivers should be recognised as "roundsmen", like milkmen,
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Roddick 'backs Lib Dems'
Body Shop tycoon Anita Roddick, who backed Labour in the 1997 election, was today reported to be returning to the Lib Dems. Ms Roddick became a "Blair Babe" at the last General Election and appeared in one of Labour's party political broadcasts. But one
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Brink's-Mat gold dig called off
Detectives searching for gold stolen in the Brink's-Mat robbery have completed a fruitless search of a builder's yard. Metropolitan Police Flying Squad officers spent five days searching the premises at Ore, near Hastings, using sophisticated scanning
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Date
Lucky teacher is all set for musical feat
Music teacher Kate Woollatt is giving up the classroom for the stage and hot-footing it to Europe with the cast of Riverdance. She is due to say goodbye to her pupils at schools across Brighton and Hove this week before heading to Dublin to start rehearsals
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Date
Inside the mind of a paedophile
A member of the biggest internet paedophile ring which who today faces a jail sentence has given a sickening insight into his world in a documentary. David Hines showed no remorse as he spoke of trading thousands of degrading images on the BBC1 Panorama
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Date
Soccer yobs go on rampage
Violence erupted on the streets as football fans clashed during the Albion v Cardiff match on Saturday. Hundreds of police had been drafted in because of fears of trouble. Twelve fans, both Brighton and Cardiff supporters, were arrested during the Division
