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Tomboy - Fish Paste
Shipman's meat pastes have been acquired by a Japanese company. 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
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Queen to visit new city
The Queen is to visit Brighton and Hove next month to see the new city she created. Locals are expected to line the streets to welcome Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh on Thursday March 29. They will visit projects to help homeless people, meet academics
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A modern resort
Officially cathedrals are nice but, alas, have become parochial in modern multicultural Britain. Cathedrals across Europe were mainly for the Roman Church. Later in England, the Act of Supremacy in the reign of Henry VIII transferred cathedrals to the
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Top-up fees
David Gold is wrong about Labour policy on top-up fees at universities (Opinion, February 8). In Parliament on February 8, David Blunkett, the Secretary of State for Education, once again said: "In the next parliament there will be no levying of top-up
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Priced out
On Friday February 9 I attended the excellent Model World Show at the Brighton Centre. I was very annoyed at the incredibly high cost of parking charged at the Russell Road car park - £6.30 for four hours and ten minutes. I did curtail my stay at the
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Late delivery
Prospective Tory candidate Geoffrey Theobald has been showing great concern for problems affecting Rottingdean and Saltdean. Perhaps he could devote some of this concern to the appalling problem experienced by Co-op delivery drivers in attempting to negotiate
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Oriental flavour
For ex-patriots across the globe, Shippam's paste is a taste of home. But now the Japanese, a nation more famed for its love of raw seafood than its fondness for fish paste, may play a major part in the Chichester-based company's future with a takeover
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School journey
Every parent wants the best for their children and as a mother of one, I am no exception to this rule. As my daughter attends Cardinal Newman Catholic School, I was shocked to learn of Brighton and Hove Council's proposal to cut travel funds that many
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Better than cure
When a child is excluded from school, it can be the start of a slippery slope into petty crime, unemployment and the waste of a young life. Exclusion is the last straw when youngsters are disruptive and rude. But in the mid-Nineties, the numbers of pupils
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Happy to help
There seems to be so much negative comment about asylum-seekers these days that I feel the need to express my pleasure at a small item included in the South Today programme. A Sudanese family had fled from their war-torn country and now live here with
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Basketball: Bears stun Giants
Coach Mark Dunning paid tribute to his battling Bears after this stunning comeback 88-85 win against the Manchester Giants. Brighton trailed by 17 points midway through the third quarter but hit back to snatch the lead with little more than a minute remaining
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Football: County League - A Salvage Operation
Pagham are top on goal difference following a day when none of the top five in division one won. They conceded a last-minute equaliser to Sean Edwards as visitors Burgess Hill secured a 1-1 draw in the league's match of the day, while Horsham YMCA, Hassocks
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Adams: "I don't want us to blow it!"
Albion boss Micky Adams fears his team could blow promotion. He hauled his players in for extra training yesterday after a shock 3-1 defeat against ten-man Cheltenham. It followed a half-hour inquest in the dressing room at Whaddon Road on Saturday, during
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New Zamora bid rejected
Albion have rejected another big bid for wonder boy Bobby Zamora. They have turned down a £1.5 million offer from Second Division promotion chasers Wigan for the 20-goal hotshot. It follows a £1.2 million bid for Zamora from the Seagulls' Third Division
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Don't Shoot the Ref with Dave Mallinder
How hard should youngsters be pushed to do well at football? During my 20 years as a referee, a vision remains of running a game at a village recreation ground where two teams of primary school children were playing. One of the teams was from my village
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Gordie bounced back after Albion let him go
Gordie Howieson's dreams of becoming a league pro with Albion were shattered the day Billy Lane took him aside and said he wouldn't make the grade. The pint-sized inside forward had not long finished National Service with the RAF and had played for the
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Suspended clerk leaves post
A council clerk suspended amid concern at his handling of authority business has left his post, it emerged today. Paul Archer, town clerk of Newhaven Town Council, has been suspended on full pay of around £25,000 a year since a unanimous decision by committee
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Parents' tearful plea to missing teenagers
The parents of two teenage girls who disappeared last week have sent out a tearful plea for them to get in touch. Kayleigh Edwards, 15, and her friend Hayley Piper, also 15, ran away from their homes in Brighton last Thursday. They took no money or clothes
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Mystery of baby Kieran's affliction
When Kieran Clarke was born he was a healthy baby with a rosy complexion, but within weeks his skin erupted with inflamed raw patches. The rash started on his face and soon spread across his body. Since then, Kieran, his mother, Amy Butler, and his five-year-old
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Storm survivors plan TV documentary
Television companies are bidding for footage captured by two Sussex men while they were caught adrift in a stricken yacht amid perilous seas. Shayne Howell, 29, and Marcus Whitney, 21, were among 12 young British tourists aboard the vessel searching for
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Smash pals cheat death
Two Sussex women say they are lucky to be alive after a 35-tonne lorry demolished their car and plunged 60ft off a motorway flyover. Their car is a mangled wreck but the two friends escaped with just cuts and bruises. Emergency services feared the pair
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Egg on course to break even
Internet bank Egg said it was on course to break even later this year despite reporting losses of £155.3 million during 2000. The online operation, which was hatched by Prudential in 1998, said it would achieve the target it had set itself when it floated
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
The headline read: "An internet conman took my money and left me with a baby - don't let him do it again." They apparently met in a chat room and he said he was a successful accountant. Having promised he would pay her hotel expenses she visited him in
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Me and My Kids, by Bini McCall
We had to take Sam the dog to the vet the other day because he had cut his paw. We hadn't noticed at the time but that evening, as we were all sitting on the sofa, daughter spotted the sore bit on his paw. She immediately treated it with three dog biscuits
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
Have you noticed how popular we have become all of a sudden? Letters addressed to you by your first name from people you have never met, or if you did once meet them it was probably at a fund-raising event at which anyone would sign a cheque became a
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Sussex No9 in race attack league
Sussex is the ninth most dangerous county for racist crime in England and Wales, according to a survey. In the survey recording the number of racist incidents according to the size of the local ethnic minority population, Sussex came ninth out of 42 counties
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Sarah's parents face murder accused
The parents of murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne came face-to-face with the man accused of her murder for the first time today. Roy William Whiting, 42, was remanded until May 18 by Judge Richard Brown when he appeared at Lewes Crown Court. Sarah's
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Top-up fees
David Gold is wrong about Labour policy on top-up fees at universities (Opinion, February 8). In Parliament on February 8, David Blunkett, the Secretary of State for Education, once again said: "In the next parliament there will be no levying of top-up
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Late delivery
Prospective Tory candidate Geoffrey Theobald has been showing great concern for problems affecting Rottingdean and Saltdean. Perhaps he could devote some of this concern to the appalling problem experienced by Co-op delivery drivers in attempting to negotiate
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School journey
Every parent wants the best for their children and as a mother of one, I am no exception to this rule. As my daughter attends Cardinal Newman Catholic School, I was shocked to learn of Brighton and Hove Council's proposal to cut travel funds that many
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Happy to help
There seems to be so much negative comment about asylum-seekers these days that I feel the need to express my pleasure at a small item included in the South Today programme. A Sudanese family had fled from their war-torn country and now live here with
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People don't benefit from breadline living
John Parry is promoting a dangerous lie when he says asylum-seekers come to Britain because of "the absurd generosity of the state benefits system". Firstly, asylum-seekers come to this country because the situation in their own country has become intolerable
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Football: Dr Martens League - Smith praises Holmes on his debut
An inspirational debut by defender Stewart Holmes helped Crawley Town earn a 1-1 draw at Ilkeston. Holmes, signed from Saltdean a few weeks ago, was thrown in by manager Billy Smith after skipper Luke Anderson and midfielder Scott Mean pulled out with
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Football: County League - A Salvage Operation
Pagham are top on goal difference following a day when none of the top five in division one won. They conceded a last-minute equaliser to Sean Edwards as visitors Burgess Hill secured a 1-1 draw in the league's match of the day, while Horsham YMCA, Hassocks
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Adams: "I don't want us to blow it!"
Albion boss Micky Adams fears his team could blow promotion. He hauled his players in for extra training yesterday after a shock 3-1 defeat against ten-man Cheltenham. It followed a half-hour inquest in the dressing room at Whaddon Road on Saturday, during
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New Zamora bid rejected
Albion have rejected another big bid for wonder boy Bobby Zamora. They have turned down a £1.5 million offer from Second Division promotion chasers Wigan for the 20-goal hotshot. It follows a £1.2 million bid for Zamora from the Seagulls' Third Division
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Parents' tearful plea to missing teenagers
The parents of two teenage girls who disappeared last week have sent out a tearful plea for them to get in touch. Kayleigh Edwards, 15, and her friend Hayley Piper, also 15, ran away from their homes in Brighton last Thursday. They took no money or clothes
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Blame bosses for home price hike
The number of company directors moving to Uckfield has sparked a surge in house prices, according to a research group. Property values in the town have risen by a third in the last three years, bringing the average cost of a home to £116,768. Research
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Asbestos alert in bungalow blaze
Asbestos contamination halted attempts to investigate a fire that destroyed a bungalow in Selsey early this morning. A senior firefighter said the blaze was "not an accident" but investigators could not enter the building until deadly asbestos had been
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Smash pals cheat death
Two Sussex women say they are lucky to be alive after a 35-tonne lorry demolished their car and plunged 60ft off a motorway flyover. Their car is a mangled wreck but the two friends escaped with just cuts and bruises. Emergency services feared the pair
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Business in Brief
SWEET DEBT: Tate & Lyle is to sell its 51 per cent share in Zambia Sugar for £7.9 million to Illovo Sugar in an attempt to reduce group debt. GAME ON: Online games company Gameplay has moved to allay investors' fears following a fall in its share
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Unions in partnership talks
Employers and unions have joined forces to try to cut down the number of workplace injuries and illness. The drive was launched by the Confederation of British Industry and the TUC, which held a joint conference in London. The TUC said 20,000 major injuries
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Upward trend in pay deals
Pay deals in manufacturing rose slightly between October and December, a Confederation of British Industry survey has revealed. The CBI's Pay Databank Survey said the average increase in manufacturing pay awards was three per cent in the three months
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Egg on course to break even
Internet bank Egg said it was on course to break even later this year despite reporting losses of £155.3 million during 2000. The online operation, which was hatched by Prudential in 1998, said it would achieve the target it had set itself when it floated
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
The headline read: "An internet conman took my money and left me with a baby - don't let him do it again." They apparently met in a chat room and he said he was a successful accountant. Having promised he would pay her hotel expenses she visited him in
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Me and My Kids, by Bini McCall
We had to take Sam the dog to the vet the other day because he had cut his paw. We hadn't noticed at the time but that evening, as we were all sitting on the sofa, daughter spotted the sore bit on his paw. She immediately treated it with three dog biscuits
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
Have you noticed how popular we have become all of a sudden? Letters addressed to you by your first name from people you have never met, or if you did once meet them it was probably at a fund-raising event at which anyone would sign a cheque became a
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Sussex No9 in race attack league
Sussex is the ninth most dangerous county for racist crime in England and Wales, according to a survey. In the survey recording the number of racist incidents according to the size of the local ethnic minority population, Sussex came ninth out of 42 counties
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Sarah's parents face murder accused
The parents of murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne came face-to-face with the man accused of her murder for the first time today. Roy William Whiting, 42, was remanded until May 18 by Judge Richard Brown when he appeared at Lewes Crown Court. Sarah's
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Sunday drivers
It was good to learn that Brighton and Hove Council will soon take over control of vehicle parking. Let us hope, with increased staff, it will be able to extend the hours of operation for traffic wardens because, on some streets, Sunday has become "Parking
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Daughter's hard decision
Now Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird has been discovered in the depths of Coniston Water, it is set to be dredged up and captured on camera by the BBC. This is despite the fact most of Donald's relatives hoped the record breaker would stay in his watery
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Friends in need
Kenneth Crane (Opinion, February 7) finds amusement in my statement that asylum-seekers often come to Brighton and Hove because they have friends and family in the area, suggesting that these contacts are the only reason they come to the UK. Let me clarify
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People don't benefit from breadline living
John Parry is promoting a dangerous lie when he says asylum-seekers come to Britain because of "the absurd generosity of the state benefits system". Firstly, asylum-seekers come to this country because the situation in their own country has become intolerable
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Football : Ryman League - Rebels can't cash in on the ten men
Worthing ended a run of three successive division one defeats with a 1-1 draw at Uxbridge, but the outcome should have been even better for Sammy Donnelly's much changed team. Rebels, given the boost of a third-minute lead through Mark Burt, were up against
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Football: Dr Martens League - Smith praises Holmes on his debut
An inspirational debut by defender Stewart Holmes helped Crawley Town earn a 1-1 draw at Ilkeston. Holmes, signed from Saltdean a few weeks ago, was thrown in by manager Billy Smith after skipper Luke Anderson and midfielder Scott Mean pulled out with
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Blame bosses for home price hike
The number of company directors moving to Uckfield has sparked a surge in house prices, according to a research group. Property values in the town have risen by a third in the last three years, bringing the average cost of a home to £116,768. Research
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Business park will bring jobs
A new business park in Sussex could create dozens of jobs. Peacehaven is hoping to shed its commuter-town image with the construction of the new centre which is aimed at entrepreneurs launching their own businesses. The company in charge of plans to build
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Business in Brief
SWEET DEBT: Tate & Lyle is to sell its 51 per cent share in Zambia Sugar for £7.9 million to Illovo Sugar in an attempt to reduce group debt. GAME ON: Online games company Gameplay has moved to allay investors' fears following a fall in its share
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Unions in partnership talks
Employers and unions have joined forces to try to cut down the number of workplace injuries and illness. The drive was launched by the Confederation of British Industry and the TUC, which held a joint conference in London. The TUC said 20,000 major injuries
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Upward trend in pay deals
Pay deals in manufacturing rose slightly between October and December, a Confederation of British Industry survey has revealed. The CBI's Pay Databank Survey said the average increase in manufacturing pay awards was three per cent in the three months
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Tomboy - Fish Paste
Shipman's meat pastes have been acquired by a Japanese company. 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
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Queen to visit new city
The Queen is to visit Brighton and Hove next month to see the new city she created. Locals are expected to line the streets to welcome Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh on Thursday March 29. They will visit projects to help homeless people, meet academics
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Pensioners' protest over bus axe
Dozens of pensioners will brave the cold today to protest about bus services being withdrawn from their town. Members of Crawley Pensioners' Action Group will meet in Queens Square, Crawley, at 11am to march to the Arriva bus depot in Hazelwick Avenue
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20 calls over shotgun raider
Police are working through information gleaned from about 20 phone calls following an appeal for help catching Worthing's serial shop robber. They have put up a £10,000 reward to catch the shotgun-toting raider, who has struck nine times in Worthing,
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A modern resort
Officially cathedrals are nice but, alas, have become parochial in modern multicultural Britain. Cathedrals across Europe were mainly for the Roman Church. Later in England, the Act of Supremacy in the reign of Henry VIII transferred cathedrals to the
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Date
Priced out
On Friday February 9 I attended the excellent Model World Show at the Brighton Centre. I was very annoyed at the incredibly high cost of parking charged at the Russell Road car park - £6.30 for four hours and ten minutes. I did curtail my stay at the
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Date
Sunday drivers
It was good to learn that Brighton and Hove Council will soon take over control of vehicle parking. Let us hope, with increased staff, it will be able to extend the hours of operation for traffic wardens because, on some streets, Sunday has become "Parking
-
Date
Oriental flavour
For ex-patriots across the globe, Shippam's paste is a taste of home. But now the Japanese, a nation more famed for its love of raw seafood than its fondness for fish paste, may play a major part in the Chichester-based company's future with a takeover
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Date
Bid to block luxury flats
Plans to build a three-storey block of flats would spoil a seaside estate with its historic buildings, residents fear. Almost 60 people have already written to Arun District Council in protest at an application for a luxury development on the Sea Estate
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Better than cure
When a child is excluded from school, it can be the start of a slippery slope into petty crime, unemployment and the waste of a young life. Exclusion is the last straw when youngsters are disruptive and rude. But in the mid-Nineties, the numbers of pupils
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Police appeal in custody centre battle
Police are to appeal against the decision to throw out plans for a custody centre which outraged parents. Opponents of the scheme, near Highfield County Junior School, Eastbourne, have vowed not to relent in their campaign against it. Sussex Police want
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Daughter's hard decision
Now Donald Campbell's boat Bluebird has been discovered in the depths of Coniston Water, it is set to be dredged up and captured on camera by the BBC. This is despite the fact most of Donald's relatives hoped the record breaker would stay in his watery
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Friends in need
Kenneth Crane (Opinion, February 7) finds amusement in my statement that asylum-seekers often come to Brighton and Hove because they have friends and family in the area, suggesting that these contacts are the only reason they come to the UK. Let me clarify
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Basketball: Bears stun Giants
Coach Mark Dunning paid tribute to his battling Bears after this stunning comeback 88-85 win against the Manchester Giants. Brighton trailed by 17 points midway through the third quarter but hit back to snatch the lead with little more than a minute remaining
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Football : Ryman League - Rebels can't cash in on the ten men
Worthing ended a run of three successive division one defeats with a 1-1 draw at Uxbridge, but the outcome should have been even better for Sammy Donnelly's much changed team. Rebels, given the boost of a third-minute lead through Mark Burt, were up against
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Don't Shoot the Ref with Dave Mallinder
How hard should youngsters be pushed to do well at football? During my 20 years as a referee, a vision remains of running a game at a village recreation ground where two teams of primary school children were playing. One of the teams was from my village
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Gordie bounced back after Albion let him go
Gordie Howieson's dreams of becoming a league pro with Albion were shattered the day Billy Lane took him aside and said he wouldn't make the grade. The pint-sized inside forward had not long finished National Service with the RAF and had played for the
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Suspended clerk leaves post
A council clerk suspended amid concern at his handling of authority business has left his post, it emerged today. Paul Archer, town clerk of Newhaven Town Council, has been suspended on full pay of around £25,000 a year since a unanimous decision by committee
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Mystery of baby Kieran's affliction
When Kieran Clarke was born he was a healthy baby with a rosy complexion, but within weeks his skin erupted with inflamed raw patches. The rash started on his face and soon spread across his body. Since then, Kieran, his mother, Amy Butler, and his five-year-old
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Thieves net computers
Thieves escaped with more than £10,000-worth of computer equipment during a raid on an industrial estate. They stole scores of computers from four offices and factories at Victoria Industrial Estate in Burgess Hill. Police said they caused a great deal
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Storm survivors plan TV documentary
Television companies are bidding for footage captured by two Sussex men while they were caught adrift in a stricken yacht amid perilous seas. Shayne Howell, 29, and Marcus Whitney, 21, were among 12 young British tourists aboard the vessel searching for
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Business park will bring jobs
A new business park in Sussex could create dozens of jobs. Peacehaven is hoping to shed its commuter-town image with the construction of the new centre which is aimed at entrepreneurs launching their own businesses. The company in charge of plans to build
