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Man's final tragic text
A man sent a phone text message to a friend begging for help minutes before he hanged himself. The message from 31-year-old Mark Thorogood said: "I'm severely depressed. Need help. May be too late. Can you look after me?" Jennifer Hargrave, of The Meadow
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Teenager mugged as public walk by
Passers-by ignored a teenage girl who pleaded for help as she was mugged in a busy city centre street. At least three people walked past Carla Pilote, 17, as she was attacked in Western Road in Brighton on Monday at about 7pm. Miss Pilote was walking
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Business in Brief
NEW HOME: Mobile phone company Orange has picked the Point building at London's Paddington as its new headquarters. IN THE BAG: Software group Autonomy has won a series of contracts to provide its technology to IT and software companies, federal agencies
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Internet security on the rise
Increasing awareness of internet security issues among blue-chip companies gave Baltimore Technologies record revenue growth. Revenues in the year to December 31, soared by 219 per cent to £74.2 million, compared with £23.3 million at the same point last
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Ad agency faces dented revenues
The uncertain outlook for the world economy is set to dent revenues this year at WPP, the world's largest advertising agency said. The company, which last year bought US rival Young & Rubicam, said economic conditions in North America were, compared
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Tomboy - Baldies
Balding men can get a hair treatment in a male creche in Churchill Square. 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
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Forty years ago, it was common for men who had consumed a skinful of booze to climb into their cars and drive away. Not any more. Although there is still a hard core minority of offenders (mostly older people), the Breathalyzer, stiff prison sentences
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Albion faith in Virgo
Albion manager Micky Adams has pledged his faith in rookie defender Adam Virgo to provide promotion cover. Virgo was back on the bench for Tuesday's 1-0 home win against Blackpool. The centre half, 18 last month, has been put on standby, with Matthew
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May referendum plans thwarted
Brighton and Hove has almost certainly missed its chance to hold a May referendum on the issue of elected mayors. Last week, rebel Labour councillors sided with the opposition to reject plans for a referendum on May 3, the likely date of a General Election
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School bullies
I was interested to read about the Australian man who was awarded more than £1 million because he was given the strap at school some 17 years ago. I attended a local grammar school some 25-30 years ago when this sort of punishment was pretty much routine
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Choosy eaters
Asako Shinoda states she hears English people love dogs (Opinion, February 12). There has always been a rumour we are a nation of animal lovers. True, we do, of course, allow hare coursing, hunting, etc. in this country, enjoyed mostly by psychological
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Utilitarian tips
The story of Helen Cripps (Argus, February 12) tricked into changing her gas and electricity suppliers is, sadly, not an isolated case. Warm Front, a Brighton and Hove project training and supporting people in energy advice, has found a huge number of
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French ghosts
For three days recently I had terrible interference on my television picture. Am I the only person in Brighton to be suffering in this way? Last Wednesday it was just ridiculous. No picture on BBC2, ITV or Channel 4. BBC1 was hazy and unwatchable. I know
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Graham's back
Graham Lambert was climbing to the top of his profession when he was struck down by a mystery virus. Back in the Sixties and Seventies, under the name of Graham Starr, he was a top disc jockey at the old ice rink in Brighton and other venues. Since then
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Do not disturb
It is sickening to think anyone would want to disturb our "skipper" and Bluebird after so many years at rest in the depths of Lake Coniston (Argus, February 19). I was fortunate and privileged enough to be one of the workforce employed on the rebuild
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Patients need fairer service
Patientline provides an excellent service for many people in Eastbourne Hospital who want to be in instant touch with their friends and relatives. But the cost of 50p a minute for incoming calls, more than six times that charged by BT for peak-rate calls
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Albion kids on course
Albion's under17s are on course for the League title. Matt Geard was on target in a 1-1 draw at Brentford on Tuesday. It means they will be crowned champions if they win their last game at home to Leyton Orient, their nearest rivals, on a date to be arranged
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Vendetta fear after VW arson attack
A Volkswagen enthusiast fears he is the target of a vendetta after three attacks on his prized collection of Beetle cars and camper vans. Nick Burne-Cronshaw, who runs the Creepy Crawlers VW van club, watched his rare 1965 split-screen camper go up in
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Rail chiefs call in extra security
A team of private security guards is being employed by railway chiefs in an attempt to stop attacks on its staff. The security workers are expected to board some services this week. They are already qualified but Connex is giving them extra training on
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Hospital call charges row
Relatives are being charged six times the standard peak-time rate to phone their sick loved ones at a Sussex hospital. Soon every hospital in the county could introduce the 50p-a-minute calls. The rate has been fixed by Patientline, which has the contract
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Arsonists target elderly woman
An elderly woman was left shocked after a terrifying arson attack on her home. She dialled 999 after yobs stuffed burning cardboard through her letterbox in Milner Road, Brighton, at 7.30pm last night. Minutes later a rock was thrown at the front door
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Riverside development likely to go ahead
A landowner is set to win approval for plans to develop Shoreham's derelict Ropetackle area. Kevin French originally wanted to build 40 flats on part of the site, which fronts the River Adur, but councillors rejected his plans. Now a new outline scheme
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Business in Brief
NEW HOME: Mobile phone company Orange has picked the Point building at London's Paddington as its new headquarters. IN THE BAG: Software group Autonomy has won a series of contracts to provide its technology to IT and software companies, federal agencies
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Internet security on the rise
Increasing awareness of internet security issues among blue-chip companies gave Baltimore Technologies record revenue growth. Revenues in the year to December 31, soared by 219 per cent to £74.2 million, compared with £23.3 million at the same point last
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Ad agency faces dented revenues
The uncertain outlook for the world economy is set to dent revenues this year at WPP, the world's largest advertising agency said. The company, which last year bought US rival Young & Rubicam, said economic conditions in North America were, compared
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Albion faith in Virgo
Albion manager Micky Adams has pledged his faith in rookie defender Adam Virgo to provide promotion cover. Virgo was back on the bench for Tuesday's 1-0 home win against Blackpool. The centre half, 18 last month, has been put on standby, with Matthew
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Council tax: What you'll pay
Mid Sussex council tax bills will rise above the rate of inflation for the next financial year. Mid Sussex District Council has decided to up its share of the bill by 3.3 per cent from April, from £93.69 to £96.75. That comes on top of an expected 6.5
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Union fears for bank jobs
Workers for banking giant Lloyds TSB fear for their jobs despite assurances all 170 posts will be safe when part of its business is sold. The bank is selling one of its operations, called Activa, to a subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland. Employees at the
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Woman hurt in phone theft bid
Two men assaulted a woman and tried to steal her mobile phone in Worthing last night. The robbers demanded she hand over the phone and pushed her to the pavement when she refused. The attack happened at 10.45pm yesterday at the junction of Mill Road and
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Choosy eaters
Asako Shinoda states she hears English people love dogs (Opinion, February 12). There has always been a rumour we are a nation of animal lovers. True, we do, of course, allow hare coursing, hunting, etc. in this country, enjoyed mostly by psychological
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Utilitarian tips
The story of Helen Cripps (Argus, February 12) tricked into changing her gas and electricity suppliers is, sadly, not an isolated case. Warm Front, a Brighton and Hove project training and supporting people in energy advice, has found a huge number of
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Flats plan for club fails
Developers have been refused permission to turn a former Worthing nightclub and shopping parade into a five-storey block of 19 flats. Borough councillors decided the plans for the Carioca Club and Plaza Parade on Rowlands Road would mean the loss of retail
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Do not disturb
It is sickening to think anyone would want to disturb our "skipper" and Bluebird after so many years at rest in the depths of Lake Coniston (Argus, February 19). I was fortunate and privileged enough to be one of the workforce employed on the rebuild
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Repent at leisure
I have heard Brighton's oldest church, St Nicholas, is being renovated and understand the ancient fitments being ripped out will probably be replaced with utility seating. I dread it when this council says it's for community needs. The church will no
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Cycling: Jack was legend at Hastings club
Jack Southerden, president of Hastings and St Leonards CC who died last month aged 85, was a legendary figure who had been a member of the club since 1934. He logged every mile he rode and qualified for membership of the prestigious 300,000 Mile Club
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Why do the bureaucrats hit the hard workers?
What a terrible story about Sean and Lesley Kempin (Argus, February 13). They have built up a wonderful ice-cream round with seven vans, done everything by the book and here they are, two hard-working folk just stabbed in the back for giving a wonderful
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Table Tennis: Sussex get back in the big time again
Sussex veterans have won promotion to the premier division of the County Championship. They made sure of their return to the top flight after six years in division one with victories over Wiltshire 7-2, Kent 6-3, Avon 6-3 and Hampshire 5-4 at New Malden
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Hobson faces another dogfight
Former Albion captain Gary Hobson is fearing a relegation double. Hobson was with Chester when they went down to the Conference last season. Now his new club York are desperate for a result at Withdean on Saturday in their battle to beat the drop. They
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School hit by cash shortage
The completion of a new school is likely to be delayed by a year because of a lack of money. More than £2.6 million would need to be found in the coming year, plus £1.2 million in 2002/03, for The Causeway School in Larkspur Drive, Eastbourne, to be completed
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Vendetta fear after VW arson attack
A Volkswagen enthusiast fears he is the target of a vendetta after three attacks on his prized collection of Beetle cars and camper vans. Nick Burne-Cronshaw, who runs the Creepy Crawlers VW van club, watched his rare 1965 split-screen camper go up in
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Burglars hit shop twice in two days
A Hove tobacconist who was raided twice in two days believes thieves and smugglers are making a mint selling stolen cigarettes. Burglars broke into Burkitts in Church Road, Hove, last night and on Tuesday night and made off with hundreds of cigarettes
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Hospital call charges row
Relatives are being charged six times the standard peak-time rate to phone their sick loved ones at a Sussex hospital. Soon every hospital in the county could introduce the 50p-a-minute calls. The rate has been fixed by Patientline, which has the contract
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Beach's reputation in a mess
A resort which prides itself on its clean beach has suffered a blow to its image. Volunteers from the Marine Conservation Society found 2,749 pieces of litter on Littlehampton's West Beach, including plastic pellets, crisp packets, cigarette butts, bags
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Benefits worth millions
Chelsea, the UK's seventh largest building society, said today its mutual status had brought benefits worth £30 million to its members. The society, which last month resisted pressure to hold a vote on demutualisation, said the figure was the result of
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New owner for haunted club
A club which claims to house the ghost of movie legend Cary Grant will have a new owner next month. The new proprietor of the Rottingdean Club, Jo Pratt, cannot wait to meet the ghost of the actor who died in 1986 aged 82. The Hollywood star once tried
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Bid to tackle violent patients
Paid 'bouncers' are to be drafted in to protect family doctors from a rising tide of violence. Worthing Primary Care Group is setting up a 'secure surgery' for patients who have been struck off GPs' lists. The move follows six attacks in recent months
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England keep tabs on Bobby Zamora
England are keeping tabs on Albion star Bobby Zamora. Manager Micky Adams revealed today: "I have spoken to somebody at the FA. It was a general chat, but the FA are aware of Bobby Zamora." Zamora is unlikely to be named in Howard Wilkinson's under-21
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Coal-hole cover
My elderly mother suffers constant problems with water entering the coal cellar under the pavement, which is ruining her new carpet. I imagine this is a common problem in this area. Despite intervention from her councillor, it seems Brighton and Hove
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You can do it, too
Tv personality Vanessa Feltz used to glory in being plump. Now she is several stones lighter, she's glad to be thin. The controversial chat show host is coming to Brighton on Friday to promote her new exercise video called If I Can, You Can. Many women
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Repent at leisure
I have heard Brighton's oldest church, St Nicholas, is being renovated and understand the ancient fitments being ripped out will probably be replaced with utility seating. I dread it when this council says it's for community needs. The church will no
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Cycling: Jack was legend at Hastings club
Jack Southerden, president of Hastings and St Leonards CC who died last month aged 85, was a legendary figure who had been a member of the club since 1934. He logged every mile he rode and qualified for membership of the prestigious 300,000 Mile Club
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Why do the bureaucrats hit the hard workers?
What a terrible story about Sean and Lesley Kempin (Argus, February 13). They have built up a wonderful ice-cream round with seven vans, done everything by the book and here they are, two hard-working folk just stabbed in the back for giving a wonderful
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Table Tennis: Sussex get back in the big time again
Sussex veterans have won promotion to the premier division of the County Championship. They made sure of their return to the top flight after six years in division one with victories over Wiltshire 7-2, Kent 6-3, Avon 6-3 and Hampshire 5-4 at New Malden
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Hobson faces another dogfight
Former Albion captain Gary Hobson is fearing a relegation double. Hobson was with Chester when they went down to the Conference last season. Now his new club York are desperate for a result at Withdean on Saturday in their battle to beat the drop. They
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Adams helps with keeper warm-up
Micky Adams made a rare appearance during the warm-up for Tuesday's Withdean win against Blackpool. The manager took shots at recalled goalkeeper Michel Kuipers. That is usually done by the goalkeeper's understudy, but Mark Cartwright watched from the
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The hitmen: How Zamora compares
Albion legend Peter Ward is backing Bobby Zamora to beat his club goalscoring record. Ward fired Alan Mullery's Seagulls to promotion in 1976-77 with 36 goals in all competitions. Zamora has bagged 20 so far this season. He has 16 matches left to set
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Burglars hit shop twice in two days
A Hove tobacconist who was raided twice in two days believes thieves and smugglers are making a mint selling stolen cigarettes. Burglars broke into Burkitts in Church Road, Hove, last night and on Tuesday night and made off with hundreds of cigarettes
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andynaylor writes this
BATTLE: Memorial Hall, High Street, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SEAFORD: Downs Leisure Centre, Blatchington Hall, Sutton Road, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SELSEY: Manhood Community College, School Lane, tomorrow, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. FELPHAM: St
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Bogus banker gets eight years
A bogus investment banker who led a life of luxury with £18 million swindled from church funds and people's life savings has been jailed for eight years. Floriberta Clemente, 40, of Britannia Court, Brighton, used some of her ill-gotten gains to buy a
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nonleague is the best thing in the
BATTLE: Memorial Hall, High Street, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SEAFORD: Downs Leisure Centre, Blatchington Hall, Sutton Road, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SELSEY: Manhood Community College, School Lane, tomorrow, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. FELPHAM: St
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Homecoming reunion for DJ Graham
A former Brighton DJ whose career was ended by a mystery virus is returning to his home city after 25 years. Graham Lambert, who worked in the former Gallion nightclub and at the old Brighton ice rink as Graham Starr in the Sixties and Seventies, hopes
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Man's final tragic text
A man sent a phone text message to a friend begging for help minutes before he hanged himself. The message from 31-year-old Mark Thorogood said: "I'm severely depressed. Need help. May be too late. Can you look after me?" Jennifer Hargrave, of The Meadow
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Teenager mugged as public walk by
Passers-by ignored a teenage girl who pleaded for help as she was mugged in a busy city centre street. At least three people walked past Carla Pilote, 17, as she was attacked in Western Road in Brighton on Monday at about 7pm. Miss Pilote was walking
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Benefits worth millions
Chelsea, the UK's seventh largest building society, said today its mutual status had brought benefits worth £30 million to its members. The society, which last month resisted pressure to hold a vote on demutualisation, said the figure was the result of
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New owner for haunted club
A club which claims to house the ghost of movie legend Cary Grant will have a new owner next month. The new proprietor of the Rottingdean Club, Jo Pratt, cannot wait to meet the ghost of the actor who died in 1986 aged 82. The Hollywood star once tried
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Tomboy - Baldies
Balding men can get a hair treatment in a male creche in Churchill Square. 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
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The Sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Forty years ago, it was common for men who had consumed a skinful of booze to climb into their cars and drive away. Not any more. Although there is still a hard core minority of offenders (mostly older people), the Breathalyzer, stiff prison sentences
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Date
Bid to tackle violent patients
Paid 'bouncers' are to be drafted in to protect family doctors from a rising tide of violence. Worthing Primary Care Group is setting up a 'secure surgery' for patients who have been struck off GPs' lists. The move follows six attacks in recent months
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England keep tabs on Bobby Zamora
England are keeping tabs on Albion star Bobby Zamora. Manager Micky Adams revealed today: "I have spoken to somebody at the FA. It was a general chat, but the FA are aware of Bobby Zamora." Zamora is unlikely to be named in Howard Wilkinson's under-21
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Grief of hole-in-heart man's bride
A bride has told an inquest how she found her 27-year-old husband dead in a chair during Christmas celebrations at a social club. Verena Penman tried to wake husband Mark when she found him in the early hours of Christmas morning. But the 27-year-old,
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Soccer player faces prison
A Tottenham Hotspur starlet faces jail after he smashed a lager bottle into another youth's face at a Mid Sussex birthday party. Striker Allan Tait, 18, a Spurs under-19 player, hit out during a bust-up between two groups. The assault left Nicholas Beckingham
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May referendum plans thwarted
Brighton and Hove has almost certainly missed its chance to hold a May referendum on the issue of elected mayors. Last week, rebel Labour councillors sided with the opposition to reject plans for a referendum on May 3, the likely date of a General Election
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Bid to tackle violent patients
Paid 'bouncers' are to be drafted in to protect family doctors from a rising tide of violence. Worthing Primary Care Group is setting up a 'secure surgery' for patients who have been struck off GPs' lists. The move follows six attacks in recent months
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School bullies
I was interested to read about the Australian man who was awarded more than £1 million because he was given the strap at school some 17 years ago. I attended a local grammar school some 25-30 years ago when this sort of punishment was pretty much routine
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Man killed in crash
Police are appealing for witnesses after a road smash killed a 66-year-old East Sussex man. Thomas Harris, of Cuckmere Rise, Heathfield, died after being hit by a Peugeot car on the A267 at Five Ashes, near Crowborough. He was knocked down as he tried
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Coal-hole cover
My elderly mother suffers constant problems with water entering the coal cellar under the pavement, which is ruining her new carpet. I imagine this is a common problem in this area. Despite intervention from her councillor, it seems Brighton and Hove
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Date
You can do it, too
Tv personality Vanessa Feltz used to glory in being plump. Now she is several stones lighter, she's glad to be thin. The controversial chat show host is coming to Brighton on Friday to promote her new exercise video called If I Can, You Can. Many women
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French ghosts
For three days recently I had terrible interference on my television picture. Am I the only person in Brighton to be suffering in this way? Last Wednesday it was just ridiculous. No picture on BBC2, ITV or Channel 4. BBC1 was hazy and unwatchable. I know
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Graham's back
Graham Lambert was climbing to the top of his profession when he was struck down by a mystery virus. Back in the Sixties and Seventies, under the name of Graham Starr, he was a top disc jockey at the old ice rink in Brighton and other venues. Since then
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Patients need fairer service
Patientline provides an excellent service for many people in Eastbourne Hospital who want to be in instant touch with their friends and relatives. But the cost of 50p a minute for incoming calls, more than six times that charged by BT for peak-rate calls
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Albion kids on course
Albion's under17s are on course for the League title. Matt Geard was on target in a 1-1 draw at Brentford on Tuesday. It means they will be crowned champions if they win their last game at home to Leyton Orient, their nearest rivals, on a date to be arranged
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Adams helps with keeper warm-up
Micky Adams made a rare appearance during the warm-up for Tuesday's Withdean win against Blackpool. The manager took shots at recalled goalkeeper Michel Kuipers. That is usually done by the goalkeeper's understudy, but Mark Cartwright watched from the
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The hitmen: How Zamora compares
Albion legend Peter Ward is backing Bobby Zamora to beat his club goalscoring record. Ward fired Alan Mullery's Seagulls to promotion in 1976-77 with 36 goals in all competitions. Zamora has bagged 20 so far this season. He has 16 matches left to set
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andynaylor writes this
BATTLE: Memorial Hall, High Street, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SEAFORD: Downs Leisure Centre, Blatchington Hall, Sutton Road, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SELSEY: Manhood Community College, School Lane, tomorrow, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. FELPHAM: St
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Rail chiefs call in extra security
A team of private security guards is being employed by railway chiefs in an attempt to stop attacks on its staff. The security workers are expected to board some services this week. They are already qualified but Connex is giving them extra training on
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Bogus banker gets eight years
A bogus investment banker who led a life of luxury with £18 million swindled from church funds and people's life savings has been jailed for eight years. Floriberta Clemente, 40, of Britannia Court, Brighton, used some of her ill-gotten gains to buy a
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Council tax to rise by 9%
People in the Wealden district face an inflation-busting council tax hike of almost nine per cent. People living in Band D properties will see their council tax bills swell to £963.79, an overall increase of 8.8 per cent. Wealden District Council yesterday
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nonleague is the best thing in the
BATTLE: Memorial Hall, High Street, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SEAFORD: Downs Leisure Centre, Blatchington Hall, Sutton Road, today, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. SELSEY: Manhood Community College, School Lane, tomorrow, 2-4.30pm and 5.30-8pm. FELPHAM: St
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18 months for pervert, 70
A pensioner is beginning an 18-month jail sentence for a "despicable" sex attack on a six-year-old girl. Retired seaman Roy Carter, 70, molested the girl after tucking her into bed, Inner London Crown Court heard yesterday. Carter, of Charles Road, St
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Arsonists target elderly woman
An elderly woman was left shocked after a terrifying arson attack on her home. She dialled 999 after yobs stuffed burning cardboard through her letterbox in Milner Road, Brighton, at 7.30pm last night. Minutes later a rock was thrown at the front door
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Riverside development likely to go ahead
A landowner is set to win approval for plans to develop Shoreham's derelict Ropetackle area. Kevin French originally wanted to build 40 flats on part of the site, which fronts the River Adur, but councillors rejected his plans. Now a new outline scheme
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Date
Homecoming reunion for DJ Graham
A former Brighton DJ whose career was ended by a mystery virus is returning to his home city after 25 years. Graham Lambert, who worked in the former Gallion nightclub and at the old Brighton ice rink as Graham Starr in the Sixties and Seventies, hopes
