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Tomboy - Spot the Ball
A woman has won £14,000 on Spot the Ball. 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 and
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Maureen cleans up on Cross The Ball
Cleaner Maureen Ford was unperturbed when husband Jack compared her quest to win The Argus Cross The Ball competition to hunting the Holy Grail. But while he insisted she was batty and gave up marking his own crosses months ago, she remained certain that
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Worthy winner
Former cleaner Maureen Ford has devoted hours each week in her bid to win the Cross the Ball contest in The Argus. Now her hard work has paid off with a win of £14,000. And after hearing of her generosity to others with her money, even other contestants
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Bouncing patience
Bouncers are usually employed to keep dodgy and drunken customers out of clubs and nightspots. It's a sign of how times are changing that they may now be drafted in to protect some doctors in Worthing. Our feature today tells of how some doctors have
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Cash crisis for counties
SUSSEX chief executive Dave Gilbert today warned that county cricket is facing a cash crisis, even though his club have made a profit. Sussex have made a surplus of £2,252 compared to a £9,054 profit the previous year, but those figures have bucked the
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NHS trusts to merge
Two major hospital trusts could merge to create a single organisation managing hospitals in Brighton and Mid Sussex. Brighton Health Care NHS Trust is set to merge with Mid Sussex NHS Trust if approval is granted by the Health Secretary following a period
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We won't build burners, says firm
A company bidding for a multi-million pound council waste contract has pulled out of the race saying incinerators cannot be justified. Biffa Waste Services was one of six firms invited to bid for the contract by East Sussex County Council and Brighton
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Foot-and-mouth warning to ramblers
Visitors to the South Downs are being urged to take extra precautions to help stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Though no cases have been reported in Sussex, visitors are still being asked to be aware of the dangers. Foot-and-mouth is not dangerous
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Foot-and-mouth fears hit nature centre
Hundreds of visitors were barred from a nature centre to protect its rare-breed animals from foot-and-mouth disease. The stock of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and other species at Tilgate Park nature centre has now been placed under quarantine until further
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Tomboy - Spot the Ball
A woman has won £14,000 on Spot the Ball. 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 and
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Maureen cleans up on Cross The Ball
Cleaner Maureen Ford was unperturbed when husband Jack compared her quest to win The Argus Cross The Ball competition to hunting the Holy Grail. But while he insisted she was batty and gave up marking his own crosses months ago, she remained certain that
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Match report: Hart break is the only high
Albion were unchanged as they vied to continue their fine recent form at Withdean against lowly York this weekend. There was no place again for transfer-listed goalkeeper Mark Cartwright or front man Darren Freeman. The fans had little to get excited
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Albion 1, York 1: What a waste
Albion were held to only their second Withdean draw of the season against relegation-threatened York. Gary Hart gave the Seagulls the lead with his seventh goal of the season on 55 minutes. Micky Adams' men looked on course for three more valuable promotion
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Four die in plane crash
Four people were killed when their light aircraft crashed into a Sussex farm field. Ambulance chiefs confirmed that all four people on board died when the plane came down at Blacklands Farm in Sharpthorne, near East Grinstead, at about 2.25pm on Saturday
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Reward over suspicious blaze
The owner of a building in Hove has offered a cash reward after it was damaged by a blaze early on Saturday. The fire brigade was called to the building in Wilbury Grove at 3.15am. The building was uninhabited and under renovation. It suffered internal
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Bouncing patience
Bouncers are usually employed to keep dodgy and drunken customers out of clubs and nightspots. It's a sign of how times are changing that they may now be drafted in to protect some doctors in Worthing. Our feature today tells of how some doctors have
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Strapped council sells art collection
A cash-strapped council is selling off its paintings to make ends meet. Adur District Council has been forced to sell the ten paintings, currently hanging in its civic centre, to balance its books. Councillors plan to invest money made in the sale of
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Home form the key for Albion
ALBION manager Micky Adams believes Withdean holds the key to a place in the Second Division. He is targeting a continuation of the Seagulls' clinical home form to clinch automatic promotion. Albion have turned Withdean into a fortress since the first
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Alternative Scout jailed for child abuse
A man has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy while a member of an alternative Scouting movement. Anthony Seymour, 55, of Brighton, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court for sentencing after being convicted of indecently assaulting
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Foot-and-mouth warning to ramblers
Visitors to the South Downs are being urged to take extra precautions to help stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Though no cases have been reported in Sussex, visitors are still being asked to be aware of the dangers. Foot-and-mouth is not dangerous
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Foot-and-mouth fears hit nature centre
Hundreds of visitors were barred from a nature centre to protect its rare-breed animals from foot-and-mouth disease. The stock of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and other species at Tilgate Park nature centre has now been placed under quarantine until further
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Our two-year-old has a more active social life than me and my husband. While we're lucky to get invited to anything other than check-ups at the dentist, our daughter's diary is chock-a with parties and outings. Most weekends we seem to be ironing her
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Match report: Hart break is the only high
Albion were unchanged as they vied to continue their fine recent form at Withdean against lowly York this weekend. There was no place again for transfer-listed goalkeeper Mark Cartwright or front man Darren Freeman. The fans had little to get excited
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Albion 1, York 1: What a waste
Albion were held to only their second Withdean draw of the season against relegation-threatened York. Gary Hart gave the Seagulls the lead with his seventh goal of the season on 55 minutes. Micky Adams' men looked on course for three more valuable promotion
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Four die in plane crash
Four people were killed when their light aircraft crashed into a Sussex farm field. Ambulance chiefs confirmed that all four people on board died when the plane came down at Blacklands Farm in Sharpthorne, near East Grinstead, at about 2.25pm on Saturday
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Reward over suspicious blaze
The owner of a building in Hove has offered a cash reward after it was damaged by a blaze early on Saturday. The fire brigade was called to the building in Wilbury Grove at 3.15am. The building was uninhabited and under renovation. It suffered internal
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Strapped council sells art collection
A cash-strapped council is selling off its paintings to make ends meet. Adur District Council has been forced to sell the ten paintings, currently hanging in its civic centre, to balance its books. Councillors plan to invest money made in the sale of
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Can we trust the merger?
A new trust is likely to run most main hospital services in Brighton and Mid Sussex from April next year. It will be a merger of Brighton Health Care and Mid Sussex NHS trusts and is hardly a big surprise. The two trusts have been working closely together
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Home form the key for Albion
ALBION manager Micky Adams believes Withdean holds the key to a place in the Second Division. He is targeting a continuation of the Seagulls' clinical home form to clinch automatic promotion. Albion have turned Withdean into a fortress since the first
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Alternative Scout jailed for child abuse
A man has been jailed for three years for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy while a member of an alternative Scouting movement. Anthony Seymour, 55, of Brighton, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court for sentencing after being convicted of indecently assaulting
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Our two-year-old has a more active social life than me and my husband. While we're lucky to get invited to anything other than check-ups at the dentist, our daughter's diary is chock-a with parties and outings. Most weekends we seem to be ironing her
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Worthy winner
Former cleaner Maureen Ford has devoted hours each week in her bid to win the Cross the Ball contest in The Argus. Now her hard work has paid off with a win of £14,000. And after hearing of her generosity to others with her money, even other contestants
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Can we trust the merger?
A new trust is likely to run most main hospital services in Brighton and Mid Sussex from April next year. It will be a merger of Brighton Health Care and Mid Sussex NHS trusts and is hardly a big surprise. The two trusts have been working closely together
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Cash crisis for counties
SUSSEX chief executive Dave Gilbert today warned that county cricket is facing a cash crisis, even though his club have made a profit. Sussex have made a surplus of £2,252 compared to a £9,054 profit the previous year, but those figures have bucked the
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NHS trusts to merge
Two major hospital trusts could merge to create a single organisation managing hospitals in Brighton and Mid Sussex. Brighton Health Care NHS Trust is set to merge with Mid Sussex NHS Trust if approval is granted by the Health Secretary following a period
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We won't build burners, says firm
A company bidding for a multi-million pound council waste contract has pulled out of the race saying incinerators cannot be justified. Biffa Waste Services was one of six firms invited to bid for the contract by East Sussex County Council and Brighton
