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Woman leaves £500,000 to animals
A widow has left £500,000 to two animal charities in her will. Eileen Stevenson bequeathed £250,000 each to the RSPCA and the Brooke Hospital for Animals on her death aged 76. She also left money to charities including the National Canine Defence League
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Trial for Raja case accused
A man accused of murdering one of Brighton's most infamous landlords will appear at the Old Bailey. David Terence Croke, 58, of Bolney Road, Brighton, appeared at Bexley Magistrates Court in Kent yesterday in connection with the death of Mohammed Sabir
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Keep the community
Many residents of the Seven Dials area, which gives its name to the ward represented by Brighton and Hove City Council leader Lynette Gwyn-Jones, will be surprised to learn we will lose our electoral identity completely if the plans to change the voting
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No more dictators
Over the last century, voters have seen a continuous slide away from local democracy. The election of a dictatorial mayor will sweep away all those chances ordinary working people have to influence councillors, form coalitions and modify and influence
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County's round of pub sales
Scores of Sussex pubs are to change hands in a series of multi-million pound deals. CSide, one of Brighton's biggest pub and club chains, is on the verge of being sold to a venture capital company. And Scottish and Newcastle is selling at least five pubs
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Tomboy - Popstar Kleptomaniacs
The "Popstars" group have been promoting their new single on radio stations...and picking up some souvenirs along the way. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this web site. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The
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Short memory
So Ivor Caplin MP has always believed a reduction of councillors would be beneficial (Argus, February 21). However, reflecting upon when he stood in the May 1991 Hove Council elections for Portslade South and was elected in third place, I do not recall
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Arrogance has alienated democrats
The sheer arrogance of Brighton and Hove City Council's Labour administration knows no bounds. In her letter to councillors, Lynette Gwyn-Jones says she is "very concerned" that a process forgetting an elected mayor was agreed in a committee but voted
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Scargill speaks to students
Miners' leader Arthur Scargill backed students who are protesting against tuition fees at a public meeting in Brighton last night. The head of the Socialist Labour Party pledged that if his candidates were MPs they would be at Sussex University showing
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
A patriot is someone who loves his or her country and an expatriate someone who lives or works abroad. However, there is no such thing as an ex-patriot, as our Voice of the Argus claimed in a comment on February 19 about that very British (and Sussex)
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Why so long?
Further to the photograph (Argus, February 1) and report (February 13), what a pleasure it is to walk around Preston Park and see so many travellers have gone. The councillors and the police have been ages getting their act together. Why does it take
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Golf: Hilton's wagon is on a roll
The wheels stay firmly on the Mark Hilton wagon in South Africa. The East Sussex National rookie tied for fifth place on seven under-par in the inaugural championship event on the Sunshine Tour at Leopard Creek. He was just four shots off the lead after
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Golf: Worthing win in Trophy warm-up
Worthing limbered up for the defence of the Davies and Tate Trophy with a 5,-2, defeat of an EGU South-East (South) Region Boys team. This win came after the foursome finished level. The inexperienced visitors did well to hold Worthing in the morning.
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Godly message
Come on, all you Christians, it's the start of Lent. Isn't it time to give up eating animals and animal-derived products? Do you think Jesus (if he lived today) would approve of all the suffering and killing? In the light of all the disasters befalling
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Golf: We owe such a debt of gratitude to Keith
West Hove members are this week mourning the death of Keith Haste who helped save their club four years ago. Keith, the 52-year-old director and managing secretary, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital following a stroke shortly after being admitted
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An off day?
We were amazed the damning review of Leone's featured the same restaurant in which we have enjoyed three very pleasant evenings. The service, surroundings, staff and, especially, food were beyond our expectations. Audrey Simpson's view, as everybody else's
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Football: Sussex Senior Cup - Lewes move into semi finals
Lewes overcame Ryman League rivals Horsham 4-1 after extra time in their Sussex Senior Cup quarter final tie at the Dripping Pan. Victory now sends the Rooks through to a semi final showdown with Crawley Town. It was Horsham who opened the scoring on
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Village votes to join city
Residents of Saltdean have voted to be part of the city of Brighton and Hove. The unique postal referendum of 3,854 households saw 1,237 vote in favour of unifying west and east Saltdean and 312 against. Residents also voted overwhelmingly to become part
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Football: Dr Martens League - Smith admits it's all over for Crawley
Crawley boss Billy Smith admits the season is over. Reds are well off the pace at the top of the premier division With only the Sussex Senior Cup to play for Smith conceded: "There's nothing left except pride. "The Sussex Senior Cup is a competition we
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Review seemed a bit fishy
Monkfish in Mothballs (February 21) by Audrey Simpson has left us wondering about her justification for the vitriolic and damaging content of the report. Leone's on that wet Monday evening was not full. Many tables were available but your critic gravitated
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Football: Rich City League - Are Pagham out of the race?
Pagham cannot win the County League title, according to their own manager. Richie Reynolds says his team are "physically and mentally destroyed." Pagham have been among the front-runners all season, but lost 3-0 at home to title rivals Hassocks on Saturday
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Plane crash victims named
A Sussex man killed when the plane he was in nosedived into a field has been named. Jonathan Ellis, of Roman Way, Billingshurst, was killed when the Rockwell Commander aircraft crashed into a field at New Coombe Farm, Sharpethorne, last Saturday. Also
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Booker: Every game is big now
Albion must keep on grinding out results to achieve their promotion dream. That is the message from assistant boss Bob Booker ahead of tomorrow's big promotion clash at Leyton Orient. The players were booed off by sections of the crowd following last
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Cardboard Ginola is Popstars' attraction
Television's Popstars band, Hearsay, went home with a haul of unconventional souvenirs when they dropped in to Brighton. Danny Foster, Mylenne Klass and Noel Sullivan, three of the aspiring wannabes flung to fame by the TV series, made off with a cut-out
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Samurai sword probe
Police have arrested three people after an alleged samurai sword attack. Officers were called to a house in Midhurst Road, Eastbourne, after a complaint about loud music last night. They were told someone had been attacked by a man wielding a sword. No
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New alert at meat plant
Health checks on imported meat are to be stepped up after remnants of spinal cord were found at an Eastbourne abattoir yesterday. The outlawed offal, banned to prevent BSE, was discovered in two separate consignments of beef at Anglo Dutch Meats (ADM)
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Pupil expelled for attack on teenager
A man is refusing to send his sons back to school following taunts and bullying. Billy Cook, 15, who is dyslexic, required stitches to an eye wound after being hit over the head with a plastic sign. Seaford Head Community College said it had expelled
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Third ferry link is on the cards
A cross-Channel ferry service is planned between Shoreham and Fecamp in northern France. The consortium which is launching an all-year passenger and freight ferry between Newhaven and Dieppe is also preparing to start a two-hourly service from Shoreham
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Farewell to fighter Ann
Charity fund-raiser Ann Rose was laid to rest yesterday after a 13-year battle against terminal breast cancer. More than 150 family and friends, including her husband Tony and children Simon and Michelle, attended her funeral at the Jewish Cemetery in
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City tax rises by 6%
City council tax bills will rise by six per cent in April, more than double the national inflation rate. But the rise is the lowest in Brighton and Hove Council's short history and projections are for lower rises in the years to come. The authority plans
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I quit, says city leader
Brighton and Hove Council leader Lynette Gwyn-Jones is quitting her post after only 18 months. The Labour boss of the council made the announcement during a speech at the budget meeting last night. She succeeded Lord Bassam after he became a junior Home
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
In a way, this week's announcement of the programme for the Brighton Festival was a bit of a tease. It was entirely devised by the new chief executive Nick Dodds' predecessor Chris Barron. So while it tells us about the style of Mr Barron, it gives no
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Trial for Raja case accused
A man accused of murdering one of Brighton's most infamous landlords will appear at the Old Bailey. David Terence Croke, 58, of Bolney Road, Brighton, appeared at Bexley Magistrates Court in Kent yesterday in connection with the death of Mohammed Sabir
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Job snub for ex-council boss
Former Eastbourne Council boss Sari Conway has been turned down for a Government post. The former chief executive of Eastbourne Borough Council is thought to have applied for a senior position in the immigration service. But the Home Office has turned
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Keep the community
Many residents of the Seven Dials area, which gives its name to the ward represented by Brighton and Hove City Council leader Lynette Gwyn-Jones, will be surprised to learn we will lose our electoral identity completely if the plans to change the voting
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Tread carefully
If Councillor Gwyn-Jones is really advocating democracy, the referendum should contain the question: "Do you want the cabinet system or a return to the committees where debate was open and opinions could be expressed?" That is real democracy. If, as we
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Why bother?
Brighton and Hove City Council's leader clearly needs an education in democracy. Apparently we still need to resolve the issue of whether or not Brighton should vote on an elected mayor, even though councillors have already voted and given their views
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Tomboy - Popstar Kleptomaniacs
The "Popstars" group have been promoting their new single on radio stations...and picking up some souvenirs along the way. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this web site. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The
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No one asked me
So Councillor Gwyn-Jones thinks those who voted against a directly elected mayor are undemocratic (Argus, February 21). Surely, in a country which taught the world democracy, the opposition and those councillors who voted against the proposition still
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Short memory
So Ivor Caplin MP has always believed a reduction of councillors would be beneficial (Argus, February 21). However, reflecting upon when he stood in the May 1991 Hove Council elections for Portslade South and was elected in third place, I do not recall
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Scargill speaks to students
Miners' leader Arthur Scargill backed students who are protesting against tuition fees at a public meeting in Brighton last night. The head of the Socialist Labour Party pledged that if his candidates were MPs they would be at Sussex University showing
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Missing man found dead in ditch
The body of a missing man has been found in a ditch after a police hunt around a Sussex farm pond. Joseph Brazil, 28, of Hurstpierpoint, was found in a ditch off Furners Lane, Henfield, this afternoon. He had gone missing around the same time as two of
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Ageism must stop
Congratulations to Fiona Pooley on qualifying as a train driver (Argus, February 26). I tried to apply for an application form for such a job last year. I was told I did not qualify for the job before even filling in a form. The reason? Poor sight? Character
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Teenager killed in A27 smash
A teenager was killed and two people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A27 near Arundel this morning. The 19-year-old man was a rear-seat passenger in the car, which crashed in the early hours. Police believe the driver may have been swerving
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Why so long?
Further to the photograph (Argus, February 1) and report (February 13), what a pleasure it is to walk around Preston Park and see so many travellers have gone. The councillors and the police have been ages getting their act together. Why does it take
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Golf: Hilton's wagon is on a roll
The wheels stay firmly on the Mark Hilton wagon in South Africa. The East Sussex National rookie tied for fifth place on seven under-par in the inaugural championship event on the Sunshine Tour at Leopard Creek. He was just four shots off the lead after
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Golf: We owe such a debt of gratitude to Keith
West Hove members are this week mourning the death of Keith Haste who helped save their club four years ago. Keith, the 52-year-old director and managing secretary, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital following a stroke shortly after being admitted
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Family affairs
Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has got into an extraordinary mess over problems with his family. It was bad enough when his daughter Frances appeared three times in two years in local courts on counts of violence. Bad went to worse this week when
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'Sir Spike' makes Charles chuckle
Madcap comic Spike Milligan told of his "surprise" at receiving an honorary knighthood from the Prince of Wales, whom he once made fun of during a live television show. The 82-year-old described Charles as a "little grovelling bastard" at a comedy awards
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Strong lead is needed
The resignation of Lynette Gwyn-Jones as leader of Brighton and Hove City Council's ruling group was scarcely a surprise after the political battering she received in the past month. But the timing of her announcement did shock colleagues because there's
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An off day?
We were amazed the damning review of Leone's featured the same restaurant in which we have enjoyed three very pleasant evenings. The service, surroundings, staff and, especially, food were beyond our expectations. Audrey Simpson's view, as everybody else's
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Football: Sussex Senior Cup - Lewes move into semi finals
Lewes overcame Ryman League rivals Horsham 4-1 after extra time in their Sussex Senior Cup quarter final tie at the Dripping Pan. Victory now sends the Rooks through to a semi final showdown with Crawley Town. It was Horsham who opened the scoring on
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Football: Dr Martens League - Smith admits it's all over for Crawley
Crawley boss Billy Smith admits the season is over. Reds are well off the pace at the top of the premier division With only the Sussex Senior Cup to play for Smith conceded: "There's nothing left except pride. "The Sussex Senior Cup is a competition we
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Review seemed a bit fishy
Monkfish in Mothballs (February 21) by Audrey Simpson has left us wondering about her justification for the vitriolic and damaging content of the report. Leone's on that wet Monday evening was not full. Many tables were available but your critic gravitated
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More cash for universities
Brighton's two universities have been given extra cash to tackle staff pay and increase student numbers. The universities of Brighton and Sussex, which have been hit by recent staff protests over wages and conditions, are among the English universities
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Cardboard Ginola is Popstars' attraction
Television's Popstars band, Hearsay, went home with a haul of unconventional souvenirs when they dropped in to Brighton. Danny Foster, Mylenne Klass and Noel Sullivan, three of the aspiring wannabes flung to fame by the TV series, made off with a cut-out
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Samurai sword probe
Police have arrested three people after an alleged samurai sword attack. Officers were called to a house in Midhurst Road, Eastbourne, after a complaint about loud music last night. They were told someone had been attacked by a man wielding a sword. No
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New alert at meat plant
Health checks on imported meat are to be stepped up after remnants of spinal cord were found at an Eastbourne abattoir yesterday. The outlawed offal, banned to prevent BSE, was discovered in two separate consignments of beef at Anglo Dutch Meats (ADM)
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Police chief: My regret over daughter's actions
Following this week's reports on the daughter of Sussex police chief Paul Whitehouse, we publish a memo from the chief to his officers. Mr Whitehouse's wife criticised his officers in a newspaper article, saying they did not understand the force's domestic
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Third ferry link is on the cards
A cross-Channel ferry service is planned between Shoreham and Fecamp in northern France. The consortium which is launching an all-year passenger and freight ferry between Newhaven and Dieppe is also preparing to start a two-hourly service from Shoreham
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Murder victim is named
A mother found dead with stab wounds at a bungalow near Brighton has been named. Deborah Anscombe, 40, known as Debbie, was found in the bedroom of a bungalow in Cissbury Avenue, Peacehaven, yesterday at 7.10am. Her children, aged 11 and seven, were at
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Farewell to fighter Ann
Charity fund-raiser Ann Rose was laid to rest yesterday after a 13-year battle against terminal breast cancer. More than 150 family and friends, including her husband Tony and children Simon and Michelle, attended her funeral at the Jewish Cemetery in
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I quit, says city leader
Brighton and Hove Council leader Lynette Gwyn-Jones is quitting her post after only 18 months. The Labour boss of the council made the announcement during a speech at the budget meeting last night. She succeeded Lord Bassam after he became a junior Home
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Woman leaves £500,000 to animals
A widow has left £500,000 to two animal charities in her will. Eileen Stevenson bequeathed £250,000 each to the RSPCA and the Brooke Hospital for Animals on her death aged 76. She also left money to charities including the National Canine Defence League
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No more dictators
Over the last century, voters have seen a continuous slide away from local democracy. The election of a dictatorial mayor will sweep away all those chances ordinary working people have to influence councillors, form coalitions and modify and influence
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Visionary post
Will having an elected mayor improve the ability of all of us to work together to solve the crucial problems that affect our city's prosperity? Or will having one damage that aim? We must have an open and honest argument across the city. An elected mayor
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An odd belief
As I looked at the array of letters about the directly- elected mayor (Opinion Extra, February 21), two words leapt out. One occurs in the letter that it took 28 people to write, a collaboration which made for something even woollier than the effort by
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County's round of pub sales
Scores of Sussex pubs are to change hands in a series of multi-million pound deals. CSide, one of Brighton's biggest pub and club chains, is on the verge of being sold to a venture capital company. And Scottish and Newcastle is selling at least five pubs
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No consultation
It's a bit rich, those top Labour councillors preaching democracy. They didn't consult us when they wanted to privatise housing benefits and they pushed through a completely biased referendum on the Albion's new stadium, which hid all the real issues.
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Arrogance has alienated democrats
The sheer arrogance of Brighton and Hove City Council's Labour administration knows no bounds. In her letter to councillors, Lynette Gwyn-Jones says she is "very concerned" that a process forgetting an elected mayor was agreed in a committee but voted
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
A patriot is someone who loves his or her country and an expatriate someone who lives or works abroad. However, there is no such thing as an ex-patriot, as our Voice of the Argus claimed in a comment on February 19 about that very British (and Sussex)
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Women deny trying to kill boy
Two women accused of trying to murder 13-year-old schoolboy Danny Herbert have appeared before a judge at Lewes Crown Court. The pair, 21-year-old Lorraine Large, of Littlehampton, and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, both denied attempted
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Pond plunge man fights for life
A man was fighting for his life today after he and a friend fell into a Sussex farm pond. His friend managed to drag himself out of the water and was later taken to hospital. Police were today searching for a third man - Joseph Brazil, 28, from Hurstpierpoint
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Council tax hike on cards
Council tax in Littlehampton, Arundel and Bognor will rise by an inflation-busting 6.2 per cent from next month. The Arun District Council share of the tax will go up 4.5 per cent, meaning a Band D householder will pay £104.40, a rise of £4.45. This will
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Pond plunge man fights for life
A man was fighting for his life today after he and a friend fell into a Sussex farm pond. His friend managed to drag himself out of the water and was later taken to hospital. Police were today searching for a third man - Joseph Brazil, 28, from Hurstpierpoint
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New alert at meat plant
Health checks on imported meat are to be stepped up after remnants of spinal cord were found at an Eastbourne abattoir yesterday. The outlawed offal, banned to prevent BSE, was discovered in two separate consignments of beef at Anglo Dutch Meats (ADM)
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Great to debate
Since you ask what we think (Opinion, February 27), we don't want purely local letters, news or stories. Far from it. Mrs K Martin's attitude is very parochial. Some 90 per cent of people now in Brighton seem to be from elsewhere - you only have to listen
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Crying shame
I thought the following might serve as a warning. My son, who lives in Brighton, went into the city on a rotten rainy day, when he saw a young woman sobbing her heart out. He went up to her and asked what was wrong. She said she had to find £25 by that
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Golf: Worthing win in Trophy warm-up
Worthing limbered up for the defence of the Davies and Tate Trophy with a 5,-2, defeat of an EGU South-East (South) Region Boys team. This win came after the foursome finished level. The inexperienced visitors did well to hold Worthing in the morning.
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Godly message
Come on, all you Christians, it's the start of Lent. Isn't it time to give up eating animals and animal-derived products? Do you think Jesus (if he lived today) would approve of all the suffering and killing? In the light of all the disasters befalling
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A real appetiser
It certainly makes a change to read a review that is not afraid to point out any shortcomings a restaurant may have as well as give praise where praise is due. In the past, I've never bothered reading restaurant reviews in any of our local "what's on"
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Ringing tone
Audrey Simpson should take some pointers about how to write a critique from the precise appraisal of a pub by Gill Farrington on the same page as her negative evaluation of Leone's restaurant. I suspect she would have turned the positive "traditional
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Horseracing: Race ban is hitting hard
Findon jockey Philip Hide has revealed the financial hardships facing jockeys following the shutdown of racing this week. The sport has been suspended for at least seven days following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Racing is not due to resume
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Football: Ryman League - Future bright for boy Rebels
Sammy Donnelly has challenged his teenage defensive trio to prove they have a future at Worthing. The Rebels boss has taken heart from the efforts of goalkeeper Matthew May and defenders Neil Winter and Neil Francis during his side's recent poor run in
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Village votes to join city
Residents of Saltdean have voted to be part of the city of Brighton and Hove. The unique postal referendum of 3,854 households saw 1,237 vote in favour of unifying west and east Saltdean and 312 against. Residents also voted overwhelmingly to become part
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Robbery charge: Man remanded
A man charged with robbing a Worthing post office was today remanded in custody. Roy Davis, 42, of Chadbourne Close, Brighton, will appear at Chichester Crown Court on March 14. Davis appeared before Worthing magistrates today charged with robbery. He
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Football: Rich City League - Are Pagham out of the race?
Pagham cannot win the County League title, according to their own manager. Richie Reynolds says his team are "physically and mentally destroyed." Pagham have been among the front-runners all season, but lost 3-0 at home to title rivals Hassocks on Saturday
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Plane crash victims named
A Sussex man killed when the plane he was in nosedived into a field has been named. Jonathan Ellis, of Roman Way, Billingshurst, was killed when the Rockwell Commander aircraft crashed into a field at New Coombe Farm, Sharpethorne, last Saturday. Also
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Football: It's been a tough week for Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry has endured one of the most disappointing weeks of his helter-skelter rise to the top of his profession. But the England defender is determined to treat the experience as a lesson learned. Barry, who turned 20 last week, has tasted success
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Booker: Every game is big now
Albion must keep on grinding out results to achieve their promotion dream. That is the message from assistant boss Bob Booker ahead of tomorrow's big promotion clash at Leyton Orient. The players were booed off by sections of the crowd following last
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Sport lover sues over crash
A Mid Sussex sports superman who plans to circumnavigate the globe in a boat despite losing a leg in a road smash is claiming more than £2 million from insurers. Steve Kashdan, 38, told the High Court he was once so vital to his graphic design business
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Pupil expelled for attack on teenager
A man is refusing to send his sons back to school following taunts and bullying. Billy Cook, 15, who is dyslexic, required stitches to an eye wound after being hit over the head with a plastic sign. Seaford Head Community College said it had expelled
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Job snub for ex-council boss
Former Eastbourne Council boss Sari Conway has been turned down for a Government post. The former chief executive of Eastbourne Borough Council is thought to have applied for a senior position in the immigration service. But the Home Office has turned
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City tax rises by 6%
City council tax bills will rise by six per cent in April, more than double the national inflation rate. But the rise is the lowest in Brighton and Hove Council's short history and projections are for lower rises in the years to come. The authority plans
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Disease scare shuts stables
Disabled children will miss out on their horse riding sessions thanks to the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Mid Sussex riding schools have had to close under emergency measures to try to stop the spread of the disease. The spread of foot-and-mouth, which has
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Angel of the South?
Sussex could soon have its own answer to the Angel of the North, the controversial towering statue at Gateshead. An idea has been put forward to build a giant "trog-like" figure, complete with wings, to greet passengers arriving on the cross-Channel ferry
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
In a way, this week's announcement of the programme for the Brighton Festival was a bit of a tease. It was entirely devised by the new chief executive Nick Dodds' predecessor Chris Barron. So while it tells us about the style of Mr Barron, it gives no
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Job snub for ex-council boss
Former Eastbourne Council boss Sari Conway has been turned down for a Government post. The former chief executive of Eastbourne Borough Council is thought to have applied for a senior position in the immigration service. But the Home Office has turned
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Tread carefully
If Councillor Gwyn-Jones is really advocating democracy, the referendum should contain the question: "Do you want the cabinet system or a return to the committees where debate was open and opinions could be expressed?" That is real democracy. If, as we
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Why bother?
Brighton and Hove City Council's leader clearly needs an education in democracy. Apparently we still need to resolve the issue of whether or not Brighton should vote on an elected mayor, even though councillors have already voted and given their views
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Date
Visionary post
Will having an elected mayor improve the ability of all of us to work together to solve the crucial problems that affect our city's prosperity? Or will having one damage that aim? We must have an open and honest argument across the city. An elected mayor
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Date
An odd belief
As I looked at the array of letters about the directly- elected mayor (Opinion Extra, February 21), two words leapt out. One occurs in the letter that it took 28 people to write, a collaboration which made for something even woollier than the effort by
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Date
No consultation
It's a bit rich, those top Labour councillors preaching democracy. They didn't consult us when they wanted to privatise housing benefits and they pushed through a completely biased referendum on the Albion's new stadium, which hid all the real issues.
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No one asked me
So Councillor Gwyn-Jones thinks those who voted against a directly elected mayor are undemocratic (Argus, February 21). Surely, in a country which taught the world democracy, the opposition and those councillors who voted against the proposition still
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Women deny trying to kill boy
Two women accused of trying to murder 13-year-old schoolboy Danny Herbert have appeared before a judge at Lewes Crown Court. The pair, 21-year-old Lorraine Large, of Littlehampton, and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, both denied attempted
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Missing man found dead in ditch
The body of a missing man has been found in a ditch after a police hunt around a Sussex farm pond. Joseph Brazil, 28, of Hurstpierpoint, was found in a ditch off Furners Lane, Henfield, this afternoon. He had gone missing around the same time as two of
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Ageism must stop
Congratulations to Fiona Pooley on qualifying as a train driver (Argus, February 26). I tried to apply for an application form for such a job last year. I was told I did not qualify for the job before even filling in a form. The reason? Poor sight? Character
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Teenager killed in A27 smash
A teenager was killed and two people were taken to hospital after a crash on the A27 near Arundel this morning. The 19-year-old man was a rear-seat passenger in the car, which crashed in the early hours. Police believe the driver may have been swerving
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Date
Great to debate
Since you ask what we think (Opinion, February 27), we don't want purely local letters, news or stories. Far from it. Mrs K Martin's attitude is very parochial. Some 90 per cent of people now in Brighton seem to be from elsewhere - you only have to listen
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Date
Crying shame
I thought the following might serve as a warning. My son, who lives in Brighton, went into the city on a rotten rainy day, when he saw a young woman sobbing her heart out. He went up to her and asked what was wrong. She said she had to find £25 by that
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Date
A real appetiser
It certainly makes a change to read a review that is not afraid to point out any shortcomings a restaurant may have as well as give praise where praise is due. In the past, I've never bothered reading restaurant reviews in any of our local "what's on"
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Date
Family affairs
Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse has got into an extraordinary mess over problems with his family. It was bad enough when his daughter Frances appeared three times in two years in local courts on counts of violence. Bad went to worse this week when
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'Sir Spike' makes Charles chuckle
Madcap comic Spike Milligan told of his "surprise" at receiving an honorary knighthood from the Prince of Wales, whom he once made fun of during a live television show. The 82-year-old described Charles as a "little grovelling bastard" at a comedy awards
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Ringing tone
Audrey Simpson should take some pointers about how to write a critique from the precise appraisal of a pub by Gill Farrington on the same page as her negative evaluation of Leone's restaurant. I suspect she would have turned the positive "traditional
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Date
Strong lead is needed
The resignation of Lynette Gwyn-Jones as leader of Brighton and Hove City Council's ruling group was scarcely a surprise after the political battering she received in the past month. But the timing of her announcement did shock colleagues because there's
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Horseracing: Race ban is hitting hard
Findon jockey Philip Hide has revealed the financial hardships facing jockeys following the shutdown of racing this week. The sport has been suspended for at least seven days following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Racing is not due to resume
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Football: Ryman League - Future bright for boy Rebels
Sammy Donnelly has challenged his teenage defensive trio to prove they have a future at Worthing. The Rebels boss has taken heart from the efforts of goalkeeper Matthew May and defenders Neil Winter and Neil Francis during his side's recent poor run in
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Robbery charge: Man remanded
A man charged with robbing a Worthing post office was today remanded in custody. Roy Davis, 42, of Chadbourne Close, Brighton, will appear at Chichester Crown Court on March 14. Davis appeared before Worthing magistrates today charged with robbery. He
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Football: It's been a tough week for Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry has endured one of the most disappointing weeks of his helter-skelter rise to the top of his profession. But the England defender is determined to treat the experience as a lesson learned. Barry, who turned 20 last week, has tasted success
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More cash for universities
Brighton's two universities have been given extra cash to tackle staff pay and increase student numbers. The universities of Brighton and Sussex, which have been hit by recent staff protests over wages and conditions, are among the English universities
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Police chief: My regret over daughter's actions
Following this week's reports on the daughter of Sussex police chief Paul Whitehouse, we publish a memo from the chief to his officers. Mr Whitehouse's wife criticised his officers in a newspaper article, saying they did not understand the force's domestic
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Murder victim is named
A mother found dead with stab wounds at a bungalow near Brighton has been named. Deborah Anscombe, 40, known as Debbie, was found in the bedroom of a bungalow in Cissbury Avenue, Peacehaven, yesterday at 7.10am. Her children, aged 11 and seven, were at
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Disease scare shuts stables
Disabled children will miss out on their horse riding sessions thanks to the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Mid Sussex riding schools have had to close under emergency measures to try to stop the spread of the disease. The spread of foot-and-mouth, which has
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Angel of the South?
Sussex could soon have its own answer to the Angel of the North, the controversial towering statue at Gateshead. An idea has been put forward to build a giant "trog-like" figure, complete with wings, to greet passengers arriving on the cross-Channel ferry
