Archive
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
BBC Southern Counties radio presenter JoAnne Good told listeners about her distress at our disclosure of her age in Monday's City Final edition. But her reaction didn't seem to be so much at the mention itself (which, with her being an actress an' all
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Albion get on the ball to raise standards
Brighton and Hove Albion provided the inspiration to help pupils at a local school boost their writing skills yesterday. Teachers gave the pupils from Patcham High School a new goal to write about football in a scheme to help them hone their literacy
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Sheep buried in Sussex landfill
A Sussex landfill site has been used to bury 2,500 sheep carcasses in the battle against foot and mouth disease. The facility is set to accept more deliveries as the authorities step up their measures to eradicate the disease, but it will not be used
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Police defend fee for BBC presenter
Police today hit back at critics who complained about the amount of money spent on the launch of an anti-crime initiative. BBC Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross was paid £5,000 to act as presenter. The Argus understands the event cost £52-a-head and one
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Terror of sex attack victim
Police have issued a CD fit of the man they are hunting in connection with a sex attack. His 25-year-old victim was so hysterical after the attack that she ran from police as they arrived at the scene and hid in a garden. She was subjected to what detectives
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Why criticise?
I don't need Frank Prince-Iles (Opinion, March 30) to educate me about the horrendous suffering inflicted on animals both in this country and abroad. I find it difficult to understand why my concern over close-ups of animal corpses should be open to criticism
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No live exports
If only people knew the suffering animals have to go through when they go to the slaughterhouse, they might think again about eating meat. Please spare a thought for these animals, because the farmers don't seem to care what happens to them after they
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Bizarrely loud
I cannot agree with the "cabbage patch man" (Opinion, March 27), who says if everyone became vegetarian some animals would become rare breeds. Why should they, when they would do very nicely fending for themselves in the wild while at the same time keeping
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Fame and fortune
Saxophonist Johnnie Gray played for the best known singers in the business and never received more than £15 for his pains. Now the veteran musician is likely to receive thousands of pounds through having a forgotten tune played many times each day on
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Don't trivialise
The Argus front-page story about the AVI is seriously worrying. Not the matter of Nick Ross' fee but the fact it seems your journalistic headline-writing capability is restricted to a trivial matter and does not lead with the important facts. The AVI
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Age-old problem
Elderly people are always going to make up a large proportion of people occupying hospital beds in Sussex. It's tempting for managers, faced with constant cost-cutting, not to give them the high priority of other, younger patients. But that's not the
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Feature: Improving hospital care for the elderly
Health reporter Siobhan Ryan looks at the progress made by two nurses aiming to improve standards for elderly patients at two Sussex hospitals. Practice development nurses Ruth Bailey and Caroline Davies have spent the last 16 months looking at ways to
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Speedway: Loram rides for Eagles
World champion Mark Loram is set to ride for Eastbourne Eagles at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night. Loram will be in the hot seat as the Sussex squad take on Ipswich in the Elite League. The capture of Loram, Britain's first world champion of the Grand
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Basketball: Dunning - Bears need to sharpen up recruitment
Mark Dunning admits Brighton Bears need to sharpen up their summer recruitment, whoever is in charge. The outspoken coach should learn more about his future after tomorrow's end-of-season trip to Thames Valley Tigers from 6 pm. But, as Bears reflected
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Money well spent if it beats victimisation
I am extremely disappointed some people have chosen to criticise me for the decision to invite Nick Ross to help launch the Brighton and Hove Anti-Victimisation Initiative (AVI) on Wednesday night. As a nationally-respected broadcaster on crime issues
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Zamora stays Villa are told
Albion have issued a hands off Bobby Zamora warning to Aston Villa. It follows a plea by Villa star Paul Merson for his club to sign the Seagulls' 25-goal wonder boy. Merson, speaking to a national newspaper, said: "I don't know how old Brighton's Bobby
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Reluctant welcome for South Downs park
A council has given a reluctant welcome to proposed boundaries for the new South Downs national park. East Sussex County Council has opposed the creation of a national park since it was put back on the agenda by John Prescott in 1999, saying it would
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Main line closure prompts rail misery
Engineering work over Easter is set to seriously disrupt services to the capital over the holiday period. The main line between Victoria and Clapham Junction will be closed to allow essential engineering work to go ahead. Operator Connex said services
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Teenage killer ends her life
A teenager who killed her violent boyfriend after suffering appalling abuse has committed suicide exactly a year after being spared jail. Julia Adamson, 18, knifed alcoholic Robert Kavanagh through the heart as he slept because she feared he would murder
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Show can't go on
The South of England Show last night became the latest victim of the foot and mouth epidemic. The three-day show, one of the largest agricultural events in the South, has been called off for the first time in its 35-year history. It was agreed it was
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Tragic Paula's home up for sale
The seaside cottage which tragic TV presenter Paula Yates bought as a holiday retreat has been put on the market for £175,000. Miss Yates, 40, bought the 19th century five-bedroom house in Old Town, Hastings, shortly before her death from a heroin overdose
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Feedback, with Chris Chandler
BBC Southern Counties radio presenter JoAnne Good told listeners about her distress at our disclosure of her age in Monday's City Final edition. But her reaction didn't seem to be so much at the mention itself (which, with her being an actress an' all
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Think of it this Way: John Parry
Tony Blair has made another of his firm decisions - no more u-turns. We definitely might have an election on June 7. Well, maybe. Let's wait and see. What is more, he was convinced the month's delay was in the national interest. While he has no idea whether
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Man charged with toddler's murder
A 26-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged with murdering a two-year-old boy and then concealing his body. Unemployed Aaron Leonard Goodman, of Springfield Road, St Leonards, appeared at Hastings Magistrates Court charged with the murder of
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Disease closes farm markets
All farmers markets across Mid Sussex have been suspended until further notice because of the foot-and-mouth crisis. The district council suspended the East Grinstead farmers' market yesterday and the planned launch of the Burgess Hill market next week
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Crisis meeting calls for footpaths to stay closed
A meeting of representatives from the farming, tourism and business industry in West Sussex has called for footpaths to remain closed in the region. The National Farmers' Union, National Trust, Sussex Downs Conservation Board and the Country Land and
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Why criticise?
I don't need Frank Prince-Iles (Opinion, March 30) to educate me about the horrendous suffering inflicted on animals both in this country and abroad. I find it difficult to understand why my concern over close-ups of animal corpses should be open to criticism
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Date
Clear conscience
The late Linda McCartney famously said: "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian." The truth of this observation is now being borne out by the fact that images of the open-air slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent animals
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Bizarrely loud
I cannot agree with the "cabbage patch man" (Opinion, March 27), who says if everyone became vegetarian some animals would become rare breeds. Why should they, when they would do very nicely fending for themselves in the wild while at the same time keeping
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Date
Fame and fortune
Saxophonist Johnnie Gray played for the best known singers in the business and never received more than £15 for his pains. Now the veteran musician is likely to receive thousands of pounds through having a forgotten tune played many times each day on
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Date
Don't trivialise
The Argus front-page story about the AVI is seriously worrying. Not the matter of Nick Ross' fee but the fact it seems your journalistic headline-writing capability is restricted to a trivial matter and does not lead with the important facts. The AVI
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Date
Golf: ESN and Ifield try again
The first round of the Davies and Tate Trophy has not been completed after a month of trying due to the wettest winter on record. Of the 21 ties drawn at the launch of the Sussex County Inter-Club Matchplay knockout, that between East Sussex National
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Tories return to the fold
Three Tories who quit their party group have returned following a change in leadership, it emerged today. Worthing Borough Council has officially been hung since the trio resigned from the group at the beginning of February, crucially shifting the balance
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Money well spent if it beats victimisation
I am extremely disappointed some people have chosen to criticise me for the decision to invite Nick Ross to help launch the Brighton and Hove Anti-Victimisation Initiative (AVI) on Wednesday night. As a nationally-respected broadcaster on crime issues
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Disabled rights service faces axe
Thousands of disabled people will suffer when a welfare service is axed because of council cash cuts. East Sussex Disability Association is furious the county council has pulled the plug on funding for its welfare rights service. The service supports
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Teenage killer ends her life
A teenager who killed her violent boyfriend after suffering appalling abuse has committed suicide exactly a year after being spared jail. Julia Adamson, 18, knifed alcoholic Robert Kavanagh through the heart as he slept because she feared he would murder
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Arcadia in talks to sell fashion chain
Top Shop to Dorothy Perkins retail group Arcadia has begun talks to sell off five of its 14 fashion chains. After a strategic review of the business, the group said it was in discussions to sell off Warehouse, Principles, Racing Green and Hawkshead to
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Albion get on the ball to raise standards
Brighton and Hove Albion provided the inspiration to help pupils at a local school boost their writing skills yesterday. Teachers gave the pupils from Patcham High School a new goal to write about football in a scheme to help them hone their literacy
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What took you so long, Baby?
Five hundred screaming fans were left wondering What Took You So Long? when they queued for hours to meet Spice Girl Emma Bunton. Baby Spice was 20 minutes late for an appointment to sign copies of her new single after her press interviews over-ran last
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MP joins fight for bypass
Threats to turn a bypass into the 'next Newbury' could threaten 3,800 potential jobs in a rundown resort, an MP argued last night. In a passionate speech, Hastings MP Michael Foster said the road was needed to create new work and lift the area off its
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Sheep buried in Sussex landfill
A Sussex landfill site has been used to bury 2,500 sheep carcasses in the battle against foot and mouth disease. The facility is set to accept more deliveries as the authorities step up their measures to eradicate the disease, but it will not be used
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Police defend fee for BBC presenter
Police today hit back at critics who complained about the amount of money spent on the launch of an anti-crime initiative. BBC Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross was paid £5,000 to act as presenter. The Argus understands the event cost £52-a-head and one
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Date
Terror of sex attack victim
Police have issued a CD fit of the man they are hunting in connection with a sex attack. His 25-year-old victim was so hysterical after the attack that she ran from police as they arrived at the scene and hid in a garden. She was subjected to what detectives
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Fury at being labelled 'racist'
A woman has told an employment tribunal she was horrified and furious to be accused of being a racist bully. Charlotte Orr, assistant manager at a petrol filling station at the Boship roundabout near Hailsham, denied the allegations and told the Brighton
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No live exports
If only people knew the suffering animals have to go through when they go to the slaughterhouse, they might think again about eating meat. Please spare a thought for these animals, because the farmers don't seem to care what happens to them after they
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Date
Age-old problem
Elderly people are always going to make up a large proportion of people occupying hospital beds in Sussex. It's tempting for managers, faced with constant cost-cutting, not to give them the high priority of other, younger patients. But that's not the
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Date
Feature: Improving hospital care for the elderly
Health reporter Siobhan Ryan looks at the progress made by two nurses aiming to improve standards for elderly patients at two Sussex hospitals. Practice development nurses Ruth Bailey and Caroline Davies have spent the last 16 months looking at ways to
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Date
Unimaginable
The Argus generally is to be congratulated for its coverage yesterday of the Hate Crime Partnership launch. All involved should feel proud of what has been achieved in putting together the AVI. This will help tackle the problems faced by women, ethnic
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Date
Speedway: Loram rides for Eagles
World champion Mark Loram is set to ride for Eastbourne Eagles at Arlington Stadium tomorrow night. Loram will be in the hot seat as the Sussex squad take on Ipswich in the Elite League. The capture of Loram, Britain's first world champion of the Grand
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Date
Basketball: Dunning - Bears need to sharpen up recruitment
Mark Dunning admits Brighton Bears need to sharpen up their summer recruitment, whoever is in charge. The outspoken coach should learn more about his future after tomorrow's end-of-season trip to Thames Valley Tigers from 6 pm. But, as Bears reflected
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Vital anchor
I write on behalf of Brighton and Hove Racial Harassment Forum to protest at your coverage yesterday of the AVI launch. It is sad you centred on Nick Ross' fee as opposed to his high calibre and pivotal input into what was essentially a very successful
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Turf Talk: Follow a Pipe dream
The Martell Grand National has an open looks to it even though favourite Mely Moss is only 7-1 in the betting. But I do not believe the favourite will triumph. He must be at a disadvantage because he has been without a run since finishing second to Papillon
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Anger over Bevan snub
Sussex chief executive David Gilbert has hit Wisden for six for snubbing the county's Aussie star Michael Bevan. Bevan has been left out of the cricketing bible's top five players of the 2000 season, despite his prolific form for club and country. Gilbert
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Sita goes back to basics
Refuse giant Sita is going back to basics in a bid to improve its record of keeping city streets clean. The French-owned company, which has faced severe criticism since taking over refuse and street cleaning in Brighton and Hove in November 1999, is giving
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Football: Lewes boss hits out over fixtures
Lewes manager Jimmy Quinn is laying the blame with the Ryman League and fellow clubs as he surveys his side's forthcoming fixture pile-up. The Ryman League division three promotion chasers face five games in the next 15 days having already played three
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Police swoop in truancy crackdown
Around 70 youngsters were stopped and questioned in town centres as part of a truancy sweep. In a joint operation by Sussex Police and East Sussex County Council teams of education welfare officers and police officers patrolled Eastbourne, St Leonards
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Zamora stays Villa are told
Albion have issued a hands off Bobby Zamora warning to Aston Villa. It follows a plea by Villa star Paul Merson for his club to sign the Seagulls' 25-goal wonder boy. Merson, speaking to a national newspaper, said: "I don't know how old Brighton's Bobby
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Reluctant welcome for South Downs park
A council has given a reluctant welcome to proposed boundaries for the new South Downs national park. East Sussex County Council has opposed the creation of a national park since it was put back on the agenda by John Prescott in 1999, saying it would
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Date
Main line closure prompts rail misery
Engineering work over Easter is set to seriously disrupt services to the capital over the holiday period. The main line between Victoria and Clapham Junction will be closed to allow essential engineering work to go ahead. Operator Connex said services
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Date
Show can't go on
The South of England Show last night became the latest victim of the foot and mouth epidemic. The three-day show, one of the largest agricultural events in the South, has been called off for the first time in its 35-year history. It was agreed it was
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Date
Arcadia in talks to sell fashion chain
Top Shop to Dorothy Perkins retail group Arcadia has begun talks to sell off five of its 14 fashion chains. After a strategic review of the business, the group said it was in discussions to sell off Warehouse, Principles, Racing Green and Hawkshead to
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Date
Tragic Paula's home up for sale
The seaside cottage which tragic TV presenter Paula Yates bought as a holiday retreat has been put on the market for £175,000. Miss Yates, 40, bought the 19th century five-bedroom house in Old Town, Hastings, shortly before her death from a heroin overdose
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Date
Think of it this Way: John Parry
Tony Blair has made another of his firm decisions - no more u-turns. We definitely might have an election on June 7. Well, maybe. Let's wait and see. What is more, he was convinced the month's delay was in the national interest. While he has no idea whether
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Date
What took you so long, Baby?
Five hundred screaming fans were left wondering What Took You So Long? when they queued for hours to meet Spice Girl Emma Bunton. Baby Spice was 20 minutes late for an appointment to sign copies of her new single after her press interviews over-ran last
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Date
Fury at being labelled 'racist'
A woman has told an employment tribunal she was horrified and furious to be accused of being a racist bully. Charlotte Orr, assistant manager at a petrol filling station at the Boship roundabout near Hailsham, denied the allegations and told the Brighton
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Date
Clear conscience
The late Linda McCartney famously said: "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian." The truth of this observation is now being borne out by the fact that images of the open-air slaughter of tens of thousands of innocent animals
-
Date
Golf: ESN and Ifield try again
The first round of the Davies and Tate Trophy has not been completed after a month of trying due to the wettest winter on record. Of the 21 ties drawn at the launch of the Sussex County Inter-Club Matchplay knockout, that between East Sussex National
-
Date
Unimaginable
The Argus generally is to be congratulated for its coverage yesterday of the Hate Crime Partnership launch. All involved should feel proud of what has been achieved in putting together the AVI. This will help tackle the problems faced by women, ethnic
-
Date
Vital anchor
I write on behalf of Brighton and Hove Racial Harassment Forum to protest at your coverage yesterday of the AVI launch. It is sad you centred on Nick Ross' fee as opposed to his high calibre and pivotal input into what was essentially a very successful
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Date
Turf Talk: Follow a Pipe dream
The Martell Grand National has an open looks to it even though favourite Mely Moss is only 7-1 in the betting. But I do not believe the favourite will triumph. He must be at a disadvantage because he has been without a run since finishing second to Papillon
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Date
Anger over Bevan snub
Sussex chief executive David Gilbert has hit Wisden for six for snubbing the county's Aussie star Michael Bevan. Bevan has been left out of the cricketing bible's top five players of the 2000 season, despite his prolific form for club and country. Gilbert
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Date
Sita goes back to basics
Refuse giant Sita is going back to basics in a bid to improve its record of keeping city streets clean. The French-owned company, which has faced severe criticism since taking over refuse and street cleaning in Brighton and Hove in November 1999, is giving
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Date
Football: Lewes boss hits out over fixtures
Lewes manager Jimmy Quinn is laying the blame with the Ryman League and fellow clubs as he surveys his side's forthcoming fixture pile-up. The Ryman League division three promotion chasers face five games in the next 15 days having already played three
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Date
Reluctant welcome for South Downs park
A council has given a reluctant welcome to proposed boundaries for the new South Downs national park. East Sussex County Council has opposed the creation of a national park since it was put back on the agenda by John Prescott in 1999, saying it would
