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School leaders fight merger plans
Governors at two schools are fighting council proposals for a merger. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to create a through-school for children aged three to 11 by combining Balfour Infant and Junior Schools in Brighton and introducing a new nursery
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Me and My Kids, by Bini McCall
Daughter, dog Sam and I are all off "up North" for Easter as I have managed to wangle a whole week off work. And, with the weekend and bank holidays at either side, this means I can have a proper break Am leaving 'im indoors here with a list of jobs to
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Lis Solkhon: Voice of the Third Age
My mobile phone decided that as spring was definitely on the horizon it would do the opposite to the rest of the sentient world and die on me. It didn't exactly breathe its last in a blaze of glory. It kept whingeing at me, telling me I had deprived it
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Anger at park work delay
Almost four years after National Lottery money was awarded, renovation of a historic park is still a long way from being completed. Members of a Brighton and Hove City Council scrutiny board went to see what is happening at Preston Park. About £750,000
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Imported carcass burials blocked
No more animal carcasses will be imported for burial at Sussex landfill sites after the Ministry of Agriculture agreed the practice was "irregular". Officials acted after a meeting in Horsham about the use of a Biffa site near Warnham for disposing of
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Find thug who did this to Vera
This horrific picture shows grandmother Vera Stephens, brutally battered in her home by a stranger who tried to indecently assault her. Former teacher Mrs Stephens, 84, was punched in the face as she answered the door of her flat to a caller. He pushed
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Parade re-route
For the next five weeks, children are going to be hard at work producing costumes for the Brighton and Hove Festival's parade. This used to be a splendid event until it was shoved into the back streets of Brighton. These streets are quite incapable of
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Sports car crashes off rail bridge
A sports car plunged off a bridge and down a railway embankment, then smashed into a tree. The occupants of the BMW Z3 appear to have escaped serious injury in Saturday morning's accident. The car left the carriageway in Western Road, Lancing, narrowly
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Seafront stress
While I'm pleased the first units are finally opening on the much-delayed Aquarium Terraces development, I can't agree with the Voice of the Argus (March 27) about the design being elegant and worthy of its setting. On the contrary, to my mind there are
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Fond memories
I found a job at the Oceanology Exhibition (Argus, March 27) in 1969. When I went to the Metropole Hotel, there were lots of beautiful young girls who had also been employed. I wanted to go straight back home because I was in my Fifties. However, before
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House of hope
There have been many false dawns for Stanmer House since the University of Sussex moved out in 1980. But now a local company has come up with a scheme to enhance the house and make the village more attractive. The ground floor of the house will become
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Past park life
I am wondering if the advert on the TV showing two elderly people doing gymnastics in a park, is Preston Park, Brighton.? If so, the clock tower in the background brings back happy memories of Sunday afternoons and how it used to be when couples, with
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An expensive lesson learnt
Traders at the Open Market in Brighton badly needed a new canopy when the old one started falling to bits. It looked brilliant. But the trouble was it gave absolutely no protection from the wind, rain and sun. Traders felt the full force of all the elements
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Tax trouble
Quite clearly, the present basis of the council tax needs to be changed. It is as unfair as the old system. Nowhere can you now buy a new house in the A to D Bands. Since Brighton and Hove became a unitary authority in 1997, the council tax has risen
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Freeman out for season
Albion forward Darren Freeman requires a third hernia operation, ruling him out of the promotion run-in. Manager Micky Adams revealed today: "Freeman is out for the rest of the season. He has had to give in to his latest groin problem and needs more surgery
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Woman, 80, hurt in pan fire
Fire chiefs issued a safety warning after a woman in her 80s suffered severe burns while tackling a blaze. She was cooking dinner at her home in The Crestway, Brighton, when a chip pan went up in flames. She threw a wet cloth over the pan but then burned
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Judge backs restaurants' owner
A cafe bar and restaurant has won its stand-up fight with licensing magistrates. Two Tin Drum restaurants in Brighton had been told customers could not stand and drink at their bars while waiting for tables. But a judge at Lewes Crown Court has overturned
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Club night now a virtual reality
A pint-sized pub is solving a dilemma caused by its minimal floor space by installing virtual DJs. The Coopers Cask in Farm Road, Hove, will video the jocks spinning discs and show the footage nanoseconds later in its bar. Drinkers will see the DJs via
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Marlborough Stirling floats to fund expansion
Marlborourgh Stirling, the leading provider of software and services to the mortgage, life and pensions industry, has floated on the London Stock Exchange. The entire allocation of 47million shares has been allocated to institutions and employees. The
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School leaders fight merger plans
Governors at two schools are fighting council proposals for a merger. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to create a through-school for children aged three to 11 by combining Balfour Infant and Junior Schools in Brighton and introducing a new nursery
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Feature: Brighton Open Market
Complaints by market traders about the £125,000 canopy at Brighton's Open Market have been upheld. Gill Farrington looks into the fiasco. Traders at Brighton Open Market in London Road told workmen poles for a new canopy were too high the first day they
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Love Matters, with Julia Meanwell
Most staff are taken on these days with a three-month probationary period included in their contract. At the end of this time they receive an appraisal, at which point the employer decides whether to offer them a permanent position. When interviewing
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Me and My Kids, by Bini McCall
Daughter, dog Sam and I are all off "up North" for Easter as I have managed to wangle a whole week off work. And, with the weekend and bank holidays at either side, this means I can have a proper break Am leaving 'im indoors here with a list of jobs to
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Lis Solkhon: Voice of the Third Age
My mobile phone decided that as spring was definitely on the horizon it would do the opposite to the rest of the sentient world and die on me. It didn't exactly breathe its last in a blaze of glory. It kept whingeing at me, telling me I had deprived it
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Imported carcass burials blocked
No more animal carcasses will be imported for burial at Sussex landfill sites after the Ministry of Agriculture agreed the practice was "irregular". Officials acted after a meeting in Horsham about the use of a Biffa site near Warnham for disposing of
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Milkman misses out
Milkman Jim Marsh has lost out in the final round of the Milkman of the Year competition. The regional finalist for the South went up against 12 others for the title after being chosen from more than 10,000 entries. But judges chose milkwoman Annette
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Parade re-route
For the next five weeks, children are going to be hard at work producing costumes for the Brighton and Hove Festival's parade. This used to be a splendid event until it was shoved into the back streets of Brighton. These streets are quite incapable of
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Sports car crashes off rail bridge
A sports car plunged off a bridge and down a railway embankment, then smashed into a tree. The occupants of the BMW Z3 appear to have escaped serious injury in Saturday morning's accident. The car left the carriageway in Western Road, Lancing, narrowly
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Free publicity
I wish I could believe all that is maintained by Adam Trimingham in his piece about the Freemasons (Argus, March 27). Unfortunately, it reads too much like a PR job. I assume Trimingham isn't a Mason himself? According to the piece, the Masons have absolutely
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Ignorant view
I and many others who either support, live or work in the farming community find Dennis Stuart's letter (Opinion, March 27) highly offensive. What right does he have to pass judgement on a section of this nation's community in such a way? If Mr Stuart
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Athletics: Cheeseman walks to a silver medal
Chris Cheeseman of Crawley won a silver medal and Sophie Hales from Steyning, a bronze in the Race Walking Association 50km and 5km Road Walking Championships. The championships were held at Victoria Park, London. For Cheeseman his walk was another step
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Past park life
I am wondering if the advert on the TV showing two elderly people doing gymnastics in a park, is Preston Park, Brighton.? If so, the clock tower in the background brings back happy memories of Sunday afternoons and how it used to be when couples, with
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Tax trouble
Quite clearly, the present basis of the council tax needs to be changed. It is as unfair as the old system. Nowhere can you now buy a new house in the A to D Bands. Since Brighton and Hove became a unitary authority in 1997, the council tax has risen
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Robber grabs mum
A shop worker has told how she feared for her life as a robber held a blade to her face. The mother-of-three has been unable to eat properly since the raider threatened to harm her in an off-licence. Detectives today released a CCTV picture of the man
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Teenager dies in balcony fall
A teenage girl plunged 25ft to her death from a balcony early on Saturday. The 17-year-old suffered massive head injuries after falling from the four-storey block of flats at 2am. A passer-by raised the alarm after spotting the girl slumped in a pool
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Wheelchair dumped by burglars
Thieves broke into a disabled man's flat, stole his wheelchair then dumped it in a nearby lake. The burglary at a block of flats in Hendon Avenue, off Rustington seafront, happened early yesterday. Burglars smashed the reinforced glass in the entry door
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Attackers put pair in hospital
Two men were attacked and knocked unconscious on their way to a Worthing pub. They were kicked and punched by two men at Teville Gate, near Worthing railway station. Their assailants, both in their early 20s, fled when two women screamed at them to stop
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Neighbours flee blazing flats
Thirty Crawley residents had to leave their flats when a blaze broke out on the ground floor. Firefighters spent more than an hour bringing the fire under control in the three-storey building. Neighbours raised the alarm at 8.30pm on Saturday after seeing
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Feature: Renovating Stanmer House
Brighton's sleeping giant, Stanmer House, is about to wake up after a 21-year slumber. New plans to renovate the mansion have been prepared by property magnate Mike Holland. Adam Trimingham looks at the prospects. Mike Holland has two sad and personal
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Anger at park work delay
Almost four years after National Lottery money was awarded, renovation of a historic park is still a long way from being completed. Members of a Brighton and Hove City Council scrutiny board went to see what is happening at Preston Park. About £750,000
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Find thug who did this to Vera
This horrific picture shows grandmother Vera Stephens, brutally battered in her home by a stranger who tried to indecently assault her. Former teacher Mrs Stephens, 84, was punched in the face as she answered the door of her flat to a caller. He pushed
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Shoppers in cliff collapse drama
A cliff fall behind a supermarket today just missed workers and shoppers and plunged the store into darkness. Staff at Asda in Brighton Marina had to run for cover when rocks and debris fell into the yard. They watched in horror as a water tanker, used
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Man saved from house fire
A man was trapped in a bedroom as flames ripped through the downstairs of a home in Crawley. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue the man from the first-floor bedroom in Malthouse Road. He was treated at the scene for the effects of breathing in smoke
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Lights out
Despite many calls to the appropriate people, street lights, which had been out for more than two months, had not been fixed. I called The Argus and they took this up with the result that the light was fixed within three days. We owe The Argus much thanks
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Horseracing: Brave's final trip to Grand National
Findon-trained Grand National specialist Brave Highlander has paid his last visit to Aintree, Josh Gifford announced yesterday. The 13-year-old, fourth in the race in 2000 and sixth in 1999, is none the worse for his exertions in the latest renewal at
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Seafront stress
While I'm pleased the first units are finally opening on the much-delayed Aquarium Terraces development, I can't agree with the Voice of the Argus (March 27) about the design being elegant and worthy of its setting. On the contrary, to my mind there are
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Basketball: Coach is bounced out after final flop
Mark Dunning has vowed to come bouncing straight back after being axed by Brighton Bears. The out-of-contract head coach was given the bad news minutes after his team had ended their season with an eighth successive defeat on Saturday. It is the third
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Brush off
Hove pensioner Rose Abrahams has become a promising artist even though she is well into her 80s. Now Rose has been nominated by Brighton College of Technology to receive an award for outstanding achievement. She's overcome arthritis and injuries caused
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Fond memories
I found a job at the Oceanology Exhibition (Argus, March 27) in 1969. When I went to the Metropole Hotel, there were lots of beautiful young girls who had also been employed. I wanted to go straight back home because I was in my Fifties. However, before
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Tennis: Triumph for Lee on Cup debut
Martin Lee made an impressive Davis Cup debut with a crushing victory over Portgual's Antonio Van Grichen in the National Indoor Arena yesterday. Great Britain captain Roger Taylor handed Lee his debut after Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski's doubles win
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House of hope
There have been many false dawns for Stanmer House since the University of Sussex moved out in 1980. But now a local company has come up with a scheme to enhance the house and make the village more attractive. The ground floor of the house will become
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NHS chief hails waiting lists success
A hospital has hit waiting list targets a month early, new figures show. Royal West Sussex NHS Trust, which runs St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, is among seven in the south east to exceed the time limit. A spokesman said it had particular success
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An expensive lesson learnt
Traders at the Open Market in Brighton badly needed a new canopy when the old one started falling to bits. It looked brilliant. But the trouble was it gave absolutely no protection from the wind, rain and sun. Traders felt the full force of all the elements
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Football: Ryman League - Rebels triumph
Former Albion defender Stuart Tuck hit the only goal as Worthing pulled off their third successive win and the double over Walton and Hersham. Rebels, safe from relegation, have looked a much tighter unit in their last three games, conceding only two
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Our money should be spent on our new city
When I read the headline "£45m Heart For The City" (Argus, March 29), my hopes were lifted that finally something would be done to ease the ever increasing traffic, parking and heath problems that are prominent in this city. But no, the money is being
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Football: Ryman League - Lewes are up to second with comeback win
Lewes twice came from behind to beat Kingsbury Town 4-2 at a muddy Dripping Pan and move second in division three. Kingsbury scored after just 90 seconds when a low cross from Nyall O'Rourke was only palmed away by Rooks' keeper Florian Ludewig to Ryan
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Football: Dr Marten's League - One giant headache for Crawley
Where did it all go wrong? Reds crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Bath on Saturday and plummeted to 16th in the Dr Martens premier division. It's a far cry from earlier in the season when Crawley topped the table and promotion expectancy was in the air
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Freeman out for season
Albion forward Darren Freeman requires a third hernia operation, ruling him out of the promotion run-in. Manager Micky Adams revealed today: "Freeman is out for the rest of the season. He has had to give in to his latest groin problem and needs more surgery
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Woman, 80, hurt in pan fire
Fire chiefs issued a safety warning after a woman in her 80s suffered severe burns while tackling a blaze. She was cooking dinner at her home in The Crestway, Brighton, when a chip pan went up in flames. She threw a wet cloth over the pan but then burned
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Judge backs restaurants' owner
A cafe bar and restaurant has won its stand-up fight with licensing magistrates. Two Tin Drum restaurants in Brighton had been told customers could not stand and drink at their bars while waiting for tables. But a judge at Lewes Crown Court has overturned
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Baby in kitchen sink drama
A toddler who got his finger stuck in a sink plughole spent two hours in hospital as medics struggled to free him. Amos Fish, 18 months, of Prestonville Road, Brighton, put his finger into the plughole but could not pull it out again. His father Paul
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Garage raider fires gun
A masked man fired a gun as he demanded cash from petrol station staff. The balaclava-clad raider struck at the Q8 garage in Old London Road, Hastings. He escaped with money in a white Ford Escort van driven by a male accomplice. Nobody was hurt in the
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Club night now a virtual reality
A pint-sized pub is solving a dilemma caused by its minimal floor space by installing virtual DJs. The Coopers Cask in Farm Road, Hove, will video the jocks spinning discs and show the footage nanoseconds later in its bar. Drinkers will see the DJs via
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Net kidnapper's case adjourned
A judge today adjourned sentencing of a 32-year-old supermarket worker who has admitted kidnapping a 12-year-old girl he met in an internet chatroom. Richard Wait exchanged e-mails for a week with the girl before picking her up in his van and taking her
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Lib Dem leader in town
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy will meet Eastbourne tourism bosses to discuss the impact of the foot-and-mouth epidemic. Mr Kennedy will meet up with representatives from the hotel trade in Eastbourne tomorrow to hear at first hand how the disease
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Tourism fears over path ban
Conservation chiefs say footpaths should stay shut despite warnings it could cripple the county's tourism industry this summer. Sussex Downs Conservation Board has warned councils to use "great caution" when considering any relaxation of the ban on using
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School leaders fight merger plans
Governors at two schools are fighting council proposals for a merger. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to create a through-school for children aged three to 11 by combining Balfour Infant and Junior Schools in Brighton and introducing a new nursery
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Anger at park work delay
Almost four years after National Lottery money was awarded, renovation of a historic park is still a long way from being completed. Members of a Brighton and Hove City Council scrutiny board went to see what is happening at Preston Park. About £750,000
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Marlborough Stirling floats to fund expansion
Marlborourgh Stirling, the leading provider of software and services to the mortgage, life and pensions industry, has floated on the London Stock Exchange. The entire allocation of 47million shares has been allocated to institutions and employees. The
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Feature: Renovating Stanmer House
Brighton's sleeping giant, Stanmer House, is about to wake up after a 21-year slumber. New plans to renovate the mansion have been prepared by property magnate Mike Holland. Adam Trimingham looks at the prospects. Mike Holland has two sad and personal
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Feature: Brighton Open Market
Complaints by market traders about the £125,000 canopy at Brighton's Open Market have been upheld. Gill Farrington looks into the fiasco. Traders at Brighton Open Market in London Road told workmen poles for a new canopy were too high the first day they
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Love Matters, with Julia Meanwell
Most staff are taken on these days with a three-month probationary period included in their contract. At the end of this time they receive an appraisal, at which point the employer decides whether to offer them a permanent position. When interviewing
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Shoppers in cliff collapse drama
A cliff fall behind a supermarket today just missed workers and shoppers and plunged the store into darkness. Staff at Asda in Brighton Marina had to run for cover when rocks and debris fell into the yard. They watched in horror as a water tanker, used
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Lights out
Despite many calls to the appropriate people, street lights, which had been out for more than two months, had not been fixed. I called The Argus and they took this up with the result that the light was fixed within three days. We owe The Argus much thanks
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Free publicity
I wish I could believe all that is maintained by Adam Trimingham in his piece about the Freemasons (Argus, March 27). Unfortunately, it reads too much like a PR job. I assume Trimingham isn't a Mason himself? According to the piece, the Masons have absolutely
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Horseracing: Brave's final trip to Grand National
Findon-trained Grand National specialist Brave Highlander has paid his last visit to Aintree, Josh Gifford announced yesterday. The 13-year-old, fourth in the race in 2000 and sixth in 1999, is none the worse for his exertions in the latest renewal at
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Ignorant view
I and many others who either support, live or work in the farming community find Dennis Stuart's letter (Opinion, March 27) highly offensive. What right does he have to pass judgement on a section of this nation's community in such a way? If Mr Stuart
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Athletics: Cheeseman walks to a silver medal
Chris Cheeseman of Crawley won a silver medal and Sophie Hales from Steyning, a bronze in the Race Walking Association 50km and 5km Road Walking Championships. The championships were held at Victoria Park, London. For Cheeseman his walk was another step
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Basketball: Coach is bounced out after final flop
Mark Dunning has vowed to come bouncing straight back after being axed by Brighton Bears. The out-of-contract head coach was given the bad news minutes after his team had ended their season with an eighth successive defeat on Saturday. It is the third
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Brush off
Hove pensioner Rose Abrahams has become a promising artist even though she is well into her 80s. Now Rose has been nominated by Brighton College of Technology to receive an award for outstanding achievement. She's overcome arthritis and injuries caused
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Tennis: Triumph for Lee on Cup debut
Martin Lee made an impressive Davis Cup debut with a crushing victory over Portgual's Antonio Van Grichen in the National Indoor Arena yesterday. Great Britain captain Roger Taylor handed Lee his debut after Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski's doubles win
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Football: Ryman League - Rebels triumph
Former Albion defender Stuart Tuck hit the only goal as Worthing pulled off their third successive win and the double over Walton and Hersham. Rebels, safe from relegation, have looked a much tighter unit in their last three games, conceding only two
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Our money should be spent on our new city
When I read the headline "£45m Heart For The City" (Argus, March 29), my hopes were lifted that finally something would be done to ease the ever increasing traffic, parking and heath problems that are prominent in this city. But no, the money is being
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Football: Ryman League - Lewes are up to second with comeback win
Lewes twice came from behind to beat Kingsbury Town 4-2 at a muddy Dripping Pan and move second in division three. Kingsbury scored after just 90 seconds when a low cross from Nyall O'Rourke was only palmed away by Rooks' keeper Florian Ludewig to Ryan
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Football: Dr Marten's League - One giant headache for Crawley
Where did it all go wrong? Reds crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Bath on Saturday and plummeted to 16th in the Dr Martens premier division. It's a far cry from earlier in the season when Crawley topped the table and promotion expectancy was in the air
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Baby in kitchen sink drama
A toddler who got his finger stuck in a sink plughole spent two hours in hospital as medics struggled to free him. Amos Fish, 18 months, of Prestonville Road, Brighton, put his finger into the plughole but could not pull it out again. His father Paul
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Robber grabs mum
A shop worker has told how she feared for her life as a robber held a blade to her face. The mother-of-three has been unable to eat properly since the raider threatened to harm her in an off-licence. Detectives today released a CCTV picture of the man
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Teenager dies in balcony fall
A teenage girl plunged 25ft to her death from a balcony early on Saturday. The 17-year-old suffered massive head injuries after falling from the four-storey block of flats at 2am. A passer-by raised the alarm after spotting the girl slumped in a pool
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Tourism fears over path ban
Conservation chiefs say footpaths should stay shut despite warnings it could cripple the county's tourism industry this summer. Sussex Downs Conservation Board has warned councils to use "great caution" when considering any relaxation of the ban on using
