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Tributes paid to Father Pat
A funeral mass was held today for Father Patrick Emmanuel, who died in a fire at his home. Parishioners packed the small modern Church of the Immaculate Conception in Edith Avenue, Peacehaven, to say goodbye to the man they knew as Father Pat. Firemen
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Leave Lotto cash alone
We are given to understand Gordon Brown has a cash surplus of £37 billion. If this is the case, should he not be honour-bound to meet the cost of security, maintenance etc in respect of the Dome, which is given as £1 million a month. This could serve
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Me And My Kids, by Bini McCall
We took advantage of the weather last weekend and made a family trip to the garden centre. Him indoors turns into him outdoors at this time of year and takes over estate management duties. This means he is forever cutting the grass and planning hanging
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Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
The holiday season is upon us and travellers are scanning foreign currency values to see how much their pound, franc, mark or kroner will buy. Of course you can only get a rough guide in the papers and for the real truth you need to go to a bank and join
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Car ploughs into pedestrians
Pedestrians were sent flying when a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into them. Seven people were hit including a nine-year-old girl whose leg was broken and a man who was flung through the window of a nearby building. Emergency crews arriving at the
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Let puppetry be
Luckily, those sunglasses weren't hanging on their penises on the foyer leaflets for Puppetry Of The Penis - because then it might have been worse. What would M K Waistell from Ardingly have done (Opinion, April 26)? I say let it all hang out. -Mary Frankel
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Flood town named in profits league
Flood-hit Lewes was today named among the most profitable towns in Britain. It leapt from 402nd place in a national survey last year to a position in the top ten, according to information services company Experian. The report looked into the average profit
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Cautious promises
As it is highly likely we are about to enter the election period we can expect the three major parties to make pronouncements regarding what they would do if elected to power. There is one vital difference between them, however. Whereas both the Tory
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Fashion on the hoof
While out driving the other day, I passed a field in which a number of horses were grazing. Each horse had on a colourful coat and they made a lovely dash of colour. It was almost as if I was watching a horses' fashion show - not like the old days, when
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Be tolerant
Correspondents writing about JoAnne Goode should show more tolerance. I believe she has an inferiority complex. I can reveal she appeared in a Brighton pantomime recently yet made only a passing reference to it. Did you also know she is a vegetarian (
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Dr Martens: Strikers boost Reds
CRAWLEY Town sealed a 2-0 Premier Division victory at Merthyr Tydfil to end their away blues. Reds had not won on their travels since October 28 but goals from strike duo Leroy Huggins and Mark Hynes polished off Merthyr early in the second half. Reds
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Speedway: Ando on way back to Eastbourne
Eastbourne have signed former rider Stefan Andersson to take the place of Grand Prix ace Joe Screen, who will be out for the rest of the season after sustaining a broken thigh bone. The Swedish star will join Eagles in time for the KO Cup visit to Oxford
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Snippets of verse
The Gwydyr Saloon in Palmeira Square, Hove, is a barbers' shop with a difference. It has its own poet-in-residence. And what better name for the poet than Ros Barber? Some of her work has been based on conversations between barbers and customers. They
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Lock them up
Although I strongly disagree with Richard Halfpenny's views on the death penalty, he has always presented an intelligent argument. I was therefore very saddened to see him degenerate to the level he did in his last letter against me (Opinion, April 19
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Speedway: Easy riders clean up as rivals stage walkout
The speedway authorities must act over the farcical events at Arlington Stadium on Saturday night. Eastbourne Eagles went into the record books with a 75-0 win over King's Lynn after the visiting team had walked out ten minutes before the start. Hundreds
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Rich City: Sidley in with a shout
The title chase is wide open again according to Sidley manager Dickie Day. Sidley enjoyed a 2-1 win against Sidlesham while championship rivals Burgess Hill went down 1-0 to Selsey. But Day still believes Burgess Hill remain the favourites with a four-point
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Dr Martens: Strikers boost Reds
Crawley Town sealed a 2-0 Premier Division victory at Merthyr Tydfil to end their away blues. Reds had not won on their travels since October 28 but goals from strike duo Leroy Huggins and Mark Hynes polished off Merthyr early in the second half. Reds
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Girl, 12, is found safe
A missing 12-year-old Brighton schoolgirl has been found safe and well. Following a media appeal at the weekend, at least a dozen people phoned police to say they had seen Margaret Echel-Thomson. The Dorothy Stringer School student was found on the Palace
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Planning for glory
Of all the plans Dick Knight has for Albion there is one the chairman is going to have to organise sooner than he could have dared hope. There is at last a legitimate reason for a trophy cabinet. You have to go back a long way for when Albion needed space
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Tornado tears through town
A mini-tornado ripped through a housing estate causing thousands of pounds damage to homes and gardens. The twister wrenched a tree from its roots and hurled it 50ft across a road when it struck Laurel Walk in Horsham shortly after 8am yesterday. It also
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Brave Daniel's two heart transplants
Daniel Farrell is only 13 years old but he has already undergone TWO heart transplants. Now an appeal has been launched to send the brave teenager on the holiday of a lifetime. Neighbour Mary Johnson, 72, was so impressed by Daniel's courage, she organised
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Port's call centre jobs boost
Two call centres could form the heart of a £25 million regeneration project planned for Newhaven. Up to 1,000 jobs could be created at the two centres, which would be the largest employers at the new business park in the East Side area. The call centres
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Well done BT
One recent evening at 6.30pm, I found my phone was dead. My next-door neighbour kindly notified British Telecom. The next day, at a public phone box, I phoned the operator at 11am, who put me through to Faults. I explained where the fault might be (they
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Me And My Kids, by Bini McCall
We took advantage of the weather last weekend and made a family trip to the garden centre. Him indoors turns into him outdoors at this time of year and takes over estate management duties. This means he is forever cutting the grass and planning hanging
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Voice Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
The holiday season is upon us and travellers are scanning foreign currency values to see how much their pound, franc, mark or kroner will buy. Of course you can only get a rough guide in the papers and for the real truth you need to go to a bank and join
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Car ploughs into pedestrians
Pedestrians were sent flying when a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into them. Seven people were hit including a nine-year-old girl whose leg was broken and a man who was flung through the window of a nearby building. Emergency crews arriving at the
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Port's call centre jobs boost
Two call centres could form the heart of a £25 million regeneration project planned for Newhaven. Up to 1,000 jobs could be created at the two centres, which would be the largest employers at the new business park in the East Side area. The call centres
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£1 million cost of council drivers
Bad council drivers are costing taxpayers a small fortune, a new report has revealed. It says East Sussex County Council has failed to address the need to improve the driving skills of employees who drive lease cars or vans. Over five years from 1995
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Father dies on bike he loved
A devastated wife today told how the father of her four children was killed riding the motorbike he loved. Stacey and Sean Lucas, 33, had moved into their dream home just days before the fatal accident with their children Yuvonna, ten; Elouise, nine;
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Let puppetry be
Luckily, those sunglasses weren't hanging on their penises on the foyer leaflets for Puppetry Of The Penis - because then it might have been worse. What would M K Waistell from Ardingly have done (Opinion, April 26)? I say let it all hang out. -Mary Frankel
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Councillor in 'betrayal' rap
A councillor has been censured after a watchdog committee decided he tried to use confidential information to discredit colleagues. Liberal Democrat Stephen Murphy, who represents Hailsham, has been found guilty by East Sussex County Council's standards
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Cautious promises
As it is highly likely we are about to enter the election period we can expect the three major parties to make pronouncements regarding what they would do if elected to power. There is one vital difference between them, however. Whereas both the Tory
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Fashion on the hoof
While out driving the other day, I passed a field in which a number of horses were grazing. Each horse had on a colourful coat and they made a lovely dash of colour. It was almost as if I was watching a horses' fashion show - not like the old days, when
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Be tolerant
Correspondents writing about JoAnne Goode should show more tolerance. I believe she has an inferiority complex. I can reveal she appeared in a Brighton pantomime recently yet made only a passing reference to it. Did you also know she is a vegetarian (
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Snippets of verse
The Gwydyr Saloon in Palmeira Square, Hove, is a barbers' shop with a difference. It has its own poet-in-residence. And what better name for the poet than Ros Barber? Some of her work has been based on conversations between barbers and customers. They
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Speedway: Easy riders clean up as rivals stage walkout
The speedway authorities must act over the farcical events at Arlington Stadium on Saturday night. Eastbourne Eagles went into the record books with a 75-0 win over King's Lynn after the visiting team had walked out ten minutes before the start. Hundreds
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Free for all
Nearly everyone wants to see good race relations in Britain. As a people, we are noted for our tolerance - it's one of the reasons so many want to come here. The CRE's attempt to prevent discussion of the race issue in the run-up to the general election
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Cricket: Kirtley ready for the challenge
James Kirtley is relishing the opportunity to lead Sussex in their Benson and Hedges Cup campaign. Sussex's 26-year-old fast bowler was appointed the county's new vice-captain last month, but he will skipper the side for the next six matches after Chris
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Man hurt in accident
A man suffered serious head injuries when he was involved in an accident with a taxi. It happened on the A23 Preston Road, Brighton, at 3.30am on Saturday. The pedestrian was taken by ambulance to the city's Royal Sussex County Hospital and later transferred
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Race of truth
The editorial on the Commision for Racial Equality's race pledge is nave (Argus, April 24). If the sole aim of the CRE is to improve race relations, it has failed abysmally. It's the CRE which is responsible for causing the present fuss by publishing
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Sussex suffer a poor start
Sussex's Norwich Union League campaign got off to the worst possible start at chilly Kidderminster yesterday with a five-wicket defeat against Worcestershire. The county looked in control of the meeting of two of the sides relegated from Division One
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Rich City: Sidley in with a shout
The title chase is wide open again according to Sidley manager Dickie Day. Sidley enjoyed a 2-1 win against Sidlesham while championship rivals Burgess Hill went down 1-0 to Selsey. But Day still believes Burgess Hill remain the favourites with a four-point
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Adams' headache: How to hold on to Bobby Zamora?
The third treble of Zamora's career with the Seagulls lifted his season's tally to 31 and he has now scored an amazing 37 goals in 52 appearances overall. He is just one short of Garry Nelson's total in Albion's previous promotion campaign in 1987-88
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Planning for glory
Of all the plans Dick Knight has for Albion there is one the chairman is going to have to organise sooner than he could have dared hope. There is at last a legitimate reason for a trophy cabinet. You have to go back a long way for when Albion needed space
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Adams: My thanks to our fans
Micky Adams has dedicated Albion's title triumph to the fans and his players. The boss is eager to share the glory out after Saturday's 4-1 home win over Macclesfield clinched the Seagulls' first championship for 36 years. "I know it was a big day for
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New face on the waterfront
A new manager has taken the helm at Brighton Marina. Andrew Collumbell has been appointed marina manager after a year as manager at Chichester Marina. The 39-year-old qualified as a boatyard fitter in 1982 after serving a three-year apprenticeship on
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Council rejects Cabinet system
Adur District Council will scrap its current committee system in June for a more streamlined version. Executive committees will be supervised by scrutiny panels and the number of councillors on committees will be halved. Up to 15 sit on the bigger committees
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Tornado tears through town
A mini-tornado ripped through a housing estate causing thousands of pounds damage to homes and gardens. The twister wrenched a tree from its roots and hurled it 50ft across a road when it struck Laurel Walk in Horsham shortly after 8am yesterday. It also
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Caf owner's pitch to bring back putting
A cafe owner is calling on Worthing Borough Council to offer help in reopening the town's putting green. The green has been off limits to pitch-and-putt fans since its closure four years ago. Mike Major, who co-owns Ju Ju's cafe with his wife Julie, hopes
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Town tops profit league
Worthing has retained its crown as the most profitable town in Britain, a survey claims today. The resort keeps its status for a third year despite suffering a poor tourist season last summer and major job losses at the Daewoo plant at Lyons Farm. The
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Brave Daniel's two heart transplants
Daniel Farrell is only 13 years old but he has already undergone TWO heart transplants. Now an appeal has been launched to send the brave teenager on the holiday of a lifetime. Neighbour Mary Johnson, 72, was so impressed by Daniel's courage, she organised
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Port's call centre jobs boost
Two call centres could form the heart of a £25 million regeneration project planned for Newhaven. Up to 1,000 jobs could be created at the two centres, which would be the largest employers at the new business park in the East Side area. The call centres
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Row erupts over permit parking
Hundreds of people have objected to plans for a new controlled parking scheme where residents would have to pay for permits. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to start the scheme in central Hove between the existing Brunswick scheme and Hove Street
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Tributes paid to Father Pat
A funeral mass was held today for Father Patrick Emmanuel, who died in a fire at his home. Parishioners packed the small modern Church of the Immaculate Conception in Edith Avenue, Peacehaven, to say goodbye to the man they knew as Father Pat. Firemen
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A poem for the weekend, sir?
The archetypal poet is imagined composing sonnets amid a host of daffodils, in a garret or a smoky Parisian bar complete with beret. However, Ros Barber has proved you should never judge a book by its cover. Ros, a poet from Lansdowne Place, Hove, has
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Leave Lotto cash alone
We are given to understand Gordon Brown has a cash surplus of £37 billion. If this is the case, should he not be honour-bound to meet the cost of security, maintenance etc in respect of the Dome, which is given as £1 million a month. This could serve
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
It can be devastating when you discover your partner is having an affair. Even more difficult to deal with when you find out it is with your best friend. Ironically, David discovered Christine's affair while he was "covering" for his pal Steve. They worked
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Tornado tears through town
A mini-tornado ripped through a housing estate causing thousands of pounds damage to homes and gardens. The twister wrenched a tree from its roots and hurled it 50ft across a road when it struck Laurel Walk in Horsham shortly after 8am yesterday. It also
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Cathedral worker denies sex charges
A cathedral worker subjected a 13-year-old schoolboy to a series of sexual assaults, a court heard today. Terence Banks, 62, whose father was the treasurer at Chichester Cathedral, first indecently assaulted the boy during a day out water skiing, Lewes
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Flood town named in profits league
Flood-hit Lewes was today named among the most profitable towns in Britain. It leapt from 402nd place in a national survey last year to a position in the top ten, according to information services company Experian. The report looked into the average profit
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Dr Martens: Strikers boost Reds
CRAWLEY Town sealed a 2-0 Premier Division victory at Merthyr Tydfil to end their away blues. Reds had not won on their travels since October 28 but goals from strike duo Leroy Huggins and Mark Hynes polished off Merthyr early in the second half. Reds
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Not so accurate
Richard Halfpenny (Opinion, April 25) undermines his case by conveniently ignoring my point about forensic laboratory error and the contamination and degeneration of samples. Instead, all he can do is parade before us what could, at best, be described
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Speedway: Ando on way back to Eastbourne
Eastbourne have signed former rider Stefan Andersson to take the place of Grand Prix ace Joe Screen, who will be out for the rest of the season after sustaining a broken thigh bone. The Swedish star will join Eagles in time for the KO Cup visit to Oxford
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Lock them up
Although I strongly disagree with Richard Halfpenny's views on the death penalty, he has always presented an intelligent argument. I was therefore very saddened to see him degenerate to the level he did in his last letter against me (Opinion, April 19
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Selling hope
The Big Issue was the bright idea of Anita Roddick and the Body Shop. It has done an enormous amount for single homeless people. Instead of begging on the streets, they are able to make money by selling a genuine magazine to people who want it. Now Aspire
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Six hurt in bus stop crash
Six people were taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a city centre bus stop. Emergency services were called shortly after 11pm last night to reports of the accident in North Street, Brighton. Six people, including the driver and a young woman with
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Sorting out the parking tangle
Hundreds are objecting to Brighton and Hove Council's proposals to create a new permit parking area. They say the scheme in central Hove is not necessary and amounts to an extra tax. But anyone who travels around this part of the city by bus, by car or
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Date
Dr Martens: Strikers boost Reds
Crawley Town sealed a 2-0 Premier Division victory at Merthyr Tydfil to end their away blues. Reds had not won on their travels since October 28 but goals from strike duo Leroy Huggins and Mark Hynes polished off Merthyr early in the second half. Reds
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Ryman League: Rooks look to seal promotion
Lewes can clinch promotion to the Second Division over the next two days. Rooks are looking to bounce back from a 1-0 home defeat against Aveley when they face Croydon Athletic away tonight before entertaining Hertford tomorrow. They need four points
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We pay for buses, so why is service worse?
Yet again, Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company is cutting services in the area. Yet I begin to wonder if the word "service" remains within the vocabulary of what appears now to be merely a profit-making organisation and which, together with Brighton
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Girl, 12, is found safe
A missing 12-year-old Brighton schoolgirl has been found safe and well. Following a media appeal at the weekend, at least a dozen people phoned police to say they had seen Margaret Echel-Thomson. The Dorothy Stringer School student was found on the Palace
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Picture released in bottle attack probe
This artist's impression shows one of three teenagers police want to interview over a bottle attack on a woman in Horsham. The 20-year-old victim needed eight stitches to a wound to her ear after the attack at the junction of Harwood Road and Roebuck
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Weekend to remember for Seagulls fans
Albion fans all over Sussex celebrated after the Seagulls won the Division Three title in style on Saturday. They thumped Macclesfield 4-1 at Withdean courtesy of a hat-trick from highly-rated striker Bobby Zamora. At the final whistle, fans invaded the
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Car ploughs into pedestrians
Pedestrians were sent flying when a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into them. Seven people were hit including a nine-year-old girl whose leg was broken and a man who was flung through the window of a nearby building. Emergency crews arriving at the
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Cathedral worker denies sex charges
A cathedral worker subjected a 13-year-old schoolboy to a series of sexual assaults, a court heard today. Terence Banks, 62, whose father was the treasurer at Chichester Cathedral, first indecently assaulted the boy during a day out water skiing, Lewes
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Sledgehammer blitz on skate park
A £20,000 skateboard park is thought to have been targeted by someone with a grudge. A concrete platform at the newly-opened Southwick skate park has been attacked with a sledgehammer, leaving it unusable. People living near the purpose-built skate ramps
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Tornado tears through town
A mini-tornado ripped through a housing estate causing thousands of pounds damage to homes and gardens. The twister wrenched a tree from its roots and hurled it 50ft across a road when it struck Laurel Walk in Horsham shortly after 8am yesterday. It also
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Have you seen these men?
Police have released these CCTV pictures of three men they want to question after rings worth nearly £9,000 were snatched from a Horsham jeweller. The owner of Warringtons Jewellers, in the Carfax, chased two of the men across Piries Place but could not
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Pavement falls cost council £226,000
Thousands of pounds are being paid out each week to people who have tripped over on pavements. But Brighton and Hove City Council is warning pedestrians it is not an easy touch for compensation. Environment Cabinet councillor John Ballance said at a council
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Row erupts over permit parking
Hundreds of people have objected to plans for a new controlled parking scheme where residents would have to pay for permits. Brighton and Hove City Council wants to start the scheme in central Hove between the existing Brunswick scheme and Hove Street
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Date
A poem for the weekend, sir?
The archetypal poet is imagined composing sonnets amid a host of daffodils, in a garret or a smoky Parisian bar complete with beret. However, Ros Barber has proved you should never judge a book by its cover. Ros, a poet from Lansdowne Place, Hove, has
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Date
Well done BT
One recent evening at 6.30pm, I found my phone was dead. My next-door neighbour kindly notified British Telecom. The next day, at a public phone box, I phoned the operator at 11am, who put me through to Faults. I explained where the fault might be (they
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Love Matters, by Julia Meanwell
It can be devastating when you discover your partner is having an affair. Even more difficult to deal with when you find out it is with your best friend. Ironically, David discovered Christine's affair while he was "covering" for his pal Steve. They worked
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Date
Cathedral worker denies sex charges
A cathedral worker subjected a 13-year-old schoolboy to a series of sexual assaults, a court heard today. Terence Banks, 62, whose father was the treasurer at Chichester Cathedral, first indecently assaulted the boy during a day out water skiing, Lewes
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Date
Not so accurate
Richard Halfpenny (Opinion, April 25) undermines his case by conveniently ignoring my point about forensic laboratory error and the contamination and degeneration of samples. Instead, all he can do is parade before us what could, at best, be described
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Date
Selling hope
The Big Issue was the bright idea of Anita Roddick and the Body Shop. It has done an enormous amount for single homeless people. Instead of begging on the streets, they are able to make money by selling a genuine magazine to people who want it. Now Aspire
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Date
Free for all
Nearly everyone wants to see good race relations in Britain. As a people, we are noted for our tolerance - it's one of the reasons so many want to come here. The CRE's attempt to prevent discussion of the race issue in the run-up to the general election
-
Date
Cricket: Kirtley ready for the challenge
James Kirtley is relishing the opportunity to lead Sussex in their Benson and Hedges Cup campaign. Sussex's 26-year-old fast bowler was appointed the county's new vice-captain last month, but he will skipper the side for the next six matches after Chris
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Date
Man hurt in accident
A man suffered serious head injuries when he was involved in an accident with a taxi. It happened on the A23 Preston Road, Brighton, at 3.30am on Saturday. The pedestrian was taken by ambulance to the city's Royal Sussex County Hospital and later transferred
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Sorting out the parking tangle
Hundreds are objecting to Brighton and Hove Council's proposals to create a new permit parking area. They say the scheme in central Hove is not necessary and amounts to an extra tax. But anyone who travels around this part of the city by bus, by car or
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Date
Race of truth
The editorial on the Commision for Racial Equality's race pledge is nave (Argus, April 24). If the sole aim of the CRE is to improve race relations, it has failed abysmally. It's the CRE which is responsible for causing the present fuss by publishing
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Date
Sussex suffer a poor start
Sussex's Norwich Union League campaign got off to the worst possible start at chilly Kidderminster yesterday with a five-wicket defeat against Worcestershire. The county looked in control of the meeting of two of the sides relegated from Division One
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Date
Ryman League: Rooks look to seal promotion
Lewes can clinch promotion to the Second Division over the next two days. Rooks are looking to bounce back from a 1-0 home defeat against Aveley when they face Croydon Athletic away tonight before entertaining Hertford tomorrow. They need four points
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Date
We pay for buses, so why is service worse?
Yet again, Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company is cutting services in the area. Yet I begin to wonder if the word "service" remains within the vocabulary of what appears now to be merely a profit-making organisation and which, together with Brighton
-
Date
Adams' headache: How to hold on to Bobby Zamora?
The third treble of Zamora's career with the Seagulls lifted his season's tally to 31 and he has now scored an amazing 37 goals in 52 appearances overall. He is just one short of Garry Nelson's total in Albion's previous promotion campaign in 1987-88
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Date
Adams: My thanks to our fans
Micky Adams has dedicated Albion's title triumph to the fans and his players. The boss is eager to share the glory out after Saturday's 4-1 home win over Macclesfield clinched the Seagulls' first championship for 36 years. "I know it was a big day for
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Date
New face on the waterfront
A new manager has taken the helm at Brighton Marina. Andrew Collumbell has been appointed marina manager after a year as manager at Chichester Marina. The 39-year-old qualified as a boatyard fitter in 1982 after serving a three-year apprenticeship on
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Date
Weekend to remember for Seagulls fans
Albion fans all over Sussex celebrated after the Seagulls won the Division Three title in style on Saturday. They thumped Macclesfield 4-1 at Withdean courtesy of a hat-trick from highly-rated striker Bobby Zamora. At the final whistle, fans invaded the
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Council rejects Cabinet system
Adur District Council will scrap its current committee system in June for a more streamlined version. Executive committees will be supervised by scrutiny panels and the number of councillors on committees will be halved. Up to 15 sit on the bigger committees
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Date
Sledgehammer blitz on skate park
A £20,000 skateboard park is thought to have been targeted by someone with a grudge. A concrete platform at the newly-opened Southwick skate park has been attacked with a sledgehammer, leaving it unusable. People living near the purpose-built skate ramps
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Date
Pavement falls cost council £226,000
Thousands of pounds are being paid out each week to people who have tripped over on pavements. But Brighton and Hove City Council is warning pedestrians it is not an easy touch for compensation. Environment Cabinet councillor John Ballance said at a council
