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OAP's fear after chimney blunder
Grandmother Louisa Walker was exposed to poisonous fumes from a gas fire in her home following repairs. Mrs Walker, 70, who lives in a council property in the Edward Street area of Brighton, had repairs carried out on her chimney after experiencing a
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Me and my kids, by Bini McCall
Hasn't the weather been dreadful lately? Rain and more rain. Daughter and dog are fed up. In daughter's case, bad weather at the weekend means she sits herself down on the sofa and channel hops all day while eating bowls of dry cereal. Sam the dog doesn't
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Lis Solkhon: Voice of the third age
Following the article on my merry trip down to Devon, I have heard from a reader who reports some even more bizarre happenings elsewhere. I will leave it to your imagination which town, as opposed, of course, to city, it was, but it likes to regard itself
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Business as usual
Visiting Lewes for the first time since the devastating floods, I could not help feeling apprehensive as to what I might find. I felt encouraged when I saw a sign proclaiming "business as usual" and so, indeed, it was. This beautiful ancient town was
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Know-alls
For a couple that dislikes Southern Counties Radio, Adam and Laine Richards (Opinion, May 3) seem remarkably clued up on the station's programmes. Why is this? Is radio listening a bizarre masochistic ritual in the Richards household? They say David Miller's
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Undecided
The prime minister, having intimated there is to be a General Election in June 2001, has me in a quandary. His political party is so unpatriotic it does not appeal and, because the so-called opposition is in turmoil, there should be on the voting papers
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Cheesed off
Has anyone else been having problems with moths on the Connex South Central service? I complained about the infestation of one of the carriages a few months ago and, lo and behold, travelling home on the 20:17 Littlehampton service on Monday night, there
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Feature: Crisis in our schools
Amanda Jowers investigates the mounting recruitment crisis in our schools as Head teachers warn pupils may have to be sent home. There was a time when teaching was one of the favourite career options for school leavers and graduates. A regular supply
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Dance chance
Salsa Cubana, the longest-running and arguably most successful and first-ever Salsa Club (still in existence) in Sussex, will be celebrating its fifth birthday during the Brighton and Hove Festival with an open night on May 12. We use the term salsa "
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Kirtley full of praise
Stand-in captain James Kirtley today praised Sussex's young guns after they took a giant step towards qualifying for the knockout stages of the Benson and Hedges Cup. The county recorded their second successive win in the south qualifying group yesterday
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Adams goes easy on players
Albion boss Micky Adams refused to be too hard on his title winners as the champagne fell flat in their closing fixture. The champions crashed to a 3-0 defeat against strugglers Shrewsbury at Gay Meadow on Saturday, their heaviest of a triumphant campaign
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Police car crashes into house
A police car smashed into a lamppost and house during a crash. The driver of the police car, a 27-year-old PC, suffered whiplash and was taken to hospital following the crash at 3.39pm on Saturday. The police car was responding to an emergency call in
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Motor festival roars into town
Thousands of enthusiasts descended on Bexhill for one of the south's biggest motor festivals. Hundreds of vintage and classic cars and motorcycles congregated on Bexhill's Edwardian seafront for their annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of British motor
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Lucky escape as wheel comes loose
A father says his family had a lucky escape after a one-and-a-half ton lorry wheel came loose and careered into their home. Care worker Lee Clarke said his 15-year-old son Sam Allchin was in the front room when the wheel smashed into the wall of the house
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Anger at festival fun day delay
A community festival organiser says an annual event supported by the Brighton Festival has been neglected. Colin Bradford claims the Moulsecoomb Family Fun Day had been "dropped" by the organisers of the annual city festival in favour of expensive, up-market
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OAP's fear after chimney blunder
Grandmother Louisa Walker was exposed to poisonous fumes from a gas fire in her home following repairs. Mrs Walker, 70, who lives in a council property in the Edward Street area of Brighton, had repairs carried out on her chimney after experiencing a
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Flood hit charity shop reopens
A flood-ravaged charity shop has reopened after six months of building work and refurbishment. The Help the Aged shop in Cliffe High Street, Lewes, was submerged by the swollen River Ouse last October. The shop had to have new floorboards and carpets
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Undecided
The prime minister, having intimated there is to be a General Election in June 2001, has me in a quandary. His political party is so unpatriotic it does not appeal and, because the so-called opposition is in turmoil, there should be on the voting papers
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Ultimate goal
It wasn't many years ago that Brighton and Hove Albion were homeless and almost out of the Football League. Now the club has won its first championship since the Sixties and has been promoted into the Second Division. Sussex turned out in force yesterday
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Dance chance
Salsa Cubana, the longest-running and arguably most successful and first-ever Salsa Club (still in existence) in Sussex, will be celebrating its fifth birthday during the Brighton and Hove Festival with an open night on May 12. We use the term salsa "
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Yobs get a taste
While I am not in agreement with vandalism of any sort, I am not surprised someone (adult or not) has taken a sledgehammer to the skateboard park in Southwick Rec. Perhaps now the yobs who use it will know how it feels to have their things damaged. Last
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Adams goes easy on players
Albion boss Micky Adams refused to be too hard on his title winners as the champagne fell flat in their closing fixture. The champions crashed to a 3-0 defeat against strugglers Shrewsbury at Gay Meadow on Saturday, their heaviest of a triumphant campaign
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Police car crashes into house
A police car smashed into a lamppost and house during a crash. The driver of the police car, a 27-year-old PC, suffered whiplash and was taken to hospital following the crash at 3.39pm on Saturday. The police car was responding to an emergency call in
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Police allow rave to go ahead
Rave organisers broke into an empty warehouse to stage a party for almost 300 people. Police decided against pulling the plug on the party for safety reasons. Inspector Steve Brookman said: "We often cut off the electricity supply to stop raves but that
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Trader lands in a hole lot of trouble
A man fell through a pavement after the ground collapsed beneath his feet. Andi Barr, 43, was only steps from the front door of his shop when the concrete forecourt gave way, plunging him into a 4ft hole. His wife Roslyn, said: "He just disappeared and
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Motor festival roars into town
Thousands of enthusiasts descended on Bexhill for one of the south's biggest motor festivals. Hundreds of vintage and classic cars and motorcycles congregated on Bexhill's Edwardian seafront for their annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of British motor
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Motor giant in quit warning
The owners of Rolls-Royce have said the car will be built overseas if it fails to win permission for a factory in Sussex. The warning came as councillors in Chichester prepare to decide if a car manufacturing plant and administrative headquarters can
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Love matters, by Julia Meanwell
When couples are filled with anger and hatred for one another I can't help wondering why they remain together. To spend your life locked in battle with your partner is such a waste. Conversely, when I hear or read about couples who have never had a cross
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Ultimate goal
It wasn't many years ago that Brighton and Hove Albion were homeless and almost out of the Football League. Now the club has won its first championship since the Sixties and has been promoted into the Second Division. Sussex turned out in force yesterday
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Just what the doctor orders
This Government, like the previous Tory administration, has been throwing more money at the National Health Service. But still there are problems for patients as the cash seemed to go into a bottomless pit. Now the Government has made a special national
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No help at all
Still the problem of noisy neighbours continues. Last June, my case went to court and my neighbour was given certain conditions to keep or he faced eviction. He has not kept any of the conditions and has not been evicted. The housing department considers
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Yobs get a taste
While I am not in agreement with vandalism of any sort, I am not surprised someone (adult or not) has taken a sledgehammer to the skateboard park in Southwick Rec. Perhaps now the yobs who use it will know how it feels to have their things damaged. Last
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Cricket: County on track for cup knockout stages
Sussex are closing in on a place in the knockout stages of the Benson and Hedges Cup after beating Kent with just eight balls to spare at Hastings yesterday. Gold award winner Mark Robinson took 4-29, a career best return in his 34th match in the competition
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Trader lands in a hole lot of trouble
A man fell through a pavement after the ground collapsed beneath his feet. Andi Barr, 43, was only steps from the front door of his shop when the concrete forecourt gave way, plunging him into a 4ft hole. His wife Roslyn, said: "He just disappeared and
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Woman seriously injured in bus crash
A woman was in a critical condition after being in collision with a bus while crossing a road. She suffered serious head injuries after colliding with the front of the bus in Beaconsfield Parade, near the junction of Springfield Road in Brighton at noon
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Hospital boost for mental health patients
Work is about to start on a multi-million pound hospital expansion. The £4.7 million project at Mill View in Hove, will provide extra facilities for adults with mental health problems. Mill View was opened in 1998 and currently provides in-patient, outpatient
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Thousands cheer champions
Thousands of Albion supporters turned the city into a sea of blue and white during an emotion-charged promotion party on the city's seafront yesterday. Children and their families followed their heroes throughout Brighton and Hove to toast the Seagulls
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Motor giant in quit warning
The owners of Rolls-Royce have said the car will be built overseas if it fails to win permission for a factory in Sussex. The warning came as councillors in Chichester prepare to decide if a car manufacturing plant and administrative headquarters can
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Love matters, by Julia Meanwell
When couples are filled with anger and hatred for one another I can't help wondering why they remain together. To spend your life locked in battle with your partner is such a waste. Conversely, when I hear or read about couples who have never had a cross
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Me and my kids, by Bini McCall
Hasn't the weather been dreadful lately? Rain and more rain. Daughter and dog are fed up. In daughter's case, bad weather at the weekend means she sits herself down on the sofa and channel hops all day while eating bowls of dry cereal. Sam the dog doesn't
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Lis Solkhon: Voice of the third age
Following the article on my merry trip down to Devon, I have heard from a reader who reports some even more bizarre happenings elsewhere. I will leave it to your imagination which town, as opposed, of course, to city, it was, but it likes to regard itself
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Donations help flood town get back to normal
Donations to an appeal to help victims of the floods that devastated Lewes have reached £285,000. Organisers of the Lewes Flood Appeal say the level of support from people all over the world has exceeded their expectations. Nearly 300 applications for
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Business as usual
Visiting Lewes for the first time since the devastating floods, I could not help feeling apprehensive as to what I might find. I felt encouraged when I saw a sign proclaiming "business as usual" and so, indeed, it was. This beautiful ancient town was
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Know-alls
For a couple that dislikes Southern Counties Radio, Adam and Laine Richards (Opinion, May 3) seem remarkably clued up on the station's programmes. Why is this? Is radio listening a bizarre masochistic ritual in the Richards household? They say David Miller's
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Cheesed off
Has anyone else been having problems with moths on the Connex South Central service? I complained about the infestation of one of the carriages a few months ago and, lo and behold, travelling home on the 20:17 Littlehampton service on Monday night, there
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Feature: Crisis in our schools
Amanda Jowers investigates the mounting recruitment crisis in our schools as Head teachers warn pupils may have to be sent home. There was a time when teaching was one of the favourite career options for school leavers and graduates. A regular supply
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Just what the doctor orders
This Government, like the previous Tory administration, has been throwing more money at the National Health Service. But still there are problems for patients as the cash seemed to go into a bottomless pit. Now the Government has made a special national
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No help at all
Still the problem of noisy neighbours continues. Last June, my case went to court and my neighbour was given certain conditions to keep or he faced eviction. He has not kept any of the conditions and has not been evicted. The housing department considers
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Cricket: County on track for cup knockout stages
Sussex are closing in on a place in the knockout stages of the Benson and Hedges Cup after beating Kent with just eight balls to spare at Hastings yesterday. Gold award winner Mark Robinson took 4-29, a career best return in his 34th match in the competition
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Kirtley full of praise
Stand-in captain James Kirtley today praised Sussex's young guns after they took a giant step towards qualifying for the knockout stages of the Benson and Hedges Cup. The county recorded their second successive win in the south qualifying group yesterday
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Woman seriously injured in bus crash
A woman was in a critical condition after being in collision with a bus while crossing a road. She suffered serious head injuries after colliding with the front of the bus in Beaconsfield Parade, near the junction of Springfield Road in Brighton at noon
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Lucky escape as wheel comes loose
A father says his family had a lucky escape after a one-and-a-half ton lorry wheel came loose and careered into their home. Care worker Lee Clarke said his 15-year-old son Sam Allchin was in the front room when the wheel smashed into the wall of the house
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Hospital boost for mental health patients
Work is about to start on a multi-million pound hospital expansion. The £4.7 million project at Mill View in Hove, will provide extra facilities for adults with mental health problems. Mill View was opened in 1998 and currently provides in-patient, outpatient
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Thousands cheer champions
Thousands of Albion supporters turned the city into a sea of blue and white during an emotion-charged promotion party on the city's seafront yesterday. Children and their families followed their heroes throughout Brighton and Hove to toast the Seagulls
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Motor festival roars into town
Thousands of enthusiasts descended on Bexhill for one of the south's biggest motor festivals. Hundreds of vintage and classic cars and motorcycles congregated on Bexhill's Edwardian seafront for their annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of British motor
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Anger at festival fun day delay
A community festival organiser says an annual event supported by the Brighton Festival has been neglected. Colin Bradford claims the Moulsecoomb Family Fun Day had been "dropped" by the organisers of the annual city festival in favour of expensive, up-market
