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TV appeal to solve murder
Police will appeal on TV tonight for help in solving the 34-year-old murder of 12-year-old Keith Lyon. Officers will appear on BBC's Crimewatch show to offer a £10,000 reward for information to help solve the crime. Keith, son of the late band leader
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Goodbye wards, hello boards
A doctor plans to swap the operating theatre for another stage to fulfil her dream of becoming an actress. Lewis Barfoot is hoping to swap walking Brighton's hospital wards with treading the West End boards and exchange her surgical spirit for greasepaint
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Proud of Sussex past
I was proud to read about the Royal Sussex Regiment (Argus, May 11). I was commissioned into the regiment in the early Forties, finishing in 1946 as a Captain. I would have been prouder still had I seen a reference to the 9th Battalion or, at least, to
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Kim Itoh and the Glorious Future
Contemporary dance is rarely described as brutal, violent and savage but Kim Itoh's latest work is deeply rooted in this descriptive territory. Exploring contradictory emotions such as isolation and companionship, violence and tenderness, chaos and harmony
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Ditchling Choral Society
For its 80th birthday concert, Ditchling Choral Society presented a Festival Of The Sea as its contribution to the Brighton Festival. A packed church sat in rapt attention for a magnificent working of Vaughan Williams' epic large-scale Sea Symphony. Scored
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Amy's View
This is a powerful, emotive play with a talented cast bringing out the best in Sir David Hare's clever look at a mother-daughter relationship. Susannah York, who plays the mother who has suffered bereavement, financial problems and is happiest pursuing
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Quiz candidates on hospital's future
Parliamentary hopefuls will be quizzed on the future of health care services in Crawley. A meeting is being organised by Crawley Hospital Campaign, which is fighting for a new hospital for the town and for all services to be retained at Crawley Hospital
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Labour leads with gay voters
Labour is 20 points clear of the Lib Dems with the Conservatives struggling in third place in a national poll of gay voters. Labour stood at 48 per cent, ahead of the Lib Dems on 28 and the Tories at 19, according to the on-line survey by OUTintheUK.com
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Pupils at a disadvantage
On Saturday, my son swam in the Brighton and Hove Schools Gala for Patcham Junior School. The team did so well considering they had nowhere to practise their times, strokes and much more, and even won some medals. But if they had been able to practise
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Labour promises tourism cash
Labour has pledged Sussex will see a share of the £24 million earmarked for the hard pressed rural tourist industry. Tony Blair's tourism minister Janet Anderson said the Rural Task Forces would spread the money more evenly to help tourism recover from
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Tragic mystery of suicide pacts
Yesterday's news of a Lancing couple's death in an apparent suicide pact was tragic, but theirs was by no means an isolated case. On Monday night disabled Edmund Tuvey and his wife Margaret Morton were found dead at their home in Monks Avenue, Lancing
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Seagulls keep a watch on Pitcher
Albion manager Micky Adams has confirmed an interest in Kingstonian midfielder Geoff Pitcher. But the Seagulls could be put off by the £100,000 asking price for the 25-year-old England semi pro international. Pitcher, formerly with Millwall, Watford and
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Cricket: Century, but Surrey struggle
Alistair Brown outperformed England trio Alec Stewart, Graham Thorpe and Ian Ward with an anchorman century in the Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-final against Sussex at Hove. Brown batted through the innings to guide Surrey to a 50-overs total of 239
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My secret life as TV Survivor
Sussex mum Jayne Meyler made her TV debut in front of an audience of millions in the first episode of Survivor. Jayne, 47, was seen in the 21st Century's answer to Robinson Crusoe battling against 16 other finalists for the £1 million prize in ITV's £10
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Thank you all
I would like to say a big thank you to the captain and members of the Waterhall Golf Club for presenting a cheque of £2,500 to the Brighton Heart Support Trust/Heartguard after their gala weekend on May 13. -John May, Heartguard administrator
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Dinner that poisoned the guests
Nearly half the guests at a pensioners' farewell dinner became ill after eating contaminated chicken, a court heard. Thirty-one of the 70 former Gatwick employees developed salmonella and were ill for up to three weeks following the meal at the former
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Fields of gold
Surely the most attractive of sights at this time of year must be the many splashes of bright yellow to be seen as the rape ripens in the fields. It is as if someone has come along with a gigantic brush and daubed great strips of colour across the countryside
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Roots radio
Roy Hilliard (Opinion, May 10) made some very complimentary remarks about my programmes for Radio Sussex in the early Nineties and wondered where I am now. I am one of the staff announcers for BBC World Service in London, where I present news programmes
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Athletics: Luke retains RWA title
Luke Davis (Chichester) retained his under-15s' 3km crown at the Race Walking Association Young Athletes Championships. He set a time of 15min.07sec at the event held in Perry Park, Birmingham. Nick Ball (Steyning), under-13s champion last year, was second
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Jail term is justice, not just vengeance
Michael Biggs is a true product of propaganda, fed to him throughout his life by a liar, cheat and thief - his own father. Let's face it, Michael was cynically conceived and born to be used as a tool to keep daddy out of jail. If Ronald Biggs had served
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Racing: Invincible Spirit takes glory
Arundel trainer John Dunlop struck gold at Goodwood yesterday when Pat Eddery led Invincible Spirit to victory in the M-real Conditions Stakes. The in-form combination of Dunlop and Eddery now heads for Royal Ascot's Cork and Orrery Stakes in buoyant
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Albion duo made to wait
Albion duo Darren Freeman and Martin Thomas will have to wait for contract offers. Both are free to negotiate with other clubs under the Bosman ruling and boss Micky Adams has not so far offered either player a deal. "I am speaking to them and their agents
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Police shooting: Trouble at the top
Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse "wilfully failed to tell the truth" when responding publicly to the shooting, a previously confidential report claims. The accusation amounts to a claim that Mr Whitehouse lied, a charge close associates of the Chief
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Police shooting: The victim
James "Jimmy" Ashley had a reputation for being cold and calculating, a man who used violence as a tool to get a job done. Police knew him as a man who rarely showed emotion and considered him dangerous. His family and friends saw him as a much-loved
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Police shooting: Girlfriend's anger
Caroline Courtland-Smith said she was still waiting for justice after the death of her boyfriend. She said yesterday's acquittals effectively meant police were entitled to shoot innocent people in their own homes. In a statement released by her London-based
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Police shooting: £5m cost of justice
The three-year investigation into the shooting of James Ashley has cost £5 million and resulted in five unsuccessful prosecutions. The lengthy, laborious and expensive legal process was shrouded in secrecy and has been called a farce. Home Secretary Jack
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Leak could lose trader thousands
A seafront trader claims he was left with a bill for thousands after water poured through the ceiling of his shop under Brighton seafront's arches. John Stephenson, owner of Albion Gifts in Kings Road Arches, Brighton, claims the leak started after BT
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Police shooting: Trial ends in farce
The father of the police marksman cleared of murdering James Ashley today demanded to know why it took so long to bring the case to trial. Laurie Sherwood, a 57-year-old former superintendent and head of CID, said the life of his son, PC Chris Sherwood
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Tomboy - Acting Doctor
A doctor has exchanged hospital wards for theatre boards. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine
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Proud of Sussex past
I was proud to read about the Royal Sussex Regiment (Argus, May 11). I was commissioned into the regiment in the early Forties, finishing in 1946 as a Captain. I would have been prouder still had I seen a reference to the 9th Battalion or, at least, to
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Ditchling Choral Society
For its 80th birthday concert, Ditchling Choral Society presented a Festival Of The Sea as its contribution to the Brighton Festival. A packed church sat in rapt attention for a magnificent working of Vaughan Williams' epic large-scale Sea Symphony. Scored
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Amy's View
This is a powerful, emotive play with a talented cast bringing out the best in Sir David Hare's clever look at a mother-daughter relationship. Susannah York, who plays the mother who has suffered bereavement, financial problems and is happiest pursuing
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Sad to see
On Saturday, I was sad to see, once again on London Road, Brighton, the "beggars" were out yet again, only one selling the Big Issue, the rest huddled under blankets, two with dogs. One young Indian lady, very well dressed, could have been an asylum seeker
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Labour leads with gay voters
Labour is 20 points clear of the Lib Dems with the Conservatives struggling in third place in a national poll of gay voters. Labour stood at 48 per cent, ahead of the Lib Dems on 28 and the Tories at 19, according to the on-line survey by OUTintheUK.com
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Glamour girl's political ambition
Brighton-born topless model Jordan has joined the General Election race - with a manifesto pledging free plastic surgery for all. Jordan, who was born Katie Price and grew up in Patcham, has been backed by the Daily Star newspaper and bookies William
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
I discovered a smashing new shampoo at the weekend, one of the nicest I've ever used. It left my hair in a wonderfully soft and shiny condition, though I wasn't very taken with the smell. As it was the dog's shampoo that is really not so surprising I
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Green light for Rolls plant
A controversial £60 million Rolls-Royce factory in the heart of the West Sussex countryside has been given the go-ahead. The plan could create more than 400 jobs with up to 1,000 cars a year coming off the production line. BMW, owner of the prestige motoring
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Shop badly hit by blaze
A blaze caused thousands of pounds' worth of damage to a women's clothes shop in Crawley last night. Stock was damaged on both floors of the Evans store in Parkside, Queens Square, and the building was severely smoke damaged. The blaze started just before
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Hart Of The Matter, by Ian Hart
The Albion Centenary Dinner was one of the great non-playing events in the club's history. The whole night was superb from start to finish, the food was excellent and the Albion part of the show unforgettable. Top marks to Dick Knight, Kevin Keehan and
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Thank you all
I would like to say a big thank you to the captain and members of the Waterhall Golf Club for presenting a cheque of £2,500 to the Brighton Heart Support Trust/Heartguard after their gala weekend on May 13. -John May, Heartguard administrator
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Unprintable
I take issue with Graham Chainey (Opinion, May 18). The University of Sussex Library exhibition on "Subversion and censorship in libraries" does not claim the Vatican's index of prohibited books heralded the beginning of censorship. As Mr Chainey pointed
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Ivy league
Satire is, of course, a dangerous thing. There will doubtless be some readers who take at face value Keith Jago's hilariously elaborated notion (Opinion, May 18) that travel around Brighton and Hove would be "so much less tedious" if the front of one
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Racing: Invincible Spirit takes glory
Arundel trainer John Dunlop struck gold at Goodwood yesterday when Pat Eddery led Invincible Spirit to victory in the M-real Conditions Stakes. The in-form combination of Dunlop and Eddery now heads for Royal Ascot's Cork and Orrery Stakes in buoyant
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Albion duo made to wait
Albion duo Darren Freeman and Martin Thomas will have to wait for contract offers. Both are free to negotiate with other clubs under the Bosman ruling and boss Micky Adams has not so far offered either player a deal. "I am speaking to them and their agents
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Cricket: Robbo's going for gold
Veteran seamer Mark Robinson hopes to strike gold again today and help take Sussex a step closer to their first Benson and Hedges Cup final. Robinson picked up his first gold award in the win over Kent earlier this month in his 34th appearance in the
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Bus will run to heart of park
A bus service into the heart of a country park in Brighton starts running again this weekend. Most of Stanmer Park north of Brighton is now open again following the easing of foot-and-mouth restrictions. The number 78 bus will run every Sunday from this
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Man 'beaten' for cigarette
A businessman was left battered by thugs on the Palace Pier after a ride on the bumper cars, a court heard. The computer analyst was attacked by a gang as he enjoyed a summer's evening out with friends. London's Southwark Crown Court heard yesterday Kuram
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Police raid Carla Lane sanctuary
Police swooped on TV writer Carla Lane's animal sanctuary this morning in a string of Sussex arrests over an attack on a pharmaceutical firm's boss. Three men were arrested in the county, one of them at a cottage on Ms Lane's land at Horsted Keynes, near
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Police shooting: Timeline
James Ashley's shooting sparked repercussions which are still being felt three years later and led to the suspension of Sussex's chief constable. In this report we take a step-by-step look at the shooting which rocked the county. JANUARY 1998: Mr Ashley
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Police shooting: The officers
The wife of Chris Sherwood, the PC who fired the fatal shot, is expecting their first child. Mr Sherwood is currently abroad and although he has been officially reinstated, he is considering whether or not to stay with Sussex Police. The son of Laurence
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Leak could lose trader thousands
A seafront trader claims he was left with a bill for thousands after water poured through the ceiling of his shop under Brighton seafront's arches. John Stephenson, owner of Albion Gifts in Kings Road Arches, Brighton, claims the leak started after BT
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Music fans can't stand the noise
Fans of experimental music walked out of a live performance complaining that the volume had "battered their eardrums". Members of the audience walked out of the theatre during one of three acts of experimental music and video art in Touch Two Thousand
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Tomboy - Acting Doctor
A doctor has exchanged hospital wards for theatre boards. Tomboy appears daily in The Argus and is updated each day on this website. You can see more of Tomboy on www.moontoon.co.uk The Moontoon website also has comic strips, greeting cards, magazine
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Sad to see
On Saturday, I was sad to see, once again on London Road, Brighton, the "beggars" were out yet again, only one selling the Big Issue, the rest huddled under blankets, two with dogs. One young Indian lady, very well dressed, could have been an asylum seeker
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Where are all the women candidates?
Whoever wins the General election, there won't be many women MPs in the south east. The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for equality, said only 19 per cent of candidates selected by the three main parties in the region were women. Prominent female contenders
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Glamour girl's political ambition
Brighton-born topless model Jordan has joined the General Election race - with a manifesto pledging free plastic surgery for all. Jordan, who was born Katie Price and grew up in Patcham, has been backed by the Daily Star newspaper and bookies William
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
I discovered a smashing new shampoo at the weekend, one of the nicest I've ever used. It left my hair in a wonderfully soft and shiny condition, though I wasn't very taken with the smell. As it was the dog's shampoo that is really not so surprising I
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Straw to consider shooting probe
Home Secretary Jack Straw said today he would consider carefully demands for an inquiry into the actions of Sussex Police in the James Ashley shooting. Mr Ashley, 39, a suspected drug dealer from Liverpool, was shot dead during an armed police raid on
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Hart Of The Matter, by Ian Hart
The Albion Centenary Dinner was one of the great non-playing events in the club's history. The whole night was superb from start to finish, the food was excellent and the Albion part of the show unforgettable. Top marks to Dick Knight, Kevin Keehan and
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Football: Bexhill secure schools trophy
Bexhill won the Sussex Schools Second X1 League play-off Tony Geerts Trophy for the first time against Varndean at Shoreham. But it took goals in the last five minutes to seal it. Alan Johnson netted direct from a corner and Justin Jirbanbey converted
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Reality check
Does dear Dr Delvin actually receive the letters he features in his hilarious The Medic column each week? I cannot believe he does. I suggest he advises them all with the same answer: "Have yourself committed to the nearest loony bin, at once." Really
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Unprintable
I take issue with Graham Chainey (Opinion, May 18). The University of Sussex Library exhibition on "Subversion and censorship in libraries" does not claim the Vatican's index of prohibited books heralded the beginning of censorship. As Mr Chainey pointed
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Ivy league
Satire is, of course, a dangerous thing. There will doubtless be some readers who take at face value Keith Jago's hilariously elaborated notion (Opinion, May 18) that travel around Brighton and Hove would be "so much less tedious" if the front of one
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Lighter days
Is it possible to advise Brighton and Hove City Council that daylight starts a lot earlier at this time of year? It is not necessary to illuminate Falmer Road from Longhill School to Rottingdean for 24 hours a day. Quite apart from energy wastage, it
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Many losers, no winners
What a fiasco. Sussex Police were in trouble the moment an unarmed man suspected of drug dealing was shot dead in his flat. But now, three long years after the killing of James Ashley, all five officers who were charged have been cleared of any misconduct
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Dark days
On August 28, 1997, The Sun launched a particularly venomous attack on Princess Diana following her alleged praise for Labour's support of her anti-landmine crusade. It warned her: "The last Royal who interfered in politics met a nasty end", and concluded
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Cricket: Giddins' chance to shine again
Ed Giddins admits he loves returning to Hove, but he is not so sure whether Sussex will be as pleased to see him when he pitches up at Hove today. It's nothing to do with Giddins' controversial sacking by the county in 1996 when he was found guilty of
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Cricket: Robbo's going for gold
Veteran seamer Mark Robinson hopes to strike gold again today and help take Sussex a step closer to their first Benson and Hedges Cup final. Robinson picked up his first gold award in the win over Kent earlier this month in his 34th appearance in the
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Youth In Action: Hanna's class act
Hanna Bardell made a double sacrifice to lead Hangleton to glory at the Brighton and Hove Schools Relay Championships. The 11-year-old captain delayed a family holiday to Ibiza and pulled out of the Shiverers team competing at the Southern Counties Championships
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Glamour girl's political ambition
Brighton-born topless model Jordan has joined the General Election race - with a manifesto pledging free plastic surgery for all. Jordan, who was born Katie Price and grew up in Patcham, has been backed by the Daily Star newspaper and bookies William
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Bus will run to heart of park
A bus service into the heart of a country park in Brighton starts running again this weekend. Most of Stanmer Park north of Brighton is now open again following the easing of foot-and-mouth restrictions. The number 78 bus will run every Sunday from this
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Man 'beaten' for cigarette
A businessman was left battered by thugs on the Palace Pier after a ride on the bumper cars, a court heard. The computer analyst was attacked by a gang as he enjoyed a summer's evening out with friends. London's Southwark Crown Court heard yesterday Kuram
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Green light for Rolls plant
A controversial £60 million Rolls-Royce factory in the heart of the West Sussex countryside has been given the go-ahead. The plan could create more than 400 jobs with up to 1,000 cars a year coming off the production line. BMW, owner of the prestige motoring
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Police raid Carla Lane sanctuary
Police swooped on TV writer Carla Lane's animal sanctuary this morning in a string of Sussex arrests over an attack on a pharmaceutical firm's boss. Three men were arrested in the county, one of them at a cottage on Ms Lane's land at Horsted Keynes, near
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Police shooting: Timeline
James Ashley's shooting sparked repercussions which are still being felt three years later and led to the suspension of Sussex's chief constable. In this report we take a step-by-step look at the shooting which rocked the county. JANUARY 1998: Mr Ashley
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Police shooting: The marksman
PC Christopher Sherwood, the officer who fired the fatal bullet, was rated a good shot. He had passed a rigorous test in weapons and tactics before applying to become an authorised firearms officer at Gatwick Airport. With two years' probation at Hailsham
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Police shooting: Officers' relief
Four of the officers cleared of wrongdoing over the James Ashley shooting said they hoped their experience would not deter other officers from doing their duty. Superintendent Inspector Christopher Burton, Detective Inspector Kevin French, Detective Inspector
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Police shooting: The officers
The wife of Chris Sherwood, the PC who fired the fatal shot, is expecting their first child. Mr Sherwood is currently abroad and although he has been officially reinstated, he is considering whether or not to stay with Sussex Police. The son of Laurence
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TV appeal to solve murder
Police will appeal on TV tonight for help in solving the 34-year-old murder of 12-year-old Keith Lyon. Officers will appear on BBC's Crimewatch show to offer a £10,000 reward for information to help solve the crime. Keith, son of the late band leader
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Music fans can't stand the noise
Fans of experimental music walked out of a live performance complaining that the volume had "battered their eardrums". Members of the audience walked out of the theatre during one of three acts of experimental music and video art in Touch Two Thousand
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Kim Itoh and the Glorious Future
Contemporary dance is rarely described as brutal, violent and savage but Kim Itoh's latest work is deeply rooted in this descriptive territory. Exploring contradictory emotions such as isolation and companionship, violence and tenderness, chaos and harmony
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Quiz candidates on hospital's future
Parliamentary hopefuls will be quizzed on the future of health care services in Crawley. A meeting is being organised by Crawley Hospital Campaign, which is fighting for a new hospital for the town and for all services to be retained at Crawley Hospital
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Where are all the women candidates?
Whoever wins the General election, there won't be many women MPs in the south east. The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for equality, said only 19 per cent of candidates selected by the three main parties in the region were women. Prominent female contenders
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Pupils at a disadvantage
On Saturday, my son swam in the Brighton and Hove Schools Gala for Patcham Junior School. The team did so well considering they had nowhere to practise their times, strokes and much more, and even won some medals. But if they had been able to practise
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Labour promises tourism cash
Labour has pledged Sussex will see a share of the £24 million earmarked for the hard pressed rural tourist industry. Tony Blair's tourism minister Janet Anderson said the Rural Task Forces would spread the money more evenly to help tourism recover from
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We've slashed crime, say police
Crime has been slashed across West Sussex after a crackdown on car theft and burglaries, police have claimed. Some of the villages around Steyning are thought to have some of the lowest crime rates in Britain. They include Ashurst, Bramber, Ashington,
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Resort launches crime crackdown
A raft of measures is being put in place in an attempt to curb loutish behaviour in Eastbourne town centre. Public drunkenness, violent crime and antisocial behaviour are top on the list of problems to be tackled in Eastbourne to reduce the fear of crime
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Tragic mystery of suicide pacts
Yesterday's news of a Lancing couple's death in an apparent suicide pact was tragic, but theirs was by no means an isolated case. On Monday night disabled Edmund Tuvey and his wife Margaret Morton were found dead at their home in Monks Avenue, Lancing
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Seagulls keep a watch on Pitcher
Albion manager Micky Adams has confirmed an interest in Kingstonian midfielder Geoff Pitcher. But the Seagulls could be put off by the £100,000 asking price for the 25-year-old England semi pro international. Pitcher, formerly with Millwall, Watford and
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Cricket: Century, but Surrey struggle
Alistair Brown outperformed England trio Alec Stewart, Graham Thorpe and Ian Ward with an anchorman century in the Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-final against Sussex at Hove. Brown batted through the innings to guide Surrey to a 50-overs total of 239
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Straw to consider shooting probe
Home Secretary Jack Straw said today he would consider carefully demands for an inquiry into the actions of Sussex Police in the James Ashley shooting. Mr Ashley, 39, a suspected drug dealer from Liverpool, was shot dead during an armed police raid on
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Face of a knife robber
This is one of the men police want to interview following a robbery at an off-licence. Two men armed with knives went into Unwins, Brighton Road, Horsham, and threatened the shop assistant before snatching takings from the till. A customer was in the
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My secret life as TV Survivor
Sussex mum Jayne Meyler made her TV debut in front of an audience of millions in the first episode of Survivor. Jayne, 47, was seen in the 21st Century's answer to Robinson Crusoe battling against 16 other finalists for the £1 million prize in ITV's £10
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Dinner that poisoned the guests
Nearly half the guests at a pensioners' farewell dinner became ill after eating contaminated chicken, a court heard. Thirty-one of the 70 former Gatwick employees developed salmonella and were ill for up to three weeks following the meal at the former
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Fields of gold
Surely the most attractive of sights at this time of year must be the many splashes of bright yellow to be seen as the rape ripens in the fields. It is as if someone has come along with a gigantic brush and daubed great strips of colour across the countryside
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Football: Bexhill secure schools trophy
Bexhill won the Sussex Schools Second X1 League play-off Tony Geerts Trophy for the first time against Varndean at Shoreham. But it took goals in the last five minutes to seal it. Alan Johnson netted direct from a corner and Justin Jirbanbey converted
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Date
Reality check
Does dear Dr Delvin actually receive the letters he features in his hilarious The Medic column each week? I cannot believe he does. I suggest he advises them all with the same answer: "Have yourself committed to the nearest loony bin, at once." Really
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Date
Roots radio
Roy Hilliard (Opinion, May 10) made some very complimentary remarks about my programmes for Radio Sussex in the early Nineties and wondered where I am now. I am one of the staff announcers for BBC World Service in London, where I present news programmes
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Athletics: Luke retains RWA title
Luke Davis (Chichester) retained his under-15s' 3km crown at the Race Walking Association Young Athletes Championships. He set a time of 15min.07sec at the event held in Perry Park, Birmingham. Nick Ball (Steyning), under-13s champion last year, was second
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Date
Lighter days
Is it possible to advise Brighton and Hove City Council that daylight starts a lot earlier at this time of year? It is not necessary to illuminate Falmer Road from Longhill School to Rottingdean for 24 hours a day. Quite apart from energy wastage, it
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Date
Many losers, no winners
What a fiasco. Sussex Police were in trouble the moment an unarmed man suspected of drug dealing was shot dead in his flat. But now, three long years after the killing of James Ashley, all five officers who were charged have been cleared of any misconduct
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Date
Dark days
On August 28, 1997, The Sun launched a particularly venomous attack on Princess Diana following her alleged praise for Labour's support of her anti-landmine crusade. It warned her: "The last Royal who interfered in politics met a nasty end", and concluded
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Date
Jail term is justice, not just vengeance
Michael Biggs is a true product of propaganda, fed to him throughout his life by a liar, cheat and thief - his own father. Let's face it, Michael was cynically conceived and born to be used as a tool to keep daddy out of jail. If Ronald Biggs had served
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Date
Cricket: Giddins' chance to shine again
Ed Giddins admits he loves returning to Hove, but he is not so sure whether Sussex will be as pleased to see him when he pitches up at Hove today. It's nothing to do with Giddins' controversial sacking by the county in 1996 when he was found guilty of
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Date
Youth In Action: Hanna's class act
Hanna Bardell made a double sacrifice to lead Hangleton to glory at the Brighton and Hove Schools Relay Championships. The 11-year-old captain delayed a family holiday to Ibiza and pulled out of the Shiverers team competing at the Southern Counties Championships
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Date
Glamour girl's political ambition
Brighton-born topless model Jordan has joined the General Election race - with a manifesto pledging free plastic surgery for all. Jordan, who was born Katie Price and grew up in Patcham, has been backed by the Daily Star newspaper and bookies William
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Court battle over couple's home
A lodger who says he looked after an elderly couple for more than 20 years faces eviction from a house he was told he could stay in for life. Kenneth Campbell, 53, lodged at the house in Worthing for nearly half his life with the elderly couple, named
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Village in explosives drama
Explosives experts were called to blow up two German landmines found in Mid Sussex. A resident found one flat landmine in Bolney, near Haywards Heath, yesterday afternoon. It was about 12in in diameter and marked with German lettering. Another mine was
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Green light for Rolls plant
A controversial £60 million Rolls-Royce factory in the heart of the West Sussex countryside has been given the go-ahead. The plan could create more than 400 jobs with up to 1,000 cars a year coming off the production line. BMW, owner of the prestige motoring
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Police shooting: Trouble at the top
Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse "wilfully failed to tell the truth" when responding publicly to the shooting, a previously confidential report claims. The accusation amounts to a claim that Mr Whitehouse lied, a charge close associates of the Chief
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Police shooting: The victim
James "Jimmy" Ashley had a reputation for being cold and calculating, a man who used violence as a tool to get a job done. Police knew him as a man who rarely showed emotion and considered him dangerous. His family and friends saw him as a much-loved
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Date
Police shooting: The marksman
PC Christopher Sherwood, the officer who fired the fatal bullet, was rated a good shot. He had passed a rigorous test in weapons and tactics before applying to become an authorised firearms officer at Gatwick Airport. With two years' probation at Hailsham
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Mountain man's peak achievement
An adventurer is on top of the world after becoming the first European to reach the summit of a notoriously difficult mountain. David Spear and his three female guides successfully tackled Nonoy Tepui in Venezuela. Without having a flag to commemorate
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Police shooting: Officers' relief
Four of the officers cleared of wrongdoing over the James Ashley shooting said they hoped their experience would not deter other officers from doing their duty. Superintendent Inspector Christopher Burton, Detective Inspector Kevin French, Detective Inspector
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Police shooting: Girlfriend's anger
Caroline Courtland-Smith said she was still waiting for justice after the death of her boyfriend. She said yesterday's acquittals effectively meant police were entitled to shoot innocent people in their own homes. In a statement released by her London-based
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Police shooting: £5m cost of justice
The three-year investigation into the shooting of James Ashley has cost £5 million and resulted in five unsuccessful prosecutions. The lengthy, laborious and expensive legal process was shrouded in secrecy and has been called a farce. Home Secretary Jack
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Police shooting: Trial ends in farce
The father of the police marksman cleared of murdering James Ashley today demanded to know why it took so long to bring the case to trial. Laurie Sherwood, a 57-year-old former superintendent and head of CID, said the life of his son, PC Chris Sherwood
