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Tomboy - Moses
A clergyman went waterskiing in all his robes. 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 illustrations
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Feature: Making each vote count
Campaigners for proportional representation claim the voting system makes Parliament unrepresentative. Chris baker reports on the calls for voting reform. It may be another American idea doing rather well over here but vote swapping by email, in a less
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Expert slams private sector plans for NHS
A University of Sussex professor has attacked Labour plans for the private sector to take a greater role in running the NHS. Professor Richard Wilkinson was among eight health experts who accused Labour of paving the way for "large scale privatisation
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The sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Anyone who has ever been homeless or slept in a cold, grotty bedsit knows having a roof over your head is one of the basic human rights. Millions of people in this country, thousands of them in Sussex, are suffering from grotty housing yet it has hardly
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Automatic
Having read all the letters calling Alan Nunn homophobic, rabid, a bigot and so on (Opinion, May 28), I checked his original letter. It doesn't specify what he found disgraceful about Brighton: Out The Closet. I can see no evidence in it of what they
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Get it out
Does Mr Nunn realise gay people in Brighton and Hove are also taxpayers and also contribute towards "hard-earned public money". And what relevance has this to Brighton: Out The Closet? Furthermore, exactly what disgrace has been brought upon the city?
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Bad to worse
I support Alan Nunn's view of Brighton: Out The Closet (Opinion, May 25). Nothing in his letter expressed hatred of gay people. I can understand the positive reaction of gay people to Brighton: Out The Closet. However, the fact remains that, on balance
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Making waves
Father Marcus Ronchetti carried out his own parting of the waves as he used water skis to bless the coastline of Adur to mark the launch of the area's arts festival. He helped raise the profile of the popular event and at the same time proved he really
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Shaming us all
It shames all of us when we witness attacks on foreign students who visit our shores. Actress Dora Bryan had a peaceful evening walk shattered when a gang of teenagers set upon French students as they boarded a bus near Peter Pan's playground on Brighton
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Feature: Making each vote count
Campaigners for proportional representation claim the voting system makes Parliament unrepresentative. Chris baker reports on the calls for voting reform. It may be another American idea doing rather well over here but vote swapping by email, in a less
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Equilibrium
How refreshing to read the intelligent and well-balanced letter (Opinion, May 24) from Ms B W of Portsmouth, herself a lesbian, voicing her distaste at the depraved TV show Brighton: Out The Closet, which did nothing to encourage sympathy for or understanding
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Cycling: Sussex rider helps set endurance best
Sussex rider Marina Bloom of Crawley Wheelers and Hampshire's Ralph Daddswell of Antelope set a London to Portsmouth and back tandem tricycle record at the weekend. To establish a record the Road Record's Association set them a target time of 7hr.45min
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Table Tennis: Silver medal for Ifield team
The Ifield club trio of Ritchie Venner, Mayur Majithia and Terry Haley won a silver medal in the Ormsby Cup, the national club team event held at Liverpool. They defeated Bramley, Leeds 5-2, Merseyside Police 5-4 before losing 5-1 to London Progress.
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Watch out for even more incinerators
The people of Pound Hill, Maidenbower, Three Bridges and Copthorne were right when they opposed the proposed building of an incinerator at Wakehams Farm. A report just published by Greenpeace shows the ten incinerators already in operation in England
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Sussex take early control
Murray Goodwin batted all day to put Sussex in command against leaders Hampshire, but then admitted: "It wasn't one of my most fluent innings." The 29-year-old Zimbabwean was undefeated on 131 at the close as the county reached 290-4 against the second
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Free Fatboy beach show planned
Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim is bringing big beats to Brighton beach for a free concert to kick off the summer. More than 20,000 fans of the Hove-based dance floor guru Norman Cook are expected to flock to the seafront for the Channel 4 sponsored show on
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Estate's domestic violence rockets
Domestic crime on a housing estate has rocketed by 40 per cent in the last two weeks, according to police figures. The large increase in the number of incidents of domestic violence on the Whitehawk Estate in Brighton may be down to people being more
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All they're after is a safe park
Cars could continue to drive on to one of Brighton and Hove's most popular parks because a barrier is likely to be opened to allow disabled people access to the park. People living near Preston Park have accused the city council of not doing enough to
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Reward to catch Bouncing Doughnut
A reward is being offered for the capture of Bouncing Doughnut, Brighton and Hove's most wanted graffiti lout. The net is closing in on the vandal who has cost the city thousands of pounds by daubing his trademark tag over walls. Traders are so fed up
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Top-flight attraction to reopen
A tourist attraction where visitors flock to watch rare breeds of birds hopes to open its doors this summer after repairs to major flood damage. The impact of torrential winter rain is still being felt at the Wildfowl Trust's reserve at Arundel which
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NHS health trust cleans up its act
A health trust has been given a good report for its efforts to spruce up its buildings. South Downs Health NHS Trust has spent more than £100,000 on cleaning and refurbishing its properties in Brighton, Hove and Lewes. A report from NHS Estates said the
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Feature: Making each vote count
Campaigners for proportional representation claim the voting system makes Parliament unrepresentative. Chris baker reports on the calls for voting reform. It may be another American idea doing rather well over here but vote swapping by email, in a less
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Green hopeful gets on his battle bike
The Green Party has taken to the streets in traffic-choked Brighton Pavilion with zero emission electioneering. Its candidate Keith Taylor has abandoned the traditional campaign minibus and is using an electric-powered tricycle as his official campaign
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Tories pledge cash for ailing tourist industry
Interest-free loans would be made available under a Tory government for businesses hit by disasters such as foot-and-mouth, shadow cabinet member Peter Ainsworth pledged. Mr Ainsworth criticised the Government's response to the epidemic, saying it led
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The sage of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Anyone who has ever been homeless or slept in a cold, grotty bedsit knows having a roof over your head is one of the basic human rights. Millions of people in this country, thousands of them in Sussex, are suffering from grotty housing yet it has hardly
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Five held over gang attack on train
Five people have been arrested after a brawl on a train last night which left one man unconscious. A 23-year-old man was attacked after going to the assistance of a conductor being harassed on the Thameslink service just before 9pm. A gang of youths set
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£30m train deal secured
New Sussex train operator Govia has paid more than £30 million to take over from Connex two years ahead of schedule, it was announced today. It means the new company will be able to start running the Connex South Central region as the New Southern Railway
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No reason
What shallow characters were the young lesbian parents featured on BBC2's Brighton: Out The Closet (Wednesday, May 23). The best they could manage when watching Christian fundamentalists peacefully testifying their messianic viewpoint was to screech "
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Get it out
Does Mr Nunn realise gay people in Brighton and Hove are also taxpayers and also contribute towards "hard-earned public money". And what relevance has this to Brighton: Out The Closet? Furthermore, exactly what disgrace has been brought upon the city?
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Speedway: Bosses rule on walkout
An official inquiry will today look at why King's Lynn walked out of their meeting against Eastbourne Eagles at Arlington on April 28. The Norfolk side were due to ride in an Elite League fixture but withdrew minutes before tapes up in a protest after
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Making waves
Father Marcus Ronchetti carried out his own parting of the waves as he used water skis to bless the coastline of Adur to mark the launch of the area's arts festival. He helped raise the profile of the popular event and at the same time proved he really
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Special place
I must take issue with Ms B W. We should bear in mind a series such as Brighton: Out The Closet was partly entertainment, partly information. As entertainment, it predictably focused on some of the more outrageous aspects of gay life but this was balanced
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Shaming us all
It shames all of us when we witness attacks on foreign students who visit our shores. Actress Dora Bryan had a peaceful evening walk shattered when a gang of teenagers set upon French students as they boarded a bus near Peter Pan's playground on Brighton
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Feature: Making each vote count
Campaigners for proportional representation claim the voting system makes Parliament unrepresentative. Chris baker reports on the calls for voting reform. It may be another American idea doing rather well over here but vote swapping by email, in a less
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Cycling: Sussex rider helps set endurance best
Sussex rider Marina Bloom of Crawley Wheelers and Hampshire's Ralph Daddswell of Antelope set a London to Portsmouth and back tandem tricycle record at the weekend. To establish a record the Road Record's Association set them a target time of 7hr.45min
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Watch out for even more incinerators
The people of Pound Hill, Maidenbower, Three Bridges and Copthorne were right when they opposed the proposed building of an incinerator at Wakehams Farm. A report just published by Greenpeace shows the ten incinerators already in operation in England
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Man in the Middle with Robin Martin-Jenkins
The loyalty that exists amongst those who support us constantly astounds me. On Monday morning we were staring down the barrel of a loaded Warwickshire gun. The only chance we had of saving the game was to defend resolutely for many hours. Hardly a very
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Prior has sound Sussex backing
Chirpy wicketkeeper Matt Prior has been told to carry on pumping up the volume for Sussex. The 19-year-old has already established himself as the focal point of the team, six weeks into his first-class career. But Prior's constant encourgement for his
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Free Fatboy beach show planned
Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim is bringing big beats to Brighton beach for a free concert to kick off the summer. More than 20,000 fans of the Hove-based dance floor guru Norman Cook are expected to flock to the seafront for the Channel 4 sponsored show on
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Club boss jailed for drugs offences
The boss of a private members club has been jailed for 21 months for drugs offences. Meads Club franchisee Steven Magee, of The Goffs, Eastbourne, admitted one charge of intent to supply cannabis and another of possessing cannabis. Police raided the flat
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Beach hunt for missing boy
A five-year old boy went missing for more than three-hours from a Sussex beach. The youngster disappeared at 2.30pm from the beach at West Wittering yesterday. His panic-stricken mother searched for him for almost an hour before raising the alarm. Sussex
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Expert slams private sector plans for NHS
A University of Sussex professor has attacked Labour plans for the private sector to take a greater role in running the NHS. Professor Richard Wilkinson was among eight health experts who accused Labour of paving the way for "large scale privatisation
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Streets too thin for big dustcarts
Rubbish is not being collected on time from narrow city streets because large modern dustcarts cannot negotiate between lines of parked cars. Residents are demanding Sita, the firm which has the domestic waste collection contract for Brighton and Hove
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Police horse trial open day
The first police horses in Brighton and Hove for 20 years will be out for public viewing at an open day. The geldings, on loan from Avon and Somerset Police, will be on show at Hove police station in Holland Road on June 16 between 11am and 4pm. Mounted
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Dora sees teens attack students
A gang of thugs hurled stones and abuse at French students trying to board a bus. The attack was witnessed by veteran actress Dora Bryan who was enjoying an evening walk when she heard screams coming from Brighton beach. A gang of around six teenagers
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Reward to catch Bouncing Doughnut
A reward is being offered for the capture of Bouncing Doughnut, Brighton and Hove's most wanted graffiti lout. The net is closing in on the vandal who has cost the city thousands of pounds by daubing his trademark tag over walls. Traders are so fed up
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Don't mention the soap
Shout "Dirty Den" at actor Leslie Grantham as he strolls along Brighton seafront and you're likely to be ignored. It's been more than a decade since he left EastEnders and the joke is wearing thin. Unfortunately the return of Sharon to Albert Square has
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Top-flight attraction to reopen
A tourist attraction where visitors flock to watch rare breeds of birds hopes to open its doors this summer after repairs to major flood damage. The impact of torrential winter rain is still being felt at the Wildfowl Trust's reserve at Arundel which
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NHS health trust cleans up its act
A health trust has been given a good report for its efforts to spruce up its buildings. South Downs Health NHS Trust has spent more than £100,000 on cleaning and refurbishing its properties in Brighton, Hove and Lewes. A report from NHS Estates said the
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Drugs found in restaurant raid
Drugs, thought to be heroin, were found when police and immigration officers raided an Indian restaurant. Five people were discovered sleeping rough when officers entered the Shanaz Indian Cuisine in High Street, Lewes, at 8am yesterday. One man was arrested
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Green hopeful gets on his battle bike
The Green Party has taken to the streets in traffic-choked Brighton Pavilion with zero emission electioneering. Its candidate Keith Taylor has abandoned the traditional campaign minibus and is using an electric-powered tricycle as his official campaign
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Tories pledge cash for ailing tourist industry
Interest-free loans would be made available under a Tory government for businesses hit by disasters such as foot-and-mouth, shadow cabinet member Peter Ainsworth pledged. Mr Ainsworth criticised the Government's response to the epidemic, saying it led
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No reason
What shallow characters were the young lesbian parents featured on BBC2's Brighton: Out The Closet (Wednesday, May 23). The best they could manage when watching Christian fundamentalists peacefully testifying their messianic viewpoint was to screech "
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Speedway: Bosses rule on walkout
An official inquiry will today look at why King's Lynn walked out of their meeting against Eastbourne Eagles at Arlington on April 28. The Norfolk side were due to ride in an Elite League fixture but withdrew minutes before tapes up in a protest after
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Special place
I must take issue with Ms B W. We should bear in mind a series such as Brighton: Out The Closet was partly entertainment, partly information. As entertainment, it predictably focused on some of the more outrageous aspects of gay life but this was balanced
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Countryside is open to all
All rights of way throughout Sussex will be opened from the end of next week as foot-and-mouth restrictions are lifted. East Sussex County Council made the announcement following a meeting with the National Farmers' Union and the Country Land and Business
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Drowned out
I fully support Adam Trimingham's piece about noise (Argus, May 24). Each year seems to bring more and louder noise. The pubs and clubs get louder, the car stereos get louder and the radio blare in shops more insistent. It becomes ever harder to enjoy
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Tennis: Samsung Open scrapped
The Samsung Open in Brighton has been scrapped after just one year. It had been hoped British No.1 Tim Henman would defend his title in September. But the LTA this week confirmed they have pulled the plug because Henman and Greg Rusedski are unavailable
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Man in the Middle with Robin Martin-Jenkins
The loyalty that exists amongst those who support us constantly astounds me. On Monday morning we were staring down the barrel of a loaded Warwickshire gun. The only chance we had of saving the game was to defend resolutely for many hours. Hardly a very
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Prior has sound Sussex backing
Chirpy wicketkeeper Matt Prior has been told to carry on pumping up the volume for Sussex. The 19-year-old has already established himself as the focal point of the team, six weeks into his first-class career. But Prior's constant encourgement for his
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Goodwin's in full bloom
Everything came up roses for Murray Goodwin yesterday as the Zimbabwean became the second Sussex batsman to score a century at Hampshire's plush new headquarters. Three weeks after Bas Zuiderent's unbeaten 102 won the county a Benson and Hedges Cup tie
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Streets too thin for big dustcarts
Rubbish is not being collected on time from narrow city streets because large modern dustcarts cannot negotiate between lines of parked cars. Residents are demanding Sita, the firm which has the domestic waste collection contract for Brighton and Hove
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Police horse trial open day
The first police horses in Brighton and Hove for 20 years will be out for public viewing at an open day. The geldings, on loan from Avon and Somerset Police, will be on show at Hove police station in Holland Road on June 16 between 11am and 4pm. Mounted
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Dora sees teens attack students
A gang of thugs hurled stones and abuse at French students trying to board a bus. The attack was witnessed by veteran actress Dora Bryan who was enjoying an evening walk when she heard screams coming from Brighton beach. A gang of around six teenagers
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Paths set to re-open
All rights of way in Sussex will be open from the end of next week as foot-and-mouth restrictions are lifted. An announcement has been made by East Sussex County Council following a meeting with representatives of the National Farmers Union and the Country
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Holy water
Father Marcus Ronchetti carried out his own parting of the waves - water-skiing across choppy seas dressed in his clerical robes. Reaching speeds of 40mph, the power-boating priest clung on for dear life as he formally blessed the coastline of Adur from
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Five held over gang attack on train
Five people have been arrested after a brawl on a train last night which left one man unconscious. A 23-year-old man was attacked after going to the assistance of a conductor being harassed on the Thameslink service just before 9pm. A gang of youths set
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Don't mention the soap
Shout "Dirty Den" at actor Leslie Grantham as he strolls along Brighton seafront and you're likely to be ignored. It's been more than a decade since he left EastEnders and the joke is wearing thin. Unfortunately the return of Sharon to Albert Square has
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I saw police shoot dead my James
The girlfriend of James Ashley has told of the moment she watched him die after he was shot by a Sussex Police officer. Mr Ashley, 39, was shot in the chest from close range in his bedroom by a police marksman in front of his girlfriend, Caroline Courtland-Smith
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Say a prayer to cut crime
A Sussex housing estate is hoping for a little divine intervention when churchgoers use the power of prayer in an attempt to crack crime. A similar initiative called Crime Prayer-vention in Arnold, Nottingham, successfully got churchgoers to call upon
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Free Fatboy beach show planned
Superstar DJ Fatboy Slim is bringing big beats to Brighton beach for a free concert to kick off the summer. More than 20,000 fans of the Hove-based dance floor guru Norman Cook are expected to flock to the seafront for the Channel 4 sponsored show on
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Reward to catch Bouncing Doughnut
A reward is being offered for the capture of Bouncing Doughnut, Brighton and Hove's most wanted graffiti lout. The net is closing in on the vandal who has cost the city thousands of pounds by daubing his trademark tag over walls. Traders are so fed up
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Tomboy - Moses
A clergyman went waterskiing in all his robes. 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 illustrations
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Drugs found in restaurant raid
Drugs, thought to be heroin, were found when police and immigration officers raided an Indian restaurant. Five people were discovered sleeping rough when officers entered the Shanaz Indian Cuisine in High Street, Lewes, at 8am yesterday. One man was arrested
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Expert slams private sector plans for NHS
A University of Sussex professor has attacked Labour plans for the private sector to take a greater role in running the NHS. Professor Richard Wilkinson was among eight health experts who accused Labour of paving the way for "large scale privatisation
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Dora sees teens attack students
A gang of thugs hurled stones and abuse at French students trying to board a bus. The attack was witnessed by veteran actress Dora Bryan who was enjoying an evening walk when she heard screams coming from Brighton beach. A gang of around six teenagers
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Hunt for men in chip shop clash
Detectives investigating an attempted murder are hunting for two men seen walking towards the street where a man was later found unconscious in a pool of blood. Former paratrooper Michael Reynolds, 49, was still unconscious in a London hospital today
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Automatic
Having read all the letters calling Alan Nunn homophobic, rabid, a bigot and so on (Opinion, May 28), I checked his original letter. It doesn't specify what he found disgraceful about Brighton: Out The Closet. I can see no evidence in it of what they
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Bad to worse
I support Alan Nunn's view of Brighton: Out The Closet (Opinion, May 25). Nothing in his letter expressed hatred of gay people. I can understand the positive reaction of gay people to Brighton: Out The Closet. However, the fact remains that, on balance
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Equilibrium
How refreshing to read the intelligent and well-balanced letter (Opinion, May 24) from Ms B W of Portsmouth, herself a lesbian, voicing her distaste at the depraved TV show Brighton: Out The Closet, which did nothing to encourage sympathy for or understanding
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Date
Countryside is open to all
All rights of way throughout Sussex will be opened from the end of next week as foot-and-mouth restrictions are lifted. East Sussex County Council made the announcement following a meeting with the National Farmers' Union and the Country Land and Business
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Date
Drowned out
I fully support Adam Trimingham's piece about noise (Argus, May 24). Each year seems to bring more and louder noise. The pubs and clubs get louder, the car stereos get louder and the radio blare in shops more insistent. It becomes ever harder to enjoy
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Table Tennis: Silver medal for Ifield team
The Ifield club trio of Ritchie Venner, Mayur Majithia and Terry Haley won a silver medal in the Ormsby Cup, the national club team event held at Liverpool. They defeated Bramley, Leeds 5-2, Merseyside Police 5-4 before losing 5-1 to London Progress.
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Tennis: Samsung Open scrapped
The Samsung Open in Brighton has been scrapped after just one year. It had been hoped British No.1 Tim Henman would defend his title in September. But the LTA this week confirmed they have pulled the plug because Henman and Greg Rusedski are unavailable
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Goodwin's in full bloom
Everything came up roses for Murray Goodwin yesterday as the Zimbabwean became the second Sussex batsman to score a century at Hampshire's plush new headquarters. Three weeks after Bas Zuiderent's unbeaten 102 won the county a Benson and Hedges Cup tie
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Sussex take early control
Murray Goodwin batted all day to put Sussex in command against leaders Hampshire, but then admitted: "It wasn't one of my most fluent innings." The 29-year-old Zimbabwean was undefeated on 131 at the close as the county reached 290-4 against the second
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Pool plan is set to make big splash
A town will get its open-air swimming pool back next week, two years after it was closed as part of council cuts. But it could still be some time before the people of Arundel and tourists can again take the plunge. Final details of a peppercorn rent deal
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Bylaw bid to stop graveyard fouling
A council is set to ask for Government permission to introduce a new bylaw making it compulsory for dogs to be kept on leads in its cemeteries. The move follows growing concern about dogs damaging and fouling graves. The bylaw request is likely to be
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Conman steals cash from woman
Police are concerned a conman who stole from an elderly woman could strike again. Householders are being warned to watch out for the man who duped the 72-year-old woman in the Framfield Road area of Uckfield on Tuesday morning. The caller told the pensioner
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Estate's domestic violence rockets
Domestic crime on a housing estate has rocketed by 40 per cent in the last two weeks, according to police figures. The large increase in the number of incidents of domestic violence on the Whitehawk Estate in Brighton may be down to people being more
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All they're after is a safe park
Cars could continue to drive on to one of Brighton and Hove's most popular parks because a barrier is likely to be opened to allow disabled people access to the park. People living near Preston Park have accused the city council of not doing enough to
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Date
Paths set to re-open
All rights of way in Sussex will be open from the end of next week as foot-and-mouth restrictions are lifted. An announcement has been made by East Sussex County Council following a meeting with representatives of the National Farmers Union and the Country
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Date
Holy water
Father Marcus Ronchetti carried out his own parting of the waves - water-skiing across choppy seas dressed in his clerical robes. Reaching speeds of 40mph, the power-boating priest clung on for dear life as he formally blessed the coastline of Adur from
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Date
Five held over gang attack on train
Five people have been arrested after a brawl on a train last night which left one man unconscious. A 23-year-old man was attacked after going to the assistance of a conductor being harassed on the Thameslink service just before 9pm. A gang of youths set
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Date
I saw police shoot dead my James
The girlfriend of James Ashley has told of the moment she watched him die after he was shot by a Sussex Police officer. Mr Ashley, 39, was shot in the chest from close range in his bedroom by a police marksman in front of his girlfriend, Caroline Courtland-Smith
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Date
Say a prayer to cut crime
A Sussex housing estate is hoping for a little divine intervention when churchgoers use the power of prayer in an attempt to crack crime. A similar initiative called Crime Prayer-vention in Arnold, Nottingham, successfully got churchgoers to call upon
