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Trapped kitten saved after 2 hour ordeal
Pitch the kitten had to be rescued by firefighters after being trapped behind a wall for almost two hours. The animal fell down some plasterboard in the loft of her owner's home and ended up wedged behind a wall of the house in Clapham, near Worthing.
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Disability no obstacle in yacht race
A wheelchair-bound sailor and his blind shipmate are hoping to beat hundreds of able-bodied competitors in a popular yacht race. Martin Cheshire, from Eastbourne, and Dennis Manning, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, are to compete in the Hoya Round The Island
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Trace your past on history day
Brighton and Hove residents will be given the chance later this month to learn how to trace their family tree or join a Napoleonic re-enactment society. The special history day, sponsored by BBC Southern Counties Radio and backed by The Argus, at Hove
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Tories would scrap new hospital, Labour claims
The Tories would scrap plans to build a new children's hospital in Brighton, Health Secretary Alan Milburn has claimed. He said the £28 million relocation of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children to the Royal Sussex County Hospital site would
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Greens call for end to bypass
Campaigners opposed to a multi-million pound bypass scheme gathered to challenge the main political parties to join them in their fight. The directors of Britain's leading environmental pressure groups visited the route of the proposed £240 million twin
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Stay of execution for health guardians
A health watchdog given a last-minute reprieve has vowed to continue to protect patients' interests. The Mid Downs Community Health Council was due to dissolve next April along with hundreds of other CHCs in England as part of the Health and Social Care
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Star crazy
Sheila Schaffer and Eileen Daffern of the local United Nations Association were spot-on when they spotlighted today's sterile election debate (Opinion, May 29). Top of the agenda should now be: How is the entire world going to respond to President Bush's
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Green unseen
It is unfortunate the reporter should have used only national data in his story "Labour leads with gay voters" (Argus, May 31). These data bear little relationship to the lesbian and gay community in Brighton and Hove. Does the reporter know the Green
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Sex-obsessed
I did not read Alan Nunn's letter (Opinion, May 25) but I did see Brighton: Out The Closet and found it both funny and interesting. A heterosexual man, I have many gay friends. In Brighton and Hove, it is impossible not to have gay friends. However, could
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Stern words
If Mrs Gates of Sompting (Opinion, May 31) took a journey from her seaside comfort to parts of our capital city, she would find scenes of poverty and squalor that would bring to life the accusations made by the German magazine she pooh-poohs. Indeed,
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Unkempt cemetery is an insult to dead
I visited Brighton and Preston Cemetery recently to tidy and place some flowers on my mother's grave. I was absolutely appalled at the state the cemetery is in. The grass was overgrown, the bins were overflowing and in one case had tipped over with the
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Speedway: Walkout rivals fined by tribunal
King's Lynn have been fined £7,500 by an ACU tribunal following their walk-out at Eastbourne on April 28th. The King's Lynn team were withdrawn by their management from the meeting Elite League meeting after referee Jim Lawrence refused permission for
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Motorsport: Fast learning curve for Merrilees
Ollie Merrilees is learning his sport the hard way. The Crawley teenager has had a difficult month while competing in the British Junior Superstock Series and the MRO Superstock Championship. However, the 17-year-old is determined to bounce back with
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Sussex find sting in Hampshire tail
Sussex suffered a sting in the tail at the Rosebowl yesterday, just when it looked as if they might make Hampshire follow on and give themselves the chance of forcing victory. The contest looked to be drifting towards an inevitable draw when Hampshire
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Sussex head for draw
Robin Martin-Jenkins defied the pain of a rib injury to produce his best bowling of the season for Sussex. But the all-rounder's 4-65 against Hampshire yesterday is unlikely to prevent the Championship game at the Rosebowl from ending in a tame draw.
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£22,000 in fines after fall death
Two companies were fined more than £22,000 after a court heard how a window cleaner fell 15ft to his death through metal grill railings into an underground car park. John Tippen, 61, fell last July as he worked on ground-floor windows at the rear of Virgin
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Nursing home closes down
A nursing home, believed to be the first registered in Hove, has closed because managers could not afford to meet strict registration standards. The home's 24 residents have been forced to move out and find new care accommodation. Mike and Mary Enright
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Soccer club's fury at stadium eviction
Supporters and players at a football club are sending out 100,000 leaflets accusing the council of kicking them out of Withdean Stadium in Brighton. Withdean 2000 is distributing leaflets and 60 posters around the city after being told their ground share
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Cyclists hurt in hit-and-run
Four young cyclists are recovering after being hit by a car which mounted the pavement after going out of control in Bognor Regis. The driver fled after the collision, but was arrested nearby. He is expected to appear in court later this month. One of
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Disability no obstacle in yacht race
A wheelchair-bound sailor and his blind shipmate are hoping to beat hundreds of able-bodied competitors in a popular yacht race. Martin Cheshire, from Eastbourne, and Dennis Manning, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, are to compete in the Hoya Round The Island
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Trace your past on history day
Brighton and Hove residents will be given the chance later this month to learn how to trace their family tree or join a Napoleonic re-enactment society. The special history day, sponsored by BBC Southern Counties Radio and backed by The Argus, at Hove
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Warning after binman hurt by needle
Householders have been warned to think before they put out their rubbish after a binman was cut by a needle. People are being asked to be careful what they put in their bin bags in the Worthing area following the incident in the town. A refuse worker
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Tories would scrap new hospital, Labour claims
The Tories would scrap plans to build a new children's hospital in Brighton, Health Secretary Alan Milburn has claimed. He said the £28 million relocation of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children to the Royal Sussex County Hospital site would
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Cyclists hurt in hit-and-run
Four young cyclists are recovering after being hit by a car which mounted the pavement after going out of control in Bognor Regis. The driver fled after the collision, but was arrested nearby. He is expected to appear in court later this month. One of
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Girl band tours schools for grassroots support
Sex, drugs and rock and roll may seem par for the course for rock stars but for fledgling girl bands it's more a case of flirting, alcopops and SClub7. Jo Platt, 20, has been trying to make a dent in the girl group market since joining Urban Chaos six
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Cheap jibe
I agree with most of criticism levelled at the recent BBC2 series Brighton: Out The Closet. It was, after all, a pretty lame example of mindless TV, typical of the "docu-soap" genre. However, I must take issue with Mary Hunter (Opinion, May 31), who started
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Stern words
If Mrs Gates of Sompting (Opinion, May 31) took a journey from her seaside comfort to parts of our capital city, she would find scenes of poverty and squalor that would bring to life the accusations made by the German magazine she pooh-poohs. Indeed,
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Feature: HIV figures on the rise
Siobhan Ryan looks at the HIV situation in Sussex after new national figures showed the number of people being diagnosed is higher than ever before. The new figures also show the majority of new cases being diagnosed are amongst the heterosexual rather
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Proud return
When Jenny Langston is elected as our new MP on June 7, we Hove residents are looking forward to the return of our own proud Borough of Hove to its former high standards. Top priority must surely to be forcibly remove, if necessary, all the illegally
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Bring it back
Now Brighton has become totally gridlocked with vehicles and masses of people, I do not drive into the centre. Instead, I use the bus and I get a bird's-eye view from the top deck. I would like to know why our gardens are now being used as picnic areas
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Football: Dickie calls it a Day
Dickie Day has stepped down as manager of double winning Sidley United. Day has handed over control to his assistant Peter Heritage and reserve team player Glen Sully. Sidley did the double last season when they won the County League division one title
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Motorsport: Freshwater sparkles again
Richard Freshwater has extended his lead in the BEMSEE club's Powerbike Series. The 26-year-old from Peacehaven enjoyed another consistent weekend in the latest round at Snetterton. Freshwater failed to win a race but he extended his lead in the series
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Sussex head for draw
Robin Martin-Jenkins defied the pain of a rib injury to produce his best bowling of the season for Sussex. But the all-rounder's 4-65 against Hampshire yesterday is unlikely to prevent the Championship game at the Rosebowl from ending in a tame draw.
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Nursing home closes down
A nursing home, believed to be the first registered in Hove, has closed because managers could not afford to meet strict registration standards. The home's 24 residents have been forced to move out and find new care accommodation. Mike and Mary Enright
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Trapped kitten saved after 2 hour ordeal
Pitch the kitten had to be rescued by firefighters after being trapped behind a wall for almost two hours. The animal fell down some plasterboard in the loft of her owner's home and ended up wedged behind a wall of the house in Clapham, near Worthing.
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Bid to improve hip ops success
A charity that helped champion the UK's first artificial hip operation is backing a new study aimed at boosting the long-term performance of the procedure. Horsham-based Action Research is giving nearly £40,000 to scientists in London and Southampton
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Tomorrow, me, my husband and our three-year-old will be flying out to Corsica for a week's holiday. This means we'll be missing the final run-up and the result of the General Election. We'll get to hear about it, I expect. There will probably be plenty
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Hague knows his Popstars from his Pokemon
Tory leader William Hague proved he was well-versed on Britain's youth culture when he was quizzed by a Sussex teenage reporter on his election plane. Siobhan Davis, 14, failed to fluster Mr Hague when she and another young reporter asked him questions
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Blair takes battle bus to Hove
The Prime Minister was met by a small, noisy but good natured demonstration when he arrived in the marginal seat of Hove yesterday. Tories shouted: "Welcome to Hove - a suburb ruined by Labour." Protesters from the Brighton-based vegetarian charity Viva
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Greens call for end to bypass
Campaigners opposed to a multi-million pound bypass scheme gathered to challenge the main political parties to join them in their fight. The directors of Britain's leading environmental pressure groups visited the route of the proposed £240 million twin
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Stay of execution for health guardians
A health watchdog given a last-minute reprieve has vowed to continue to protect patients' interests. The Mid Downs Community Health Council was due to dissolve next April along with hundreds of other CHCs in England as part of the Health and Social Care
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Date
Star crazy
Sheila Schaffer and Eileen Daffern of the local United Nations Association were spot-on when they spotlighted today's sterile election debate (Opinion, May 29). Top of the agenda should now be: How is the entire world going to respond to President Bush's
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Date
Green unseen
It is unfortunate the reporter should have used only national data in his story "Labour leads with gay voters" (Argus, May 31). These data bear little relationship to the lesbian and gay community in Brighton and Hove. Does the reporter know the Green
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Date
Sex-obsessed
I did not read Alan Nunn's letter (Opinion, May 25) but I did see Brighton: Out The Closet and found it both funny and interesting. A heterosexual man, I have many gay friends. In Brighton and Hove, it is impossible not to have gay friends. However, could
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Date
Well-versed
I often think our politicians deserve their own hymn - something on the lines of: All things trite and dutiful; All clichs great and small; All things weird and wonderful; Our leaders voice them all. However, the apathetic and uncertain might be encouraged
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New girl power
The Spice Girls may have dominated the pop scene for most of the last decade but it's time to crown the new queens of pop. All Saints have split up and the Spices are going their separate ways so the way is open for a new girl group. Urban Chaos hope
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Lapsed concern
It is one of the biggest killers in the world. But in Britain we seem to have forgotten the deadly nature of the HIV and Aids pandemic. After the initial hysteria prompted by terrifying Government adverts and dire predictions by the medical establishment
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Grounds for argument
SUPPORTERS and players at a football club are sending out 100,000 leaflets accusing Brighton and Hove City Council of kicking them out of Withdean Stadium. The Withdean 2000 club is protesting after being told their ground share agreement with Brighton
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Unkempt cemetery is an insult to dead
I visited Brighton and Preston Cemetery recently to tidy and place some flowers on my mother's grave. I was absolutely appalled at the state the cemetery is in. The grass was overgrown, the bins were overflowing and in one case had tipped over with the
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Date
Speedway: Walkout rivals fined by tribunal
King's Lynn have been fined £7,500 by an ACU tribunal following their walk-out at Eastbourne on April 28th. The King's Lynn team were withdrawn by their management from the meeting Elite League meeting after referee Jim Lawrence refused permission for
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Motorsport: Fast learning curve for Merrilees
Ollie Merrilees is learning his sport the hard way. The Crawley teenager has had a difficult month while competing in the British Junior Superstock Series and the MRO Superstock Championship. However, the 17-year-old is determined to bounce back with
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Date
Sussex find sting in Hampshire tail
Sussex suffered a sting in the tail at the Rosebowl yesterday, just when it looked as if they might make Hampshire follow on and give themselves the chance of forcing victory. The contest looked to be drifting towards an inevitable draw when Hampshire
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Vandals destroy garden on eve of big day
Vandals ran riot through a couple's dream garden and destroyed it days before they planned to celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary in it. John and Lilian Futcher awoke to find potted plants emptied into the fish pond, trellis pulled down, shrubs ripped
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Pepper spray trials a success
Sussex Police used a pepper spray 12 times within eight weeks of it being introduced. Officers drew the synthetic pepper Captor spray on 21 other occasions since it was introduced in April. Its success means it could be available to all officers in Sussex
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£22,000 in fines after fall death
Two companies were fined more than £22,000 after a court heard how a window cleaner fell 15ft to his death through metal grill railings into an underground car park. John Tippen, 61, fell last July as he worked on ground-floor windows at the rear of Virgin
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Soccer club's fury at stadium eviction
Supporters and players at a football club are sending out 100,000 leaflets accusing the council of kicking them out of Withdean Stadium in Brighton. Withdean 2000 is distributing leaflets and 60 posters around the city after being told their ground share
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Staff chase off knife-wielding raider
Staff at an off-licence chased off a raider who threatened them with a knife. The suspect went into the Victoria Wines store in Felpham Road, Bognor, just before 10pm on Friday. He drew a knife, threatened staff and demanded they hand over cash from the
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Fury at nude pupils site
Thousands of people have beenlogging on to an internet site advertising an all-nude girls' prep school in Sussex. A web site for Willow Grove Park, supposedly in Falmer, Brighton, claims it is the UK's only school where the students go unclothed in the
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Cyclists hurt in hit-and-run
Four young cyclists are recovering after being hit by a car which mounted the pavement after going out of control in Bognor Regis. The driver fled after the collision, but was arrested nearby. He is expected to appear in court later this month. One of
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Mystery over charity cash
Police and licensing officers are investigating a group selling fund-raising scratchcards across Sussex. An Argus investigation has revealed some of the charities the lottery claims benefit from the draw had never heard of it and others said they had
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Warning after binman hurt by needle
Householders have been warned to think before they put out their rubbish after a binman was cut by a needle. People are being asked to be careful what they put in their bin bags in the Worthing area following the incident in the town. A refuse worker
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Bid to improve hip ops success
A charity that helped champion the UK's first artificial hip operation is backing a new study aimed at boosting the long-term performance of the procedure. Horsham-based Action Research is giving nearly £40,000 to scientists in London and Southampton
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Date
Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
Tomorrow, me, my husband and our three-year-old will be flying out to Corsica for a week's holiday. This means we'll be missing the final run-up and the result of the General Election. We'll get to hear about it, I expect. There will probably be plenty
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Date
Hague knows his Popstars from his Pokemon
Tory leader William Hague proved he was well-versed on Britain's youth culture when he was quizzed by a Sussex teenage reporter on his election plane. Siobhan Davis, 14, failed to fluster Mr Hague when she and another young reporter asked him questions
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Date
Blair takes battle bus to Hove
The Prime Minister was met by a small, noisy but good natured demonstration when he arrived in the marginal seat of Hove yesterday. Tories shouted: "Welcome to Hove - a suburb ruined by Labour." Protesters from the Brighton-based vegetarian charity Viva
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Date
Girl band tours schools for grassroots support
Sex, drugs and rock and roll may seem par for the course for rock stars but for fledgling girl bands it's more a case of flirting, alcopops and SClub7. Jo Platt, 20, has been trying to make a dent in the girl group market since joining Urban Chaos six
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Date
Cheap jibe
I agree with most of criticism levelled at the recent BBC2 series Brighton: Out The Closet. It was, after all, a pretty lame example of mindless TV, typical of the "docu-soap" genre. However, I must take issue with Mary Hunter (Opinion, May 31), who started
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Date
Well-versed
I often think our politicians deserve their own hymn - something on the lines of: All things trite and dutiful; All clichs great and small; All things weird and wonderful; Our leaders voice them all. However, the apathetic and uncertain might be encouraged
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Date
New girl power
The Spice Girls may have dominated the pop scene for most of the last decade but it's time to crown the new queens of pop. All Saints have split up and the Spices are going their separate ways so the way is open for a new girl group. Urban Chaos hope
-
Date
Lapsed concern
It is one of the biggest killers in the world. But in Britain we seem to have forgotten the deadly nature of the HIV and Aids pandemic. After the initial hysteria prompted by terrifying Government adverts and dire predictions by the medical establishment
-
Date
Feature: HIV figures on the rise
Siobhan Ryan looks at the HIV situation in Sussex after new national figures showed the number of people being diagnosed is higher than ever before. The new figures also show the majority of new cases being diagnosed are amongst the heterosexual rather
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Date
Proud return
When Jenny Langston is elected as our new MP on June 7, we Hove residents are looking forward to the return of our own proud Borough of Hove to its former high standards. Top priority must surely to be forcibly remove, if necessary, all the illegally
-
Date
Grounds for argument
SUPPORTERS and players at a football club are sending out 100,000 leaflets accusing Brighton and Hove City Council of kicking them out of Withdean Stadium. The Withdean 2000 club is protesting after being told their ground share agreement with Brighton
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Date
Bring it back
Now Brighton has become totally gridlocked with vehicles and masses of people, I do not drive into the centre. Instead, I use the bus and I get a bird's-eye view from the top deck. I would like to know why our gardens are now being used as picnic areas
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Date
Football: Dickie calls it a Day
Dickie Day has stepped down as manager of double winning Sidley United. Day has handed over control to his assistant Peter Heritage and reserve team player Glen Sully. Sidley did the double last season when they won the County League division one title
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Date
Motorsport: Freshwater sparkles again
Richard Freshwater has extended his lead in the BEMSEE club's Powerbike Series. The 26-year-old from Peacehaven enjoyed another consistent weekend in the latest round at Snetterton. Freshwater failed to win a race but he extended his lead in the series
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Date
Vandals destroy garden on eve of big day
Vandals ran riot through a couple's dream garden and destroyed it days before they planned to celebrate their ruby wedding anniversary in it. John and Lilian Futcher awoke to find potted plants emptied into the fish pond, trellis pulled down, shrubs ripped
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Date
Pepper spray trials a success
Sussex Police used a pepper spray 12 times within eight weeks of it being introduced. Officers drew the synthetic pepper Captor spray on 21 other occasions since it was introduced in April. Its success means it could be available to all officers in Sussex
-
Date
Fury at nude pupils site
Thousands of people have beenlogging on to an internet site advertising an all-nude girls' prep school in Sussex. A web site for Willow Grove Park, supposedly in Falmer, Brighton, claims it is the UK's only school where the students go unclothed in the
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Date
Mystery over charity cash
Police and licensing officers are investigating a group selling fund-raising scratchcards across Sussex. An Argus investigation has revealed some of the charities the lottery claims benefit from the draw had never heard of it and others said they had
