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Blow for stadium plans
The Albion were dealt a slap in the face last night as councillors voted overwhelmingly against the club's plans for a new stadium. Lewes district councillors unanimously rejected proposals for a £44 million stadium at Falmer, vowing to push for a
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Stadium campaigns raise the pressure
Campaigners for and against a new Albion stadium are stepping up their efforts in the run-up to a ruling on the scheme. A decision on the proposed £44 million plan for a stadium north or south of Village Way, Falmer, is expected in the next ten weeks.
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Weird world
We, along with Americans, spent millions of pounds devastating Afghanistan and now we are about the spend £20 million in aid to re-assemble the mess we perpetrated in the first place. What a strange world we live in. -Mick Venour Southon Close, Portslade
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Burger chain's bid to flush out addicts
Fast food giant McDonald's is getting tough with drug users who use its toilets as a meeting place. Tight security measures are being introduced in a bid to stamp out the stream of addicts and users who rendezvous beneath the company's famous golden arches
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The waste!
West Sussex County Council claims council tax rises are needed (The Argus, January 7) because it does not have enough money for waste management. This council wasted thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money trying to impose its waste plans on Sompting,
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Another fine mess
The article about travellers sited on Brighton station car park on Sunday, December 30 (The Argus, January 4) stated they were in one corner of the car park. This is wrong - they were all over it. As a regular seller at the market, which I do for various
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Job lost every minute
A manufacturing job was lost every working minute of the day last year as the sector slumped into crisis, it has been claimed. A survey by the GMB union showed 112,000 manufacturing jobs were axed in the UK in 2001, spread across every region of the UK
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Stand up tall
How can The Voice Of The Argus (January 4) possibly say Brighton and Hove City Council should consider finding another official travellers' site? Why? What on earth do these people contribute to the local community other than destroying their surroundings
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A lot of front
I was somewhat saddened last week to find my ten-year-old daughter upset and frustrated. She had been the victim of pickpockets. The amount stolen was £25, quite a large sum to a child. She had gone out excitedly, planning her sales purchases, along with
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Well deserved
On Boxing Day, The Argus printed an article about my son Anthony handing over a cheque for £3,000 to Cancer Research ("Cancer fighter's head for a cause"). We would both like to thank everyone that helped to raise this money. A number of schools and businesses
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Card carriers
In the same week as we read Dolly the sheep, the first cloned animal bred by science, is suffering from acute arthritis in her hip and leg - a condition the scientists involved admit may be a result of the very process of cloning - we read triumphant
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Double standards?
Two sites on the South Downs, one a prestige development for a major motor car company (BMW Rolls-Royce) at Goodwood, the other a football stadium for Albion supporters of Sussex at Falmer. Guess which one is going ahead at rapid speed while the other
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Horror attack left dad blind
A father was permanently blinded in a savage attack by a man who believed he was killing an alien, a jury heard. Clifford Williams, who has five children, was repeatedly beaten with a metal bar and left lying in the street in a pool of blood. Homeless
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£25,000 Ecstasy haul seized
Five thousand Ecstasy tablets worth £25,000 have been found in a police raid on a home in Brighton. The pills - the largest seizure in Brighton and Hove in a year - were discovered in bags in a bedroom. Yesterday's raid in Montpelier Place resulted in
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Well done, posties
I posted an A4- sized packet containing two video tapes, a letter and some pictures. Of course, I registered it. This was 11am on Wednesday, January 2, and, to my surprise, my friends in Stoke-on-Trent were on the phone the next day to say the postman
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Cherish them
The double-page feature on abandoned Sussex pets (The Argus, January 3) showed just how many unfortunate animals suffer at the hand of selfish and fickle owners. Although the RSPCA and other animal welfare groups do wonderful work, unless tougher legislation
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Youth Athletics: Charlotte kicks off in style as she wins again
Charlotte Browning, one of the county's most promising young athletes, kicked off the New Year by winning her second successive Sussex junior cross country title. The Chichester runner, a national champion who claimed the county under-13s crown at Lancing
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Kill or cure?
Down the ages, there have been many wars and killings by different religious factions. They continue today in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. All these and the September 11 attacks were carried out by religious fanatics. None were carried out in
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Youth Swimming: Splashing for Brighton
Brighton have won their own Open for the first time. The hosts lifted the Tom Handley Memorial title after series of scintillating performances in the 19th staging of the oldest and biggest event in Sussex. Over 450 competitors converged on the Prince
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Speedway: New man is the key for Eagles
Polish star Krzystof Cegielski is the man Eastbourne Eagles are banking on to put them back on top in British speedway. As exclusively revealed in Monday's Argus, the 22-year-old Grand Prix ace was being unveiled today as the club's big winter signing
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Stand fast
The over-reaction and appalling jingoism of most sections of the media following the tragic events of September 11 were almost matched by their over-enthusiastic and totally unbiased welcome for the launch of the euro on New Year's Day. Far from being
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New man is the key for Eagles
POLISH star Krzystof Cegielski is the man Eastbourne Eagles are banking on to put them back on top in British speedway. As exclusively revealed in Monday's Argus, the 22-year-old Grand Prix ace was being unveiled today as the club's big winter signing
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Drop in drink-drive figures
The number of Christmas drink-drivers in Sussex has been slashed by more than half, figures have revealed. The announcement bucks the national trend, which shows a 15 per cent increase. Only 13 motorists gave positive breath tests during the holiday period
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New rail strike called
Passengers who use South West Trains services face fresh misery after a union called another 48-hour strike for later this month. The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) announced a new walk-out at the company, which has been hit by a series of stoppages
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Wreckers target Sea Scouts
Vandals have wrecked a hut used as a Sea Scouts group headquarters in Lewes. The yobs even brought rocks along with them to carry out the attack. Scout leaders found stones unlike any others near the hut had been hurled through the windows. The attack
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Population rise is forecast
The population of East Sussex is expected to rise by six per cent in the next decade. Figures from East Sussex County Council show an expected increase in population from 503,400 to 532,200 by the year 2011. The number of young adults aged 16 to 29 should
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Three held in murder probe
Three men were today arrested on suspicion of murdering a 28-year-old man who went missing last August. The body of Jason Martin-Smith has never been found but police have received a tip-off that he was shot dead in Hastings shortly after his disappearance
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Town mulls street drinking ban
Views are being sought on controversial plans to ban street-drinking in a large part of central Eastbourne. Council bosses want to gauge public support for the ban, which would run from Eastbourne seafront, through the town centre and into Old Town. Public
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Teacher fought for life, jury told
A teacher fought for her life as her husband repeatedly beat her, a murder trial has been told. Jillian Parnham, 38, who died from severe head injuries, used her arms and hands to defend herself. Forensic pathologist Dr Ian Hill told Lewes Crown Court
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Man denies beauty spot knife horror
A masked sex attacker slashed a teenager 35 times in a car park at an isolated beauty spot, a jury heard today. She was stabbed in the face, hands and neck, and left with permanent scars. The powerfully-built man tried to rob the 17-year-old and her 19
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Blow for stadium hopes
The Albion were dealt a slap in the face last night as councillors voted overwhelmingly against the club's plans for a new stadium. Lewes district councillors unanimously rejected proposals for a £44 million stadium at Falmer, vowing to push for a public
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Dunfishin'? Not just yet
After 15 years selling rods, hooks and maggots, Bob and Joan Briggs are retiring to spend more time with ... rods, hooks and maggots. Mr and Mrs Briggs have sold the Ken Dunman Fishing Tackle shop in Worthing so they can devote more of their energies
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Clinic for hate crime victims
Victims of homophobic hate crime no longer have to go to the police station to report it. The first fortnightly clinic for victims is being held tomorrow at a gay cafe-shop in Brighton, Scene 22, at 129 St James's Street. It will be run by Sandra Dempster
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Anger as tree gets the chop
Campaigners have lost their battle to save a 100-year-old cherry tree from the chop. The tree won a stay of execution before Christmas when people living nearby staged a demo against its removal. But it was finally felled yesterday to make way for a 45
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Stacks turned into a pile
Twin chimneys at a disused power station are facing the final stages of demolition. The 200ft stacks at the Broomgrove Power Station, Fire Tree Road, Hastings, were scaled down through gradual demolition work but today, a 120-ton crane was due to start
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Euro is foreign money
The euro is a foreign currency. If businesses wish to deal in foreign currency such as the dollar, yen or euro, they must expect to be charged for the inconvenience and cost they will put on the banking fraternity. With 70 per cent of the British public
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Better house numbers
I am one of a team of district nurses that works on the evening shift. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the houses decorated with lights as we drove around visiting our patients in their own homes during the Christmas period. If only the house numbers
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Burger chain's bid to flush out addicts
Fast food giant McDonald's is getting tough with drug users who use its toilets as a meeting place. Tight security measures are being introduced in a bid to stamp out the stream of addicts and users who rendezvous beneath the company's famous golden arches
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The waste!
West Sussex County Council claims council tax rises are needed (The Argus, January 7) because it does not have enough money for waste management. This council wasted thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money trying to impose its waste plans on Sompting,
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Mean streets
I was astonished to read a solution can be found to the long-running waste saga but at the additional cost of £3 million (The Argus, January 2). The article also stated streets are generally being swept better and dustbins emptied. It was strange this
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Job lost every minute
A manufacturing job was lost every working minute of the day last year as the sector slumped into crisis, it has been claimed. A survey by the GMB union showed 112,000 manufacturing jobs were axed in the UK in 2001, spread across every region of the UK
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Stand up tall
How can The Voice Of The Argus (January 4) possibly say Brighton and Hove City Council should consider finding another official travellers' site? Why? What on earth do these people contribute to the local community other than destroying their surroundings
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Relative rights
Is Lisa MacMurdie (Letters, December 28) working under a misconception? She may be interested to note, under English law (except in the case of children), relatives have no right to give or refuse consent for any medical treatment or resuscitation decisions
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Sales drop for Iceland
Food retailer Iceland said the froth had come off Christmas sales today after opting not to entice shoppers with cheap beer. Like-for-like sales fell 4.2% at the company's core Iceland Foods business as it decided not to repeat heavily discounted offers
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Not alone
While visiting my son and his family, I happened to read Sally Hall's article "An oasis of inspiration" (The Argus, December 28). Having been chairman of a drug rehabilitation charity solely for women and their children for 14 years, I am in a position
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A lot of front
I was somewhat saddened last week to find my ten-year-old daughter upset and frustrated. She had been the victim of pickpockets. The amount stolen was £25, quite a large sum to a child. She had gone out excitedly, planning her sales purchases, along with
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Kids meet Milk Tray hero
Actor Jonathan Cake had some inspirational words for pupils as the guest of an honour at an awards ceremony. The former Worthing Sixth Form College student returned for the first time since leaving in 1985 to present certificates. More than 500 people
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Station revamp put back
Improvements to the run-down area around Worthing railway station have been delayed until the start of summer. The work, which includes steps to reduce congestion in Railway Approach, was due to start in February but will not now start until May or June
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Teacher fought for life, jury told
A Mid Sussex teacher fought for her life as her husband repeatedly beat her, a murder trial has been told. Jillian Parnham, 38, who died from severe head injuries, used her arms and hands to defend herself. Forensic pathologist Dr Ian Hill told Lewes
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Teacher told police of 'frenzied' killing
A teacher bludgeoned his wife to death in a "frenzy" after confronted her about her affair with a colleague, a court was told. In a videotaped police interview, Mark Parnham said he hit his wife Jillian over and over again with a metal bar after she taunted
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Wife treats New Year attack victim
A man beaten senseless in a pub toilet has regained consciousness and is being treated by his reflexologist wife. Paul Titherington, 25, has been able to kiss his wife Kate for the first time since he was attacked on New Year's Eve. Mrs Titherington,
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Call centre jobs joy
Up to 150 jobs are set to be created by Bexhill's largest private employer. The posts will be based at insurance firm Hastings Direct's multi-million-pound call handling centre in Collington Avenue. It is part of a huge expansion of the 750-employee company
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Three held in murder probe
Three men were today arrested on suspicion of murdering a 28-year-old man who went missing last August. The body of Jason Martin-Smith has never been found but police have received a tip-off that he was shot dead in Hastings shortly after his disappearance
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Horror attack left dad blind
An Eastbourne father was permanently blinded in a savage attack by a man who believed he was killing an alien, a jury heard. Clifford Williams, who has five children, was repeatedly beaten with a metal bar and left lying in the street in a pool of blood
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Trader's out to block flats
Hundreds of people have signed a petition to stop flats being built in a town centre car park in Polegate. Plans to turn the car park in Station Approach into 22 flats prompted local business owner and town councillor Christine Berry to organise a campaign
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Well done, posties
I posted an A4- sized packet containing two video tapes, a letter and some pictures. Of course, I registered it. This was 11am on Wednesday, January 2, and, to my surprise, my friends in Stoke-on-Trent were on the phone the next day to say the postman
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Cherish them
The double-page feature on abandoned Sussex pets (The Argus, January 3) showed just how many unfortunate animals suffer at the hand of selfish and fickle owners. Although the RSPCA and other animal welfare groups do wonderful work, unless tougher legislation
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Bright idea
There is a very clearly written and authoritative reference book called The Oxford Companion To The Bible, edited by Bruce M Melzger and Michael D Cooper. I really think some of the recent correspondents on religious belief would do well to buy it and
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Porky problem
A pig called Del Boy Trotter has outgrown his stable and needs to find a new sty. The 25-stone British white was saved from the dinner plate by an animal charity and is currently staying at East Preston. He's named after the wheeler-dealer in the TV comedy
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Youth Swimming: Splashing for Brighton
Brighton have won their own Open for the first time. The hosts lifted the Tom Handley Memorial title after series of scintillating performances in the 19th staging of the oldest and biggest event in Sussex. Over 450 competitors converged on the Prince
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Speedway: New man is the key for Eagles
Polish star Krzystof Cegielski is the man Eastbourne Eagles are banking on to put them back on top in British speedway. As exclusively revealed in Monday's Argus, the 22-year-old Grand Prix ace was being unveiled today as the club's big winter signing
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Addict action
Not everyone who visits McDonald's in London Road, Brighton, is there for a Big Mac and chips. Some of them slide into the toilets for a quick fix and to meet other addicts in a warm, dry place. McDonald's is heavily used by children and the last thing
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Not too late for a party
There will be big parties in Worthing and Eastbourne this year to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. But nothing special is planned in Brighton and Hove, the biggest resort, which owes its fame to royal patronage. It seems strange that two towns, which
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Go with the euro to speed up progress
It was really refreshing to read that the landlord of the Rose and Crown pub in Worthing was enterprising enough to try to "go with the euro" (The Argus, January 5) - and this in a town where supporters of the local ruling party sported "Say No To Europe
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Ryman League: Quinn furious as Rooks go clear
Jimmy Quinn watched his injury-hit side extend their lead at the top of Ryman League division two to five points and then blasted his players. The Rooks boss was furious after Lewes needed two late strikes to see off their mid-table opposition and afterwards
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Woman found dead in car
A 52-year-old woman has been found dead in her car after she went missing for two days. Carol Ann Dyer, of Allyington Way, Maidenbower, Crawley, was found near Handcross yesterday. Her body was discovered in her white Renault 5 at Plummers Plain by a
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Town mulls street drinking ban
Views are being sought on controversial plans to ban street-drinking in a large part of central Eastbourne. Council bosses want to gauge public support for the ban, which would run from Eastbourne seafront, through the town centre and into Old Town. Public
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Phone trade's flat for Dixons
Electrical retail group Dixons reported flat trading figures today after being hit by a decline in the mobile phone and PC markets. Like-for-like sales in the 28 weeks to November 10 were 0.8% lower, while the figure for the Christmas and New Year trading
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Bleak outlook for engineers
Any recovery in the engineering and manufacturing sector is unlikely before the second half of the year. The Engineering Emp-loyers' Federation (EEF) said there was cautious optimism signs of an improvement would be seen by the summer. But it added the
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Drop in drink-drive figures
The number of Christmas drink-drivers in Sussex has been slashed by more than half, figures have revealed. The announcement bucks the national trend, which shows a 15 per cent increase. Only 13 motorists gave positive breath tests during the holiday period
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New Year jobs joy
Crawley, still reeling from the economic impact of September 11, has received a New Year jobs boost. A £30 million office development is likely to create up to 200 jobs in Crawley, which is heavily reliant on the crisis-hit airline industry. Crawley Borough
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Wreckers target Sea Scouts
Vandals have wrecked a hut used as a Sea Scouts group headquarters in Lewes. The yobs even brought rocks along with them to carry out the attack. Scout leaders found stones unlike any others near the hut had been hurled through the windows. The attack
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Population rise is forecast
The population of East Sussex is expected to rise by six per cent in the next decade. Figures from East Sussex County Council show an expected increase in population from 503,400 to 532,200 by the year 2011. The number of young adults aged 16 to 29 should
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Mugger preyed on Marjorie, 82
An 82-year-old woman was dragged along the pavement as she battled with a mugger who went for her handbag. The uneven struggle ended when the thief dislocated the woman's finger and escaped with the bag. Plucky Marjorie Hallett screamed "You rotten coward
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Three held in murder probe
Three men were today arrested on suspicion of murdering a 28-year-old man who went missing last August. The body of Jason Martin-Smith has never been found but police have received a tip-off that he was shot dead in Hastings shortly after his disappearance
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Town mulls street drinking ban
Views are being sought on controversial plans to ban street-drinking in a large part of central Eastbourne. Council bosses want to gauge public support for the ban, which would run from Eastbourne seafront, through the town centre and into Old Town. Public
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Teacher fought for life, jury told
A teacher fought for her life as her husband repeatedly beat her, a murder trial has been told. Jillian Parnham, 38, who died from severe head injuries, used her arms and hands to defend herself. Forensic pathologist Dr Ian Hill told Lewes Crown Court
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Man denies beauty spot knife horror
A masked sex attacker slashed a teenager 35 times in a car park at an isolated beauty spot, a jury heard today. She was stabbed in the face, hands and neck, and left with permanent scars. The powerfully-built man tried to rob the 17-year-old and her 19
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Blow for stadium hopes
The Albion were dealt a slap in the face last night as councillors voted overwhelmingly against the club's plans for a new stadium. Lewes district councillors unanimously rejected proposals for a £44 million stadium at Falmer, vowing to push for a public
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City's Jubilee snub for Queen
People across Britain will celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee this year - but she will be snubbed by Brighton and Hove. We can reveal the city council has not planned a single event to mark the 50th anniversary of Princess Elizabeth becoming Queen.
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Clinic for hate crime victims
Victims of homophobic hate crime no longer have to go to the police station to report it. The first fortnightly clinic for victims is being held tomorrow at a gay cafe-shop in Brighton, Scene 22, at 129 St James's Street. It will be run by Sandra Dempster
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Anger as tree gets the chop
Campaigners have lost their battle to save a 100-year-old cherry tree from the chop. The tree won a stay of execution before Christmas when people living nearby staged a demo against its removal. But it was finally felled yesterday to make way for a 45
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Post office stays shut
Residents have been left dismayed by the sudden closure of their local post office. The Kemp Town Post Office in St George's Road, Brighton, stayed shut after the festive period despite promising business as usual in the New Year. A sign on the door stated
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To let: Tory election HQ
Hove's Conservatives want to raise money by letting out their election headquarters. The decision to rent out their building in Portland Road comes in the wake of their June General Election defeat. Party chairman Brian Oxley said the Hove Conservative
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Stacks turned into a pile
Twin chimneys at a disused power station are facing the final stages of demolition. The 200ft stacks at the Broomgrove Power Station, Fire Tree Road, Hastings, were scaled down through gradual demolition work but today, a 120-ton crane was due to start
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Euro is foreign money
The euro is a foreign currency. If businesses wish to deal in foreign currency such as the dollar, yen or euro, they must expect to be charged for the inconvenience and cost they will put on the banking fraternity. With 70 per cent of the British public
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Woman hurt by pavement cyclist
A mother wants police to prosecute pavement cyclists after one knocked her over, breaking her wrist, then fled the scene. The cyclist turned round in the saddle after dropping her personal stereo and knocked down Teri Shipley, who was outside the One2One
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Better house numbers
I am one of a team of district nurses that works on the evening shift. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the houses decorated with lights as we drove around visiting our patients in their own homes during the Christmas period. If only the house numbers
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Mean streets
I was astonished to read a solution can be found to the long-running waste saga but at the additional cost of £3 million (The Argus, January 2). The article also stated streets are generally being swept better and dustbins emptied. It was strange this
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500 vacancies in banking
Financial services group Abbey National has created 500 new jobs with the launch of a current account war with its big High Street rivals. The former building society said it was pouring £25 million into its retail banking arm in a bid to increase its
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Relative rights
Is Lisa MacMurdie (Letters, December 28) working under a misconception? She may be interested to note, under English law (except in the case of children), relatives have no right to give or refuse consent for any medical treatment or resuscitation decisions
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Sales drop for Iceland
Food retailer Iceland said the froth had come off Christmas sales today after opting not to entice shoppers with cheap beer. Like-for-like sales fell 4.2% at the company's core Iceland Foods business as it decided not to repeat heavily discounted offers
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Not alone
While visiting my son and his family, I happened to read Sally Hall's article "An oasis of inspiration" (The Argus, December 28). Having been chairman of a drug rehabilitation charity solely for women and their children for 14 years, I am in a position
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The Jubilee: How Sussex will celebrate
Golden Jubilee celebrations are planned across Sussex, though the excitement is unlikely to rival that of 1953. To mark the Coronation there were decorations and street parties and schoolchildren were given commemorative gifts. But attitudes to the royal
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Pay staff real money to improve NHS
Please may we have no more of this sycophantic correspondence about the health service (Judi Lonsdale, Letters, January 2). Time and again, very serious issues concerning local hospitals are raised in The Argus - not all of them in the letters page -
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Sharp kids
When I took my five-year-old niece to see the Rotary Club Christmas sleigh, I nearly died of embarrassment when she asked the bogus Santa Claus why his reindeer were made of cardboard and not real. Children are a lot more sharp than we give them credit
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What's Tony up to?
I note once again Tony Blair has taken off abroad - who does he think he is? Peace minister for the British/ Americans? I would have thought he had enough problems in the UK to sort out since none of the promises he made at the election have materialised
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
Tomorrow is the day I should have become famous. Not quite Kate Winslet or Victoria Beckham famous, but famous as in: "Hey! Didn't we see you on the telly on Thursday?" And, had things gone to plan, you would have, but they didn't - so here I am, my invitation
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Make travellers pay
When travellers leave rubbish behind, why can't Social Security deduct £20 from each them all before they receive their giros to pay for the clean-up, instead of the poor taxpayers having to pay? -Mrs T Willard, Bevendean Crescent, Brighton
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Bright idea
There is a very clearly written and authoritative reference book called The Oxford Companion To The Bible, edited by Bruce M Melzger and Michael D Cooper. I really think some of the recent correspondents on religious belief would do well to buy it and
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Change of life
Colin Wadey asks "If the problem of evil is with man, why does your God not change him?" (Letters, January 4). The wonderful thing is, he does. Jesus said it was possible for a man or woman to be born again (John 3:1-21) and St Paul wrote: "Therefore,
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Porky problem
A pig called Del Boy Trotter has outgrown his stable and needs to find a new sty. The 25-stone British white was saved from the dinner plate by an animal charity and is currently staying at East Preston. He's named after the wheeler-dealer in the TV comedy
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Addict action
Not everyone who visits McDonald's in London Road, Brighton, is there for a Big Mac and chips. Some of them slide into the toilets for a quick fix and to meet other addicts in a warm, dry place. McDonald's is heavily used by children and the last thing
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The pig who's just too big
Del Boy Trotter became a bit of a porker after dining in style on Marks & Spencer takeaway meals. The portly pig tips the scales at more than 25st and needs a new home because he has outgrown his old one. Del Boy - named after David Jason's wheeler-dealer
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One-off
It is bad enough to make Sunday the same as a working day in every week and now John Orgar (Letters, January 4) thinks it clever to make Christmas Day the same as the other 364, with all shops open. It must be remembered December 25 is a public holiday
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Basketball: Smith urged to return for Thunder
Gary Smith has been told to take-off his tracksuit and help Worthing Thunder win the NBL Trophy. Thunder hope to clinch their first piece of silverware by beating Teesside Mohawks in Sunday's final at Sheffield (5pm). Player/coach Smith can play a key
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Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart
At least Cardiff and Leeds United got in 90 minutes football despite the mayhem at Ninian Park on Sunday. Unlike Albion who had their Cup tie called off a full 27 hours before kick-off. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it did not need Wincey Willis
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Not too late for a party
There will be big parties in Worthing and Eastbourne this year to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. But nothing special is planned in Brighton and Hove, the biggest resort, which owes its fame to royal patronage. It seems strange that two towns, which
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Dr Martens League: Collins hits four in Crawley rout
Rob Collins was the star of the show as Crawley Town thrashed Burnham 6-0 in the Dr Martens League Cup second round. Collins netted four times as Reds completely dominated their eastern division opponents. Jimmy Dack, Warren Waugh and Steve Sargent were
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Go with the euro to speed up progress
It was really refreshing to read that the landlord of the Rose and Crown pub in Worthing was enterprising enough to try to "go with the euro" (The Argus, January 5) - and this in a town where supporters of the local ruling party sported "Say No To Europe
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Ryman League: Quinn furious as Rooks go clear
Jimmy Quinn watched his injury-hit side extend their lead at the top of Ryman League division two to five points and then blasted his players. The Rooks boss was furious after Lewes needed two late strikes to see off their mid-table opposition and afterwards
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Albion warned of the danger
Brighton and Hove Albion have been warned to beware of the big under-achievers in the Second Division. Saturday's hosts Wigan have been in the play-offs in each of the last three seasons. They have struggled so far this term but last Saturday's 2-2 draw
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Phone trade's flat for Dixons
Electrical retail group Dixons reported flat trading figures today after being hit by a decline in the mobile phone and PC markets. Like-for-like sales in the 28 weeks to November 10 were 0.8% lower, while the figure for the Christmas and New Year trading
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Bleak outlook for engineers
Any recovery in the engineering and manufacturing sector is unlikely before the second half of the year. The Engineering Emp-loyers' Federation (EEF) said there was cautious optimism signs of an improvement would be seen by the summer. But it added the
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Lib Dems back online voting
Brighton and Hove's Liberal Democrats want internet voting introduced to increase the turnout at elections. Councillor Paul Elgood, leader of the group on the city council, said: "The Government should not just sit back and let apathy decide the outcome
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Mugger preyed on Marjorie, 82
An 82-year-old woman was dragged along the pavement as she battled with a mugger who went for her handbag. The uneven struggle ended when the thief dislocated the woman's finger and escaped with the bag. Plucky Marjorie Hallett screamed "You rotten coward
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Teacher told police of 'frenzied' killing
A teacher bludgeoned his wife to death in a "frenzy" after confronted her about her affair with a colleague, a court was told. In a videotaped police interview, Mark Parnham said he hit his wife Jillian over and over again with a metal bar after she taunted
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City's Jubilee snub for Queen
People across Britain will celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee this year - but she will be snubbed by Brighton and Hove. We can reveal the city council has not planned a single event to mark the 50th anniversary of Princess Elizabeth becoming Queen.
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Gift for homelessness charity
A charity which helps the homeless has been given £5,000 from a fund established by the parent company of The Argus. St Patrick's Trust, which maintains a hostel and night shelter for the homeless in Hove, was given the grant by the Gannett Foundation
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Post office stays shut
Residents have been left dismayed by the sudden closure of their local post office. The Kemp Town Post Office in St George's Road, Brighton, stayed shut after the festive period despite promising business as usual in the New Year. A sign on the door stated
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Police squad keeps crooks at bay
A crime-busting team is celebrating six months of coming down hard on Hove's criminals. The crime car squad started with two officers - dubbed Starsky and Hutch after the Seventies TV cop duo - who targeted known criminals. The team has been so successful
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To let: Tory election HQ
Hove's Conservatives want to raise money by letting out their election headquarters. The decision to rent out their building in Portland Road comes in the wake of their June General Election defeat. Party chairman Brian Oxley said the Hove Conservative
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Woman hurt by pavement cyclist
A mother wants police to prosecute pavement cyclists after one knocked her over, breaking her wrist, then fled the scene. The cyclist turned round in the saddle after dropping her personal stereo and knocked down Teri Shipley, who was outside the One2One
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Stadium campaigns raise the pressure
Campaigners for and against a new Albion stadium are stepping up their efforts in the run-up to a ruling on the scheme. A decision on the proposed £44 million plan for a stadium north or south of Village Way, Falmer, is expected in the next ten weeks.
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Weird world
We, along with Americans, spent millions of pounds devastating Afghanistan and now we are about the spend £20 million in aid to re-assemble the mess we perpetrated in the first place. What a strange world we live in. -Mick Venour Southon Close, Portslade
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Another fine mess
The article about travellers sited on Brighton station car park on Sunday, December 30 (The Argus, January 4) stated they were in one corner of the car park. This is wrong - they were all over it. As a regular seller at the market, which I do for various
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500 vacancies in banking
Financial services group Abbey National has created 500 new jobs with the launch of a current account war with its big High Street rivals. The former building society said it was pouring £25 million into its retail banking arm in a bid to increase its
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Well deserved
On Boxing Day, The Argus printed an article about my son Anthony handing over a cheque for £3,000 to Cancer Research ("Cancer fighter's head for a cause"). We would both like to thank everyone that helped to raise this money. A number of schools and businesses
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Card carriers
In the same week as we read Dolly the sheep, the first cloned animal bred by science, is suffering from acute arthritis in her hip and leg - a condition the scientists involved admit may be a result of the very process of cloning - we read triumphant
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The Jubilee: How Sussex will celebrate
Golden Jubilee celebrations are planned across Sussex, though the excitement is unlikely to rival that of 1953. To mark the Coronation there were decorations and street parties and schoolchildren were given commemorative gifts. But attitudes to the royal
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Pay staff real money to improve NHS
Please may we have no more of this sycophantic correspondence about the health service (Judi Lonsdale, Letters, January 2). Time and again, very serious issues concerning local hospitals are raised in The Argus - not all of them in the letters page -
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Sharp kids
When I took my five-year-old niece to see the Rotary Club Christmas sleigh, I nearly died of embarrassment when she asked the bogus Santa Claus why his reindeer were made of cardboard and not real. Children are a lot more sharp than we give them credit
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Double standards?
Two sites on the South Downs, one a prestige development for a major motor car company (BMW Rolls-Royce) at Goodwood, the other a football stadium for Albion supporters of Sussex at Falmer. Guess which one is going ahead at rapid speed while the other
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What's Tony up to?
I note once again Tony Blair has taken off abroad - who does he think he is? Peace minister for the British/ Americans? I would have thought he had enough problems in the UK to sort out since none of the promises he made at the election have materialised
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Horror attack left dad blind
A father was permanently blinded in a savage attack by a man who believed he was killing an alien, a jury heard. Clifford Williams, who has five children, was repeatedly beaten with a metal bar and left lying in the street in a pool of blood. Homeless
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
Tomorrow is the day I should have become famous. Not quite Kate Winslet or Victoria Beckham famous, but famous as in: "Hey! Didn't we see you on the telly on Thursday?" And, had things gone to plan, you would have, but they didn't - so here I am, my invitation
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Note led police to woman's body
A depressed East Sussex woman left a suicide note in her kitchen cupboard which led police to her body, an inquest heard. The body of Dorothy Pennington, 62, was pulled from the Common Pond in Station Road, Hailsham, by an underwater search team. She
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Man denies beauty spot knife horror
A masked sex attacker slashed a teenager 35 times in a car park at an isolated beauty spot, a jury heard today. She was stabbed in the face, hands and neck, and left with permanent scars. The powerfully-built man tried to rob the 17-year-old and her 19
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£25,000 Ecstasy haul seized
Five thousand Ecstasy tablets worth £25,000 have been found in a police raid on a home in Brighton. The pills - the largest seizure in Brighton and Hove in a year - were discovered in bags in a bedroom. Yesterday's raid in Montpelier Place resulted in
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Make travellers pay
When travellers leave rubbish behind, why can't Social Security deduct £20 from each them all before they receive their giros to pay for the clean-up, instead of the poor taxpayers having to pay? -Mrs T Willard, Bevendean Crescent, Brighton
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Change of life
Colin Wadey asks "If the problem of evil is with man, why does your God not change him?" (Letters, January 4). The wonderful thing is, he does. Jesus said it was possible for a man or woman to be born again (John 3:1-21) and St Paul wrote: "Therefore,
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Youth Athletics: Charlotte kicks off in style as she wins again
Charlotte Browning, one of the county's most promising young athletes, kicked off the New Year by winning her second successive Sussex junior cross country title. The Chichester runner, a national champion who claimed the county under-13s crown at Lancing
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Kill or cure?
Down the ages, there have been many wars and killings by different religious factions. They continue today in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. All these and the September 11 attacks were carried out by religious fanatics. None were carried out in
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The pig who's just too big
Del Boy Trotter became a bit of a porker after dining in style on Marks & Spencer takeaway meals. The portly pig tips the scales at more than 25st and needs a new home because he has outgrown his old one. Del Boy - named after David Jason's wheeler-dealer
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One-off
It is bad enough to make Sunday the same as a working day in every week and now John Orgar (Letters, January 4) thinks it clever to make Christmas Day the same as the other 364, with all shops open. It must be remembered December 25 is a public holiday
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Basketball: Smith urged to return for Thunder
Gary Smith has been told to take-off his tracksuit and help Worthing Thunder win the NBL Trophy. Thunder hope to clinch their first piece of silverware by beating Teesside Mohawks in Sunday's final at Sheffield (5pm). Player/coach Smith can play a key
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Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart
At least Cardiff and Leeds United got in 90 minutes football despite the mayhem at Ninian Park on Sunday. Unlike Albion who had their Cup tie called off a full 27 hours before kick-off. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it did not need Wincey Willis
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Stand fast
The over-reaction and appalling jingoism of most sections of the media following the tragic events of September 11 were almost matched by their over-enthusiastic and totally unbiased welcome for the launch of the euro on New Year's Day. Far from being
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Dr Martens League: Collins hits four in Crawley rout
Rob Collins was the star of the show as Crawley Town thrashed Burnham 6-0 in the Dr Martens League Cup second round. Collins netted four times as Reds completely dominated their eastern division opponents. Jimmy Dack, Warren Waugh and Steve Sargent were
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Harbour responds to berth dearth
Sovereign Harbour is investing in a £250,000 expansion programme to satisfy demand from out-of-town boat owners. Bosses at the harbour in Eastbourne have had an unprecedented number of inquiries from boat owners wanting to berth there. To deal with the
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New man is the key for Eagles
POLISH star Krzystof Cegielski is the man Eastbourne Eagles are banking on to put them back on top in British speedway. As exclusively revealed in Monday's Argus, the 22-year-old Grand Prix ace was being unveiled today as the club's big winter signing
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Albion warned of the danger
Brighton and Hove Albion have been warned to beware of the big under-achievers in the Second Division. Saturday's hosts Wigan have been in the play-offs in each of the last three seasons. They have struggled so far this term but last Saturday's 2-2 draw
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Lib Dems back online voting
Brighton and Hove's Liberal Democrats want internet voting introduced to increase the turnout at elections. Councillor Paul Elgood, leader of the group on the city council, said: "The Government should not just sit back and let apathy decide the outcome
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New rail strike called
Passengers who use South West Trains services face fresh misery after a union called another 48-hour strike for later this month. The Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) announced a new walk-out at the company, which has been hit by a series of stoppages
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Teacher told police of 'frenzied' killing
A teacher bludgeoned his wife to death in a "frenzy" after confronted her about her affair with a colleague, a court was told. In a videotaped police interview, Mark Parnham said he hit his wife Jillian over and over again with a metal bar after she taunted
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Gift for homelessness charity
A charity which helps the homeless has been given £5,000 from a fund established by the parent company of The Argus. St Patrick's Trust, which maintains a hostel and night shelter for the homeless in Hove, was given the grant by the Gannett Foundation
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Dunfishin'? Not just yet
After 15 years selling rods, hooks and maggots, Bob and Joan Briggs are retiring to spend more time with ... rods, hooks and maggots. Mr and Mrs Briggs have sold the Ken Dunman Fishing Tackle shop in Worthing so they can devote more of their energies
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Police squad keeps crooks at bay
A crime-busting team is celebrating six months of coming down hard on Hove's criminals. The crime car squad started with two officers - dubbed Starsky and Hutch after the Seventies TV cop duo - who targeted known criminals. The team has been so successful
