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Not a quiet village
Falmer is not a quiet little village. It is split in two by the A27 and has a busy university adjoining it. It has Coldean and Moulsecoomb next door, too. Tom Carr of Sink The Stadium would find village life in Fulking but not in noisy Falmer. Good luck
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Kept in the cold
The Top Rank rink closed in 1971, just four years after our world-famous SS Brighton shut down. Keep Sussex Skating fighter Patricia Ginman and the others who skated recently on the Holiday On Ice pad (The Argus, January 16) showed just how much we need
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Extra beams
East Sussex Fire Authority plans to install a mobile telephone mast on the roof of the Preston Circus fire station, next to the Duke of York's Cinema, Brighton. No planning permission is necessary but local protests do make a difference. The electromagnetic
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Action replay
Varndean College's application to sell off three acres of playing fields for housing comes up for consideration on February 6 at 5pm at Hove Town Hall. The objections to this plan were thoroughly aired in the media last summer. A petition of more than
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Hockey pitch plans will ruin our street
I am disgusted at St Andrews Boys School head teacher Steve Jewell wanting to put eight 49-feet high floodlights and a hockey pitch on the school's playing field for Worthing Hockey Club. Come on - let's get things in perspective. This is a school, not
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Monarchy is admired
Perhaps Les Prince (what a regal name) would prefer to have a president and all the questionable entourage that goes with the post (Letters, January 14). As for his description of "an irrelevant and offensive institution", he will find we are admired
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Oil beaches seabirds
A pollution alert was triggered after more than two dozen seabirds coated with oil were washed up along the Sussex coast. Wildlife rescue workers have been picking up guillemots and razorbills from beaches between Littlehampton and Peacehaven since Thursday
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£1,000 price on knifeman's head
The Argus today offers a £1,000 reward to catch the knifeman behind a string of armed robberies at shops in Brighton and Hove. Police have taken the unusual step of naming a man they want to interview in connection with the raids. Shop staff have had
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Protection teams for child refugees
Teams to prevent human trafficking will patrol Gatwick from next month after child refugees vanished from West Sussex social services' care. Members of the House of Lords have voiced concern about the situation first revealed in The Argus in 1997. Speaking
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Born Dopey
I see Jez MacDonald has missed the point again (Letters, January 19). He twists the words of Anthony R Andrews (Letters, January 17) regarding a black actress playing Cinderella, whereas a white actress cannot be allowed to play the role of someone black
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Done deal
In reply to Mrs A Smith (Letters, January 18), Hove does not have a general hospital, only a polyclinic. Millview is a hospital for patients with mental problems. Our old hospital has been converted into flats. The nearest hospital is now the Royal Sussex
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Zone groan
Within a very short period of the Zone N traffic scheme's introduction, it was clear roads such as Aymer Road west of its north-south boundary had become congested park-and-walk areas serving the needs of those no longer able to park freely or reasonably
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Dream cars
Councillor Paul Elgood is wrong to say "it is entirely unacceptable for anyone to park on double yellow lines" (The Argus, January 19). For example, it is permissible for loading or unloading personal luggage and collecting or setting down passengers,
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Youth Squash: Sussex so close to national glory
Sussex came within one game of being crowned English under-15s champions at the national junior boys' finals at Coral, Hove. They finished runners-up to Essex, going down 3-2, after defeating favourites Nottingham by the same scoreline in the semi-finals
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Own goal
Not many people who know Peter Brazier would have expected him to lose a contest for Britain's brainiest estate agent. There is almost nothing he does not know about his specialist subject of Brighton and Hove Albion. But Peter became nervous on the ITV1
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Wheel right
I was amazed to see Dr Christian Osmer (January 19) managed to command half a page to complain about parking attendants doing their job while briefly stopping on double yellow lines to issue tickets to illegal parkers. What would you suggest? They look
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Youth Rugby: Lawrence on standy by Twickenham
Rob Lawrence is on standby to face mighty New Zealand at Twickenham. Lawrence was told he was the best technically gifted hooker after this week's trial in Nottingham for the English Schools' under-18s international against a giant Kiwi team next Wednesday
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Sound penalty
Noise is one of the greatest nuisances for people living in a crowded, busy city such as Brighton and Hove. Some noise is hard to alleviate, such as that caused by heavy traffic on main roads, or by low-flying aircraft. But other noise is caused by people
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Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart
To almost quote the words of the song, "What a difference a goal makes." Three minutes from the end of Saturday's game against Cambridge all Peter Taylor had to look forward to was the long Withdean walk back to the dressing rooms accompanied by a chorus
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Life can be too short
Ian Haywood is a vicious killer who in 1984 used a machete to kill a woman friend near her home in Hampshire. He used extreme violence on her before hiding the mutilated body under bushes at her parents' home. Haywood was sentenced to life imprisonment
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War scores
I am a fan of the Seagulls. I moved away from the area when I was called up for National Service but still supported the team when I could. I am semi-retired and have developed an interest in the activities of the football league in the Second World War
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Dr Martens League Cup: Reds dumped out of cup
Crawley were dumped out of the Dr Martens League Cup after a 4-2 defeat on penalties after a 2-2 draw against Ashford Town There was a nightmare start to the game for Billy Smith's side as they went behind with just 24 seconds on the clock as Adrian Stone
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Ref wrong to allow Zamora goal
Bobby Zamora's cheeky opening goal for Albion at Chesterfield should have been disallowed, according to Sussex's referee chief. We asked Martin Bodenham to study TV footage of the controversial incident in the Seagulls' 2-1 win at Saltergate on Monday
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Minister gets to grips with Harry Potter
Cabinet office minister Barbara Roche discussed the merits of Harry Potter with fostered children during a visit to .their school The MP talked to Heidi Mojzesz, 13, about the children's books when she visited Cardinal Newman School in Hove as part of
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Post strike talks continue
Talks aimed at averting a national postal strike were set to continue today after ending without agreement. Officials from the Communication Workers Union said no progress was made at the meeting yesterday with managers from postal group Consignia, held
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£2bn windfall from M&S
The 358,000 private investors in high street retailer Marks & Spencer are to share in a £2 billion windfall. M&S is returning the money to shareholders under a complicated scheme which will allow investors to decide when they want to take their
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Woman loses £75,000 bullying claim
A woman who sued her local authority over bullying outside school lost her case at the Court of Appeal today. Leah Bradford-Smart, 21, brought the first case of its kind, claiming around £75,000 damages for "persistent and prolonged bullying" when she
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Skate Park plan for lagoon
Part of a Hove Lagoon could be drained and converted into a skate park, a public meeting has been told. The proposal was put to a meeting at the lagoon, attended by 50 people including many skaters. Speakers included Brighton and Hove City Council's play
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Dad disappears with Danielle, 3
A mother is distraught after her boyfriend and his family disappeared with her three-year-old daughter. Anne-Marie Kingshott, 23, is desperate for the return of her daughter, Danielle Dempster, who has been missing for two weeks. The toddler vanished
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Haunted by headline
I am being haunted by the headline "Cuba camp check by British team" (The Argus, January 12) and also have to admit to disturbed sleep when this is read in conjunction with other headlines a few pages on ("Nazis rise is under debate"; "Bill star prepared
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Court told of girl's crash ordeal
A teenager was left fighting for her life after she was involved in a road accident on her way home from a birthday party. Harriet Jordan Wrench crossed the road as she and friends, who were celebrating a birthday, left the Volks Tavern nightclub in Madeira
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Oil beaches seabirds
A pollution alert was triggered after more than two dozen seabirds coated with oil were washed up along the Sussex coast. Wildlife rescue workers have been picking up guillemots and razorbills from beaches between Littlehampton and Peacehaven since Thursday
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Stereo seized after noise complaints
A mother has become the first person in Brighton and Hove to have stereo equipment seized by court order after she refused to stop playing loud music. Dawn Osbourne, 22, of Lynchet Close, Brighton, was repeatedly asked to keep the noise down but continued
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£1,000 price on knifeman's head
The Argus today offers a £1,000 reward to catch the knifeman behind a string of armed robberies at shops in Brighton and Hove. Police have taken the unusual step of naming a man they want to interview in connection with the raids. Shop staff have had
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Woman loses £75,000 bullying claim
A woman who sued her local authority over bullying outside school lost her case at the Court of Appeal today. Leah Bradford-Smart, 21, brought the first case of its kind, claiming around £75,000 damages for "persistent and prolonged bullying" when she
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Gunman robs bank
A raider threatened NatWest bank staff with a gun before escaping with £400 cash in a John Lewis store bag. He went into the branch in South Coast Road, Peacehaven, at closing time yesterday and produced what appeared to be a 9mm pistol. The robber fled
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Born Dopey
I see Jez MacDonald has missed the point again (Letters, January 19). He twists the words of Anthony R Andrews (Letters, January 17) regarding a black actress playing Cinderella, whereas a white actress cannot be allowed to play the role of someone black
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Done deal
In reply to Mrs A Smith (Letters, January 18), Hove does not have a general hospital, only a polyclinic. Millview is a hospital for patients with mental problems. Our old hospital has been converted into flats. The nearest hospital is now the Royal Sussex
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Trammelled
This time, Mike Walsh is advocating the return of trams to Brighton. There is now no room on Brighton's streets for a tramway and trams are incapable of negotiating illegally parked cars. The increasing traffic in the Thirties obliged Brighton Corporation
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Zone groan
Within a very short period of the Zone N traffic scheme's introduction, it was clear roads such as Aymer Road west of its north-south boundary had become congested park-and-walk areas serving the needs of those no longer able to park freely or reasonably
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Youth Football: Seagulls dealt Cup blow with Adam's injury
Adam Hinshelwood has been ruled out of Albion's FA Youth Cup fourth round tie against Premiership Leicester at Withdean tonight. The centre-back damaged medial ligaments in his right knee making a block tackle during a 1-0 defeat at table-toppers Colchester
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Own goal
Not many people who know Peter Brazier would have expected him to lose a contest for Britain's brainiest estate agent. There is almost nothing he does not know about his specialist subject of Brighton and Hove Albion. But Peter became nervous on the ITV1
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Youth Rugby: Lawrence on standy by Twickenham
Rob Lawrence is on standby to face mighty New Zealand at Twickenham. Lawrence was told he was the best technically gifted hooker after this week's trial in Nottingham for the English Schools' under-18s international against a giant Kiwi team next Wednesday
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Sound penalty
Noise is one of the greatest nuisances for people living in a crowded, busy city such as Brighton and Hove. Some noise is hard to alleviate, such as that caused by heavy traffic on main roads, or by low-flying aircraft. But other noise is caused by people
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Film extras
So 95 per cent of North Moulsecoomb residents have voted Yes to the installation of six CCTV cameras, costing £274,385. Hamish Mackenzie, of North Moulsecoomb Residents' Association, says: "They will have a dramatic effect on the estate. Crime will be
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Hart of the Matter with Ian Hart
To almost quote the words of the song, "What a difference a goal makes." Three minutes from the end of Saturday's game against Cambridge all Peter Taylor had to look forward to was the long Withdean walk back to the dressing rooms accompanied by a chorus
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War scores
I am a fan of the Seagulls. I moved away from the area when I was called up for National Service but still supported the team when I could. I am semi-retired and have developed an interest in the activities of the football league in the Second World War
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Dr Martens League Cup: Reds dumped out of cup
Crawley were dumped out of the Dr Martens League Cup after a 4-2 defeat on penalties after a 2-2 draw against Ashford Town There was a nightmare start to the game for Billy Smith's side as they went behind with just 24 seconds on the clock as Adrian Stone
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FA Vase: Shoot-out drama as Hillians win
Burgess Hill won through to the last 16 of the FA Vase last night after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in their fourth round replay at Dorking. After 240 minutes of football there was nothing to separate the sides but Gary Croydon's team won 3-2 on penalties
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Post strike talks continue
Talks aimed at averting a national postal strike were set to continue today after ending without agreement. Officials from the Communication Workers Union said no progress was made at the meeting yesterday with managers from postal group Consignia, held
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£2bn windfall from M&S
The 358,000 private investors in high street retailer Marks & Spencer are to share in a £2 billion windfall. M&S is returning the money to shareholders under a complicated scheme which will allow investors to decide when they want to take their
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Postman died in cliff dive
An Eastbourne postman fixated by work and financial worries threw himself off cliffs three months before the birth of his second child. The body of Colin Bennett, 36, was recovered by coastguard rescue teams at the base of Beachy Head, near Eastbourne
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Whizz around the web for free
A library has become the first in Sussex to offer free high-speed access to the internet. Nine computers have been installed at Eastbourne Central Library as a pilot for the People's Network, a national scheme designed to provide opportunities for those
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Casualty turns patients away
Seriously ill patients were turned away from two casualty departments because of an unexpected surge of emergency cases. Doctors wanting to refer patients urgently to Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital in Redhill were told to send their patients
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Woman loses £75,000 bullying claim
A woman who sued her local authority over bullying outside school lost her case at the Court of Appeal today. Leah Bradford-Smart, 21, brought the first case of its kind, claiming around £75,000 damages for "persistent and prolonged bullying" when she
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Psychopath was freed to kill again
Brutal Ian Haywood had been released from jail only two years before the Ditchling attack after serving 14 years of a life sentence for murder. Haywood, 37, used a machete to kill 26-year-old friend Karena Bigg-Wither at her home near Fleet, Hampshire
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Skate Park plan for lagoon
Part of a Hove Lagoon could be drained and converted into a skate park, a public meeting has been told. The proposal was put to a meeting at the lagoon, attended by 50 people including many skaters. Speakers included Brighton and Hove City Council's play
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Haunted by headline
I am being haunted by the headline "Cuba camp check by British team" (The Argus, January 12) and also have to admit to disturbed sleep when this is read in conjunction with other headlines a few pages on ("Nazis rise is under debate"; "Bill star prepared
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Foul pests
I was pleased to read a news story that stated a woman is alleged to have committed the offence of allowing her dog to foul the pavement in Tisbury Road, Hove (The Argus, January 18). I am pleased because there was someone around to see her do it and
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Gym fans' fury at uncertain future
Fitness enthusiasts are furious after finding out about an application to turn their Brighton gym into a pub. Staff and members of Riptide fitness club on the seafront were horrified when they found owners C-Side Holdings had applied to change it into
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Not a quiet village
Falmer is not a quiet little village. It is split in two by the A27 and has a busy university adjoining it. It has Coldean and Moulsecoomb next door, too. Tom Carr of Sink The Stadium would find village life in Fulking but not in noisy Falmer. Good luck
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Sticking point
I know just how to satisfy the Conservatives' desire for the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebration and at no cost to the taxpayer. Why can't all the vacant floors in the Conservatives' Hove HQ be used to host a right royal knees-up? Prince Harry could be
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Secret agent
It seems another person has been making incorrect assertions about the Conservative Party. Gavin Kennedy (Letters, January 21) wrote: "Mr Damon Davis is employed as a campaigner by the local Conservative Party." This is wholly incorrect. I am the agent
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Extra beams
East Sussex Fire Authority plans to install a mobile telephone mast on the roof of the Preston Circus fire station, next to the Duke of York's Cinema, Brighton. No planning permission is necessary but local protests do make a difference. The electromagnetic
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Blasted mast
When is Brighton and Hove City Council going to take an active role in opposing the installation of mobile phone masts in our city? The council did nothing to oppose the Orange mast erected recently in Hangleton against the residents' wishes. Orange now
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Action replay
Varndean College's application to sell off three acres of playing fields for housing comes up for consideration on February 6 at 5pm at Hove Town Hall. The objections to this plan were thoroughly aired in the media last summer. A petition of more than
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Change voting system
Carol Ramsden is very wrong if she thinks I believe the Conservatives champion the individual (Letters, January 16). Quite the opposite. If we really want a cross-section of the residents of Brighton and Hove represented on the city council, proportional
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Horrified at tree cutting
I am horrified the freeholder could order the beautiful tulip tree in Withdean Court to be destroyed. To imply the tree was structurally too close to the building is utter rubbish. The tree was causing no damage or inconvenience at all. Interestingly,
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Louts put drivers' lives in peril
Vandals are putting lives at risk by hurling supermarket shopping trolleys over a footbridge on to a busy road. Police say it is a miracle no one has been badly hurt after four incidents this month on the A24 at Broadbridge Heath, Horsham. The trolleys
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Change voting system
Carol Ramsden is very wrong if she thinks I believe the Conservatives champion the individual (Letters, January 16). Quite the opposite. If we really want a cross-section of the residents of Brighton and Hove represented on the city council, proportional
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MPs should join hunting protests
It is nice to hear a lot of MPs are against hunting with dogs. But it would be nicer still if they all came along with their banners held up high and joined in with the protesters. -M Frankel, Brighton
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Please help save animals
Sussex Pet Rescue and Cat Welfare Sussex, two animal rescue charities run by volunteers and entirely dependent on donations, are appealing to anybody who still has Co-op or Green Shield stamps to donate for fund-raising work. The stamps enable the charities
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Court told of girl's crash ordeal
A teenager was left fighting for her life after she was involved in a road accident on her way home from a birthday party. Harriet Jordan Wrench crossed the road as she and friends, who were celebrating a birthday, left the Volks Tavern nightclub in Madeira
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Tears in court for rape victim
A woman wept in court as she told how a foreign student banged on her door to say she had been raped. Teresa Mitchell wiped tears from her eyes as she said: "She was in a terrible state. "She said the man was dirty, smelly and had big eyes." The 18-year-old
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
I live in a house with an old boiler - and no, I am not referring to The Mother so no complaints about my lack of respect or rudeness, please. The old boiler I am referring to lives behind the gas fire in my living room and rumbles and gurgles like someone
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Stereo seized after noise complaints
A mother has become the first person in Brighton and Hove to have stereo equipment seized by court order after she refused to stop playing loud music. Dawn Osbourne, 22, of Lynchet Close, Brighton, was repeatedly asked to keep the noise down but continued
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Forced from flat by neighbours' noise
A couple have been fined for playing music so loudly that their neighbour had to go round friends' homes to sleep. Giles and Lisa Hippisley played music by Texas every Saturday night, making Rebecca Burns' life a misery, a court heard. Mr Hippisley, 32
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Nervous slip dashes TV quiz hopes
Not many questions can fox Peter Brazier on his beloved Brighton and Hove Albion. Not usually, anyway. A self-confessed Seagulls addict for 28 years, Peter is known among friends as a walking encyclopaedia of the club. For the ultimate challenge, he decided
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Gunman robs bank
A raider threatened NatWest bank staff with a gun before escaping with £400 cash in a John Lewis store bag. He went into the branch in South Coast Road, Peacehaven, at closing time yesterday and produced what appeared to be a 9mm pistol. The robber fled
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Schoolgirl beaten for mobile phone
A nine-year-old girl has spoken of the brutal teenage attackers who punched and kicked her as they tried to steal her mobile phone. Abigale James is covered in bruises after her ordeal and is now scared to go outside to play. She suffers from epilepsy
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Trammelled
This time, Mike Walsh is advocating the return of trams to Brighton. There is now no room on Brighton's streets for a tramway and trams are incapable of negotiating illegally parked cars. The increasing traffic in the Thirties obliged Brighton Corporation
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Youth Football: Seagulls dealt Cup blow with Adam's injury
Adam Hinshelwood has been ruled out of Albion's FA Youth Cup fourth round tie against Premiership Leicester at Withdean tonight. The centre-back damaged medial ligaments in his right knee making a block tackle during a 1-0 defeat at table-toppers Colchester
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Film extras
So 95 per cent of North Moulsecoomb residents have voted Yes to the installation of six CCTV cameras, costing £274,385. Hamish Mackenzie, of North Moulsecoomb Residents' Association, says: "They will have a dramatic effect on the estate. Crime will be
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Ryman League: Russell hits four as Bognor run riot
Matt Russell scored four times as Bognor powered back into the division one promotion places with an 8-3 destruction of lowly Barking last night. Russell scored two in a minute to finally kill off a spirited Barking side, who made life awkward for 75
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Stadium at Falmer will boost city pride
We are writing in support of a new stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion at Falmer. We have supported the Albion since 1965 and during that time have travelled to more than 70 other grounds. Since the Goldstone was sold, the club have fought really hard
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FA Vase: Shoot-out drama as Hillians win
Burgess Hill won through to the last 16 of the FA Vase last night after a dramatic penalty shoot-out in their fourth round replay at Dorking. After 240 minutes of football there was nothing to separate the sides but Gary Croydon's team won 3-2 on penalties
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Whizz around the web for free
A library has become the first in Sussex to offer free high-speed access to the internet. Nine computers have been installed at Eastbourne Central Library as a pilot for the People's Network, a national scheme designed to provide opportunities for those
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Casualty turns patients away
Seriously ill patients were turned away from two casualty departments because of an unexpected surge of emergency cases. Doctors wanting to refer patients urgently to Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital in Redhill were told to send their patients
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Gatwick runway plan denied
Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has denied he is considering proposals for at least one new runway at Gatwick Airport. According to reports today, It would be one of three new runways in the South-East. The others could be at Heathrow and Stansted.
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Psychopath was freed to kill again
Brutal Ian Haywood had been released from jail only two years before the Ditchling attack after serving 14 years of a life sentence for murder. Haywood, 37, used a machete to kill 26-year-old friend Karena Bigg-Wither at her home near Fleet, Hampshire
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Knifeman starts life sentence
Masked attacker Ian Haywood was today starting five life sentences for an horrific attack on a young couple at a Sussex beauty spot. As a jury at the Old Bailey found him guilty of attempted murder and attempted rape yesterday, it learnt he had only been
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Minister told of breast unit fears
Campaigners fighting to keep a breast cancer unit from moving out of Brighton took their plea directly to the Government. A delegation of campaigners from the Keep Breast Care In Brighton campaign, launched by The Argus, met health minister Hazel Blears
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Travellers could be moved to farmland
Travellers may be found sites on farmland rather than near built-up areas where damage could be caused. A list of potential sites has been put forward in a report which suggests travellers should be provided with more plots of land in a variety of locations
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River could go back to nature
One of the most attractive river estuaries in the South-East will be returned to nature if new flood defence plans go ahead. High banks built to stop fields flooding would be removed to create a vast emergency sink holding one million cubic metres of
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Weakening Link?
I watched the Weakest Link on Friday, January 18, and wondered if Anne Robinson is losing her touch. The contestants on the programme didn't seem to be as intimidated by Anne. Usually, she snaps at the contestants but this time she was quieter and less
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Foul pests
I was pleased to read a news story that stated a woman is alleged to have committed the offence of allowing her dog to foul the pavement in Tisbury Road, Hove (The Argus, January 18). I am pleased because there was someone around to see her do it and
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Gym fans' fury at uncertain future
Fitness enthusiasts are furious after finding out about an application to turn their Brighton gym into a pub. Staff and members of Riptide fitness club on the seafront were horrified when they found owners C-Side Holdings had applied to change it into
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Sticking point
I know just how to satisfy the Conservatives' desire for the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebration and at no cost to the taxpayer. Why can't all the vacant floors in the Conservatives' Hove HQ be used to host a right royal knees-up? Prince Harry could be
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Secret agent
It seems another person has been making incorrect assertions about the Conservative Party. Gavin Kennedy (Letters, January 21) wrote: "Mr Damon Davis is employed as a campaigner by the local Conservative Party." This is wholly incorrect. I am the agent
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Blasted mast
When is Brighton and Hove City Council going to take an active role in opposing the installation of mobile phone masts in our city? The council did nothing to oppose the Orange mast erected recently in Hangleton against the residents' wishes. Orange now
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Scrappy sale
I have been looking at the application by Varndean College to sell three acres of playing fields bordering Surrenden Road and see there will be no route across the campus from the college itself. What is at present the entrance will become an enclosed
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MP slams overseas ops
A Sussex MP last night described a pilot project to send patients abroad for treatment as a "national humiliation." West Sussex is one of four trial areas sending groups of patients to other EU countries to receive treatment on the NHS. The scheme, also
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Flu means a day off school
Students are staying at home today after a flu outbreak caused a teacher shortage at a school in Newhaven. Eighteen staff at the Tideway School called in sick on Monday and year groups are being taught in rotation by remaining teachers. Today was the
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Kept in the cold
The Top Rank rink closed in 1971, just four years after our world-famous SS Brighton shut down. Keep Sussex Skating fighter Patricia Ginman and the others who skated recently on the Holiday On Ice pad (The Argus, January 16) showed just how much we need
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Scrappy sale
I have been looking at the application by Varndean College to sell three acres of playing fields bordering Surrenden Road and see there will be no route across the campus from the college itself. What is at present the entrance will become an enclosed
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MP slams overseas ops
A Sussex MP last night described a pilot project to send patients abroad for treatment as a "national humiliation." West Sussex is one of four trial areas sending groups of patients to other EU countries to receive treatment on the NHS. The scheme, also
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Flu means a day off school
Students are staying at home today after a flu outbreak caused a teacher shortage at a school in Newhaven. Eighteen staff at the Tideway School called in sick on Monday and year groups are being taught in rotation by remaining teachers. Today was the
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Hockey pitch plans will ruin our street
I am disgusted at St Andrews Boys School head teacher Steve Jewell wanting to put eight 49-feet high floodlights and a hockey pitch on the school's playing field for Worthing Hockey Club. Come on - let's get things in perspective. This is a school, not
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Horrified at tree cutting
I am horrified the freeholder could order the beautiful tulip tree in Withdean Court to be destroyed. To imply the tree was structurally too close to the building is utter rubbish. The tree was causing no damage or inconvenience at all. Interestingly,
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Louts put drivers' lives in peril
Vandals are putting lives at risk by hurling supermarket shopping trolleys over a footbridge on to a busy road. Police say it is a miracle no one has been badly hurt after four incidents this month on the A24 at Broadbridge Heath, Horsham. The trolleys
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Monarchy is admired
Perhaps Les Prince (what a regal name) would prefer to have a president and all the questionable entourage that goes with the post (Letters, January 14). As for his description of "an irrelevant and offensive institution", he will find we are admired
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MPs should join hunting protests
It is nice to hear a lot of MPs are against hunting with dogs. But it would be nicer still if they all came along with their banners held up high and joined in with the protesters. -M Frankel, Brighton
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Please help save animals
Sussex Pet Rescue and Cat Welfare Sussex, two animal rescue charities run by volunteers and entirely dependent on donations, are appealing to anybody who still has Co-op or Green Shield stamps to donate for fund-raising work. The stamps enable the charities
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Tears in court for rape victim
A woman wept in court as she told how a foreign student banged on her door to say she had been raped. Teresa Mitchell wiped tears from her eyes as she said: "She was in a terrible state. "She said the man was dirty, smelly and had big eyes." The 18-year-old
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
I live in a house with an old boiler - and no, I am not referring to The Mother so no complaints about my lack of respect or rudeness, please. The old boiler I am referring to lives behind the gas fire in my living room and rumbles and gurgles like someone
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Forced from flat by neighbours' noise
A couple have been fined for playing music so loudly that their neighbour had to go round friends' homes to sleep. Giles and Lisa Hippisley played music by Texas every Saturday night, making Rebecca Burns' life a misery, a court heard. Mr Hippisley, 32
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Psychopath was freed to kill again
Brutal Ian Haywood had been released from jail only two years before the Ditchling attack after serving 14 years of a life sentence for murder. Haywood, 37, used a machete to kill 26-year-old friend Karena Bigg-Wither at her home near Fleet, Hampshire
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Knifeman starts life sentence
Masked attacker Ian Haywood was today starting five life sentences for an horrific attack on a young couple at a Sussex beauty spot. As a jury at the Old Bailey found him guilty of attempted murder and attempted rape yesterday, it learnt he had only been
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Casualty turns patients away
Seriously ill patients were turned away from two casualty departments because of an unexpected surge of emergency cases. Doctors wanting to refer patients urgently to Crawley Hospital and East Surrey Hospital in Redhill were told to send their patients
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Gatwick runway plan denied
Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has denied he is considering proposals for at least one new runway at Gatwick Airport. According to reports today, It would be one of three new runways in the South-East. The others could be at Heathrow and Stansted.
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Schoolgirl beaten for mobile phone
A nine-year-old girl has spoken of the brutal teenage attackers who punched and kicked her as they tried to steal her mobile phone. Abigale James is covered in bruises after her ordeal and is now scared to go outside to play. She suffers from epilepsy
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£1,000 price on knifeman's head
The Argus today offers a £1,000 reward to catch the knifeman behind a string of armed robberies at shops in Brighton and Hove. Police have taken the unusual step of naming a man they want to interview in connection with the raids. Shop staff have had
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Nervous slip dashes TV quiz hopes
Not many questions can fox Peter Brazier on his beloved Brighton and Hove Albion. Not usually, anyway. A self-confessed Seagulls addict for 28 years, Peter is known among friends as a walking encyclopaedia of the club. For the ultimate challenge, he decided
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Protection teams for child refugees
Teams to prevent human trafficking will patrol Gatwick from next month after child refugees vanished from West Sussex social services' care. Members of the House of Lords have voiced concern about the situation first revealed in The Argus in 1997. Speaking
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Schoolgirl beaten for mobile phone
A nine-year-old girl has spoken of the brutal teenage attackers who punched and kicked her as they tried to steal her mobile phone. Abigale James is covered in bruises after her ordeal and is now scared to go outside to play. She suffers from epilepsy
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Dream cars
Councillor Paul Elgood is wrong to say "it is entirely unacceptable for anyone to park on double yellow lines" (The Argus, January 19). For example, it is permissible for loading or unloading personal luggage and collecting or setting down passengers,
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Youth Squash: Sussex so close to national glory
Sussex came within one game of being crowned English under-15s champions at the national junior boys' finals at Coral, Hove. They finished runners-up to Essex, going down 3-2, after defeating favourites Nottingham by the same scoreline in the semi-finals
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Wheel right
I was amazed to see Dr Christian Osmer (January 19) managed to command half a page to complain about parking attendants doing their job while briefly stopping on double yellow lines to issue tickets to illegal parkers. What would you suggest? They look
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Life can be too short
Ian Haywood is a vicious killer who in 1984 used a machete to kill a woman friend near her home in Hampshire. He used extreme violence on her before hiding the mutilated body under bushes at her parents' home. Haywood was sentenced to life imprisonment
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Ryman League: Russell hits four as Bognor run riot
Matt Russell scored four times as Bognor powered back into the division one promotion places with an 8-3 destruction of lowly Barking last night. Russell scored two in a minute to finally kill off a spirited Barking side, who made life awkward for 75
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Stadium at Falmer will boost city pride
We are writing in support of a new stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion at Falmer. We have supported the Albion since 1965 and during that time have travelled to more than 70 other grounds. Since the Goldstone was sold, the club have fought really hard
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Ref wrong to allow Zamora goal
Bobby Zamora's cheeky opening goal for Albion at Chesterfield should have been disallowed, according to Sussex's referee chief. We asked Martin Bodenham to study TV footage of the controversial incident in the Seagulls' 2-1 win at Saltergate on Monday
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Minister gets to grips with Harry Potter
Cabinet office minister Barbara Roche discussed the merits of Harry Potter with fostered children during a visit to .their school The MP talked to Heidi Mojzesz, 13, about the children's books when she visited Cardinal Newman School in Hove as part of
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Gatwick runway plan denied
Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has denied he is considering proposals for at least one new runway at Gatwick Airport. According to reports today, It would be one of three new runways in the South-East. The others could be at Heathrow and Stansted.
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Knifeman starts life sentence
Masked attacker Ian Haywood was today starting five life sentences for an horrific attack on a young couple at a Sussex beauty spot. As a jury at the Old Bailey found him guilty of attempted murder and attempted rape yesterday, it learnt he had only been
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Village's outrage at mast bid
More than 170 people have signed a petition to stop a mobile phone mast being erected in their street. Residents were outraged at plans by Orange to install the 25m mast in Lindfield Road, Ardingly, on the site of an old telephone exchange. At a meeting
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MP seeks 'alien attack' inquiry
An MP has called for an independent inquiry into why a mentally-ill patient almost killed a man just hours after leaving hospital. Eastbourne Tory MP Nigel Waterson said a review of hospital procedures may be needed after paranoid schizophrenic Ian Punyer
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Dad disappears with Danielle, 3
A mother is distraught after her boyfriend and his family disappeared with her three-year-old daughter. Anne-Marie Kingshott, 23, is desperate for the return of her daughter, Danielle Dempster, who has been missing for two weeks. The toddler vanished
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Minister told of breast unit fears
Campaigners fighting to keep a breast cancer unit from moving out of Brighton took their plea directly to the Government. A delegation of campaigners from the Keep Breast Care In Brighton campaign, launched by The Argus, met health minister Hazel Blears
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Travellers could be moved to farmland
Travellers may be found sites on farmland rather than near built-up areas where damage could be caused. A list of potential sites has been put forward in a report which suggests travellers should be provided with more plots of land in a variety of locations
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River could go back to nature
One of the most attractive river estuaries in the South-East will be returned to nature if new flood defence plans go ahead. High banks built to stop fields flooding would be removed to create a vast emergency sink holding one million cubic metres of
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Weakening Link?
I watched the Weakest Link on Friday, January 18, and wondered if Anne Robinson is losing her touch. The contestants on the programme didn't seem to be as intimidated by Anne. Usually, she snaps at the contestants but this time she was quieter and less
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January 23 2002: Runway debate takes off
Reports that extra runways could be built at Gatwick Airport have horrified campaigners who say expansion would devastate Sussex and Surrey. They fear one of the options being considered in the Government's airport expansion plans to give Gatwick two
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Gatwick runway plan denied
Transport Secretary Stephen Byers has denied he is considering proposals for at least one new runway at Gatwick Airport. According to reports today, it would be one of three new runways in the South-East. The others could be at Heathrow and Stansted
