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Pop Idol hopeful is invited back
Katie Neiman might not have won Pop Idol but the competition has opened other doors for her. The 17-year-old schoolgirl from Hove has already been approached by a music management agency and been asked to audition again for the next series of the hit
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New Star Wars toys unveiled
The Force is strong in a Sussex toy shop. But it is not Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker who are pulling people to Hive in Worthing. Instead, six virtually unknown new recruits, all under 4in tall, are drawing the crowds. The plastic figures are models of
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Worlds apart
The deaths of both Princess Margaret and Bruno Crosby are to be regretted but I am sure they would both, as fun-lovers, chuckle to know that the front page of The Argus on the day a Royal Princess died was devoted to a local housing expert. -Roy Pennington
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My treatment was first-class
We hear so many horror stories about the NHS. My treatment was second to none. I went into the Royal Sussex County Hospital on January 22 for a triple bypass operation. I want to thank Andy Forsyth, his team and the staff on HDU Cardiothoracic ward 6.
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Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw
David Rogers noticed we published a story about Lewes Lib Dem Norman Baker winning a Channel 4 award for Opposition MP of the Year. But, he said, we left his name out of the television listing for the awards programme in Saturday's Weekend. He says: "
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
The stench of hypocrisy from the Mirror newspaper in the High Court in London this week has been sickening. The model Naomi Campbell has been, quite understandably, seeking damages from the paper for publishing a picture of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous
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'Cuckoo' family turfed out
A "cuckoo" family who moved into a Brighton woman's house and set up home have been evicted by police. Officers swooped on the maisonette in Bolney Road, Moulsecoomb, where the couple and their two teenage children have been living since the autumn. The
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Fighting over scraps
One major missing point in the battle between Julie Burchill and David Panter was the fact that Brighton and Hove City Council has one of the lowest community and voluntary-sector grants budgets in England. If there was a healthy level of funding, there
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Panter blew Julie apart
How refreshing to see Julie Burchill's rather thin attack on Brighton and Hove City Council - made up of some ill-informed gripes cobbled together with a bit of political bile and a few personal attacks, then padded out with a lengthy anecdote about the
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No credibility
It is all very well David Panter trying to defend the indefensible but where were Councillors Bodfish and Turner? They were the architects of the culture before cash or, as I prefer to call it, the prestige before people policy. Taking money away from
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New start
Two things trouble us about David Panter's reply to Julie Burchill. Firstly, if he believes she is ranting and her arguments are factless and contradictory, why is he bothering to answer her? We suspect it is because he knows the case she makes about
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Safety costs
Everyone says there should be more bobbies on the beat to make Sussex safer. But there's a cost to providing all these extra officers which has to be borne by those being protected by them. The Government is footing part of the bill but local taxpayers
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Fest for all
Unlike Julie Burchill, I was born in Brighton and my parents worked on one of the last independent newspapers in the area. I believe I know what I am talking about when I say many of the comments in her Guardian column were unfair, especially with regard
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Alcott can be Britain's best
Chemmy Alcott was today backed to keep improving after finishing 14th in the women's combined skiing at the Winter Olympics. Alcott, from Hove, was 12th after the downhill in Salt Lake City as Croatia's Janica Kostelic headed to the gold medal. Former
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Taylor: More of the same, please
Albion boss Peter Taylor has appealed for more of the same from his promotion chasers as they seek their first double of the season. The next-to-top Seagulls face another big showdown at Withdean tomorrow against sixth-placed Huddersfield. It follows
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Road works warning at Dome
Work is due to start on a £500,000 scheme to improve roads round the newly-restored Dome concert hall in Brighton. The first concert at the renovated Dome will take place on Sunday February 24. On the following day, an improvement scheme in Church Street
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Profits slide for banking giant
Banking giant Lloyds TSB saw profits slide by eight per cent last year after being hit by the decline in stock market values, it said today. Pre-tax profits for the year fell by £310 million to £3.55 billion, against the same period the previous year.
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Bumper year for Glaxo
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline reported bumper profits of £6.2 billion for the last year, boosted by sales of its new asthma drug Advair. The group - the product of the mega-merger between Glaxo Wellcome and Smithkline Beecham - said profits rose
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Aspirin brain damage claim thrown out
The High Court today rejected a claim that the Government was negligent in not issuing an earlier warning over a link between aspirin and a condition which left a child brain damaged. Amanda Smith, 22, from Crowborough, was a healthy six-year-old until
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New name for Channel ferry
A new cross-Channel ferry about to start operating the Newhaven-Dieppe route has been given an historic name. The Saga Star, bought by Transmanche for the service, has been rebaptised Dieppe. It will undertake a trial run between the two ports shortly
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Cruelty case mother pregnant again
A mother jailed for cruelty to her five children is pregnant with her ninth child, we can reveal. The 28-year-old Brighton woman is expecting her ninth child in May. It is likely to be taken into care the moment it is born. The news has rekindled debate
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Airline lifeline for Gatwick staff
Budget airline EasyJet could offer a lifeline to hundreds of British Airways workers at Gatwick who are losing their jobs. The no-frills operator said it would need more staff as it boosted the number of aircraft flying from the airport. EasyJet already
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Complaints shock for police
The number of complaints upheld against Sussex Police has jumped by almost 140 per cent in five years. The number of complaints made has risen by more than 100 per cent in the same period. It means Sussex Police has one of the worst complaints records
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Schools turn to wind power
Schools could soon have their electricity supplied by wind, water and sun under an £800,000-a-year deal. Brighton and Hove City Council has been trying for years to find a supplier that could provide energy from renewable sources at a reasonable price
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Louts pelt buses with rocks
Bus services through part of Sompting may be diverted following a spate of attacks by a gang of youths. Drivers have had objects thrown at them and been spat at by yobs in the Test Road and Hamble Road areas for the last two months. Now bus operator Stagecoach
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Newsagent's curry house protest
A newsagent has covered his shop in signs protesting about plans to open a fifth Indian restaurant nearby. Four restaurants and takeaways operate within a quarter of a mile of Ron Furniss's Newspoint shop in London Road. A planning application has been
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New club to replace Paradox
A new bar and club is to open in place of two closed-down Brighton night spots. A multi-million pound refurbishment is underway at the site of the former Paradox and Club Barcelona in West Street, Brighton, which shut in January. The combined sites, both
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Pop Idol hopeful is invited back
Katie Neiman might not have won Pop Idol but the competition has opened other doors for her. The 17-year-old schoolgirl from Hove has already been approached by a music management agency and been asked to audition again for the next series of the hit
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Winners who take it all
Some people never win so much as a raffle in their lives. For a few, however, competitions are a serious business. Compers are a rare breed who enter dozens of competitions a week, sometimes hundreds. They spend a fortune on stamps and win little of use
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New Star Wars toys unveiled
The Force is strong in a Sussex toy shop. But it is not Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker who are pulling people to Hive in Worthing. Instead, six virtually unknown new recruits, all under 4in tall, are drawing the crowds. The plastic figures are models of
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Worlds apart
The deaths of both Princess Margaret and Bruno Crosby are to be regretted but I am sure they would both, as fun-lovers, chuckle to know that the front page of The Argus on the day a Royal Princess died was devoted to a local housing expert. -Roy Pennington
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OAP hurt in hit-and-run
A pensioner was injured in a hit-and-run accident near East Grinstead this morning. She was knocked over on the A22 about half a mile south of the town shortly after 8am. The driver did not stop but later contacted the police to say the sun was in his
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Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw
David Rogers noticed we published a story about Lewes Lib Dem Norman Baker winning a Channel 4 award for Opposition MP of the Year. But, he said, we left his name out of the television listing for the awards programme in Saturday's Weekend. He says: "
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Think Of It This Way, by John Parry
The stench of hypocrisy from the Mirror newspaper in the High Court in London this week has been sickening. The model Naomi Campbell has been, quite understandably, seeking damages from the paper for publishing a picture of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous
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Jab crippled me, claims binman
Binman Steve Harrison claims he has been crippled with arthritis following a "million-to-one" reaction to a routine Hepatitis B jab. Mr Harrison, 51, was given the vaccine after catching his leg on a discarded syringe while clearing rubbish from flats
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Airline lifeline for Gatwick staff
Budget airline EasyJet could offer a lifeline to hundreds of British Airways workers at Gatwick who are losing their jobs. The no-frills operator said it would need more staff as it boosted the number of aircraft flying from the airport. EasyJet already
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Louts pelt buses with rocks
Bus services through part of Sompting may be diverted following a spate of attacks by a gang of youths. Drivers have had objects thrown at them and been spat at by yobs in the Test Road and Hamble Road areas for the last two months. Now bus operator Stagecoach
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Search for body draws a blank
A woodland search for the remains of a man believed to have been murdered has ended without yielding any clues. Officers spent four days conducting a fingertip search of dense woodland in the hope of finding clues to the suspected death of Jason Martin-Smith
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Panter blew Julie apart
How refreshing to see Julie Burchill's rather thin attack on Brighton and Hove City Council - made up of some ill-informed gripes cobbled together with a bit of political bile and a few personal attacks, then padded out with a lengthy anecdote about the
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Search for body draws a blank
A woodland search for the remains of a man believed to have been murdered has ended without yielding any clues. Officers spent four days conducting a fingertip search of dense woodland in the hope of finding clues to the suspected death of Jason Martin-Smith
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No credibility
It is all very well David Panter trying to defend the indefensible but where were Councillors Bodfish and Turner? They were the architects of the culture before cash or, as I prefer to call it, the prestige before people policy. Taking money away from
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Equal value
David Panter is not employed as a spin doctor for Brighton and Hove's ruling Labour group and the long herogram to his political masters should have appeared under the name of council leader Ken Bodfish. Mr Panter's time would be better spent sorting
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New start
Two things trouble us about David Panter's reply to Julie Burchill. Firstly, if he believes she is ranting and her arguments are factless and contradictory, why is he bothering to answer her? We suspect it is because he knows the case she makes about
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Safety costs
Everyone says there should be more bobbies on the beat to make Sussex safer. But there's a cost to providing all these extra officers which has to be borne by those being protected by them. The Government is footing part of the bill but local taxpayers
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No room in new school
Peacehaven waited 30 years for its new school. Now parents have been told it is too small to take all their children. The £30 million Peacehaven Community School is turning pupils away just months after opening because it is over-subscribed. Seventeen
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Fest for all
Unlike Julie Burchill, I was born in Brighton and my parents worked on one of the last independent newspapers in the area. I believe I know what I am talking about when I say many of the comments in her Guardian column were unfair, especially with regard
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Costume demo over abattoir
Vegetarians dressed as slaughtermen and animals are to demonstrate against plans to build an abattoir near Henfield. The protesters are furious over the proposed slaughterhouse at Blackstone Gate Wood. They will demonstrate against the scheme outside
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Scoring points off gay sector is cheap
Well done, Julie Burchill, for drawing attention to the deep concern shared by many about the level of funding to voluntary and community organisations in Brighton and Hove (February 13). Unfortunately, Julie seems to be grossly misinformed about the
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Goals bonus for on-form Allen
Eastbourne Borough hot-shot Matt Allen is aiming to cash in on his rich run of goal-scoring form. The 20-year-old bagged a hat-trick in the 4-0 humbling of Dr Martens eastern division leaders Grantham at Priory Lane last week. That took Allen's goal tally
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Death charge student bailed
A motorist has appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a pedestrian. Michael Uren, 24, of Pages Close, Heathfield, is accused of causing death by careless driving while over the legal alcohol limit. He is also charged with failing to
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Alcott can be Britain's best
Chemmy Alcott was today backed to keep improving after finishing 14th in the women's combined skiing at the Winter Olympics. Alcott, from Hove, was 12th after the downhill in Salt Lake City as Croatia's Janica Kostelic headed to the gold medal. Former
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Profits slide for banking giant
Banking giant Lloyds TSB saw profits slide by eight per cent last year after being hit by the decline in stock market values, it said today. Pre-tax profits for the year fell by £310 million to £3.55 billion, against the same period the previous year.
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Aspirin brain damage claim thrown out
The High Court today rejected a claim that the Government was negligent in not issuing an earlier warning over a link between aspirin and a condition which left a child brain damaged. Amanda Smith, 22, from Crowborough, was a healthy six-year-old until
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Cruelty case mother pregnant again
A mother jailed for cruelty to her five children is pregnant with her ninth child, we can reveal. The 28-year-old Brighton woman is expecting her ninth child in May. It is likely to be taken into care the moment it is born. The news has rekindled debate
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Newsagent's curry house protest
A Burgess Hill newsagent has covered his shop in signs protesting about plans to open a fifth Indian restaurant nearby. Four restaurants and takeaways operate within a quarter of a mile of Ron Furniss's Newspoint shop in London Road. A planning application
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'Cuckoo' family turfed out
A "cuckoo" family who moved into a Brighton woman's house and set up home have been evicted by police. Officers swooped on the maisonette in Bolney Road, Moulsecoomb, where the couple and their two teenage children have been living since the autumn. The
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Airline lifeline for Gatwick staff
Budget airline EasyJet could offer a lifeline to hundreds of British Airways workers at Gatwick who are losing their jobs. The no-frills operator said it would need more staff as it boosted the number of aircraft flying from the airport. EasyJet already
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Complaints shock for police
The number of complaints upheld against Sussex Police has jumped by almost 140 per cent in five years. The number of complaints made has risen by more than 100 per cent in the same period. It means Sussex Police has one of the worst complaints records
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Gielgud's garden furniture for sale
The final curtain will fall on the life of the late Sir John Gielgud when the last part of his collection is sold in Sussex. Auction house Sotheby's in Billingshurst sold the contents of the celebrated thespian's Buckinghamshire home last April. Now the
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Complaints shock for police
The number of complaints upheld against Sussex Police has jumped by almost 140 per cent in five years. The number of complaints made has risen by more than 100 per cent in the same period. It means Sussex Police has one of the worst complaints records
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Taxpayers fork out for police
Taxpayers across Sussex will have to shell out more money to put extra police officers on the beat. Police watchdogs yesterday approved a 21p per week tax increase which will provide 50 extra officers and a range of improved services. The 18 per cent
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Village pavements left unsurfaced
Villagers in Ashington say they are having a rough time because of a row over lamp posts. New pavements in the village, near Storrington, are being left unsurfaced until Seeboard installs cables for the lights. West Sussex County Council has criticised
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Newsagent's curry house protest
A newsagent has covered his shop in signs protesting about plans to open a fifth Indian restaurant nearby. Four restaurants and takeaways operate within a quarter of a mile of Ron Furniss's Newspoint shop in London Road. A planning application has been
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New club to replace Paradox
A new bar and club is to open in place of two closed-down Brighton night spots. A multi-million pound refurbishment is underway at the site of the former Paradox and Club Barcelona in West Street, Brighton, which shut in January. The combined sites, both
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Safety fears over subway
People are risking their lives crossing a busy West Sussex road because a pedestrian underpass needs repairing, it has been claimed. The tunnel passes under the A27 and links north and south Arundel. The Reverend Philip Tout, of Arundel Baptist Church
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Murder bid jury told of driver's fear
A motorist accused of attempted murder said he sped away from the scene because he was frightened. Gary Brooks denied losing his temper with a drunken pedestrian and running him over on a zebra crossing. He told the jury he had no intention of hitting
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Winners who take it all
Some people never win so much as a raffle in their lives. For a few, however, competitions are a serious business. Compers are a rare breed who enter dozens of competitions a week, sometimes hundreds. They spend a fortune on stamps and win little of use
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Jab crippled me, claims binman
Binman Steve Harrison claims he has been crippled with arthritis following a "million-to-one" reaction to a routine Hepatitis B jab. Mr Harrison, 51, was given the vaccine after catching his leg on a discarded syringe while clearing rubbish from flats
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Di deserves an honour
Di Adams is retiring after 45 years of nursing service (February 13). Di is the sort of person who deserves to be in the honours lists, not millionaire football managers, pop stars and fat-cat businessmen. Well done, Di, my congratulations. -B Cook, Elm
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Search for body draws a blank
A woodland search for the remains of a man believed to have been murdered has ended without yielding any clues. Officers spent four days conducting a fingertip search of dense woodland in the hope of finding clues to the suspected death of Jason Martin-Smith
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Date
Equal value
David Panter is not employed as a spin doctor for Brighton and Hove's ruling Labour group and the long herogram to his political masters should have appeared under the name of council leader Ken Bodfish. Mr Panter's time would be better spent sorting
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Club for winners
Hundreds of people in Sussex are competition addicts and some even belong to a special club. It's worthwhile if you're like Polly Klidaris from Brighton, who has won two cars and a host of holidays. Some may be put off by people who are nearly professional
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Buy shares in me, says golfer
Ed Rush, a PGA trainee at East Sussex National, is attempting to sell shares in himself undeterred by his initial lack of success on the Sunshine Tour. The 22-year-old PGA trainee at East Sussex National, a former Sussex Colts champion, is back from South
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No room in new school
Peacehaven waited 30 years for its new school. Now parents have been told it is too small to take all their children. The £30 million Peacehaven Community School is turning pupils away just months after opening because it is over-subscribed. Seventeen
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Ill-advised
It is good to see Brighton and Hove City Council's bid to become European Capital of Culture is in the accomplished hands of its new chief executive, David Panter, encumbered by no previous local government experience and by only a modest selection of
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Pay attention over grants
Brighton and Hove City Council must rue the day it ever decided to change the way in which it awards grants to voluntary organisations. Ever since the amounts were revealed, after a long delay last year, there have been complaints by those who missed
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Nurse calls on Bears to perform
Nick Nurse admits he must come up with something special if Brighton Bears are to topple the leaders tomorrow night. Bears host London Towers at the Triangle (7pm) with Nurse anxious to score his first win over his former club in five attempts. Towers
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Scoring points off gay sector is cheap
Well done, Julie Burchill, for drawing attention to the deep concern shared by many about the level of funding to voluntary and community organisations in Brighton and Hove (February 13). Unfortunately, Julie seems to be grossly misinformed about the
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Date
Goals bonus for on-form Allen
Eastbourne Borough hot-shot Matt Allen is aiming to cash in on his rich run of goal-scoring form. The 20-year-old bagged a hat-trick in the 4-0 humbling of Dr Martens eastern division leaders Grantham at Priory Lane last week. That took Allen's goal tally
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Date
Death charge student bailed
A motorist has appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a pedestrian. Michael Uren, 24, of Pages Close, Heathfield, is accused of causing death by careless driving while over the legal alcohol limit. He is also charged with failing to
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Date
Pat on the back for Vassell
Albion manager Peter Taylor heaped praise on former England Under-21 charge Darius Vassell after his sparkling senior squad debut. Vassell capped an accomplished all-round display with an acrobatic volley during the second half to earn England a creditable
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Do you recognise this old photo?
This is one of several old black and white photographs found at Brighton Marina by a passer-by. The old family snaps, which show a little boy and girl, a middle-aged man in a tweed jacket and a little boy, were discovered near the Asda store on Thursday
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Gielgud's garden furniture for sale
The final curtain will fall on the life of the late Sir John Gielgud when the last part of his collection is sold in Sussex. Auction house Sotheby's in Billingshurst sold the contents of the celebrated thespian's Buckinghamshire home last April. Now the
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Murder bid jury told of driver's fear
A motorist accused of attempted murder said he sped away from the scene because he was frightened. Gary Brooks denied losing his temper with a drunken pedestrian and running him over on a zebra crossing. He told the jury he had no intention of hitting
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My treatment was first-class
We hear so many horror stories about the NHS. My treatment was second to none. I went into the Royal Sussex County Hospital on January 22 for a triple bypass operation. I want to thank Andy Forsyth, his team and the staff on HDU Cardiothoracic ward 6.
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Woman saved from blaze
A woman was rescued by neighbours after her Crawley home caught fire last night. The fire broke out in the lounge of the semi-detached property in Langley Drive, Langley Green, shortly before 10pm. Three fire crews from Crawley were sent to the blaze
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MPs call for tax hike debate
Conservative MPs are to call for a Commons debate over a large rise in council tax across West Sussex. The demand follows a meeting between West Sussex MPs and senior county councillors at which the Government was blamed for most of the hike. Mid Sussex
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Tragedy of councillor, 33
The partner of a 33-year-old Rustington parish councillor who died suddenly from a brain tumour today paid tribute to her. He said Paula Hughes was an adoring young mother who left behind seven children. John Ceiriog-Hughes, 51, lost Mrs Hughes, his partner
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'Cuckoo' family turfed out
A "cuckoo" family who moved into a Brighton woman's house and set up home have been evicted by police. Officers swooped on the maisonette in Bolney Road, Moulsecoomb, where the couple and their two teenage children have been living since the autumn. The
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Di deserves an honour
Di Adams is retiring after 45 years of nursing service (February 13). Di is the sort of person who deserves to be in the honours lists, not millionaire football managers, pop stars and fat-cat businessmen. Well done, Di, my congratulations. -B Cook, Elm
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Fighting over scraps
One major missing point in the battle between Julie Burchill and David Panter was the fact that Brighton and Hove City Council has one of the lowest community and voluntary-sector grants budgets in England. If there was a healthy level of funding, there
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Date
Club for winners
Hundreds of people in Sussex are competition addicts and some even belong to a special club. It's worthwhile if you're like Polly Klidaris from Brighton, who has won two cars and a host of holidays. Some may be put off by people who are nearly professional
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Date
Buy shares in me, says golfer
Ed Rush, a PGA trainee at East Sussex National, is attempting to sell shares in himself undeterred by his initial lack of success on the Sunshine Tour. The 22-year-old PGA trainee at East Sussex National, a former Sussex Colts champion, is back from South
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Date
Ill-advised
It is good to see Brighton and Hove City Council's bid to become European Capital of Culture is in the accomplished hands of its new chief executive, David Panter, encumbered by no previous local government experience and by only a modest selection of
-
Date
Pay attention over grants
Brighton and Hove City Council must rue the day it ever decided to change the way in which it awards grants to voluntary organisations. Ever since the amounts were revealed, after a long delay last year, there have been complaints by those who missed
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Date
Nurse calls on Bears to perform
Nick Nurse admits he must come up with something special if Brighton Bears are to topple the leaders tomorrow night. Bears host London Towers at the Triangle (7pm) with Nurse anxious to score his first win over his former club in five attempts. Towers
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Blaze victim 'too close to gas fire'
An elderly West Sussex man died after he moved his chair too close to a gas fire, an inquest has been told. Harry Lintott, 88, was found dead by firefighters at his home in Fitzalan Road. The widower is thought to have either collapsed from heart problems
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Pat on the back for Vassell
Albion manager Peter Taylor heaped praise on former England Under-21 charge Darius Vassell after his sparkling senior squad debut. Vassell capped an accomplished all-round display with an acrobatic volley during the second half to earn England a creditable
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Date
Taylor: More of the same, please
Albion boss Peter Taylor has appealed for more of the same from his promotion chasers as they seek their first double of the season. The next-to-top Seagulls face another big showdown at Withdean tomorrow against sixth-placed Huddersfield. It follows
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Date
Road works warning at Dome
Work is due to start on a £500,000 scheme to improve roads round the newly-restored Dome concert hall in Brighton. The first concert at the renovated Dome will take place on Sunday February 24. On the following day, an improvement scheme in Church Street
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Date
Hundreds expected at library demo
Demonstrators will protest tomorrow at the proposed closure of the Old Town library in Eastbourne. More than 500 people with placards are expected to demonstrate outside the library in Victoria Drive from 11am. East Sussex County Council is due to announce
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Bumper year for Glaxo
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline reported bumper profits of £6.2 billion for the last year, boosted by sales of its new asthma drug Advair. The group - the product of the mega-merger between Glaxo Wellcome and Smithkline Beecham - said profits rose
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New name for Channel ferry
A new cross-Channel ferry about to start operating the Newhaven-Dieppe route has been given an historic name. The Saga Star, bought by Transmanche for the service, has been rebaptised Dieppe. It will undertake a trial run between the two ports shortly
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Date
Do you recognise this old photo?
This is one of several old black and white photographs found at Brighton Marina by a passer-by. The old family snaps, which show a little boy and girl, a middle-aged man in a tweed jacket and a little boy, were discovered near the Asda store on Thursday
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Date
Schools turn to wind power
Schools could soon have their electricity supplied by wind, water and sun under an £800,000-a-year deal. Brighton and Hove City Council has been trying for years to find a supplier that could provide energy from renewable sources at a reasonable price
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Aspirin brain damage claim thrown out
The High Court today rejected a claim that the Government was negligent in not issuing an earlier warning over a link between aspirin and a condition which left a child brain damaged. Amanda Smith, 22, from Crowborough, was a healthy six-year-old until
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Debut album for town band
An Eastbourne band have launched their debut album at a music store in the town. Ripchord performed tracks from Chances at the Powerplay shop in Terminus Road yesterday. Band manager Simon Southgate said: "They have been together for about two years now
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Diver's plea over boat theft
A Goring man whose boat was stolen from his front garden is appealing to anyone who may have seen it. Gary Moore, of Goring Way, relied on the £12,000 inflatable boat for diving trips. It was last used during a charity leap into the River Arun on New
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Louts pelt buses with rocks
Bus services through part of Sompting may be diverted following a spate of attacks by a gang of youths. Drivers have had objects thrown at them and been spat at by yobs in the Test Road and Hamble Road areas for the last two months. Now bus operator Stagecoach
