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Mast too close to airport runway
A mobile phone mast application may be turned down because it would be too close to an airport runway. Communications company Hutchison 3G wants to put up a 15m mast on a farm bordering Shoreham airport. Adur District Council's planning committee is expected
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Library campaign takes to streets
Campaigners took to the streets at the weekend to launch a £500,000 appeal to help fund a new book and music library. The Lewes Library Friends were joined by mayor John Webber, Lewes MP Norman Baker and musicians. The aim of the fanfare was to highlight
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Who cares?
I write with reference to a certain B Cartwright smugly telling us he or she is going to move to Blackpool because it's a "proper" city (Letters, February 21). Do you honestly think anyone cares? -Toby Donbroski, Brighton
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Time to organise
Why doesn't the Labour Party organise in Goldsmid ward, where I live? Adam Trimingham told us (The Argus, October 9, 2001) that there are high deprivation levels in Goldsmid. Is this still the case? Perhaps Nigel Furness and John Stanaway are right (Letters
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Video wills to help end feuds
A firm of Sussex solicitors is offering clients the chance to make their wills on video. Clients will be taped reading and signing their last will and testament and may even explain the reasons behind it. The scheme is being introduced at Brighton firm
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
After getting dusty and dirty in the attic last week I am doing proper grown-up things, including going away for a couple of nights by myself. Yes I know, two nights in a hotel in Poole while doing a Press officer's training course for the Lifeboat isn't
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Do you remember the Blitz?
We are three postgraduate history students at the University of Sussex who are looking for people to interview about their memories and experiences of the Blitz in London for a video documentary. If you think you might be able to help, please phone Christian
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Reason why
I am sorry Mr J Anthony, who was asked to leave my establishment on a Friday afternoon, was offended to the extent of thinking it was something to do with his lapel badges (Letters, February 14). The true reason was that Mr Anthony walked into the pub
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Unfurtunate
A correspondent asked: "Could the RSPCA explain how it is that a traveller is allowed to keep five dogs cooped up in an old bus?" (Letters, February 11). The writer went on to ask how the owner managed to get the dogs and said, quite rightly, that if
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Child abuse: A mother's story
The fear she would never see her daughter again was the worst Jittya could ever imagine. Worse than the feeling of being imprisoned in her own home. Worse than the nights when her husband would come home drunk and beat her with his fists. Jittya escaped
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Straight bat
C Aubrey Smith was quite a character. He was in his 60s when he went off to Hollywood to act. He also founded the Hollywood Cricket Club, "a little piece of England amid the Hollywood mayhem". David Niven was an enthusiastic member, as was Boris Karloff
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Hastings on target
Adam Flanagan kept Hastings Town on the promotion trail with the winner in a hard-fought 1-0 eastern division home win against Burnham. The central defender struck his ninth goal of the season on 35 minutes with a header from a cross by Duncan McArthur
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A bad move
When plans were first revealed to move the Nigel Porter Breast Care Unit from Brighton to Haywards Heath, The Argus highlighted a primary objection. This was the time and expense it would take many people to get there, especially if they used public transport
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Sadough at the double
Littlehampton and Sidlesham picked up crucial victories in their bid to avoid relegation from division one, but Southwick and Eastbourne United sank further into trouble. Two first-half goals by Shaheen Sadough gave a depleted Littlehampton a 2-0 victory
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A bad move
When plans were first revealed to move the Nigel Porter Breast Care Unit from Brighton to Haywards Heath, we highlighted a primary objection. This was the time and expense it would take many people to get there, especially if they used public transport
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Bears throw it away
The comeback kings got a taste of their own medicine last night and it surely cost them any hope of pinching the Southern Conference title. Bears, 12 points up when Errol Seaman produced a turnaround jump shot midway through the third quarter, were beaten
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Davoren makes it look so easy
Brighton runner Pat Davoren won the Brighton Beacon Half-Marathon yesterday. The 29-year-old Phoenix AC runner led for the last ten miles and cruised home in a time of 1hr.11min.42sec. Davoren, who is training for the London Marathon on April 14, said
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McPhee made to go it alone
It may have been instantly forgettable for another crammed Withdean crowd, but Chris McPhee will remember this bore draw forever. The kid from Eastbourne emerged with credit from the massive task of deputising for Bobby Zamora on his full League debut
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Taylor blasts the whingers
Brighton and Hove Albion boss Peter Taylor has blasted the Withdean whingers for comments made after Saturday's 0-0 draw. Taylor is angry about remarks directed at him and his promotion chasers during the game against third-bottom Wrexham. "It know it's
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Pearson may sell off magazines
Financial Times-to-Penguin group Pearson could sell its FT Business magazine division, it emerged today. Pearson said it had received "several expressions of interest in FT Business" and had appointed Lazard, the bank, to advise it on strategic options
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Egg cuts its losses
Internet bank Egg today said its UK business was now "sustainably profitable" as it showed it had cut group losses over the last year. Pre-tax losses for the year to December 31 fell to £87.8 million, compared with £155.3 million the year before, while
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Prison probe into fishing trip
The Prison Service has launched a probe into claims that one of the Millennium Dome diamond theft gang went on a fishing trip with some of his jailers shortly before his trial started. Kevin Meredith, 35, of Auckland Road, Brighton, was jailed for five
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Station gets new bridge
A new £180,000 footbridge was installed over the railway line at London Road station in Brighton. The bridge, between Shaftesbury Place and Springfield Road, will provide pedestrians with direct access to both platforms. There will also be ramps for disabled
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Man denies £22m drugs charge
A West Sussex man today denied smuggling cocaine valued at £22 million into a UK airport. Martin Lake, 60, of Bracken Lane, Storrington, is one of three men charged with smuggling 271kg of the drug between August and October 17 last year. The others are
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Headstones row: Families must pay
Families whose relatives' gravestones were levelled by a council have been told they will have to pay to replace them. Tempers flared at a meeting at Chyngton Methodist Church Hall, Seaford, on Saturday night as more than 200 people came face to face
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Cliff fan misses grandson's birth
Cliff Richard fan Judy Lawson missed the birth of her first grandchild as she spent a week queuing for concert tickets. Mrs Lawson, 48, from Petworth, also braved wet weather and arctic temperatures to secure tickets for Sir Cliff's first UK tour in ten
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Princess to open Dome
Princess Anne will officially open Brighton's renovated Dome theatre. The news comes the day after the venue's relaunch performance was abandoned. The Princess Royal, who will perform the ceremony on Monday March 18, personally expressed a wish to see
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Doctors to go back to school
Doctors are to be trained to communicate better with cancer patients. Research published by Professor Lesley Fallowfield shows intensive training could help patients and doctors. Prof Fallowfield, who is based at the University of Sussex, has carried
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Warhol rugs on show
Pop art legend Andy Warhol may have died 15 years ago but his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe live on. Interest in the artist - renowned for design classics including Campbell's Soup Can and celebrity portraits such as Marilyn In Blue and
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Drugs mules face waiting game
Dealers suspected of swallowing drugs will be detained in police custody suites until the evidence passes through them. Suspected criminals will be taken to a Customs drug suite at Gatwick until nature takes it course. There are plans for a purpose-built
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Grapefruit seeds wage germ warfare
The next time you eat a grapefruit, treat it with added respect. I bet you didn't know that the extract from its seeds, pulp and inner rind form a potent antimicrobial which cleans and disinfects virtually everything. Grapefruit seed extract was discovered
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Who cares?
I write with reference to a certain B Cartwright smugly telling us he or she is going to move to Blackpool because it's a "proper" city (Letters, February 21). Do you honestly think anyone cares? -Toby Donbroski, Brighton
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No more defections please
I would like to congratulate the local Conservative Party in finding a candidate to stand in the imminent Patcham by-election. At the current Tory rate of defection, I am surprised the party is able to find anyone and it is almost a relief to discover
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Time to organise
Why doesn't the Labour Party organise in Goldsmid ward, where I live? Adam Trimingham told us (The Argus, October 9, 2001) that there are high deprivation levels in Goldsmid. Is this still the case? Perhaps Nigel Furness and John Stanaway are right (Letters
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Video wills to help end feuds
A firm of Sussex solicitors is offering clients the chance to make their wills on video. Clients will be taped reading and signing their last will and testament and may even explain the reasons behind it. The scheme is being introduced at Brighton firm
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What a mess
What has happened about all the dumped and unlicensed vehicles on our streets? Some have yellow and red stickers threatening fines or removal but remain for weeks. Filth, rubbish and graffiti still remain. Dog mess, worse than ever. It's time these councillors
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Dancer's shot at TV paradise
Lapdancer Lucy Atkins hopes to spend six weeks in the Australian outback in a Survivor-style reality TV show. As a dancer in Peter Stringfellow's club, Lucy is used to dealing with attention from some creepy creatures of the night. But Lucy, 22, from
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Ancient art that applies pressure
As a practitioner of Shiatsu in the House of Commons, Andrew Staib is used to helping people who are stressed and under a lot of pressure. Now he has extended his practice to treat patients in Sussex. The ancient art of Shiatsu helps people suffering
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Who'll win the mast lottery?
Alarm bells are ringing after a council overturned its own policy of banning mobile phone masts from its property after just ten months. Now pupils face more masts being erected at their schools. The controversial ruling by East Sussex County Council
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Fourth boat is torched
A boat was set alight in the latest of a spate of attacks on fishing vessels moored near Eastbourne Fishermen's Club. Vandals struck last night despite added security measures to stamp out the arson attacks. Passers-by spotted an 18ft craft on fire and
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Gang on rampage
A mob of up to 25 youths went on the rampage through the streets in Eastbourne at the weekend. They damaged parked cars and wrecked an off-licence door. Trouble flared in the Green Street area as Friday night rowdiness escalated into violence. Fearful
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Schools chiefs hint at closure rethink
Education bosses have signalled there may be a change of heart over plans to close two schools in Crawley. They have told parents Southgate First and Middle Schools may stay open. The schools had been earmarked for closure under radical plans to overhaul
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Man denies £22m drugs charge
A West Sussex man today denied smuggling cocaine valued at £22 million into a UK airport. Martin Lake, 60, of Bracken Lane, Storrington, is one of three men charged with smuggling 271kg of the drug between August and October 17 last year. The others are
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Do you remember the Blitz?
We are three postgraduate history students at the University of Sussex who are looking for people to interview about their memories and experiences of the Blitz in London for a video documentary. If you think you might be able to help, please phone Christian
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Youngster homes in on rugby dream
Young Brighton rugby player Jordan Peters is moving a step closer to his dream of playing for England. The 13-year-old has been awarded a scholarship to Whitgift School in Croydon, one of the top rugby schools in England. Jordan, of Brangwyn Avenue, Patcham
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Moral values
A Press article last year referred to a group of businesses renting a policeman to patrol an area that had a high crime rate. Although the results were encouraging, there were real fears expressed that other areas would suffer because of the limited number
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Bognor triumph
Bognor maintained their promotion push from division one with the help of a freak winning goal. Gareth Greene's cross to the back post looked to be going well wide until it got caught on a swirling wind and dropped inside of the goal in the 60th minute
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Prevention is the key
The BBC's Your NHS day on Wednesday sparked a great debate about poor funding and the enormous demands placed on hospital services, GPs, nurses and all primary-care teams. We need more doctors and nurses, more hospital beds and adequate care for the elderly
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Child abuse: A mother's story
The fear she would never see her daughter again was the worst Jittya could ever imagine. Worse than the feeling of being imprisoned in her own home. Worse than the nights when her husband would come home drunk and beat her with his fists. Jittya escaped
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Hastings on target
Adam Flanagan kept Hastings Town on the promotion trail with the winner in a hard-fought 1-0 eastern division home win against Burnham. The central defender struck his ninth goal of the season on 35 minutes with a header from a cross by Duncan McArthur
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A bad move
When plans were first revealed to move the Nigel Porter Breast Care Unit from Brighton to Haywards Heath, The Argus highlighted a primary objection. This was the time and expense it would take many people to get there, especially if they used public transport
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Hidden toll of parental violence
At least 15 children have died in the past eight years after family courts granted contact rights to their violent fathers. Some were stabbed. Some were strangled. Some were beaten to death. Three had their throats cut while they slept. Tony Bangs, from
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Right knight
I read with interest Tommy Carr's reference to the cricketing prowess of Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (Letters, February 16). The Sussex County Football Association was formed in 1882 and, in those early days, football was played primarily by "Gentlemen"
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A bad move
When plans were first revealed to move the Nigel Porter Breast Care Unit from Brighton to Haywards Heath, we highlighted a primary objection. This was the time and expense it would take many people to get there, especially if they used public transport
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Mother's stress at parking trek
A mother is having to park more than 15 minutes' walk from her house after new parking rules were introduced. Sandra Verrinder, a mother of three, has parked on the single-yellow lines outside her house in Mill Road, Burgess Hill, since she moved there
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Bears throw it away
The comeback kings got a taste of their own medicine last night and it surely cost them any hope of pinching the Southern Conference title. Bears, 12 points up when Errol Seaman produced a turnaround jump shot midway through the third quarter, were beaten
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Davoren makes it look so easy
Brighton runner Pat Davoren won the Brighton Beacon Half-Marathon yesterday. The 29-year-old Phoenix AC runner led for the last ten miles and cruised home in a time of 1hr.11min.42sec. Davoren, who is training for the London Marathon on April 14, said
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McPhee made to go it alone
It may have been instantly forgettable for another crammed Withdean crowd, but Chris McPhee will remember this bore draw forever. The kid from Eastbourne emerged with credit from the massive task of deputising for Bobby Zamora on his full League debut
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Egg cuts its losses
Internet bank Egg today said its UK business was now "sustainably profitable" as it showed it had cut group losses over the last year. Pre-tax losses for the year to December 31 fell to £87.8 million, compared with £155.3 million the year before, while
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Prison probe into fishing trip
The Prison Service has launched a probe into claims that one of the Millennium Dome diamond theft gang went on a fishing trip with some of his jailers shortly before his trial started. Kevin Meredith, 35, of Auckland Road, Brighton, was jailed for five
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Station gets new bridge
A new £180,000 footbridge was installed over the railway line at London Road station in Brighton. The bridge, between Shaftesbury Place and Springfield Road, will provide pedestrians with direct access to both platforms. There will also be ramps for disabled
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Man denies £22m drugs charge
A West Sussex man today denied smuggling cocaine valued at £22 million into a UK airport. Martin Lake, 60, of Bracken Lane, Storrington, is one of three men charged with smuggling 271kg of the drug between August and October 17 last year. The others are
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Couple die in holiday crash
An elderly couple thought to be tourists from West Sussex have been killed in a car crash in New Zealand. Their hire car ploughed into a tractor as they were touring South Island. Police said formal identification of the couple, thought to be from Chichester
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Boy, 13, dies in smash
A 13-year-old East Sussex boy has died following a four-car pile-up on the A272. Three other people, including an 11-year-old boy, were seriously injured. The boy who died was in a Volkswagen Golf involved in a collision at Piltdown, near Uckfield, last
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Cliff fan misses grandson's birth
Cliff Richard fan Judy Lawson missed the birth of her first grandchild as she spent a week queuing for concert tickets. Mrs Lawson, 48, from Petworth, also braved wet weather and arctic temperatures to secure tickets for Sir Cliff's first UK tour in ten
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Wounded woman's yacht nightmare
A sailor became stuck 20ft up a mast on a stranded yacht after breaking her arm. Lifeboats from Newhaven and Brighton were on routine training when they were called to help the yacht, which was about a mile south-east of Brighton Marina, yesterday morning
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Doctors to go back to school
Doctors are to be trained to communicate better with cancer patients. Research published by Professor Lesley Fallowfield shows intensive training could help patients and doctors. Prof Fallowfield, who is based at the University of Sussex, has carried
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Getting the lowdown on childminders
A childminder is someone registered with OFSTED to care for children under the age of eight in their own home for more than two hours per day. The law does not require them to register if they care only for children aged eight or over. Childminders may
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Warhol rugs on show
Pop art legend Andy Warhol may have died 15 years ago but his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe live on. Interest in the artist - renowned for design classics including Campbell's Soup Can and celebrity portraits such as Marilyn In Blue and
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Date
Grapefruit seeds wage germ warfare
The next time you eat a grapefruit, treat it with added respect. I bet you didn't know that the extract from its seeds, pulp and inner rind form a potent antimicrobial which cleans and disinfects virtually everything. Grapefruit seed extract was discovered
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Queen backs September 11 statue
A sculptor hopes the Queen's approval will lead to the creation of a national statue commemorating September 11. Inspired by Ground Zero, Chris Miles, who lives in Brighton, created a small sculpture of three New York City firefighters, which he presented
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No more defections please
I would like to congratulate the local Conservative Party in finding a candidate to stand in the imminent Patcham by-election. At the current Tory rate of defection, I am surprised the party is able to find anyone and it is almost a relief to discover
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Date
What a mess
What has happened about all the dumped and unlicensed vehicles on our streets? Some have yellow and red stickers threatening fines or removal but remain for weeks. Filth, rubbish and graffiti still remain. Dog mess, worse than ever. It's time these councillors
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Date
Dancer's shot at TV paradise
Lapdancer Lucy Atkins hopes to spend six weeks in the Australian outback in a Survivor-style reality TV show. As a dancer in Peter Stringfellow's club, Lucy is used to dealing with attention from some creepy creatures of the night. But Lucy, 22, from
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Date
Ancient art that applies pressure
As a practitioner of Shiatsu in the House of Commons, Andrew Staib is used to helping people who are stressed and under a lot of pressure. Now he has extended his practice to treat patients in Sussex. The ancient art of Shiatsu helps people suffering
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Voive Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
I was beginning to wonder what had become of the Better Government for Older People, rather inelegantly known by the acronym BGOP. At the launch and conference last year it was announced a chairman had been elected and things were beginning to move. The
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Who'll win the mast lottery?
Alarm bells are ringing after a council overturned its own policy of banning mobile phone masts from its property after just ten months. Now pupils face more masts being erected at their schools. The controversial ruling by East Sussex County Council
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Wind of change
Charles Wilson was booed and hissed in his silent-screen days. This stock player's performances went back to the 1890s. In the Thirties and Forties, however, he could rely on 99 out of 100 in the audience to draw a breath of recognition when he appeared
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Youngster homes in on rugby dream
Young Brighton rugby player Jordan Peters is moving a step closer to his dream of playing for England. The 13-year-old has been awarded a scholarship to Whitgift School in Croydon, one of the top rugby schools in England. Jordan, of Brangwyn Avenue, Patcham
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Lewes on top
Lewes returned to the top of division two with a disciplined 4-1 victory at home to struggling Romford. Three goals in the opening half-hour sealed it. The first came in the 16th minute when Romford goalkeeper Nicky Wilson scuffed his clearance to Lee
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Moral values
A Press article last year referred to a group of businesses renting a policeman to patrol an area that had a high crime rate. Although the results were encouraging, there were real fears expressed that other areas would suffer because of the limited number
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Bognor triumph
Bognor maintained their promotion push from division one with the help of a freak winning goal. Gareth Greene's cross to the back post looked to be going well wide until it got caught on a swirling wind and dropped inside of the goal in the 60th minute
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Prevention is the key
The BBC's Your NHS day on Wednesday sparked a great debate about poor funding and the enormous demands placed on hospital services, GPs, nurses and all primary-care teams. We need more doctors and nurses, more hospital beds and adequate care for the elderly
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No flies here
Lapdancer Lucky Atkins has never spent a night in a tent and hates insects. But she's hoping to jet out to the Australian outback for a survival contest if she wins on the reality game show Eden. Despite her lack of experience in dealing with creepy-crawlies
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Hidden toll of parental violence
At least 15 children have died in the past eight years after family courts granted contact rights to their violent fathers. Some were stabbed. Some were strangled. Some were beaten to death. Three had their throats cut while they slept. Tony Bangs, from
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Right knight
I read with interest Tommy Carr's reference to the cricketing prowess of Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (Letters, February 16). The Sussex County Football Association was formed in 1882 and, in those early days, football was played primarily by "Gentlemen"
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Horsepower
I am in complete agreement with John Morgan (The Argus, February 18). My husband has a sports car, too. It is his pride and joy and he worked hard for it. He also has to avoid using local roads because of speed humps. If he has to anywhere local during
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Pressure on for Reds
Crawley 0, Newport 1: Crawley are suffering from a crisis of confidence, according to manager Billy Smith. A rare error by goalkeeper Andy Little condemned Crawley to their fifth match without a win at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday. A month ago, with
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Mother's stress at parking trek
A mother is having to park more than 15 minutes' walk from her house after new parking rules were introduced. Sandra Verrinder, a mother of three, has parked on the single-yellow lines outside her house in Mill Road, Burgess Hill, since she moved there
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That's why you can't flag down a taxi cab
I read with interest Zeba Clarke's comments (Letters, February 21). While I would not condone illegal parking, she does touch on the interesting topic of taxi ranks. Brighton and Hove City Council has a policy of encouraging Hackney cabs to return to
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MP backs family's nursing home fight
MP Nicholas Soames is offering support for a frail pensioner who cannot leave hospital because he has nowhere to go. The Mid Sussex Tory MP was contacted by the family of Roy Robey, who has been stuck in a valuable hospital bed for almost a month. Last
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Hero's welcome for Olympian Alex
Olympic medal-winner Alex Coomber was given a hero's welcome when she landed back in Britain. But amid the sea of flash bulbs, she saved the biggest hug for her mother. Rosemary Hamilton, 62, from Rustington, near Littlehampton, was glued to the TV watching
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Boy, 13, dies in smash
A 13-year-old East Sussex boy has died following a four-car pile-up on the A272. Three other people, including an 11-year-old boy, were seriously injured. The boy who died was in a Volkswagen Golf involved in a collision at Piltdown, near Uckfield, last
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Wounded woman's yacht nightmare
A sailor became stuck 20ft up a mast on a stranded yacht after breaking her arm. Lifeboats from Newhaven and Brighton were on routine training when they were called to help the yacht, which was about a mile south-east of Brighton Marina, yesterday morning
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Archer hits the rich list
Bill Archer, the man Albion fans love to hate, has been revealed as one of Britain's richest men. Mr Archer, 57, who Seagulls fans have accused of bringing the club to its knees, has leapfrogged Sir Elton John, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, JK Rowling and
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Getting the lowdown on childminders
A childminder is someone registered with OFSTED to care for children under the age of eight in their own home for more than two hours per day. The law does not require them to register if they care only for children aged eight or over. Childminders may
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Mast too close to airport runway
A mobile phone mast application may be turned down because it would be too close to an airport runway. Communications company Hutchison 3G wants to put up a 15m mast on a farm bordering Shoreham airport. Adur District Council's planning committee is expected
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Library campaign takes to streets
Campaigners took to the streets at the weekend to launch a £500,000 appeal to help fund a new book and music library. The Lewes Library Friends were joined by mayor John Webber, Lewes MP Norman Baker and musicians. The aim of the fanfare was to highlight
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Date
Queen backs September 11 statue
A sculptor hopes the Queen's approval will lead to the creation of a national statue commemorating September 11. Inspired by Ground Zero, Chris Miles, who lives in Brighton, created a small sculpture of three New York City firefighters, which he presented
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
After getting dusty and dirty in the attic last week I am doing proper grown-up things, including going away for a couple of nights by myself. Yes I know, two nights in a hotel in Poole while doing a Press officer's training course for the Lifeboat isn't
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Date
Voive Of The Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
I was beginning to wonder what had become of the Better Government for Older People, rather inelegantly known by the acronym BGOP. At the launch and conference last year it was announced a chairman had been elected and things were beginning to move. The
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Date
Headstones row: Families must pay
Families whose relatives' gravestones were levelled by a council have been told they will have to pay to replace them. Tempers flared at a meeting at Chyngton Methodist Church Hall, Seaford, on Saturday night as more than 200 people came face to face
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Date
MP backs family's nursing home fight
MP Nicholas Soames is offering support for a frail pensioner who cannot leave hospital because he has nowhere to go. The Mid Sussex Tory MP was contacted by the family of Roy Robey, who has been stuck in a valuable hospital bed for almost a month. Last
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Date
Boy, 13, dies in smash
A 13-year-old East Sussex boy has died following a four-car pile-up on the A272. Three other people, including an 11-year-old boy, were seriously injured. The boy who died was in a Volkswagen Golf involved in a collision at Piltdown, near Uckfield, last
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Kebab shops face court action
Two Worthing takeaway owners have spoken out against injunctions which could force them to close at midnight. Worthing Borough Council won injunctions against the Star Takeaway in Victoria Road and Charcoal Grill in Broadwater Road. However, the rulings
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Wind of change
Charles Wilson was booed and hissed in his silent-screen days. This stock player's performances went back to the 1890s. In the Thirties and Forties, however, he could rely on 99 out of 100 in the audience to draw a breath of recognition when he appeared
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Date
Reason why
I am sorry Mr J Anthony, who was asked to leave my establishment on a Friday afternoon, was offended to the extent of thinking it was something to do with his lapel badges (Letters, February 14). The true reason was that Mr Anthony walked into the pub
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Date
Unfurtunate
A correspondent asked: "Could the RSPCA explain how it is that a traveller is allowed to keep five dogs cooped up in an old bus?" (Letters, February 11). The writer went on to ask how the owner managed to get the dogs and said, quite rightly, that if
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Date
Lewes on top
Lewes returned to the top of division two with a disciplined 4-1 victory at home to struggling Romford. Three goals in the opening half-hour sealed it. The first came in the 16th minute when Romford goalkeeper Nicky Wilson scuffed his clearance to Lee
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Date
No flies here
Lapdancer Lucky Atkins has never spent a night in a tent and hates insects. But she's hoping to jet out to the Australian outback for a survival contest if she wins on the reality game show Eden. Despite her lack of experience in dealing with creepy-crawlies
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Date
Straight bat
C Aubrey Smith was quite a character. He was in his 60s when he went off to Hollywood to act. He also founded the Hollywood Cricket Club, "a little piece of England amid the Hollywood mayhem". David Niven was an enthusiastic member, as was Boris Karloff
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Sadough at the double
Littlehampton and Sidlesham picked up crucial victories in their bid to avoid relegation from division one, but Southwick and Eastbourne United sank further into trouble. Two first-half goals by Shaheen Sadough gave a depleted Littlehampton a 2-0 victory
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Horsepower
I am in complete agreement with John Morgan (The Argus, February 18). My husband has a sports car, too. It is his pride and joy and he worked hard for it. He also has to avoid using local roads because of speed humps. If he has to anywhere local during
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Date
Pressure on for Reds
Crawley 0, Newport 1: Crawley are suffering from a crisis of confidence, according to manager Billy Smith. A rare error by goalkeeper Andy Little condemned Crawley to their fifth match without a win at Broadfield Stadium on Saturday. A month ago, with
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Date
That's why you can't flag down a taxi cab
I read with interest Zeba Clarke's comments (Letters, February 21). While I would not condone illegal parking, she does touch on the interesting topic of taxi ranks. Brighton and Hove City Council has a policy of encouraging Hackney cabs to return to
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Date
MP backs family's nursing home fight
MP Nicholas Soames is offering support for a frail pensioner who cannot leave hospital because he has nowhere to go. The Mid Sussex Tory MP was contacted by the family of Roy Robey, who has been stuck in a valuable hospital bed for almost a month. Last
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Taylor blasts the whingers
Brighton and Hove Albion boss Peter Taylor has blasted the Withdean whingers for comments made after Saturday's 0-0 draw. Taylor is angry about remarks directed at him and his promotion chasers during the game against third-bottom Wrexham. "It know it's
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Hero's welcome for Olympian Alex
Olympic medal-winner Alex Coomber was given a hero's welcome when she landed back in Britain. But amid the sea of flash bulbs, she saved the biggest hug for her mother. Rosemary Hamilton, 62, from Rustington, near Littlehampton, was glued to the TV watching
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Pearson may sell off magazines
Financial Times-to-Penguin group Pearson could sell its FT Business magazine division, it emerged today. Pearson said it had received "several expressions of interest in FT Business" and had appointed Lazard, the bank, to advise it on strategic options
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Mother's stress at parking trek
A mother is having to park more than 15 minutes' walk from her Burgess Hill house after new parking rules were introduced. Sandra Verrinder, a mother of three, has parked on the single-yellow lines outside her house in Mill Road since she moved there
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Headstones row: Families must pay
Families whose relatives' gravestones were levelled by a council have been told they will have to pay to replace them. Tempers flared at a meeting at Chyngton Methodist Church Hall, Seaford, on Saturday night as more than 200 people came face to face
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Archer hits the rich list
Bill Archer, the man Albion fans love to hate, has been revealed as one of Britain's richest men. Mr Archer, 57, who Seagulls fans have accused of bringing the club to its knees, has leapfrogged Sir Elton John, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, JK Rowling and
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Princess to open Dome
Princess Anne will officially open Brighton's renovated Dome theatre. The news comes the day after the venue's relaunch performance was abandoned. The Princess Royal, who will perform the ceremony on Monday March 18, personally expressed a wish to see
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Drugs mules face waiting game
Dealers suspected of swallowing drugs will be detained in police custody suites until the evidence passes through them. Suspected criminals will be taken to a Customs drug suite at Gatwick until nature takes it course. There are plans for a purpose-built
