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Bulldozers move on clifftop cottage
A demolition gang was today tearing down a National Trust cottage teetering on a crumbling cliff top. Workers yesterday began dismantling number 2 Crangon Cottages at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne. The side of the late 19th Century cottage is within 10ft
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Action on car dumpers is overdue
It is good to see action being taken against graffiti artists and car dumpers in Brighton and Hove - not before time. However, there is another form of vandalism that needs looking into - the "me and my car" brigade who are tearing up the grass verges
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
There are always lessons to be learnt from spending time with my in-laws. This week, after five days in their company, I am determined never, ever in my life to use the phrase: "Things were so much better in my day." My husband's parents, like many of
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Father's tears in child murder trial
The father of a man accused of murdering his partner's baby broke down in tears as he described how drugs had ruined his son's life. Alan Goodman, from Bexhill, told a jury at Lewes Crown Court his son Aaron Goodman, who denies murdering one-year-old
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Suicide warning over jail
Conditions inside Lewes Prison could be driving inmates to suicide, an independent watchdog has claimed. Two people have taken their lives at the Victorian prison in the past two weeks, compared with three suicides in 2001 and one in the whole of 2000
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Shipshape
At the end the article on the loss of HMS Sussex, 1693-94 (The Argus, February 26), it was stated the Sussex of 1928 was an aircraft carrier. It was a heavy cruiser, armed with eight-inch guns. It did carry an aircraft, as did many cruisers. They were
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Black spot
I agree absolutely with Mrs J M Page (Letters, February 28) about traffic congestion at the University of Sussex. Her comments are spot on. This area can only become even more problematic if Brighton and Hove Albion move to Falmer. On a purely selfish
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Lost chance
We are told chief sports writer for the Daily Telegraph Paul Hayward (Letters, February 20) is Brighton born. Keep Sussex Skating believes a true-blue Brighton-born citizen would not have written so passionately about the spiritual power of sport in support
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Target zero
The people of Kingston have done something remarkable. Without much in the way of expertise, they have set up a village recycling scheme and collected 24 tonnes of rubbish in its first four months. Lewes District Council estimates about 20 per cent of
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Sensible sum
The sum of £120,000 for the King Alfred centre for the next year pending its refurbishment or replacement does not seem excessive considering the amount of money that has been saved in the "non-maintenance" of the buildings during the past 15 years, first
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Davies goes for the double
Brighton trainer Ronnie Davies hopes to chalk up a second world champion on Saturday night when Tony Oakey fights Russian Constantine Schevets. The pair will do battle for the vacant WBU light-heavyweight title at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Davies was
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Prison life is just too grim
Conditions are so appalling at Lewes prison they could be driving inmates to commit suicide. Five people have killed themselves at the jail since November, two in the past fortnight. The Argus has been highlighting the disgraceful overcrowding in this
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Half cock
In order to maximise his criticisms of me, J E Bartlett (Letters, February 22) stated only half the story. Contrary to my "complaining about Adur District Council", I have been representing the Southwick Square members of this chamber in their negotiations
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Boxing: The nightmare's over for Halpin
Brighton boxer Paul Halpin will bring to an end a personal nightmare tonight when he returns to the ring after 18 months The super-featherweight begins his comeback against Gary Reid, from Manchester, at York Hall, Bethnal Green, hoping to open a new
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Streets are tough for cleaners too
On reading the article about the award for the binmen over the four-day sit-in (not three days) at Hollingdean depot last June (The Argus, February 20), I noticed street cleansing was not mentioned. Yet it was not just the binmen who held the sit-in.
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Taylor praise for his battlers
Albion boss Peter Taylor praised his promotion battlers as they went down fighting in last night's crunch clash at Stoke. A 3-1 defeat in an enthralling encounter at the Britannia Stadium means Stoke have closed to within two points of second-placed Albion
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Man died in his new flat
A man who was found dead in his flat had moved in only a few weeks before. The body of Lee Coombes, 25, who died of a suspected overdose, was discovered by his girlfriend at Horsgate House, Hanlye Road, Cuckfield. Earlier that day, he had been held in
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Cancer unit move rejected
An independent panel has renewed its backing for a breast cancer unit to stay in Brighton and Hove. The citizens' panel met for the first time in November and supported the campaign, backed by The Argus, to keep the Nigel Porter Unit for Breast Care at
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Seafront attacker slit my throat
A student whose throat was cut from ear to ear has spoken of his ordeal after his attacker was jailed for 12 years. Paul Lawrence, who has a 12cm red scar on his neck, lost two thirds of his blood following the attack by unemployed Mark Lesley. Lesley
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No more strikes, says rail union
Strike action by railway workers, which crippled train services across the South, has been called off indefinitely. The series of one and two-day strikes by the Rail Maritime and the Transport Union in December, January and February, hit South West Trains
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Wartime memories
I remember the views from the roof of Princes House, Brighton (The Argus, February 19). During the war, my older sister, Joyce, then aged 17 or 18, worked for the Inland Revenue, whose offices were in the building. One summer Saturday in 1942 or 1943,
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Patient's fury at tablets blunder
An elderly man suffered stabbing pains after being given the wrong tablets for his heart condition. Michael Lewry, 67, took the medication for a week before realising his chemist had blundered. Mr Lewry is forced to take daily medication for angina after
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Suicide warning over jail
Conditions inside Lewes Prison could be driving inmates to suicide, an independent watchdog has claimed. Two people have taken their lives at the Victorian prison in the past two weeks, compared with three suicides in 2001 and one in the whole of 2000
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Devilish cunning
Diabolo was popular more than a century ago when Victorian children were expert at tossing the hourglass-shaped toy into the air and catching it again. Now it's all the rage at Balfour Junior School in Brighton where more than half the pupils have one
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Target zero
The people of Kingston have done something remarkable. Without much in the way of expertise, they have set up a village recycling scheme and collected 24 tonnes of rubbish in its first four months. Lewes District Council estimates about 20 per cent of
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Davies goes for the double
Brighton trainer Ronnie Davies hopes to chalk up a second world champion on Saturday night when Tony Oakey fights Russian Constantine Schevets. The pair will do battle for the vacant WBU light-heavyweight title at York Hall, Bethnal Green. Davies was
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Boxing: The nightmare's over for Halpin
Brighton boxer Paul Halpin will bring to an end a personal nightmare tonight when he returns to the ring after 18 months The super-featherweight begins his comeback against Gary Reid, from Manchester, at York Hall, Bethnal Green, hoping to open a new
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Hillians boss hopes to celebrate in style
Burgess Hill manager Gary Croydon is hoping to celebrate his 50th birthday on Saturday by guiding his side into the semi-finals of the FA Vase. Hillians entertain eastern counties premier division side Tiptree United at Leylands Park, with the Sussex
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Taylor praise for his battlers
Albion boss Peter Taylor praised his promotion battlers as they went down fighting in last night's crunch clash at Stoke. A 3-1 defeat in an enthralling encounter at the Britannia Stadium means Stoke have closed to within two points of second-placed Albion
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Store takeover almost complete
The £1.9 million takeover of one of Worthing's oldest department stores will be complete in less than two weeks. Bentalls in Worthing is due to close on March 10 and reopen on March 12 as Beales. But the new bosses say shoppers will see little difference
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Seafront attacker slit my throat
A student whose throat was cut from ear to ear has spoken of his ordeal after his attacker was jailed for 12 years. Paul Lawrence, who has a 12cm red scar on his neck, lost two thirds of his blood following the attack by unemployed Mark Lesley. Lesley
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Racist tenants face eviction
Racists have been warned they face eviction from their council homes. Police are collecting names of people known to have been involved in racially abusing other residents of the Whitehawk Estate in Brighton. Sergeant Tony Lumb told the latest meeting
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No more strikes, says rail union
Strike action by railway workers, which crippled train services across the South, has been called off indefinitely. The series of one and two-day strikes by the Rail Maritime and the Transport Union in December, January and February, hit South West Trains
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Re John Thaw...
Michael Parker (Letters, February 27) said John Thaw started in Z-Cars but we all remember him as an SIB sergeant in the Army in Red Cap and that was on TV. -Gerald E Spicer, North Road, Upper Portslade
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Thanks to medics
A very big thank you to Mr Peroos and the theatre staff and to all the nurses for their lovely care and attention, day and night, after my operation. Thank you all from a grateful patient of ward 8E, Millennium Wing. -E Rolf (Vivs), Seaview Road, Woodingdean
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Wartime memories
I remember the views from the roof of Princes House, Brighton (The Argus, February 19). During the war, my older sister, Joyce, then aged 17 or 18, worked for the Inland Revenue, whose offices were in the building. One summer Saturday in 1942 or 1943,
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Patient's fury at tablets blunder
An elderly man suffered stabbing pains after being given the wrong tablets for his heart condition. Michael Lewry, 67, took the medication for a week before realising his chemist had blundered. Mr Lewry is forced to take daily medication for angina after
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Milligan's wake
In the land of the gone, Where the angels ding, The bells go bong And the bells go cling, There goes dear Spike, that lovable Goon, The one I loved, gone too soon. Oh, I remember him well. I was singing that song on the jankers parade - "Ying tong tiddle
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Unwavering
Steve (Letters, February 25) should have talked to some Hackney cab drivers before writing. He would have found out that Brighton and Hove City Council does not and cannot have a policy encouraging drivers to pick up from certain ranks since all cabs
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Trustful me
Mrs J M Page said a stadium at Falmer would cause traffic problems on the A259 in Rottingdean and Woodingdean. Would Mrs Page tell us how these supporters currently get to Withdean or how they travelled to the Goldstone? Via the A259 or Falmer Road. Does
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Devilish cunning
Diabolo was popular more than a century ago when Victorian children were expert at tossing the hourglass-shaped toy into the air and catching it again. Now it's all the rage at Balfour Junior School in Brighton where more than half the pupils have one
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Hillians boss hopes to celebrate in style
Burgess Hill manager Gary Croydon is hoping to celebrate his 50th birthday on Saturday by guiding his side into the semi-finals of the FA Vase. Hillians entertain eastern counties premier division side Tiptree United at Leylands Park, with the Sussex
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A tale of two penalties
Stoke 3, Albion 1: The Seagulls suffered their third away defeat out of four in a pulsating promotion clash last night. Peter Taylor's Seagulls fell behind in the 29th minute when Chris Iwelumo beat Michel Kuipers to a cross to head his 11th of the season
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Big drop in burglaries
Brighton and Hove's crime figures have dropped to their lowest point since 1999. The latest figures for Brighton and Hove show a major breakthrough in reducing burglaries and car crimes. Totals late last year were more than 2,000 per month compared to
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Store takeover almost complete
The £1.9 million takeover of one of Worthing's oldest department stores will be complete in less than two weeks. Bentalls in Worthing is due to close on March 10 and reopen on March 12 as Beales. But the new bosses say shoppers will see little difference
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Racist tenants face eviction
Racists have been warned they face eviction from their council homes. Police are collecting names of people known to have been involved in racially abusing other residents of the Whitehawk Estate in Brighton. Sergeant Tony Lumb told the latest meeting
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Diabolo fever sweeps school
It's old, it's simple and there isn't a computer chip in sight - the latest schoolyard craze is the ancient art of diabolo. Pupils at Balfour Junior School, Brighton, have become experts in the art of tossing, twisting and teasing the hourglass-shaped
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Bulldozers move on clifftop cottage
A demolition gang was today tearing down a National Trust cottage teetering on a crumbling cliff top. Workers yesterday began dismantling number 2 Crangon Cottages at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne. The side of the late 19th Century cottage is within 10ft
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Re John Thaw...
Michael Parker (Letters, February 27) said John Thaw started in Z-Cars but we all remember him as an SIB sergeant in the Army in Red Cap and that was on TV. -Gerald E Spicer, North Road, Upper Portslade
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Action on car dumpers is overdue
It is good to see action being taken against graffiti artists and car dumpers in Brighton and Hove - not before time. However, there is another form of vandalism that needs looking into - the "me and my car" brigade who are tearing up the grass verges
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Date
Thanks to medics
A very big thank you to Mr Peroos and the theatre staff and to all the nurses for their lovely care and attention, day and night, after my operation. Thank you all from a grateful patient of ward 8E, Millennium Wing. -E Rolf (Vivs), Seaview Road, Woodingdean
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
There are always lessons to be learnt from spending time with my in-laws. This week, after five days in their company, I am determined never, ever in my life to use the phrase: "Things were so much better in my day." My husband's parents, like many of
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Father's tears in child murder trial
The father of a man accused of murdering his partner's baby broke down in tears as he described how drugs had ruined his son's life. Alan Goodman, from Bexhill, told a jury at Lewes Crown Court his son Aaron Goodman, who denies murdering one-year-old
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Milligan's wake
In the land of the gone, Where the angels ding, The bells go bong And the bells go cling, There goes dear Spike, that lovable Goon, The one I loved, gone too soon. Oh, I remember him well. I was singing that song on the jankers parade - "Ying tong tiddle
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Shipshape
At the end the article on the loss of HMS Sussex, 1693-94 (The Argus, February 26), it was stated the Sussex of 1928 was an aircraft carrier. It was a heavy cruiser, armed with eight-inch guns. It did carry an aircraft, as did many cruisers. They were
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Unwavering
Steve (Letters, February 25) should have talked to some Hackney cab drivers before writing. He would have found out that Brighton and Hove City Council does not and cannot have a policy encouraging drivers to pick up from certain ranks since all cabs
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Trustful me
Mrs J M Page said a stadium at Falmer would cause traffic problems on the A259 in Rottingdean and Woodingdean. Would Mrs Page tell us how these supporters currently get to Withdean or how they travelled to the Goldstone? Via the A259 or Falmer Road. Does
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Black spot
I agree absolutely with Mrs J M Page (Letters, February 28) about traffic congestion at the University of Sussex. Her comments are spot on. This area can only become even more problematic if Brighton and Hove Albion move to Falmer. On a purely selfish
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Lost chance
We are told chief sports writer for the Daily Telegraph Paul Hayward (Letters, February 20) is Brighton born. Keep Sussex Skating believes a true-blue Brighton-born citizen would not have written so passionately about the spiritual power of sport in support
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Date
Sensible sum
The sum of £120,000 for the King Alfred centre for the next year pending its refurbishment or replacement does not seem excessive considering the amount of money that has been saved in the "non-maintenance" of the buildings during the past 15 years, first
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Prison life is just too grim
Conditions are so appalling at Lewes prison they could be driving inmates to commit suicide. Five people have killed themselves at the jail since November, two in the past fortnight. The Argus has been highlighting the disgraceful overcrowding in this
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Half cock
In order to maximise his criticisms of me, J E Bartlett (Letters, February 22) stated only half the story. Contrary to my "complaining about Adur District Council", I have been representing the Southwick Square members of this chamber in their negotiations
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Date
Streets are tough for cleaners too
On reading the article about the award for the binmen over the four-day sit-in (not three days) at Hollingdean depot last June (The Argus, February 20), I noticed street cleansing was not mentioned. Yet it was not just the binmen who held the sit-in.
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Date
A tale of two penalties
Stoke 3, Albion 1: The Seagulls suffered their third away defeat out of four in a pulsating promotion clash last night. Peter Taylor's Seagulls fell behind in the 29th minute when Chris Iwelumo beat Michel Kuipers to a cross to head his 11th of the season
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Man died in his new flat
A man who was found dead in his flat had moved in only a few weeks before. The body of Lee Coombes, 25, who died of a suspected overdose, was discovered by his girlfriend at Horsgate House, Hanlye Road, Cuckfield. Earlier that day, he had been held in
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Cancer unit move rejected
An independent panel has renewed its backing for a breast cancer unit to stay in Brighton and Hove. The citizens' panel met for the first time in November and supported the campaign, backed by The Argus, to keep the Nigel Porter Unit for Breast Care at
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Big drop in burglaries
Brighton and Hove's crime figures have dropped to their lowest point since 1999. The latest figures for Brighton and Hove show a major breakthrough in reducing burglaries and car crimes. Totals late last year were more than 2,000 per month compared to
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Diabolo fever sweeps school
It's old, it's simple and there isn't a computer chip in sight - the latest schoolyard craze is the ancient art of diabolo. Pupils at Balfour Junior School, Brighton, have become experts in the art of tossing, twisting and teasing the hourglass-shaped
