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Taylor in attack probe
Police have launched an investigation into allegations that outgoing Albion boss Peter Taylor attacked a Press photographer. Taylor quit the side yesterday after just six months, citing 'broken promises' over the development of a new ground and an insufficient
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Clash of the consol
The race is on to find the best next generation video games console. This as the Nintendo GameCube hits our shores to compete with Microsoft's Xbox and the Sony PlayStation 2. Microsoft is doing its best to oust market-leader Sony, in the same way Sony
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Violent history of knife thug
James Richards had a reputation as a dangerous man with a history of violence stretching back to his teenage years He was given eight years' youth custody in 1987 for carrying out an aggravated burglary in London. He had threatened an elderly woman with
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That Monday feeling keeps the NHS busy
People hate Mondays, with three times more than the daily average checking health information at the beginning of the week. The assertion comes from early monitoring by a new NHS digital interactive television (iTV) service. The six-month pilot NHS Direct
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'My God - I've been stabbed'
Hero policeman Gary Thompson's first instinct when he realised he had been stabbed was to warn his partner. PC Thompson and PC John Gatland arrived at Simon Cowley's flat in Rock Close, Southwick, within a minute of receiving a call about a late-night
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Ordeal ends for stabbed PC
A police officer has spoken of his relief after a man who stabbed him in the back was told he faces life in jail. PC Gary Thompson said: "It has been a very emotional time but I am glad that we can now begin to get on with our lives again." His wife Tania
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Company in signs theft riddle
A company's advertising campaign has been sabotaged within two hours of getting off the ground. Inkfish Call Centres in Queens Square, Brighton, had spent £350 on posters, boards and advertising boards as part of a drive to generate business. Two hours
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Art, or a pile of junk?
Opinion is divided over whether the latest work of art on show in Brighton is, in fact, art. Temporary Accommodation is a collection of abandoned cupboards, chairs and suitcases built into a room-size block. The Phoenix Gallery describes the work, by
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Firms get primed for broadband era
Sussex firms confused by bandwidths, bursties and contention ratios found out the facts about new technology. A conference organised by the West Sussex Economic Forum to take the anxiety out of the latest advances in communications found a ready audience
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Help to be world-class company
Sussex manufacturers can now tap into a new service dedicated to helping them become world-class. The Department of Trade-sponsored Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) was launched by Alan Johnson, minister for employment and the regions. The MAS will
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Parker's Progress with Tim Parker
At all feasts where ale was strongest sat the merry monarch longest. First to come and last to go. Kings Cuisine of Bartholomews, Brighton, prides itself on providing first-class feasts at a variety of venues, including the Royal Pavilion, Preston Manor
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The £300m cost of missing links
Sussex business is losing more than £300 million a year because of poor transport links. The figure was announced at a meeting to discuss the problems with more than 40 leading business people organised by Sussex Enterprise. Policy director Mark Froud
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Thanks for handing in my bus pass
I would like to say a big thank you to the person who took the trouble to return my bus pass to the Town Hall. It saved me a lot of trouble. -S Prior, Toronto Terrace, Brighton
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Forget Falmer
I was wondering if any of the people in favour of Falmer have actually bothered to look at the other venues suggested for this stadium? It seems since the word Falmer was suggested, everyone has become blinkered and no other site will do. It has got to
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Frog frenzy
I have just read Leslie Frizell's letter asking for some tadpoles (April 20). This year, I had many frogs mating from February 12, two weeks earlier than last year, leaving a great many clumps of spawn. However, it has all disintegrated so I also have
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Losing speech
Anyone wanting a course How Not To Make Friends will be kicking themselves if they missed Ken Bodfish's bodged speech to the Albion faithful at Saturday's championship celebrations. In 30 seconds, without charisma and panache, he managed to both patronise
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Pay-out is a lottery
Only one in six people has felt the impact of the National Lottery despite millions of pounds being poured into Brighton and Hove, Camelot admitted. More than 85 per cent of people said they could not name a single project that had benefited from the
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Cup: Horsham win penalty thriller
Goalkeeper Ian Chatfield turned goalscorer last night to clinch dramatic cup victory against his old club at windswept Culver Road. Chatfield converted Horsham's fifth penalty to complete a Sussex Floodlight Cup win the Ryman League side deserved but
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Morgan: Don't panic
Albion defender Simon Morgan today urged the club not to panic as they began their search for their eighth manager in the last nine years. Morgan, a virtual ever present during the promotion-winning campaign, is not surprised by the departure of Peter
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Taylor: Quitting is only decent thing to do
Peter Taylor had made up his mind to quit Albion before the Saturday promotion party Albion were rocked by his resignation yesterday, less than three weeks after they secured back-to-back championships. But Taylor's future was always in doubt while the
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Mother fights off thief
A mother with a young baby fought off a man who grabbed her bag. The 25-year-old victim had taken her 11-month-old son for an appointment at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Dyke Road, Brighton. She took a taxi to a friend's house in Brunswick
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Wireless growth
Orange shrugged aside concerns about a slowdown in the mobile phone market today by ringing up a jump in subscriber numbers and revenue. The group added 284,000 new customers in the UK in the first three months of the year, 38 per cent more than the previous
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Dog walker assaults girl, 12
A dog walker attacked a girl after telling her off for throwing stones. The 12-year-old and her friends were aiming pebbles at a mound of rubble at the end of Beech Road in Roffey, Horsham, when a man in his 50s shouted at her. He put his hands round
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Review: Take a £10 journey into space
Ever wanted to train as an astronaut? Then this could be your lucky day as Space Station Simulator from Maris Multi-media is back on the shelves. Developed in conjunction with space scientists, this title has never lost its technological edge. Not just
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The Shining, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive
In the film after which this band is named, Jack Nicholson plays a writer driven to homicide by boredom and frustration. Who knows what Jack might have done if he had endured this gig? The Shining are a thudding rock band formed around two members of
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Emale with Stefan Hull
My name's Stefan and I'm a danceaholic. I've reached the point where my feet and legs move of their own free will. Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I can see the moves I'm trying to make. I blame the Dancing Stage EuroMIX machine in the arcades on Palace
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Sorting bugs out of viral emailing
Nobody has all the answers when it comes to marketing. New ideas and concepts are being launched all the time and it takes an astute business person to stay ahead of the game. Technology can now provide a free marketing channel if you are smart enough
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Polar trek woman airlifted
A member of the three-woman expedition bidding to set a Polar trekking record has been airlifted off the ice with frostbitten feet, it emerged today. Pom Oliver, 50, from Billingshurst, Sussex, was today recovering in a medical centre at Resolute Bay,
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Ways to balance post-Budget cash
It will be some time before the dust from the Budget settles. Until we see how much the changes affect our take-home pay, the increased National Insurance contributions to support the NHS will be a good thing. It is only when there is a bit of month left
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Help to be world-class company
Sussex manufacturers can now tap into a new service dedicated to helping them become world-class. The Department of Trade-sponsored Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) was launched by Alan Johnson, minister for employment and the regions. The MAS will
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Parker's Progress with Tim Parker
At all feasts where ale was strongest sat the merry monarch longest. First to come and last to go. Kings Cuisine of Bartholomews, Brighton, prides itself on providing first-class feasts at a variety of venues, including the Royal Pavilion, Preston Manor
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Thanks for handing in my bus pass
I would like to say a big thank you to the person who took the trouble to return my bus pass to the Town Hall. It saved me a lot of trouble. -S Prior, Toronto Terrace, Brighton
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Mr Nasty pulls out of fete
Pop Idol's Mr Nasty Simon Cowell has backed out as the star guest at a village event near his mother's home. Simon, who became infamous for his comments to would-be pop stars on the ITV show, has asked his mother Julie to appear instead. He had promised
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Putting a sock in it
Michael Parker's new pride and joy, his HMV wind-up gramophone looked magnificent (Letters, April 26). I hope it is the real McCoy, as there are numerous reproduction models circulating at the moment. Mr Parker was right to mention that these machines
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Crime falls thanks to Clock Tower cops
The presence of one officer has almost wiped out crime and disorder in the heart of Brighton city centre, police said today. The area round the Clock Tower in Brighton used to generate an average 128 calls to police every week. There were just two calls
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Forget Falmer
I was wondering if any of the people in favour of Falmer have actually bothered to look at the other venues suggested for this stadium? It seems since the word Falmer was suggested, everyone has become blinkered and no other site will do. It has got to
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Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield
Am distracted from maniacal pursuit of David Beckham by the sound of wolves howling at the door, followed by the doorbell. Pursuit of Beckham not teenage obsession, suddenly developed in thirties, but on orders of editor of Sunday supplement who wants
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Botham's boost for sporting hopes
Cricket legend Ian Botham led a mission to uncover Britain's sporting gems for the next generation. England's greatest all-round cricketer joined rugby-playing son Liam at the launch of the Active Sports Talent Camp in Eastbourne. More than 10,000 potential
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Babs pulls pints on pier
EastEnders star Barbara Windsor is visiting Eastbourne Pier - to pull pints. Former Carry On actress Barbara, who now plays landlady Peggy Mitchell in the BBC1 soap, will serve up drinks at the Atlantis Nightclub on the pier on May 10. It will be the
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Success in fight to cut crime
A police division has recorded some of its best ever crime-busting figures in the past year. Highdown division, which covers Worthing, Lancing, Littlehampton and Arundel, exceeded seven out of ten targets set for reducing and detecting crime. The successes
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Tycoon served with 'costly' writ
Tycoon Nicholas Van Hoogstraten was served with a writ alleging fraud by rival landlord Mohammed Raja two months before Mr Raja's murder, a court heard today. The Old Bailey was told the case would be "extremely costly" for whoever lost. Mr Raja first
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Workers in bomb drama
Workmen got more than they bargained for when they came across an unexploded First World War mortar bomb. They were working at a gas main just south of Henfield in a field off Barrow Hill when they dug up the live explosive. The workers quickly downed
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Curry house faces odour action
An Indian restaurant in Worthing may be prosecuted for failing to get rid of its cooking smells. The odours emanating from The Anaz Indian restaurant in Findon Road, Worthing, upset neighbouring residents so much they complained to the council. Now Worthing
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Gang raids travel agents
Three men robbed a travel agent's shop today. The gang ordered the manageress inside as she opened the front door at 8.50am and ordered her to hand over an undisclosed sum of money from the safe. Witnesses said the men left the Travelcare shop in Southwick
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Polar trek woman airlifted
A member of the three-woman expedition bidding to set a Polar trekking record has been airlifted off the ice with frostbitten feet, it emerged today. Pom Oliver, 50, from Billingshurst, Sussex, was today recovering in a medical centre at Resolute Bay,
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No interest
Regularly we find MPs complaining both about our reluctance to vote and our disdain of them. Yet Labour MP Peter Broadley is bringing in a bill to prevent MPs from doing outside work except in very special cases. Tory MPs threatened that, unless he withdrew
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Pier pressure
As a frequent visitor to Brighton and Hove, I care a good deal about what happens in the city. So I visited the West Pier public exhibition with some eagerness. However, I could hardly believe a shoreline development is being planned that would rise nearly
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Frog frenzy
I have just read Leslie Frizell's letter asking for some tadpoles (April 20). This year, I had many frogs mating from February 12, two weeks earlier than last year, leaving a great many clumps of spawn. However, it has all disintegrated so I also have
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Cup: Horsham win penalty thriller
Goalkeeper Ian Chatfield turned goalscorer last night to clinch dramatic cup victory against his old club at windswept Culver Road. Chatfield converted Horsham's fifth penalty to complete a Sussex Floodlight Cup win the Ryman League side deserved but
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Gang raids travel agents
Three men robbed a travel agent's shop in Southwick today. The gang ordered the manageress inside as she opened the front door at 8.50am and ordered her to hand over an undisclosed sum of money from the safe. Witnesses said the men left the Travelcare
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Taylor tips Booker
Peter Taylor believes his former assistant Bob Booker would make a good choice as Albion's new boss. The club were today beginning the search for their eighth manager in the last nine years after Taylor, who took over last October, walked out after talks
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Wireless growth
Orange shrugged aside concerns about a slowdown in the mobile phone market today by ringing up a jump in subscriber numbers and revenue. The group added 284,000 new customers in the UK in the first three months of the year, 38 per cent more than the previous
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House prices still rising
House prices surged ahead by a huge 3.4 per cent during April, according to figures released today. They come almost immediately after Bank of England Deputy Governor David Clementi indicated the boom would not lead to an imminent rise in interest rates
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Cafe stars in film
Film-maker Richard Harris was determined to capture the last days of a seafront cafe for a documentary. He filmed staff and customers at The Meeting Place in the run-up to the Thirties kiosk being knocked down. The wooden structure, on Hove seafront,
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Girl seized in street
A man grabbed a girl by the arm after making obscene comments to her. The young victim was with two friends as she walked along Priory Road in Eastbourne. She managed to break free of his grip and the group ran off. The man was described as white, aged
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Dog walker assaults girl, 12
A dog walker attacked a girl after telling her off for throwing stones. The 12-year-old and her friends were aiming pebbles at a mound of rubble at the end of Beech Road in Roffey, Horsham, when a man in his 50s shouted at her. He put his hands round
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Curry house faces odour action
An Indian restaurant in Worthing may be prosecuted for failing to get rid of its cooking smells. The odours emanating from The Anaz Indian restaurant in Findon Road, Worthing, upset neighbouring residents so much they complained to the council. Now Worthing
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Deathtrap, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until May 4
It's back to the Seventies in Brighton this week with Ira Levin's dependable thriller Deathtrap, drawing in the crowds as it has since its first outing 24 years ago. After plodding round the provinces for several months, this old war-horse of a play is
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Burglars' £10 raid on centre
Burglars fled with just £10 after causing £2,000 damage to a Brighton community centre. They smashed through a toilet window of the Old Boat Corner centre in Hollingbury and used tools to break through doors early yesterday. They tried to smash their
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The Shining, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive
In the film after which this band is named, Jack Nicholson plays a writer driven to homicide by boredom and frustration. Who knows what Jack might have done if he had endured this gig? The Shining are a thudding rock band formed around two members of
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Review: Fantasy reigns in a seige dungeon
Microsoft's Dungeon Siege distils the essential elements of fantasy role-playing sword play and spells into an action-packed PC game. The game is both easy to grasp and handsome to look at. You are a humble farmer who fate picks as the saviour of the
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Hardware: This elegant MP3 can also play games
The Pontis SP600 MP3 Player sounds superb and works with both Multimedia Card and Compact Flash Card memory. It is the first MP3 player capable of supporting memory cards of different formats simultaneously, with two memory card slots and a potential
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Net Solutions with Martin McIlhagga
Q: I've got a computer running Windows 2000. When I try to use some software which works when my colleague logs on, it won't run. I keep getting "file access permissions" errors. Can you help? A: When you log into Windows 2000, you have to type in your
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Sorting bugs out of viral emailing
Nobody has all the answers when it comes to marketing. New ideas and concepts are being launched all the time and it takes an astute business person to stay ahead of the game. Technology can now provide a free marketing channel if you are smart enough
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Rival pier's award fury
Bosses at the Palace Pier in Brighton have condemned the award of National Lottery cash to a potential rival. We revealed a grant of more than £1.6 million had been made to the West Pier in Brighton, mainly for emergency repairs to the Grade I listed
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Taylor in attack probe
Police have launched an investigation into allegations that outgoing Albion boss Peter Taylor attacked a Press photographer. Taylor quit the side yesterday after just six months, citing 'broken promises' over the development of a new ground and an insufficient
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Fans disappointed, but not shocked
Peter Taylor's decision to leave Brighton and Hove Albion left fans disappointed but not surprised. Many felt the move was inevitable because of the manager's refusal to sign a contract with the club. Taylor announced he was leaving yesterday afternoon
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That Monday feeling keeps the NHS busy
People hate Mondays, with three times more than the daily average checking health information at the beginning of the week. The assertion comes from early monitoring by a new NHS digital interactive television (iTV) service. The six-month pilot NHS Direct
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Ordeal ends for stabbed PC
A police officer has spoken of his relief after a man who stabbed him in the back was told he faces life in jail. PC Gary Thompson said: "It has been a very emotional time but I am glad that we can now begin to get on with our lives again." His wife Tania
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Man robbed at knifepoint
A man suffered neck and head injuries when he was mugged at knifepoint. The 31-year-old victim was walking in Montpelier Road, Brighton, when he was approached by three men. One threatened him with a knife and he handed over a small amount of cash. He
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Art, or a pile of junk?
Opinion is divided over whether the latest work of art on show in Brighton is, in fact, art. Temporary Accommodation is a collection of abandoned cupboards, chairs and suitcases built into a room-size block. The Phoenix Gallery describes the work, by
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Firms get primed for broadband era
Sussex firms confused by bandwidths, bursties and contention ratios found out the facts about new technology. A conference organised by the West Sussex Economic Forum to take the anxiety out of the latest advances in communications found a ready audience
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Awards focus is career training
The search has begun for the best businesses in Sussex. This year, the Sussex Business Awards have an accent on training, creativity and career development. At the launch event at the Copthorne Effingham Park Hotel, near Gatwick, more than 200 of the
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The £300m cost of missing links
Sussex business is losing more than £300 million a year because of poor transport links. The figure was announced at a meeting to discuss the problems with more than 40 leading business people organised by Sussex Enterprise. Policy director Mark Froud
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Cash girl rewarded for honesty
A nine-year-old girl was rewarded for her honesty after handing in the wallet of a cash-strapped student who thought he had lost £345. Rebecca Nettley, a pupil of St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Vale Road, Portslade, spotted the black wallet, which
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Counterproductive
In reply to Gee Cayley (Letters, April 26), any talk of forming a Free Hove group would be counterproductive at any time. Both politically and from a business point of view, the only way forward is to accept Hove is now part of the new city. Rather than
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A question of humour
No candidates, no apology, no sense of humour - Adur Lib Dems really ought to be addressing their own internal problems before running off bleating to the Press that somebody is taking the mickey out of them. I suppose it makes a change from running off
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Looking for old friends
Having recently been thrown out of Zimbabwe, we have returned to Sussex and are trying to locate Jim and Sheila Beaumont who used to live in Graham Avenue, Patcham. If you can help, please call 01723 227681. -Nora and Sid Seear, Hogarth Road, Hove
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Delays on A24 bridge
A £67,000 maintenance scheme has started on one of the busiest bridges in West Sussex. Broadwater Bridge at Worthing carries the A24 over the South Coast railway line. Work to renew and replace pedestrian guard rails and joints began yesterday. The project
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Battle over incinerator
Council officials are urging residents to write in with their objections to plans for an incinerator in their port town. Comments on the local waste plan for East Sussex and Brighton and Hove are being invited before May 14 and Newhaven Town Council is
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Ice treat fills festive gap
Visitors to a big new tourist event will be able to skate in the open air in the summer. A synthetic ice rink on the seafront will be a feature of a new event called Bognor Live. The event is being planned at short notice to fill the void left by the
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Anger at death crash fine
A woman thrust a satsuma at a lorry driver outside a court today and alleged he was eating fruit during a crash in which her mother died. Michaela Bagley, 36, from Billingshurst, was angered at hearing that professional driver Barry Jillett, 33, of Ophir
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Workers in bomb drama
Workmen got more than they bargained for when they came across an unexploded First World War mortar bomb. They were working at a gas main just south of Henfield in a field off Barrow Hill when they dug up the live explosive. The workers quickly downed
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Binmen threaten strike
Part-time binmen have threatened industrial action after being told they face an eight per cent pay cut. Refuse collectors and street cleaners in Brighton and Hove, recruited by employment agency Catalyst Personnel, have been told their wages will include
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Blossoming
Where I lived in London, cherry trees billowed pink blossom both sides of my street every ten feet or so every April. This was many years ago but every April I miss seeing them. In the Fifties, an actress resident in that street had approached Kensington
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Animal tragic
The report of the court case concerning reptiles left in the dark (April 24) shows exactly what happens to exotic animals when they fall into the wrong hands. The irony of this case is the cruelty came from a pet-shop owner and employee - the animals
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Losing speech
Anyone wanting a course How Not To Make Friends will be kicking themselves if they missed Ken Bodfish's bodged speech to the Albion faithful at Saturday's championship celebrations. In 30 seconds, without charisma and panache, he managed to both patronise
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Rising animal cruelty in Sussex
A horrific catalogue of animal cruelty by owners in Sussex was revealed by the RSPCA at its annual conference today. The national charity, which has its headquarters in Horsham, revealed huge numbers of people neglect or are cruel to their animals. The
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Divided city
So it is considered Brighton and Hove is a divided city - with a widening gulf between rich and poor. It is not only money that divides but, since the formation of Brighton and Hove as a single unit, the city council seems intent on eliminating Hove's
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Wrong facts
Councillor Barnard Langston's recent correspondence is incorrect because she does not have all the facts (Letters, April 26). There is no inconsistency between our criticising taxpayers' money being spent on free nights out and the introduction of a designated
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Cricket: Second chance for one-dayers
Sussex have given a vote of confidence to their one-day team ahead of tomorrow's crucial Benson and Hedges Cup tie against Kent at Canterbury. The county were beaten by 20 runs in Sunday's opener against Essex after they collaposed from 103-1 to 114-6
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Pay-out is a lottery
Only one in six people has felt the impact of the National Lottery despite millions of pounds being poured into Brighton and Hove, Camelot admitted. More than 85 per cent of people said they could not name a single project that had benefited from the
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Trams are not the only way forward
Rather than focusing exclusively on trams as the answer to our transport problems, would it not be better to consider the whole transport picture? Like it or not, cars and vans will still need to get access to the city to provide essential services that
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Morgan: Don't panic
Albion defender Simon Morgan today urged the club not to panic as they began their search for their eighth manager in the last nine years. Morgan, a virtual ever present during the promotion-winning campaign, is not surprised by the departure of Peter
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Taylor: Quitting is only decent thing to do
Peter Taylor had made up his mind to quit Albion before the Saturday promotion party Albion were rocked by his resignation yesterday, less than three weeks after they secured back-to-back championships. But Taylor's future was always in doubt while the
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Botham's boost for sporting hopes
Cricket legend Ian Botham led a mission to uncover Britain's sporting gems for the next generation. England's greatest all-round cricketer joined rugby-playing son Liam at the launch of the Active Sports Talent Camp in Eastbourne. More than 10,000 potential
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Babs pulls pints on pier
EastEnders star Barbara Windsor is visiting Eastbourne Pier - to pull pints. Former Carry On actress Barbara, who now plays landlady Peggy Mitchell in the BBC1 soap, will serve up drinks at the Atlantis Nightclub on the pier on May 10. It will be the
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Anger at £500 death crash fine
A woman thrust a satsuma at a lorry driver outside a court today and alleged he was eating fruit during a crash in which her mother died. Michaela Bagley, 36, from Billingshurst, West Sussex, was angered at hearing that professional driver Barry Jillett
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Mother fights off thief
A mother with a young baby fought off a man who grabbed her bag. The 25-year-old victim had taken her 11-month-old son for an appointment at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital in Dyke Road, Brighton. She took a taxi to a friend's house in Brunswick
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Tycoon served with 'costly' writ
Tycoon Nicholas Van Hoogstraten was served with a writ alleging fraud by rival landlord Mohammed Raja two months before Mr Raja's murder, a court heard today. The Old Bailey was told the case would be "extremely costly" for whoever lost. Mr Raja first
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Man in cliffs fall
Police are trying to determine whether a man whose body was discovered at the foot of cliffs fell or jumped or if crime was involved. A member of the public found the man, in his 20s or early 30s, on the Under- cliff Walk at Roedean, Brighton, yesterday
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Review: Stitches that save you time
An upsurge of interest in crafts and design has led to a number of new software packages for those with nimble fingers. One of the more comprehensive needlework packages is Cross Stitch Professional Plus 2000 which enables anyone with a windows PC (486
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Review: Take a £10 journey into space
Ever wanted to train as an astronaut? Then this could be your lucky day as Space Station Simulator from Maris Multi-media is back on the shelves. Developed in conjunction with space scientists, this title has never lost its technological edge. Not just
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Simple Minds, Brighton Centre, April 29
Simple Minds' crowd-pleasing anthems helped define commercial rock in the mid-Eighties, selling truckloads on both sides of the Atlantic. By the end of that decade, their grand, romantic sound, designed for stadiums rather than night clubs, was as uncool
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Emale with Stefan Hull
My name's Stefan and I'm a danceaholic. I've reached the point where my feet and legs move of their own free will. Sometimes, when I close my eyes, I can see the moves I'm trying to make. I blame the Dancing Stage EuroMIX machine in the arcades on Palace
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Polar trek woman airlifted
A member of the three-woman expedition bidding to set a Polar trekking record has been airlifted off the ice with frostbitten feet, it emerged today. Pom Oliver, 50, from Billingshurst, Sussex, was today recovering in a medical centre at Resolute Bay,
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Ex-Lib Dem mayor turns Tory
A controversial former Liberal Democrat mayor of Lewes has joined the Conservatives. Graham Mayhew has been an independent member of Lewes District Council since he was kicked out of the Liberal Democrats almost two years ago. His decision takes the size
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Clash of the consol
The race is on to find the best next generation video games console. This as the Nintendo GameCube hits our shores to compete with Microsoft's Xbox and the Sony PlayStation 2. Microsoft is doing its best to oust market-leader Sony, in the same way Sony
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Violent history of knife thug
James Richards had a reputation as a dangerous man with a history of violence stretching back to his teenage years He was given eight years' youth custody in 1987 for carrying out an aggravated burglary in London. He had threatened an elderly woman with
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'My God - I've been stabbed'
Hero policeman Gary Thompson's first instinct when he realised he had been stabbed was to warn his partner. PC Thompson and PC John Gatland arrived at Simon Cowley's flat in Rock Close, Southwick, within a minute of receiving a call about a late-night
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Company in signs theft riddle
A company's advertising campaign has been sabotaged within two hours of getting off the ground. Inkfish Call Centres in Queens Square, Brighton, had spent £350 on posters, boards and advertising boards as part of a drive to generate business. Two hours
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Ways to balance post-Budget cash
It will be some time before the dust from the Budget settles. Until we see how much the changes affect our take-home pay, the increased National Insurance contributions to support the NHS will be a good thing. It is only when there is a bit of month left
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Awards focus is career training
The search has begun for the best businesses in Sussex. This year, the Sussex Business Awards have an accent on training, creativity and career development. At the launch event at the Copthorne Effingham Park Hotel, near Gatwick, more than 200 of the
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Cash girl rewarded for honesty
A nine-year-old girl was rewarded for her honesty after handing in the wallet of a cash-strapped student who thought he had lost £345. Rebecca Nettley, a pupil of St Mary's Roman Catholic School in Vale Road, Portslade, spotted the black wallet, which
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Counterproductive
In reply to Gee Cayley (Letters, April 26), any talk of forming a Free Hove group would be counterproductive at any time. Both politically and from a business point of view, the only way forward is to accept Hove is now part of the new city. Rather than
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Mr Nasty pulls out of fete
Pop Idol's Mr Nasty Simon Cowell has backed out as the star guest at a village event near his mother's home. Simon, who became infamous for his comments to would-be pop stars on the ITV show, has asked his mother Julie to appear instead. He had promised
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A question of humour
No candidates, no apology, no sense of humour - Adur Lib Dems really ought to be addressing their own internal problems before running off bleating to the Press that somebody is taking the mickey out of them. I suppose it makes a change from running off
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Putting a sock in it
Michael Parker's new pride and joy, his HMV wind-up gramophone looked magnificent (Letters, April 26). I hope it is the real McCoy, as there are numerous reproduction models circulating at the moment. Mr Parker was right to mention that these machines
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Looking for old friends
Having recently been thrown out of Zimbabwe, we have returned to Sussex and are trying to locate Jim and Sheila Beaumont who used to live in Graham Avenue, Patcham. If you can help, please call 01723 227681. -Nora and Sid Seear, Hogarth Road, Hove
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Crime falls thanks to Clock Tower cops
The presence of one officer has almost wiped out crime and disorder in the heart of Brighton city centre, police said today. The area round the Clock Tower in Brighton used to generate an average 128 calls to police every week. There were just two calls
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Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield
Am distracted from maniacal pursuit of David Beckham by the sound of wolves howling at the door, followed by the doorbell. Pursuit of Beckham not teenage obsession, suddenly developed in thirties, but on orders of editor of Sunday supplement who wants
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No interest
Regularly we find MPs complaining both about our reluctance to vote and our disdain of them. Yet Labour MP Peter Broadley is bringing in a bill to prevent MPs from doing outside work except in very special cases. Tory MPs threatened that, unless he withdrew
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Binmen threaten strike
Part-time binmen have threatened industrial action after being told they face an eight per cent pay cut. Refuse collectors and street cleaners in Brighton and Hove, recruited by employment agency Catalyst Personnel, have been told their wages will include
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Blossoming
Where I lived in London, cherry trees billowed pink blossom both sides of my street every ten feet or so every April. This was many years ago but every April I miss seeing them. In the Fifties, an actress resident in that street had approached Kensington
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Pier pressure
As a frequent visitor to Brighton and Hove, I care a good deal about what happens in the city. So I visited the West Pier public exhibition with some eagerness. However, I could hardly believe a shoreline development is being planned that would rise nearly
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Animal tragic
The report of the court case concerning reptiles left in the dark (April 24) shows exactly what happens to exotic animals when they fall into the wrong hands. The irony of this case is the cruelty came from a pet-shop owner and employee - the animals
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Rising animal cruelty in Sussex
A horrific catalogue of animal cruelty by owners in Sussex was revealed by the RSPCA at its annual conference today. The national charity, which has its headquarters in Horsham, revealed huge numbers of people neglect or are cruel to their animals. The
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Divided city
So it is considered Brighton and Hove is a divided city - with a widening gulf between rich and poor. It is not only money that divides but, since the formation of Brighton and Hove as a single unit, the city council seems intent on eliminating Hove's
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Wrong facts
Councillor Barnard Langston's recent correspondence is incorrect because she does not have all the facts (Letters, April 26). There is no inconsistency between our criticising taxpayers' money being spent on free nights out and the introduction of a designated
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Cricket: Second chance for one-dayers
Sussex have given a vote of confidence to their one-day team ahead of tomorrow's crucial Benson and Hedges Cup tie against Kent at Canterbury. The county were beaten by 20 runs in Sunday's opener against Essex after they collaposed from 103-1 to 114-6
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Trams are not the only way forward
Rather than focusing exclusively on trams as the answer to our transport problems, would it not be better to consider the whole transport picture? Like it or not, cars and vans will still need to get access to the city to provide essential services that
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Gang raids travel agents
Three men robbed a travel agent's shop in Southwick today. The gang ordered the manageress inside as she opened the front door at 8.50am and ordered her to hand over an undisclosed sum of money from the safe. Witnesses said the men left the Travelcare
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Taylor tips Booker
Peter Taylor believes his former assistant Bob Booker would make a good choice as Albion's new boss. The club were today beginning the search for their eighth manager in the last nine years after Taylor, who took over last October, walked out after talks
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Botham's boost for sporting hopes
Cricket legend Ian Botham led a mission to uncover Britain's sporting gems for the next generation. England's greatest all-round cricketer joined rugby-playing son Liam at the launch of the Active Sports Talent Camp in Eastbourne. More than 10,000 potential
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Babs pulls pints on pier
EastEnders star Barbara Windsor is visiting Eastbourne Pier - to pull pints. Former Carry On actress Barbara, who now plays landlady Peggy Mitchell in the BBC1 soap, will serve up drinks at the Atlantis Nightclub on the pier on May 10. It will be the
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Anger at £500 death crash fine
A woman thrust a satsuma at a lorry driver outside a court today and alleged he was eating fruit during a crash in which her mother died. Michaela Bagley, 36, from Billingshurst, West Sussex, was angered at hearing that professional driver Barry Jillett
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House prices still rising
House prices surged ahead by a huge 3.4 per cent during April, according to figures released today. They come almost immediately after Bank of England Deputy Governor David Clementi indicated the boom would not lead to an imminent rise in interest rates
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Cafe stars in film
Film-maker Richard Harris was determined to capture the last days of a seafront cafe for a documentary. He filmed staff and customers at The Meeting Place in the run-up to the Thirties kiosk being knocked down. The wooden structure, on Hove seafront,
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Tycoon served with 'costly' writ
Tycoon Nicholas Van Hoogstraten was served with a writ alleging fraud by rival landlord Mohammed Raja two months before Mr Raja's murder, a court heard today. The Old Bailey was told the case would be "extremely costly" for whoever lost. Mr Raja first
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Review: Stitches that save you time
An upsurge of interest in crafts and design has led to a number of new software packages for those with nimble fingers. One of the more comprehensive needlework packages is Cross Stitch Professional Plus 2000 which enables anyone with a windows PC (486
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Deathtrap, Theatre Royal, Brighton, until May 4
It's back to the Seventies in Brighton this week with Ira Levin's dependable thriller Deathtrap, drawing in the crowds as it has since its first outing 24 years ago. After plodding round the provinces for several months, this old war-horse of a play is
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Burglars' £10 raid on centre
Burglars fled with just £10 after causing £2,000 damage to a Brighton community centre. They smashed through a toilet window of the Old Boat Corner centre in Hollingbury and used tools to break through doors early yesterday. They tried to smash their
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Review: Fantasy reigns in a seige dungeon
Microsoft's Dungeon Siege distils the essential elements of fantasy role-playing sword play and spells into an action-packed PC game. The game is both easy to grasp and handsome to look at. You are a humble farmer who fate picks as the saviour of the
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Simple Minds, Brighton Centre, April 29
Simple Minds' crowd-pleasing anthems helped define commercial rock in the mid-Eighties, selling truckloads on both sides of the Atlantic. By the end of that decade, their grand, romantic sound, designed for stadiums rather than night clubs, was as uncool
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Hardware: This elegant MP3 can also play games
The Pontis SP600 MP3 Player sounds superb and works with both Multimedia Card and Compact Flash Card memory. It is the first MP3 player capable of supporting memory cards of different formats simultaneously, with two memory card slots and a potential
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Net Solutions with Martin McIlhagga
Q: I've got a computer running Windows 2000. When I try to use some software which works when my colleague logs on, it won't run. I keep getting "file access permissions" errors. Can you help? A: When you log into Windows 2000, you have to type in your
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Rival pier's award fury
Bosses at the Palace Pier in Brighton have condemned the award of National Lottery cash to a potential rival. We revealed a grant of more than £1.6 million had been made to the West Pier in Brighton, mainly for emergency repairs to the Grade I listed
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Fans disappointed, but not shocked
Peter Taylor's decision to leave Brighton and Hove Albion left fans disappointed but not surprised. Many felt the move was inevitable because of the manager's refusal to sign a contract with the club. Taylor announced he was leaving yesterday afternoon
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Man robbed at knifepoint
A man suffered neck and head injuries when he was mugged at knifepoint. The 31-year-old victim was walking in Montpelier Road, Brighton, when he was approached by three men. One threatened him with a knife and he handed over a small amount of cash. He
