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Cricket: Tendulkar shines
An unbeaten 75 from India's batting prince Sachin Tendulkar effectively proved the difference between the tourists and Sussex in Saturday's day-night friendly at Hove. Bowlers were on top throughout before India got home by three wickets with nine balls
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Cricket: Old boys make Sussex pay
Sussex were punished by another of their old boys as they suffered a convincing defeat to Surrey in the National League yesterday. Ed Giddins, such a favourite in his days at Hove, took career best limited overs of 5-20 in a low-scoring Division Two clash
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Wimbledon 2002: Lee plans Sampras shock
Martin Lee is confident of beating seven-times champion Pete Sampras on Centre Court when Wimbledon starts today. The British No.3, from East Preston, could not have been handed a tougher exam than that posed by a man he calls the greatest grasscourt
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Rubin ready to take on Serena
Champion Chanda Rubin plans to use her Eastbourne victory as a springboard to take on the mighty Williams sisters. The 26-year-old American crowned her tenth visit to Devonshire Park by beating Anastasia Myskina 6-1 6-3 in Saturday's final. It was her
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Jubilee baton continues marathon journey
The Queen's Golden Jubilee baton made its way through Sussex at the weekend as it continued its historic journey around Britain. Almost 200 people helped carry the futuristic baton across the county, cheered along by well-wishers who turned out to catch
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Face spotted in mystery circles
Mysterious circles of light, which appeared around a woman's home, took an even stranger twist after a reader of The Argus spotted a face in one of them. In a case worthy of TV's The X Files, strange circles of light emerged around Lisa Stewart's home
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Food Minister invited to The Grocer's
Government Food and Farm minister Lord Whitty has visited the Crawley office of the food industry publisher William Reed. He was a guest of Clive Beddall, the editor of the William Reed flagship title The Grocer. The town's MP, Laura Moffatt, was also
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Buzzard oil ready to fly
A recently-discovered oil field in the North Sea could be the largest found in the area for 25 years. Energy minister Brian Wilson gave enthusiastic backing to revised oil recovery forecasts for the Buzzard field, which suggests it contains more than
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UK workers fear job losses
The UK is near the bottom of a world league for job security, according to a report today. A poll covering 24 countries showed workers in this country were more insecure about their jobs than everywhere else, except Korea. About 46 per cent of Korean
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PC saves distressed teenager
A policeman rescued a teenage girl threatening to electrocute herself at an electricity sub-station. PC Gary Relf was one of the first officers on the scene at Nyewood Lane, Bognor, in the early hours of the morning. The girl, in her mid-teens, had climbed
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Big river race makes a splash
Dozens of daredevil sailors took to the water on their home-made craft for a charity raft race. Sixteen rafts were built to the theme of Great British Achievements, chosen to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Competitors dressed in a variety of costumes
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Man faces murder charge
A man was today due to appear in court charged with murdering his 37-year-old girlfriend. Julie Ann Wendel was found dead at the couple's home in Darvel Down, Netherfield, near Battle, at 10.30pm on Friday. Timothy Bierton, 48, was arrested and charged
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Ewe won't guess what's in our pool
Firefighters were called to the rescue when a sheep took an uninvited dip in a family's swimming pool. Owners of the house in Malthouse Lane, Hurstpierpoint, were amazed to discover the animal bobbing in their back garden pool at 1.15pm yesterday. The
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Tories need makeover says MP
Sussex MP Francis Maude today warned the Tory leadership it must work harder to shed the party's image as an exclusive club for "straight, white males". The former Foreign Secretary said this stereotype must be destroyed if the Tories were to benefit
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Memorial at last to 600 brave men
For 85 years, the sinking of the SS Mendi has been a shameful scar on British history. More than 600 South African war volunteers, who had left their homes and families to answer Lord Kitchener's call, died when their ship was rammed by a British liner
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Hotel places casino bet
Hotel chain Hilton has unveiled plans to transform its seafront hotels into Las Vegas-style casinos with slot machines, roulette tables and cabaret. The group's chief executive, David Michels, said Brighton would be used as a testbed for the plans which
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Air travel still soaring
Air passenger numbers continued their upward trend last year despite the impact of September 11. Figures today from the Civil Aviation Authority show airports across the UK handled 181 million passengers in 2001, one per cent more than in 2000. Domestic
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Pond woman murder quiz
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman's body was found in a pond. The woman, in her early 40s, was discovered in the drainage pond in Dallington Road, Eastbourne, at 4.10pm yesterday. Police believe she had been there since Friday. The
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Sea trip ends on the rocks
Four people were plucked to safety after their speedboat was hurled against break-water rocks following an engine failure. The day-trippers were spotted climbing from the stricken 16ft craft by a fisherman, who raised the alarm. The police helicopter
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Teams to see sex risk list
The public will help monitor the movements of paedophiles after a campaign by the parents of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne. However, the scheme for volunteer panels to monitor the risk of sex offenders due to be released from prison will not be piloted
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What a hit!
Britain's hottest pop stars drew record crowds to Brighton for the biggest-ever Party in the Park. Road and rail routes into the city were packed from early yesterday morning as more than 100,000 made their way to Preston Park for the star-studded showcase
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Put poetry in motion for £150
A Sussex poet is offering £150 prize money to budding bards in a global competition. Josephine Austin runs the Hastings International Poetry Competition from her home in Dudley Road in the town. The competition, which last year had 500 entries from around
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Fun and fitness for all the family
If exercise is part of your life, chances are, it is part of your children's lives too. Active parents often produce active children for whom going for walks, swimming and playing football is the norm. With warnings that the computer age could be damaging
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How to make fat disappear for good
This week I received a mail shot about the virtues of "fat draining". All you have to do, apparently, is take three capsules per day and a special ingredient will magically dissolve the fat from your neck, arms, waist, hips, thighs, buttocks, knees and
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High Street sales robust
The prospect of an early interest rate rise was still on the agenda after official figures showed High Street sales remained robust. The Office for National Statistics said retail sales fell 0.6 per cent last month, the largest drop since February 2000
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Blow for pier development
Ambitious plans to transform the West Pier in Brighton have suffered a setback. Architectural watchdogs said new seafront buildings should not be given planning permission. St Modwen Properties has submitted designs for large shopping and entertainment
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Early warning on osteoporosis
About one in three women and one in 12 men over the age of 50 will develop osteoporosis. The condition can cause crippling problems but, for many people, the first time they find out something wrong is after they break bone. The National Osteoporosis
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Great building marks city life
This week marks a national celebration of architecture. Here internationally-acclaimed Brighton-born architect Piers Gough writes about the city landmarks closest to his heart. I was lucky enough spend the first five years of my life at the top of Brunswick
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Swift arrival
In response to Richard Florey's concern about the missing swifts (Letters, June 18), yes, they did arrive. I had the pleasure of watching a flock of more than 50 on May 21 as they were skimming and feeding over Withdean Park and Westdene valley in the
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Research help required
I am an MA student at Sussex University and am interested in researching a women's peace camp that took place in either 1982 or 1983 on the Level, Brighton. I have been trying very hard to find people who were involved in the camp because I would like
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An honour to be city-zen
There have been letters from time to time blaming the granting of city status to Brighton and Hove for the lack of affordable housing and asking what's in it for us? The demand for housing is going on all over the South. The fact that many choose Brighton
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Real homes from home
Today marks the start of Foster Fortnight. Kate Matthews looks at what it's ike to be a foster carer and a foster child. BEING taken into care at the age of 13 was a terrifying experience for Chris Nicholls. He had to go to live in a place he had never
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June 23: Surrey v Sussex (NUL)
Sussex were punished by another of their old boys as they suffered a convincing defeat to Surrey in the National League yesterday. Ed Giddins, such a favourite in his days at Hove, took career best limited overs of 5-20 in a low-scoring Division Two clash
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Dressy snapper
On the left of this scene from State Of The Union (1948) with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn is Adolphe Menjou, another very adaptable and charismatic supporting Hollywood actor of the Thirties and Forties. He was brilliant as defending counsel for
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God bless
After recently reading all the complaints about the Royal Sussex County Hospital, I must say I recently spent three weeks in that same hospital while awaiting treatment. I have the highest regard for the overworked doctors, nurses and all the other staff
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Whole truth
Ivor Caplin (Letters, June 17) is suffering from a memory problem. I vividly remember making a long phone call to him, back in the days when he was a Hove councillor, to put the case for the protection of Toad's Hole Valley. I was then the chairman of
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Athletics: Gilding makes winning return
There were mixed results for Sussex clubs in the fourth round of the Southern Men's League matches. In Division One, where reigning league champions Worthing are struggling to avoid relegation, fourth place at Peterborough is unlikely to lift them out
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Speedway: Loram third
Eastbourne star Mark Loram came third in Saturday night's Slovenian Grand Prix, the first to be run in the country. The Eagles' No. 1 rode superbly to finish behind Australian Ryan Sullivan and Poland's Tomasz Gollob at Krsko. It was Loram's second third-place
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Let's see the record straight on Falmer
It is for the elected members of Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee to respond to Green Councillor Keith Taylor's charge that they vote according to instructions issued by "council bosses" but I am happy to deal with the other points
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Cricket: Hastings stretch lead
Hastings notched up their seventh win of the season and lead the Shepherd Neame Sussex Premier League by 38 points. Their latest victims were bottom club Haywards Heath, who were trounced by 155 runs. Hastings took advantage of dropped catches to make
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How to make fat disappear for good
This week I received a mail shot about the virtues of "fat draining". All you have to do, apparently, is take three capsules per day and a special ingredient will magically dissolve the fat from your neck, arms, waist, hips, thighs, buttocks, knees and
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High Street sales robust
The prospect of an early interest rate rise was still on the agenda after official figures showed High Street sales remained robust. The Office for National Statistics said retail sales fell 0.6 per cent last month, the largest drop since February 2000
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Concern at pubs deal
Enterprise Inns' £875 million deal to buy 1,860 pubs from rival Laurel could be sent to the Competition Commission. Competition minister Melanie Johnson said: "The Director General of Fair Trading has advised me this acquisition may give rise to competition
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Early warning on osteoporosis
About one in three women and one in 12 men over the age of 50 will develop osteoporosis. The condition can cause crippling problems but, for many people, the first time they find out something wrong is after they break bone. The National Osteoporosis
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Great building marks city life
This week marks a national celebration of architecture. Here internationally-acclaimed Brighton-born architect Piers Gough writes about the city landmarks closest to his heart. I was lucky enough spend the first five years of my life at the top of Brunswick
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Swift arrival
In response to Richard Florey's concern about the missing swifts (Letters, June 18), yes, they did arrive. I had the pleasure of watching a flock of more than 50 on May 21 as they were skimming and feeding over Withdean Park and Westdene valley in the
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Good turn gets mum out of hot water
A mother has thanked The Argus and a kind-hearted engineer for restoring hot water to her home. Carol Wareham's boiler broke down a month ago and she was told she would have to pay £1,000 for a replacement. But after The Argus featured her plight earlier
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Family Life, with Bini McCall
Football fever has taken over our house during the past few weeks. Even daughter, famous for being impossible to get out of bed - and usually being less than reluctant to get to school on time never mind early - was up at the crack of dawn last Friday
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
All that was missing were a few tumbleweeds, the stark silhouette of a booted and spurred rider and an invisible orchestra playing the theme tune of High Noon. Where were we? On any street in Brighton over the period when the showing of the World Cup
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Adams eyes comeback
Chris Adams says he will be back on the frontline in time to help Sussex put their faltering National League campaign back on course. The skipper has not yet declared himself fit for a comeback in the Championship tussle with Yorkshire at Arundel, beginning
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Man escapes blaze
A man had a lucky escape after vandals set fire to his house. The man was woken by the sound of shattering glass and ran downstairs to find his living room had been set alight at just after midnight. He fled his terraced house in Ashford Road, Eastbourne
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Pond woman murder quiz
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman's body was found in a pond. The woman, in her early 40s, was discovered in the drainage pond in Dallington Road, Eastbourne, at 4.10pm yesterday. Police believe she had been there since Friday. The
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Parents unite against school axe
Mothers chained themselves to railings in a Suffragette-style protest against the closure of a school. The group of 35 women attracted looks of amazement from teachers and other parents during the high-profile stunt today. The action is the latest in
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Air travel still soaring
Air passenger numbers continued their upward trend last year despite the impact of September 11. Figures today from the Civil Aviation Authority show airports across the UK handled 181 million passengers in 2001, one per cent more than in 2000. Domestic
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June 23: Surrey v Sussex (NUL)
Sussex were punished by another of their old boys as they suffered a convincing defeat to Surrey in the National League yesterday. Ed Giddins, such a favourite in his days at Hove, took career best limited overs of 5-20 in a low-scoring Division Two clash
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Crocodile tears
How I agree with Peter Allen's comments (Letters, June 19). Through the democratic process, hunting will be banned. I am fed up with hunters crying crocodile tears for their loss of jobs, the numbers of which have been grossly inflated. A more serious
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Goodness gracious, great balls of chalk
Fans suffering a World Cup hangover have been doing a double-take as they drive through the Sussex countryside. A series of 14 7ft-wide chalk balls, created by sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, have appeared on the Downs. The artist put them up in a covert operation
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Dressy snapper
On the left of this scene from State Of The Union (1948) with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn is Adolphe Menjou, another very adaptable and charismatic supporting Hollywood actor of the Thirties and Forties. He was brilliant as defending counsel for
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Perfect day
May I, through your fine newspaper, express my appreciation for the absolutely splendid day I enjoyed last Wednesday in your wonderful city. I found the people of Brighton and Hove extremely friendly, helpful and approachable. In the event of a sizeable
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Stock Cars: Longhurst still No. 1>
Sussex star Dave Longhurst is still the king of the hot rods. The popular Worthing racer retained the Southern Championship at Arlington Stadium in easily the best meeting of the year so far. Longhurst, who has to start all his races from the back because
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Light-headed
The mystery of lights, which appeared around the home of Lisa Stewart in Hove, grows stranger and stranger. After The Argus pictured the circles of light, a reader spotted a face in the middle of one. Lisa believes the face could be either that of her
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Whole truth
Ivor Caplin (Letters, June 17) is suffering from a memory problem. I vividly remember making a long phone call to him, back in the days when he was a Hove councillor, to put the case for the protection of Toad's Hole Valley. I was then the chairman of
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Athletics: Gilding makes winning return
There were mixed results for Sussex clubs in the fourth round of the Southern Men's League matches. In Division One, where reigning league champions Worthing are struggling to avoid relegation, fourth place at Peterborough is unlikely to lift them out
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Stick to this
I cannot believe Brighton and Hove City Council is even considering the mutilation of our downlands when there is a perfectly good brownfield site for the new Seagulls stadium at the old Shoreham cement works. Aerial photographs of this site in The Argus
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Speedway: Loram third
Eastbourne star Mark Loram came third in Saturday night's Slovenian Grand Prix, the first to be run in the country. The Eagles' No. 1 rode superbly to finish behind Australian Ryan Sullivan and Poland's Tomasz Gollob at Krsko. It was Loram's second third-place
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Wood you?
In 1996, I first visited Stanmer Park as a volunteer conservationist and, since then, must have spent many more than 100 days working in the woods coppicing, tree planting and charcoal burning. In about 1999, there was a survey asking for people's thoughts
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Let's see the record straight on Falmer
It is for the elected members of Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee to respond to Green Councillor Keith Taylor's charge that they vote according to instructions issued by "council bosses" but I am happy to deal with the other points
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Cricket: Tendulkar shines
An unbeaten 75 from India's batting prince Sachin Tendulkar effectively proved the difference between the tourists and Sussex in Saturday's day-night friendly at Hove. Bowlers were on top throughout before India got home by three wickets with nine balls
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Cricket: Old boys make Sussex pay
Sussex were punished by another of their old boys as they suffered a convincing defeat to Surrey in the National League yesterday. Ed Giddins, such a favourite in his days at Hove, took career best limited overs of 5-20 in a low-scoring Division Two clash
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Library project boost
A library appeal has raised £25,000 in its first four months. Lewes Library Friends reached its first landmark on the way to the £500,000 it must raise towards the town's new book and music library. East Sussex County Council ended months of uncertainty
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Jubilee baton continues marathon journey
The Queen's Golden Jubilee baton made its way through Sussex at the weekend as it continued its historic journey around Britain. Almost 200 people helped carry the futuristic baton across the county, cheered along by well-wishers who turned out to catch
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Food Minister invited to The Grocer's
Government Food and Farm minister Lord Whitty has visited the Crawley office of the food industry publisher William Reed. He was a guest of Clive Beddall, the editor of the William Reed flagship title The Grocer. The town's MP, Laura Moffatt, was also
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Buzzard oil ready to fly
A recently-discovered oil field in the North Sea could be the largest found in the area for 25 years. Energy minister Brian Wilson gave enthusiastic backing to revised oil recovery forecasts for the Buzzard field, which suggests it contains more than
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UK workers fear job losses
The UK is near the bottom of a world league for job security, according to a report today. A poll covering 24 countries showed workers in this country were more insecure about their jobs than everywhere else, except Korea. About 46 per cent of Korean
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PC saves distressed teenager
A policeman rescued a teenage girl threatening to electrocute herself at an electricity sub-station. PC Gary Relf was one of the first officers on the scene at Nyewood Lane, Bognor, in the early hours of the morning. The girl, in her mid-teens, had climbed
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Man faces murder charge
A man was today due to appear in court charged with murdering his 37-year-old girlfriend. Julie Ann Wendel was found dead at the couple's home in Darvel Down, Netherfield, near Battle, at 10.30pm on Friday. Timothy Bierton, 48, was arrested and charged
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Ewe won't guess what's in our pool
Firefighters were called to the rescue when a sheep took an uninvited dip in a family's swimming pool. Owners of the house in Malthouse Lane, Hurstpierpoint, were amazed to discover the animal bobbing in their back garden pool at 1.15pm yesterday. The
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Tories need makeover says MP
Sussex MP Francis Maude today warned the Tory leadership it must work harder to shed the party's image as an exclusive club for "straight, white males". The former Foreign Secretary said this stereotype must be destroyed if the Tories were to benefit
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Affordable housing call to aid growth
A council is backing a drive to build more low-cost homes for young people and public sector workers in Mid Sussex. The main target areas will be Horsham, Crawley and Gatwick, where employment is high and growing. West Sussex councillors yesterday supported
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Pond woman murder quiz
A murder investigation has been launched after a woman's body was found in a pond. The woman, in her early 40s, was discovered in the drainage pond in Dallington Road, Eastbourne, at 4.10pm yesterday. Police believe she had been there since Friday. The
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Man faces murder charge
A man was today due to appear in court charged with murdering his 37-year-old girlfriend. Julie Ann Wendel was found dead at the couple's home in Darvel Down, Netherfield, near Battle, at 10.30pm on Friday. Timothy Bierton, 48, was arrested and charged
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PC saves distressed teenager
A policeman rescued a teenage girl threatening to electrocute herself at an electricity sub-station. PC Gary Relf was one of the first officers on the scene at Nyewood Lane, Bognor, in the early hours of the morning. The girl, in her mid-teens, had climbed
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Town's mixed crime figures
Car crime has dropped by 70 per cent in Bexhill but violent crime is on the rise. Police say 83 fewer cars were stolen in the town last year than the year before, bringing the figure down to 118. Crime in general dropped by eight per cent, bringing the
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Sea trip ends on the rocks
Four people were plucked to safety after their speedboat was hurled against break-water rocks following an engine failure. The day-trippers were spotted climbing from the stricken 16ft craft by a fisherman, who raised the alarm. The police helicopter
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Teams to see sex risk list
The public will help monitor the movements of paedophiles after a campaign by the parents of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne. However, the scheme for volunteer panels to monitor the risk of sex offenders due to be released from prison will not be piloted
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What a hit!
Britain's hottest pop stars drew record crowds to Brighton for the biggest-ever Party in the Park. Road and rail routes into the city were packed from early yesterday morning as more than 100,000 made their way to Preston Park for the star-studded showcase
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Put poetry in motion for £150
A Sussex poet is offering £150 prize money to budding bards in a global competition. Josephine Austin runs the Hastings International Poetry Competition from her home in Dudley Road in the town. The competition, which last year had 500 entries from around
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Fun and fitness for all the family
If exercise is part of your life, chances are, it is part of your children's lives too. Active parents often produce active children for whom going for walks, swimming and playing football is the norm. With warnings that the computer age could be damaging
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Lee "Scratch" Perry, Concorde 2, Brighton
"God save the king" resounded through the building while anticipation filled the air as the crowd waited for the man himself - Lee "Scratch" Perry. He glided on stage swinging a plastic sword above his head and wearing a golden crown to rumbles of thunder
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Blow for pier development
Ambitious plans to transform the West Pier in Brighton have suffered a setback. Architectural watchdogs said new seafront buildings should not be given planning permission. St Modwen Properties has submitted designs for large shopping and entertainment
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Pay deals staying low
Pay deals in engineering and manufacturing firms remained at a historically low level. This according to figures from the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF). For the three months to the end of May, the average settlement was 2.1 per cent, the same
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Hotel giant raises stake over betting
Hotel chain Hilton has unveiled plans to transform its seafront hotels into Las Vegas-style casinos with slot machines, roulette tables and cabaret. The group's chief executive, David Michels, said Brighton would be used as a testbed for the plans which
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Research help required
I am an MA student at Sussex University and am interested in researching a women's peace camp that took place in either 1982 or 1983 on the Level, Brighton. I have been trying very hard to find people who were involved in the camp because I would like
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An honour to be city-zen
There have been letters from time to time blaming the granting of city status to Brighton and Hove for the lack of affordable housing and asking what's in it for us? The demand for housing is going on all over the South. The fact that many choose Brighton
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Real homes from home
Today marks the start of Foster Fortnight. Kate Matthews looks at what it's ike to be a foster carer and a foster child. BEING taken into care at the age of 13 was a terrifying experience for Chris Nicholls. He had to go to live in a place he had never
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God bless
After recently reading all the complaints about the Royal Sussex County Hospital, I must say I recently spent three weeks in that same hospital while awaiting treatment. I have the highest regard for the overworked doctors, nurses and all the other staff
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Making the most of life
Where is the benefit to our quality of life? This statement, written by Richard White, editor of Southern Business Times, struck me as I opened the page. Nowadays, human values are measured in the value of the stock market and family values on the size
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Cycle Spedway: Lions roar on
Hellingly Lions booked their place in the quarter-finals of the British Team Championship with a 90-82 win over Stoke. The South West League leaders caused a major upset by beating the title favourites and Premier League outfit at their Lower Dicker track
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A month out
Gerald E Spicer of North Road, Upper Portslade, has the wrong month for the changed refuse rounds (Letters, June 21). The reorganised rounds will be introduced on July 29, not in June. The rounds are being changed for good reasons, in full consultation
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Fight goes on
Descendants of those who died in a shocking wartime sinking were remembered at a service of thanksgiving yesterday. They were at the City Gate Church in London Road to commemorate the deaths in the SS Mendi in the English Channel. More than 600 South
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Look after the children
Most children are lucky enough to be able to take their parents and their home comforts for granted. But that doesn't apply to the hundreds of youngsters in Sussex who are in care because their parents are dead, divorced or have walked away. Some of them
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Cricket: Hastings stretch lead
Hastings notched up their seventh win of the season and lead the Shepherd Neame Sussex Premier League by 38 points. Their latest victims were bottom club Haywards Heath, who were trounced by 155 runs. Hastings took advantage of dropped catches to make
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Wimbledon 2002: Pullin hopes for lucky break
Julie Pullin believes this could be the year she finally ends her Wimbledon hoodoo. The Sussex girl has not won a match in seven previous attempts, but that could change against fellow left-hander Maja Matevzic from Slovenia. Pullin is approaching the
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Wimbledon 2002: Lee plans Sampras shock
Martin Lee is confident of beating seven-times champion Pete Sampras on Centre Court when Wimbledon starts today. The British No.3, from East Preston, could not have been handed a tougher exam than that posed by a man he calls the greatest grasscourt
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Eastbourne 2002: Rubin loves life by the coast
Chanda Rubin has not got a bad word to say about her annual visits to Eastbourne. Just as well because this leading event on the Sussex sporting calendar has taken its fair share of criticism this year. Even the popular 26-year-old American could not
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Rubin ready to take on Serena
Champion Chanda Rubin plans to use her Eastbourne victory as a springboard to take on the mighty Williams sisters. The 26-year-old American crowned her tenth visit to Devonshire Park by beating Anastasia Myskina 6-1 6-3 in Saturday's final. It was her
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Face spotted in mystery circles
Mysterious circles of light, which appeared around a woman's home, took an even stranger twist after a reader of The Argus spotted a face in one of them. In a case worthy of TV's The X Files, strange circles of light emerged around Lisa Stewart's home
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Tortoise in fire drama
A man fled his burning bedroom, but not before rescuing his pet tortoise. He fell asleep with a candle alight on a window ledge of the top-floor flat in Beach Road, Eastbourne, and woke to find his bedroom full of smoke with flames licking the window.
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Big river race makes a splash
Dozens of daredevil sailors took to the water on their home-made craft for a charity raft race. Sixteen rafts were built to the theme of Great British Achievements, chosen to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Competitors dressed in a variety of costumes
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Fire crew move body
Fire crews were called in to help carry the body of a 30-stone man after he was found dead in his top floor flat. Firefighters from Eastbourne were called to Essex Court, Rockhurst Drive, Eastbourne, at 5am today by police who were trying to lift the
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Memorial at last to 600 brave men
For 85 years, the sinking of the SS Mendi has been a shameful scar on British history. More than 600 South African war volunteers, who had left their homes and families to answer Lord Kitchener's call, died when their ship was rammed by a British liner
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Hotel places casino bet
Hotel chain Hilton has unveiled plans to transform its seafront hotels into Las Vegas-style casinos with slot machines, roulette tables and cabaret. The group's chief executive, David Michels, said Brighton would be used as a testbed for the plans which
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Air travel still soaring
Air passenger numbers continued their upward trend last year despite the impact of September 11. Figures today from the Civil Aviation Authority show airports across the UK handled 181 million passengers in 2001, one per cent more than in 2000. Domestic
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Firebugs target shopping centre
Thousands of pounds of damage was caused to a shopping centre after arsonists struck for the seventh time in two months. Plumes of smoke from The Quintins shopping centre, Hailsham, could be seen as far as Polegate, two miles away. Two crews from Hailsham
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Rambert dance company, Theatre Royal, Brighton
Rambert, the oldest dance company in Britain, presented four stylistically diverse dances from its extensive repertoire: Unrest, Hurricane, Ghost Dances and Cheese. It is difficult to say which was the best because theywere all totally riveting and masterfully
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Concern at pubs deal
Enterprise Inns' £875 million deal to buy 1,860 pubs from rival Laurel could be sent to the Competition Commission. Competition minister Melanie Johnson said: "The Director General of Fair Trading has advised me this acquisition may give rise to competition
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Pay deals staying low
Pay deals in engineering and manufacturing firms remained at a historically low level. This according to figures from the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF). For the three months to the end of May, the average settlement was 2.1 per cent, the same
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Hotel giant raises stake over betting
Hotel chain Hilton has unveiled plans to transform its seafront hotels into Las Vegas-style casinos with slot machines, roulette tables and cabaret. The group's chief executive, David Michels, said Brighton would be used as a testbed for the plans which
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Good turn gets mum out of hot water
A mother has thanked The Argus and a kind-hearted engineer for restoring hot water to her home. Carol Wareham's boiler broke down a month ago and she was told she would have to pay £1,000 for a replacement. But after The Argus featured her plight earlier
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Family Life, with Bini McCall
Football fever has taken over our house during the past few weeks. Even daughter, famous for being impossible to get out of bed - and usually being less than reluctant to get to school on time never mind early - was up at the crack of dawn last Friday
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Voice of the Third Age, by Lis Solkhon
All that was missing were a few tumbleweeds, the stark silhouette of a booted and spurred rider and an invisible orchestra playing the theme tune of High Noon. Where were we? On any street in Brighton over the period when the showing of the World Cup
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Adams eyes comeback
Chris Adams says he will be back on the frontline in time to help Sussex put their faltering National League campaign back on course. The skipper has not yet declared himself fit for a comeback in the Championship tussle with Yorkshire at Arundel, beginning
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Crocodile tears
How I agree with Peter Allen's comments (Letters, June 19). Through the democratic process, hunting will be banned. I am fed up with hunters crying crocodile tears for their loss of jobs, the numbers of which have been grossly inflated. A more serious
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Goodness gracious, great balls of chalk
Fans suffering a World Cup hangover have been doing a double-take as they drive through the Sussex countryside. A series of 14 7ft-wide chalk balls, created by sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, have appeared on the Downs. The artist put them up in a covert operation
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Perfect day
May I, through your fine newspaper, express my appreciation for the absolutely splendid day I enjoyed last Wednesday in your wonderful city. I found the people of Brighton and Hove extremely friendly, helpful and approachable. In the event of a sizeable
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Making the most of life
Where is the benefit to our quality of life? This statement, written by Richard White, editor of Southern Business Times, struck me as I opened the page. Nowadays, human values are measured in the value of the stock market and family values on the size
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Cycle Spedway: Lions roar on
Hellingly Lions booked their place in the quarter-finals of the British Team Championship with a 90-82 win over Stoke. The South West League leaders caused a major upset by beating the title favourites and Premier League outfit at their Lower Dicker track
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A month out
Gerald E Spicer of North Road, Upper Portslade, has the wrong month for the changed refuse rounds (Letters, June 21). The reorganised rounds will be introduced on July 29, not in June. The rounds are being changed for good reasons, in full consultation
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Stock Cars: Longhurst still No. 1>
Sussex star Dave Longhurst is still the king of the hot rods. The popular Worthing racer retained the Southern Championship at Arlington Stadium in easily the best meeting of the year so far. Longhurst, who has to start all his races from the back because
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Light-headed
The mystery of lights, which appeared around the home of Lisa Stewart in Hove, grows stranger and stranger. After The Argus pictured the circles of light, a reader spotted a face in the middle of one. Lisa believes the face could be either that of her
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Fight goes on
Descendants of those who died in a shocking wartime sinking were remembered at a service of thanksgiving yesterday. They were at the City Gate Church in London Road to commemorate the deaths in the SS Mendi in the English Channel. More than 600 South
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Stick to this
I cannot believe Brighton and Hove City Council is even considering the mutilation of our downlands when there is a perfectly good brownfield site for the new Seagulls stadium at the old Shoreham cement works. Aerial photographs of this site in The Argus
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Look after the children
Most children are lucky enough to be able to take their parents and their home comforts for granted. But that doesn't apply to the hundreds of youngsters in Sussex who are in care because their parents are dead, divorced or have walked away. Some of them
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Wood you?
In 1996, I first visited Stanmer Park as a volunteer conservationist and, since then, must have spent many more than 100 days working in the woods coppicing, tree planting and charcoal burning. In about 1999, there was a survey asking for people's thoughts
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Wimbledon 2002: Pullin hopes for lucky break
Julie Pullin believes this could be the year she finally ends her Wimbledon hoodoo. The Sussex girl has not won a match in seven previous attempts, but that could change against fellow left-hander Maja Matevzic from Slovenia. Pullin is approaching the
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Eastbourne 2002: Rubin loves life by the coast
Chanda Rubin has not got a bad word to say about her annual visits to Eastbourne. Just as well because this leading event on the Sussex sporting calendar has taken its fair share of criticism this year. Even the popular 26-year-old American could not
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Crash victim named
Police have named an 18-year-old man who died after a four-car collision. Steven Dobson, from Medway, Crowborough, was a front-seat passenger in a Nissan sports car involved in the accident at noon on Friday. Three other cars were involved in the crash
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Fire crew move body
Fire crews were called in to help carry the body of a 30-stone man after he was found dead in his top floor flat. Firefighters from Eastbourne were called to Essex Court, Rockhurst Drive, Eastbourne, at 5am today by police who were trying to lift the
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Lee "Scratch" Perry, Concorde 2, Brighton
"God save the king" resounded through the building while anticipation filled the air as the crowd waited for the man himself - Lee "Scratch" Perry. He glided on stage swinging a plastic sword above his head and wearing a golden crown to rumbles of thunder
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Rambert dance company, Theatre Royal, Brighton
Rambert, the oldest dance company in Britain, presented four stylistically diverse dances from its extensive repertoire: Unrest, Hurricane, Ghost Dances and Cheese. It is difficult to say which was the best because theywere all totally riveting and masterfully
