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Apology for stadium blunder
Albion fans received an apology from a council officer after a hitch caused further delays to plans for a community stadium. As we reported yesterday, consultation notices for the plans at Falmer did not mention the scheme was a departure from the
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Police 'stretched' in West Street
Police say they are stretched to their limit dealing with late-night trouble in one of Brighton's busiest entertainments areas. Officers told a licensing meeting that any more pressure would create a focal point for crime and disorder. Police showed a
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Final judgment
I read a lengthy report headlined "Teenager left body in bath, court told" and a smaller report on "Thieves raid farm" (The Argus, June 19). Above these was an article called "Polisher's wait for judgement". Thieves, murderers and the like may well face
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I'm sickened by theft
I am a regular parishioner at St Mary Magdalen Church in Coldean and was both sickened and saddened to learn it had been broken into, yet again, and our newly purchased lawnmower stolen. Our church has been subject to a great deal of vandalism and break-ins
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Parking statement
I would like to draw your attention to a statement made in the article on Brighton and Hove City Council proposals for residents' parking schemes in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, July 14). This concerned the rejection of residents' parking schemes by
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Lover admits stabbing woman
A man admitted knifing his lover to death after a blazing row about her decision to end their troubled two-year relationship. But Anthony Pate, 47, denied intentionally killing Kim Baldry in her lounge at Gorringe Road, Eastbourne, on December 9 last
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
In four months' time I shall be 40. As I haven't yet started to plan any sort of celebration, my husband asked me if I would like a surprise party. "Surely that's the sort of thing you should be keeping a secret," I said. "Usually," he replied. "But I
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Fine over restaurant rubbish
A restaurant owner has been fined for dumping bags of rubbish outside his premises. Pascal Madjoudi, who runs La Fourchette restaurant in Western Road, Hove, and La Petite Fourchette in East Street, Brighton, admitted two offences of failing to comply
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Divided issue
On December 12 last year, I was a little concerned about the parking in Longridge Avenue, Saltdean, and why we never saw parking attendants on the east side. Unlike Ashvin Desai (The Argus, June 20), I took up the issue with Lewes District Council. I
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Wonder stuff
I was fascinated to read Lynn Daly's article (The Argus, June 19). I have been aware of reports over the past few years of similar, apparently inexplicable phenomena. Attempts to explain these lights have drawn a blank, even after glass was analysed from
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Plus point from tragedy
When Sarah Payne went missing in West Sussex, more than 100 people volunteered to search for her. They were ordinary people brought together by a common urge to help the police in every way they could. Sadly, Sarah had been abducted and killed by Roy
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Skylight
I live in Saltdean and at 8.45 last Wednesday evening, while sitting in the armchair, I noticed a bright light in the sky to the north-west. We see many aircraft coming in and out of Gatwick so I thought it was either the sun reflecting off an aeroplane
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Pupils' Sri Lankan lesson
Sussex schoolboys enjoyed a star-studded lesson when some of Sri Lanka's top cricketers dropped in for an impromptu coaching session. Brighton College Prep School's under-12 cricket side were thrilled when the tourists' coaching staff and the likes of
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Motorsport: Jones a fraction from win
For the first time this season the Angmering-based Roundstone Suzuki team came away from a meeting without a race win. But they did manage to gain two second places and a third in the British Superbike Series meeting at Brands Hatch. Craig Jones missed
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Moores spells it out
Sussex's batsmen have been urged to repeat their Championship form in the National League, starting in Jason Lewry's benefit game against Middlesex Crusaders at Arundel on Sunday (1pm). Only two players have passed 50 in five games so far this season.
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Thordarson in the frame
Former Stoke boss Gudjon Thordarson has thrown his hat into the ring for the Albion job. Thordarson has revealed to The Argus his interest in the post vacated by Peter Taylor at the end of April. The ex-Icelandic international manager steered Stoke to
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Motoring club staff axed
Twenty-eight posts have been axed at the largest private motoring organisation in Britain. The Brighton headquarters of the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA) at Britannia House, Station Street, has borne the brunt with the loss of 17 posts. Six
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University insurance pays out £2.6m
Things went far from swimmingly when thousands of Sussex University books, records and manuscripts were destroyed by floodwaters. The items were being stored in Lewes when the town suffered severe flooding in the autumn of 2000. However, university bosses
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Pigeons banned from countryside
A pigeon fancier faces having his 80 prize-winning birds destroyed after council planners banned their lofts. Heart-broken David Deveson, of Valley Road, Newhaven, has been told to remove the five pigeon lofts from his field, where he has kept birds since
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Farm disease alert
Tests were taking place in West Sussex this weekend after vets found possible signs of a pig disease wiped out in the UK 13 years ago. The discovery was made at the same Essex abattoir where the first case of foot-and-mouth was detected in last year's
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Apology over stadium plan blunder
Albion fans received an apology from a council officer after a hitch caused further delays to plans for a community stadium. As we reported yesterday, consultation notices for the plans at Falmer did not mention the scheme was a departure from the Local
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Free pills plan for pupils
Free contraceptives could be handed out to pupils in secondary schools under new Government plans. The proposal, from the Department of Health, is part of a new drive to cut the number of teenage pregnancies. Between 1998 and 2000, there were 44.9 pregnancies
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Actor Berkoff deported from US
Brighton-based actor Steven Berkoff has been deported from the United States for overstaying his visa by one day - five years ago. Mr Berkoff was detained by immigration officials on Tuesday after they discovered the overstay on their records. The actor
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Police 'stretched' in West Street
Police say they are stretched to their limit dealing with late-night trouble in one of Brighton's busiest entertainments areas. Officers told a licensing meeting that any more pressure would create a focal point for crime and disorder. Police showed a
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Final judgment
I read a lengthy report headlined "Teenager left body in bath, court told" and a smaller report on "Thieves raid farm" (The Argus, June 19). Above these was an article called "Polisher's wait for judgement". Thieves, murderers and the like may well face
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I'm sickened by theft
I am a regular parishioner at St Mary Magdalen Church in Coldean and was both sickened and saddened to learn it had been broken into, yet again, and our newly purchased lawnmower stolen. Our church has been subject to a great deal of vandalism and break-ins
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
In four months' time I shall be 40. As I haven't yet started to plan any sort of celebration, my husband asked me if I would like a surprise party. "Surely that's the sort of thing you should be keeping a secret," I said. "Usually," he replied. "But I
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Blowtorch set church ablaze
A worker carrying out renovations to a church tower accidentally started a fire with his blowtorch. He was carrying out lead-flashing work on the spire of St Wilfrid's Church in Haywards Heath when heat from the torch set fire to wooden beams below. A
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Moved to help by Sarah's plight
Two years after schoolgirl Sarah Payne vanished, a volunteer search team will today act out a live missing person search. The efforts of local people in the hunt for eight-year-old Sarah led to the UK's first permanent database of volunteers who can help
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Blowtorch set church ablaze
A worker carrying out renovations to a Mid Sussex church tower accidentally started a fire with his blowtorch. He was carrying out lead-flashing work on the spire of St Wilfrid's Church in Haywards Heath when heat from the torch set fire to wooden beams
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Sarah's family prays for Milly
The parents of murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne will join in prayer today for missing teenager Amanda Dowler. At a special fun day organised to mark the second anniversary of the day Sarah disappeared, her parents Sara and Michael will pray for the
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June 28: Sussex v Yorkshire (CC)
Facing the Sussex attack seems to bring out the best in county cricket's talented Australian contingent. At Old Trafford last month Lancashire's Stuart Law made 218 and Sussex have also suffered at the hands of Andrew Symonds and Jamie Cox this season
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Fine over restaurant rubbish
A restaurant owner has been fined for dumping bags of rubbish outside his premises. Pascal Madjoudi, who runs La Fourchette restaurant in Western Road, Hove, and La Petite Fourchette in East Street, Brighton, admitted two offences of failing to comply
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Divided issue
On December 12 last year, I was a little concerned about the parking in Longridge Avenue, Saltdean, and why we never saw parking attendants on the east side. Unlike Ashvin Desai (The Argus, June 20), I took up the issue with Lewes District Council. I
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Sick and tired
The headline "Give up these tired Falmer arguments" given to the letter from Robert Martin of Guildford (Letters, June 26) could not have been more appropriate. Mr Martin's claim that the land proposed for the football stadium at Falmer is not downland
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Skylight
I live in Saltdean and at 8.45 last Wednesday evening, while sitting in the armchair, I noticed a bright light in the sky to the north-west. We see many aircraft coming in and out of Gatwick so I thought it was either the sun reflecting off an aeroplane
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Motorsport: Jones a fraction from win
For the first time this season the Angmering-based Roundstone Suzuki team came away from a meeting without a race win. But they did manage to gain two second places and a third in the British Superbike Series meeting at Brands Hatch. Craig Jones missed
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Motorsport: Fast and furious for James
Mark James had a hectic time in the latest round of the Fiat Racing Challenge. With qualifying and two races all scheduled for the same day at Lydden Hill, time was always going to be tight. James, from Burgess Hill, had the worst possible start when,
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Motorsport: Sumpter takes second
Mark Sumpter finished a fighting second in the sixth round of the Michelin Porsche Cup at a packed Castle Combe last Sunday. In front of a weekend crowd of more than 22,000 fans, the Paragon Porsche/Ultrafilter International backed car led the opening
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Logical explanation for mystery lights
I can reveal the mystery of the face in the light circles (The Argus, June 24). It is an imprint from the opposite page of a crowd of people (The Argus, June 19). By folding the pages, you can see where it creates the mirror image. The mysterious lights
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Lehmann lays into Sussex
Facing the Sussex attack seems to bring out the best in county cricket's talented Australian contingent. At Old Trafford last month Lancashire's Stuart Law made 218 and Sussex have also suffered at the hands of Andrew Symonds and Jamie Cox this season
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Date
Moores spells it out
Sussex's batsmen have been urged to repeat their Championship form in the National League, starting in Jason Lewry's benefit game against Middlesex Crusaders at Arundel on Sunday (1pm). Only two players have passed 50 in five games so far this season.
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Appeal for new school pool
School pool campaigners have launched an appeal in a bid to teach children to swim. Parents and staff rallied round after the pool liner at Elm Grove School in Elm Grove, Worthing, split in May and all the water drained away. They were already looking
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Motoring club staff axed
Twenty-eight posts have been axed at the largest private motoring organisation in Britain. The Brighton headquarters of the Civil Service Motoring Association (CSMA) at Britannia House, Station Street, has borne the brunt with the loss of 17 posts. Six
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Pigeons banned from countryside
A pigeon fancier faces having his 80 prize-winning birds destroyed after council planners banned their lofts. Heart-broken David Deveson, of Valley Road, Newhaven, has been told to remove the five pigeon lofts from his field, where he has kept birds since
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Date
Apology over stadium plan blunder
Albion fans received an apology from a council officer after a hitch caused further delays to plans for a community stadium. As we reported yesterday, consultation notices for the plans at Falmer did not mention the scheme was a departure from the Local
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Date
Buy ball that beat cricket legend
Any ball which sends an Australian batsman back to the pavilion is bound to be treasured by English cricket-lovers. However, fans now have the chance to claim a ball which once took the wicket of Australian legend Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest batsman
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This filthy trade
Seven people were jailed for a total of 29 years as Sussex stepped up its war on crack cocaine. Judge David Rennie blasted dealers for their "filthy trade" as he dealt out stiff sentences at Hove Crown Court yesterday. Detectives who led the crackdown
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Free pills plan for pupils
Free contraceptives could be handed out to pupils in secondary schools under new Government plans. The proposal, from the Department of Health, is part of a new drive to cut the number of teenage pregnancies. Between 1998 and 2000, there were 44.9 pregnancies
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Actor Berkoff deported from US
Brighton-based actor Steven Berkoff has been deported from the United States for overstaying his visa by one day - five years ago. Mr Berkoff was detained by immigration officials on Tuesday after they discovered the overstay on their records. The actor
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Parking statement
I would like to draw your attention to a statement made in the article on Brighton and Hove City Council proposals for residents' parking schemes in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, July 14). This concerned the rejection of residents' parking schemes by
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Murder trial told of drugs secret
The son of an alleged hitman was unaware of his father's heroin addiction, the Mohammed Raja murder trial has been told. James "Jim" Croke had been called to give evidence for his father David, who is accused of murdering landlord Mr Raja. It is alleged
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Lover admits stabbing woman
A man admitted knifing his lover to death after a blazing row about her decision to end their troubled two-year relationship. But Anthony Pate, 47, denied intentionally killing Kim Baldry in her lounge at Gorringe Road, Eastbourne, on December 9 last
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Name change?
In view of their walking away from the Albion stadium at Falmer decision, shouldn't the Greens change their name to the Yellows? -Michael Fisher, Kings Road, Brighton
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Fox facts fixed?
Stone the strictly proverbial crows. I am not pro-hunting but J Foster's ludicrous assertion that more than 35 million people in this country want the sport banned (Letters, June 25) cannot go unchallenged. If the issue was to go to a referendum in England
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Profit margin
Latest reports say Brighton and Hove's unemployment is the highest in the South East with six per cent of the city's population out of work - twice the level of the rest of southern England and well above the national average. This is despite Brighton
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Road train
Time and again, wrongly issued tickets are reported in The Argus. As a past victim, I was interested to read that James Whittle (The Argus, June 25) was at least given an apology and told the ticket posted on his company's hearse had been cancelled immediately
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Drug dealers jailed for 29 years
Seven people were jailed for a total of 29 years as Sussex stepped up its war on crack. Judge David Rennie blasted dealers for their "filthy trade" as he dealt out stiff sentences at Hove Crown Court yesterday. Detectives who led the crackdown welcomed
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Youth In Action: Award to savour
Felpham Community College are celebrating after winning Youth in Action's school of the month award for May. The West Sussex educational centre had a month packed with sporting successes. The school's two sixth form football teams reached the final of
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In judgment
Seven more drug dealers have been given substantial prison sentences by Judge David Rennie in Sussex. It once again shows his determination to stamp out this filthy trade in the county. The men were sentenced to terms of between two-and-a-half and five
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Date
Wonder stuff
I was fascinated to read Lynn Daly's article (The Argus, June 19). I have been aware of reports over the past few years of similar, apparently inexplicable phenomena. Attempts to explain these lights have drawn a blank, even after glass was analysed from
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Date
Plus point from tragedy
When Sarah Payne went missing in West Sussex, more than 100 people volunteered to search for her. They were ordinary people brought together by a common urge to help the police in every way they could. Sadly, Sarah had been abducted and killed by Roy
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Date
Pupils' Sri Lankan lesson
Sussex schoolboys enjoyed a star-studded lesson when some of Sri Lanka's top cricketers dropped in for an impromptu coaching session. Brighton College Prep School's under-12 cricket side were thrilled when the tourists' coaching staff and the likes of
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Date
Motorsport: Sussex trio make impression
Three Sussex riders are making an impression in Supermoto, the fastest growing form of motorsport. Dave Heal, Richard Freshwater and Gus Robbins are just three of the many names who have switched to Supermoto racing this season. The NORA (National Off-road
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Speedway: Eagles go down
The five-match unbeaten run of Elite League table toppers Eastbourne Eagles came to an end at Oxford on Friday night. The Sussex outfit were toppled 51-39, their biggest defeat of the season, by the defending champions at the Cowley Stadium. Eastbourne
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Date
Thordarson in the frame
Former Stoke boss Gudjon Thordarson has thrown his hat into the ring for the Albion job. Thordarson has revealed to The Argus his interest in the post vacated by Peter Taylor at the end of April. The ex-Icelandic international manager steered Stoke to
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Date
Hoops talks with Nick Nurse
The column comes to you from across the Atlantic this week. Perfectly timed to miss out on the best of the English summer weather, I have flown to the States to see to a few basketball and family matters. I flew into Chicago on Monday and caught a Cubs
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Date
University insurance pays out £2.6m
Things went far from swimmingly when thousands of Sussex University books, records and manuscripts were destroyed by floodwaters. The items were being stored in Lewes when the town suffered severe flooding in the autumn of 2000. However, university bosses
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Date
Farm disease alert
Tests were taking place in West Sussex this weekend after vets found possible signs of a pig disease wiped out in the UK 13 years ago. The discovery was made at the same Essex abattoir where the first case of foot-and-mouth was detected in last year's
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Date
Murder trial told of drugs secret
The son of an alleged hitman was unaware of his father's heroin addiction, the Mohammed Raja murder trial has been told. James "Jim" Croke had been called to give evidence for his father David, who is accused of murdering landlord Mr Raja. It is alleged
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Date
Blowtorch set church ablaze
A worker carrying out renovations to a church tower accidentally started a fire with his blowtorch. He was carrying out lead-flashing work on the spire of St Wilfrid's Church in Haywards Heath when heat from the torch set fire to wooden beams below. A
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Date
Moved to help by Sarah's plight
Two years after schoolgirl Sarah Payne vanished, a volunteer search team will today act out a live missing person search. The efforts of local people in the hunt for eight-year-old Sarah led to the UK's first permanent database of volunteers who can help
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Date
Sarah's family prays for Milly
The parents of murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne will join in prayer today for missing teenager Amanda Dowler. At a special fun day organised to mark the second anniversary of the day Sarah disappeared, her parents Sara and Michael will pray for the
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June 28: Sussex v Yorkshire (CC)
Facing the Sussex attack seems to bring out the best in county cricket's talented Australian contingent. At Old Trafford last month Lancashire's Stuart Law made 218 and Sussex have also suffered at the hands of Andrew Symonds and Jamie Cox this season
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Date
Name change?
In view of their walking away from the Albion stadium at Falmer decision, shouldn't the Greens change their name to the Yellows? -Michael Fisher, Kings Road, Brighton
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Fox facts fixed?
Stone the strictly proverbial crows. I am not pro-hunting but J Foster's ludicrous assertion that more than 35 million people in this country want the sport banned (Letters, June 25) cannot go unchallenged. If the issue was to go to a referendum in England
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Date
Profit margin
Latest reports say Brighton and Hove's unemployment is the highest in the South East with six per cent of the city's population out of work - twice the level of the rest of southern England and well above the national average. This is despite Brighton
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Date
Road train
Time and again, wrongly issued tickets are reported in The Argus. As a past victim, I was interested to read that James Whittle (The Argus, June 25) was at least given an apology and told the ticket posted on his company's hearse had been cancelled immediately
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Date
Sick and tired
The headline "Give up these tired Falmer arguments" given to the letter from Robert Martin of Guildford (Letters, June 26) could not have been more appropriate. Mr Martin's claim that the land proposed for the football stadium at Falmer is not downland
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Date
Youth In Action: Award to savour
Felpham Community College are celebrating after winning Youth in Action's school of the month award for May. The West Sussex educational centre had a month packed with sporting successes. The school's two sixth form football teams reached the final of
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Date
In judgment
Seven more drug dealers have been given substantial prison sentences by Judge David Rennie in Sussex. It once again shows his determination to stamp out this filthy trade in the county. The men were sentenced to terms of between two-and-a-half and five
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Date
Motorsport: Fast and furious for James
Mark James had a hectic time in the latest round of the Fiat Racing Challenge. With qualifying and two races all scheduled for the same day at Lydden Hill, time was always going to be tight. James, from Burgess Hill, had the worst possible start when,
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Date
Motorsport: Sumpter takes second
Mark Sumpter finished a fighting second in the sixth round of the Michelin Porsche Cup at a packed Castle Combe last Sunday. In front of a weekend crowd of more than 22,000 fans, the Paragon Porsche/Ultrafilter International backed car led the opening
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Date
Motorsport: Sussex trio make impression
Three Sussex riders are making an impression in Supermoto, the fastest growing form of motorsport. Dave Heal, Richard Freshwater and Gus Robbins are just three of the many names who have switched to Supermoto racing this season. The NORA (National Off-road
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Date
Logical explanation for mystery lights
I can reveal the mystery of the face in the light circles (The Argus, June 24). It is an imprint from the opposite page of a crowd of people (The Argus, June 19). By folding the pages, you can see where it creates the mirror image. The mysterious lights
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Date
Speedway: Eagles go down
The five-match unbeaten run of Elite League table toppers Eastbourne Eagles came to an end at Oxford on Friday night. The Sussex outfit were toppled 51-39, their biggest defeat of the season, by the defending champions at the Cowley Stadium. Eastbourne
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Date
Lehmann lays into Sussex
Facing the Sussex attack seems to bring out the best in county cricket's talented Australian contingent. At Old Trafford last month Lancashire's Stuart Law made 218 and Sussex have also suffered at the hands of Andrew Symonds and Jamie Cox this season
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Date
Hoops talks with Nick Nurse
The column comes to you from across the Atlantic this week. Perfectly timed to miss out on the best of the English summer weather, I have flown to the States to see to a few basketball and family matters. I flew into Chicago on Monday and caught a Cubs
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Date
Appeal for new school pool
School pool campaigners have launched an appeal in a bid to teach children to swim. Parents and staff rallied round after the pool liner at Elm Grove School in Elm Grove, Worthing, split in May and all the water drained away. They were already looking
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Date
Buy ball that beat cricket legend
Any ball which sends an Australian batsman back to the pavilion is bound to be treasured by English cricket-lovers. However, fans now have the chance to claim a ball which once took the wicket of Australian legend Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest batsman
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Date
This filthy trade
Seven people were jailed for a total of 29 years as Sussex stepped up its war on crack cocaine. Judge David Rennie blasted dealers for their "filthy trade" as he dealt out stiff sentences at Hove Crown Court yesterday. Detectives who led the crackdown
