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The end of people power?
Government plans to introduce new planning laws across the country could spell an end to people power. Residents of Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne know a thing or two about using the voice of the people when it comes to protesting against large developments
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Consultants cuts 25 jobs
Consultancy firm Generics is cutting up to 25 jobs to save cash amid uncertain market conditions. The group, which employs more than 300 staff, is aiming to cut costs by £2.5 million a year. It said the cuts would be made at its Cambridge sites and be
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Council data on the Roccs
Gloucester City Council has signed a contract with Crawley-based information technology specialists Rocc for a new document and print management system. Rocc's scanning system is being used to capture data from the job tickets issued by the council's
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£67,000 cut from tourism plan
Thousands of pounds of European cash has been withdrawn from a council because a tourist trail was cheaper than expected. Brighton and Hove City Council is having £67,000 cut from a five-year £420,000 grant for the Circuit Touristique around the city
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Try affordable alternatives
When Dinah Morgan, Sarah Dennis and Pat Eynon decided to set up clinics specialising in homeopathy and yoga, they had one overriding aim. Their aim was to keep the cost of the sessions as low as possible so people who would not normally be able to afford
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Schizophrenia can be treated
The late George Harrison's family is understandably concerned about the reported discharge from hospital of the man who attacked him. But while schizophrenia is a serious illness, it can be treated successfully. Sadly, such is the stigma attached to mental
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No incentive to save
The Government's concern at the low level of savings among working people seems singularly naive. Does it not realise government policy is one of the reasons? Those who save throughout their lives, buy their own homes and so on are punished for having
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
We have been looking after a baby blackbird this week. Him indoors rescued one that was flapping about the lawn, having escaped the cat's jaws. It didn't seem to be too injured, although it couldn't fly, and he thought it would be a shame to leave it
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Voice Of The Third Age: Lis Solkhon
Here we go again. Yet one more attack on the financial resources of the older generation and those who will soon be part of that generation. This time it's on the pension schemes into which many of us have been paying for most, if not all, of our working
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Tycoon trial jury goes home
The jury in the Nicholas Hoogstraten murder trial tonight went home for a third day without reaching any verdicts. The Old Bailey jurors will return tomorrow to continue their deliberations. The six men and six women were delayed starting today after
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Heroine saves women from blaze
A woman saved her four children from a fire before running back into the burning building to save her mother-in-law, a friend and the pet dog. Caroline Michael, 39, was woken at about 2am today by the fire alarm at her home in Brighton. She and her husband
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Guests flee as fire guts hotel
A blazing hotel had to be evacuated after fire broke out in the basement, threatening to engulf the building. Firefighters said flames were "pulsing" through the skylight windows in the basement when they arrived at the scene on Saturday. The flames leapt
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Hinshelwood: The road ahead
Martin Hinshelwood's first job as manager of Albion will be to find a strike partner for Bobby Zamora. The 49-year-old leads Albion into action for the first time at Worthing on Tuesday following his appointment as Peter Taylor's successor. One of his
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July 14: Sussex v Northants (NUL)
Sussex are off the bottom of the table after making a victorious National League return to their Hove home. The county's first Division Two game of the season at headquarters will be remembered for superb fielding and a spectacular contribution from Mark
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Cricket: Hastings under pressure
Leaders Hastings now face a strong challenge from Three Bridges and Brighton and Hove in the battle for the Shepherd Neame Sussex Premier League title. Only third placed Brighton and Hove and bottom club Haywards Heath won their games on Saturday. For
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Athletics: Baldock plays mind games
Sussex runner Sean Baldock has turned to a sports psychologist to help conquer his nerves and rivals in the Commonwealth Games. The 25-year-old from Hastings competes in the 400m individual and relay for England in the Games in Manchester this month.
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Basketball: Bears get Johnson again
Fans' favourite Wilbur Johnson is heading back to the Brighton Bears for a third season. The 6ft 9ins centre from Philadelphia has agreed a new one-year deal and will link up with the BBL outfit ahead of pre-season training, which starts on September
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Fatboy must slim it down
Even buzzing Brighton and Hove had never seen anything like it. A quarter-of-a-million people descended on the seafront on Saturday to witness the city's favourite adopted son, DJ Norman Cook, in action. By 2pm the beach was full. a few hours later the
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Sussex off the bottom
Sussex are off the bottom of the table after making a victorious National League return to their Hove home. The county's first Division Two game of the season at headquarters will be remembered for superb fielding and a spectacular contribution from Mark
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Red-faced mechanic needs aid
A lifeboat mechanic found himself on the wrong end of the tow-rope when he was left stranded in a broken-down fishing boat. Mark Blatcher had to ask some of his Coastguard colleagues for help after his boat, Onyx, hit trouble near Brighton Marina on Saturday
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Eurotunnel does deal on £6bn debt
Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has completed a major financial overhaul to cut debt and reduce interest charges. The company, which operates the tunnel and Le Shuttle trains, lopped £446 million from its £6 billion-plus debt mountain after new long-term
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Boss quits after Mothercare rocks
Mothercare boss Chris Martin paid the price for the firm's continuing slump today as the group warned it expected to report a half-year loss. The mums and toddlers business said Mr Martin was leaving as chief executive with immediate effect and the search
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Robbers' gun threat
A man was threatened with what he thought was a gun as he sat in his car at a set of traffic lights in Hove. He was forced to hand over cash and his watch in the early hours of Saturday. The victim, who has not been named, stopped at the junction of Portland
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DJ's 20 years on the decks
In 1982 Dave McLean started a club night to provide his friends with alternative music. He's still playing - but to his friends' children. This does not deter the married dad-of-one, who sees being a DJ as "being paid for enjoying myself". He said: "I
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This week's jazz, from July 15
There are loads of must-see jazz gigs this week. Scots saxophonist Bobby Wellins is at the Hanbury ballroom tonight, while trumpeter Andy Woon is at The Hen And Chicken in Southwater, Horsham. Tomorrow, vocalist Rachel Bundy takes her own quartet to The
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Curtain comes down on Hitler ad
Cinemas in Brighton have pulled a controversial advertisement featuring comedian Rik Mayall dressed as Hitler. The 90-second promo has been produced by campaigners against the euro. It features Mayall dressed as the Nazi leader addressing a crowd with
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Former Lewes MP dies
Tim Rathbone, who served as Conservative MP for Lewes for 23 years, has died. Mr Rathbone, who was 69, represented Lewes from 1974 until 1997, when he lost to Liberal Democrat Norman Baker. He died at the Cromwell Road Hospital, London, at the weekend
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The end of people power?
Government plans to introduce new planning laws across the country could spell an end to people power. Residents of Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne know a thing or two about using the voice of the people when it comes to protesting against large developments
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Date
Growth of home e-work
The number of people using new information and communication technologies to work from home or on the move could reach more than 27 million in Europe by 2010. This is the conclusion of a report by the Brighton-based Institute for Employment Studies, which
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Brave kids triumph against all odds
Eight deserving children became Osca winners at the first Outstanding Sussex Children's Awards ceremony. The event at the Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel was organised by the Rockinghorse Appeal, which raises money for the Royal Alexandra children's hospital
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Schizophrenia can be treated
The late George Harrison's family is understandably concerned about the reported discharge from hospital of the man who attacked him. But while schizophrenia is a serious illness, it can be treated successfully. Sadly, such is the stigma attached to mental
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No incentive to save
The Government's concern at the low level of savings among working people seems singularly naive. Does it not realise government policy is one of the reasons? Those who save throughout their lives, buy their own homes and so on are punished for having
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
We have been looking after a baby blackbird this week. Him indoors rescued one that was flapping about the lawn, having escaped the cat's jaws. It didn't seem to be too injured, although it couldn't fly, and he thought it would be a shame to leave it
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Tycoon trial jury goes home
The jury in the Nicholas Hoogstraten murder trial tonight went home for a third day without reaching any verdicts. The Old Bailey jurors will return tomorrow to continue their deliberations. The six men and six women were delayed starting today after
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Guests flee as fire guts hotel
A blazing hotel had to be evacuated after fire broke out in the basement, threatening to engulf the building. Firefighters said flames were "pulsing" through the skylight windows in the basement when they arrived at the scene on Saturday. The flames leapt
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Hinshelwood: The road ahead
Martin Hinshelwood's first job as manager of Albion will be to find a strike partner for Bobby Zamora. The 49-year-old leads Albion into action for the first time at Worthing on Tuesday following his appointment as Peter Taylor's successor. One of his
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July 14: Sussex v Northants (NUL)
Sussex are off the bottom of the table after making a victorious National League return to their Hove home. The county's first Division Two game of the season at headquarters will be remembered for superb fielding and a spectacular contribution from Mark
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Albion: It's Hinshelwood
Insider Martin Hinshelwood was unveiled this afternoon as the new manager of Brighton and Hove Albion. The 49-year-old, until now the Seagulls' director of youth, beat a number of challengers to land the job as Peter Taylor's successor. And he vowed to
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Asda's £1m warning
A supermarket chain has warned that Worthing could lose £1 million in new leisure facilities after councillors pulled out of talks. Asda said it was "disappointed" that discussions with Worthing College would cease. The decision to halt informal discussions
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Quick work
I was passing the Jubilee site in Brighton the other day and saw that a cement-covered wheelbarrow containing an old shovel, a rake and a pickaxe is now on-site. I must admit this made me swell with pride at being British. It has taken us only eight months
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Card credit
We read in The Argus about us all having ID cards - and at a price of around £5 or so. We all had some sort of identification during the Second World War and in the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Army and all the other branches of the different services
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Cricket: Hastings under pressure
Leaders Hastings now face a strong challenge from Three Bridges and Brighton and Hove in the battle for the Shepherd Neame Sussex Premier League title. Only third placed Brighton and Hove and bottom club Haywards Heath won their games on Saturday. For
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Helping with hyperacidity
Commonly known as heartburn, increased acid in the stomach is a very common ailment which can cause considerable morbidity. It can even cause long-term damage to the stomach and lower end of the gullet. The treatment of stomach ulcers, acidity and hiatus
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Locals know
Much as we all may wish to see the West Pier restored as a Grade I listed structure, Brighton and Hove City Council must not allow itself to be scaremongered into passing plans that would destroy an even more important heritage - our seafront, with views
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Irreplaceable
With any luck, English Heritage's warnings about the imminent danger facing the West Pier will wake up a few people. While endless Nimbyist arguments about the enabling development rage, people are losing sight of the key fact: Time to save the pier from
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Beat goes on
Dave McLean started a club night in Brighton 20 years ago to provide a venue for alternative music. In a young man's world, he's still going strong even though some members of his audience these days are the children of his original friends. He is enjoying
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Build it anew
Once again, the spectre of oblivion haunts Brighton's West Pier. Immediate restoration must be undertaken to save the structure, we are told (July 9). Realistically, the pier must surely be beyond restoration. The best we could hope for would be a replica
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Basketball: Bears get Johnson again
Fans' favourite Wilbur Johnson is heading back to the Brighton Bears for a third season. The 6ft 9ins centre from Philadelphia has agreed a new one-year deal and will link up with the BBL outfit ahead of pre-season training, which starts on September
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Star quality
There were no floods of crocodile tears and no endless thank yous to agents but, for eight Sussex children, it may as well have been the real thing. The prestigious OSCAs ceremony put some of the county's real stars into the publicity spotlight. The children
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Moores praises batsmen
Coach Peter Moores hailed an "outstanding" performance by the Sussex batsmen who batted through five sessions to save the Championship game against Kent at Hove. Centuries from Murray Goodwin and Tim Ambrose laid the foundations while Matt Prior scored
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Kemp Town on the up and proud of it
How nice to read such a positive article about St James's Street, Brighton (The Argus, July 10). A great many people have been working very hard for several years and their efforts are paying off. Five years ago, it would have been impossible to contemplate
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Seagulls turn to youngsters
Albion are ready to give their young front runners a taste of the opening night limelight as they step up preparations for life in Division One. The Seagulls head to Woodside Road tomorrow (7.30) for their traditional pre-season opener with Ryman League
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Speedway: Eagles back on title track
Eastbournes Eagles are back on the title track after beating Wolverhampton for the third time in 15 days at Arlington Stadium on Saturday night. Eagles were twice behind in the early stages but in the end this latest triumph, by 51 points to 39, was further
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Cyclist left hurt in street
Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was injured in a hit-and-run incident in Hove. The victim was treated for leg and stomach injuries after the crash near the junction of Sackville Road and Cromwell Road, Hove, just after 11pm last night
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Mixed messages on jobs
People are gaining confidence the worst of the job cuts are over but the optimism could be premature. Economic analysts Business Strategies said its survey, carried out between April and June this year, showed fears of the dole queue were receding in
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Robbers' gun threat
A man was threatened with what he thought was a gun as he sat in his car at a set of traffic lights in Hove. He was forced to hand over cash and his watch in the early hours of Saturday. The victim, who has not been named, stopped at the junction of Portland
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Awards boost for special sites
Two West Sussex developments have been shortlisted for coveted construction industry awards. The Meadowfield mental health unit in Worthing is contesting the Best Building category in the annual British Construction Industry Awards. A new exhibit at the
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DJ's 20 years on the decks
In 1982 Dave McLean started a club night to provide his friends with alternative music. He's still playing - but to his friends' children. This does not deter the married dad-of-one, who sees being a DJ as "being paid for enjoying myself". He said: "I
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Fans' seaside break with Norm
Only Fatboy Slim could summon snow on one of the hottest days of the year. Closing a mammoth 90-minute set with the theme from the film The Beach, thousands shouted for joy as they were sprayed with fake snowflakes and fireworks lit up the West Pier.
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Crashes kill two bikers
A motorcyclist was killed instantly when his machine crashed head-on with a coach carrying foreign students. The 41-year-old from Sussex was travelling east with three other motorcyclists when the collision happened in Marley Lane, Battle. The coach was
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This week's jazz, from July 15
There are loads of must-see jazz gigs this week. Scots saxophonist Bobby Wellins is at the Hanbury ballroom tonight, while trumpeter Andy Woon is at The Hen And Chicken in Southwater, Horsham. Tomorrow, vocalist Rachel Bundy takes her own quartet to The
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Family fun in the sun
Families made the most of the sunny weather at a string of festivals and shows across East and West Sussex. Organisers breathed a sigh of relief as the rain stayed away and people were able to enjoy the first sunshine in a week. In Hurstpierpoint, villagers
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Taking Steps, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until July 27
I don't believe I have ever seen Tony Adams on stage before. My only real memory of him is in the appalling soap Crossroads, in which he played motel manager Adam Chance. That was, of course, the original series, complete with wobbling scenery and even
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How to give cellulite the bum's rush
Dear Martina, I am in my twenties and although healthy, have a sluggish circulation with advanced cellulite covering my thighs and bottom. I used to be overweight but now eat a balanced diet and exercise consistently every day. I am trying to get rid
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Consultants cuts 25 jobs
Consultancy firm Generics is cutting up to 25 jobs to save cash amid uncertain market conditions. The group, which employs more than 300 staff, is aiming to cut costs by £2.5 million a year. It said the cuts would be made at its Cambridge sites and be
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Date
Council data on the Roccs
Gloucester City Council has signed a contract with Crawley-based information technology specialists Rocc for a new document and print management system. Rocc's scanning system is being used to capture data from the job tickets issued by the council's
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Date
£67,000 cut from tourism plan
Thousands of pounds of European cash has been withdrawn from a council because a tourist trail was cheaper than expected. Brighton and Hove City Council is having £67,000 cut from a five-year £420,000 grant for the Circuit Touristique around the city
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Cable warns of a tough year
Telecoms giant Cable and Wireless warned further cost cutting might be needed to cope with another year of industry turmoil. Chief executive Graham Wallace told shareholders that the group's strong balance sheet was helping it deal with the downturn.
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Horse show boycott call
Depending on which horse lovers you ask, it's either a celebration of the human-animal bond or a glorified circus. The controversial new show The Spirit Of The Horse features equine and human entertainers performing to music and verse. Spokesman Tony
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Try affordable alternatives
When Dinah Morgan, Sarah Dennis and Pat Eynon decided to set up clinics specialising in homeopathy and yoga, they had one overriding aim. Their aim was to keep the cost of the sessions as low as possible so people who would not normally be able to afford
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Date
Police bid to poach from Met
Sussex Police are launching a campaign to entice officers from the Metropolitan force to join them. Some Sussex officers are applying to join the Met where they can earn £5,000 more a year. Sussex is fighting back and recruitment posters will be going
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Date
Henman the Sex Pistol
With reference to the somewhat stentorian Williams sisters' Wimbledon final, J Adams (Letters, July 9) claims "loud groaning... was never heard before". This isn't the case. Since Jimbo Connors grunted his way to glory in 1974, "silence please" has rarely
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Voice Of The Third Age: Lis Solkhon
Here we go again. Yet one more attack on the financial resources of the older generation and those who will soon be part of that generation. This time it's on the pension schemes into which many of us have been paying for most, if not all, of our working
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Date
Heroine saves women from blaze
A woman saved her four children from a fire before running back into the burning building to save her mother-in-law, a friend and the pet dog. Caroline Michael, 39, was woken at about 2am today by the fire alarm at her home in Brighton. She and her husband
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Last bastion
As team leader of Bevendean Children's Centre, one of the organisations whose very survival was secured by an extremely successful sponsored abseil organised by Adventure Unlimited at the Peacehaven site, I should like to fully endorse the views of Paul
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Athletics: Baldock plays mind games
Sussex runner Sean Baldock has turned to a sports psychologist to help conquer his nerves and rivals in the Commonwealth Games. The 25-year-old from Hastings competes in the 400m individual and relay for England in the Games in Manchester this month.
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Boxing: John back to winning ways
Chill John returned to winning ways with a points defeat of Sheffield's Daniel Thorpe at Southampton Guildhall on Friday. Referee Dave Parris scored the four-rounder 39-38, or two rounds to one with one even, but despite the narrow scoreline there was
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Small wonder
We were delighted to see coverage in The Argus of the work of traders in the St James's Street area of Brighton in making the city a safer place for business and recreation. The work of this group is an exemplar of what can be achieved when businesses
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Redknapp relishes clash with Seagulls
Harry Redknapp strolled into Nyewood Lane, got a bit hot and bothered, then relished the prospect of some south coast rivalry with the Seagulls. The Portsmouth boss turned up late for his side's 1-0 friendly win in front of a bumper crowd at Bognor on
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Fatboy must slim it down
Even buzzing Brighton and Hove had never seen anything like it. A quarter-of-a-million people descended on the seafront on Saturday to witness the city's favourite adopted son, DJ Norman Cook, in action. By 2pm the beach was full. a few hours later the
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Date
Easy street
As a regular shopper in the St James's Street and Kemp Town area of Brighton and Hove, I would like to congratulate the St James's Action Group and participating traders in the area for setting up the "Safe Shop" initiative. While CCTV cameras and police
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Date
Sussex off the bottom
Sussex are off the bottom of the table after making a victorious National League return to their Hove home. The county's first Division Two game of the season at headquarters will be remembered for superb fielding and a spectacular contribution from Mark
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Date
Adams looks to batsmen
Captain Chris Adams believes one of the Sussex batsmen will have to score a century if the county are to upset the odds and reach the semi-finals of the C&G Trophy. Sussex face star-studded Surrey at Hove on Wednesday (10.45am) desperate to reach
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Red-faced mechanic needs aid
A lifeboat mechanic found himself on the wrong end of the tow-rope when he was left stranded in a broken-down fishing boat. Mark Blatcher had to ask some of his Coastguard colleagues for help after his boat, Onyx, hit trouble near Brighton Marina on Saturday
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Date
Eurotunnel does deal on £6bn debt
Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel has completed a major financial overhaul to cut debt and reduce interest charges. The company, which operates the tunnel and Le Shuttle trains, lopped £446 million from its £6 billion-plus debt mountain after new long-term
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Date
Boss quits after Mothercare rocks
Mothercare boss Chris Martin paid the price for the firm's continuing slump today as the group warned it expected to report a half-year loss. The mums and toddlers business said Mr Martin was leaving as chief executive with immediate effect and the search
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Birds stop time at town hall
Pigeons who built their nest in a bell tower have frozen time at Worthing town hall. Damage caused by the birds has put the town hall clock out of action. Now the 69-year-old mechanical clock requires a major overhaul costing £3,500 to £5,000. The clock
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Germaine Greer stirs debate
Feminist Germaine Greer took part in a ten-day political festival, organised by the Tom Paine Project. In her essay, Thomas Paine and Women, Miss Greer suggested that far from being a champion of women's rights, the celebrated 18th Century radical was
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Never again, say police
After one of Britain's biggest-ever free concerts brought Brighton and Hove to the brink of disaster, emergency services united in saying: "Never again". DJ Fatboy Slim's party on the beach attracted more than a quarter of a million people, four times
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Curtain comes down on Hitler ad
Cinemas in Brighton have pulled a controversial advertisement featuring comedian Rik Mayall dressed as Hitler. The 90-second promo has been produced by campaigners against the euro. It features Mayall dressed as the Nazi leader addressing a crowd with
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Former Lewes MP dies
Tim Rathbone, who served as Conservative MP for Lewes for 23 years, has died. Mr Rathbone, who was 69, represented Lewes from 1974 until 1997, when he lost to Liberal Democrat Norman Baker. He died at the Cromwell Road Hospital, London, at the weekend
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How to give cellulite the bum's rush
Dear Martina, I am in my twenties and although healthy, have a sluggish circulation with advanced cellulite covering my thighs and bottom. I used to be overweight but now eat a balanced diet and exercise consistently every day. I am trying to get rid
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Date
Growth of home e-work
The number of people using new information and communication technologies to work from home or on the move could reach more than 27 million in Europe by 2010. This is the conclusion of a report by the Brighton-based Institute for Employment Studies, which
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Date
Cable warns of a tough year
Telecoms giant Cable and Wireless warned further cost cutting might be needed to cope with another year of industry turmoil. Chief executive Graham Wallace told shareholders that the group's strong balance sheet was helping it deal with the downturn.
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Date
Horse show boycott call
Depending on which horse lovers you ask, it's either a celebration of the human-animal bond or a glorified circus. The controversial new show The Spirit Of The Horse features equine and human entertainers performing to music and verse. Spokesman Tony
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Date
Brave kids triumph against all odds
Eight deserving children became Osca winners at the first Outstanding Sussex Children's Awards ceremony. The event at the Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel was organised by the Rockinghorse Appeal, which raises money for the Royal Alexandra children's hospital
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Date
Police bid to poach from Met
Sussex Police are launching a campaign to entice officers from the Metropolitan force to join them. Some Sussex officers are applying to join the Met where they can earn £5,000 more a year. Sussex is fighting back and recruitment posters will be going
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Date
Henman the Sex Pistol
With reference to the somewhat stentorian Williams sisters' Wimbledon final, J Adams (Letters, July 9) claims "loud groaning... was never heard before". This isn't the case. Since Jimbo Connors grunted his way to glory in 1974, "silence please" has rarely
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Date
Albion: It's Hinshelwood
Insider Martin Hinshelwood was unveiled this afternoon as the new manager of Brighton and Hove Albion. The 49-year-old, until now the Seagulls' director of youth, beat a number of challengers to land the job as Peter Taylor's successor. And he vowed to
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Date
Quick work
I was passing the Jubilee site in Brighton the other day and saw that a cement-covered wheelbarrow containing an old shovel, a rake and a pickaxe is now on-site. I must admit this made me swell with pride at being British. It has taken us only eight months
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Date
Last bastion
As team leader of Bevendean Children's Centre, one of the organisations whose very survival was secured by an extremely successful sponsored abseil organised by Adventure Unlimited at the Peacehaven site, I should like to fully endorse the views of Paul
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Date
Card credit
We read in The Argus about us all having ID cards - and at a price of around £5 or so. We all had some sort of identification during the Second World War and in the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Army and all the other branches of the different services
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Date
Helping with hyperacidity
Commonly known as heartburn, increased acid in the stomach is a very common ailment which can cause considerable morbidity. It can even cause long-term damage to the stomach and lower end of the gullet. The treatment of stomach ulcers, acidity and hiatus
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Date
Locals know
Much as we all may wish to see the West Pier restored as a Grade I listed structure, Brighton and Hove City Council must not allow itself to be scaremongered into passing plans that would destroy an even more important heritage - our seafront, with views
-
Date
Irreplaceable
With any luck, English Heritage's warnings about the imminent danger facing the West Pier will wake up a few people. While endless Nimbyist arguments about the enabling development rage, people are losing sight of the key fact: Time to save the pier from
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Date
Boxing: John back to winning ways
Chill John returned to winning ways with a points defeat of Sheffield's Daniel Thorpe at Southampton Guildhall on Friday. Referee Dave Parris scored the four-rounder 39-38, or two rounds to one with one even, but despite the narrow scoreline there was
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Date
Beat goes on
Dave McLean started a club night in Brighton 20 years ago to provide a venue for alternative music. In a young man's world, he's still going strong even though some members of his audience these days are the children of his original friends. He is enjoying
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Date
Build it anew
Once again, the spectre of oblivion haunts Brighton's West Pier. Immediate restoration must be undertaken to save the structure, we are told (July 9). Realistically, the pier must surely be beyond restoration. The best we could hope for would be a replica
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Date
Star quality
There were no floods of crocodile tears and no endless thank yous to agents but, for eight Sussex children, it may as well have been the real thing. The prestigious OSCAs ceremony put some of the county's real stars into the publicity spotlight. The children
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Date
Small wonder
We were delighted to see coverage in The Argus of the work of traders in the St James's Street area of Brighton in making the city a safer place for business and recreation. The work of this group is an exemplar of what can be achieved when businesses
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Date
Redknapp relishes clash with Seagulls
Harry Redknapp strolled into Nyewood Lane, got a bit hot and bothered, then relished the prospect of some south coast rivalry with the Seagulls. The Portsmouth boss turned up late for his side's 1-0 friendly win in front of a bumper crowd at Bognor on
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Date
Easy street
As a regular shopper in the St James's Street and Kemp Town area of Brighton and Hove, I would like to congratulate the St James's Action Group and participating traders in the area for setting up the "Safe Shop" initiative. While CCTV cameras and police
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Date
Moores praises batsmen
Coach Peter Moores hailed an "outstanding" performance by the Sussex batsmen who batted through five sessions to save the Championship game against Kent at Hove. Centuries from Murray Goodwin and Tim Ambrose laid the foundations while Matt Prior scored
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Date
Kemp Town on the up and proud of it
How nice to read such a positive article about St James's Street, Brighton (The Argus, July 10). A great many people have been working very hard for several years and their efforts are paying off. Five years ago, it would have been impossible to contemplate
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Date
Adams looks to batsmen
Captain Chris Adams believes one of the Sussex batsmen will have to score a century if the county are to upset the odds and reach the semi-finals of the C&G Trophy. Sussex face star-studded Surrey at Hove on Wednesday (10.45am) desperate to reach
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Date
Seagulls turn to youngsters
Albion are ready to give their young front runners a taste of the opening night limelight as they step up preparations for life in Division One. The Seagulls head to Woodside Road tomorrow (7.30) for their traditional pre-season opener with Ryman League
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Speedway: Eagles back on title track
Eastbournes Eagles are back on the title track after beating Wolverhampton for the third time in 15 days at Arlington Stadium on Saturday night. Eagles were twice behind in the early stages but in the end this latest triumph, by 51 points to 39, was further
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Cyclist left hurt in street
Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was injured in a hit-and-run incident in Hove. The victim was treated for leg and stomach injuries after the crash near the junction of Sackville Road and Cromwell Road, Hove, just after 11pm last night
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Mixed messages on jobs
People are gaining confidence the worst of the job cuts are over but the optimism could be premature. Economic analysts Business Strategies said its survey, carried out between April and June this year, showed fears of the dole queue were receding in
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Germaine Greer stirs debate
Feminist Germaine Greer took part in a ten-day political festival, organised by the Tom Paine Project. In her essay, Thomas Paine and Women, Miss Greer suggested that far from being a champion of women's rights, the celebrated 18th Century radical was
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Fans' seaside break with Norm
Only Fatboy Slim could summon snow on one of the hottest days of the year. Closing a mammoth 90-minute set with the theme from the film The Beach, thousands shouted for joy as they were sprayed with fake snowflakes and fireworks lit up the West Pier.
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Never again, say police
After one of Britain's biggest-ever free concerts brought Brighton and Hove to the brink of disaster, emergency services united in saying: "Never again". DJ Fatboy Slim's party on the beach attracted more than a quarter of a million people, four times
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Crashes kill two bikers
A motorcyclist was killed instantly when his machine crashed head-on with a coach carrying foreign students. The 41-year-old from Sussex was travelling east with three other motorcyclists when the collision happened in Marley Lane, Battle. The coach was
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Taking Steps, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, until July 27
I don't believe I have ever seen Tony Adams on stage before. My only real memory of him is in the appalling soap Crossroads, in which he played motel manager Adam Chance. That was, of course, the original series, complete with wobbling scenery and even