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Pick-and-mix your holiday in the United States
Travel experts Laurie Tilley and Richard Strange have pooled their experience in the holiday trade to start a new business. Holiday Travel Essentials approaches package holidays in the United States from a new angle, allowing customers to pick-and-mix
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Employers told to guard their image
Business confidence in Sussex is on the rise and so is recruitment. But some firms will need to work hard to attract new employees after making redundancies earlier this year. Consultants TMP Worldwide said forty-five per cent of businesses in the region
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TV crew takes a quirky city break
Brighton and Hove may not be the Seychelles but it is about to join the list of top tourist destinations. The city is to feature on the BBC's Holiday programme, which will show the area in all its glory. While Brighton and Hove has traditionally been
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Team sees red as black strip banned
Footballers have been shown the red card because their new kit clashes with that worn by the referee. When Becks FC players turned up to play their first match of the new season on Sunday they were told they would have to change. The referee told them
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Big Brother chair could be yours
For months it was the most famous household item in Britain but now the Big Brother diary room chair could be yours. The chair is one of 113 lots from the Channel 4 show about to go under the hammer. Items range from the kitchen bin used as a toilet by
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One way only
Councillor Susan Joy tells of hostile gay men in the gay clubs she visits then writes of having a good time dancing in a diverse city. Ms Joy seems to drift in and out of opinions with the tide. If my own view is as narrow as Coun Joy claims, from where
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Respect space
To help Susan Joy (Letters, Aug 28) understand how straight women are recognised in gay venues, clearly they are found in the men's toilets. They can also be identified because they are the same women dirty dancing with gay men while staying clear of
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Breathe easy
I would suggest Councillor Elgood read his own party's press releases and manifesto which call for integrated transport policies and for the Government to fulfil its commitments to get more people to leave their cars at home before attacking the £2 charge
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Gridlock first
Hope most readers read "Transport at a crossroads" (Voice of The Argus, Aug 28). At a public meeting in Brighton, listening to a Halcrow consultant hired by the Government to survey a possible strategic transport plan along the South Coast corridor between
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Dr Martens: Fear ready for Reds' leading role
New captain Peter Fear hopes to lead Crawley out for the first time tonight. The former Wimbledon and Oxford midfielder, who joined Reds from Kettering during the summer, is on the comeback trail after injuring his ankle in pre-season. He came on for
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Phone hackers nearly ruined our lives
Computer hackers are running up crippling bills by tapping into other people's phone lines and dialling sex-lines. The impact of the hackers' actions is not only financial though. Families across Sussex have told how the appearance of the premium-rate
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Cop out
I read in The Argus (Aug 28) about the forthcoming blitz on illegally parked and abandoned cars. Considering the obvious lack of police officers to look after pensioners being beaten and homes being burgled, perhaps the police would be better employed
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Basketball: Thunder unveil new signings
Worthing Thunder have signed 6ft 3ins former Eastern Kentucky forward Lavoris Jerry for the NBL campaign. Coach Gary Smith also looks to have made an excellent signing in Solent's abrasive Nic O'Harabe and is tracking former Bears skipper Daniel Hildreth
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Utter waste
Please forgive me if my memory is incorrect but I seem to remember a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesman stating when it took over responsibility for street parking and traffic wardens, parking problems would ease. City News also had a two page spread
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Basketball: Bears sign up Davis
Brighton Bears have re-signed forward Sterling Davis for the forthcoming season. Nick Nurse reckons he has made his best ever signing after agreeing terms for the forceful 6ft 7ins forward. Davis, 24, was voted Bears' player-of-the-year last season and
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Cricket: Relegation battle goes to the wire
The battle to stay in the East Sussex League will go down to the last game as Heathfield Park and Ditchling play each other to avoid the remaining relegation spot. Ditchling, currently in the bottom two, finish against already relegated Wadhurst. However
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Teenager in custody for taking Mars bar
A teenager who stole a chocolate bar from a seafront kiosk has admitted burglary. William Wares, 19, of The Crestway, Brighton, admitted the offence at a kiosk at the children's amusement park next to the King Alfred leisure centre, Hove, when he appeared
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Cricket: Moores lifted by Sussex form
Coach Peter Moores is backing his Sussex side to finally drag themselves off the bottom of the National League. Victory over Hampshire Hawks at Hove in the final floodlit game of the season tonight will lift them above Middlesex and keep their hopes alive
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Barrett bother for Albion
Albion have been hit by another blow involving new loan signing Graham Barrett. Arsenal will not let Barrett play for the Seagulls in the Worthington Cup tie against Exeter at Withdean a week tomorrow. The Gunners use the competition for fringe members
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Merged schools to finally unite
Two schools look likely to be finally sharing the same campus from autumn 2004 - three years after they officially merged. Brighton and Hove City Council will unveil plans for the new Goldstone Primary School in Hove next week. The announcement has been
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Furnishing sales on rise
Furnishings group Homestyle hailed a makeover of its own for putting a gloss on sales figures. The retailer said its reward for upgrading the Harveys furniture stores which it bought in 2000 had been an 11 per cent rise in group like-for-like sales. Homestyle
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Bans for farmers in safety blitz
Saftey inspectors carrying out spot checks at farms across East Sussex were horrified to find a five-year-old boy riding on a tractor. The discovery was one of a series of potentially deadly incidents uncovered by the blitz which officers say has highlighted
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Zoo closure ends animal magic
Like many parents, Terry and Sheila Thorpe were dreading their final family farewell, seeing their loved ones leave home and be scattered across the country. The couple could still see their charges, stopping in for occasional visits to their new homes
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Festival will feature Wagner
Music by composer Richard Wagner will be performed at next year's Glyndebourne Festival for the first time in the event's history. But organisers say the 69-year wait has had nothing to do with the 19th Century composer's much-publicised Nazi links. Wagner
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Review: Certainly not a chip off the old blocks
In the mid-Eighties, Alexei Pajitnov created what would become the best selling game of all time - Tetris. Tetris Worlds for the PlayStation 2 detracts rather than adds to the gaming legend. In Pajitnov's computer game, players organised blocks which
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Couple attacked by car gang
A couple were punched and kicked to the ground when they were attacked by five people who pulled up beside them in a car. A 46-year-old man suffered a broken jaw in the attack, which happened at the junction of Old Shoreham Road and Stanford Road, Brighton
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Hardware: Lightweight plug-and-play portable storage
The Iomega 250MB USB Powered Drive and Mobility Kit does not require an external power supply and allows the user to pack away all its Zip kit neatly. The Zip 250MB USB powered drive is hot swappable - users can connect and use it without turning off
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Net Solutions with Malcolm McIlhagga
Q: I have Windows XP but it is running really slow. Is there any way of speeding it up? A; A good way is to turn off some of the graphics functions that are only there to make things look pretty. You can do this by clicking with the right mouse button
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Basketball Bears' updated web site has wider appeal
KMD Consultants was approached by the Brighton Bears basketball club in May after the web designers had expressed an interest in working with the team. The Bears' existing site focused on information for fans and basketball followers but the team's management
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Revenue service must be improved
The Inland Revenue's online tax return service is doomed to failure without significant improvements in security and reliability, MPs have warned. A report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee into the electronic self-assessment service said a 50
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Perils of banking on the internet
We all have the same problems - far too much month at the end of the money. We all need a financial shuffle from time to time. In the past, this meant standing in a queue at the bank and, when your turn eventually came, incurring the displeasure of the
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Bright students show the way
Some of the brightest technology students have won awards for their work with local businesses. The Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (Step) scheme offers work experience to penultimate-year students and allows them to make a contribution to their
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Comedian to star in Sixties musical
Comedian Norman Pace will star in an anniversary tour of a Sixties hit musical. A Slice Of Saturday Night, which opened at the Strand Theatre in the West End ten years ago, arrives in Worthing in October. Written by the Heather Brothers, the musical is
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DJ Norman's Albion stake
Norman Cook has forked out £500,000 to become one of Brighton and Hove Albion's leading shareholders. Seagulls fan Norman, better known as DJ Fatboy Slim, now has 11 per cent of the shares in Albion's holding company. London-based Billy Brown, a multi-millionaire
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Barrett bother for Albion
Albion have been hit by another blow involving new loan signing Graham Barrett. Arsenal will not let Barrett play for the Seagulls in the Worthington Cup tie against Exeter at Withdean a week tomorrow. The Gunners use the competition for fringe members
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Review: Funky fonts to attract readers
The easiest way to give an important document a visual lift can be by using an eye-catching font. 2,000 Fonts, from Focus Multimedia, has everything you need to get your paperwork noticed, including some very funky lettering that looks just like a computer
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Legend's tux goes under the hammer
Outfits worn by late piano legend Russ Conway are expected to fetch thousands of pounds when they go up for auction. The haul includes a white tuxedo he wore at the London Palladium in front of the Queen in the early Sixties. Others include stage-wear
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Choice in china
A partnership between a Sussex agency and a manufacturing firm based in the United Arab Emirates will bring more than 4,000 new products to the UK ceramics market. Rob Jull Agencies and RAK Ceramics have joined forces to form RAK Ceramics UK. Based in
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Brazil oil contract follows trade visit
Specialist heating firm Boustead International has won a multi-million pound contract with an oil company in Brazil. The Southwick-based company made contact with Petrobras, the state-owned oil company of Brazil, while on a trade mission sponsored by
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Our debt to blood donors
The family of premature triplets have lent their support to a campaign to encourage people to give blood. Hannah, Beth and Katie Almond all needed life-saving blood transfusions when they were born 15 weeks premature. The youngsters are now 18 months
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After dinner row ended in arrest
A man was arrested after a drunken row with his mother. Police were called after Joseph Friar refused to leave his mother's home in Palmeira Square, Hove. When officers arrived, Friar became abusive and aggressive, Brighton magistrates heard. Police used
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Team sees red as black strip banned
Footballers have been shown the red card because their new kit clashes with that worn by the referee. When Becks FC players turned up to play their first match of the new season on Sunday they were told they would have to change. The referee told them
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No 'stupid boy'
This gentle giant of a man was as versatile as he was lovable among the ranks of Thirties and Forties Hollywood supporting actors. He arrived after being educated at a military academy, a singer in a Chinese restaurant, copy boy on a New York paper, Wall
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Big Brother chair could be yours
For months it was the most famous household item in Britain but now the Big Brother diary room chair could be yours. The chair is one of 113 lots from the Channel 4 show about to go under the hammer. Items range from the kitchen bin used as a toilet by
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Respect space
To help Susan Joy (Letters, Aug 28) understand how straight women are recognised in gay venues, clearly they are found in the men's toilets. They can also be identified because they are the same women dirty dancing with gay men while staying clear of
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Streets ahead
As the chief executive of an international charity devoted to improving local environments, I wish to congratulate Brighton and Hove City Council on its Street Doctors initiative. There are many well-meaning schemes that try to involve residents in environmental
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Breathe easy
I would suggest Councillor Elgood read his own party's press releases and manifesto which call for integrated transport policies and for the Government to fulfil its commitments to get more people to leave their cars at home before attacking the £2 charge
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Rugby: Worthing cruise to cup win
Worthing opened the season with a 53-14 cup thrashing of Norwich to spark a double Sussex celebration. Ben Coulson led the way with 18 first-half points as the Sussex Trophy holders breezed through the qualifying round of the Powergen Cup against higher
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Dr Martens: Fear ready for Reds' leading role
New captain Peter Fear hopes to lead Crawley out for the first time tonight. The former Wimbledon and Oxford midfielder, who joined Reds from Kettering during the summer, is on the comeback trail after injuring his ankle in pre-season. He came on for
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Hacked off
Britons spend more than £1.5 million every day calling premium rate phone numbers including sex lines. Now hackers have found a way round paying for these calls by putting them on someone else's bill. Today The Argus talks to couples who were the innocent
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Phone hackers nearly ruined our lives
Computer hackers are running up crippling bills by tapping into other people's phone lines and dialling sex-lines. The impact of the hackers' actions is not only financial though. Families across Sussex have told how the appearance of the premium-rate
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Basketball: Thunder unveil new signings
Worthing Thunder have signed 6ft 3ins former Eastern Kentucky forward Lavoris Jerry for the NBL campaign. Coach Gary Smith also looks to have made an excellent signing in Solent's abrasive Nic O'Harabe and is tracking former Bears skipper Daniel Hildreth
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The dangers of the sea
You can never be too careful in or on the sea but several sailors do not seem to be learning this simple truth. This late burst of summer weather has lulled some people into a false sense of security. Despite largely calm water and good visibility, there
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Basketball: Bears sign up Davis
Brighton Bears have re-signed forward Sterling Davis for the forthcoming season. Nick Nurse reckons he has made his best ever signing after agreeing terms for the forceful 6ft 7ins forward. Davis, 24, was voted Bears' player-of-the-year last season and
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Threats of corkscrew robbers
Robbers took gold jewellery and cash after threatening a man with a corkscrew. The 41-year-old victim was approached by three men at the top of steps leading to Whitehawk Crescent, Brighton. They took five gold rings, two necklaces and a small amount
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Cricket: Fletching on brink
Fletching are on the verge of landing their second East Sussex League title in four years. Victory over last year's winners Crowhurst Park on Saturday has left Fletching needing just eight points from their final game to be declared champions. Glenn Potter's
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Cricket: Moores lifted by Sussex form
Coach Peter Moores is backing his Sussex side to finally drag themselves off the bottom of the National League. Victory over Hampshire Hawks at Hove in the final floodlit game of the season tonight will lift them above Middlesex and keep their hopes alive
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Clubs pitch idea for new football centre
A football training centre for hundreds of young people has been proposed for Eastbourne. Bosses at Eastbourne Borough FC and Langney Point Junior FC are bidding to extend their ground. They propose to convert the 11-acre field, which joins on to the
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Barrett bother for Albion
Albion have been hit by another blow involving new loan signing Graham Barrett. Arsenal will not let Barrett play for the Seagulls in the Worthington Cup tie against Exeter at Withdean a week tomorrow. The Gunners use the competition for fringe members
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Stress drives public sector staff away
The public sector faces a staffing crisis as workers leave, partly because of rising stress levels, according to the Audit Commission. It found NHS, local authority and other workers were resigning because they felt unable to meet rising public expectations
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Bans for farmers in safety blitz
Saftey inspectors carrying out spot checks at farms across East Sussex were horrified to find a five-year-old boy riding on a tractor. The discovery was one of a series of potentially deadly incidents uncovered by the blitz which officers say has highlighted
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Review: Certainly not a chip off the old blocks
In the mid-Eighties, Alexei Pajitnov created what would become the best selling game of all time - Tetris. Tetris Worlds for the PlayStation 2 detracts rather than adds to the gaming legend. In Pajitnov's computer game, players organised blocks which
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Glass ban for beach flicks
Two open-air film shows postponed after Fatboy Slim's chaotic beach party will go ahead this weekend. But there will be a ban on film fans taking glass on to Brighton beach to watch Moulin Rouge on Friday and Jaws on Saturday. The Stella Screen event
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Net Solutions with Malcolm McIlhagga
Q: I have Windows XP but it is running really slow. Is there any way of speeding it up? A; A good way is to turn off some of the graphics functions that are only there to make things look pretty. You can do this by clicking with the right mouse button
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Charity shopper's wallet stolen
Pickpockets lifted a woman's wallet from her handbag as she shopped at a charity store in Eastbourne. The victim felt someone barge into her as she shopped at St Wilfrid's shop in Terminus Road in the town centre yesterday at 4pm. Soon afterwards, she
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Basketball Bears' updated web site has wider appeal
KMD Consultants was approached by the Brighton Bears basketball club in May after the web designers had expressed an interest in working with the team. The Bears' existing site focused on information for fans and basketball followers but the team's management
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Emale with Stefan Hull
When Madonna sang "music makes the people come together" she was behind the times. A better song these days would probably be Frankie Goes To Hollywood's When Two Tribes Go To War. Although file sharing via peer-to-peer networks has been dealt a succession
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Revenue service must be improved
The Inland Revenue's online tax return service is doomed to failure without significant improvements in security and reliability, MPs have warned. A report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee into the electronic self-assessment service said a 50
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Bright students show the way
Some of the brightest technology students have won awards for their work with local businesses. The Shell Technology Enterprise Programme (Step) scheme offers work experience to penultimate-year students and allows them to make a contribution to their
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Propeller man's miracle escape
A man narrowly escaped death when he fell into the propellers of his inflatable boat. Tim Maddran was within inches of becoming the third person to lose his life in the waters off Brighton this summer when he tumbled over the side of his dinghy. The 41
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Rubbish bins spark flats fire
Flames ripped through a block of flats early today after uncollected bin bags turned the building into a fire trap. Residents fled their homes after fire broke out in piles of rubbish in Lancing Court, Findon Road, Whitehawk, Brighton. A mother and two
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Bans for farmers in safety blitz
Saftey inspectors carrying out spot checks at farms across East Sussex were horrified to find a five-year-old boy riding on a tractor. The discovery was one of a series of potentially deadly incidents uncovered by the blitz which officers say has highlighted
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DJ Norman's Albion stake
Norman Cook has forked out £500,000 to become one of Brighton and Hove Albion's leading shareholders. Seagulls fan Norman, better known as DJ Fatboy Slim, now has 11 per cent of the shares in Albion's holding company. London-based Billy Brown, a multi-millionaire
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Comedian to star in Sixties musical
Comedian Norman Pace will star in an anniversary tour of a Sixties hit musical. A Slice Of Saturday Night, which opened at the Strand Theatre in the West End ten years ago, arrives in Worthing in October. Written by the Heather Brothers, the musical is
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DJ Norman's Albion stake
Norman Cook has forked out £500,000 to become one of Brighton and Hove Albion's leading shareholders. Seagulls fan Norman, better known as DJ Fatboy Slim, now has 11 per cent of the shares in Albion's holding company. London-based Billy Brown, a multi-millionaire
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Barrett bother for Albion
Albion have been hit by another blow involving new loan signing Graham Barrett. Arsenal will not let Barrett play for the Seagulls in the Worthington Cup tie against Exeter at Withdean a week tomorrow. The Gunners use the competition for fringe members
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Review: Funky fonts to attract readers
The easiest way to give an important document a visual lift can be by using an eye-catching font. 2,000 Fonts, from Focus Multimedia, has everything you need to get your paperwork noticed, including some very funky lettering that looks just like a computer
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Bus gets bride to the church o time
Blushing bride-to-be Ann Thompson ditched the horse and carriage in favour of an even more unusual way to get to the church on time - the number 60 bus. Passengers looked on in amazement as Miss Thompson flagged down the bus in Chichester dressed in a
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The root into development
The search for land to build new housing developments is leading many residents to fear their environments are being sacrificed. The landscape will never be the same for residents of 80 flats who loved the summer months when their prized 70-year-old tulip
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Shorter hours get the vote
Workers struggling to achieve a balance between work and home lives would rather have their hours cut than win the Lottery. A survey of employees showed a "steep rise" in the number who were putting in excessive hours. The study, carried out by the Department
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Choice in china
A partnership between a Sussex agency and a manufacturing firm based in the United Arab Emirates will bring more than 4,000 new products to the UK ceramics market. Rob Jull Agencies and RAK Ceramics have joined forces to form RAK Ceramics UK. Based in
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Brazil oil contract follows trade visit
Specialist heating firm Boustead International has won a multi-million pound contract with an oil company in Brazil. The Southwick-based company made contact with Petrobras, the state-owned oil company of Brazil, while on a trade mission sponsored by
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Urban Housewife, with Lizzie Enfield
As if somehow sensing telepathically that I am mobile phoneless and without work, my father telephoned to gloat about having both. My phone and my work both disappeared simultaneously while enjoying day at the beach with rug rats. Nice day interrupted
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Our debt to blood donors
The family of premature triplets have lent their support to a campaign to encourage people to give blood. Hannah, Beth and Katie Almond all needed life-saving blood transfusions when they were born 15 weeks premature. The youngsters are now 18 months
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After dinner row ended in arrest
A man was arrested after a drunken row with his mother. Police were called after Joseph Friar refused to leave his mother's home in Palmeira Square, Hove. When officers arrived, Friar became abusive and aggressive, Brighton magistrates heard. Police used
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No 'stupid boy'
This gentle giant of a man was as versatile as he was lovable among the ranks of Thirties and Forties Hollywood supporting actors. He arrived after being educated at a military academy, a singer in a Chinese restaurant, copy boy on a New York paper, Wall
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Streets ahead
As the chief executive of an international charity devoted to improving local environments, I wish to congratulate Brighton and Hove City Council on its Street Doctors initiative. There are many well-meaning schemes that try to involve residents in environmental
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Rugby: Worthing cruise to cup win
Worthing opened the season with a 53-14 cup thrashing of Norwich to spark a double Sussex celebration. Ben Coulson led the way with 18 first-half points as the Sussex Trophy holders breezed through the qualifying round of the Powergen Cup against higher
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Blackout FC
Football teams often have to change their kit because it clashes with that of the opposing side. But Becks FC were told they could not play in their new strip because players could be confused with the referee. With 12 men wearing black on the field,
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Suspicion over con 'incidents'
Rumours of a con artist tricking her way into people's homes may be a hoax. Residents in Eastbourne have received warnings from Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators about a woman who gains permission to use the phone, claiming her car has broken down. She
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Hacked off
Britons spend more than £1.5 million every day calling premium rate phone numbers including sex lines. Now hackers have found a way round paying for these calls by putting them on someone else's bill. Today The Argus talks to couples who were the innocent
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The dangers of the sea
You can never be too careful in or on the sea but several sailors do not seem to be learning this simple truth. This late burst of summer weather has lulled some people into a false sense of security. Despite largely calm water and good visibility, there
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Cricket: Round-Up
RAM finished the campaign in style and hammered out a warning to their West Sussex League division one rivals for next season. The Crawley side, who finished third behind Eagles III and West Blatchington, amassed a whopping 403-6 at bottom club Blackstone
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Cricket: Southwick relegated
Southwick have been relegated from division one following defeat at fellow strugglers Burgess Hill. A seven-wicket reverse means Mark O'Keefe's side finish eighth and go down. O'Keefe now faces a struggle to keep his side together. He said: "Most players
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Threats of corkscrew robbers
Robbers took gold jewellery and cash after threatening a man with a corkscrew. The 41-year-old victim was approached by three men at the top of steps leading to Whitehawk Crescent, Brighton. They took five gold rings, two necklaces and a small amount
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Discipline and order in the 'golden days'
It seems RJ Allam (Letters, Aug 22) and myself have ruffled the feathers of some do-gooders. I agree things were not all rosy back in those "golden days" but at least 90 per cent of the population knew right from wrong and you knew if you carried on taking
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Cricket: Fletching on brink
Fletching are on the verge of landing their second East Sussex League title in four years. Victory over last year's winners Crowhurst Park on Saturday has left Fletching needing just eight points from their final game to be declared champions. Glenn Potter's
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Fury at 'useless' spy cameras
A shop assistant has lost her faith in security cameras after they failed to capture an attack on her by a suspected shoplifter. Kathleen Packer was left bruised and hurt after confronting a woman she suspected of stealing. The suspect, who had a toddler
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Stress drives public sector staff away
The public sector faces a staffing crisis as workers leave, partly because of rising stress levels, according to the Audit Commission. It found NHS, local authority and other workers were resigning because they felt unable to meet rising public expectations
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Engineers' plea for rate cut
The Bank of England was today urged to cut interest rates in a bid to protect engineering firms from renewed weakness in the global economy. The Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) called on the bank to show it was aware of the problems facing hundreds
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A landmark restoration
Workers have begun restoring a Victorian viaduct at a cost of £175,000. The East Grinstead viaduct was originally completed in 1881. Prior to electrification of the East Grinstead line it was used by British Rail for the overnight storage of locomotive
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Glass ban for beach flicks
Two open-air film shows postponed after Fatboy Slim's chaotic beach party will go ahead this weekend. But there will be a ban on film fans taking glass on to Brighton beach to watch Moulin Rouge on Friday and Jaws on Saturday. The Stella Screen event
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Man's jaw shattered in attack
A man has had to have metal plates inserted in his shattered jaw after an unprovoked homophobic attack. The 49-year-old victim was walking with his partner on Marine Parade when he was punched in the face. His attacker walked away. The pair had been subjected
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Review: Classic Chinese games on the PC
Players have always been fascinated by Chinese tile-matching puzzles like mah-jong. Shanghai Dynasty is a CD-Rom compendium, comprising four of these ancient and absorbing games for the PC. The games are classic Shanghai, pandemonium, dynasty and Shanghai
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Boxer battered in cliffs plunge
Miracle dog Honey has amazed vets by surviving a 150ft fall down sheer cliffs. The 12-year-old boxer escaped with just a few cuts and bruises after landing on the rocky beach below. Horrified owner Sharon Forster borrowed a mobile phone from a couple
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Emale with Stefan Hull
When Madonna sang "music makes the people come together" she was behind the times. A better song these days would probably be Frankie Goes To Hollywood's When Two Tribes Go To War. Although file sharing via peer-to-peer networks has been dealt a succession
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Hunt for clues to party tragedy
Murder squad detectives are continuing to question two men arrested after a man was found dead at an all-night party. The men, aged 20 and 18, are being quizzed about the death at a flat in Halland Road, Moulsecoomb. Magistrates yesterday gave detectives
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Castles and kings on history web site
A new web site is aiming to put the nation's history on the online map. History.uk.com has been launched by a team of Sussex-based consultants to cover everything from medieval castles and industrial heritage sites to historic parks and gardens, inns
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Police helicopter chases UFO
A police helicopter went on a dramatic high-speed chase - in pursuit of some little green men. The tale of the unexpected began when a suspected UFO was spotted next to the Sussex Police vehicle as it flew 1,000ft above Brighton. Inside, crew members
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Propeller man's miracle escape
A man narrowly escaped death when he fell into the propellers of his inflatable boat. Tim Maddran was within inches of becoming the third person to lose his life in the waters off Brighton this summer when he tumbled over the side of his dinghy. The 41
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Rubbish bins spark flats fire
Flames ripped through a block of flats early today after uncollected bin bags turned the building into a fire trap. Residents fled their homes after fire broke out in piles of rubbish in Lancing Court, Findon Road, Whitehawk, Brighton. A mother and two
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Monkey business lands £50,000 fine
A company has been fined £50,000 for bombarding mobile phone users with unwanted text messages. Moby Monkey was found to have seriously misled the phone owners with the message, which said they had won its "£500 mystery award". The prize turned out to
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Homes may end site saga
Homes could finally be built on a site whose future has been debated for more than 20 years. Rydon Homes wants to use most of the site in West Street, Brighton, for 64 homes. There would also be offices, shopping, a restaurant or bar, a live-work unit
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DJ Norman's Albion stake
Norman Cook has forked out £500,000 to become one of Brighton and Hove Albion's leading shareholders. Seagulls fan Norman, better known as DJ Fatboy Slim, now has 11 per cent of the shares in Albion's holding company. London-based Billy Brown, a multi-millionaire
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Zamora struggling to be fit
Bobby Zamora remains doubtful for the trip to The New Den on Saturday as Albion's injury problems show little sign of easing. The goal machine has not been included in the England under-21 squad for Friday night's friendly against Yugoslavia due to the
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Bus gets bride to the church o time
Blushing bride-to-be Ann Thompson ditched the horse and carriage in favour of an even more unusual way to get to the church on time - the number 60 bus. Passengers looked on in amazement as Miss Thompson flagged down the bus in Chichester dressed in a
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The root into development
The search for land to build new housing developments is leading many residents to fear their environments are being sacrificed. The landscape will never be the same for residents of 80 flats who loved the summer months when their prized 70-year-old tulip
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Shorter hours get the vote
Workers struggling to achieve a balance between work and home lives would rather have their hours cut than win the Lottery. A survey of employees showed a "steep rise" in the number who were putting in excessive hours. The study, carried out by the Department
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Pick-and-mix your holiday in the United States
Travel experts Laurie Tilley and Richard Strange have pooled their experience in the holiday trade to start a new business. Holiday Travel Essentials approaches package holidays in the United States from a new angle, allowing customers to pick-and-mix
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Employers told to guard their image
Business confidence in Sussex is on the rise and so is recruitment. But some firms will need to work hard to attract new employees after making redundancies earlier this year. Consultants TMP Worldwide said forty-five per cent of businesses in the region
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TV crew takes a quirky city break
Brighton and Hove may not be the Seychelles but it is about to join the list of top tourist destinations. The city is to feature on the BBC's Holiday programme, which will show the area in all its glory. While Brighton and Hove has traditionally been
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Urban Housewife, with Lizzie Enfield
As if somehow sensing telepathically that I am mobile phoneless and without work, my father telephoned to gloat about having both. My phone and my work both disappeared simultaneously while enjoying day at the beach with rug rats. Nice day interrupted
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Council in car park U-turn
Cut-price season tickets could be introduced to solve Mid Sussex car parking chaos. A shower of protests from businesses has forced Mid Sussex District Council to backtrack after putting parking fees up last April. The number of people using long-stay
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One way only
Councillor Susan Joy tells of hostile gay men in the gay clubs she visits then writes of having a good time dancing in a diverse city. Ms Joy seems to drift in and out of opinions with the tide. If my own view is as narrow as Coun Joy claims, from where
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Blackout FC
Football teams often have to change their kit because it clashes with that of the opposing side. But Becks FC were told they could not play in their new strip because players could be confused with the referee. With 12 men wearing black on the field,
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Suspicion over con 'incidents'
Rumours of a con artist tricking her way into people's homes may be a hoax. Residents in Eastbourne have received warnings from Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinators about a woman who gains permission to use the phone, claiming her car has broken down. She
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Gridlock first
Hope most readers read "Transport at a crossroads" (Voice of The Argus, Aug 28). At a public meeting in Brighton, listening to a Halcrow consultant hired by the Government to survey a possible strategic transport plan along the South Coast corridor between
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Cop out
I read in The Argus (Aug 28) about the forthcoming blitz on illegally parked and abandoned cars. Considering the obvious lack of police officers to look after pensioners being beaten and homes being burgled, perhaps the police would be better employed
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Utter waste
Please forgive me if my memory is incorrect but I seem to remember a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesman stating when it took over responsibility for street parking and traffic wardens, parking problems would ease. City News also had a two page spread
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Cricket: Round-Up
RAM finished the campaign in style and hammered out a warning to their West Sussex League division one rivals for next season. The Crawley side, who finished third behind Eagles III and West Blatchington, amassed a whopping 403-6 at bottom club Blackstone
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Cricket: Southwick relegated
Southwick have been relegated from division one following defeat at fellow strugglers Burgess Hill. A seven-wicket reverse means Mark O'Keefe's side finish eighth and go down. O'Keefe now faces a struggle to keep his side together. He said: "Most players
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Cricket: Relegation battle goes to the wire
The battle to stay in the East Sussex League will go down to the last game as Heathfield Park and Ditchling play each other to avoid the remaining relegation spot. Ditchling, currently in the bottom two, finish against already relegated Wadhurst. However
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Discipline and order in the 'golden days'
It seems RJ Allam (Letters, Aug 22) and myself have ruffled the feathers of some do-gooders. I agree things were not all rosy back in those "golden days" but at least 90 per cent of the population knew right from wrong and you knew if you carried on taking
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Teenager in custody for taking Mars bar
A teenager who stole a chocolate bar from a seafront kiosk has admitted burglary. William Wares, 19, of The Crestway, Brighton, admitted the offence at a kiosk at the children's amusement park next to the King Alfred leisure centre, Hove, when he appeared
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Merged schools to finally unite
Two schools look likely to be finally sharing the same campus from autumn 2004 - three years after they officially merged. Brighton and Hove City Council will unveil plans for the new Goldstone Primary School in Hove next week. The announcement has been
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Fury at 'useless' spy cameras
A shop assistant has lost her faith in security cameras after they failed to capture an attack on her by a suspected shoplifter. Kathleen Packer was left bruised and hurt after confronting a woman she suspected of stealing. The suspect, who had a toddler
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Furnishing sales on rise
Furnishings group Homestyle hailed a makeover of its own for putting a gloss on sales figures. The retailer said its reward for upgrading the Harveys furniture stores which it bought in 2000 had been an 11 per cent rise in group like-for-like sales. Homestyle
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Engineers' plea for rate cut
The Bank of England was today urged to cut interest rates in a bid to protect engineering firms from renewed weakness in the global economy. The Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF) called on the bank to show it was aware of the problems facing hundreds
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A landmark restoration
Workers have begun restoring a Victorian viaduct at a cost of £175,000. The East Grinstead viaduct was originally completed in 1881. Prior to electrification of the East Grinstead line it was used by British Rail for the overnight storage of locomotive
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Zoo closure ends animal magic
Like many parents, Terry and Sheila Thorpe were dreading their final family farewell, seeing their loved ones leave home and be scattered across the country. The couple could still see their charges, stopping in for occasional visits to their new homes
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Festival will feature Wagner
Music by composer Richard Wagner will be performed at next year's Glyndebourne Festival for the first time in the event's history. But organisers say the 69-year wait has had nothing to do with the 19th Century composer's much-publicised Nazi links. Wagner
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Man's jaw shattered in attack
A man has had to have metal plates inserted in his shattered jaw after an unprovoked homophobic attack. The 49-year-old victim was walking with his partner on Marine Parade when he was punched in the face. His attacker walked away. The pair had been subjected
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Review: Classic Chinese games on the PC
Players have always been fascinated by Chinese tile-matching puzzles like mah-jong. Shanghai Dynasty is a CD-Rom compendium, comprising four of these ancient and absorbing games for the PC. The games are classic Shanghai, pandemonium, dynasty and Shanghai
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Couple attacked by car gang
A couple were punched and kicked to the ground when they were attacked by five people who pulled up beside them in a car. A 46-year-old man suffered a broken jaw in the attack, which happened at the junction of Old Shoreham Road and Stanford Road, Brighton
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Hardware: Lightweight plug-and-play portable storage
The Iomega 250MB USB Powered Drive and Mobility Kit does not require an external power supply and allows the user to pack away all its Zip kit neatly. The Zip 250MB USB powered drive is hot swappable - users can connect and use it without turning off
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Boxer battered in cliffs plunge
Miracle dog Honey has amazed vets by surviving a 150ft fall down sheer cliffs. The 12-year-old boxer escaped with just a few cuts and bruises after landing on the rocky beach below. Horrified owner Sharon Forster borrowed a mobile phone from a couple
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Hunt for clues to party tragedy
Murder squad detectives are continuing to question two men arrested after a man was found dead at an all-night party. The men, aged 20 and 18, are being quizzed about the death at a flat in Halland Road, Moulsecoomb. Magistrates yesterday gave detectives
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Perils of banking on the internet
We all have the same problems - far too much month at the end of the money. We all need a financial shuffle from time to time. In the past, this meant standing in a queue at the bank and, when your turn eventually came, incurring the displeasure of the
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Castles and kings on history web site
A new web site is aiming to put the nation's history on the online map. History.uk.com has been launched by a team of Sussex-based consultants to cover everything from medieval castles and industrial heritage sites to historic parks and gardens, inns
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Police helicopter chases UFO
A police helicopter went on a dramatic high-speed chase - in pursuit of some little green men. The tale of the unexpected began when a suspected UFO was spotted next to the Sussex Police vehicle as it flew 1,000ft above Brighton. Inside, crew members
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Monkey business lands £50,000 fine
A company has been fined £50,000 for bombarding mobile phone users with unwanted text messages. Moby Monkey was found to have seriously misled the phone owners with the message, which said they had won its "£500 mystery award". The prize turned out to
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Homes may end site saga
Homes could finally be built on a site whose future has been debated for more than 20 years. Rydon Homes wants to use most of the site in West Street, Brighton, for 64 homes. There would also be offices, shopping, a restaurant or bar, a live-work unit
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Dad, 32, is crash victim
A man killed when his car veered off a main road and crashed into a tree has been named by police. Paul Lee, 32, of Dinsdale Gardens, Rustington, died on the A283 near Northchapel at 8am on Sunday. Mr Lee, was married with a daughter and worked in the
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Zamora struggling to be fit
Bobby Zamora remains doubtful for the trip to The New Den on Saturday as Albion's injury problems show little sign of easing. The goal machine has not been included in the England under-21 squad for Friday night's friendly against Yugoslavia due to the
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Legend's tux goes under the hammer
Outfits worn by late piano legend Russ Conway are expected to fetch thousands of pounds when they go up for auction. The haul includes a white tuxedo he wore at the London Palladium in front of the Queen in the early Sixties. Others include stage-wear
