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Final touches to National Park map
Campaigners have won a partial victory after the final boundary of the South Downs National Park was unveiled. The boundary for the national park has been drawn up by officers at the Countryside Agency and will be discussed by board members tomorrow.
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Going electric
Electric vehicles could be used by Worthing Borough Council to cut down on pollution. The council is investigating the possibility of switching to greener vehicles in response to a government initiative backed by cash. Worthing trialled an electric vehicle
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Festive mood
Worthing is staging a Victorian Christmas festival on Saturday and Sunday, which will include a funfair in Montague Place and an ice-rink in South Place. Other attractions include a pantomime roadshow in South Street Square on Saturday, featuring stars
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Lib Dems quit en masse
Ten councillors have resigned from the Liberal Democrats in protest at a decision to reinstate two party members at the centre of a race slur row. Three members on Adur District Council and seven from Lancing Parish Council said last night they would
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Sacked over cannabis deal
A man who sold drugs after finishing a shift at Gatwick said his sacking was unfair because the deal was made outside company property. Daniel Davis, 29, from Horsham, was dismissed for gross misconduct after selling cannabis to a fellow employee in his
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School suspends drugs girl
A teenage girl faces being kicked out of a school in Eastbourne after she laced her friends' soft drinks with the drug amphetamine. The pupil, thought to be 14 or 15, has been suspended as police and teachers at Causeway School in Larkspur Drive carry
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Roller hockey: Street kids' double triumph
Brighton Street Stormers under-12s have lived up to their name by annihilating all opposition this season. The Peewees are celebrating after clinching the South East Area League title and the Jubilee Cup. The team, who train at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre
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Daz-ling stuff
Journalist Shan Lloyd is hoping to become the nation's Poet Laundrette with her anthology of washeteria poems. Already her funny rhymes have been stuck on the wall of the local laundrette in Goring to give staff and other customers a good laugh. Now she
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Fire strike fears
Firefighters are to start a series of strikes in pursuit of their claim for a 40 per cent wage rise. Most people have sympathy for these brave workers and believe they are underpaid. But when inflation is running at less than two per cent, their demand
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Runway decision dubbed unfair
The Government's decision not to build another runway at Gatwick airport was today branded "unfair and unlawful". The consultation process, which will help decide the future of the UK's major airports in the South-East, was criticised in the High Court
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Pensions shortfall
Employers and workers are saving too little into some company pension schemes to provide a decent level of income during retirement, a report has warned. Mercer Human Resources Consulting said many companies were contributing only half of what was needed
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BOC outlook uncertain
BOC, the industrial gases group, says it is well placed for the new financial year despite the uncertain outlook at its troubled semiconductors business. Dismal conditions in the chip-making industry have continued to put pressure on Crawley-based BOC
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Printer's profit trebled at £3m
Heavy investment and a rationalisation programme paid off for Wyndeham Press Group, the Hove-based printing firm. The company, headed by former Brighton and Hove Albion chairman Bryan Bedson, reported a 197 per cent rise in profits for the six months
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Vision for a thriving Marina
A leading architect wants to transform Brighton Marina so more people there can see the sea. Piers Gough, speaking at a seminar called Building in Context at the Old Market in Hove, said: "It's simply wet and cold there and there is no indication of the
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Snubbed author publishes work online
An author's novel has won rave reviews even though it has never been in print. Carole Hayman's Hard Choices has been hailed as "terrifyingly good", "deliciously acid" and "a gem" by critics. Fay Weldon loved it, Labour backbenchers clamoured to read it
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Killer kicked and beat lover
A jobless craftsman who went to the pub after murdering his drunken lover in a furious rage was today starting a life sentence. Michael Moffat, 49, punched, kicked and stamped on Penny Beale in her basement flat, inflicting appalling injuries all over
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Wizard will be star of revamped museum
A wizard who snores and splutters when children approach will be the centre-piece of the refurbished Hove Museum. Around him will lie the detritus of his time-travels all over the world, from wartime tin soldiers to realistic creepy-crawlies. The scene
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Email hoaxers' web of misery
Growing numbers of vulnerable victims are being taken in by ruthless gangs of fraudsters running too-good-to-be-true email scams. How would you like to be given £2 million just for doing a favour for a helpless orphan in a strife-torn foreign land? Offers
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Final touches to National Park map
Campaigners have won a partial victory after the final boundary of the South Downs National Park was unveiled. The boundary for the national park has been drawn up by officers at the Countryside Agency and will be discussed by board members tomorrow.
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Lifeguards' joy
Young lifeguards from Worthing are celebrating after winning the rookies' championship during a competition at the town's Aquarena swimming pool. Worthing Lifeguard Corps senior team, Pamela Shaw (captain), Sheila Rickson, Katy Butcher and Simon MacDonald-Mewton
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Going electric
Electric vehicles could be used by Worthing Borough Council to cut down on pollution. The council is investigating the possibility of switching to greener vehicles in response to a government initiative backed by cash. Worthing trialled an electric vehicle
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Building to learn
Work to improve facilities at a Lancing school is due to be completed by December 6. The £100,000 revamp is taking place at North Lancing First and Middle School in Mill Road. It includes constructing a new entrance, staffroom and improved hall where
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Lib Dems quit en masse
Ten councillors have resigned from the Liberal Democrats in protest at a decision to reinstate two party members at the centre of a race slur row. Three members on Adur District Council and seven from Lancing Parish Council said last night they would
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End to fence row
A row between planners and the parents of a man with Down's syndrome has finally been settled after months of wrangling. Ronald and Patricia Borthwick originally surrounded their house in Lindum Way, Worthing, with a 2m-high fence after their son Jamie
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Boost for school
Worthing High School has received planning permission to improve facilities. The school in South Farm Road has been given the go-ahead to build a new classroom for music study and associated practice rooms, ensemble room, office, store, recording room
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Pub to homes
Planners have given the green light to convert a pub into two houses. Members of Arun District Council's development control committee gave the plan the go-ahead to convert The Fox pub in Arundel Road, Patching, after hearing the application was for change
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Hospital grows
Worthing Hospital is expanding to cater for more patients and medical staff. Administrative staff have been moved from the hospital's site in Lyndhurst Road to the adjoining Homefield building, which formerly treated people with mental illnesses. The
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Day of words
A day for writers was held at Northbrook College, Worthing, at the weekend. The event was organised by West Sussex Writers' Club and held at the college's Littlehampton Road site in West Durrington. Guest speakers included Bill Buckley, former That's
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Officers off
The retirement of three chief officers at Worthing Borough Council has been confirmed. An exclusive in The Argus on October 9 revealed how Colin Smith, Hywel Griffith and Tony Clarke were expected to leave the council following a major staff shake-up.
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Church facelift
A church celebrating its 70th anniversary is undergoing a £90,000 refit. Work on Offington Park Methodist Church in South Farm Road, Worthing, is expected to last until early December. The project includes improving the lighting, redecoration, refurbishment
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So generous
A church will benefit from two bequests which have swollen its accounts by £24,000. The money was left to St Botolph's Church in Heene, Worthing, by Len Willis (£10,000) and Gladys Johnson (£12,000). A recent inspection of the church revealed some loose
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House reprieve
Residents have won a reprieve over plans to build a four-bedroom house in a road they say is over-developed already. Planners unanimously agreed to a site visit after hearing from residents of Kirdford Road, Arundel, that the development would create
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Healthy coding
Up to 250,000 health records at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals are being bar coded. New software has been installed on to the patient administration computer system so medical records can be traced and accessed faster. Staff wishing to access a patient's
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Olympic visit
Children at Oakfield Middle School in Irene Avenue, Lancing, will be treated to a visit by Olympic swimmer Karen Legg. It's part of a fund-raising event organised by the Sports Council. The swimmer will take all 410 pupils at the school through a series
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Tory in laptop protest
A Tory councillor facing disciplinary action for refusing to hand over a laptop computer looks set to escape punishment. Andrew Garrett has been reported to the Standards Board of England, a national watchdog set-up by Parliament, for keeping the portable
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Daz-ling stuff
Journalist Shan Lloyd is hoping to become the nation's Poet Laundrette with her anthology of washeteria poems. Already her funny rhymes have been stuck on the wall of the local laundrette in Goring to give staff and other customers a good laugh. Now she
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Hockey: Triple glory for Eastbourne
Eastbourne College under-18s girls have continued their dominance in Sussex. They clinched the county cup for the third year in a row with a series of impressive performances. The independent school emerged unbeaten from their group in the annual tournament
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Saints sunk by late goal
A last minute goal by Shawn Mitchell condemned St Leonards to a 2-1 defeat at Chatham Town in the Dr Martens League eastern division. The game looked destined to finish level until Mitchell fired home to condemn Saints to a sixth consecutive league defeat
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Tory in laptop protest
A Tory councillor facing disciplinary action for refusing to hand over a laptop computer looks set to escape punishment. Andrew Garrett has been reported to the Standards Board of England, a national watchdog set-up by Parliament, for keeping the portable
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Woman's knife attack ordeal
A woman was threatened at knifepoint in a Littlehampton alleyway by a man who made indecent suggestions to her. The attack happened as the woman walked along an alley in Whiteways Close. Police say the woman, who dropped her bag, escaped and ran to a
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Mum gives up fifth baby
A surrogate mother has vowed never again after giving birth to her fifth child. Jill Hawkins has had more surrogate babies than any other childless woman in Britain. Most surrogate mums have children of their own before giving birth to a child for another
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Veterans bring history lessons alive
A charity for blind ex-servicemen and women is taking its first-hand experience of war into the classroom. St Dunstan's in Ovingdean has developed interactive teaching programmes linked to the history and citizenship requirements of the National Curriculum
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Head in admission storm
A headmaster allowed a teacher's daughter a place at his school to stop her going to a less popular one. The 11-year-old girl was turned down for her first choice of Blatchington Mill School in Hove and had failed to get in on appeal when headteacher
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Nostalgia: Worthing's changing nightlife
The pubs and clubs of Worthing are constantly evolving. Many are historic watering holes with vintages dating back centuries. Remember the Spaniard, Buckingham, Ship and White Hart? Or how about Bubbles, the Carioca and Sterns? All are history now but
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Countdown to fire strike
Contingency plans were being finalised today, hours before the first firefighters' strike for a quarter of a century was due to start. Tens of thousands of firefighters will begin a 48-hour walkout at 6pm after last-ditch peace talks collapsed yesterday
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Girl knocked down on crossing
A driver was arrested after a girl was knocked down on a zebra crossing near a school in Crawley yesterday. The accident happened near Holy Trinity School in Buckswood Drive at about 3.40pm, just after school finishing time. A witness said the area was
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Killer kicked and beat lover
A jobless craftsman who went to the pub after murdering his drunken lover in a furious rage was today starting a life sentence. Michael Moffat, 49, punched, kicked and stamped on Penny Beale in her basement flat, inflicting appalling injuries all over
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'Roofer' fleeced OAP for £3,000
A conman builder who tricked an 81-year-old woman into giving him £3,000 has been jailed for a year. Steven Deacon, 21, of Daniel Close, Lancing, pleaded guilty to criminal deception after trading standards experts inspected roof repairs he made to Beatrice
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Judge saves rape-threat driver from jail
A road-rage driver who steered at a pedestrian and threatened to rape his daughter has been let off a jail sentence. Judge David Rennie ordered Paul Mills, 40, of Dallaway Gardens, East Grinstead, to serve a two-year community rehabilitation order when
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Sheep die after dog attack
A pet dog is believed to have killed two sheep and caused six others to drown. Walkers discovered the dead animals by the Cuckmere meanders at Seven Sisters Country Park, between Seaford and Eastbourne. Two had their throats ripped out and six had plunged
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Mission to restore church relics
David Maddock is a man with a mission to restore unique Victorian mosaics at an ancient church in Worthing. Elders at the medieval St Andrew's Church in West Tarring have for some years been concerned at the steady deterioration of the spectacular feature
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'Roofer' fleeced OAP for £3,000
A conman builder who tricked an 81-year-old woman into giving him £3,000 has been jailed for a year. Steven Deacon, 21, of Daniel Close, Lancing, pleaded guilty to criminal deception after trading standards experts inspected roof repairs he made to Beatrice
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Village flood work to start
Work on a £45,000 drainage scheme to stop a village near Crawley from flooding is due to start next week. The scheme, run by West Sussex County Council, will reduce the threat of flooding in the Turners Hill area. It is the second phase of a major new
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Email hoaxers' web of misery
Growing numbers of vulnerable victims are being taken in by ruthless gangs of fraudsters running too-good-to-be-true email scams. How would you like to be given £2 million just for doing a favour for a helpless orphan in a strife-torn foreign land? Offers
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Husband died after 'routine op'
A widow told an inquest how her husband died following what she thought was a routine operation. Alan Waters, 73, of Laughton, near Lewes, who was suffering from chronic renal failure, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, in August after
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Artist's wild life
Wildlife artist David Shepherd was guest speaker at the annual council meeting of the West Sussex Federation of Women's Institutes. More than 850 delegates, including people from the Isle of Wight, Surrey, East Sussex and Kent, attended the meeting at
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Pavilion revamps
A revamp of two sports pavilions in Storrington is due to begin. Storrington Football Club, Vipers Youth Football Club and the cricket club, which are all based at the leisure centre in Spierbridge Road, will all benefit from the £350,000 project, starting
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Survey success
People are generally pleased with the service they receive from Worthing Borough Council's planning department, according to two customer surveys. However, the planning survey was based on a response rate of just 15 per cent after only 129 of 850 questionnaires
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Festive mood
Worthing is staging a Victorian Christmas festival on Saturday and Sunday, which will include a funfair in Montague Place and an ice-rink in South Place. Other attractions include a pantomime roadshow in South Street Square on Saturday, featuring stars
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Burial costs rise
The cost of burials and cremations in Worthing is destined to go up by 2.5 per cent from January 1. Borough councillors agreed to the rise, which will generate an extra £39,000 a year in income. According to a report, the extra cash would help pay for
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Barges ship in rock defences
Promenaders will notice a dark black shape in the sea off Lancing during the coming months. The vessel in question will be either the Mibau or the Armour Rock, two giant barges chartered to ship in more than 47,000 tonnes of rock from Larvik in Norway
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The Poet Launderette
A woman's comic poems, written to pass the time on launderette day, made staff laugh so much that they have posted them on the walls. Now Shan Lloyd hopes to be recognised as the country's first Poet Launderette. Shan and comedy actor husband Hugh Lloyd
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Judge saves rape-threat driver from jail
A road-rage driver who steered at a pedestrian and threatened to rape his daughter has been let off a jail sentence. Judge David Rennie ordered Paul Mills, 40, of Dallaway Gardens, East Grinstead, to serve a two-year community rehabilitation order when
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Sacked over cannabis deal
A man who sold drugs after finishing a shift at Gatwick said his sacking was unfair because the deal was made outside company property. Daniel Davis, 29, from Horsham, was dismissed for gross misconduct after selling cannabis to a fellow employee in his
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Dish go-ahead
A satellite dish can be installed on a house in a conservation area - as long as it is painted to make it look less conspicuous. Arun planners gave the go-ahead for the 37cm satellite dish to be erected in River Road, Arundel, after hearing the applicant
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Plea on parking
Difficulties arising from the lack of car spaces have prompted calls for a parking restriction zone to be extended. In a questionnaire conducted by East Worthing MP Tim Loughton and borough councillors, 70 per cent of residents who responded supported
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Saving trees
Seventeen trees have been protected from damage by planners. Tree preservation orders were made on a variety of species in the Worthing wards of Heene, Goring, Castle, Durrington and Marine. It means residents and builders won't be able to prune or chop
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MP's rock role
MP Tim Loughton has been appointed as vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Gibraltar Group. The East Worthing and Shoreham member was part of a Conservative and Labour Parliamentary delegation which visited the colony last month to have talks
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A helping ideal
The Prime Minister was quoted at the ninth annual meeting of a volunteers' group. Julia Carrette, manager of Worthing Council for Voluntary Service (WCVS), reminded the meeting at Worthing Town Hall of what Tony Blair said recently: "In the modern world
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Ms Dynamite, Concorde 2, Brighton, November 12
It was her first UK headline show and was she nervous? There was certainly no evidence of it as Ms Dynamite kicked off proceedings with Booo! - a hardcore slice of garage MCing which first introduced her to the music scene a ridiculously short time ago
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Milking the day
A woman who became a wartime milkwoman celebrated her 100th birthday with a glass of champagne. Phyllis Bish was born in 1902, the year the Boer War ended, and at the age of 14 became a trainee teacher at the village school in Slindon, near Arundel. She
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Mast green light
Protests against Worthing Football Club allowing a 15m-high telecommunications mast at its Woodside Road ground have been kicked into touch. The club appealed after borough planners rejected the mast, which supports three antennae. An inspector overturned
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
I hate it when I get phone calls from people selling things I don't want or services I don't use. I hate it even more when I get wrong numbers at midnight or when I'm settled in the bath; but I hate it most when I don't get any calls at all. And that's
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School suspends drugs girl
A teenage girl faces being kicked out of a school in Eastbourne after she laced her friends' soft drinks with the drug amphetamine. The pupil, thought to be 14 or 15, has been suspended as police and teachers at Causeway School in Larkspur Drive carry
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Head in admission storm
A headmaster allowed a teacher's daughter a place at his school to stop her going to a less popular one. The 11-year-old girl was turned down for her first choice of Blatchington Mill School in Hove and had failed to get in on appeal when headteacher
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Sacked over drugs deal
A man who sold drugs after finishing a shift at Gatwick said his sacking was unfair because the deal was made outside company property. Daniel Davis, 29, from Horsham, was dismissed for gross misconduct after selling cannabis to a fellow employee in his
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School suspends drugs girl
A teenage girl faces being kicked out of a school in Eastbourne after she laced her friends' soft drinks with the drug amphetamine. The pupil, thought to be 14 or 15, has been suspended as police and teachers at Causeway School in Larkspur Drive carry
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Roller hockey: Street kids' double triumph
Brighton Street Stormers under-12s have lived up to their name by annihilating all opposition this season. The Peewees are celebrating after clinching the South East Area League title and the Jubilee Cup. The team, who train at Moulsecoomb Leisure Centre
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Fire strike fears
Firefighters are to start a series of strikes in pursuit of their claim for a 40 per cent wage rise. Most people have sympathy for these brave workers and believe they are underpaid. But when inflation is running at less than two per cent, their demand
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A lesson to be learnt
Neil Hunter has made Blatchington Mill one of the most successful secondary schools in Brighton and Hove since he became headteacher there. However, he was unwise to agree the daughter of one of his teachers should have a place there after the girl had
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Rebels continue impressive run
Worthing have taken 13 points from their last five games following last night's 3-1 home success over bottom side Chertsey. It was not totally impressive but strike duo Mark Knee and Florian Mateos made sure Rebels were always in charge by both scoring
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Quinn furious as Rooks are held
Jimmy Quinn stormed out of the Dripping Pan last night after watching his promotion-chasing side flounder against inferior opponents. The Rooks, who thumped seven goals past bottom club Chertsey on Saturday, failed to continue their goalscoring boom against
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Rebels boss pleased with French star
Worthing boss Barry Lloyd reckons he could have made another inspired continental signing after seeing his side go five League games unbeaten. Rebels ground out a 3-1 home win over Chertsey in Ryman Division One South last night, helped by an early goal
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Zamora hit by double scare
Albion boss Steve Coppell is sweating on a goal-laden landmark for Bobby Zamora. The star striker's 100th League appearance for the Seagulls against John Gregory's Derby at Withdean on Saturday is under threat from ankle and heel injuries. Zamora hobbled
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Runway decision dubbed unfair
The Government's decision not to build another runway at Gatwick airport was today branded "unfair and unlawful". The consultation process, which will help decide the future of the UK's major airports in the South-East, was criticised in the High Court
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Pensions shortfall
Employers and workers are saving too little into some company pension schemes to provide a decent level of income during retirement, a report has warned. Mercer Human Resources Consulting said many companies were contributing only half of what was needed
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BOC outlook uncertain
BOC, the industrial gases group, says it is well placed for the new financial year despite the uncertain outlook at its troubled semiconductors business. Dismal conditions in the chip-making industry have continued to put pressure on Crawley-based BOC
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Printer's profit trebled at £3m
Heavy investment and a rationalisation programme paid off for Wyndeham Press Group, the Hove-based printing firm. The company, headed by former Brighton and Hove Albion chairman Bryan Bedson, reported a 197 per cent rise in profits for the six months
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Radio licences up for grabs
Radio buffs and would-be DJs can now apply for an eight-year radio licence for the Crawley and Reigate areas. The Radio Authority is inviting declarations of intent to apply the licences, which would run from January 2005. The present FM licence is held
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Vision for a thriving Marina
A leading architect wants to transform Brighton Marina so more people there can see the sea. Piers Gough, speaking at a seminar called Building in Context at the Old Market in Hove, said: "It's simply wet and cold there and there is no indication of the
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Mission to restore church relics
David Maddock is a man with a mission to restore unique Victorian mosaics at an ancient church in Worthing. Elders at the medieval St Andrew's Church in West Tarring have for some years been concerned at the steady deterioration of the spectacular feature
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Nostalgia: From Waterloo to The Wheatsheaf
Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in British military history - and one with a fascinating link to Worthing. On a summer's day in 1815, Napoleon was finally crushed by an Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington. As night fell on Sunday, June
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Comment: Ian Hart
There's a saying what comes around goes around and I can still vividly picture the night the Tories retook control of Worthing Council. They were parading turncoat Mayor Dave Chapman like some political trophy and predicting an exciting future for the
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A Wry Look At Worthing
Is Worthing Borough Council turning secrecy into an art form? Sentinel asks the question following Press reports on the impending departure of three senior officers with 70 years of experience between them. The council refused to name the officers, stating
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Man's death sparks inquiry
Police are treating as suspicious the death of a man whose body was found in a town-centre property in Eastbourne. The body of Paul Lilley, 36, was discovered at his home in Cavendish Place on Monday afternoon. Police said today that they were keeping
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Snubbed author publishes work online
An author's novel has won rave reviews even though it has never been in print. Carole Hayman's Hard Choices has been hailed as "terrifyingly good", "deliciously acid" and "a gem" by critics. Fay Weldon loved it, Labour backbenchers clamoured to read it
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Possible burner sites revealed
Details of sites across West Sussex where controversial waste incinerators may be developed have been revealed by council leaders. Shoreham cement works, near Steyning, has been dubbed suitable for an incinerator or waste-to-energy plant. The other two
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Lib Dems quit en masse
Ten councillors have resigned from the Liberal Democrats in protest at a decision to reinstate two party members at the centre of a race slur row. Three members on Adur District Council and seven from Lancing Parish Council said last night they would
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Countdown to fire strike
Contingency plans were being finalised today, hours before the first firefighters' strike for a quarter of a century was due to start. Tens of thousands of firefighters will begin a 48-hour walkout at 6pm after last-ditch peace talks collapsed yesterday
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Newsreader backs peace protesters
Former TV newsreader Julia Somerville has backed student protesters but will not join them in a peace demo. The ex-News At Ten presenter was asked to join next week's peace march in Brighton when she spoke to University of Sussex students last night.
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The last blacksmith in town
Mike Shipp is the last of Worthing's blacksmiths and when he retires it will mark the end of a trade dating back centuries. He operates from a backstreet forge dating back to Victorian times next to the Swan pub in Little High Street. On the wall outside
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Wizard will be star of revamped museum
A wizard who snores and splutters when children approach will be the centre-piece of the refurbished Hove Museum. Around him will lie the detritus of his time-travels all over the world, from wartime tin soldiers to realistic creepy-crawlies. The scene
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Artist's wild life
Wildlife artist David Shepherd was guest speaker at the annual council meeting of the West Sussex Federation of Women's Institutes. More than 850 delegates, including people from the Isle of Wight, Surrey, East Sussex and Kent, attended the meeting at
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Pavilion revamps
A revamp of two sports pavilions in Storrington is due to begin. Storrington Football Club, Vipers Youth Football Club and the cricket club, which are all based at the leisure centre in Spierbridge Road, will all benefit from the £350,000 project, starting
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Survey success
People are generally pleased with the service they receive from Worthing Borough Council's planning department, according to two customer surveys. However, the planning survey was based on a response rate of just 15 per cent after only 129 of 850 questionnaires
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Building to learn
Work to improve facilities at a Lancing school is due to be completed by December 6. The £100,000 revamp is taking place at North Lancing First and Middle School in Mill Road. It includes constructing a new entrance, staffroom and improved hall where
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Burial costs rise
The cost of burials and cremations in Worthing is destined to go up by 2.5 per cent from January 1. Borough councillors agreed to the rise, which will generate an extra £39,000 a year in income. According to a report, the extra cash would help pay for
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Barges ship in rock defences
Promenaders will notice a dark black shape in the sea off Lancing during the coming months. The vessel in question will be either the Mibau or the Armour Rock, two giant barges chartered to ship in more than 47,000 tonnes of rock from Larvik in Norway
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The Poet Launderette
A woman's comic poems, written to pass the time on launderette day, made staff laugh so much that they have posted them on the walls. Now Shan Lloyd hopes to be recognised as the country's first Poet Launderette. Shan and comedy actor husband Hugh Lloyd
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Judge saves rape-threat driver from jail
A road-rage driver who steered at a pedestrian and threatened to rape his daughter has been let off a jail sentence. Judge David Rennie ordered Paul Mills, 40, of Dallaway Gardens, East Grinstead, to serve a two-year community rehabilitation order when
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A helping ideal
The Prime Minister was quoted at the ninth annual meeting of a volunteers' group. Julia Carrette, manager of Worthing Council for Voluntary Service (WCVS), reminded the meeting at Worthing Town Hall of what Tony Blair said recently: "In the modern world
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Ms Dynamite, Concorde 2, Brighton, November 12
It was her first UK headline show and was she nervous? There was certainly no evidence of it as Ms Dynamite kicked off proceedings with Booo! - a hardcore slice of garage MCing which first introduced her to the music scene a ridiculously short time ago
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Between You And Me, by Vanora Leigh
I hate it when I get phone calls from people selling things I don't want or services I don't use. I hate it even more when I get wrong numbers at midnight or when I'm settled in the bath; but I hate it most when I don't get any calls at all. And that's
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Head in admission storm
A headmaster allowed a teacher's daughter a place at his school to stop her going to a less popular one. The 11-year-old girl was turned down for her first choice of Blatchington Mill School in Hove and had failed to get in on appeal when headteacher
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Hockey: Triple glory for Eastbourne
Eastbourne College under-18s girls have continued their dominance in Sussex. They clinched the county cup for the third year in a row with a series of impressive performances. The independent school emerged unbeaten from their group in the annual tournament
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A lesson to be learnt
Neil Hunter has made Blatchington Mill one of the most successful secondary schools in Brighton and Hove since he became headteacher there. However, he was unwise to agree the daughter of one of his teachers should have a place there after the girl had
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Saints sunk by late goal
A last minute goal by Shawn Mitchell condemned St Leonards to a 2-1 defeat at Chatham Town in the Dr Martens League eastern division. The game looked destined to finish level until Mitchell fired home to condemn Saints to a sixth consecutive league defeat
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Rebels continue impressive run
Worthing have taken 13 points from their last five games following last night's 3-1 home success over bottom side Chertsey. It was not totally impressive but strike duo Mark Knee and Florian Mateos made sure Rebels were always in charge by both scoring
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Quinn furious as Rooks are held
Jimmy Quinn stormed out of the Dripping Pan last night after watching his promotion-chasing side flounder against inferior opponents. The Rooks, who thumped seven goals past bottom club Chertsey on Saturday, failed to continue their goalscoring boom against
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Zamora hit by double scare
Albion boss Steve Coppell is sweating on a goal-laden landmark for Bobby Zamora. The star striker's 100th League appearance for the Seagulls against John Gregory's Derby at Withdean on Saturday is under threat from ankle and heel injuries. Zamora hobbled
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Radio licences up for grabs
Radio buffs and would-be DJs can now apply for an eight-year radio licence for the Crawley and Reigate areas. The Radio Authority is inviting declarations of intent to apply the licences, which would run from January 2005. The present FM licence is held
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Tory in laptop protest
A Tory councillor facing disciplinary action for refusing to hand over a laptop computer looks set to escape punishment. Andrew Garrett has been reported to the Standards Board of England, a national watchdog set-up by Parliament, for keeping the portable
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Veterans bring history lessons alive
A charity for blind ex-servicemen and women is taking its first-hand experience of war into the classroom. St Dunstan's in Ovingdean has developed interactive teaching programmes linked to the history and citizenship requirements of the National Curriculum
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Countdown to fire strike
Contingency plans were being finalised today, hours before the first firefighters' strike for a quarter of a century was due to start. Tens of thousands of firefighters will begin a 48-hour walkout at 6pm after last-ditch peace talks collapsed yesterday
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Sheep die after dog attack
A pet dog is believed to have killed two sheep and caused six others to drown. Walkers discovered the dead animals by the Cuckmere meanders at Seven Sisters Country Park, between Seaford and Eastbourne. Two had their throats ripped out and six had plunged
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Newsreader backs peace protesters
Former TV newsreader Julia Somerville has backed student protesters but will not join them in a peace demo. The ex-News At Ten presenter was asked to join next week's peace march in Brighton when she spoke to University of Sussex students last night.
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'Roofer' fleeced OAP for £3,000
A conman builder who tricked an 81-year-old woman into giving him £3,000 has been jailed for a year. Steven Deacon, 21, of Daniel Close, Lancing, pleaded guilty to criminal deception after trading standards experts inspected roof repairs he made to Beatrice
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Husband died after 'routine op'
A widow told an inquest how her husband died following what she thought was a routine operation. Alan Waters, 73, of Laughton, near Lewes, who was suffering from chronic renal failure, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, in August after
