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Youngster faces drug dilemma
A teenager has been told horror drug thalidomide may be her last chance to lead a normal life. Isabel Rankine, 19, suffers from a rare skin condition, which means she cannot tolerate bright light. Now doctors have presented her with a last-ditch attempt
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Five hurt in seafront crash
Five people were injured in a seafront smash last night. Two cars were involved in the collision with a parked lorry just after 8pm in Madeira Drive, near the Palace Pier, Brighton. A Peugeot collided with a VW Passat and then crashed into the lorry.
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Oops ...
It's just an observation but I noticed that a snippet lifted from The Argus appeared in last Saturday's edition of the Daily Telegraph, although possibly not for the right reasons. I must admit I missed the ad the first time round in The Argus but I probably
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Rock: Nickelback, Brighton Centre, November 23
Last year, Nickelback went from being one of Canada's best-loved rock bands to being one of the biggest acts in the world. Their latest album, Silver Side Up, has racked up more than four million sales in the US, gone six-times platinum in Canada and
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Art: Matthew Smith: Flamboyant Colour, Pallant House, Chichester, Until January 12
Matthew Smith (1859-1959) has been praised for his distinctive use of colour. It was influenced by the Fauve artists, especially Matisse in whose studio he studied in 1911. This select exhibition explores Smith's sensuous use of colour in a number of
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My Dome web site
If Bert Hobden (Letters, November 19) or anyone else is interested, I have produced a web site devoted to the Dome Organ which is kept updated with the latest re-installation news and can be found at http:// hometown.aol.co.uk/domeorgan/. There are links
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Jazz this week, from November 22
Your run-down of the best in jazz and blues performances around Sussex over the next seven days. DAVE GORDON Trio: Accomplished and definitive compositions from a pianist teamed with an international bass and drums pair. November 22, Brighton Jazz Club
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Psychic: An Audience With Colin Fry, Hove Town Hall, November 26
The star of The 6ixth Sense on Living TV has a special gift for communicating with spirits and delivering their messages. Fry has opened up the mysterious world of the paranormal and adapted it to the style of a talk show for his television audience and
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On stage this week, from November 22
Sussex's theatres offer you a riotous whodunnit, a Carry On star's hidden tragedy, a rock'n'roll musical and a night strictly for the ladies. CORPSE, Theatre Royal, Brighton, November 25-30 This riotous whodunnit saturated with twists and turns, red herrings
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Gigs this week, from November 22
It's a shoe-staring, heads-down, melancholy, bouncy teenpop kind of week, courtesy of Toploader, Nickelback, Keith James and Rhianna. TOPLOADER, Brighton Centre, November 22 This Eastbourne collective started life as a group of pals looking for something
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Night clubbing, from November 22
A big bash at the Boutique and an injection of new life into jazz are our picks of the week's dancefloor action. RUSS DEWBURY'S JAZZ BOP, Event II, Brighton, November 28 Back after an absence of four years is the Brighton Jazz Bop. While the most immediate
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The insults fly
There was another Union flag stuck upside-down again on Hove Crown Court and not just on any day of the year but the worst time it could possibly have been - during Remembrance week. Whatever is going on? Are they so badly taught at school now about everyday
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Strike fear
Firefighters should fight fires and soldiers should be in a position to defend their country. We should all be worried that while the country is being warned of imminent terrorist attacks our troops may be either fighting George W Bush's wars for him
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Always ready
My local union received this message from a firefighter asking for help in the strike: Am I worth £30,000? I have been taught skills to save life, prolong life and know when to walk away when there is no life left. I have taken courses to fight fire from
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Double role
I would say every worker in the country could give a good reason why he should have an increase in pay. One such reason is brought about by a lot of men having to pay for two families. I know of at least four cases where the men are supporting two families
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Matthew Clark: Bloor keeps faith
Burgess Hill boss Danny Bloor says he has no plans to replace top scorer Sean Randell following his switch to Withdean 2000. Bloor says he has faith in his existing strikers at Leylands Park, particularly as Steve Harper has returned to fitness. Des Guile
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Chain gang
Lavatory humour is not to everyone's taste, as makers of a film called Boglife discovered. Producer Ben Beaumont and friends shot it as part of a Brighton Film School course. It was hard to find anyone who would let them film their loos. If they want
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Dr Martens: Wakeling's fan appeal
Hastings boss George Wakeling wants the town's football fans to keep on watching. United entertain Worcester City tomorrow with the memories of their FA Cup first round clash at Stevenage still fresh in the memory. United took 600 fans to Hertfordshire
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Dr Martens: Reds stick to new formation
Crawley boss Billy Smith is sticking with the 3-5-2 formation he employed successfully in last Saturday's FA Cup tie against Tiverton. Smith changed tactics to cope with the threat posed by Tiverton's fullbacks and it worked so well he used it again on
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Hopes high for children
There are few sadder sights than children suffering from terminal cancer or other incurable diseases. At an age when they should have long lives before them, they are often only a short time from death. The strain is often as great on the families who
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Estate agency sale rumour
Leading Sussex estate agents Fox and Sons could be sold. The agency's owner, insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, needs to raise £800 million after being hit hard following last year's September 11 terrorist attacks, the stock market slump, asbestos claims
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Big spend forecast
European online sales this Christmas are set to beat all records, according to US research company Forrester. It predicts online retail sales will total £4.8 billion, up 86 per cent on last year, and claims the UK will by top the tree by spending a £2.6
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It's women who buy on the net
Women are more likely to buy things using the internet than men, although men spend more when they shop online, according to a survey by the Royal Bank of Scotland. About 22 per cent of women have bought something on the web, compared to 19 per cent of
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Fast net can ease gridlock
The broadband revolution could solve the problems of congested roads and poor transport links for businesses in Sussex. The advantages of broadband communication technology dominated the South-East regional business forum of the Institute of Directors
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Coppell: Run must continue
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned the mini-revival means nothing. The Seagulls are breathing down the necks of their fellow strugglers after seven points out of the last nine. They launch a testing programme of pre-Christmas fixtures at Preston tomorrow
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Fired over saucy email
A woman has been sacked from her job at American Express after she accidentally invited a manager to a saucy party. Rachael Fountain, who worked at Amex in Brighton for ten months, inadvertently emailed a finance director who had the same name as a friend
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Stressed worker's discrimination claim
A former computer software manager said she had to undergo an emergency triple heart bypass after suffering stress and working up to 80 hours a week. Cheryl West told Brighton Employment Tribunal her pleas to cut her workload as a software development
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Rail users face instant fines
Passengers travelling on South West Trains services without a ticket will be given on-the-spot fines from next year. The news comes after we revealed SouthCentral was planning to fine fare dodgers. South West Trains has not revealed details of its scheme
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Youngster faces drug dilemma
A teenager has been told horror drug thalidomide may be her last chance to lead a normal life. Isabel Rankine, 19, suffers from a rare skin condition, which means she cannot tolerate bright light. Now doctors have presented her with a last-ditch attempt
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Can't someone save this clinic?
I was so sorry to hear of the demise of Dr Jan de Winter's clinic. Surely someone could find the money to fund a well-deserved project? How about the Lottery fund? Dr Jan de Winter has devoted his life to the care of others. In fact, I am very surprised
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Art: It's The Dogs! Saucy, Hove, November 25- January 5
Liz Toole likes to paint dogs and lots of them. Cute and colourful, her pictures portray man's best friends as they go about their daily business. Long, tall, fat and thin, all the mutts are here, packed with character and life. Using acrylics, pens and
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Art: Private Worlds, Charleston, Firle, until January 5
This exhibition is an invitation to enter the private worlds of five artists through their unique work. Quentin Bell (1910-1996), the son of painter Vanessa and art critic Clive Bell who made Charleston their home, is best known as a writer on art history
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Jazz this week, from November 22
Your run-down of the best in jazz and blues performances around Sussex over the next seven days. DAVE GORDON Trio: Accomplished and definitive compositions from a pianist teamed with an international bass and drums pair. November 22, Brighton Jazz Club
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Classical: Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Brighton Dome, November 24
John Carewe, music director of the BPO for 13 years after taking over from founder Herbert Menges in 1972, returns to conduct a one-off concert. Carewe, praised by Sir Simon Rattle as his mentor, will conduct Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Dvorak's 8th
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Comedy: Ed Byrne, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, November 26
He's done some dodgy work on television but Ed Byrne remains one of the strongest observational comics around. Instinctively sensing the ridiculous in everything, he dresses sharp social satire in throwaway banter. He has the amiability and substance
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On stage this week, from November 22
Sussex's theatres offer you a riotous whodunnit, a Carry On star's hidden tragedy, a rock'n'roll musical and a night strictly for the ladies. CORPSE, Theatre Royal, Brighton, November 25-30 This riotous whodunnit saturated with twists and turns, red herrings
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Gigs this week, from November 22
It's a shoe-staring, heads-down, melancholy, bouncy teenpop kind of week, courtesy of Toploader, Nickelback, Keith James and Rhianna. TOPLOADER, Brighton Centre, November 22 This Eastbourne collective started life as a group of pals looking for something
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Night clubbing, from November 22
A big bash at the Boutique and an injection of new life into jazz are our picks of the week's dancefloor action. RUSS DEWBURY'S JAZZ BOP, Event II, Brighton, November 28 Back after an absence of four years is the Brighton Jazz Bop. While the most immediate
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Stage: Bounce, Brighton Dome, until November 30
If you ever went to dance classes as a kid or fancied yourself as a disco diva, beware. This show will make you want to throw your career on the scrap heap and become a dancer. A cast of 15 dancers are directed by Anthony Van Last, the choreographer and
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Music: Femi Kuti, Brighton Dome, November 23
Femi Kuti is an iconic presence in African music as the charismatic leader of the Afrobeat movement. Like his late father, Fela Kuti, he's a saxophonist, singer and songwriter. Fela was a legendary figure in music and politics, the initiator of Afrobeat
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Always ready
My local union received this message from a firefighter asking for help in the strike: Am I worth £30,000? I have been taught skills to save life, prolong life and know when to walk away when there is no life left. I have taken courses to fight fire from
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Piece-work
During a GMTV interview on November 13, Labour Party chairman Dr Ian Reid MP informed viewers there were 40 applicants for each firefighter's position, that firefighters work only four days a week and that a large percentage of these firefighters have
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Date
Chain gang
Lavatory humour is not to everyone's taste, as makers of a film called Boglife discovered. Producer Ben Beaumont and friends shot it as part of a Brighton Film School course. It was hard to find anyone who would let them film their loos. If they want
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Risky money
Surely a sensible solution to the pay claim would be for the firefighters to be given a reasonable rise topped up by danger money commensurate with the life-threatening risks their calling forces them to take. Any other section wanting parity with the
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Matthew Clark: Stabler back with Marigolds
Carl Stabler has finally been named as Littlehampton's new manager and will take charge for the first time at Pagham tomorrow. Stabler, who has had two previous spells at the Sportsfield, has been the Marigolds' No. 1 target since Tony Elliott quit the
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Not alone
Well done, Bini McCall, for your column "Firefighters are not the only heroes" (November 18) - my sentiments exactly. This article should have been on the front page. I, and many others I have spoken to, agree wholeheartedly with the comments made - especially
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Dr Martens: Wakeling's fan appeal
Hastings boss George Wakeling wants the town's football fans to keep on watching. United entertain Worcester City tomorrow with the memories of their FA Cup first round clash at Stevenage still fresh in the memory. United took 600 fans to Hertfordshire
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Dr Martens: Reds stick to new formation
Crawley boss Billy Smith is sticking with the 3-5-2 formation he employed successfully in last Saturday's FA Cup tie against Tiverton. Smith changed tactics to cope with the threat posed by Tiverton's fullbacks and it worked so well he used it again on
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Lost lessons
We are told firefighters must agree to "modernisation" of their working conditions if they are to receive anything approaching the professional wage they deserve. What that means is the dismantling of the tried and tested watch system. I have not heard
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Dr Martens: Johnson quits Saints
Cash-strapped St Leonards have been forced to release Andy Johnson. The former Lewes midfielder left Saints this week because they cannot afford his wages. He is set to join Ringmer. Johnson is the last of the club's contracted players to quit after Saints
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Prison staff pay is way below firemen
After reading your report (The Argus, November 14), I ask the firefighters if they think their job is more dangerous than prison officers. The prison service received a 0.75 per cent pay increase this year, yet officers face danger and humiliation every
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Brown's boys are comeback kings
Albion fans should not get too carried away if the Seagulls take the lead for the second away game running at Deepdale tomorrow. Craig Brown's Preston are the comeback kings of Division One. They have been behind in half their matches this season but
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Allders confirms takeover approach
Struggling department store group Allders saw its share price rise after confirming it had received a takeover approach. Shares in the Croydon-based retailer, which has stores in Chichester and Crawley, surged 11 per cent after it said talks with the
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Big spend forecast
European online sales this Christmas are set to beat all records, according to US research company Forrester. It predicts online retail sales will total £4.8 billion, up 86 per cent on last year, and claims the UK will by top the tree by spending a £2.6
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It's women who buy on the net
Women are more likely to buy things using the internet than men, although men spend more when they shop online, according to a survey by the Royal Bank of Scotland. About 22 per cent of women have bought something on the web, compared to 19 per cent of
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Parker's Progress with Tim Parker
Early last year, Beth and I were in America. Alan Greenspan had just made a large cut in America's interest rates. Many were confused. Was it good news, a welcome help to keep the American economy ahead of its competitors, or did Mr Greenspan know something
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Fast net can ease gridlock
The broadband revolution could solve the problems of congested roads and poor transport links for businesses in Sussex. The advantages of broadband communication technology dominated the South-East regional business forum of the Institute of Directors
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Thumbs-up for station proposals
Business leaders have put their weight behind a controversial brownfield site development. The New England Consortium has put in plans to Brighton and Hove City Council for a mixed use scheme on land next to Brighton station. It includes two hotels, a
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Kitson suffers new setback
Albion striker Paul Kitson has been told he is unlikely to play again until after Christmas. The former West Ham hitman has been struggling with a persistent back injury since joining the Seagulls in the summer. Despite surgery, Kitson has now been told
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Coppell: Run must continue
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned the mini-revival means nothing. The Seagulls are breathing down the necks of their fellow strugglers after seven points out of the last nine. They launch a testing programme of pre-Christmas fixtures at Preston tomorrow
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Firefighters' strike begins
Fire crews across Brighton and Hove began an eight-day strike today after talks broke down at the 11th hour. Crews from Brighton walked out as the clock struck 9am to take up their positions on the picket line. Cars passing Preston Circus Fire Station
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Fired over saucy email
A woman has been sacked from her job at American Express after she accidentally invited a manager to a saucy party. Rachael Fountain, who worked at Amex in Brighton for ten months, inadvertently emailed a finance director who had the same name as a friend
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Business backing for station scheme
Business leaders have put their weight behind the controversial Brighton railway station site development. The New England Consortium has put in plans to Brighton and Hove City Council for a mixed-use scheme on land next to the station. It includes two
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Bath 'grenade' taken off shelves
A bubble bath made to look like a grenade has been withdrawn from sale by a chain of chemists amid fears it could be used in terror scares. Former Sussex Police superintendent Janet Skeef and Lewes Lib Dem MP Norman Baker led the campaign to get the bubble
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Five hurt in seafront crash
Five people were injured in a seafront smash last night. Two cars were involved in the collision with a parked lorry just after 8pm in Madeira Drive, near the Palace Pier, Brighton. A Peugeot collided with a VW Passat and then crashed into the lorry.
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Oops ...
It's just an observation but I noticed that a snippet lifted from The Argus appeared in last Saturday's edition of the Daily Telegraph, although possibly not for the right reasons. I must admit I missed the ad the first time round in The Argus but I probably
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Rock: Nickelback, Brighton Centre, November 23
Last year, Nickelback went from being one of Canada's best-loved rock bands to being one of the biggest acts in the world. Their latest album, Silver Side Up, has racked up more than four million sales in the US, gone six-times platinum in Canada and
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Art: Matthew Smith: Flamboyant Colour, Pallant House, Chichester, Until January 12
Matthew Smith (1859-1959) has been praised for his distinctive use of colour. It was influenced by the Fauve artists, especially Matisse in whose studio he studied in 1911. This select exhibition explores Smith's sensuous use of colour in a number of
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Date
My Dome web site
If Bert Hobden (Letters, November 19) or anyone else is interested, I have produced a web site devoted to the Dome Organ which is kept updated with the latest re-installation news and can be found at http:// hometown.aol.co.uk/domeorgan/. There are links
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Art: Feelers, Fabrica, Brighton, until December 15
Feelers is an exhibition that targets the senses in ways not usually experienced when looking at art. Fabrica Gallery's consistent emphasis on art that actively involves the visitor is played out once again with this show. Jonathan Swain, who organised
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Psychic: An Audience With Colin Fry, Hove Town Hall, November 26
The star of The 6ixth Sense on Living TV has a special gift for communicating with spirits and delivering their messages. Fry has opened up the mysterious world of the paranormal and adapted it to the style of a talk show for his television audience and
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Thanks for boosting coffers
On behalf of the Royal British Legion, I thank the traders and volunteers of Woodingdean who raised a total of £1,292 for the annual Poppy Appeal in spite of the loss of three volunteers since last year. We are hoping for some new recruits next year.
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The insults fly
There was another Union flag stuck upside-down again on Hove Crown Court and not just on any day of the year but the worst time it could possibly have been - during Remembrance week. Whatever is going on? Are they so badly taught at school now about everyday
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Think Of It This Way, with John Parry
The immensely overhyped first public autopsy in Britain for more than 170 years was everything you could have predicted. It was sleazy, pretentious and presided over by a ringmeister with the kind of German accent English actors aspired to in all those
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Date
Hard times
During the war years, thousands, including me, were in the ARP, later Civil Defence. We worked long hours during the day or night, then went to the allotted depots and were called out to horrendous incidents - fighting fires, giving first aid, collecting
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Date
Surgeon's string of needless ops
A gynaecologist who carried out unneeded hysterectomies without his patients' consent was today waiting to find out if he would be struck off. Dr Michael Pembrey was found guilty of performing the unnecessary operations and other procedures on seven women
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Date
Strike fear
Firefighters should fight fires and soldiers should be in a position to defend their country. We should all be worried that while the country is being warned of imminent terrorist attacks our troops may be either fighting George W Bush's wars for him
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Date
Double role
I would say every worker in the country could give a good reason why he should have an increase in pay. One such reason is brought about by a lot of men having to pay for two families. I know of at least four cases where the men are supporting two families
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Date
Matthew Clark: Bloor keeps faith
Burgess Hill boss Danny Bloor says he has no plans to replace top scorer Sean Randell following his switch to Withdean 2000. Bloor says he has faith in his existing strikers at Leylands Park, particularly as Steve Harper has returned to fitness. Des Guile
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Rogue mail
The case of Rachael Fountain is a salutary warning that you can never be too careful about sending emails. Rachael, of Queen's Gardens, Brighton, organised a sex-themed party at her home with her boyfriend. But she accidentally sent an email invitation
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Date
Hopes high for children
There are few sadder sights than children suffering from terminal cancer or other incurable diseases. At an age when they should have long lives before them, they are often only a short time from death. The strain is often as great on the families who
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Date
Coppell: Run must continue
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned the mini-revival means nothing. The Seagulls are breathing down the necks of their fellow strugglers after seven points out of the last nine. They launch a testing programme of pre-Christmas fixtures at Preston tomorrow
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Date
Estate agency sale rumour
Leading Sussex estate agents Fox and Sons could be sold. The agency's owner, insurer Royal & Sun Alliance, needs to raise £800 million after being hit hard following last year's September 11 terrorist attacks, the stock market slump, asbestos claims
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Nationwide has a lending surge
Nationwide Building Society has snatched back its share of the mortgage market, with a surge in lending over the past six months. The society said net mortgage advances were £2.9 billion in the six months to October 4, up from £100 million the same time
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Passengers watch platform performance
Performing arts students surprised Sussex travellers by putting on a show on a railway station concourse. The group, performing for their community project at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth-Form College, (BHASVIC) went down a treat with bored bystanders
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Coppell welcomes salary cap
Albion boss Steve Coppell today welcomed the Football League's proposals for a salary cap. The 72 member clubs have voted in favour of a ruling which means clubs can only spend a set percentage - initially 60 per cent but eventually 50 per cent - of their
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Boy climbed frame to escape from dogs
A terrified schoolboy scaled a climbing frame to escape two snarling Rottweilers which attacked him as he played with friends. The 12-year-old said the dogs grabbed him as he played with two children in a private Crawley garden. One of his legs was so
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Worker claims discrimination
A former computer software manager said she had to undergo an emergency triple heart bypass after suffering stress and working up to 80 hours a week. Cheryl West told Brighton Employment Tribunal her pleas to cut her workload as a software development
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Stressed worker's discrimination claim
A former computer software manager said she had to undergo an emergency triple heart bypass after suffering stress and working up to 80 hours a week. Cheryl West told Brighton Employment Tribunal her pleas to cut her workload as a software development
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Date
Rail users face instant fines
Passengers travelling on South West Trains services without a ticket will be given on-the-spot fines from next year. The news comes after we revealed SouthCentral was planning to fine fare dodgers. South West Trains has not revealed details of its scheme
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Date
Bath 'grenade' taken off shelves
A bubble bath made to look like a grenade has been withdrawn from sale by a chain of chemists amid fears it could be used in terror scares. Former Sussex Police superintendent Janet Skeef and Lewes Lib Dem MP Norman Baker led the campaign to get the bubble
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Date
Can't someone save this clinic?
I was so sorry to hear of the demise of Dr Jan de Winter's clinic. Surely someone could find the money to fund a well-deserved project? How about the Lottery fund? Dr Jan de Winter has devoted his life to the care of others. In fact, I am very surprised
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Date
Art: It's The Dogs! Saucy, Hove, November 25- January 5
Liz Toole likes to paint dogs and lots of them. Cute and colourful, her pictures portray man's best friends as they go about their daily business. Long, tall, fat and thin, all the mutts are here, packed with character and life. Using acrylics, pens and
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Date
Art: Private Worlds, Charleston, Firle, until January 5
This exhibition is an invitation to enter the private worlds of five artists through their unique work. Quentin Bell (1910-1996), the son of painter Vanessa and art critic Clive Bell who made Charleston their home, is best known as a writer on art history
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Date
Art: Feelers, Fabrica, Brighton, until December 15
Feelers is an exhibition that targets the senses in ways not usually experienced when looking at art. Fabrica Gallery's consistent emphasis on art that actively involves the visitor is played out once again with this show. Jonathan Swain, who organised
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Date
Classical: Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra, Brighton Dome, November 24
John Carewe, music director of the BPO for 13 years after taking over from founder Herbert Menges in 1972, returns to conduct a one-off concert. Carewe, praised by Sir Simon Rattle as his mentor, will conduct Beethoven's Egmont Overture and Dvorak's 8th
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Date
Comedy: Ed Byrne, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, November 26
He's done some dodgy work on television but Ed Byrne remains one of the strongest observational comics around. Instinctively sensing the ridiculous in everything, he dresses sharp social satire in throwaway banter. He has the amiability and substance
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Date
Stage: Bounce, Brighton Dome, until November 30
If you ever went to dance classes as a kid or fancied yourself as a disco diva, beware. This show will make you want to throw your career on the scrap heap and become a dancer. A cast of 15 dancers are directed by Anthony Van Last, the choreographer and
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Date
Thanks for boosting coffers
On behalf of the Royal British Legion, I thank the traders and volunteers of Woodingdean who raised a total of £1,292 for the annual Poppy Appeal in spite of the loss of three volunteers since last year. We are hoping for some new recruits next year.
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Date
Music: Femi Kuti, Brighton Dome, November 23
Femi Kuti is an iconic presence in African music as the charismatic leader of the Afrobeat movement. Like his late father, Fela Kuti, he's a saxophonist, singer and songwriter. Fela was a legendary figure in music and politics, the initiator of Afrobeat
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Date
Think Of It This Way, with John Parry
The immensely overhyped first public autopsy in Britain for more than 170 years was everything you could have predicted. It was sleazy, pretentious and presided over by a ringmeister with the kind of German accent English actors aspired to in all those
-
Date
Hard times
During the war years, thousands, including me, were in the ARP, later Civil Defence. We worked long hours during the day or night, then went to the allotted depots and were called out to horrendous incidents - fighting fires, giving first aid, collecting
-
Date
Surgeon's string of needless ops
A gynaecologist who carried out unneeded hysterectomies without his patients' consent was today waiting to find out if he would be struck off. Dr Michael Pembrey was found guilty of performing the unnecessary operations and other procedures on seven women
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Date
Piece-work
During a GMTV interview on November 13, Labour Party chairman Dr Ian Reid MP informed viewers there were 40 applicants for each firefighter's position, that firefighters work only four days a week and that a large percentage of these firefighters have
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Date
Risky money
Surely a sensible solution to the pay claim would be for the firefighters to be given a reasonable rise topped up by danger money commensurate with the life-threatening risks their calling forces them to take. Any other section wanting parity with the
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Date
Matthew Clark: Stabler back with Marigolds
Carl Stabler has finally been named as Littlehampton's new manager and will take charge for the first time at Pagham tomorrow. Stabler, who has had two previous spells at the Sportsfield, has been the Marigolds' No. 1 target since Tony Elliott quit the
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Date
Rogue mail
The case of Rachael Fountain is a salutary warning that you can never be too careful about sending emails. Rachael, of Queen's Gardens, Brighton, organised a sex-themed party at her home with her boyfriend. But she accidentally sent an email invitation
-
Date
Not alone
Well done, Bini McCall, for your column "Firefighters are not the only heroes" (November 18) - my sentiments exactly. This article should have been on the front page. I, and many others I have spoken to, agree wholeheartedly with the comments made - especially
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Date
Lost lessons
We are told firefighters must agree to "modernisation" of their working conditions if they are to receive anything approaching the professional wage they deserve. What that means is the dismantling of the tried and tested watch system. I have not heard
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Date
Dr Martens: Johnson quits Saints
Cash-strapped St Leonards have been forced to release Andy Johnson. The former Lewes midfielder left Saints this week because they cannot afford his wages. He is set to join Ringmer. Johnson is the last of the club's contracted players to quit after Saints
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Date
Prison staff pay is way below firemen
After reading your report (The Argus, November 14), I ask the firefighters if they think their job is more dangerous than prison officers. The prison service received a 0.75 per cent pay increase this year, yet officers face danger and humiliation every
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Date
Brown's boys are comeback kings
Albion fans should not get too carried away if the Seagulls take the lead for the second away game running at Deepdale tomorrow. Craig Brown's Preston are the comeback kings of Division One. They have been behind in half their matches this season but
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Date
Coppell: Run must continue
Albion boss Steve Coppell has warned the mini-revival means nothing. The Seagulls are breathing down the necks of their fellow strugglers after seven points out of the last nine. They launch a testing programme of pre-Christmas fixtures at Preston tomorrow
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Allders confirms takeover approach
Struggling department store group Allders saw its share price rise after confirming it had received a takeover approach. Shares in the Croydon-based retailer, which has stores in Chichester and Crawley, surged 11 per cent after it said talks with the
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Nationwide has a lending surge
Nationwide Building Society has snatched back its share of the mortgage market, with a surge in lending over the past six months. The society said net mortgage advances were £2.9 billion in the six months to October 4, up from £100 million the same time
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Passengers watch platform performance
Performing arts students surprised Sussex travellers by putting on a show on a railway station concourse. The group, performing for their community project at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth-Form College, (BHASVIC) went down a treat with bored bystanders
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Parker's Progress with Tim Parker
Early last year, Beth and I were in America. Alan Greenspan had just made a large cut in America's interest rates. Many were confused. Was it good news, a welcome help to keep the American economy ahead of its competitors, or did Mr Greenspan know something
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Thumbs-up for station proposals
Business leaders have put their weight behind a controversial brownfield site development. The New England Consortium has put in plans to Brighton and Hove City Council for a mixed use scheme on land next to Brighton station. It includes two hotels, a
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Kitson suffers new setback
Albion striker Paul Kitson has been told he is unlikely to play again until after Christmas. The former West Ham hitman has been struggling with a persistent back injury since joining the Seagulls in the summer. Despite surgery, Kitson has now been told
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Coppell welcomes salary cap
Albion boss Steve Coppell today welcomed the Football League's proposals for a salary cap. The 72 member clubs have voted in favour of a ruling which means clubs can only spend a set percentage - initially 60 per cent but eventually 50 per cent - of their
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Boy climbed frame to escape from dogs
A terrified schoolboy scaled a climbing frame to escape two snarling Rottweilers which attacked him as he played with friends. The 12-year-old said the dogs grabbed him as he played with two children in a private Crawley garden. One of his legs was so
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Worker claims discrimination
A former computer software manager said she had to undergo an emergency triple heart bypass after suffering stress and working up to 80 hours a week. Cheryl West told Brighton Employment Tribunal her pleas to cut her workload as a software development
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Firefighters' strike begins
Fire crews across Brighton and Hove began an eight-day strike today after talks broke down at the 11th hour. Crews from Brighton walked out as the clock struck 9am to take up their positions on the picket line. Cars passing Preston Circus Fire Station
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Business backing for station scheme
Business leaders have put their weight behind the controversial Brighton railway station site development. The New England Consortium has put in plans to Brighton and Hove City Council for a mixed-use scheme on land next to the station. It includes two
