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Olympic rider's pets vanish
Olympic medallist Pippa Funnell has offered £1,000 reward after her two prized dogs went missing. The horse riding champion last saw Jack Russells Toes and Fudgie nine-days-ago when she let them out for their usual run at 7am. When the terriers did not
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Charity's freak phone calls revealed
The RSPCA has marked the festive season by revealing the top ten weirdest calls it has received. With calls from the public coming in to the Horsham-based charity every 20 seconds, it is hardly surprising some of them are more than a little bizarre. Top
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Public service?
A notice in Hove Town Hall said it would be closed for eight-and-a-half days, from lunchtime on December 24 until the morning of January 2. Fortunately, my local supermarket is not following suit. It obviously believes it provides a public service and
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Coastway chaos
David Franks, managing director of South Central (Letters, December 18), deserves the support of all rail passengers. Train companies are struggling to run services along our disjointed Southampton-to-Ashford International coastal rail network and Victorian
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Elvis The Girl vs Anne Robinson
Di Gregory got all shook up when she came face to face with TV quiz mistress Anne Robinson. The Brighton performer was one of 11 Elvis impersonators chosen to take part in a one-off special of The Weakest Link. But it wasn't meeting quick-witted Ms Robinson
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Fraud fears
So, John Prescott has approved the all-postal ballot pilot for the Brighton and Hove local elections next May. However, we still have heard nothing about how fraud will be avoided in multi-occupied blocks with one letterbox or people voting more than
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All too human
I would like to give the biggest thanks to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, especially the doctors and nurses of Bristol ward. I had the best stay anyone could have had. The nurses worked hard to make me comfortable - my operation was complicated because
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Match preview: Worthington vows to keep youngsters
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington gave fans an early Christmas present by signing a one-year extension to his contract through to 2006. Now the former Northern Ireland international wants to make it a happy New Year for Canaries supporters as well by
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Basketball: Let's topple the Towers
Skipper Randy Duck has called for another huge mental effort to help Brighton Bears knock one of their British League rivals out of the running. Bears play London Towers at the Triangle on Saturday (7pm) aiming to hand their visitors a seventh league
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Coppell gets set for victory
Albion boss Steve Coppell has told his players they must get set to achieve a vital first victory in eight games at promotion-chasing Norwich today. The next-to-bottom Seagulls were beaten by a set piece against Micky Adams' Leicester in their last outing
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Cyber-squatter who took on wine giants
A cheeky cyber-squatter has lost a battle with one of the world's best-known wine producers after trying to secure a few free cases. Nick Gebbie found himself up against the big boys after doing a bit of business on the internet. The 24-year-old, from
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Councillor's fightback after stroke
Brighton and Hove councillor Roy Pennington had always considered himself a relatively fit and healthy man. His work for the authority and as a member of the employment tribunal panel meant he was constantly busy. The nature of his work meant communication
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Coppell gets set for victory
Albion boss Steve Coppell has told his players they must get set to achieve a vital first victory in eight games at promotion-chasing Norwich today. The next-to-bottom Seagulls were beaten by a set piece against Micky Adams' Leicester in their last outing
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No room at stadium for travellers
A group of travellers were forced to move their homes on Christmas Eve. Officers at West Sussex County Council told people living in eight caravans parked near the Broadfield Stadium, Crawley, to pack up and leave. The caravans had been parked in a lay-by
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Caravan owners quit site
A group of caravan owners have been forced off a site after their holiday homes passed their sell-by date. Fifty-five owners who rented pitches at the Martello Beach Caravan Park, Pevensey Bay, quit the park at the beginning of the week. Up to 100 more
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Centre blow for gym club
Young gymnasts are to be barred from a leisure centre to make way for school pupils. Pupils from Peacehaven Community School will have exclusive use of the sports hall at the town's Meridian Leisure Centre from September. Children taking gymnastics classes
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Swimmers b-b-brave sea for festive dip
Hundreds gathered to cheer on about 60 swimmers who plunged into the English Channel for a traditional Christmas Day dip. Spectators lined Brighton beach as swimmers aged from 11 to 65 took to the cold surf next to the Palace Pier. Members of Brighton
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Family lose pets in power bungle
A family has demanded compensation from British Gas after losing four rare fish and their frozen Christmas turkey in a power supply bungle. Diane and Adi Levene, who buy their electricity from British Gas, lost their supply for a total of 36 hours during
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High praise for city buses
Bus services in Brighton and Hove have been singled out for praise in an otherwise damning report of the UK's public transport. The report from environmental group Transport 2000 describes Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company as "innovative" and highlights
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Judge hits out at court cash waste
A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for wasting public money over a case which could have been resolved months ago. Judge Charles Kemp said a considerable amount of cash had been spent needlessly because prosecutors refused to accept
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Olympic rider's pets vanish
Olympic medallist Pippa Funnell has offered £1,000 reward after her two prized dogs went missing. The horse riding champion last saw Jack Russells Toes and Fudgie nine-days-ago when she let them out for their usual run at 7am. When the terriers did not
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Date
Charity's freak phone calls revealed
The RSPCA has marked the festive season by revealing the top ten weirdest calls it has received. With calls from the public coming in to the Horsham-based charity every 20 seconds, it is hardly surprising some of them are more than a little bizarre. Top
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Date
Public service?
A notice in Hove Town Hall said it would be closed for eight-and-a-half days, from lunchtime on December 24 until the morning of January 2. Fortunately, my local supermarket is not following suit. It obviously believes it provides a public service and
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Date
Tax by stealth
Gavin Kennedy (Letters, December 19) fails to add that South East councils are going to add massive increases to council tax. Whatever his views, this is another government stealth tax. Since the end of the Second World War, all Labour governments have
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Special pleading
I enjoyed the wide-angled graphic projection (Letters, December 19). Medina tower is vertical but Bath Court is about to collapse eastwards and Benham and Spa Courts are setting to the west. Are there cases here for Dangerous Structure Notices? Or are
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The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Forty years ago, one of the most momentous weather events of the last century occurred and no one who was around will ever forget it. That Boxing Day was the start of the Big Freeze, which lasted for more than two months and caused huge disruption. Even
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Elvis The Girl vs Anne Robinson
Di Gregory got all shook up when she came face to face with TV quiz mistress Anne Robinson. The Brighton performer was one of 11 Elvis impersonators chosen to take part in a one-off special of The Weakest Link. But it wasn't meeting quick-witted Ms Robinson
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Illogic rules
I was recently involved in a case at the Brighton County Court in relation to a dispute over monies owed. During the case, the argument sat upon the validity of invoices paid by one party denied by the other. Despite the defendant's accountants being
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Easy swipe
I sympathise with those who have to buy tickets at Brighton station. The queues are often excessive and the automatic ticket machines are frequently out of change, not working or do not provide tickets to where I want to go. The newer credit card machines
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Don't watch the birdie
Gulls can be a pain and a pest by pecking open rubbish bags for food and even occasionally attacking people who eat in the street. But John Butler, the Birdman of Brighton, says it's all our fault by encouraging the gulls through feeding them scraps of
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The gift of giving
Here's a suitably seasonal story summing up almost everything Christmas should be about. Many children have been thinking mainly of their presents in the run-up to Christmas and beyond. But three-year-old Jacob Towner from Portslade handed over an ice
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Football: Langston longs for a break
Matt Langston is hoping a spell on loan can secure his long-term future with Watford. The Brighton-born defender is halfway through his fourth season as a professional at Watford but he has yet to break into the first team. His contract is up for renewal
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Diluted spirit
My wife and I were kindly invited to a Christmas lunch in Arundel so, rather than drink and drive, we took a taxi, which cost £7.10. My wife returned before me and was charged £9.50. Some friends who live nearby left without me so I called into the Swan
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Match preview: Worthington vows to keep youngsters
Norwich manager Nigel Worthington gave fans an early Christmas present by signing a one-year extension to his contract through to 2006. Now the former Northern Ireland international wants to make it a happy New Year for Canaries supporters as well by
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Watch out when you use cash machines
We have had our family Christmas pretty much destroyed by two guys who attacked our son just before 9pm last Saturday, just after he left the cash machine at the NatWest Bank in Western Road, Brighton, close to Montpelier Road. They followed him down
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Basketball talk, with Bears coach Nick Nurse
So here we are, Christmas time, the season of goodwill to all men. Not that you would have thought so if you had been following the various basketball gossip of late. I've heard tales of gloom and doom, I know of one prediction that the BBL will collapse
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Council denies it's buying Pelham House
A council has moved to quash speculation that it wants to buy one of the most historic buildings in Lewes. Lewes District Council said it had no interest in buying Pelham House, which is to be sold by East Sussex County Council. The county council's ruling
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Ex-music teacher and organist dies
Former Sussex music teacher and pianist Florence Percy has died at the age of 91. Mrs Percy, nee Prophet, lived in Albion Street, Southwick, for more than 50 years until she fell last year and fractured her pelvis. The great-grandmother was born in Stockport
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4,000 sign up to save children
More than 4,000 mobile phone users have signed up to a kidnap alert scheme which could help save a child's life. Sussex Police are piloting the unique project, which aims to trace abducted children within hours of their disappearance with public help.
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Councillor's fightback after stroke
Brighton and Hove councillor Roy Pennington had always considered himself a relatively fit and healthy man. His work for the authority and as a member of the employment tribunal panel meant he was constantly busy. The nature of his work meant communication
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Date
Coppell gets set for victory
Albion boss Steve Coppell has told his players they must get set to achieve a vital first victory in eight games at promotion-chasing Norwich today. The next-to-bottom Seagulls were beaten by a set piece against Micky Adams' Leicester in their last outing
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Date
No room at stadium for travellers
A group of travellers were forced to move their homes on Christmas Eve. Officers at West Sussex County Council told people living in eight caravans parked near the Broadfield Stadium, Crawley, to pack up and leave. The caravans had been parked in a lay-by
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Date
Caravan owners quit site
A group of caravan owners have been forced off a site after their holiday homes passed their sell-by date. Fifty-five owners who rented pitches at the Martello Beach Caravan Park, Pevensey Bay, quit the park at the beginning of the week. Up to 100 more
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Date
Family lose pets in power bungle
A family has demanded compensation from British Gas after losing four rare fish and their frozen Christmas turkey in a power supply bungle. Diane and Adi Levene, who buy their electricity from British Gas, lost their supply for a total of 36 hours during
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Date
Teacher's TV IQ triumph
A rugby playing science teacher will be able to hold his head high when he returns to school after scoring 86 per cent in the BBC's Test the Nation show. Sean Maywood, head of Science at Oathall Community College, in Haywards Heath, was one of 50 rugby
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Date
High praise for city buses
Bus services in Brighton and Hove have been singled out for praise in an otherwise damning report of the UK's public transport. The report from environmental group Transport 2000 describes Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company as "innovative" and highlights
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Date
Disabled toddler's goodwill gesture
While most children were concerning themselves with what they would get for Christmas, one partially-sighted toddler was more interested in giving. Three-year-old Jacob Towner handed over an ice cream carton full of coins to help The Argus Appeal. He
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Date
Judge hits out at court cash waste
A judge has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for wasting public money over a case which could have been resolved months ago. Judge Charles Kemp said a considerable amount of cash had been spent needlessly because prosecutors refused to accept
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Date
Going to the watchdog
In the light of David Northmore's letter in a regional newspaper last week and the letter to my local county councillor last month, I have decided to report West Sussex County Council's David Dewdney to the local government ombudsman for maladministration
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Date
Tax by stealth
Gavin Kennedy (Letters, December 19) fails to add that South East councils are going to add massive increases to council tax. Whatever his views, this is another government stealth tax. Since the end of the Second World War, all Labour governments have
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Date
Special pleading
I enjoyed the wide-angled graphic projection (Letters, December 19). Medina tower is vertical but Bath Court is about to collapse eastwards and Benham and Spa Courts are setting to the west. Are there cases here for Dangerous Structure Notices? Or are
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Date
The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Forty years ago, one of the most momentous weather events of the last century occurred and no one who was around will ever forget it. That Boxing Day was the start of the Big Freeze, which lasted for more than two months and caused huge disruption. Even
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Date
Illogic rules
I was recently involved in a case at the Brighton County Court in relation to a dispute over monies owed. During the case, the argument sat upon the validity of invoices paid by one party denied by the other. Despite the defendant's accountants being
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Date
Easy swipe
I sympathise with those who have to buy tickets at Brighton station. The queues are often excessive and the automatic ticket machines are frequently out of change, not working or do not provide tickets to where I want to go. The newer credit card machines
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Date
Trouble at top
It is disgraceful for South Central to condemn a member of its own staff for carrying out company instructions (Letters, December 12) rather than take the rap for its own management shortcomings. Revenue-protection staff such as "Ian" are put there specifically
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Date
Don't watch the birdie
Gulls can be a pain and a pest by pecking open rubbish bags for food and even occasionally attacking people who eat in the street. But John Butler, the Birdman of Brighton, says it's all our fault by encouraging the gulls through feeding them scraps of
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Date
Sense is clear
I am disappointed Peter Poole resorts to personal abuse when writing about the planning committee meeting to consider the Brighton station site development (Letters, December 19). As chairman of the meeting, it was my duty to ensure the business of the
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Date
The gift of giving
Here's a suitably seasonal story summing up almost everything Christmas should be about. Many children have been thinking mainly of their presents in the run-up to Christmas and beyond. But three-year-old Jacob Towner from Portslade handed over an ice
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Date
Football: Langston longs for a break
Matt Langston is hoping a spell on loan can secure his long-term future with Watford. The Brighton-born defender is halfway through his fourth season as a professional at Watford but he has yet to break into the first team. His contract is up for renewal
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Date
A bus network to be proud of
Bus services across much of Britain are in decline because they are expensive, slow, unreliable, uncomfortable and infrequent. But in Brighton and Hove bus travel is rising by five per cent a year because the city has one of the best networks in the country
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Date
Diluted spirit
My wife and I were kindly invited to a Christmas lunch in Arundel so, rather than drink and drive, we took a taxi, which cost £7.10. My wife returned before me and was charged £9.50. Some friends who live nearby left without me so I called into the Swan
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Date
Watch out when you use cash machines
We have had our family Christmas pretty much destroyed by two guys who attacked our son just before 9pm last Saturday, just after he left the cash machine at the NatWest Bank in Western Road, Brighton, close to Montpelier Road. They followed him down
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Date
Basketball talk, with Bears coach Nick Nurse
So here we are, Christmas time, the season of goodwill to all men. Not that you would have thought so if you had been following the various basketball gossip of late. I've heard tales of gloom and doom, I know of one prediction that the BBL will collapse
-
Date
Council denies it's buying Pelham House
A council has moved to quash speculation that it wants to buy one of the most historic buildings in Lewes. Lewes District Council said it had no interest in buying Pelham House, which is to be sold by East Sussex County Council. The county council's ruling
-
Date
Ex-music teacher and organist dies
Former Sussex music teacher and pianist Florence Percy has died at the age of 91. Mrs Percy, nee Prophet, lived in Albion Street, Southwick, for more than 50 years until she fell last year and fractured her pelvis. The great-grandmother was born in Stockport
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Date
4,000 sign up to save children
More than 4,000 mobile phone users have signed up to a kidnap alert scheme which could help save a child's life. Sussex Police are piloting the unique project, which aims to trace abducted children within hours of their disappearance with public help.
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Date
Mystery of missing Italian
Police are mystified by the disappearance of an Italian man who went missing after flying into Gatwick. Luigi Pesenti, who speaks no English, arrived on a flight from Florence at lunchtime on Monday and has not been seen since. Police are doubly concerned
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Date
Goodwill of police Santas
Eighteen police officers clubbed together to buy food hampers to give to the elderly on Christmas Day. The officers worked through the morning offering goodwill gestures and stayed with the recipients to chat. PC Donna Gibson, from Brighton and Hove police
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Date
Three escape Christmas fire
Fire safety experts today urged people to buy a smoke alarm during the Christmas sales after three people escaped from a blaze. The occupants were sleeping in a town centre cottage yesterday morning when a smoke alarm went off. They fled into the street
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Date
We know what you're thinking ...
Normstock should happen again and Gatwick should have a second runway, according to our opinionated online readers. Every day, thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk runs a topical poll which net surfers can vote in at the click of a mouse. The polls remain in place
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Date
Teacher's TV IQ triumph
A rugby playing science teacher will be able to hold his head high when he returns to school after scoring 86 per cent in the BBC's Test the Nation show. Sean Maywood, head of Science at Oathall Community College, in Haywards Heath, was one of 50 rugby
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Date
Starve the birds, residents told
A bird expert is urging people to help combat dive-bombing seagulls by binning their food scraps over the festive season. John Butler has warned people not to feed herring gulls with bread and leftovers. The advice has been given to stop people being
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Date
Disabled toddler's goodwill gesture
While most children were concerning themselves with what they would get for Christmas, one partially-sighted toddler was more interested in giving. Three-year-old Jacob Towner handed over an ice cream carton full of coins to help The Argus Appeal. He
-
Date
Going to the watchdog
In the light of David Northmore's letter in a regional newspaper last week and the letter to my local county councillor last month, I have decided to report West Sussex County Council's David Dewdney to the local government ombudsman for maladministration
-
Date
Coastway chaos
David Franks, managing director of South Central (Letters, December 18), deserves the support of all rail passengers. Train companies are struggling to run services along our disjointed Southampton-to-Ashford International coastal rail network and Victorian
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Date
Trouble at top
It is disgraceful for South Central to condemn a member of its own staff for carrying out company instructions (Letters, December 12) rather than take the rap for its own management shortcomings. Revenue-protection staff such as "Ian" are put there specifically
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Date
Fraud fears
So, John Prescott has approved the all-postal ballot pilot for the Brighton and Hove local elections next May. However, we still have heard nothing about how fraud will be avoided in multi-occupied blocks with one letterbox or people voting more than
-
Date
Sense is clear
I am disappointed Peter Poole resorts to personal abuse when writing about the planning committee meeting to consider the Brighton station site development (Letters, December 19). As chairman of the meeting, it was my duty to ensure the business of the
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Date
All too human
I would like to give the biggest thanks to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, especially the doctors and nurses of Bristol ward. I had the best stay anyone could have had. The nurses worked hard to make me comfortable - my operation was complicated because
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Date
A bus network to be proud of
Bus services across much of Britain are in decline because they are expensive, slow, unreliable, uncomfortable and infrequent. But in Brighton and Hove bus travel is rising by five per cent a year because the city has one of the best networks in the country
-
Date
Basketball: Let's topple the Towers
Skipper Randy Duck has called for another huge mental effort to help Brighton Bears knock one of their British League rivals out of the running. Bears play London Towers at the Triangle on Saturday (7pm) aiming to hand their visitors a seventh league
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Date
Coppell gets set for victory
Albion boss Steve Coppell has told his players they must get set to achieve a vital first victory in eight games at promotion-chasing Norwich today. The next-to-bottom Seagulls were beaten by a set piece against Micky Adams' Leicester in their last outing
-
Date
Cyber-squatter who took on wine giants
A cheeky cyber-squatter has lost a battle with one of the world's best-known wine producers after trying to secure a few free cases. Nick Gebbie found himself up against the big boys after doing a bit of business on the internet. The 24-year-old, from
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Date
Centre blow for gym club
Young gymnasts are to be barred from a leisure centre to make way for school pupils. Pupils from Peacehaven Community School will have exclusive use of the sports hall at the town's Meridian Leisure Centre from September. Children taking gymnastics classes
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Date
Mystery of missing Italian
Police are mystified by the disappearance of an Italian man who went missing after flying into Gatwick. Luigi Pesenti, who speaks no English, arrived on a flight from Florence at lunchtime on Monday and has not been seen since. Police are doubly concerned
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Date
Swimmers b-b-brave sea for festive dip
Hundreds gathered to cheer on about 60 swimmers who plunged into the English Channel for a traditional Christmas Day dip. Spectators lined Brighton beach as swimmers aged from 11 to 65 took to the cold surf next to the Palace Pier. Members of Brighton
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Date
Goodwill of police Santas
Eighteen police officers clubbed together to buy food hampers to give to the elderly on Christmas Day. The officers worked through the morning offering goodwill gestures and stayed with the recipients to chat. PC Donna Gibson, from Brighton and Hove police
-
Date
Three escape Christmas fire
Fire safety experts today urged people to buy a smoke alarm during the Christmas sales after three people escaped from a blaze. The occupants were sleeping in a town centre cottage yesterday morning when a smoke alarm went off. They fled into the street
-
Date
We know what you're thinking ...
Normstock should happen again and Gatwick should have a second runway, according to our opinionated online readers. Every day, thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk runs a topical poll which net surfers can vote in at the click of a mouse. The polls remain in place
-
Date
Starve the birds, residents told
A bird expert is urging people to help combat dive-bombing seagulls by binning their food scraps over the festive season. John Butler has warned people not to feed herring gulls with bread and leftovers. The advice has been given to stop people being
