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Alien apparition spooks neighbours
The mystery appearance of strange lights appearing on homes has taken another twist. People living in Shirley Street, Hove, have become accustomed to the almost daily apparitions of Xs and bars which flicker along their street. But the appearance of an
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Travellers zoom in for flights
Airports operator BAA had a "strong Christmas and New Year holiday period" with passenger numbers jumping 15.3 per cent over the previous year. The group, whose chief executive is Mike Hodgkinson, said passenger numbers across its seven UK airports -
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Award for TV channel
A Sussex firm has beaten competition from around Europe to win an award for internet innovation. Ardingly-based company i2i Technology won the Innovation In Streaming Media Arena Award at Streaming Media Europe 2002 in London. The competition was organised
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The internet will overtake phones
Karl Robinson, managing director of Mistral, the Brighton-based internet service provider (ISP), is nursing a cold and is nervous about having his photo taken. "It reminds me of being little and my mum making me take a brush to school to make sure my
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Nick Nurse for council boss
After the fantastic job Nick Nurse has done in turning around the Bears' fortunes, I say we put him in charge of Brighton and Hove City Council. He has done more to instil some pride into this city than our leaders can dream of. -Shaun Oaten, Montpelier
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Know your Ian Dury?
I am trying to find the song England's Glory, by the late Ian Dury and Kilburn and the High Roads. Can anyone tell me which CD or LP it is on? -Mrs K Mayne, Stonery Close, Portslade
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Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield
Article due before Christmas was so nearly finished (only a couple of weeks after Christmas and Christmas doesn't really count) when I decided to clean the oven. It had been distracting me from working by smelling of burnt things instead of heating my
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Brighton Belle comes home
The Brighton Belle made a triumphant return home today for the unveiling of a permanent memorial to one of Britain's best loved trains. Two of the original coaches from the train, which carried the rich and famous between Brighton and London from 1933
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Hockey: Eastbourne suffer hangover
Eastbourne returned to action after the Christmas break with a 2-1 defeat against Sutton Valence in Kent/Sussex division one. Dan Hill put Eastbourne ahead in the first half from open play but Sutton levelled midway through the second half and, with Eastbourne
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Chrome yellow
Now the bus service to Asda at Brighton Marina is as good as we are going to get, is it time to start campaigning for a clean-up of the access tunnel - commonly known as the biggest open sewer in Brighton - between the bus stop and the store? The stench
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Brace yourself
Brighton and Hove has not been listed by staff and students at Sussex University as a place for people to see before they die, probably because they work there. But Scunthorpe and Skegness have joined international sights such as the Great Wall of China
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FA Trophy: Reds' defender banned
Crawley will be without defender Marc Pullan for the rearranged third round tie against Hayes. Tonight's clash is the first of a two-match ban for Pullan which will force Reds boss Billy Smith to reshuffle his defence. Smith has better news with the return
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Use or lose it
Parts of Brighton and Hove face serious social problems. A contributing factor may be a sense of alienation from a society in which an individual can feel he counts for little. Other areas are more fortunate, perhaps because they retain a sense of community
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Discipline is a class issue
One third of teachers plan to leave within the next five years, a figure that suggests huge dissatisfaction within the profession. If anything like that number succeed, it will lead to the biggest crisis in the state education sector's history. Teachers
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Sussex Senior Cup: Hillians sink Saints
Burgess Hill 2, St Leonards 0: New St Leonards manager Gary Bowyer refused to be downcast after seeing his side crash out of the Cup in the third round. The county division one leaders totally outplayed their Dr Martens opponents to set up a quarter-final
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Four held over mum's killing
Forty police officers swooped on addresses this morning, arresting four people on suspicion of beating a Mid Sussex mother to death. The three men - two aged 32 and one 26 - and a woman aged 26, were arrested by squads at four different properties in
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Coppell urges quick start
Albion boss Steve Coppell wants a fast start in tonight's rescheduled third round FA Cup tie at Norwich. Coppell believes the Seagulls' hopes of repeating their 1-0 League win at Carrow Road on Boxing Day hinge on them being quick out of the blocks. Steve
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Coppell urges quick start
Albion boss Steve Coppell wants a fast start in tonight's rescheduled third round FA Cup tie at Norwich. Coppell believes the Seagulls' hopes of repeating their 1-0 League win at Carrow Road on Boxing Day hinge on them being quick out of the blocks. Steve
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Dead minks left in road
Environmental health officers are investigating after four dead mink were found gutted on a grass verge. A member of the public made the gruesome discovery in Wilmot Road, Shoreham, and alerted inspectors from Adur Watch. A spokeswoman for Adur District
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Higher sales in fashion
Fashion chain Monsoon said it had a good Christmas, with sales up 11 per cent, but forecast tougher trading conditions to come on the High Street. The group, which owns 277 Monsoon and Accessorize shops in the UK and Ireland, said like-for-like sales
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Supermarkets' Safeway sweep
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's gatecrashed rival Morrison's agreed takeover of Safeway with details of a bumper £3.2 billion bid. The group said it was considering an offer of at least 300p per share in a move that is certain to spark a bidding war. Analysts
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Mum and son flee blaze
A woman and her disabled son escaped from their home last night when fire broke out. Firefighters arrived at the house in Tillstone Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, to find the dining room and kitchen area alight but said the woman had done the correct thing
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Woman bailed over terror link charge
A woman charged with being a member of and raising funds for a terrorist organisation has had her case adjourned. Songul Ozgur, 27, from Brighton, and five others appeared before Bow Street Magistrates in central London yesterday charged under the Terrorism
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Sex shop approved
City councillors have approved plans for a mail-order sex shop operating from a business centre in Hove. Apollo Sales applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for permission to use a unit at the Gemini Centre in Old Shoreham Road. There were no objections
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Celebs' art raises £18,000 for kids
A celebrity art auction on the theme of passion has raised more than £18,000 for a children's charity. Bidding was tough as 250 guests gathered for the event at Brighton Artists' Gallery at Seven Dials last night. All the proceeds will go to the Hove-based
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Missing pilot faced child quiz
A maths teacher presumed dead after vanishing in his light aircraft was under police investigation after two pupils said he offered them cash to pose for photos. Amateur pilot Gerry Mepham's plane was last seen on Friday. Despite a massive search involving
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Threat torment of police wife
A policeman's wife fought back tears as she told how she was harassed and threatened by a man her husband had arrested. The man called at Tracey Curry's home in Brighton looking for her husband, Inspector Steve Curry, and later daubed menacing graffiti
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Former city MP's wife dies
Lady Spencer, wife of former Brighton Pavilion MP Sir Derek Spencer, has died suddenly from a heart attack, aged 44. Sir Derek, also a former Solicitor General, was a Conservative MP in Brighton from 1992 to 1997. Lady Spencer collapsed at her London
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Sewage threat to city farm scheme
Campaigners hoping to launch a city farm are out-raged their chosen site is among eight earmarked for a multi-million pound sewage treatment works. For three years, supporters of the East Brighton City Farm project have been working to create Brighton
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Alien apparition spooks neighbours
The mystery appearance of strange lights appearing on homes has taken another twist. People living in Shirley Street, Hove, have become accustomed to the almost daily apparitions of Xs and bars which flicker along their street. But the appearance of an
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Award for TV channel
A Sussex firm has beaten competition from around Europe to win an award for internet innovation. Ardingly-based company i2i Technology won the Innovation In Streaming Media Arena Award at Streaming Media Europe 2002 in London. The competition was organised
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Boost skills and income
An exhibition is being organised to show how small businesses can help build their employees' skills. The exhibition, called Learning Pays! - Freedom To Succeed Through Skills - is being held by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) with the Sussex
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The internet will overtake phones
Karl Robinson, managing director of Mistral, the Brighton-based internet service provider (ISP), is nursing a cold and is nervous about having his photo taken. "It reminds me of being little and my mum making me take a brush to school to make sure my
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Nick Nurse for council boss
After the fantastic job Nick Nurse has done in turning around the Bears' fortunes, I say we put him in charge of Brighton and Hove City Council. He has done more to instil some pride into this city than our leaders can dream of. -Shaun Oaten, Montpelier
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Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield
Article due before Christmas was so nearly finished (only a couple of weeks after Christmas and Christmas doesn't really count) when I decided to clean the oven. It had been distracting me from working by smelling of burnt things instead of heating my
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Brighton Belle comes home
The Brighton Belle made a triumphant return home today for the unveiling of a permanent memorial to one of Britain's best loved trains. Two of the original coaches from the train, which carried the rich and famous between Brighton and London from 1933
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Two a week walk out of jail
Two convicted criminals are walking out of Ford Open Prison every week, never to return. The shock figures have emerged following the disappearance of a convicted burglar from the jail near Arundel. Police took the rare step of alerting the public to
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Two a week walk out of jail
Two convicted criminals are walking out of Ford Open Prison every week, never to return. The shock figures have emerged following the disappearance of a convicted burglar from the jail near Arundel. Police took the rare step of alerting the public to
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Missing pilot faced child quiz
A maths teacher presumed dead after vanishing in his light aircraft was under police investigation after two pupils said he offered them cash to pose for photos. Amateur pilot Gerry Mepham's plane was last seen on Friday. Despite a massive search involving
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Murder quiz pair bailed
Two men arrested in connection with the murder of East Sussex businessman Michael Willard have been released on police bail. The duo were quizzed for an extended time about the 63-year-old scaffolding firm boss's death in Hastings. Both were released
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Sussex pair in hunger strike
Two Eastbourne men convicted on drugs charges in Morocco began a hunger strike today over "injustice and prison conditions". Paul Humble and Greg Saxby, both in their 40s, were both jailed for ten years in 1998 for smuggling £7 million of cannabis on
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Friends reunited
A couple of months ago, The Argus printed a letter from a lady in Australia asking for any former pupils of Elm Grove School who remember her to write to her. Her single name was Brenda Bassett, which I seemed to recall, as I was the secretary to the
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Basketball: Duck targets return
Brighton Bears skipper Randy Duck expects to be back in action at the end of the month after undergoing a hernia operation. Duck was due to have treatment this morning and said: "We will see how I feel after that. "I should be out for the rest of January
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Camera action
Councillors and the police took action after youngsters were killed and seriously injured in Madeira Drive in Brighton. They agreed to temporary barriers, which can be installed on the fast, straight stretch of seafront every time police hear boy racers
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Sussex pair in hunger strike
Two Sussex men convicted on drugs charges in Morocco began a hunger strike today over "injustice and prison conditions". Paul Humble and Gregory Saxby, both in their 40s and from Eastbourne, were both jailed for ten years in 1998 for smuggling £7 million
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Use or lose it
Parts of Brighton and Hove face serious social problems. A contributing factor may be a sense of alienation from a society in which an individual can feel he counts for little. Other areas are more fortunate, perhaps because they retain a sense of community
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So much for democracy
I am appalled at Lewes District Council's decision to agree to a change of use to The Sandrock Inn to private dwellings. This is yet another act of government agreeing to changes that will eventually alter the village community Sussex and many villages
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Four held over mum's killing
Forty police officers swooped on addresses this morning, arresting four people on suspicion of beating a Mid Sussex mother to death. The three men - two aged 32 and one 26 - and a woman aged 26, were arrested by squads at four different properties in
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Coppell urges quick start
Albion boss Steve Coppell wants a fast start in tonight's rescheduled third round FA Cup tie at Norwich. Coppell believes the Seagulls' hopes of repeating their 1-0 League win at Carrow Road on Boxing Day hinge on them being quick out of the blocks. Steve
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Dead minks left in road
Environmental health officers are investigating after four dead mink were found gutted on a grass verge. A member of the public made the gruesome discovery in Wilmot Road, Shoreham, and alerted inspectors from Adur Watch. A spokeswoman for Adur District
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Firm's whiff of success
Perfumes and aftershave proved a popular gift this Christmas, according to figures from retail chain The Perfume Shop. The 84-strong chain, which is owned by Merchant Retail Group, saw like-for-like sales rise 13 per cent in the seven weeks to January
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Dutchman had drugs
A Dutch national living in West Sussex has been ordered to carry out community work after he admitted importing cannabis resin. Willem Sparenburg, of Jarvis Road, Arundel, was found in possession of the Class B drug at Harwich, Essex, on December 14.
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How to make hits from home
Music gurus want to help produce a new generation of DIY pop stars churn out hits from their own bedrooms using the latest technology. Developments in music hardware have made it easier for wannabe pop idols to produce hits from home. Matt Caldrick, a
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Murder probe: Pair bailed
Two men arrested in connection with the murder of East Sussex businessman Michael Willard have been released on police bail. The duo were quizzed for an extended time about the 63-year-old scaffolding firm boss's death in Hastings. Both were released
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Sex shop approved
City councillors have approved plans for a mail-order sex shop operating from a business centre in Hove. Apollo Sales applied to Brighton and Hove City Council for permission to use a unit at the Gemini Centre in Old Shoreham Road. There were no objections
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High-flier Branson saves Birdman rally
The new organisers of the Bognor Birdman Rally got in a flap yesterday to celebrate saving this year's event. There were serious doubts about the future of the world-famous competition until Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson stepped in. Sir
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Software: Shut hackers out of your inbox
The insecurity of email is legendary. Anyone from system administrators to half the hacking community can read our mail if they want to. Now there is a simple software tool that allows you to send your business documents without fear of interception.
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Aga fire spreads to roof
A Mid Sussex couple watched as the roof of their cottage was ripped apart during a fire. The blaze started in the kitchen and spread to the roof of the cottage, near Albourne, at 1.30am today. Fire crews were sent from Henfield, Keymer, and Hurstpierpoint
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Web women
The dot com bubble may have burst but there's no place like home for running a successful web site. The latest wave of awardwinning sites are being managed from computers on kitchen tables by people who aren't internet experts, proving how easy it is
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Celebs' art raises £18,000 for kids
A celebrity art auction on the theme of passion has raised more than £18,000 for a children's charity. Bidding was tough as 250 guests gathered for the event at Brighton Artists' Gallery at Seven Dials last night. All the proceeds will go to the Hove-based
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Former city MP's wife dies
Lady Spencer, wife of former Brighton Pavilion MP Sir Derek Spencer, has died suddenly from a heart attack, aged 44. Sir Derek, also a former Solicitor General, was a Conservative MP in Brighton from 1992 to 1997. Lady Spencer collapsed at her London
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The art of recycling
A sculptor has recycled five tonnes of old telephone directories by turning them into art. Lewes artist Hamish Black has carved and moulded 5,000 Yellow Pages phone books into a variety of shapes. The seven unusual creations have gone on display in Reading
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Sewage threat to city farm scheme
Campaigners hoping to launch a city farm are out-raged their chosen site is among eight earmarked for a multi-million pound sewage treatment works. For three years, supporters of the East Brighton City Farm project have been working to create Brighton
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Barriers no bar to 'boy racers'
Barriers to lock so-called boy racers out of a crash blackspot on Brighton seafront have been used just four times since they were put up last year. Brighton and Hove City Council spent £20,000 on the gates as a solution to years of accidents and several
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Holiday woman wins just £44
A disabled woman who claimed she had been on a holiday from hell has been awarded just £44.50 compensation by a judge. Helen Batchelor, who uses a wheelchair, said she and her family were stranded in Scarborough after a Christmas coach trip ended in disaster
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Are you managing info efficiently?
Businesses across the world are amassing digital information faster than they know what to do with it. Servers are bursting at the seams and many information systems are slowed by the sheer flow of digital traffic. What they need is effective data management
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Boost skills and income
An exhibition is being organised to show how small businesses can help build their employees' skills. The exhibition, called Learning Pays! - Freedom To Succeed Through Skills - is being held by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) with the Sussex
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A first-class job
The Resource Centre, Knoll House, Hove, is closing in a few weeks' time for extensive refurbishment and will not be operational again for at least a year. On behalf of all there, I thank Mrs Netta Maggs and Mrs Dorothy Humphrey, who have each given 20
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Anger at Royal Mail's 'goodwill'
The Royal Mail offered a woman a book of stamps to make amends for tearing open her Christmas gifts and losing a £20 note. Barbara Cordery was shocked to receive a package from her elderly stepmother which had been ripped open. She was even more furious
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Two a week walk out of jail
Two convicted criminals are walking out of Ford Open Prison every week, never to return. The shock figures have emerged following the disappearance of a convicted burglar from the jail near Arundel. Police took the rare step of alerting the public to
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I remember lend-lease
I remember the first day of the Second World War. I was in Westminster. Are we going to have lease-lend from the US again? They came into the war two years after us, in 1941, when Pearl Harbor was bombed. For a long time afterwards, we were paying for
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Rapist strikes at university
Students in Brighton were today warned of a university rapist after an undergraduate was attacked on campus. Colleagues at the University of Sussex were put on alert as they were told about the assault, which happened three days ago. The university is
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No consolation to Bruce
While "Watchdog keeps eye on police canines" (The Argus, January 8) is good news for Sussex police dogs and obviously brought about by the events in Essex regarding police dogs, this is no consolation to police dog Bruce, who should still be alive today
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Friends reunited
A couple of months ago, The Argus printed a letter from a lady in Australia asking for any former pupils of Elm Grove School who remember her to write to her. Her single name was Brenda Bassett, which I seemed to recall, as I was the secretary to the
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Basketball: Duck targets return
Brighton Bears skipper Randy Duck expects to be back in action at the end of the month after undergoing a hernia operation. Duck was due to have treatment this morning and said: "We will see how I feel after that. "I should be out for the rest of January
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Uncommitted
I cannot let chairman of Brighton and Hove City Council planning committee Roy Pennington's critical salvo at my company regarding the Brighton station site pass without refuting his bizarre and unfair allegations (January 13). He refers to our reluctance
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Camera action
Councillors and the police took action after youngsters were killed and seriously injured in Madeira Drive in Brighton. They agreed to temporary barriers, which can be installed on the fast, straight stretch of seafront every time police hear boy racers
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Sussex pair in hunger strike
Two Sussex men convicted on drugs charges in Morocco began a hunger strike today over "injustice and prison conditions". Paul Humble and Gregory Saxby, both in their 40s and from Eastbourne, were both jailed for ten years in 1998 for smuggling £7 million
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FA Trophy: Lewes have new spur
Jimmy Quinn believes the incentive of facing Woking can spur his Lewes side to victory in their rearranged Trophy clash away to Gloucester City tonight. The winners of tonight's match have been drawn at home to either Woking or Chesham United in the fourth
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So much for democracy
I am appalled at Lewes District Council's decision to agree to a change of use to The Sandrock Inn to private dwellings. This is yet another act of government agreeing to changes that will eventually alter the village community Sussex and many villages
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Rugby: Seaford back to third
Seaford overcame a bit of rustiness to beat Rye 27-0 and return to third spot in Sussex One. Simon Baker's penalty was their only first-half score in the home game with Rye but Ben Cox, Danny Newby, Jason Pheasant and Stuart Webb all crossed after the
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No wonder we feel as if we don't count
I am somewhat puzzled. Despite a petition of 700 signatures protesting against the plans to convert The Sandrock Inn in Ditchling into flats and build houses in the garden and car-park at the rear, the planning committee of Lewes District Council "reluctantly
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Rugby: Heath hot on national trail
Henry Goodburn admitted Haywards Heath are scenting a national league place after scoring the try which set up their best win of the season so far. Heath edged past leaders Southend 25-24 to go second in London One, just four points behind with three
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Pompey defeat boosts Albion
Portsmouth, who visit Albion on Saturday, lost their 11-match unbeaten run last night. Sheffield United stretched their own unbeaten record to 14 matches and boosted their chances of automatic promotion with a 2-1 win at Fratton Park. It was only the
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Firm's whiff of success
Perfumes and aftershave proved a popular gift this Christmas, according to figures from retail chain The Perfume Shop. The 84-strong chain, which is owned by Merchant Retail Group, saw like-for-like sales rise 13 per cent in the seven weeks to January
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Dutchman had drugs
A Dutch national living in West Sussex has been ordered to carry out community work after he admitted importing cannabis resin. Willem Sparenburg, of Jarvis Road, Arundel, was found in possession of the Class B drug at Harwich, Essex, on December 14.
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How to make hits from home
Music gurus want to help produce a new generation of DIY pop stars churn out hits from their own bedrooms using the latest technology. Developments in music hardware have made it easier for wannabe pop idols to produce hits from home. Matt Caldrick, a
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Murder probe: Pair bailed
Two men arrested in connection with the murder of East Sussex businessman Michael Willard have been released on police bail. The duo were quizzed for an extended time about the 63-year-old scaffolding firm boss's death in Hastings. Both were released
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Boys rescued from tree
Firefighters agreed not to tell mum and dad after rescuing two boys who were stuck up a tree. The friends, in their early teens, were stuck 25ft up in Vale Park, Portslade, last night. A brigade spokesman said: "When we got them down they were concerned
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Warning over Go-ped craze
It is the latest trendy way to beat the jams, but police are warning people caught up in the Go-ped craze they could be breaking the law. More and more of the machines - adult-sized scooters with motors - can be seen carving their way through Brighton
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Hardware: Storage for the masses
Last month my passion for digital photography and video editing cost me a small fortune in storage. I am kicking myself for not waiting a few weeks longer because Maxtor have just launched a 200GB storage product that would have saved me money. The Maxtor
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High-flier Branson saves Birdman rally
The new organisers of the Bognor Birdman Rally got in a flap yesterday to celebrate saving this year's event. There were serious doubts about the future of the world-famous competition until Virgin Atlantic chairman Sir Richard Branson stepped in. Sir
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Software: Shut hackers out of your inbox
The insecurity of email is legendary. Anyone from system administrators to half the hacking community can read our mail if they want to. Now there is a simple software tool that allows you to send your business documents without fear of interception.
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Date
Web women
The dot com bubble may have burst but there's no place like home for running a successful web site. The latest wave of awardwinning sites are being managed from computers on kitchen tables by people who aren't internet experts, proving how easy it is
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Date
The art of recycling
A sculptor has recycled five tonnes of old telephone directories by turning them into art. Lewes artist Hamish Black has carved and moulded 5,000 Yellow Pages phone books into a variety of shapes. The seven unusual creations have gone on display in Reading
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Barriers no bar to 'boy racers'
Barriers to lock so-called boy racers out of a crash blackspot on Brighton seafront have been used just four times since they were put up last year. Brighton and Hove City Council spent £20,000 on the gates as a solution to years of accidents and several
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Date
Holiday woman wins just £44
A disabled woman who claimed she had been on a holiday from hell has been awarded just £44.50 compensation by a judge. Helen Batchelor, who uses a wheelchair, said she and her family were stranded in Scarborough after a Christmas coach trip ended in disaster
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Travellers zoom in for flights
Airports operator BAA had a "strong Christmas and New Year holiday period" with passenger numbers jumping 15.3 per cent over the previous year. The group, whose chief executive is Mike Hodgkinson, said passenger numbers across its seven UK airports -
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Are you managing info efficiently?
Businesses across the world are amassing digital information faster than they know what to do with it. Servers are bursting at the seams and many information systems are slowed by the sheer flow of digital traffic. What they need is effective data management
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Date
A first-class job
The Resource Centre, Knoll House, Hove, is closing in a few weeks' time for extensive refurbishment and will not be operational again for at least a year. On behalf of all there, I thank Mrs Netta Maggs and Mrs Dorothy Humphrey, who have each given 20
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Date
Know your Ian Dury?
I am trying to find the song England's Glory, by the late Ian Dury and Kilburn and the High Roads. Can anyone tell me which CD or LP it is on? -Mrs K Mayne, Stonery Close, Portslade
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Anger at Royal Mail's 'goodwill'
The Royal Mail offered a woman a book of stamps to make amends for tearing open her Christmas gifts and losing a £20 note. Barbara Cordery was shocked to receive a package from her elderly stepmother which had been ripped open. She was even more furious
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Cashback for parking hitch
West Sussex County Council has given refunds to more than 750 Crawley residents after a shortage of wardens left it unable to police a new parking scheme. The new on-street Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ), launched on December 2, was designed to deter all-day
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Woman, 82, hurt in accident
An elderly woman pedestrian suffered broken bones and a head injury in an accident with a car in Lancing. Grinstead Lane, in Lancing, was closed for two hours while police inspected the scene of the accident, which happened at 1.40pm yesterday. The Nissan
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Four held over mum's murder
Forty police officers swooped on addresses this morning, arresting four people on suspicion of beating a Mid Sussex mother to death. The three men - two aged 32 and one 26 - and a woman aged 26, were arrested by squads at four different properties in
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Police claim crime cut
Eastbourne police say crime levels are on the decrease and the resort is becoming a safer place to live and visit. Figures released today show a six per cent overall drop in reported crime, and 454 fewer victims. Domestic burglary, theft of vehicles,
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I remember lend-lease
I remember the first day of the Second World War. I was in Westminster. Are we going to have lease-lend from the US again? They came into the war two years after us, in 1941, when Pearl Harbor was bombed. For a long time afterwards, we were paying for
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Rapist strikes at university
Students in Brighton were today warned of a university rapist after an undergraduate was attacked on campus. Colleagues at the University of Sussex were put on alert as they were told about the assault, which happened three days ago. The university is
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No consolation to Bruce
While "Watchdog keeps eye on police canines" (The Argus, January 8) is good news for Sussex police dogs and obviously brought about by the events in Essex regarding police dogs, this is no consolation to police dog Bruce, who should still be alive today
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Hockey: Eastbourne suffer hangover
Eastbourne returned to action after the Christmas break with a 2-1 defeat against Sutton Valence in Kent/Sussex division one. Dan Hill put Eastbourne ahead in the first half from open play but Sutton levelled midway through the second half and, with Eastbourne
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Chrome yellow
Now the bus service to Asda at Brighton Marina is as good as we are going to get, is it time to start campaigning for a clean-up of the access tunnel - commonly known as the biggest open sewer in Brighton - between the bus stop and the store? The stench
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Brace yourself
Brighton and Hove has not been listed by staff and students at Sussex University as a place for people to see before they die, probably because they work there. But Scunthorpe and Skegness have joined international sights such as the Great Wall of China
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Uncommitted
I cannot let chairman of Brighton and Hove City Council planning committee Roy Pennington's critical salvo at my company regarding the Brighton station site pass without refuting his bizarre and unfair allegations (January 13). He refers to our reluctance
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FA Trophy: Reds' defender banned
Crawley will be without defender Marc Pullan for the rearranged third round tie against Hayes. Tonight's clash is the first of a two-match ban for Pullan which will force Reds boss Billy Smith to reshuffle his defence. Smith has better news with the return
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FA Trophy: Lewes have new spur
Jimmy Quinn believes the incentive of facing Woking can spur his Lewes side to victory in their rearranged Trophy clash away to Gloucester City tonight. The winners of tonight's match have been drawn at home to either Woking or Chesham United in the fourth
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Date
Discipline is a class issue
One third of teachers plan to leave within the next five years, a figure that suggests huge dissatisfaction within the profession. If anything like that number succeed, it will lead to the biggest crisis in the state education sector's history. Teachers
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Sussex Senior Cup: Hillians sink Saints
Burgess Hill 2, St Leonards 0: New St Leonards manager Gary Bowyer refused to be downcast after seeing his side crash out of the Cup in the third round. The county division one leaders totally outplayed their Dr Martens opponents to set up a quarter-final
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Rugby: Seaford back to third
Seaford overcame a bit of rustiness to beat Rye 27-0 and return to third spot in Sussex One. Simon Baker's penalty was their only first-half score in the home game with Rye but Ben Cox, Danny Newby, Jason Pheasant and Stuart Webb all crossed after the
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No wonder we feel as if we don't count
I am somewhat puzzled. Despite a petition of 700 signatures protesting against the plans to convert The Sandrock Inn in Ditchling into flats and build houses in the garden and car-park at the rear, the planning committee of Lewes District Council "reluctantly
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Rugby: Heath hot on national trail
Henry Goodburn admitted Haywards Heath are scenting a national league place after scoring the try which set up their best win of the season so far. Heath edged past leaders Southend 25-24 to go second in London One, just four points behind with three
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Coppell urges quick start
Albion boss Steve Coppell wants a fast start in tonight's rescheduled third round FA Cup tie at Norwich. Coppell believes the Seagulls' hopes of repeating their 1-0 League win at Carrow Road on Boxing Day hinge on them being quick out of the blocks. Steve
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Pompey defeat boosts Albion
Portsmouth, who visit Albion on Saturday, lost their 11-match unbeaten run last night. Sheffield United stretched their own unbeaten record to 14 matches and boosted their chances of automatic promotion with a 2-1 win at Fratton Park. It was only the
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Higher sales in fashion
Fashion chain Monsoon said it had a good Christmas, with sales up 11 per cent, but forecast tougher trading conditions to come on the High Street. The group, which owns 277 Monsoon and Accessorize shops in the UK and Ireland, said like-for-like sales
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Supermarkets' Safeway sweep
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's gatecrashed rival Morrison's agreed takeover of Safeway with details of a bumper £3.2 billion bid. The group said it was considering an offer of at least 300p per share in a move that is certain to spark a bidding war. Analysts
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Mum and son flee blaze
A woman and her disabled son escaped from their home last night when fire broke out. Firefighters arrived at the house in Tillstone Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, to find the dining room and kitchen area alight but said the woman had done the correct thing
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Boys rescued from tree
Firefighters agreed not to tell mum and dad after rescuing two boys who were stuck up a tree. The friends, in their early teens, were stuck 25ft up in Vale Park, Portslade, last night. A brigade spokesman said: "When we got them down they were concerned
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Woman bailed over terror link charge
A woman charged with being a member of and raising funds for a terrorist organisation has had her case adjourned. Songul Ozgur, 27, from Brighton, and five others appeared before Bow Street Magistrates in central London yesterday charged under the Terrorism
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Warning over Go-ped craze
It is the latest trendy way to beat the jams, but police are warning people caught up in the Go-ped craze they could be breaking the law. More and more of the machines - adult-sized scooters with motors - can be seen carving their way through Brighton
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Hardware: Storage for the masses
Last month my passion for digital photography and video editing cost me a small fortune in storage. I am kicking myself for not waiting a few weeks longer because Maxtor have just launched a 200GB storage product that would have saved me money. The Maxtor
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Sports centre evacuated
Sport and fitness fans were forced to flee a Mid Sussex leisure centre in their bare feet last night. Between 50 and 60 people had to leave the Triangle Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill after an alarm went off. Those waiting outside in the cold included
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Cannabis grower gets four months
A man who turned his home into a nursery for cannabis plants has been jailed for four months. Police who raided the home of Michael Tunesi, 37, in Gravett Court, Burgess Hill, found 66 cannabis plants in various stages of growth, a cupboard internally
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Are you managing info efficiently?
Businesses across the world are amassing digital information faster than they know what to do with it. Servers are bursting at the seams and many information systems are slowed by the sheer flow of digital traffic. What they need is effective data management
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Missing pilot faced child quiz
A maths teacher presumed dead after vanishing in his light aircraft was under police investigation after two pupils said he offered them cash to pose for photos. Amateur pilot Gerry Mepham's plane was last seen on Friday. Despite a massive search involving
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Threat torment of police wife
A policeman's wife fought back tears as she told how she was harassed and threatened by a man her husband had arrested. The man called at Tracey Curry's home in Brighton looking for her husband, Inspector Steve Curry, and later daubed menacing graffiti
