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Family plead for dog-napping action
A family whose pet was stolen as part of a dog-napping racket has called on Home Secretary David Blunkett to tighten loopholes in the law. Libby Hubbard highlighted the sinister trade after her son Bertie's beloved Labrador Zulu disappeared without trace
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Scientist axed from charity role
A Russian scientist who helped pioneer a revolutionary technique to help people walk again has been axed from his role with a Sussex charity. Patients will have to travel abroad for treatment from Leonid Blyum after he lost his post as clinical director
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Town sleeps easy thanks to pyjama sales
Eastbourne sells more pyjamas than anywhere else in Britain. Terminus Road department store Debenhams recorded £9,000 in sales from its pyjama section last year. The seaside town was closely followed by Shoreham, Taunton and Southport in a poll of sales
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Farmers told to move to America
Dairy farmers were urged yesterday to head off to the US to make their fortune. Business leaders from South Dakota were in Dumfriesshire to encourage farmers and their families to head west. A recent upsurge in the state's cheese business has led to a
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Spraycan raid on off-licence
Raiders who attacked a Mid Sussex shop worker with a noxious spray during an off-licence robbery are being linked with two other hold-ups. A woman and a male accomplice demanded cash and alcohol from staff at Thresher in Station Road, Burgess Hill. They
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Head's move to top job
A headteacher who was brought in to turn around a failing school is to become an education guru for East Sussex. Anthony Edkins joined Falmer High School in Brighton five and a half years ago as a troubleshooter in a bid to increase GCSE pass rates and
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Chris Rea, Brighton Centre, February 10
Chris Rea, the godfather of dad-rock and a man with a self-confessed "tie and cardigans" image unleashed his new blues style last night. With a back catalogue as lengthy as Rea's and a career spanning three decades, it was a shock he chose to stick to
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Hockey: Round-Up
Eastbourne consolidated fourth spot in Kent/Sussex Regional League Division One with a 5-3 win away to Marden Russets, who are now seven points adrift in fifth place. A frantic first half saw Eastbourne lead 4-3. Victory was wrapped up with a fifth goal
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Ivar vows to beat the drop
Ivar Ingimarsson has pledged his commitment to Albion's relegation fight, after willing them to lose. The Icelandic international watched in horror as parent club Wolves were whipped 4-1 by the Seagulls at Withdean on Saturday. He stayed down over the
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Flight warning
Driving along the A27 between Falmer and Lewes, on my way home after a late-night rescue, I was delighted to see the low, elegant and ghostly flight of a barn owl. A couple of days later, driving between Hampden Park and Eastbourne, I was privileged to
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Hockey: New skipper enjoys first win
Crawley secured their first victory under new skipper Jamie Westwood in Kent/Sussex Regional League Division One as they triumphed 2-1 away to bottom placed University of Kent. Westwood scored the winner himself with a penalty stroke after Kris Rai had
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Hockey: Last gasp winner leaves Worthing fuming
Worthing were leapfrogged in the Kent/Sussex Regional League after losing 3-2 amid controversy at Sevenoaks. The home side were awarded a penalty corner on the final whistle when James Godber was harshly adjudged to be deliberately stopping them from
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Big cover-up
People in Eastbourne are living up to the image it has of an old and staid resort. According to a survey, they bought more pyjamas than anywhere else in Britain last year. No doubt brash Brighton down the road, fabled home of the dirty weekend, bought
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Hockey: Lewes centenary fails to inspire win
Lewes failed to secure the win they wanted to round off a weekend of centenary celebrations. A 2-2 draw with Oxford Hawks has left Lewes third from bottom in National League division two and desperately battling against relegation. Oxford led after just
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Desperate hope
No one knows better than Home Secretary David Blunkett how much affection pet owners can have for their dogs. Mr Blunkett, who is blind, recently had to change his guide dog because the old pet had grown too long in the tooth for her job. So he, of all
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Nimby nature
The report on Des Turner MP's reaction to the proposed siting of new sewage works (The Argus, February 4) prompted me to write. I vote tactically for Des in General Elections and will no doubt continue to do so. For the Tories to say he is an uncaring
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Matthew Clark: Round-Up
Eastbourne Town were made to work hard for a 2-0 win at home to lowly Pease Pottage in County League Division Two. Gary Brockwell opened the scoring with his 24th goal of the season and Luke Denton netted the second six minutes into the second half. Manager
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Make good after evil
Today we carry the shocking story of Sandra who discovered she was born as a result of rape. She was outraged and horrified to find that such a terrible act brought her into the world. It was made worse by the fact she suffered a disturbed and unhappy
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My fighting chance to find tranquillity
Did you know the Battle of Hastings never took place in Hastings? I certainly didn't until I came to live here. The battle took place in Battle, about four or five miles distant. When King Harold made his last stand, it was on a grassy knoll in the middle
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Ivar vows to beat the drop
Ivar Ingimarsson has pledged his commitment to Albion's relegation fight, after willing them to lose. The Icelandic international watched in horror as parent club Wolves were whipped 4-1 by the Seagulls at Withdean on Saturday. He stayed down over the
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Plain speaking shake-up in financial sales
The City watchdog is to streamline the information consumers are given on financial products and make it easier to shop around. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants firms selling pensions, savings and investment products to replace the information
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Trade gap hits record £34bn
Britain's trade gap widened to a record £34.3 billion last year as exports continued to take a hammering, figures showed. Data from the Office for National Statistics yesterday showed 2002 recorded the biggest deficit the difference between what Britain
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Norman: 'I'm back with Zoe'
A smiling Norman Cook said today that he and wife Zoe Ball were back together and trying to make their troubled marriage work again. The Hove DJ, aka Fatboy Slim, also asked reporters outside his beachfront home for privacy so he and Zoe could repair
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Farmers net sales online
Farmers keen to find alternative incomes are increasingly turning to the internet, according to a survey by the National Farmers Union (NFU). About 83 per cent of the UK's 300,000 farms are connected to the internet, compared to 62 per cent a year ago
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Search for sexy gifts
Girls and boys have ditched the romantic approach for a more practical gift search this St Valentine's Day. Sex toys have been the most popular internet searches according to search engine Lycos' Top 50. Both boys and girls have been scouring the internet
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Review: ACT! now to manage business data well
When Sage Software, the accounts specialists, took on the ACT! contacts and time management database many people wondered what they were up to. Now it's all become clear as the latest version of ACT! synchronises perfectly with Sage's Line 50 range of
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Tower plunge man cut own throat
A man slashed his own throat before flinging himself from the top of a tower block. Detectives have called off a murder inquiry launched after the man's body was found by a passer-by in Elder Place, Brighton, yesterday morning. A post-mortem examination
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Chest wax pain helps charity gain
Luke Mayhew is to have his hairy chest waxed for charity live on Channel 4's reality TV show The Salon. The 23-year-old business consultant, who describes himself as "follicly endowed", is putting himself through the pain in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease
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PC users at risk from silent killer
The effects of flickering screens on our eyesight, RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are a constant fear for many keyboard operators. But now doctors in New Zealand have released the most frightening story of all: Using a PC could kill you. Apparently, the
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Sussex teachers are top of the class
More than 30 teachers from across Sussex have qualified to become headteachers as the latest batch of recruits to pass through education's answer to Sandhurst. They have been praised by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) for their commitment
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Family plead for dog-napping action
A family whose pet was stolen as part of a dog-napping racket has called on Home Secretary David Blunkett to tighten loopholes in the law. Libby Hubbard highlighted the sinister trade after her son Bertie's beloved Labrador Zulu disappeared without trace
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In Earshot of award
Four former trainees of Earshot, the Brighton-based radio training centre, have won an award from the Community Media Association. Jim Horn, Ally Thorp, Tim Gould and Kathy White made ten five-minute "personality profiles" of people with mental health
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Premises shortage will hurt
A lack of quality business premises is hitting the Sussex economy. Sussex Enterprise found 15 per cent of businesses suffered from inadequate premises and this constrained development and productivity. Economic researcher Joe Clease said: "We forecast
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Life is suite after square feet first
A new record for rental of an office building in Brighton and Hove has been set. Standard Life has moved from Security Pacific House in Dyke Road to Trafalgar Place - the city's flagship office development - next to Brighton station. The insurance giant
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Spraycan raid on off-licence
Raiders who attacked a Mid Sussex shop worker with a noxious spray during an off-licence robbery are being linked with two other hold-ups. A woman and a male accomplice demanded cash and alcohol from staff at Thresher in Station Road, Burgess Hill. They
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I hardly recognise my home town
The plans to demolish the buildings at Air Street near the Clock Tower are disgraceful. Anything that makes Brighton Brighton is being pulled down. Soon there will be no point in going there because it will look the same as anywhere else. I am Brighton
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Neighbours' fury over blackouts
Neighbours say street-light power cuts around their homes are bringing back memories of Second World War blackouts. Householders in Shelldale Avenue and Shelldale Crescent, Portslade, have to take torches whenever they leave their homes at night, relying
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Watchdog backs sewage plans
A conservation watchdog is backing two sites inside Brighton and Hove for a controversial multi-million sewage treatment works. The Sussex Downs Conservation Board said Black Rock in Kemp Town was its preferred site for the urgently-needed plant, with
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Teacher puts out blaze
A teacher was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after putting out a blaze at his school. Richard Beels grabbed a fire extinguisher when alarms sounded at Steyning Grammar School and put out the blaze in the boys' toilets. The PE teacher
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Parents' vigil for crash baby
A baby is fighting for his life after suffering horrific injuries in a smash involving an ambulance and a police car. The parents of the four-day-old boy kept a vigil by his bedside at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Guy's Hospital after he was
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Chris Rea, Brighton Centre, February 10
Chris Rea, the godfather of dad-rock and a man with a self-confessed "tie and cardigans" image unleashed his new blues style last night. With a back catalogue as lengthy as Rea's and a career spanning three decades, it was a shock he chose to stick to
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West Pier Fund is an opportunity
What a wonderful opportunity Brighton and Hove has to put something back into society instead of looking for financial return. The West Pier Fund can be put to a very useful purpose to make life better for at least one in 20 of the population who will
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Hockey: Round-Up
Eastbourne consolidated fourth spot in Kent/Sussex Regional League Division One with a 5-3 win away to Marden Russets, who are now seven points adrift in fifth place. A frantic first half saw Eastbourne lead 4-3. Victory was wrapped up with a fifth goal
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Ivar vows to beat the drop
Ivar Ingimarsson has pledged his commitment to Albion's relegation fight, after willing them to lose. The Icelandic international watched in horror as parent club Wolves were whipped 4-1 by the Seagulls at Withdean on Saturday. He stayed down over the
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Hockey: Leaders stay well clear
Brighton maintained a 12-point lead at the top of the Kent/Sussex Regional League with a 5-2 win at Herne Bay despite being without 38-goal striker Craig Carolan. Carolan was away on coaching duty with South Africa at the World Indoor Championships but
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Hello goodbye
Michael and Jane Tulley run a service that has prevented many cats being put down or remaining homeless yet are being branded thieves. Having dealt with the Tulleys more than once in the past five years, I know they use discernment in their rehoming practices
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Hockey: Last gasp winner leaves Worthing fuming
Worthing were leapfrogged in the Kent/Sussex Regional League after losing 3-2 amid controversy at Sevenoaks. The home side were awarded a penalty corner on the final whistle when James Godber was harshly adjudged to be deliberately stopping them from
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Safe haven?
So, Councillor David Smith thinks the Brighton and Hove wastewater treatment works should not be in Brighton and Hove but in either Shoreham or Newhaven (The Argus, February 7)? Well, Coun Smith, you, your colleagues and the rest of the residents of Brighton
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Hockey: Horsham fighting relegation battle
Horsham have been left fighting a relegation battle in the Kent/Sussex Regional League following a damaging 4-1 defeat at home to Folkestone. On a bad day for Sussex clubs, there were defeats for Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing with only leaders Brighton
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Hockey: Lewes centenary fails to inspire win
Lewes failed to secure the win they wanted to round off a weekend of centenary celebrations. A 2-2 draw with Oxford Hawks has left Lewes third from bottom in National League division two and desperately battling against relegation. Oxford led after just
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Nimby nature
The report on Des Turner MP's reaction to the proposed siting of new sewage works (The Argus, February 4) prompted me to write. I vote tactically for Des in General Elections and will no doubt continue to do so. For the Tories to say he is an uncaring
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Make good after evil
Today we carry the shocking story of Sandra who discovered she was born as a result of rape. She was outraged and horrified to find that such a terrible act brought her into the world. It was made worse by the fact she suffered a disturbed and unhappy
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Matthew Clark: Win boosts Grinstead promotion hopes
East Grinstead's ten-year absence from the top flight of County League football could be coming to an end. A 4-2 win away to promotion rivals Lancing gave Grinstead's hopes of going up a huge boost. Leaders Eastbourne Town and third-placed Rye and Iden
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Rugby: Round-Up
Welsh winger Otto Carlisle scored two tries as Horsham earned a 24-0 win at Rye in Sussex One. Rob Clegg and Tim Wills added scores with coach Andy Smith also impressed by his side's defensive efforts. Jason Pheasant and Danny Newby scored first half
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My fighting chance to find tranquillity
Did you know the Battle of Hastings never took place in Hastings? I certainly didn't until I came to live here. The battle took place in Battle, about four or five miles distant. When King Harold made his last stand, it was on a grassy knoll in the middle
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Ivar vows to beat the drop
Ivar Ingimarsson has pledged his commitment to Albion's relegation fight, after willing them to lose. The Icelandic international watched in horror as parent club Wolves were whipped 4-1 by the Seagulls at Withdean on Saturday. He stayed down over the
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Boxing: Davies stands by Linford
Ronnie Davies has quit as Tony Oakey's trainer ahead of his WBU light-heavyweight title showdown with Hove's Neil Linford next month. Davies made the announcement yesterday after being asked by Oakey to drop Linford from his stable. Both men are trained
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Stars fail to halt singles tumble
UK music sales fell in 2002 for the first time in years, new figures showed yesterday. The singles market is now at its lowest level since 1992 as interest in the format continues to slide. The value of album and singles sales dropped by 3.7 per cent
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Plain speaking shake-up in financial sales
The City watchdog is to streamline the information consumers are given on financial products and make it easier to shop around. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants firms selling pensions, savings and investment products to replace the information
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Norman: 'I'm back with Zoe'
A smiling Norman Cook said today that he and wife Zoe Ball were back together and trying to make their troubled marriage work again. The Hove DJ, aka Fatboy Slim, also asked reporters outside his beachfront home for privacy so he and Zoe could repair
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Farmers net sales online
Farmers keen to find alternative incomes are increasingly turning to the internet, according to a survey by the National Farmers Union (NFU). About 83 per cent of the UK's 300,000 farms are connected to the internet, compared to 62 per cent a year ago
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Hardware: High-quality home entertainment at low prices
If you aspire to the latest in home entertainment but cannot afford a home cinema, then check out Mustek's DVD V600RZ. This stylish, brushed metal finish DVD player is also an audio amplifier, radio and MP3 player and comes with a remote control and five
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Chest wax pain helps charity gain
Luke Mayhew is to have his hairy chest waxed for charity live on Channel 4's reality TV show The Salon. The 23-year-old business consultant, who describes himself as "follicly endowed", is putting himself through the pain in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease
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Resort top of pyjama poll
Eastbourne sells more pyjamas than anywhere else in Britain. Terminus Road department store Debenhams recorded £9,000 in sales from its pyjama section last year. The seaside town was closely followed by Shoreham, Taunton and Southport in a poll of sales
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999 staff fight for pay rise
Ambulance staff across Sussex will begin industrial action tomorrow in pursuit of better pay and conditions. There will be a ban on voluntary overtime and crews will not be on stand-by at roadside locations or record journey times. The three main unions
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Tycoon empire finally topples
A palace being built by killer tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten, which he claimed was worth more than £30 million, has been officially valued at less than £1 million. Accountants who have been attempting to untangle the jailed landlord's complex financial
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In Earshot of award
Four former trainees of Earshot, the Brighton-based radio training centre, have won an award from the Community Media Association. Jim Horn, Ally Thorp, Tim Gould and Kathy White made ten five-minute "personality profiles" of people with mental health
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Premises shortage will hurt
A lack of quality business premises is hitting the Sussex economy. Sussex Enterprise found 15 per cent of businesses suffered from inadequate premises and this constrained development and productivity. Economic researcher Joe Clease said: "We forecast
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Life is suite after square feet first
A new record for rental of an office building in Brighton and Hove has been set. Standard Life has moved from Security Pacific House in Dyke Road to Trafalgar Place - the city's flagship office development - next to Brighton station. The insurance giant
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America backed us up
While this country under Mr Blair is keen on supporting the US in its campaign against terror because it was attacked, we should remember the support we got when at war with Argentina and the IRA. -Dean Docherty, Rustic Close, Peacehaven
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I hardly recognise my home town
The plans to demolish the buildings at Air Street near the Clock Tower are disgraceful. Anything that makes Brighton Brighton is being pulled down. Soon there will be no point in going there because it will look the same as anywhere else. I am Brighton
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Let's see the figures
How can Councillor Ken Bodfish - or anyone else - possibly forecast income and expenditure to operate a rebuilt West Pier for the next 100 years, as he claims? How did anyone calculate the scale and content of the double storey on-shore buildings required
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Urban Housewife, with Lizzie Enfield
It is almost mid February and well past the end of January deadline for having completed your tax returns. Being slightly obsessive compulsive and not wanting to ruin Christmas and the new year by having to sort through receipts and add up expenses, I
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Neighbours' fury over blackouts
Neighbours say street-light power cuts around their homes are bringing back memories of Second World War blackouts. Householders in Shelldale Avenue and Shelldale Crescent, Portslade, have to take torches whenever they leave their homes at night, relying
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Watchdog backs sewage plans
A conservation watchdog is backing two sites inside Brighton and Hove for a controversial multi-million sewage treatment works. The Sussex Downs Conservation Board said Black Rock in Kemp Town was its preferred site for the urgently-needed plant, with
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Judge demands cat facts
Cat rescuer Michael Tulley has defended his decision to give a couple's pet away to a new home. He and wife Jane are at the centre of a tug-of-love battle over a silver tabby called Saffie. They are being sued for the return of the year-old cat by Suzie
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Shy Joanna Lumley has peek at museum
Actress Joanna Lumley chose to keep a low profile during a visit to the seaside. She toured Brighton Museum and Art Gallery yesterday as part of a judging panel for a prestigious museum prize worth £100,000 to the winner. However, the star of TV's hit
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West Pier Fund is an opportunity
What a wonderful opportunity Brighton and Hove has to put something back into society instead of looking for financial return. The West Pier Fund can be put to a very useful purpose to make life better for at least one in 20 of the population who will
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Sussex MP's family link with Bush
A family tree has revealed blood links between Mid Sussex MP and US president George W Bush dating back to the 15th Century. The ancestral document reveals Tory MP Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, and Mr Bush are descended from the same
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Rats' alley
Did you know Brighton and Hove's back streets are infested with rats? In Stone Street, my friend and I have seen as many as 14 in three minutes and as many around closed shops in other areas. Stone Street is at the back of McDonald's. Brighton and Hove
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Hockey: Leaders stay well clear
Brighton maintained a 12-point lead at the top of the Kent/Sussex Regional League with a 5-2 win at Herne Bay despite being without 38-goal striker Craig Carolan. Carolan was away on coaching duty with South Africa at the World Indoor Championships but
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Hello goodbye
Michael and Jane Tulley run a service that has prevented many cats being put down or remaining homeless yet are being branded thieves. Having dealt with the Tulleys more than once in the past five years, I know they use discernment in their rehoming practices
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Chips for the cats
The story on Saffie the cat (The Argus, February 5), taken in by Michael and Jane Tulley's rescue organisation and rehomed before her owners turned up a week later, illustrates the importance of cat owners having their pets microchipped. This can be done
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Hockey: Mids suffer double blow
Mid Sussex suffered a weekend of double disappointment with a 4-0 home defeat by Maidstone and the retirement of influential midfielder Duncan Wood-Allum due to a recurring foot injury. Skipper Andy Green said: "It was a disappointing result for us and
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Safe haven?
So, Councillor David Smith thinks the Brighton and Hove wastewater treatment works should not be in Brighton and Hove but in either Shoreham or Newhaven (The Argus, February 7)? Well, Coun Smith, you, your colleagues and the rest of the residents of Brighton
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Hockey: Horsham fighting relegation battle
Horsham have been left fighting a relegation battle in the Kent/Sussex Regional League following a damaging 4-1 defeat at home to Folkestone. On a bad day for Sussex clubs, there were defeats for Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing with only leaders Brighton
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Coast boast
I welcome David Wilkinson's contribution to the debate regarding the most appropriate site for Southern Water's proposed sewage treatment works (Letters, January 28). He suggests Ovingdean is "obviously the best option". Obviously the best for whom? Not
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Matthew Clark: Win boosts Grinstead promotion hopes
East Grinstead's ten-year absence from the top flight of County League football could be coming to an end. A 4-2 win away to promotion rivals Lancing gave Grinstead's hopes of going up a huge boost. Leaders Eastbourne Town and third-placed Rye and Iden
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Rugby: Round-Up
Welsh winger Otto Carlisle scored two tries as Horsham earned a 24-0 win at Rye in Sussex One. Rob Clegg and Tim Wills added scores with coach Andy Smith also impressed by his side's defensive efforts. Jason Pheasant and Danny Newby scored first half
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Rugby: Uckfield put champagne on ice
Uckfield are on the verge of the Sussex One title after maintaining their perfect record with a win at Pulborough. The leaders will take the crown if they avoid defeat at home to rock-bottom Rye on March 1. Young stand-ins Joe Feldman and Ally Gilkes
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Rugby: Henry double boosts Heath
Winger Henry Goodburn scored two superb tries as Haywards Heath grabbed a precious London One win. They came from 8-0 down to beat Harlow 30-23 and keep up the pressure on leaders Southend. Andy Cook raced 80 yards for a try and Goodburn pounced after
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Rugby: Heathfield face the drop
Heathfield are hoping their injuries clear up in time to help them stave off relegation after another day of frustration in London Four South East. Heath went down 21-19 at home to Folkestone and are bottom of the table with four games to go. Having won
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Rugby: Double dreams are still alive
The dream of a Sussex promotion double in London Four South East is very much alive. Bognor joined Chichester in the top two with a 7-5 win at Bromley on Saturday and now in-form Crawley are also talking of making a late charge. Chichester played some
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Boxing: Davies stands by Linford
Ronnie Davies has quit as Tony Oakey's trainer ahead of his WBU light-heavyweight title showdown with Hove's Neil Linford next month. Davies made the announcement yesterday after being asked by Oakey to drop Linford from his stable. Both men are trained
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Driver's crash escape
A driver escaped unhurt when his car overturned and landed on its roof. The Citroen Saxo careered off the A26 near the Beddingham roundabout, east of Lewes, at 2.30am today. No other cars were involved. A Sussex Police spokeswoman said the car did not
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In Earshot of award
Four former trainees of Earshot, the Brighton-based radio training centre, have won an award from the Community Media Association. Jim Horn, Ally Thorp, Tim Gould and Kathy White made ten five-minute "personality profiles" of people with mental health
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Walk to pier via the web
An online gallery of work created specifically for exhibition on the web has been launched. The Sideways View site was created by Richie Skinner, from Brighton, who is web marketing manager for videogames company the Creative Assembly, based in Southwater
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Hardware: High-quality home entertainment at low prices
If you aspire to the latest in home entertainment but cannot afford a home cinema, then check out Mustek's DVD V600RZ. This stylish, brushed metal finish DVD player is also an audio amplifier, radio and MP3 player and comes with a remote control and five
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999 staff fight for pay rise
Ambulance staff across Sussex will begin industrial action tomorrow in pursuit of better pay and conditions. There will be a ban on voluntary overtime and crews will not be on stand-by at roadside locations or record journey times. The three main unions
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Tycoon empire finally topples
A palace being built by killer tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten, which he claimed was worth more than £30 million, has been officially valued at less than £1 million. Accountants who have been attempting to untangle the jailed landlord's complex financial
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Scientist axed from charity role
A Russian scientist who helped pioneer a revolutionary technique to help people walk again has been axed from his role with a Sussex charity. Patients will have to travel abroad for treatment from Leonid Blyum after he lost his post as clinical director
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Town sleeps easy thanks to pyjama sales
Eastbourne sells more pyjamas than anywhere else in Britain. Terminus Road department store Debenhams recorded £9,000 in sales from its pyjama section last year. The seaside town was closely followed by Shoreham, Taunton and Southport in a poll of sales
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Farmers told to move to America
Dairy farmers were urged yesterday to head off to the US to make their fortune. Business leaders from South Dakota were in Dumfriesshire to encourage farmers and their families to head west. A recent upsurge in the state's cheese business has led to a
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America backed us up
While this country under Mr Blair is keen on supporting the US in its campaign against terror because it was attacked, we should remember the support we got when at war with Argentina and the IRA. -Dean Docherty, Rustic Close, Peacehaven
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Let's see the figures
How can Councillor Ken Bodfish - or anyone else - possibly forecast income and expenditure to operate a rebuilt West Pier for the next 100 years, as he claims? How did anyone calculate the scale and content of the double storey on-shore buildings required
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Urban Housewife, with Lizzie Enfield
It is almost mid February and well past the end of January deadline for having completed your tax returns. Being slightly obsessive compulsive and not wanting to ruin Christmas and the new year by having to sort through receipts and add up expenses, I
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Head's move to top job
A headteacher who was brought in to turn around a failing school is to become an education guru for East Sussex. Anthony Edkins joined Falmer High School in Brighton five and a half years ago as a troubleshooter in a bid to increase GCSE pass rates and
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Judge demands cat facts
Cat rescuer Michael Tulley has defended his decision to give a couple's pet away to a new home. He and wife Jane are at the centre of a tug-of-love battle over a silver tabby called Saffie. They are being sued for the return of the year-old cat by Suzie
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Pair foil robbery
A robber targeted two middle-aged women last night, smashing their car windows and grabbing one of them by the hair. The man struck as the women got into a car near the Aquarena swimming pool, in Brighton Road, Worthing, at 10.30pm. A police spokesman
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Bravery award for sea hero
A nightclub doorman who risked his life to save a drowning teenager is to receive a top bravery award. Steve Palmer stripped to his underwear and dived into the sea from Worthing Pier in a last-ditch bid to save the drunken clubber. The 34-year-old, from
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Shy Joanna Lumley has peek at museum
Actress Joanna Lumley chose to keep a low profile during a visit to the seaside. She toured Brighton Museum and Art Gallery yesterday as part of a judging panel for a prestigious museum prize worth £100,000 to the winner. However, the star of TV's hit
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Driver accused of attacking officer
A man appeared in court today charged with assaulting a policeman and a string of driving offences after a sergeant was injured by a car. The charges relate to an incident in Crowborough on January 29 in which Sgt David Tye was hurt. Clive Anness, 32,
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Sussex MP's family link with Bush
A family tree has revealed blood links between Mid Sussex MP and US president George W Bush dating back to the 15th Century. The ancestral document reveals Tory MP Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, and Mr Bush are descended from the same
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Rats' alley
Did you know Brighton and Hove's back streets are infested with rats? In Stone Street, my friend and I have seen as many as 14 in three minutes and as many around closed shops in other areas. Stone Street is at the back of McDonald's. Brighton and Hove
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Flight warning
Driving along the A27 between Falmer and Lewes, on my way home after a late-night rescue, I was delighted to see the low, elegant and ghostly flight of a barn owl. A couple of days later, driving between Hampden Park and Eastbourne, I was privileged to
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Hockey: New skipper enjoys first win
Crawley secured their first victory under new skipper Jamie Westwood in Kent/Sussex Regional League Division One as they triumphed 2-1 away to bottom placed University of Kent. Westwood scored the winner himself with a penalty stroke after Kris Rai had
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Chips for the cats
The story on Saffie the cat (The Argus, February 5), taken in by Michael and Jane Tulley's rescue organisation and rehomed before her owners turned up a week later, illustrates the importance of cat owners having their pets microchipped. This can be done
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Hockey: Mids suffer double blow
Mid Sussex suffered a weekend of double disappointment with a 4-0 home defeat by Maidstone and the retirement of influential midfielder Duncan Wood-Allum due to a recurring foot injury. Skipper Andy Green said: "It was a disappointing result for us and
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Big cover-up
People in Eastbourne are living up to the image it has of an old and staid resort. According to a survey, they bought more pyjamas than anywhere else in Britain last year. No doubt brash Brighton down the road, fabled home of the dirty weekend, bought
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Desperate hope
No one knows better than Home Secretary David Blunkett how much affection pet owners can have for their dogs. Mr Blunkett, who is blind, recently had to change his guide dog because the old pet had grown too long in the tooth for her job. So he, of all
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Matthew Clark: Round-Up
Eastbourne Town were made to work hard for a 2-0 win at home to lowly Pease Pottage in County League Division Two. Gary Brockwell opened the scoring with his 24th goal of the season and Luke Denton netted the second six minutes into the second half. Manager
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Coast boast
I welcome David Wilkinson's contribution to the debate regarding the most appropriate site for Southern Water's proposed sewage treatment works (Letters, January 28). He suggests Ovingdean is "obviously the best option". Obviously the best for whom? Not
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Rugby: Uckfield put champagne on ice
Uckfield are on the verge of the Sussex One title after maintaining their perfect record with a win at Pulborough. The leaders will take the crown if they avoid defeat at home to rock-bottom Rye on March 1. Young stand-ins Joe Feldman and Ally Gilkes
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Rugby: Henry double boosts Heath
Winger Henry Goodburn scored two superb tries as Haywards Heath grabbed a precious London One win. They came from 8-0 down to beat Harlow 30-23 and keep up the pressure on leaders Southend. Andy Cook raced 80 yards for a try and Goodburn pounced after
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Rugby: Heathfield face the drop
Heathfield are hoping their injuries clear up in time to help them stave off relegation after another day of frustration in London Four South East. Heath went down 21-19 at home to Folkestone and are bottom of the table with four games to go. Having won
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Rugby: Double dreams are still alive
The dream of a Sussex promotion double in London Four South East is very much alive. Bognor joined Chichester in the top two with a 7-5 win at Bromley on Saturday and now in-form Crawley are also talking of making a late charge. Chichester played some
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Trade gap hits record £34bn
Britain's trade gap widened to a record £34.3 billion last year as exports continued to take a hammering, figures showed. Data from the Office for National Statistics yesterday showed 2002 recorded the biggest deficit the difference between what Britain
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Driver's crash escape
A driver escaped unhurt when his car overturned and landed on its roof. The Citroen Saxo careered off the A26 near the Beddingham roundabout, east of Lewes, at 2.30am today. No other cars were involved. A Sussex Police spokeswoman said the car did not
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In Earshot of award
Four former trainees of Earshot, the Brighton-based radio training centre, have won an award from the Community Media Association. Jim Horn, Ally Thorp, Tim Gould and Kathy White made ten five-minute "personality profiles" of people with mental health
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Walk to pier via the web
An online gallery of work created specifically for exhibition on the web has been launched. The Sideways View site was created by Richie Skinner, from Brighton, who is web marketing manager for videogames company the Creative Assembly, based in Southwater
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Search for sexy gifts
Girls and boys have ditched the romantic approach for a more practical gift search this St Valentine's Day. Sex toys have been the most popular internet searches according to search engine Lycos' Top 50. Both boys and girls have been scouring the internet
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Review: ACT! now to manage business data well
When Sage Software, the accounts specialists, took on the ACT! contacts and time management database many people wondered what they were up to. Now it's all become clear as the latest version of ACT! synchronises perfectly with Sage's Line 50 range of
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Tower plunge man cut own throat
A man slashed his own throat before flinging himself from the top of a tower block. Detectives have called off a murder inquiry launched after the man's body was found by a passer-by in Elder Place, Brighton, yesterday morning. A post-mortem examination
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PC users at risk from silent killer
The effects of flickering screens on our eyesight, RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are a constant fear for many keyboard operators. But now doctors in New Zealand have released the most frightening story of all: Using a PC could kill you. Apparently, the
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Sussex teachers are top of the class
More than 30 teachers from across Sussex have qualified to become headteachers as the latest batch of recruits to pass through education's answer to Sandhurst. They have been praised by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) for their commitment
