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Opponents fear "all-round view" of stadium
Brighton and Hove Albion's proposed new stadium would be visible from all points of the compass in the surrounding South Downs, opponents said. Robert White, representing Lewes District Council at the public inquiry into the scheme, said the 22,000
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Fire service goes for gold outfit
Firefighters have worn blue uniforms for over 50 years. From today they're going for gold because it reflects heat better. As we reported last May, all full-time and retained firefighters in East and West Sussex are being issued with gold-coloured outfits
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On the pier
Brighton's West Pier needs total reconstruction. Should this therefore be considered a commercial venture and funded by the developers rather than public money? Perhaps the council would be better off condemning the building and devoting its time and
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Police in accident probe
The Police Complaints Authority has been informed about an accident involving a pedestrian who was hit by a car police were trying to stop. The man was still in a critical but stable condition last night after being struck by the car which plain clothes
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Gillingham 3 Albion 0
Sub Tommy Johnson came back to haunt Albion as they crashed to their first defeat in four games. The striker scored twice for Notts County against the Seagulls in the 1990-91 Division One play-off final at Wembley. A dozen years on, the flame-haired front
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Get up on your feet
what a difference half-term made. Traffic congestion miraculously disappeared. Buses were on time, helping everyone get to work and around town punctually. Pollution noticeably reduced - the air actually felt cleaner. The overwhelming majority of kids
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Gerry Armstrong: Rougier finds key to settling
What a start for Tony Rougier! Scoring the winner three minutes after coming on as a sub on your debut, it's what dreams are made of. If he can keep doing that for Albion, people will be very happy. I remember watching him when he was playing up in Scotland
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Terrace Talk, with Roz South
After our lads played Millwall off the pitch last week, I was reminded of my previous, less than kindly, words about the very man who sealed their fate. Namely, Anthony "Rah-rah-rah" Rougier, who made his lightning strike on the goalmouth within three
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Black and white
One of our two black-and-white rescue cats was left with Michael and Jane Tulley of Cat Welfare, skinny and nervous, barely a year old, after inconveniently producing a second litter of unwanted kittens. On the odd occasion she has gone missing since
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Autos drive to top score
Ian Costello and Jimmy Thomas scored seven apiece as they helped Albion Autos drive Spray Shop to a 25-0 defeat in the Westows Sussex Indoor Five-a-side League. In the third week of the new league, mid-table Albion's total topped Rhunda Rovers' biggest
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Swallow hard
One can only imagine the loaded questions put by local consultant Maggie Peake during her recent "research" into residents' reaction to council tax rises - "two-thirds of those questioned were prepared to pay 15 per cent extra" (The Argus, February 24
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Life's a pitch
Referee Steve Webber had sore feet and a dry mouth after a football game he supervised in Hove. Someone stole his half-time can of ginger beer and his trainers while he was on the pitch at Wish Park. If Steve could find the culprit, he'd get more than
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Back on beat
It was nice to read a letter from a former landlord of the Downs Hotel, Tom Chilton (February 18), saying the policing of Woodingdean of 50 years ago was the same then and he remembered phoning for police assistance but got none as they were all at the
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Being alert for children
The disappearance of two-year-old Merlin Reid from his parents' home at Barns Green, near Billingshurst, caused his family and police huge concern. Yet Sussex Police did not use its Child Rescue Alert to find the little boy more quickly. The reason is
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Moore's men must stay switched on
Skipper Gaylon Moore has called on his Worthing Thunder side to stay switched on for the full 40 minutes if they are to topple NBL leaders Teesside tonight. The Mohawks head to Worthing Leisure Centre (8pm) virtually certain of finishing top of the Conference
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Bears back in winning form
Brighton Bears are back in winning form on the road and their captain back is in action ahead of a key weekend in the British League title race. They overturned a nine-point deficit to win 93-88 at Essex Leopards last night with skipper Randy Duck playing
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Wards shut in bug outbreak
Work is continuing to try to contain the spread of an infectious stomach bug which has closed wards in two hospitals. Hospital patients and staff have been struck down with sickness and diarrhoea caused by winter vomiting disease. About 20 patients are
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Blight of 'for sale' signs
Estate agents' boards could be banned from historic properties because their sheer number is blighting Brighton and Hove's best buildings. A voluntary limit on the number of boards outside the homes is being breached and now the city council is considering
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Child alert concern
Sussex Police should have used its new Child Rescue Alert in the hunt for missing two-year-old Merlin Reid, found safe after a ten-hour nightmare toddle. That was the view today of the man who helped promote the scheme, Mike Mendoza. The Adur councillor
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Seaman tells of sinking tragedy
A merchant seaman told a jury of his shock when his ship rammed into the back of another boat off the Sussex coast. Brian D'Esterre Roberts, 39, was officer on watch on board the Dutch Aquamarine at the time of the fatal collision, in which the captain
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Wardens repaint wobbly lines
Parking attendants were forced to return to repaint yellow lines after a motorist claimed he had been the victim of a prank. Builder Sam Hickmott complained to Brighton and Hove City Council last week that a prankster had painted a set of wobbly double-yellow
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On the pier
Brighton's West Pier needs total reconstruction. Should this therefore be considered a commercial venture and funded by the developers rather than public money? Perhaps the council would be better off condemning the building and devoting its time and
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Police state
Richard Delacour (Letters, February 26) seems to think we live in a police state, where criticism of the police is forbidden and the police are accountable to themselves. Thank heavens for the rest of us, we don't. -Nigel Donovan, Lincoln Road, Portslade
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A question of loyalty
Craig Turton (Letters, February 26) distances himself from Tony Blair. What sort of loyalty does this display from the prospective candidate for East Brighton? Many Labour Party members would probably be at odds with Craig's lack of trade union membership
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Police in accident probe
The Police Complaints Authority has been informed about an accident involving a pedestrian who was hit by a car police were trying to stop. The man was still in a critical but stable condition last night after being struck by the car which plain clothes
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
As I write, my friend Jenny is waiting to hear if she has won a "holiday of a lifetime" to Australia. She entered a Southern FM competition this week, which involved her talking on the phone to a complete stranger in Melbourne for 14 minutes, and it looks
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Gillingham 3 Albion 0
Sub Tommy Johnson came back to haunt Albion as they crashed to their first defeat in four games. The striker scored twice for Notts County against the Seagulls in the 1990-91 Division One play-off final at Wembley. A dozen years on, the flame-haired front
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Inside View: Nathan Jones
Finally there's light at the end of the tunnel. Another massive week for the club has seen us climb out of the relegation zone for the first time in ages. Saturday we entertained the wounded but nonetheless dangerous Lions in a vital fixture and we came
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Gerry Armstrong: Rougier finds key to settling
What a start for Tony Rougier! Scoring the winner three minutes after coming on as a sub on your debut, it's what dreams are made of. If he can keep doing that for Albion, people will be very happy. I remember watching him when he was playing up in Scotland
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Back on beat
It was nice to read a letter from a former landlord of the Downs Hotel, Tom Chilton (February 18), saying the policing of Woodingdean of 50 years ago was the same then and he remembered phoning for police assistance but got none as they were all at the
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Board stupid
Some of the most beautiful squares and terraces in Britain are in the city of Brighton and Hove. Great efforts are made by the residents and the city council to keep them splendid, often by ensuring they are painted all the same colour at the same time
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Couth youth
With reference to V Holden's concerns about the Scout and Guide parade on St George's Day (Letters, February 25), both organisations have been very disappointed over the past four years that this very popular and important local event has not been able
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Pier trust quizzed on accounts
The trust set up to maintain and restore Brighton's West Pier spent almost £100,000 on administration and staff in 2001. In the same year more than £2,000 was spent by the West Pier Trust on repairs to the crumbling structure. Earlier this week, the go-ahead
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Wards shut in bug outbreak
Work is continuing to try to contain the spread of an infectious stomach bug which has closed wards in two hospitals. Hospital patients and staff have been struck down with sickness and diarrhoea caused by winter vomiting disease. About 20 patients are
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Date
Gillingham 3 Albion 0
Sub Tommy Johnson came back to haunt Albion as they crashed to their first defeat in four games. The striker scored twice for Notts County against the Seagulls in the 1990-91 Division One play-off final at Wembley. A dozen years on, the flame-haired front
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£4m village bypass opens
Two brickies in a white van became the first motorists to drive along Angmering's new £4 million bypass. Scores of people waved and cheered as the van, with the two builders inside, passed beneath a footbridge over the two-mile dual carriageway. Developers
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Wardens repaint wobbly lines
Parking attendants were forced to return to repaint yellow lines after a motorist claimed he had been the victim of a prank. Builder Sam Hickmott complained to Brighton and Hove City Council last week that a prankster had painted a set of wobbly double-yellow
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Police state
Richard Delacour (Letters, February 26) seems to think we live in a police state, where criticism of the police is forbidden and the police are accountable to themselves. Thank heavens for the rest of us, we don't. -Nigel Donovan, Lincoln Road, Portslade
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Mail gone astray
My son Adam was ten last Saturday and one of his birthday cards has not arrived. Two weeks ago, Adam's eldest sister did not receive a card until six days after her birthday. The card was first-class postage but was put in the wrong house. We hope other
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A question of loyalty
Craig Turton (Letters, February 26) distances himself from Tony Blair. What sort of loyalty does this display from the prospective candidate for East Brighton? Many Labour Party members would probably be at odds with Craig's lack of trade union membership
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Home Truths, by Jacqui Bealing
As I write, my friend Jenny is waiting to hear if she has won a "holiday of a lifetime" to Australia. She entered a Southern FM competition this week, which involved her talking on the phone to a complete stranger in Melbourne for 14 minutes, and it looks
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Virgo wants to prove himself
Adam Virgo is back at Albion ahead of schedule after falling out with a sacked former Seagull. The young centre half resumed training at Falmer on Monday morning, just a few hours before Neil McNab was chopped as manager of Exeter. Virgo's three-month
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Inside View: Nathan Jones
Finally there's light at the end of the tunnel. Another massive week for the club has seen us climb out of the relegation zone for the first time in ages. Saturday we entertained the wounded but nonetheless dangerous Lions in a vital fixture and we came
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Let it be
the saga of Saffie may appear to have a happy ending for the cat, now reunited with her original owners, yet the argument over who is liable for her neutering and microchipping costs continues to rage. I must express my great admiration and appreciation
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Wild thing
Hazel Grant (Letters, January 16) expressed interest in the fate of Tin-Tin the cat. He was featured in The Argus of January 8, having been found with his head wedged in an empty food can. The fire brigade removed the can and he was then wonderfully cared
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Cougars face tense finale
Brighton Cougars need to win their last game to clinch home advantage in the play-offs and coach Mike Blatchford admitted: "This is not the position I wanted to be in." Cougars suffered a nightmare second quarter at home to Colchester last week on their
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Board stupid
Some of the most beautiful squares and terraces in Britain are in the city of Brighton and Hove. Great efforts are made by the residents and the city council to keep them splendid, often by ensuring they are painted all the same colour at the same time
-
Date
Couth youth
With reference to V Holden's concerns about the Scout and Guide parade on St George's Day (Letters, February 25), both organisations have been very disappointed over the past four years that this very popular and important local event has not been able
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Date
Think again
As a former long-term resident of Brighton and Hove, I must express the great sadness I feel to hear a city I loved and thought of as a tolerant and generous place has joined the ranks of those expressing unthinking intolerance, even hatred, of people
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Our reputation for tolerance is fading
I amwriting to share a distressing and disturbing incident with readers. On Tuesday night at a bus stop opposite my house, a young Oriental man was surrounded by a group of approximately 10-15 young boys, of age range between 12 and 17 years (I would
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Charlotte has the Aussies in her sights
Charlotte Kerwood wants to restore British sporting pride against Australia and secure an Olympic place while revising for her GCSEs. The Sussex schoolgirl who won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in shooting has a modest manner disguised by a permanent
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Truck used in funeral farewell
The family of a lorry driver who loved his job thought it was only fitting it should feature in his funeral. They arranged for Brian Rendell's coffin to be carried on the car-carrier truck he used to drive. Managers at Yeoman's Toyota in Yeoman Road,
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Pier trust quizzed on accounts
The trust set up to maintain and restore Brighton's West Pier spent almost £100,000 on administration and staff in 2001. In the same year more than £2,000 was spent by the West Pier Trust on repairs to the crumbling structure. Earlier this week, the go-ahead
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Don't feed the birds
A dying woman is being taken to court in an effort to stop her feeding pigeons. Brighton and Hove City Council is taking legal action against Margaret Waite, 56, to ban her from scattering crumbs for the birds outside her home in Whitehawk, Brighton.
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Opponents fear 'all-round view' of stadium
Brighton and Hove Albion's proposed new stadium would be visible from all points of the compass in the surrounding South Downs, opponents said. Robert White, representing Lewes District Council at the public inquiry into the scheme, said the 22,000-seat
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Gillingham 3 Albion 0
Sub Tommy Johnson came back to haunt Albion as they crashed to their first defeat in four games. The striker scored twice for Notts County against the Seagulls in the 1990-91 Division One play-off final at Wembley. A dozen years on, the flame-haired front
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Gillingham v Albion: Blow by blow
A bumper crowd included 1,300 Seagulls supporters on the terrace behind the goal defended by Gillingham in the first half and, rather bizarrely, 19 Dutch referees. There was a late change of referee, Peter Walton from Northampton taking over from Berkshire's
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Gillingham v Albion: The teams
Anthony Rougier made his first start for Albion on Saturay as they went for a fourth win on the spin at the Priestfield Stadium. The striker on loan from Reading replaced the banned Bobby Zamora in the only change to the team which beat Millwall 1-0 at
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£4m village bypass opens
Two brickies in a white van became the first motorists to drive along Angmering's new £4 million bypass. Scores of people waved and cheered as the van, with the two builders inside, passed beneath a footbridge over the two-mile dual carriageway. Developers
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Date
Fire service goes for gold outfit
Firefighters have worn blue uniforms for over 50 years. From today they're going for gold because it reflects heat better. As we reported last May, all full-time and retained firefighters in East and West Sussex are being issued with gold-coloured outfits
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Date
Mail gone astray
My son Adam was ten last Saturday and one of his birthday cards has not arrived. Two weeks ago, Adam's eldest sister did not receive a card until six days after her birthday. The card was first-class postage but was put in the wrong house. We hope other
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Date
Virgo wants to prove himself
Adam Virgo is back at Albion ahead of schedule after falling out with a sacked former Seagull. The young centre half resumed training at Falmer on Monday morning, just a few hours before Neil McNab was chopped as manager of Exeter. Virgo's three-month
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Date
Get up on your feet
what a difference half-term made. Traffic congestion miraculously disappeared. Buses were on time, helping everyone get to work and around town punctually. Pollution noticeably reduced - the air actually felt cleaner. The overwhelming majority of kids
-
Date
Terrace Talk, with Roz South
After our lads played Millwall off the pitch last week, I was reminded of my previous, less than kindly, words about the very man who sealed their fate. Namely, Anthony "Rah-rah-rah" Rougier, who made his lightning strike on the goalmouth within three
-
Date
Black and white
One of our two black-and-white rescue cats was left with Michael and Jane Tulley of Cat Welfare, skinny and nervous, barely a year old, after inconveniently producing a second litter of unwanted kittens. On the odd occasion she has gone missing since
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Date
Let it be
the saga of Saffie may appear to have a happy ending for the cat, now reunited with her original owners, yet the argument over who is liable for her neutering and microchipping costs continues to rage. I must express my great admiration and appreciation
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Date
Autos drive to top score
Ian Costello and Jimmy Thomas scored seven apiece as they helped Albion Autos drive Spray Shop to a 25-0 defeat in the Westows Sussex Indoor Five-a-side League. In the third week of the new league, mid-table Albion's total topped Rhunda Rovers' biggest
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Date
Wild thing
Hazel Grant (Letters, January 16) expressed interest in the fate of Tin-Tin the cat. He was featured in The Argus of January 8, having been found with his head wedged in an empty food can. The fire brigade removed the can and he was then wonderfully cared
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Date
Swallow hard
One can only imagine the loaded questions put by local consultant Maggie Peake during her recent "research" into residents' reaction to council tax rises - "two-thirds of those questioned were prepared to pay 15 per cent extra" (The Argus, February 24
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Date
Life's a pitch
Referee Steve Webber had sore feet and a dry mouth after a football game he supervised in Hove. Someone stole his half-time can of ginger beer and his trainers while he was on the pitch at Wish Park. If Steve could find the culprit, he'd get more than
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Date
Cougars face tense finale
Brighton Cougars need to win their last game to clinch home advantage in the play-offs and coach Mike Blatchford admitted: "This is not the position I wanted to be in." Cougars suffered a nightmare second quarter at home to Colchester last week on their
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Date
Being alert for children
The disappearance of two-year-old Merlin Reid from his parents' home at Barns Green, near Billingshurst, caused his family and police huge concern. Yet Sussex Police did not use its Child Rescue Alert to find the little boy more quickly. The reason is
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Date
Think again
As a former long-term resident of Brighton and Hove, I must express the great sadness I feel to hear a city I loved and thought of as a tolerant and generous place has joined the ranks of those expressing unthinking intolerance, even hatred, of people
-
Date
Our reputation for tolerance is fading
I amwriting to share a distressing and disturbing incident with readers. On Tuesday night at a bus stop opposite my house, a young Oriental man was surrounded by a group of approximately 10-15 young boys, of age range between 12 and 17 years (I would
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Date
Moore's men must stay switched on
Skipper Gaylon Moore has called on his Worthing Thunder side to stay switched on for the full 40 minutes if they are to topple NBL leaders Teesside tonight. The Mohawks head to Worthing Leisure Centre (8pm) virtually certain of finishing top of the Conference
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Date
Charlotte has the Aussies in her sights
Charlotte Kerwood wants to restore British sporting pride against Australia and secure an Olympic place while revising for her GCSEs. The Sussex schoolgirl who won a Commonwealth Games gold medal in shooting has a modest manner disguised by a permanent
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Date
Bears back in winning form
Brighton Bears are back in winning form on the road and their captain back is in action ahead of a key weekend in the British League title race. They overturned a nine-point deficit to win 93-88 at Essex Leopards last night with skipper Randy Duck playing
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Date
Truck used in funeral farewell
The family of a lorry driver who loved his job thought it was only fitting it should feature in his funeral. They arranged for Brian Rendell's coffin to be carried on the car-carrier truck he used to drive. Managers at Yeoman's Toyota in Yeoman Road,
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Date
Blight of 'for sale' signs
Estate agents' boards could be banned from historic properties because their sheer number is blighting Brighton and Hove's best buildings. A voluntary limit on the number of boards outside the homes is being breached and now the city council is considering
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Date
Child alert concern
Sussex Police should have used its new Child Rescue Alert in the hunt for missing two-year-old Merlin Reid, found safe after a ten-hour nightmare toddle. That was the view today of the man who helped promote the scheme, Mike Mendoza. The Adur councillor
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Date
Don't feed the birds
A dying woman is being taken to court in an effort to stop her feeding pigeons. Brighton and Hove City Council is taking legal action against Margaret Waite, 56, to ban her from scattering crumbs for the birds outside her home in Whitehawk, Brighton.
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Date
Seaman tells of sinking tragedy
A merchant seaman told a jury of his shock when his ship rammed into the back of another boat off the Sussex coast. Brian D'Esterre Roberts, 39, was officer on watch on board the Dutch Aquamarine at the time of the fatal collision, in which the captain
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Date
Opponents fear 'all-round view' of stadium
Brighton and Hove Albion's proposed new stadium would be visible from all points of the compass in the surrounding South Downs, opponents said. Robert White, representing Lewes District Council at the public inquiry into the scheme, said the 22,000-seat
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Date
Gillingham v Albion: Blow by blow
A bumper crowd included 1,300 Seagulls supporters on the terrace behind the goal defended by Gillingham in the first half and, rather bizarrely, 19 Dutch referees. There was a late change of referee, Peter Walton from Northampton taking over from Berkshire's
-
Date
Gillingham v Albion: The teams
Anthony Rougier made his first start for Albion on Saturay as they went for a fourth win on the spin at the Priestfield Stadium. The striker on loan from Reading replaced the banned Bobby Zamora in the only change to the team which beat Millwall 1-0 at
