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Burner plans spark dioxin fears
Dangerous chemical pollution caused by burning waste in incinerators has been grossly underestimated, a public inquiry was told. Seaford-based environment group Probe said incinerating waste was a major source of dioxins and other persistent chemicals
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Traders split over car ban
Traders in Kemp Town, Brighton are divided over the future of a shopping street. George Street comes under discussion this evening at a meeting of the St James's Action Group. Businesses think it should be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers because
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Date
Beasant may still sign
Dave Beasant will sign a new contract with Albion if the terms are right, according to his solicitor, but the veteran goalkeeper still believes he can play in the Premiership. Beasant moved to the Withdean Stadium on a short-term deal in January and,
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Date
July 12: Sussex v Essex (Result)
Chris Adams still refuses to concede that Sussex can mount a genuine challenge for their first Championship while his players continue to offer compelling evidence to the contrary. The county reached the halfway stage of the season on Saturday in second
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Date
Voice Of The Third Age: Lis Solkhon
I've still got mine, although I had long forgotten about it. Hidden away in a drawer full of the usual detritus which a long life tends to accumulate is a document which was a major part of my life for a good many years. I may have difficulty remembering
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Date
Athletics: Crawley battle against drop
Crawley Athletic Club are facing a relegation battle in British League division three. They were without several first choice athletes for the fixture at Cardiff and finished eighth. Manager Mark Sheridan said: "I could not believe the standard. I was
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Date
Crowds gear up for new cars
Thousands of people took the chance to enjoy the glorious weather at Brighton Racecourse while checking out new cars at The Argus Motorshow over the weekend. The free event, which is in its 15th year and its third at the racecourse, is an opportunity
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Date
Cricket: Ibrahim keeps Lewes on course
Sussex League: Lewes Priory continue to set the pace in division two after a comfortable eight-wicket win at home to Cuckfield. St James are second after a nail-biting win at Haywards Heath, while Littlehampton did not have a game. Cuckfield found run-scoring
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Date
Costly waste
Norman Baker's suggestion (The Argus, July 3) that doorstep recycling avoids the need for an incinerator does not add up - at least not the way Lib-Dem Lewes District Council is setting about it. Its scheme doesn't include glass or cardboard and does
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Date
On a plate
There's a new enthusiasm for school dinners at Warden Park School in Cuckfield now the whole village is involved. The butcher and baker are taking part and the candlestick maker would be, if there was one. Children are planning their own meals now the
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Date
Thousands flock to festival of speed
Formula One stars Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Olivier Panis and Juan-Pablo Montoya joined thousands of motorsport fans for a weekend of high octane thrills at Goodwood. More than 140,000 people visited the Festival of Speed's tenth anniversary celebrations
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Date
Man is cruel
In reply to Graeme Worsley's pro-hunting sermon (Letters, July 9), cruelty is a human attribute. Cats are not human. They have no understanding of play or sport, they act on natural instincts domestication cannot suppress. Halal and Kosher butchers do
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Date
Golf: Evans does his Open homework
At 6.30 this morning Gary Evans started to fine tune an already highly-efficient game in preparation for the Open championship. The early tee-off at Royal St George's in company with Retief Goosen was a practice round and vital examination of a links
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Date
Personal attention
Many secondary schools in Sussex are so vast these days, it's easy for children to feel lost and ignored. Now Hove Park School is abolishing tutor groups for students and replacing them with a mentoring system. It's popular with parents as can be seen
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Date
No fish abuse
I write to reassure readers following Aiden Radnedge's article about goldfish at Worthing funfair (The Argus, July 4) and Ruth Larkin's letter (July 10) on the issue. Not all funfairs offer goldfish as prizes but, for those that do, there are very strict
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Date
Cricket: Moores rues poor fielding
Peter Moores admitted Sussex got it wrong in the field as their five sun-drenched days at Arundel ended on a low last night. The county went down by six wickets to Derbyshire in the National League and also lost Matt Prior with a thigh strain sustained
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Adams cool on title talk
Chris Adams is still playing down Sussex's chances of landing their first ever Championship. The county can close the gap behind leaders Surrey to a handful of points with victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road, starting tomorrow (11am). But Adams
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Water shortage fears rise
Gardeners in Mid Sussex were today urged to cut their use of water during the hot weather to preserve supplies. Water usage in the Horsham area has quadrupled during the heatwave. Southern Water is blaming excessive use of hosepipes and garden sprinklers
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Date
Recruitment firm in sell-off deal
Logistics and recruitment group Hays has got off to flying start in its drive to offload non-core parts of its business with the £200 million sale of its document handling arm. The deal, selling its Information Management Services (IMS) business to US-based
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MP slams Royal Mail over closures
Lewes MP Norman Baker has bombarded Royal Mail chiefs with a litany of complaints. He claims the Royal Mail had failed to keep a pledge to reopen a post office in the Cliffe area of Lewes. And the MP criticised bosses for closing local post offices, withdrawing
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Date
£200k to create first super school
An American-style super school with its own extensive medical facilities is set to open next year. Brighton and Hove City Council has been given £200,000 from the Government to provide the city with its first extended service school. Among the features
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Date
Brain-storming bid to save school
Staff and governors at a school threatened with closure will be given the chance to spell out their ideas for its future at a meeting this week. Part of a wide-ranging consultation exercise on the possible closure of the East Brighton College of Media
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Date
Cocaine use on the rise
Latest ideas for tackling drug problems were discussed at a key conference in Sussex. Delegates at the Drug and Alcohol Conference, in Eastbourne on Friday were told cocaine use was on the increase, as was drug-related crime. The event was organised by
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Date
Barnum, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, Until Aug 16
As director, lead actor and general manager of Eastbourne Theatres, Chris Jordan must identify with the larger-than-life character of Phineas T. Barnum. Wearing his commercial hat, he knows the need of a seaside theatre to make it pay while the sun shines
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Date
£200k to create first super school
An American-style super school with its own extensive medical facilities is set to open next year. Brighton and Hove City Council has been given £200,000 from the Government to provide the city with its first extended service school. Among the features
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Date
Woman punched in bag snatch
A woman was punched in the face when she became the latest victim of bag snatchers today. The victim, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with facial injuries but was not believed to be seriously hurt. She was attacked by a man as she walked
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Traders split over car ban
Traders in Kemp Town, Brighton are divided over the future of a shopping street. George Street comes under discussion this evening at a meeting of the St James's Action Group. Businesses think it should be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers because
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Rescue call-outs rise as temperatures soar
Coastguards received a surge in call-outs over the weekend as the hot weather lured thousands to the seaside. A total of 34 children aged between three and 12, needed help from lifeboat and coastguard crews at Camber Sands, near Rye, in separate incidents
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Resistance to GM crops grows
Commercial growing of GM crops is attracting more resistance. A debate organised by Brighton and Hove City Council's sustainability commission ended in unanimous opposition to the controversial move. Many people raised fears about the safety of growing
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Date
Comic company's labour of love
He was a lone writer, scribbling away into the small hours writing comic strips. But there was one problem. "I can't draw," said Colin Dinnie, founding member of Underfire, a project which has now become a home-grown comic company with three titles under
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Date
This modification is not required
Scientific knowledge is not an absolute. It is almost certain that what is known now, will be modified by scientists of the future. Scientific knowledge, then, is no more than an interpretation of facts assembled at any one time. It is applied and, naturally
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Date
Fault leaves street without phones
Angry residents are still waiting to be connected to the outside world - ten days after their telephones went dead. BT customers in Elm Drive, Hove, are hanging on for engineers to repair a faulty cable, which is affecting up to 150 homes. For most it
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Date
Check out your blood pressure
Thousands of people in the South- East suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, with many not even knowing they have a problem. But the condition is serious and medical experts are urging people who believe they might be at risk to get checked
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Date
Men suffer from osteoporosis, too
Mention osteoporosis and most people automatically assume it is something from which women suffer. But although one in three women are generally affected by the condition, there are still two million men in Britain with the disease. Osteoporosis can lead
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Date
Fatboy pal fights to stop flats
A DJ and scout for Fatboy Slim's record company is spearheading a campaign against plans for an eight-storey block of flats on the seafront at Rottingdean. Villagers are fighting the proposed development on the site of a £700,000 luxury home. The property
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Resistance to GM crops grows
Commercial growing of GM crops is attracting more resistance. A debate organised by Brighton and Hove City Council's sustainability commission ended in unanimous opposition to the controversial move. Many people raised fears about the safety of growing
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Date
Talks to resolve train horn misery
Council leaders in Sussex will be invited to talks with rail industry officials to discuss the ear-splitting problem of new trains' noisy horns. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is conducting a review following complaints from residents across
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Date
Beasant may still sign
Dave Beasant will sign a new contract with Albion if the terms are right, according to his solicitor, but the veteran goalkeeper still believes he can play in the Premiership. Beasant moved to the Withdean Stadium on a short-term deal in January and,
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Date
July 12: Sussex v Essex (Result)
Chris Adams still refuses to concede that Sussex can mount a genuine challenge for their first Championship while his players continue to offer compelling evidence to the contrary. The county reached the halfway stage of the season on Saturday in second
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Date
July 13: Sussex v Derbyshire
Sussex were sunk by a former colleague who learnt his cricket in Tasmania - and it was not Michael di Venuto. The Sharks thought they had done the hard bit at Arundel when di Venuto, their former colleague and National League tormentor last season, was
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Date
Shakespeare boss: 'I'm never coming back'
A theatre director's attempts to stage two open-air Shakespeare plays suffered enough misadventure to read like a comedy of errors. Even the Bard himself would struggle to explain the series of tragedies with which Robert J Williamson had to cope when
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Family Life, by Bini McCall
Well, I had a lovely week off work and was lucky enough to have booked it to coincide with some really good weather. Unfortunately we must have punctured the blow-up mattress pushing it up the stairs but luckily it managed to stay up long enough to survive
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Athletics: Crawley battle against drop
Crawley Athletic Club are facing a relegation battle in British League division three. They were without several first choice athletes for the fixture at Cardiff and finished eighth. Manager Mark Sheridan said: "I could not believe the standard. I was
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Date
Crowds gear up for new cars
Thousands of people took the chance to enjoy the glorious weather at Brighton Racecourse while checking out new cars at The Argus Motorshow over the weekend. The free event, which is in its 15th year and its third at the racecourse, is an opportunity
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Date
Sketers' duties
The Argus printed a picture of a in-line skater (July 7) wearing no protective kit, hanging on to the back of a double-decker bus. He appears oblivious to every regulation and the basic common sense of valid users of the public highway. The police should
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Date
Cricket: Ibrahim keeps Lewes on course
Sussex League: Lewes Priory continue to set the pace in division two after a comfortable eight-wicket win at home to Cuckfield. St James are second after a nail-biting win at Haywards Heath, while Littlehampton did not have a game. Cuckfield found run-scoring
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Date
Personal attention
Many secondary schools in Sussex are so vast these days, it's easy for children to feel lost and ignored. Now Hove Park School is abolishing tutor groups for students and replacing them with a mentoring system. It's popular with parents as can be seen
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Date
No fish abuse
I write to reassure readers following Aiden Radnedge's article about goldfish at Worthing funfair (The Argus, July 4) and Ruth Larkin's letter (July 10) on the issue. Not all funfairs offer goldfish as prizes but, for those that do, there are very strict
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Date
Match Report: Sussex v Derbyshire
Sussex were sunk by a former colleague who learnt his cricket in Tasmania - and it was not Michael di Venuto. The Sharks thought they had done the hard bit at Arundel when di Venuto, their former colleague and National League tormentor last season, was
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Date
Match Report: Sussex v Essex
Chris Adams still refuses to concede that Sussex can mount a genuine challenge for their first Championship while his players continue to offer compelling evidence to the contrary. The county reached the halfway stage of the season on Saturday in second
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Date
Adams cool on title talk
Chris Adams is still playing down Sussex's chances of landing their first ever Championship. The county can close the gap behind leaders Surrey to a handful of points with victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road, starting tomorrow (11am). But Adams
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Date
Water shortage fears rise
Gardeners in Mid Sussex were today urged to cut their use of water during the hot weather to preserve supplies. Water usage in the Horsham area has quadrupled during the heatwave. Southern Water is blaming excessive use of hosepipes and garden sprinklers
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Date
Recruitment firm in sell-off deal
Logistics and recruitment group Hays has got off to flying start in its drive to offload non-core parts of its business with the £200 million sale of its document handling arm. The deal, selling its Information Management Services (IMS) business to US-based
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Date
Brain-storming bid to save school
Staff and governors at a school threatened with closure will be given the chance to spell out their ideas for its future at a meeting this week. Part of a wide-ranging consultation exercise on the possible closure of the East Brighton College of Media
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Date
Cocaine use on the rise
Latest ideas for tackling drug problems were discussed at a key conference in Sussex. Delegates at the Drug and Alcohol Conference, in Eastbourne on Friday were told cocaine use was on the increase, as was drug-related crime. The event was organised by
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Date
£200k to create first super school
An American-style super school with its own extensive medical facilities is set to open next year. Brighton and Hove City Council has been given £200,000 from the Government to provide the city with its first extended service school. Among the features
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Date
Traders split over car ban
Traders in Kemp Town, Brighton are divided over the future of a shopping street. George Street comes under discussion this evening at a meeting of the St James's Action Group. Businesses think it should be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers because
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Date
Stag man hurt in bull run
A Sussex man on a stag weekend in Pamplona had a lucky escape after he was tossed into the air by a 1,200lb bull. David Biggins, 31, from Rustington, was today in a Spanish hospital being treated for a 4in gash to his thigh and head injuries. The animal's
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'Snack' PCs rapped over death
Three Sussex Police officers have been disciplined for failing to take a dying man to hospital quickly enough. Ron Nicholls was driven around Brighton unconscious and hand-cuffed in the back of police van for 35 minutes while officers searched for a snack
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Burner plans spark dioxin fears
Dangerous chemical pollution caused by burning waste in incinerators has been grossly underestimated, a public inquiry was told. Seaford-based environment group Probe said incinerating waste was a major source of dioxins and other persistent chemicals
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Date
Traders split over car ban
Traders in Kemp Town, Brighton are divided over the future of a shopping street. George Street comes under discussion this evening at a meeting of the St James's Action Group. Businesses think it should be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers because
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Date
MP slams Royal Mail over closures
Lewes MP Norman Baker has bombarded Royal Mail chiefs with a litany of complaints. He claims the Royal Mail had failed to keep a pledge to reopen a post office in the Cliffe area of Lewes. And the MP criticised bosses for closing local post offices, withdrawing
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Date
Fatboy pal fights to stop flats
A DJ and scout for Fatboy Slim's record company is spearheading a campaign against plans for an eight-storey block of flats on the seafront at Rottingdean. Villagers are fighting the proposed development on the site of a £700,000 luxury home. The property
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Date
Talks to resolve train horn misery
Council leaders in Sussex will be invited to talks with rail industry officials to discuss the ear-splitting problem of new trains' noisy horns. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is conducting a review following complaints from residents across
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Date
Voice Of The Third Age: Lis Solkhon
I've still got mine, although I had long forgotten about it. Hidden away in a drawer full of the usual detritus which a long life tends to accumulate is a document which was a major part of my life for a good many years. I may have difficulty remembering
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Date
Beasant may still sign
Dave Beasant will sign a new contract with Albion if the terms are right, according to his solicitor, but the veteran goalkeeper still believes he can play in the Premiership. Beasant moved to the Withdean Stadium on a short-term deal in January and,
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Date
Getting kids into sports
Last weekend, I participated in the Sports Show 2003 at Earl's Court, London (www.liquidexhibitions.co.uk), a new event encouraging children to take up different sports. What a lovely idea to get some of Britain's top athletes and world champions to mingle
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Date
Comic capers
Brighton is now the base for a home-grown comic company called Underfire which has made reality out of a hobby. The founders are already seeing a lot of interest in their beautifully-produced drawings with readable story lines. Will they make enough money
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Date
Tub racers clean up for charity
More than a hundred madcap charity fundraisers discovered the perfect way to travel as temperatures soared in Sussex - by bath tub. Crowds flocked to Upper Beeding for the 32nd Adur Bath Tub Race as teams battled it out along the six-mile course to Shoreham
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Date
Costly waste
Norman Baker's suggestion (The Argus, July 3) that doorstep recycling avoids the need for an incinerator does not add up - at least not the way Lib-Dem Lewes District Council is setting about it. Its scheme doesn't include glass or cardboard and does
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Date
Cricket: Horsham close gap
Sussex League: Horsham have closed the gap on Premier League leaders Hastings to 11 points and both clubs have eight games to play. Horsham enjoyed a comfortable win against lowly Worthing on Saturday and Hastings were without a game. East Grinstead and
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Date
On a plate
There's a new enthusiasm for school dinners at Warden Park School in Cuckfield now the whole village is involved. The butcher and baker are taking part and the candlestick maker would be, if there was one. Children are planning their own meals now the
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Date
Thousands flock to festival of speed
Formula One stars Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Olivier Panis and Juan-Pablo Montoya joined thousands of motorsport fans for a weekend of high octane thrills at Goodwood. More than 140,000 people visited the Festival of Speed's tenth anniversary celebrations
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Date
Man is cruel
In reply to Graeme Worsley's pro-hunting sermon (Letters, July 9), cruelty is a human attribute. Cats are not human. They have no understanding of play or sport, they act on natural instincts domestication cannot suppress. Halal and Kosher butchers do
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Date
Golf: Evans does his Open homework
At 6.30 this morning Gary Evans started to fine tune an already highly-efficient game in preparation for the Open championship. The early tee-off at Royal St George's in company with Retief Goosen was a practice round and vital examination of a links
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Date
Cricket: Moores rues poor fielding
Peter Moores admitted Sussex got it wrong in the field as their five sun-drenched days at Arundel ended on a low last night. The county went down by six wickets to Derbyshire in the National League and also lost Matt Prior with a thigh strain sustained
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Date
Angry skaters left out of latest event
A top skater says local teams have been shut out of a huge showcase festival. Skate 2003 returns to Eastbourne seafront on Saturday, July 26. When Scott Clark, captain of the senior team of the Brighton Streetstormers inline hockey club, tried to enter
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Date
Burner plans spark dioxin worry
Dangerous chemical pollution caused by burning waste in incinerators has been grossly underestimated, a public inquiry was told. Seaford-based environment group Probe said incinerating waste was a major source of dioxins and other persistent chemicals
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Date
Lottery may bail out Diana fund
Lottery cash could be used to plug the funding gap left after the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund froze all its charitable grants. The fund, set up after the death of the Princess in 1997, was forced to cancel payments to its beneficiaries amid
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Date
Bus driver refuses woman's small change
A woman who sprained her ankle was forced to walk to work because a bus driver refused to count her loose change. Jodie Smart, 25, from Seven Dials, Brighton, usually enjoys her 40-minute stroll to work but decided to take the bus after hurting her foot
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Date
Barnum, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, Until Aug 16
As director, lead actor and general manager of Eastbourne Theatres, Chris Jordan must identify with the larger-than-life character of Phineas T. Barnum. Wearing his commercial hat, he knows the need of a seaside theatre to make it pay while the sun shines
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Date
Student escapes 30ft fall from window
A woman was rushed to intensive care after falling 30ft out of a window. She had spent the afternoon drinking with friends before plunging from the second-floor flat in Lansdowne Street, Hove. They were out of the room and her boyfriend had turned away
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Date
City's rough sleepers on rise
The number of people sleeping rough in Brighton and Hove has risen in the past year, according to figures published today. Council workers found 12 people sleeping on the streets on July 11, compared to nine in 2002. The increase is the first recorded
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Date
Woman punched in bag snatch
A woman was punched in the face when she became the latest victim of bag snatchers today. The victim, who has not been named, was taken to hospital with facial injuries but was not believed to be seriously hurt. She was attacked by a man as she walked
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Date
Two die in swimming tragedies
A man pulled unconscious from the sea died despite a frantic effort by sunbathers to save his life. Lifeboat crews, coastguards and paramedics were at full stretch throughout the weekend as thousands flocked to the coast lured by the 27C temperatures.
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Date
Motorist flees after crash
A driver fled after crashing a car through two garden walls and stopping just feet from a house. Residents in Alinora Avenue, Goring, Worthing, were woken at 1.30am yesterday after a hatchback car careered off the road and ploughed through two brick walls
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Date
Resistance to GM crops grows
Commercial growing of GM crops is attracting more resistance. A debate organised by Brighton and Hove City Council's sustainability commission ended in unanimous opposition to the controversial move. Many people raised fears about the safety of growing
-
Date
Comic company's labour of love
He was a lone writer, scribbling away into the small hours writing comic strips. But there was one problem. "I can't draw," said Colin Dinnie, founding member of Underfire, a project which has now become a home-grown comic company with three titles under
-
Date
This modification is not required
Scientific knowledge is not an absolute. It is almost certain that what is known now, will be modified by scientists of the future. Scientific knowledge, then, is no more than an interpretation of facts assembled at any one time. It is applied and, naturally
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Date
Fault leaves street without phones
Angry residents are still waiting to be connected to the outside world - ten days after their telephones went dead. BT customers in Elm Drive, Hove, are hanging on for engineers to repair a faulty cable, which is affecting up to 150 homes. For most it
-
Date
Check out your blood pressure
Thousands of people in the South- East suffer from hypertension, or high blood pressure, with many not even knowing they have a problem. But the condition is serious and medical experts are urging people who believe they might be at risk to get checked
-
Date
Men suffer from osteoporosis, too
Mention osteoporosis and most people automatically assume it is something from which women suffer. But although one in three women are generally affected by the condition, there are still two million men in Britain with the disease. Osteoporosis can lead
-
Date
Fatboy pal fights to stop flats
A DJ and scout for Fatboy Slim's record company is spearheading a campaign against plans for an eight-storey block of flats on the seafront at Rottingdean. Villagers are fighting the proposed development on the site of a £700,000 luxury home. The property
-
Date
Resistance to GM crops grows
Commercial growing of GM crops is attracting more resistance. A debate organised by Brighton and Hove City Council's sustainability commission ended in unanimous opposition to the controversial move. Many people raised fears about the safety of growing
-
Date
MP slams Royal Mail over closures
Lewes MP Norman Baker has bombarded Royal Mail chiefs with a litany of complaints. He claims the Royal Mail had failed to keep a pledge to reopen a post office in the Cliffe area of Lewes. And the MP criticised bosses for closing local post offices, withdrawing
-
Date
Talks to resolve train horn misery
Council leaders in Sussex will be invited to talks with rail industry officials to discuss the ear-splitting problem of new trains' noisy horns. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is conducting a review following complaints from residents across
-
Date
Fatboy pal fights to stop flats
A DJ and scout for Fatboy Slim's record company is spearheading a campaign against plans for an eight-storey block of flats on the seafront at Rottingdean. Villagers are fighting the proposed development on the site of a £700,000 luxury home. The property
-
Date
Talks to resolve train horn misery
Council leaders in Sussex will be invited to talks with rail industry officials to discuss the ear-splitting problem of new trains' noisy horns. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is conducting a review following complaints from residents across
-
Date
July 13: Sussex v Derbyshire
Sussex were sunk by a former colleague who learnt his cricket in Tasmania - and it was not Michael di Venuto. The Sharks thought they had done the hard bit at Arundel when di Venuto, their former colleague and National League tormentor last season, was
-
Date
Shakespeare boss: 'I'm never coming back'
A theatre director's attempts to stage two open-air Shakespeare plays suffered enough misadventure to read like a comedy of errors. Even the Bard himself would struggle to explain the series of tragedies with which Robert J Williamson had to cope when
-
Date
Family Life, by Bini McCall
Well, I had a lovely week off work and was lucky enough to have booked it to coincide with some really good weather. Unfortunately we must have punctured the blow-up mattress pushing it up the stairs but luckily it managed to stay up long enough to survive
-
Date
Beasant may still sign
Dave Beasant will sign a new contract with Albion if the terms are right, according to his solicitor, but the veteran goalkeeper still believes he can play in the Premiership. Beasant moved to the Withdean Stadium on a short-term deal in January and,
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Date
Town packed for carnival success
Thousands of revellers lined the streets of Littlehampton as a colourful procession of floats made its way through the town. Glorious sunshine ensured the annual carnival drew one of its biggest-ever crowds. Mayor David Dyball opened the event on Saturday
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Date
Getting kids into sports
Last weekend, I participated in the Sports Show 2003 at Earl's Court, London (www.liquidexhibitions.co.uk), a new event encouraging children to take up different sports. What a lovely idea to get some of Britain's top athletes and world champions to mingle
-
Date
Water shortage fears rise
Gardeners were today urged to cut their use of water during the hot weather to preserve supplies. Water usage in the Horsham area has quadrupled during the heatwave. Southern Water is blaming excessive use of hosepipes and garden sprinklers for the huge
-
Date
Sketers' duties
The Argus printed a picture of a in-line skater (July 7) wearing no protective kit, hanging on to the back of a double-decker bus. He appears oblivious to every regulation and the basic common sense of valid users of the public highway. The police should
-
Date
Comic capers
Brighton is now the base for a home-grown comic company called Underfire which has made reality out of a hobby. The founders are already seeing a lot of interest in their beautifully-produced drawings with readable story lines. Will they make enough money
-
Date
Tub racers clean up for charity
More than a hundred madcap charity fundraisers discovered the perfect way to travel as temperatures soared in Sussex - by bath tub. Crowds flocked to Upper Beeding for the 32nd Adur Bath Tub Race as teams battled it out along the six-mile course to Shoreham
-
Date
Cricket: Horsham close gap
Sussex League: Horsham have closed the gap on Premier League leaders Hastings to 11 points and both clubs have eight games to play. Horsham enjoyed a comfortable win against lowly Worthing on Saturday and Hastings were without a game. East Grinstead and
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Date
Match Report: Sussex v Derbyshire
Sussex were sunk by a former colleague who learnt his cricket in Tasmania - and it was not Michael di Venuto. The Sharks thought they had done the hard bit at Arundel when di Venuto, their former colleague and National League tormentor last season, was
-
Date
Match Report: Sussex v Essex
Chris Adams still refuses to concede that Sussex can mount a genuine challenge for their first Championship while his players continue to offer compelling evidence to the contrary. The county reached the halfway stage of the season on Saturday in second
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Date
Angry skaters left out of latest event
A top skater says local teams have been shut out of a huge showcase festival. Skate 2003 returns to Eastbourne seafront on Saturday, July 26. When Scott Clark, captain of the senior team of the Brighton Streetstormers inline hockey club, tried to enter
-
Date
Burner plans spark dioxin worry
Dangerous chemical pollution caused by burning waste in incinerators has been grossly underestimated, a public inquiry was told. Seaford-based environment group Probe said incinerating waste was a major source of dioxins and other persistent chemicals
-
Date
Lottery may bail out Diana fund
Lottery cash could be used to plug the funding gap left after the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund froze all its charitable grants. The fund, set up after the death of the Princess in 1997, was forced to cancel payments to its beneficiaries amid
-
Date
Motorist flees after crash
A driver fled after crashing a car through two garden walls and stopping just feet from a house. Residents in Alinora Avenue, Goring, Worthing, were woken at 1.30am yesterday after a hatchback car careered off the road and ploughed through two brick walls
-
Date
Bus driver refuses woman's small change
A woman who sprained her ankle was forced to walk to work because a bus driver refused to count her loose change. Jodie Smart, 25, from Seven Dials, Brighton, usually enjoys her 40-minute stroll to work but decided to take the bus after hurting her foot
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Student escapes 30ft fall from window
A woman was rushed to intensive care after falling 30ft out of a window. She had spent the afternoon drinking with friends before plunging from the second-floor flat in Lansdowne Street, Hove. They were out of the room and her boyfriend had turned away
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City's rough sleepers on rise
The number of people sleeping rough in Brighton and Hove has risen in the past year, according to figures published today. Council workers found 12 people sleeping on the streets on July 11, compared to nine in 2002. The increase is the first recorded
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Angry skaters left out of latest event
A top skater says local teams have been shut out of a huge showcase festival. Skate 2003 returns to Eastbourne seafront on Saturday, July 26. When Scott Clark, captain of the senior team of the Brighton Streetstormers inline hockey club, tried to enter
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Stag man hurt in bull run
A Sussex man on a stag weekend in Pamplona had a lucky escape after he was tossed into the air by a 1,200lb bull. David Biggins, 31, from Rustington, was today in a Spanish hospital being treated for a 4in gash to his thigh and head injuries. The animal's
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'Snack' PCs rapped over death
Three Sussex Police officers have been disciplined for failing to take a dying man to hospital quickly enough. Ron Nicholls was driven around Brighton unconscious and hand-cuffed in the back of police van for 35 minutes while officers searched for a snack
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Two die in swimming tragedies
A man pulled unconscious from the sea died despite a frantic effort by sunbathers to save his life. Lifeboat crews, coastguards and paramedics were at full stretch throughout the weekend as thousands flocked to the coast lured by the 27C temperatures.
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Motorist flees after crash
A driver fled after crashing a car through two garden walls and stopping just feet from a house. Residents in Alinora Avenue, Goring, Worthing, were woken at 1.30am yesterday after a hatchback car careered off the road and ploughed through two brick walls
