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Abseiling ban lifted
Charities are celebrating a council's decision to lift its ban on abseiling along a stretch of coastline. Lewes District Council says the fund-raising activity can resume from the cliffs of Peacehaven for six months each year - as long as birds are not
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Swiss striker to get run-out
Albion are set to give triallist Gaetano Giallianza his debut in the friendly at Woking tomorrow. The Swiss striker has been out of football since Norwich declined to offer him a new contract last year after he had recovered from a knee ligament injury
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All change in the classroom - again
For the past 20 years, every time a new government minister has taken over education they have made changes to stamp their mark on the system. O Levels gave way to GCSEs, polytechnics graduated to become universities and then AS levels, GNVQs and NVQs
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Pressure builds on ATM labelling
The UK's biggest mortgage lender HBOS yesterday joined calls for cash machines which charge consumers for withdrawals to be labelled. The group, which includes Halifax and Bank of Scotland, said customers should know if they were being charged for a withdrawal
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Students work hard to top up loans
One in five university students puts in a gruelling working week of up to 50 hours on top of their studies, according to a new report. Research among 358 students at the University of Hertfordshire showed that more than half worked for up to 20 hours
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Pier developer on target for record year
Property developer St Modwen yesterday announced a 23 per cent rise in half-year profits and forecast record results for the year. The Birmingham-based firm, involved in the planned redevelopment of the West Pier in Brighton, said its interim pre-tax
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Fast-track to find a flatmate
Renting property can be a frustrating business for owners and tenants alike. Now home search agent Emma Parmenter is launching a service which aims to make it quicker and easier. She said: "It's like speed-dating for people looking to rent." Her Locate2Brighton
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Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield
The advantages of working in a boot-cupboard cum home-office have become apparent this week. Being surrounded on three sides by outside walls, and having only a tiny prison like chink for a window, the boot-cupboard is probably one of the coolest places
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Something's rotten in Rottingdean
Historic Rottingdean is living up to its name as bin men struggle to cope with a rising tide of rubbish. A shake-up of collection routes has left the village lumped in with Saltdean, Ovingdean and parts of Woodingdean on one of the biggest rounds in the
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Operation to snare bag thieves
A major operation has been launched to catch bag snatchers who have targeted shoppers in Brighton and Hove. Police are determined to snare robbers who have claimed up to 30 victims in the city in the past few weeks. Operation Grab has been set up following
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Hunt for armed PO gang
Police were today hunting a gang of armed raiders who stole thousands of pounds from a Post Office van waiting outside a supermarket. Three men, wearing balaclavas, lay in wait as the van arrived at the Asda store at The Crumbles, on the outskirts of
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Sex isn't bad
I cannot believe the fuss created by the Green councillor Sue Paskins over a sex shop. I have no idea why sex is classed as something so dirty when we all do it. To have sex shops where people can purchase items to spice up their sex lives is a really
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Parents fight to save Comart
Angry parents today launched a battle to save their children's school from closure. About a dozen protesters and children gathered outside East Brighton College of Media Arts (Comart) to kick off their Campaign to Keep Secondary Education in Whitehawk
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Missing Pride cash replaced
Pride supporters have raised thousands of pounds to honour donations to organisations that were threatened when £10,000 vanished from its accounts. Volunteers from Brighton and Hove's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community rallied to
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Council may ban roadworks
There is no denying it is one of the most spectacular views in Sussex. Piers flank the broad sweep of sea which reaches out to the horizon, as waves and sky meld into one. But despite its undeniable beauty this is a vista which has, for some motorists
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Smoker rights
While agreeing in principle with Michael Harling (Letters, July 19) about the need to avoid the "nanny" state we are becoming, I don't agree with him about smoking. I want smokers to have the right to smoke (as I used to) but I resent having the awful
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Don't assume
Ian Hills (Letters, July 17) assumes politicians don't live in council houses. Does he think council tenants are not clever or interested enough? I recently represented the Labour Party in local elections and I live in a council house. There will always
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Cricket: Win keeps Arundel top
Invitation League: Neil Chitty took seven wickets for leaders Arundel in their six-wicket home win against Burgess Hill. Ben Firmin (59) and Paul Edwards (46) helped Hill to 165-9 off 49 overs as Neil Chitty took 7-47. Arundel eased to 166-4 inside 40
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Cricket: Findon double still on
Invitation League: Findon are still on course for a fabulous double. The current division one champions picked up maximum points with victory at bottom side Clymping on Saturday to move to within four points of leaders Arundel with a game in hand. The
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Not a big fan
Football fan Leslie Simmons was so fat that once he got wedged in the turnstiles. But Mr Simmons, who lives in Worthing, would pass through them easily now after losing more than eight and a half stone on a Slimming World diet. Will the West Sussex Slimmer
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Funding gap
Given that whatever the figure is to bring the whole Council Housing Stock up to standard, whether £650 million or less, as reported in The Argus, serious financial consequences are involved. Brighton and Hove City Council would have to obtain the sum
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Housing cost
How curious that Brighton and Hove City Council's last estimate for fixing up its housing stock was under £80 million, yet its current guess stands at £650 million. Is this sharp rise in costs because the last administration mismanaged the stock or because
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Speedway: Eagles agony as Loram breaks leg
Eastbourne Eagles ace Mark Loram broke a leg in a horror crash at Oxford last night. Loram, who only returned to the team last week after three months out of action with a broken arm, was injured when he smashed into the fence. The former world title
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Diploma to make grade
Exams in Britain have become rather a mess. Students are deluged with GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels within the short space of three years. There are constant arguments each year when results come through about whether exams are being downgraded by being
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End our misery by taking action now
Three years ago this month, a £1 million improvement scheme to St James's Street in Brighton was nearing completion. Many new shops and businesses were attracted to the area in Kemp Town and optimism prevailed. However, there were chronic problems of
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Cricket: Hoppo gets his chance
Carl Hopkinson jumps from Sussex's second team to facing the fastest bowler in world cricket tonight. The 21-year-old will open the batting for the Sharks in the National League division two day-nighter at Hove (4.10pm). And that will mean a duel with
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Sussex Wharf decision delayed
A decision on the future of one of the biggest brownfield sites in Sussex has been postponed. Councillors last night deferred a decision on the redevelopment of Sussex Wharf in Shoreham Harbour. Developer Wilson Connolly Southern has applied for permission
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House price drop slows
House prices in June fell at their slowest rate since February as the number of people looking to buy a new home rose for the first time in five months, figures showed today. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said the property market
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Online bid to save council cash
Eastbourne council hopes to save thousands of pounds through computer technology. Staff and officers at the borough council will begin to implement the E-Government Strategy, in a bid to streamline the authority's ordering process. Online ordering of
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Church deadline extended
Congregations are being given extra time to consider a report which recommended the closure of some of Brighton and Hove's best known churches. The report by the Brighton and Hove Deaneries Strategy Review Group recommended the closure or re-structuring
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Fascinating Aida, Theatre Royal. Brighton
Can it really be cabaret trio Fascinating Aida are going to split after their current tour, One More Flutter, ends this year? Can it be that 20 years after it started, this sizzling, satirical, all-female troupe are packing away their posh frocks and
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Anti-bully web site is a big hit
A web site set-up to tackle bullying recorded almost 50,000 hits in one month. Coastkid, launched earlier this year by Brighton and Hove City Council, had almost 1,000 visitors, many of whom spent an average of 12 minutes per visit online. The council
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Eubank in tax victory
Former boxer Chris Eubank has won his fight with the taxman. HM Customs and Excise issued the former world middle-weight champion with a bankruptcy petition in May, claiming he owed thousands of pounds of unpaid VAT. But the petition was dismissed yesterday
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Accused threw body off luxury cruiser
A train guard accused of beating a retired businessman to death on his boat admitted throwing the body overboard, a court heard. David MacBride, 45, who is charged with the murder of Robert Saint, told the jury at Lewes Crown Court the wealthy pensioner
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Abseiling ban lifted
Charities are celebrating a council's decision to lift its ban on abseiling along a stretch of coastline. Lewes District Council says the fund-raising activity can resume from the cliffs of Peacehaven for six months each year - as long as birds are not
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All change in the classroom - again
For the past 20 years, every time a new government minister has taken over education they have made changes to stamp their mark on the system. O Levels gave way to GCSEs, polytechnics graduated to become universities and then AS levels, GNVQs and NVQs
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Students work hard to top up loans
One in five university students puts in a gruelling working week of up to 50 hours on top of their studies, according to a new report. Research among 358 students at the University of Hertfordshire showed that more than half worked for up to 20 hours
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Pier developer on target for record year
Property developer St Modwen yesterday announced a 23 per cent rise in half-year profits and forecast record results for the year. The Birmingham-based firm, involved in the planned redevelopment of the West Pier in Brighton, said its interim pre-tax
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Fast-track to find a flatmate
Renting property can be a frustrating business for owners and tenants alike. Now home search agent Emma Parmenter is launching a service which aims to make it quicker and easier. She said: "It's like speed-dating for people looking to rent." Her Locate2Brighton
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Sex isn't bad
I cannot believe the fuss created by the Green councillor Sue Paskins over a sex shop. I have no idea why sex is classed as something so dirty when we all do it. To have sex shops where people can purchase items to spice up their sex lives is a really
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Stars lose Millionaires' Row battle
Stars living on an exclusive Millionaires' Row have lost their battle to stop juggernauts thundering past their seafront homes. Paul McCartney, Fatboy Slim, Zoe Ball and Nick Berry have failed in their bid to stop a lorry depot being built nearby. The
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Cricket: Alfriston take over at top
Cuckmere Valley League: Alfriston are the new league leaders but just four points separate the top seven teams in the division. With three of those seven sides holding a game in hand, the destiny of the title is impossible to predict. With leaders Blackboys
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Botched job
It was exclusively reported on the front page of The Argus that it will cost £650 million to repair Brighton and Hove's council houses after years of neglect. How on Earth was such a situation allowed to happen? The management/councillors responsible
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Funding gap
Given that whatever the figure is to bring the whole Council Housing Stock up to standard, whether £650 million or less, as reported in The Argus, serious financial consequences are involved. Brighton and Hove City Council would have to obtain the sum
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Housing cost
How curious that Brighton and Hove City Council's last estimate for fixing up its housing stock was under £80 million, yet its current guess stands at £650 million. Is this sharp rise in costs because the last administration mismanaged the stock or because
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Speedway: Eagles agony as Loram breaks leg
Eastbourne Eagles ace Mark Loram broke a leg in a horror crash at Oxford last night. Loram, who only returned to the team last week after three months out of action with a broken arm, was injured when he smashed into the fence. The former world title
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End our misery by taking action now
Three years ago this month, a £1 million improvement scheme to St James's Street in Brighton was nearing completion. Many new shops and businesses were attracted to the area in Kemp Town and optimism prevailed. However, there were chronic problems of
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Swiss striker to get run-out
Albion are set to give triallist Gaetano Giallianza his debut in the friendly at Woking tomorrow. The Swiss striker has been out of football since Norwich declined to offer him a new contract last year after he had recovered from a knee ligament injury
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Sussex Wharf decision delayed
A decision on the future of one of the biggest brownfield sites in Sussex has been postponed. Councillors last night deferred a decision on the redevelopment of Sussex Wharf in Shoreham Harbour. Developer Wilson Connolly Southern has applied for permission
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Four held on robbery charge
A group of teenagers have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to rob. Four youths, who allegedly tried to steal from passengers on a train between Gatwick and Horsham on June 7, appeared at Mid Sussex Youth Court in Haywards Heath yesterday. A fifth
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Dog locked in car while owner swims
A dog was locked in a sweltering car on one of the hottest days of the summer while its thoughtless owner went for a swim. Worried members of the public called the RSPCA when they spotted the panting pooch in the back of the car parked outside the pool
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Demand boosts rental sector
Strong demand from people who are priced out of the property market helped push rents up during June, figures showed yesterday. Rents charged by private landlords rose by 2.8 per cent last month to average £9,133 a year, up from an annual total of £8,930
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Virgin Mobile's upbeat message
Cheap text messages yesterday helped Virgin Mobile to maintain its claim to be the UK's fastest growing mobile phone operator. The company attracted 231,554 new customers in April, May and June, a 35 per cent rise on quarterly growth levels seen at the
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Online bid to save council cash
Eastbourne council hopes to save thousands of pounds through computer technology. Staff and officers at the borough council will begin to implement the E-Government Strategy, in a bid to streamline the authority's ordering process. Online ordering of
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Council may ban roadworks
There is no denying it is one of the most spectacular views in Sussex. Piers flank the broad sweep of sea which reaches out to the horizon, as waves and sky meld into one. But despite its undeniable beauty this is a vista which has, for some motorists
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Stuffed world up for sale
The stuffed kittens, frogs, bunnies and monkey riding a goat are worthy of Turner Prize shock tactics, and sound more like artwork by Damien Hirst than a Victorian gentleman. But the collection of stuffed animals and birds, including exercising frogs
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Fascinating Aida, Theatre Royal. Brighton
Can it really be cabaret trio Fascinating Aida are going to split after their current tour, One More Flutter, ends this year? Can it be that 20 years after it started, this sizzling, satirical, all-female troupe are packing away their posh frocks and
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Judge backs call for new inquest
A judge has quashed a coroner's verdict that a Frenchman crushed under the wheels of a rubbish truck died accidentally. Stephan Anieto, 28, was run over by a 7.5 tonne Sita lorry heading the wrong way down East Street, Brighton, in July 2001. Brighton
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Anti-bully web site is a big hit
A web site set-up to tackle bullying recorded almost 50,000 hits in one month. Coastkid, launched earlier this year by Brighton and Hove City Council, had almost 1,000 visitors, many of whom spent an average of 12 minutes per visit online. The council
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Swiss striker to get run-out
Albion are set to give triallist Gaetano Giallianza his debut in the friendly at Woking tomorrow. The Swiss striker has been out of football since Norwich declined to offer him a new contract last year after he had recovered from a knee ligament injury
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Life's a gas for the only woman
British Gas employs about 6,000 engineers. Fewer than 60 are women and Julia Baker is the only one in Sussex. The 36-year-old from Crawley studied mechanical engineering at college for four years and then became a tool maker. After four years, she became
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Pressure builds on ATM labelling
The UK's biggest mortgage lender HBOS yesterday joined calls for cash machines which charge consumers for withdrawals to be labelled. The group, which includes Halifax and Bank of Scotland, said customers should know if they were being charged for a withdrawal
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Hopes rise for MyTravel deal
Troubled tour operator MyTravel has raised hopes a deal with bondholders to help secure the group's future could be struck. MyTravel, formerly Airtours, outlined the possible terms of a refinancing and said it was confident of a "satisfactory resolution
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Stanmer mystery
I was very interested to read Alan Mackenzie's letter of July 15 since I used to live on Ditchling Road and have a keen interest in Fiveways history. I am lucky enough to have old Kelly's directories from 1930 and 1936. Number 78 Stanmer Villas is noted
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Urban Housewife, by Lizzie Enfield
The advantages of working in a boot-cupboard cum home-office have become apparent this week. Being surrounded on three sides by outside walls, and having only a tiny prison like chink for a window, the boot-cupboard is probably one of the coolest places
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Something's rotten in Rottingdean
Historic Rottingdean is living up to its name as bin men struggle to cope with a rising tide of rubbish. A shake-up of collection routes has left the village lumped in with Saltdean, Ovingdean and parts of Woodingdean on one of the biggest rounds in the
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Operation to snare bag thieves
A major operation has been launched to catch bag snatchers who have targeted shoppers in Brighton and Hove. Police are determined to snare robbers who have claimed up to 30 victims in the city in the past few weeks. Operation Grab has been set up following
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Two held after high-speed chase
Two police cars and a helicopter were led on a high-speed pursuit through Brighton by a suspect driver today. Officers in a patrol car signalled for the E-reg vehicle to pull over in Bear Road at 9.30am when they became suspicious. The car was driven
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Parents fight to save Comart
Angry parents today launched a battle to save their children's school from closure. About a dozen protesters and children gathered outside East Brighton College of Media Arts (Comart) to kick off their Campaign to Keep Secondary Education in Whitehawk
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Missing Pride cash replaced
Pride supporters have raised thousands of pounds to honour donations to organisations that were threatened when £10,000 vanished from its accounts. Volunteers from Brighton and Hove's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community rallied to
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Knife found on drug dealer, 14
A schoolboy armed himself with a flick-knife to deal drugs at a Brighton nightclub. The boy aged 14 was stopped by bouncers outside the end-of-term party for teenagers at the Event II in West Street. Security staff were stunned when they searched him.
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Smoker rights
While agreeing in principle with Michael Harling (Letters, July 19) about the need to avoid the "nanny" state we are becoming, I don't agree with him about smoking. I want smokers to have the right to smoke (as I used to) but I resent having the awful
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Don't assume
Ian Hills (Letters, July 17) assumes politicians don't live in council houses. Does he think council tenants are not clever or interested enough? I recently represented the Labour Party in local elections and I live in a council house. There will always
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Cricket: Palmers return to pole position
West Sussex League: Palmers returned to the top of division one after beating Brighton Insurance in a rain-affected game. Insurance, batting second, made 131-8 from 38 overs when the heavens opened. It made no difference to the outcome, however, as Palmers
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Cricket: Bashford bowls Park to victory
East Sussex League: Matthew Bashford bowled lowly Heathfield Park to a second successive victory against Herstmonceux in division one. Visitors Heathfield had posted 208-7 thanks largely to a seventh wicket stand of 77 off the last ten overs between Ian
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Cricket: Win keeps Arundel top
Invitation League: Neil Chitty took seven wickets for leaders Arundel in their six-wicket home win against Burgess Hill. Ben Firmin (59) and Paul Edwards (46) helped Hill to 165-9 off 49 overs as Neil Chitty took 7-47. Arundel eased to 166-4 inside 40
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Not confused
Angela Goodman incorrectly wrote of my confusion regarding council rents (Letters, July 11) but perhaps, after your front page story about Brighton needing £650 million just to repair its council stock (The Argus, July 18), she will understand why I was
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Cricket: Findon double still on
Invitation League: Findon are still on course for a fabulous double. The current division one champions picked up maximum points with victory at bottom side Clymping on Saturday to move to within four points of leaders Arundel with a game in hand. The
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Not a big fan
Football fan Leslie Simmons was so fat that once he got wedged in the turnstiles. But Mr Simmons, who lives in Worthing, would pass through them easily now after losing more than eight and a half stone on a Slimming World diet. Will the West Sussex Slimmer
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Rotting row
The rot set into Rottingdean when dustmen found they could not complete a large refuse collection in time. Even though a big dustcart has been sent into the area, it fills too quickly and has to go off to the tip. Sometimes it gets stuck in narrow lanes
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Hospital pioneers early warning system
A hospital has introduced a pioneering early warning system to alert staff when a sick child's condition is getting worse. The scheme, believed to be the first of its kind in England, has been tried out at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children
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Diploma to make grade
Exams in Britain have become rather a mess. Students are deluged with GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels within the short space of three years. There are constant arguments each year when results come through about whether exams are being downgraded by being
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We will invest
I must respond to a number of points in your front page article and feature on council housing in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, July 18). Council homes have not suffered from "years of neglect" as your headline claimed. Millions of pounds have been spent
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Cricket: Hoppo gets his chance
Carl Hopkinson jumps from Sussex's second team to facing the fastest bowler in world cricket tonight. The 21-year-old will open the batting for the Sharks in the National League division two day-nighter at Hove (4.10pm). And that will mean a duel with
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Zamora went 'on the cheap'
Steve Coppell has admitted Tottenham got Bobby Zamora 'on the cheap'. However, Albion's boss insists financial restraints gave the club little option but to accept the £1.5m offer for the striker who scored twice on his Spurs debut at Oxford on Sunday
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Gay Pride at the races
Drag queen Maisie Trollette was a guest at the sport of kings, a horse racing event, organised to raise money to help pay for the annual Gay Pride. Pride is one of the biggest free gay festivals in Britain and is held in Brighton, every August. The event
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House price drop slows
House prices in June fell at their slowest rate since February as the number of people looking to buy a new home rose for the first time in five months, figures showed today. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said the property market
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Church deadline extended
Congregations are being given extra time to consider a report which recommended the closure of some of Brighton and Hove's best known churches. The report by the Brighton and Hove Deaneries Strategy Review Group recommended the closure or re-structuring
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Free diver breaks world record
Human submarine Tanya Streeter took a final deep breath and slipped silently into the blue waters of the Caribbean. She emerged, three minutes and 38 seconds later, a world beater. The former Roedean schoolgirl, who took up the sport of freediving after
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Music For Life 2, The Portland Rock Bar, Hove
Organisers didn't think they could top last year's event but they did. The six-hour fund raiser for Martlets Hospice, in memory of local sound engineer Dave Room, raised more than £2,000 and rocked The Portland. Some of Brighton's finest bands donated
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Hunt for armed PO gang
Police were today hunting a gang of armed raiders who stole thousands of pounds from a Post Office van waiting outside a supermarket. Three men, wearing balaclavas, lay in wait as the van arrived at the Asda store at The Crumbles, on the outskirts of
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Drug addict jailed after assault on PC
A heroin addict who threw a chair at a policeman's head has been jailed for nine months. Unemployed Alex Gilbertson, 26, was yesterday sentenced for 15 offences, including assaulting a police officer and burglary. Worthing Magistrates' Court heard how
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Bypass rethink urged after crash
A pile-up which brought gridlock to roads has spurred calls for the Government to reconsider its "crazy decision" to bin a series of bypasses. Three disabled people and a bus driver needed hospital treatment after a bus collided with a car and two Scope
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Eubank in tax victory
Former boxer Chris Eubank has won his fight with the taxman. HM Customs and Excise issued the former world middle-weight champion with a bankruptcy petition in May, claiming he owed thousands of pounds of unpaid VAT. But the petition was dismissed yesterday
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Accused threw body off luxury cruiser
A train guard accused of beating a retired businessman to death on his boat admitted throwing the body overboard, a court heard. David MacBride, 45, who is charged with the murder of Robert Saint, told the jury at Lewes Crown Court the wealthy pensioner
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Date
Church deadline extended
Congregations are being given extra time to consider a report which recommended the closure of some of Brighton and Hove's best known churches. The report by the Brighton and Hove Deaneries Strategy Review Group recommended the closure or re-structuring
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Date
Life's a gas for the only woman
British Gas employs about 6,000 engineers. Fewer than 60 are women and Julia Baker is the only one in Sussex. The 36-year-old from Crawley studied mechanical engineering at college for four years and then became a tool maker. After four years, she became
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Date
Hopes rise for MyTravel deal
Troubled tour operator MyTravel has raised hopes a deal with bondholders to help secure the group's future could be struck. MyTravel, formerly Airtours, outlined the possible terms of a refinancing and said it was confident of a "satisfactory resolution
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Date
Stanmer mystery
I was very interested to read Alan Mackenzie's letter of July 15 since I used to live on Ditchling Road and have a keen interest in Fiveways history. I am lucky enough to have old Kelly's directories from 1930 and 1936. Number 78 Stanmer Villas is noted
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Date
Speedway: Eagles agony as Loram breaks leg
Eastbourne Eagles ace Mark Loram broke a leg in a horror crash at Oxford last night. Loram, who only returned to the team last week after three months out of action with a broken arm, was injured when he smashed into the fence. The former world title
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Two face execution for mountain murder
Two Chinese men accused of knifing backpacker Shirine Harburn to death were today awaiting a verdict after a one-day murder trial. Shirine, from Langley Green, Crawley, was hiking on Paoma Mountain in the south-western province of Sichuan three years
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Homes battle - round 4
Developers are hoping it will be fourth time lucky after launching yet another bid to build homes on a meadow. Westbury Homes' proposals for a new estate in Folders Lane, Burgess Hill, have been blocked three times by councillors, following huge protests
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Bypass rethink urged after crash
A pile-up which brought gridlock to roads has spurred calls for the Government to reconsider its "crazy decision" to bin a series of bypasses. Three disabled people and a bus driver needed hospital treatment after a bus collided with a car and two Scope
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Fears for missing man grow
A family is growing increasingly concerned about the safety of a man who has been missing for three weeks. Nicholas Ducklin, 26, of Northbourne Road, Eastbourne, was last seen in Hythe Crescent, Seaford on June 27. He told his family he was going on holiday
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Four held in drugs swoop
Four people were arrested as part of a crackdown on drugs in East Sussex. Police raided homes in the The Drive and Framfield Road, Buxted, near Uckfield, as part of Operation Acacia. Four men were arrested on suspicion of possessing class B drugs, believed
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Two held after high-speed chase
Two police cars and a helicopter were led on a high-speed pursuit through Brighton by a suspect driver today. Officers in a patrol car signalled for the E-reg vehicle to pull over in Bear Road at 9.30am when they became suspicious. The car was driven
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Stars lose Millionaires' Row battle
Stars living on an exclusive Millionaires' Row have lost their battle to stop juggernauts thundering past their seafront homes. Paul McCartney, Fatboy Slim, Zoe Ball and Nick Berry have failed in their bid to stop a lorry depot being built nearby. The
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Knife found on drug dealer, 14
A schoolboy armed himself with a flick-knife to deal drugs at a Brighton nightclub. The boy aged 14 was stopped by bouncers outside the end-of-term party for teenagers at the Event II in West Street. Security staff were stunned when they searched him.
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Cricket: Alfriston take over at top
Cuckmere Valley League: Alfriston are the new league leaders but just four points separate the top seven teams in the division. With three of those seven sides holding a game in hand, the destiny of the title is impossible to predict. With leaders Blackboys
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Cricket: Palmers return to pole position
West Sussex League: Palmers returned to the top of division one after beating Brighton Insurance in a rain-affected game. Insurance, batting second, made 131-8 from 38 overs when the heavens opened. It made no difference to the outcome, however, as Palmers
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Botched job
It was exclusively reported on the front page of The Argus that it will cost £650 million to repair Brighton and Hove's council houses after years of neglect. How on Earth was such a situation allowed to happen? The management/councillors responsible
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Cricket: Bashford bowls Park to victory
East Sussex League: Matthew Bashford bowled lowly Heathfield Park to a second successive victory against Herstmonceux in division one. Visitors Heathfield had posted 208-7 thanks largely to a seventh wicket stand of 77 off the last ten overs between Ian
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Date
Not confused
Angela Goodman incorrectly wrote of my confusion regarding council rents (Letters, July 11) but perhaps, after your front page story about Brighton needing £650 million just to repair its council stock (The Argus, July 18), she will understand why I was
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Date
Rotting row
The rot set into Rottingdean when dustmen found they could not complete a large refuse collection in time. Even though a big dustcart has been sent into the area, it fills too quickly and has to go off to the tip. Sometimes it gets stuck in narrow lanes
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Date
Hospital pioneers early warning system
A hospital has introduced a pioneering early warning system to alert staff when a sick child's condition is getting worse. The scheme, believed to be the first of its kind in England, has been tried out at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children
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We will invest
I must respond to a number of points in your front page article and feature on council housing in Brighton and Hove (The Argus, July 18). Council homes have not suffered from "years of neglect" as your headline claimed. Millions of pounds have been spent
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Swiss striker to get run-out
Albion are set to give triallist Gaetano Giallianza his debut in the friendly at Woking tomorrow. The Swiss striker has been out of football since Norwich declined to offer him a new contract last year after he had recovered from a knee ligament injury
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Zamora went 'on the cheap'
Steve Coppell has admitted Tottenham got Bobby Zamora 'on the cheap'. However, Albion's boss insists financial restraints gave the club little option but to accept the £1.5m offer for the striker who scored twice on his Spurs debut at Oxford on Sunday
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Four held on robbery charge
A group of teenagers have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to rob. Four youths, who allegedly tried to steal from passengers on a train between Gatwick and Horsham on June 7, appeared at Mid Sussex Youth Court in Haywards Heath yesterday. A fifth
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Gay Pride at the races
Drag queen Maisie Trollette was a guest at the sport of kings, a horse racing event, organised to raise money to help pay for the annual Gay Pride. Pride is one of the biggest free gay festivals in Britain and is held in Brighton, every August. The event
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Dog locked in car while owner swims
A dog was locked in a sweltering car on one of the hottest days of the summer while its thoughtless owner went for a swim. Worried members of the public called the RSPCA when they spotted the panting pooch in the back of the car parked outside the pool
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Demand boosts rental sector
Strong demand from people who are priced out of the property market helped push rents up during June, figures showed yesterday. Rents charged by private landlords rose by 2.8 per cent last month to average £9,133 a year, up from an annual total of £8,930
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Virgin Mobile's upbeat message
Cheap text messages yesterday helped Virgin Mobile to maintain its claim to be the UK's fastest growing mobile phone operator. The company attracted 231,554 new customers in April, May and June, a 35 per cent rise on quarterly growth levels seen at the
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Council may ban roadworks
There is no denying it is one of the most spectacular views in Sussex. Piers flank the broad sweep of sea which reaches out to the horizon, as waves and sky meld into one. But despite its undeniable beauty this is a vista which has, for some motorists
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Stuffed world up for sale
The stuffed kittens, frogs, bunnies and monkey riding a goat are worthy of Turner Prize shock tactics, and sound more like artwork by Damien Hirst than a Victorian gentleman. But the collection of stuffed animals and birds, including exercising frogs
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Free diver breaks world record
Human submarine Tanya Streeter took a final deep breath and slipped silently into the blue waters of the Caribbean. She emerged, three minutes and 38 seconds later, a world beater. The former Roedean schoolgirl, who took up the sport of freediving after
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Music For Life 2, The Portland Rock Bar, Hove
Organisers didn't think they could top last year's event but they did. The six-hour fund raiser for Martlets Hospice, in memory of local sound engineer Dave Room, raised more than £2,000 and rocked The Portland. Some of Brighton's finest bands donated
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Operation to snare bag thieves
A major operation has been launched to catch bag snatchers who have targeted a city's shoppers. Police are determined to snare robbers who have claimed up to 30 victims in Brighton and Hove in the past few weeks. Operation Grab has been set up following
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Hunt for armed PO gang
Police were today hunting a gang of armed raiders who stole thousands of pounds from a Post Office van waiting outside a supermarket. Three men, wearing balaclavas, lay in wait as the van arrived at the Asda store at The Crumbles, on the outskirts of
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Drug addict jailed after assault on PC
A heroin addict who threw a chair at a policeman's head has been jailed for nine months. Unemployed Alex Gilbertson, 26, was yesterday sentenced for 15 offences, including assaulting a police officer and burglary. Worthing Magistrates' Court heard how
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Bypass rethink urged after crash
A pile-up which brought gridlock to roads has spurred calls for the Government to reconsider its "crazy decision" to bin a series of bypasses. Three disabled people and a bus driver needed hospital treatment after a bus collided with a car and two Scope
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Judge backs call for new inquest
A judge has quashed a coroner's verdict that a Frenchman crushed under the wheels of a rubbish truck died accidentally. Stephan Anieto, 28, was run over by a 7.5 tonne Sita lorry heading the wrong way down East Street, Brighton, in July 2001. Brighton
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Four held on robbery charge
A group of teenagers have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to rob. Four youths, who allegedly tried to steal from passengers on a train between Gatwick and Horsham on June 7, appeared at Mid Sussex Youth Court in Haywards Heath yesterday. A fifth
