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I'll fight on, says torture claim man
Sussex man Ron Jones is taking on the might of the Saudi Arabian government single-handedly despite a legal setback in the High Court. Since his imprisonment and torture in March 2001 for a crime he did not commit, he has lost his health, his livelihood
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Coppell bides his time
Albion boss Steve Coppell is content to bide his time in the hunt for more new signings. He has money available but is prepared to wait until landing the right type of player. Coppell has lost star striker Bobby Zamora to Spurs for £1.5 million, winger
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Seal victim inquest delayed
An inquest on a Sussex scientist killed by a seal in the Antarctic has been delayed by bad weather. Falkland Islands coroner Nick Sanders, who is in charge of the inquiry into the death of 28-year-old Kirsty Brown, has been unable to fly out to the British
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Police seize 50 guns
A man was arrested after police seized 50 firearms during a raid on a Sussex house. Officers executed a search warrant yesterday at 8.30am for a house in Stephenson Way, Three Bridges, as part of an investigation into the illegal supply of firearms. Customs
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July 30: Sussex v Surrey (Close)
Sussex supporters have waited all season for a telling contribution with the bat from Chris Adams and it was no surprise that he produced it in their most important game for years. No one relishes the big occasions more than the Sussex captain so it was
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Lost rubbish reunited
If the Wombles ever built a web site, it might just look something like the latest new media sensation, launched from a Brighton bedroom. Anyone who has lost a photograph of themselves or wondered where their shopping list disappeared to should take a
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Deal lifts threat of air chaos
A summer of misery at Gatwick Airport has been averted after talks between management and unions ended with an agreement. But the biggest winners are holidaymakers who were today celebrating the end of the British Airways "swipe card" dispute which had
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Market logic
I wonder what would happen if the top management of our supermarket industry, who have made such a flying success over the past 30 years, were to be given the NHS to run and the top management in the NHS were given our supermarkets to run. My guess is
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Iraq refugees found in lorry
Two refugees thought to be from Iraq hid in a delivery lorry and were arrested at a Sussex pharmaceutical factory. The men, both in their 20s, were discovered in a secret compartment in the articulated lorry at the GlaxoSmithKline factory, Worthing's
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The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Brighton and Hove hopes for success in a contest to find Britain's most blooming city. Talk to the council and you will be told the resort is a riot of floral colour. But this does not accord with the views of many older people in the city who regard
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Three piers
Let's restore the Chain Pier in Brighton. We did have three piers and another pier would provide competition for the Palace Pier. It's already feeling the threat of a restored West Pier. It must feel that will be a viable asset to the city. Three piers
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Goodwood: Eddery goes out in a blaze
Pat Eddery achieved his retirement-year dream of a Group One success when Reel Buddy sprang a major surprise in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. The 11-times champion jockey revealed last month that he would be quitting the saddle at the end of this season
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Not qualified
Ivor Caplin feels he is able to speak for the people of Iraq and decide what would be in their best interests (Letters, July 26). He has absolutely no right to speak for them nor, indeed, for this country whose best interests he and his Government somehow
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Table tennis: Sussex quintet chase glory
Following the admission of Brighton University into the British League, Sussex now have a record five teams in the national competition. Three from Horsham and Hastings make up the quintet. The dynamic Rory Scott is the driving force behind the university
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Lone Voice
I can only conclude that the Voice Of The Argus likes lap-dancing. Two editorials have now supported the plans for the Tivoli Club in Hove becoming a lap-dancing venue and now objectors and councillors receive a ticking off over the application possibly
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School report is sad reading
How many men does it take to repair a window? At least two when contractors Jarvis are around, according to those at Varndean School in Brighton. Even if the caretaker is on the spot, someone from the firm has to be phoned up to authorise it. This is
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MEP backs food fiction law
Plans for a new EU law to ban misleading and meaningless claims on food labels have been welcomed by Sussex Euro-MP Chris Huhne. The European Commission plans are intended to help shoppers choose a healthy diet. New controls on labelling will be introduced
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Agency staff bill threatens NHS budget
Hospital chiefs say a shortage of staff means they are having to spend too much on expensive agency workers. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is already £1.2 million over budget in the first couple of months of the financial year. The
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'Tin towers' jibe upsets top architect
World-famous architect Frank Gehry has taken offence at the nicknames given to his design for the tallest towers in Sussex. Opinion is divided on the architectural merits of the towers proposed for the King Alfred leisure centre site in Hove. Critics
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£2.5 deal for online learning
Sussex Enterprise has won a £2.5 million contract to manage one of the UK's largest online universities. The business support group has been signed up to run the learndirect network in Sussex for the next year. It aims to use its position to address the
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Prize draw branded cruel
Eugene Weber was so convinced he had won a prize draw he even started spending his winnings. But he didn't read the small print carefully enough. Mr Weber was over the moon when he received a letter saying nothing would prevent him from picking up £10,000
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Student flashes at award ceremony
Students are demanding the uncut version of a videotape of their graduation ceremony after a student flashed on stage - but university chiefs have banned it. The unknown male student caused a storm when he calmly walked on to the stage at the Dome in
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Court orders girls to behave
Two schoolgirls have been ordered to behave following claims they were terrorising their neighbourhood. Lauren Mann, 14, and Kayleigh Gully, 12, of Langney Crescent, Woodingdean, have been made subjects of interim antisocial behaviour orders. At a court
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Plea over danger road
Road campaigners are asking the Government to look again at improvements for a notorious stretch of the A27. Firle Straight was the scene of a horrendous accident two weeks ago when a taxi driver was killed in a multi-vehicle pile up. Now, members of
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Jazz: Ola Onabule, Komedia, Brighton, August 1
Ola Onabule will probably have been seen by his biggest Brighton audience at the Dome last year as part of Courtney Pine's Commonwealth extravaganza On Track. As impressive as he was, that would have been a very small taste of what this phenomenal vocalist
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My 66-year-old tin of coffee
Roy Saunders loves a cuppa - but not from his 66-year-old tin. He has kept the same can of Sainsbury's ground coffee since inheriting it more than 20 years ago. The slightly rusty tin has survived, along with its contents, since 1937. Mr Saunders, of
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Report slams school contractor
Governors at one of Sussex's top secondary schools have delivered a damning end-of-year report on the company that runs its buildings. The report on Jarvis, whose construction and maintenance divisions won the controversial £105 million private finance
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Journey of peace for Daniel
The girlfriend and sister of Daniel Braden, the Sussex man killed in the Bali terrorist bombing, are coming to the end of an eight-day peace mission. Their journey on a tall ship with a group of youths including Indonesian Muslims is aimed at fighting
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Seal victim inquest delayed
An inquest on a Sussex scientist killed by a seal in the Antarctic has been delayed by bad weather. Falkland Islands coroner Nick Sanders, who is in charge of the inquiry into the death of 28-year-old Kirsty Brown, has been unable to fly out to the British
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Lost rubbish reunited
If the Wombles ever built a web site, it might just look something like the latest new media sensation, launched from a Brighton bedroom. Anyone who has lost a photograph of themselves or wondered where their shopping list disappeared to should take a
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Date
Deal lifts threat of air chaos
A summer of misery at Gatwick Airport has been averted after talks between management and unions ended with an agreement. But the biggest winners are holidaymakers who were today celebrating the end of the British Airways "swipe card" dispute which had
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Market logic
I wonder what would happen if the top management of our supermarket industry, who have made such a flying success over the past 30 years, were to be given the NHS to run and the top management in the NHS were given our supermarkets to run. My guess is
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Rampage of jilted fiance
A spurned woman set fire to her ex-fianc's home and then drove to his office, where she stabbed him with a bread knife. Andrea McLean, 30, flipped when partner Simon Mitchell ended their relationship. She doused white spirit behind the TV, on the sofa
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Deal lifts threat of air chaos
A summer of misery at Gatwick Airport has been averted after talks between management and unions ended with an agreement. But the biggest winners are holidaymakers who were today celebrating the end of the British Airways "swipe card" dispute which had
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Gull sparks shops mayhem
Like the opening to a disaster movie, fire engines raced to the scene, traffic backed up and people stared at the top of the building and gasped. Fire officers marked out an exclusion zone and police accident signs were put up to warn motorists of danger
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Stowaways in factory lorry
Two refugees believed to be from Iraq hid in a delivery lorry and were arrested at a pharmaceutical factory in Worthing. The men, both in their 20s, were discovered yesterday in a secret compartment in the articulated lorry at drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline's
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Hunt for gunmen widens
Major Crime Squad officers have been drafted in to hunt men who stole thousands of pounds at gunpoint from a Post Office van in Eastbourne. A police spokesman said the squad would be taking over the investigation into the robbery on Monday of last week
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Green bags in bin day blues
Confusion over a council's new green waste collection scheme has "opened up a hornets' nest" officials said today. Sacks of garden debris have been left on Eastbourne streets by waste contractors Sita, who refuse to remove rubbish which is placed in the
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51st State?
Ian Hills (Letters, July 24), conveniently ignores all the benefits enjoyed by the people of France as part of the EU, in terms of social care, health, education, transport and a foreign policy independent of the all-powerful USA. Meanwhile, our own leader
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Big brother
Is there any connection between Europol's coming database of "troublemakers" and the Home Secretary's identity card scheme? Both will use iris scans and fingerprints, after all, and it is hypocritical of Mr Blunkett to claim the cards will be used to
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Table tennis: Sussex quintet chase glory
Following the admission of Brighton University into the British League, Sussex now have a record five teams in the national competition. Three from Horsham and Hastings make up the quintet. The dynamic Rory Scott is the driving force behind the university
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Door left open for Kanchelskis
Steve Coppell made his name as a flying right winger with Manchester United. Now the Albion boss has raised the intriguing possibility of one of his illustrious successors in that role at Old Trafford signing for the Seagulls. Andrei Kanchelskis began
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School report is sad reading
How many men does it take to repair a window? At least two when contractors Jarvis are around, according to those at Varndean School in Brighton. Even if the caretaker is on the spot, someone from the firm has to be phoned up to authorise it. This is
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Cricket: Botah stars for seconds
South African trialist Anthony Botah took 4-90 in 21 overs on his debut to help Sussex's 2nd XI dismiss Somerset for 322 on the opening day of the Championship match at Taunton. The left-arm spinner, who played in one 2nd XI match for Somerset in the
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MEP backs food fiction law
Plans for a new EU law to ban misleading and meaningless claims on food labels have been welcomed by Sussex Euro-MP Chris Huhne. The European Commission plans are intended to help shoppers choose a healthy diet. New controls on labelling will be introduced
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Big names carry on polluting
Higher fines and more prosecutions are failing to stop multi-million pound businesses committing environmental crimes. The Environment Agency's report on business environmental performance documents good and bad behaviour by firms in England and Wales
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Cricket: Adams' perfect timing
Sussex supporters have waited all season for a telling contribution with the bat from Chris Adams and it was no surprise that he produced it in their most important game for years. No one relishes the big occasions more than the Sussex captain so it was
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Date
Coppell bides his time
Albion boss Steve Coppell is content to bide his time in the hunt for more new signings. He has money available but is prepared to wait until landing the right type of player. Coppell has lost star striker Bobby Zamora to Spurs for £1.5 million, winger
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Date
£2.5 deal for online learning
Sussex Enterprise has won a £2.5 million contract to manage one of the UK's largest online universities. The business support group has been signed up to run the learndirect network in Sussex for the next year. It aims to use its position to address the
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Report slams school contractor
Governors at one of Sussex's top secondary schools have delivered a damning end-of-year report on the company that runs its buildings. The report on Jarvis, whose construction and maintenance divisions won the controversial £105 million private finance
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Prize draw branded cruel
Eugene Weber was so convinced he had won a prize draw he even started spending his winnings. But he didn't read the small print carefully enough. Mr Weber was over the moon when he received a letter saying nothing would prevent him from picking up £10,000
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Student flashes at award ceremony
Students are demanding the uncut version of a videotape of their graduation ceremony after a student flashed on stage - but university chiefs have banned it. The unknown male student caused a storm when he calmly walked on to the stage at the Dome in
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Student flashes at award ceremony
Students are demanding the uncut version of a videotape of their graduation ceremony after a student flashed on stage - but university chiefs have banned it. The unknown male student caused a storm when he calmly walked on to the stage at the Dome in
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Date
My 66-year-old tin of coffee
Roy Saunders loves a cuppa - but not from his 66-year-old tin. He has kept the same can of Sainsbury's ground coffee since inheriting it more than 20 years ago. The slightly rusty tin has survived, along with its contents, since 1937. Mr Saunders, of
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Steward jailed for smuggling
A British Airways steward has been jailed for 16 years for his role in a plot to smuggle hundreds of thousands of pounds of cocaine through Gatwick. Customs officers search-ed his blue Samsonite suitcase after he stepped off a plane from Kingston, Jamaica
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Door left open for Kanchelskis
Steve Coppell made his name as a flying right winger with Manchester United. Now the Albion boss has raised the intriguing possibility of one of his illustrious successors in that role at Old Trafford signing for the Seagulls. Andrei Kanchelskis began
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Journey of peace for Daniel
The girlfriend and sister of Daniel Braden, the Sussex man killed in the Bali terrorist bombing, are coming to the end of an eight-day peace mission. Their journey on a tall ship with a group of youths including Indonesian Muslims is aimed at fighting
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RMJ: In the lap of the gods
I wonder how much the weather will play a part in the increasingly interesting County Championship this year. At Trent Bridge we were reminded that it doesn't matter how well we play, we are in the lap of the gods when it comes to the weather. It has
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Rampage of jilted fiance
A spurned woman set fire to her ex-fianc's home and then drove to his office, where she stabbed him with a bread knife. Andrea McLean, 30, flipped when partner Simon Mitchell ended their relationship. She doused white spirit behind the TV, on the sofa
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"Plaice" to be
Whitehawk - the "Plaice" To Be. I read with interest your article about the proposed new Crew Club shaped like a fish (The Argus, July 23). From the moment I saw it, I was hooked. Surely I'm not the sole person to think the scheme is absolutely brill.
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Conran to restore landmark
Embassy Court, the notorious eyesore landmark on Brighton seafront, is in line for a £5 million makeover led by design guru Sir Terence Conran. Long-standing residents of the dilapidated block have formed a company called Bluestorm with responsibility
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51st State?
Ian Hills (Letters, July 24), conveniently ignores all the benefits enjoyed by the people of France as part of the EU, in terms of social care, health, education, transport and a foreign policy independent of the all-powerful USA. Meanwhile, our own leader
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No more bobbies
Where are all the promised policemen? I am quite aware of the alleged failings of the previous two chief constables and the apparent way in which the once wonderful name of Sussex Police has degenerated. The good and very efficient days of Sussex Police
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Big brother
Is there any connection between Europol's coming database of "troublemakers" and the Home Secretary's identity card scheme? Both will use iris scans and fingerprints, after all, and it is hypocritical of Mr Blunkett to claim the cards will be used to
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Date
Tin maidens
Architect Frank Gehry and his project colleagues want to call the skyscrapers they plan for Hove seafront the Four Maidens. But locals who oppose this soaring scheme for the King Alfred site are already referring to them as the tin-can towers. The Gehry
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Blame Maggie
Brighton and Hove City Council is to ban drinking in public (The Argus, July 21). Are we supposed to be impressed? The police have had sufficient legislation to deal with public drunks since Victorian times. The cause of today's problems started in the
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Cycling: Winton an all-round star
Telscombe rider Mark Winton is fast becoming one of the county's top all-rounders, winning road races as well as track events. The penultimate senior race in the Hove Park League, held over 40 laps of the 1km circuit, was only into its third lap when
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Secret torture
Accountant Ron Jones says he was tortured into confessing to a terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia. Yet his bid to sue the Saudi government for more than £2 million in compensation was blocked by the High Court on the grounds of state immunity. Mr Jones
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Door left open for Kanchelskis
Steve Coppell made his name as a flying right winger with Manchester United. Now the Albion boss has raised the intriguing possibility of one of his illustrious successors in that role at Old Trafford signing for the Seagulls. Andrei Kanchelskis began
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Get real
The Argus may be shedding tears over councillors' overwhelming rejection of planning permission for the lap-dancing/cabaret club in Western Road. The dozens of people who live in the houses on three sides of this substantial building, however, are delighted
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Cricket: Botah stars for seconds
South African trialist Anthony Botah took 4-90 in 21 overs on his debut to help Sussex's 2nd XI dismiss Somerset for 322 on the opening day of the Championship match at Taunton. The left-arm spinner, who played in one 2nd XI match for Somerset in the
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Date
Unravelling mystery of marketing
A new marketing training centre is opening in Brighton and Hove. Oxford College of Marketing will run Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) courses at the British Study Centre in Medina Villas, Hove, from September. Students will be able to do Advanced
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Big names carry on polluting
Higher fines and more prosecutions are failing to stop multi-million pound businesses committing environmental crimes. The Environment Agency's report on business environmental performance documents good and bad behaviour by firms in England and Wales
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Rejecting this club was right decision
Voice Of The Argus (July 24), takes a very blinkered view of Brighton and Hove City Council's decision to reject proposals for a lap-dancing club in Western Road. The planning sub-committee should be applauded for listening to local residents. There are
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Date
Cricket: Adams' perfect timing
Sussex supporters have waited all season for a telling contribution with the bat from Chris Adams and it was no surprise that he produced it in their most important game for years. No one relishes the big occasions more than the Sussex captain so it was
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Date
Coppell bides his time
Albion boss Steve Coppell is content to bide his time in the hunt for more new signings. He has money available but is prepared to wait until landing the right type of player. Coppell has lost star striker Bobby Zamora to Spurs for £1.5 million, winger
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Date
Adams repays faith
Sussex skipper Chris Adams acknowledged the part his team-mates played in helping him to end a 14-month wait for a Championship century. Adams made an unbeaten 107 as Sussex took control on the first day of their top-of-the-table clash with leaders Surrey
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Date
Report slams school contractor
Governors at one of Sussex's top secondary schools have delivered a damning end-of-year report on the company that runs its buildings. The report on Jarvis, whose construction and maintenance divisions won the controversial £105 million private finance
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Date
Boy, 12, on strangling charge
A 12-year-old boy was appearing in court today charged with trying to strangle a ten-year old. The child, from Seaford, was due before Lewes Crown Court charged with robbery, attempted robbery and burglary. He is alleged to have tried to rob the younger
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Date
Report slams school contractor
Governors at one of Sussex's top secondary schools have delivered a damning end-of-year report on the company that runs its buildings. The report on Jarvis, whose construction and maintenance divisions won the controversial £105 million private finance
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Date
Gull sparks shops mayhem
Like the opening to a disaster movie, fire engines raced to the scene, traffic backed up and people stared at the top of the building and gasped. Fire officers marked out an exclusion zone and police accident signs were put up to warn motorists of danger
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Music: Suspiciously Elvis, Brighton Dome, August 2
The sideburned, hip-swivelling sexiness of Elvis Presley spawns more fans, impersonators and memorabilia every year. Whether it's due to the sexy moves, his status as the world's most famous rock 'n' roller or his fun-lovin' sense of humour, there's no
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Bet brought us Britain's trendiest tipple
It started with a drunken bet over a bottle of champagne and became a business phenomenon. Sammy Berry first became hooked on Tuaca while working at a ski resort in Colorado with her best friend Cassandra. But when the pair returned to the UK they could
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Steward jailed for smuggling
A British Airways steward has been jailed for 16 years for his role in a plot to smuggle hundreds of thousands of pounds of cocaine through Gatwick. Customs officers search-ed his blue Samsonite suitcase after he stepped off a plane from Kingston, Jamaica
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I'll fight on, says torture claim man
Sussex man Ron Jones is taking on the might of the Saudi Arabian government single-handedly despite a legal setback in the High Court. Since his imprisonment and torture in March 2001 for a crime he did not commit, he has lost his health, his livelihood
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Date
Coppell bides his time
Albion boss Steve Coppell is content to bide his time in the hunt for more new signings. He has money available but is prepared to wait until landing the right type of player. Coppell has lost star striker Bobby Zamora to Spurs for £1.5 million, winger
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Date
Door left open for Kanchelskis
Steve Coppell made his name as a flying right winger with Manchester United. Now the Albion boss has raised the intriguing possibility of one of his illustrious successors in that role at Old Trafford signing for the Seagulls. Andrei Kanchelskis began
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Date
RMJ: In the lap of the gods
I wonder how much the weather will play a part in the increasingly interesting County Championship this year. At Trent Bridge we were reminded that it doesn't matter how well we play, we are in the lap of the gods when it comes to the weather. It has
-
Date
Rampage of jilted fiance
A spurned woman set fire to her ex-fianc's home and then drove to his office, where she stabbed him with a bread knife. Andrea McLean, 30, flipped when partner Simon Mitchell ended their relationship. She doused white spirit behind the TV, on the sofa
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Date
Police seize 50 guns
A man was arrested after police seized 50 firearms during a raid on a Sussex house. Officers executed a search warrant yesterday at 8.30am for a house in Stephenson Way, Three Bridges, as part of an investigation into the illegal supply of firearms. Customs
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Date
July 30: Sussex v Surrey (Close)
Sussex supporters have waited all season for a telling contribution with the bat from Chris Adams and it was no surprise that he produced it in their most important game for years. No one relishes the big occasions more than the Sussex captain so it was
-
Date
"Plaice" to be
Whitehawk - the "Plaice" To Be. I read with interest your article about the proposed new Crew Club shaped like a fish (The Argus, July 23). From the moment I saw it, I was hooked. Surely I'm not the sole person to think the scheme is absolutely brill.
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Date
Iraq refugees found in lorry
Two refugees thought to be from Iraq hid in a delivery lorry and were arrested at a Sussex pharmaceutical factory. The men, both in their 20s, were discovered in a secret compartment in the articulated lorry at the GlaxoSmithKline factory, Worthing's
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Date
The Sage Of Sussex: Adam Trimingham
Brighton and Hove hopes for success in a contest to find Britain's most blooming city. Talk to the council and you will be told the resort is a riot of floral colour. But this does not accord with the views of many older people in the city who regard
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Date
Woman injured in A259 crash
A motorist was seriously injured during a rush-hour crash on the coast road in West Sussex today. Her car and a lorry were in collision on the A259 at Comet Corner, near Yapton, at 8.20am. Drivers faced delays as police put diversions in place. Firefighters
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I'll fight on, says torture claim man
Sussex man Ron Jones is taking on the might of the Saudi Arabian government single-handedly despite a legal setback in the High Court. Since his imprisonment and torture in March 2001 for a crime he did not commit, he has lost his health, his livelihood
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Date
Steward jailed for smuggling
A British Airways steward has been jailed for 16 years for his role in a plot to smuggle hundreds of thousands of pounds of cocaine through Gatwick. Customs officers search-ed his blue Samsonite suitcase after he stepped off a plane from Kingston, Jamaica
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Date
Police seize 50 guns
A man was arrested after police seized 50 firearms during a raid on a house in Mid Sussex. Officers executed a search warrant yesterday at 8.30am for a house in Stephenson Way, Three Bridges, as part of an investigation into the illegal supply of firearms
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Cliffs body may be missing man
Police hunting a missing man have found a body at the foot of cliffs. Coastguard teams from Hastings were called to the beauty spot at Lovers' Seat, Fairlight, Hastings, yesterday and recovered the body of a man. He was taken to the Conquest Hospital
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Boy, 12, on strangling charge
A 12-year-old East Sussex boy was appearing in court today charged with trying to strangle a ten-year old. The child, from Seaford, was due before Lewes Crown Court charged with robbery, attempted robbery and burglary. He is alleged to have tried to rob
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Date
Conran to restore landmark
Embassy Court, the notorious eyesore landmark on Brighton seafront, is in line for a £5 million makeover led by design guru Sir Terence Conran. Long-standing residents of the dilapidated block have formed a company called Bluestorm with responsibility
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Date
Three piers
Let's restore the Chain Pier in Brighton. We did have three piers and another pier would provide competition for the Palace Pier. It's already feeling the threat of a restored West Pier. It must feel that will be a viable asset to the city. Three piers
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Date
No more bobbies
Where are all the promised policemen? I am quite aware of the alleged failings of the previous two chief constables and the apparent way in which the once wonderful name of Sussex Police has degenerated. The good and very efficient days of Sussex Police
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Date
Goodwood: Eddery goes out in a blaze
Pat Eddery achieved his retirement-year dream of a Group One success when Reel Buddy sprang a major surprise in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. The 11-times champion jockey revealed last month that he would be quitting the saddle at the end of this season
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Date
Not qualified
Ivor Caplin feels he is able to speak for the people of Iraq and decide what would be in their best interests (Letters, July 26). He has absolutely no right to speak for them nor, indeed, for this country whose best interests he and his Government somehow
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Tin maidens
Architect Frank Gehry and his project colleagues want to call the skyscrapers they plan for Hove seafront the Four Maidens. But locals who oppose this soaring scheme for the King Alfred site are already referring to them as the tin-can towers. The Gehry
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Date
Blame Maggie
Brighton and Hove City Council is to ban drinking in public (The Argus, July 21). Are we supposed to be impressed? The police have had sufficient legislation to deal with public drunks since Victorian times. The cause of today's problems started in the
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Date
Cycling: Winton an all-round star
Telscombe rider Mark Winton is fast becoming one of the county's top all-rounders, winning road races as well as track events. The penultimate senior race in the Hove Park League, held over 40 laps of the 1km circuit, was only into its third lap when
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Date
Secret torture
Accountant Ron Jones says he was tortured into confessing to a terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia. Yet his bid to sue the Saudi government for more than £2 million in compensation was blocked by the High Court on the grounds of state immunity. Mr Jones
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Date
Lone Voice
I can only conclude that the Voice Of The Argus likes lap-dancing. Two editorials have now supported the plans for the Tivoli Club in Hove becoming a lap-dancing venue and now objectors and councillors receive a ticking off over the application possibly
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Date
Get real
The Argus may be shedding tears over councillors' overwhelming rejection of planning permission for the lap-dancing/cabaret club in Western Road. The dozens of people who live in the houses on three sides of this substantial building, however, are delighted
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Date
Unravelling mystery of marketing
A new marketing training centre is opening in Brighton and Hove. Oxford College of Marketing will run Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) courses at the British Study Centre in Medina Villas, Hove, from September. Students will be able to do Advanced
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Date
Agency staff bill threatens NHS budget
Hospital chiefs say a shortage of staff means they are having to spend too much on expensive agency workers. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is already £1.2 million over budget in the first couple of months of the financial year. The
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Date
Rejecting this club was right decision
Voice Of The Argus (July 24), takes a very blinkered view of Brighton and Hove City Council's decision to reject proposals for a lap-dancing club in Western Road. The planning sub-committee should be applauded for listening to local residents. There are
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Date
Adams repays faith
Sussex skipper Chris Adams acknowledged the part his team-mates played in helping him to end a 14-month wait for a Championship century. Adams made an unbeaten 107 as Sussex took control on the first day of their top-of-the-table clash with leaders Surrey
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'Tin towers' jibe upsets top architect
World-famous architect Frank Gehry has taken offence at the nicknames given to his design for the tallest towers in Sussex. Opinion is divided on the architectural merits of the towers proposed for the King Alfred leisure centre site in Hove. Critics
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Boy, 12, on strangling charge
A 12-year-old boy was appearing in court today charged with trying to strangle a ten-year old. The child, from Seaford, was due before Lewes Crown Court charged with robbery, attempted robbery and burglary. He is alleged to have tried to rob the younger
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Court orders girls to behave
Two schoolgirls have been ordered to behave following claims they were terrorising their neighbourhood. Lauren Mann, 14, and Kayleigh Gully, 12, of Langney Crescent, Woodingdean, have been made subjects of interim antisocial behaviour orders. At a court
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Hedgehog rescued from drain
Wildlife rescuers faced a prickly problem when a hedgehog got stuck down a drain in Eastbourne. Hopes of freeing the struggling animal from the drain in the front garden of a house in Beatty Road yesterday lunchtime were hampered as the creature got wedged
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Report slams school contractor
Governors at one of Sussex's top secondary schools have delivered a damning end-of-year report on the company that runs its buildings. The report on Jarvis, whose construction and maintenance divisions won the controversial £105 million private finance
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Plea over danger road
Road campaigners are asking the Government to look again at improvements for a notorious stretch of the A27. Firle Straight was the scene of a horrendous accident two weeks ago when a taxi driver was killed in a multi-vehicle pile up. Now, members of
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Gull sparks shops mayhem
Like the opening to a disaster movie, fire engines raced to the scene, traffic backed up and people stared at the top of the building and gasped. Fire officers marked out an exclusion zone and police accident signs were put up to warn motorists of danger
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Jazz: Ola Onabule, Komedia, Brighton, August 1
Ola Onabule will probably have been seen by his biggest Brighton audience at the Dome last year as part of Courtney Pine's Commonwealth extravaganza On Track. As impressive as he was, that would have been a very small taste of what this phenomenal vocalist
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Music: Suspiciously Elvis, Brighton Dome, August 2
The sideburned, hip-swivelling sexiness of Elvis Presley spawns more fans, impersonators and memorabilia every year. Whether it's due to the sexy moves, his status as the world's most famous rock 'n' roller or his fun-lovin' sense of humour, there's no
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Bet brought us Britain's trendiest tipple
It started with a drunken bet over a bottle of champagne and became a business phenomenon. Sammy Berry first became hooked on Tuaca while working at a ski resort in Colorado with her best friend Cassandra. But when the pair returned to the UK they could
