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Warm for the time of year
Sussex has had one of the warmest starts to February in 50 years. Temperatures in the county topped 10C (50F) for the first five days of the month. Within the space of a week temperatures rose from below freezing to a mild 13C (55F) in Brighton on Wednesday
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Copter crash cause still a mystery
Accident investigators still do not know why a helicopter crash-landed into trees at the back of a garden after a mid-air stall. The machine lost power before going down in Brightling, near Robertsbridge, last April. The pilot told the Transport Department's
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Jilted husband goes on rampage
A jilted husband is on the run after locking his wife in an outside toilet and trying to flatten it with a JCB. Peter Rigden, 64, went berserk after his 45-year-old French wife Gabrielle demanded a divorce. He allegedly lured her into the toilet block
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More rain needed despite flooding
Despite the wettest January for three years more rain is still needed to fill the county's reservoirs. Southern Water said August and September had been the driest period since records began in 1873, leaving water levels extremely low. Even though many
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Allow the swan sanctuary to expand
Regarding Bentley Wildfowl and its possible closure (The Argus, January 29), I know the National Swan Sanctuary, based at Egham in Surrey, is currently looking for a new home to include a visitor centre and tourist attraction. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue
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Racing: Luck changes for Sussex trainer
The long hot summer of 2003 has been the cause of many trainers falling short of their targets for the jumping season. Not least among these is Lawrence Wells, based at Pallingham Manor Farm in Wisborough Green. But luck has changed for the 20-horse stable
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Athletics: Illness rules out baldock
Sean Baldock will be watching the AAA Indoor Championships in Sheffield this weekend with interest -from his sick bed. The Hastings athlete (pictured) was scheduled to compete in the 400m at the event, which doubles as the World Indoor Championship trials
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Hideous plans
I attended a packed meeting in Church of the Good Shepherd hall on Tuesday night along with an estimated 200 other residents concerned about the proposed demolition of three family-sized houses in Dyke Road, Hove, and the building of 42 flats in their
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eb4u in trendy office row
A community project given almost £50 million of taxpayers' money to revive the poorest parts of east Brighton has been criticised for setting up an office in trendy North Laine. For six months, East Brighton For You (eb4u) workers were based at an office
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Lead by example
With reference to Dr Seldon's attack on parents who move house in order to find a better school for their children, I would suggest the real hypocrites are politicians (including the Prime Minister) and educationists who publicly advocate state education
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Hockey: Male back for crunch match
Dominick Male returns from suspension for East Grinstead's crunch game at home to Old Georgians on Sunday. The influential Male has missed three games following a red card against Oxford Hawks in November. But his return means Grinstead will be at full
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Leave parents be
Dr Anthony Seldon's branding of parents who move house to live near good state schools as "the worst moral hypocrites" is an unjustified slur on the many parents who would never be able to afford the fees at schools like his (Brighton College) but who
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Ryman: Pook warns his Rebels
Alan Pook has warned his Worthing players to shape up or miss one of the biggest games in the club's history. Pook insists anyone under-achieving in Saturday's crunch league game with Dulwich Hamlet will be dropped for Tuesday's FA Trophy replay with
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Dr Martens: Vines wants new striker
Crawley boss Francis Vines says he might have to break the bank to keep up with big-spending Weymouth as the race for the premier division title hots up. The Reds had a five-figure bid for an unnamed striker rejected this week but Vines wants to increase
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State schools should be the future of education
I am puzzled by Dr Anthony Seldon's criticism of parents who move home and take on a larger mortgage in order to get their children enrolled in good state schools (The Argus, February 4). What should they do to obtain the best education for their children
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Albion must take burden off Knight
Guy Butters has called on the rest of the Albion team to take some of the goalscoring burden off Leon Knight. The lethal striker is responsible for exactly half of the 38 League goals scored by Albion players this season. Chris McPhee is next-best with
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More rain needed despite flooding
Despite the wettest January for three years more rain is still needed to fill the county's reservoirs. Southern Water said August and September had been the driest period since records began in 1873, leaving water levels extremely low. Even though many
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eb4u in trendy office row
A community project given almost £50 million of taxpayers' money to revive the poorest parts of east Brighton has been criticised for setting up an office in trendy North Laine. For six months, East Brighton For You (eb4u) workers were based at an office
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Coogan teams up with Virgin
Sharing a transatlantic flight with boozy Paul Calf would make most people squirm. But Virgin Atlantic passengers have the option after the airline signed a deal with Steve Coogan's TV production company. The Crawley-based airline will be showing TV comedies
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Seeda's off target
The South-East England Development Agency (Seeda) is falling dangerously behind its headline targets to create new jobs and reclaim land, it has been claimed. A six-month progress report, published by the Department of Trade and Industry, shows Seeda
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February 6: Albion snap up new keeper
Albion today turned to former Sheffield Wednesday and Torquay United goalkeeper Stuart Jones to solve a problem between the posts. The 26-year-old will be on the bench at Wycombe on Saturday as cover for Ben Roberts after Michel Kuipers suffered a knee
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February 6: Albion must take burden off Knight
Guy Butters has called on the rest of the Albion team to take some of the goalscoring burden off Leon Knight. The lethal striker is responsible for exactly half of the 38 League goals scored by Albion players this season. Chris McPhee is next-best with
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February 6: DIY match days will net Albion £1m
Brighton and Hove Albion have struck a deal to run the match day operation at Withdean which could save the club £1 million during the next two years. From April 1 the club will take over responsibility from Ecovert for event management on match days
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Two more bodies found at Beachy Head
Two bodies have been recovered from the base of the cliff at Beachy Head, just weeks after three others were found at the notorious suicide spot. One body was spotted on Wednesday just east of the Beachy Head lighthouse but poor visibility meant coastguards
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Family's anger as CJ's killer jailed
An illegal driver has been jailed for eight months for mowing down a schoolboy, leaving him to die. Failed asylum-seeker Kamel Kadri, 38, was sentenced to another 16 months in prison for using a fake passport to stay in Britain. He will spend a total
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Call to ban porn web sites
MPs are to consider banning porn web sites in the aftermath of the Jane Longhurst murder trial . Brighton MP David Lepper is putting down an Early Day Motion in the Commons calling for a review of the law. He is hoping to get support of MPs from all parties
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Sex killer could appeal
Sex strangler Graham Coutts may launch an appeal against his conviction for murdering Jane Longhurst. His solicitors in Brighton, Harris Paley, confirmed today: "An appeal is being considered." Coutts, a 35-year-old musician formerly of Waterloo Street
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DIY match days will net Albion £1m
Brighton and Hove Albion have struck a deal to run the match day operation at Withdean which could save the club £1 million during the next two years. From April 1 the club will take over responsibility from Ecovert for event management on match days
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Albion survival teeters on the brink
Brighton and Hove Albion have issued a desperate plea to football fans everywhere - help save our club. Chairman Dick Knight said: "In the past many fans from other clubs have helped Brighton and Hove Albion at the memorable Fans United days. "Once again
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Prescott holds key to Albion's future
The Argus today calls on the people of Sussex to save Brighton and Hove Albion. The club is fighting for its life after a planning inspector said a site at Falmer, near Brighton, was not big enough for its proposed new community stadium. If that verdict
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Valley site is safe for now
A downland site which developers would like to use for business or housing will remain untouched - for now. However, in the long term, there could be building at Toad's Hole Valley, the largest possible development site south of the Brighton bypass. The
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Warm for the time of year
Sussex has had one of the warmest starts to February in 50 years. Temperatures in the county topped 10C (50F) for the first five days of the month. Within the space of a week temperatures rose from below freezing to a mild 13C (55F) in Brighton on Wednesday
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Copter crash cause still a mystery
Accident investigators still do not know why a helicopter crash-landed into trees at the back of a garden after a mid-air stall. The machine lost power before going down in Brightling, near Robertsbridge, last April. The pilot told the Transport Department's
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More rain needed despite flooding
Despite the wettest January for three years more rain is still needed to fill the county's reservoirs. Southern Water said August and September had been the driest period since records began in 1873, leaving water levels extremely low. Even though many
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Allow the swan sanctuary to expand
Regarding Bentley Wildfowl and its possible closure (The Argus, January 29), I know the National Swan Sanctuary, based at Egham in Surrey, is currently looking for a new home to include a visitor centre and tourist attraction. East Sussex Wildlife Rescue
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Golf: New delay to franchise decision
Whoever gets the franchise to run Hollingbury Park and Waterhall must wait another year. While the shortlist was narrowed down to Glendale Golf Management Limited and a consortium headed by Graeme Crompton, Hollingbury's head professional and boss of
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Kick it out
Leaving aside for the moment the manifest shortcomings of the application to demolish three family homes in Dyke Road, I would like to focus on some more general points. 1 This is not a "site". It is a long-established plot of three individual family
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Athletics: Illness rules out baldock
Sean Baldock will be watching the AAA Indoor Championships in Sheffield this weekend with interest -from his sick bed. The Hastings athlete (pictured) was scheduled to compete in the 400m at the event, which doubles as the World Indoor Championship trials
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Hideous plans
I attended a packed meeting in Church of the Good Shepherd hall on Tuesday night along with an estimated 200 other residents concerned about the proposed demolition of three family-sized houses in Dyke Road, Hove, and the building of 42 flats in their
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Hockey: Male back for crunch match
Dominick Male returns from suspension for East Grinstead's crunch game at home to Old Georgians on Sunday. The influential Male has missed three games following a red card against Oxford Hawks in November. But his return means Grinstead will be at full
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Rugby: Sussex top two in trophy stalemate
County rugby chiefs have told their top two clubs to sort out a Greene King Sussex Trophy fixture clash. Holders Haywards Heath are refusing to send a team to their second round tie at Worthing tomorrow with 19 of their players committed to the away game
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Non-League: Gatting mourns Saints' demise
Former Albion star Steve Gatting believes the rapid rise of St Leonards was the cause of their downfall. Gatting, a Saints player for five years in the 1990s, was shocked to hear the Hastings-based club had folded on Monday due to financial problems.
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State schools should be the future of education
I am puzzled by Dr Anthony Seldon's criticism of parents who move home and take on a larger mortgage in order to get their children enrolled in good state schools (The Argus, February 4). What should they do to obtain the best education for their children
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Cricket: Skipper waits on new deal
Chris Adams' Sussex future is unlikely to be decided until the end of the season after he turned down a new contract for the second time. The county champions have offered Adams a two-year extension to his current deal which expires in September. After
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Seagulls ask for fans' help
Albion today appealed to their most loyal supporters to help them through a mounting financial crisis while they are still playing at Withdean. Renewal letters have been posted to just over 5,000 season ticket holders this week, much sooner than normal
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Albion must take burden off Knight
Guy Butters has called on the rest of the Albion team to take some of the goalscoring burden off Leon Knight. The lethal striker is responsible for exactly half of the 38 League goals scored by Albion players this season. Chris McPhee is next-best with
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More rain needed despite flooding
Despite the wettest January for three years more rain is still needed to fill the county's reservoirs. Southern Water said August and September had been the driest period since records began in 1873, leaving water levels extremely low. Even though many
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Council's homes policy is 'not practical'
Brighton and Hove's ground-breaking policy to tackle the city's crippling housing crisis has been torpedoed by a Government planning inspector. The city council made a rule that 40 per cent of housing in any large development should be low cost. It has
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Seeda's off target
The South-East England Development Agency (Seeda) is falling dangerously behind its headline targets to create new jobs and reclaim land, it has been claimed. A six-month progress report, published by the Department of Trade and Industry, shows Seeda
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Insurance giant to axe 1,200 jobs
Insurance broker Hill House Hammond (HHH) is to close with the loss of more than 1,000 jobs, owner Norwich Union has announced. There will be 1,200 compulsory redundancies with a further 400 people likely to be redeployed to other Norwich Union operations
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February 6: Albion snap up new keeper
Albion today turned to former Sheffield Wednesday and Torquay United goalkeeper Stuart Jones to solve a problem between the posts. The 26-year-old will be on the bench at Wycombe on Saturday as cover for Ben Roberts after Michel Kuipers suffered a knee
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Two more bodies found at Beachy Head
Two bodies have been recovered from the base of the cliff at Beachy Head, just weeks after three others were found at the notorious suicide spot. One body was spotted on Wednesday just east of the Beachy Head lighthouse but poor visibility meant coastguards
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Man jailed over pistol in luggage
An airline passenger caught with a gun and ammunition in his luggage said his father's servants had packed the bags and he did not know they were there. Security officers at Gatwick discovered the dismantled Smith and Wesson .457 - missed by staff at
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Family's anger as CJ's killer jailed
An illegal driver has been jailed for eight months for mowing down a schoolboy, leaving him to die. Failed asylum-seeker Kamel Kadri, 38, was sentenced to another 16 months in prison for using a fake passport to stay in Britain. He will spend a total
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Jilted husband goes on rampage
A jilted husband is on the run after locking his wife in an outside toilet and trying to flatten it with a JCB. Peter Rigden, 64, went berserk after his 45-year-old French wife Gabrielle demanded a divorce. He allegedly lured her into the toilet block
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Call to ban porn web sites
MPs are to consider banning porn web sites in the aftermath of the Jane Longhurst murder trial . Brighton MP David Lepper is putting down an Early Day Motion in the Commons calling for a review of the law. He is hoping to get support of MPs from all parties
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Sex killer could appeal
Sex strangler Graham Coutts may launch an appeal against his conviction for murdering Jane Longhurst. His solicitors in Brighton, Harris Paley, confirmed today: "An appeal is being considered." Coutts, a 35-year-old musician formerly of Waterloo Street
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DIY match days will net Albion £1m
Brighton and Hove Albion have struck a deal to run the match day operation at Withdean which could save the club £1 million during the next two years. From April 1 the club will take over responsibility from Ecovert for event management on match days
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Albion survival teeters on the brink
Brighton and Hove Albion have issued a desperate plea to football fans everywhere - help save our club. Chairman Dick Knight said: "In the past many fans from other clubs have helped Brighton and Hove Albion at the memorable Fans United days. "Once again
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Council cutbacks really take the biscuit
The cookie has finally crumbled for hungry politicians who were munching their way through biscuits at meetings. The Argus revealed last year how taxpayers were forking out up to £14 for plates of nibbles at Brighton and Hove City Council's committee
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Italian job for the lost lanes
Designers plan to create an Italian-style quarter with covered walkways, fashionable apartments and chic shopping arcades in the heart of Brighton and Hove. The historic site in The Lanes would be stretched to include a maze of storage sheds and buildings
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Snoring nearly wrecked my marriage
Carlo Zappulo once snored so loudly it almost wrecked his marriage. For more than six mind-numbing years his long-suffering wife, Carmen, was regularly forced to sleep in the spare room to get a decent night's rest. If Carlo wasn't snoring he would suddenly
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Council should look after pier
After the news that the Heritage Lottery Fund had decided it was not brave enough to save one the British seaside's great temples of culture, I opened my curtains to see this view of the sad old lady decaying gently into the sea. The great sunrise gave
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Money-grabbers
If granted planning permission, the 42 flats in Dyke Road, Hove, would be grossly out of keeping with the surrounding properties. They would also cause a traffic hazard for all those using Dyke Road Avenue. Totem Architecture is quoted as saying: "Flats
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Racing: Luck changes for Sussex trainer
The long hot summer of 2003 has been the cause of many trainers falling short of their targets for the jumping season. Not least among these is Lawrence Wells, based at Pallingham Manor Farm in Wisborough Green. But luck has changed for the 20-horse stable
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eb4u in trendy office row
A community project given almost £50 million of taxpayers' money to revive the poorest parts of east Brighton has been criticised for setting up an office in trendy North Laine. For six months, East Brighton For You (eb4u) workers were based at an office
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Lead by example
With reference to Dr Seldon's attack on parents who move house in order to find a better school for their children, I would suggest the real hypocrites are politicians (including the Prime Minister) and educationists who publicly advocate state education
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Date
Leave parents be
Dr Anthony Seldon's branding of parents who move house to live near good state schools as "the worst moral hypocrites" is an unjustified slur on the many parents who would never be able to afford the fees at schools like his (Brighton College) but who
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Date
Ryman: Pook warns his Rebels
Alan Pook has warned his Worthing players to shape up or miss one of the biggest games in the club's history. Pook insists anyone under-achieving in Saturday's crunch league game with Dulwich Hamlet will be dropped for Tuesday's FA Trophy replay with
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Dr Martens: Vines wants new striker
Crawley boss Francis Vines says he might have to break the bank to keep up with big-spending Weymouth as the race for the premier division title hots up. The Reds had a five-figure bid for an unnamed striker rejected this week but Vines wants to increase
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Albion snap up new keeper
Albion today turned to former Sheffield Wednesday and Torquay United goalkeeper Stuart Jones to solve a problem between the posts. The 26-year-old will be on the bench at Wycombe on Saturday as cover for Ben Roberts after Michel Kuipers suffered a knee
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eb4u in trendy office row
A community project given almost £50 million of taxpayers' money to revive the poorest parts of east Brighton has been criticised for setting up an office in trendy North Laine. For six months, East Brighton For You (eb4u) workers were based at an office
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Mortgage rates rise
Homeowners faced rises in the cost of their mortgages today after the Bank of England lifted interest rates to four per cent. The Bank's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the base rate by a quarter point to keep inflation on target and
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Coogan teams up with Virgin
Sharing a transatlantic flight with boozy Paul Calf would make most people squirm. But Virgin Atlantic passengers have the option after the airline signed a deal with Steve Coogan's TV production company. The Crawley-based airline will be showing TV comedies
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Council's homes policy is 'not practical'
Brighton and Hove's ground-breaking policy to tackle the city's crippling housing crisis has been torpedoed by a Government planning inspector. The city council made a rule that 40 per cent of housing in any large development should be low cost. It has
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February 6: Albion must take burden off Knight
Guy Butters has called on the rest of the Albion team to take some of the goalscoring burden off Leon Knight. The lethal striker is responsible for exactly half of the 38 League goals scored by Albion players this season. Chris McPhee is next-best with
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February 6: Seagulls ask for fans' help
Albion today appealed to their most loyal supporters to help them through a mounting financial crisis while they are still playing at Withdean. Renewal letters have been posted to just over 5,000 season ticket holders this week, much sooner than normal
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February 6: DIY match days will net Albion £1m
Brighton and Hove Albion have struck a deal to run the match day operation at Withdean which could save the club £1 million during the next two years. From April 1 the club will take over responsibility from Ecovert for event management on match days
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Prescott holds key to Albion's future
The Argus today calls on the people of Sussex to save Brighton and Hove Albion. The club is fighting for its life after a planning inspector said a site at Falmer, near Brighton, was not big enough for its proposed new community stadium. If that verdict
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Valley site is safe for now
A downland site which developers would like to use for business or housing will remain untouched - for now. However, in the long term, there could be building at Toad's Hole Valley, the largest possible development site south of the Brighton bypass. The
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Date
Italian job for the lost lanes
Designers plan to create an Italian-style quarter with covered walkways, fashionable apartments and chic shopping arcades in the heart of Brighton and Hove. The historic site in The Lanes would be stretched to include a maze of storage sheds and buildings
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Feedback, with Simon Bradshaw
David Kenny, from Hove, says he likes the layout of the new Argus except the television pages, which he "knew" we would "mess up". He says even though we have now added Channel 5 listings, there is still a difficulty for people trying to programme a video
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Snoring nearly wrecked my marriage
Carlo Zappulo once snored so loudly it almost wrecked his marriage. For more than six mind-numbing years his long-suffering wife, Carmen, was regularly forced to sleep in the spare room to get a decent night's rest. If Carlo wasn't snoring he would suddenly
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Council should look after pier
After the news that the Heritage Lottery Fund had decided it was not brave enough to save one the British seaside's great temples of culture, I opened my curtains to see this view of the sad old lady decaying gently into the sea. The great sunrise gave
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Date
Golf: New delay to franchise decision
Whoever gets the franchise to run Hollingbury Park and Waterhall must wait another year. While the shortlist was narrowed down to Glendale Golf Management Limited and a consortium headed by Graeme Crompton, Hollingbury's head professional and boss of
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Date
Money-grabbers
If granted planning permission, the 42 flats in Dyke Road, Hove, would be grossly out of keeping with the surrounding properties. They would also cause a traffic hazard for all those using Dyke Road Avenue. Totem Architecture is quoted as saying: "Flats
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Date
Kick it out
Leaving aside for the moment the manifest shortcomings of the application to demolish three family homes in Dyke Road, I would like to focus on some more general points. 1 This is not a "site". It is a long-established plot of three individual family
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Date
Rugby: Sussex top two in trophy stalemate
County rugby chiefs have told their top two clubs to sort out a Greene King Sussex Trophy fixture clash. Holders Haywards Heath are refusing to send a team to their second round tie at Worthing tomorrow with 19 of their players committed to the away game
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Non-League: Gatting mourns Saints' demise
Former Albion star Steve Gatting believes the rapid rise of St Leonards was the cause of their downfall. Gatting, a Saints player for five years in the 1990s, was shocked to hear the Hastings-based club had folded on Monday due to financial problems.
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Cricket: Skipper waits on new deal
Chris Adams' Sussex future is unlikely to be decided until the end of the season after he turned down a new contract for the second time. The county champions have offered Adams a two-year extension to his current deal which expires in September. After
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Seagulls ask for fans' help
Albion today appealed to their most loyal supporters to help them through a mounting financial crisis while they are still playing at Withdean. Renewal letters have been posted to just over 5,000 season ticket holders this week, much sooner than normal
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Albion snap up new keeper
Albion today turned to former Sheffield Wednesday and Torquay United goalkeeper Stuart Jones to solve a problem between the posts. The 26-year-old will be on the bench at Wycombe on Saturday as cover for Ben Roberts after Michel Kuipers suffered a knee
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Date
Council's homes policy is 'not practical'
Brighton and Hove's ground-breaking policy to tackle the city's crippling housing crisis has been torpedoed by a Government planning inspector. The city council made a rule that 40 per cent of housing in any large development should be low cost. It has
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Date
Mortgage rates rise
Homeowners faced rises in the cost of their mortgages today after the Bank of England lifted interest rates to four per cent. The Bank's nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the base rate by a quarter point to keep inflation on target and
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Date
Insurance giant to axe 1,200 jobs
Insurance broker Hill House Hammond (HHH) is to close with the loss of more than 1,000 jobs, owner Norwich Union has announced. There will be 1,200 compulsory redundancies with a further 400 people likely to be redeployed to other Norwich Union operations
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Date
Council's homes policy is 'not practical'
Brighton and Hove's ground-breaking policy to tackle the city's crippling housing crisis has been torpedoed by a Government planning inspector. The city council made a rule that 40 per cent of housing in any large development should be low cost. It has
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February 6: Seagulls ask for fans' help
Albion today appealed to their most loyal supporters to help them through a mounting financial crisis while they are still playing at Withdean. Renewal letters have been posted to just over 5,000 season ticket holders this week, much sooner than normal
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Man jailed over pistol in luggage
An airline passenger caught with a gun and ammunition in his luggage said his father's servants had packed the bags and he did not know they were there. Security officers at Gatwick discovered the dismantled Smith and Wesson .457 - missed by staff at
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Jilted husband goes on rampage
A jilted husband is on the run after locking his wife in an outside toilet and trying to flatten it with a JCB. Peter Rigden, 64, went berserk after his 45-year-old French wife Gabrielle demanded a divorce. He allegedly lured her into the toilet block
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Council cutbacks really take the biscuit
The cookie has finally crumbled for hungry politicians who were munching their way through biscuits at meetings. The Argus revealed last year how taxpayers were forking out up to £14 for plates of nibbles at Brighton and Hove City Council's committee
