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Letter: Late baptism
Chris Payne is quite right to say St Paul was not baptised until well after his second birthday (The Argus, May 6). Indeed, he was probably about 30 when he was baptised, soon after his Damascus Road experience when, three times in the Book of Acts, he
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Letter: Amnesty thanks
Brighton and Hove Amnesty International group would like to thank all of those who made our Brighton Festival event at the Open House pub on May 7 possible. The evening was an amazing success and raised more than £1,000 for Amnesty's work from ticket
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Letter: Order of the bath
Chris Horlock was right about the Corporation Slipper Baths (Letters, May 5). Between 1932 and 1937 my friends and I used them all except the one at Ditchling Road. It closed before I was deemed old enough to give up using the galvanised metal bath that
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Letter: It's the way he tells 'em
I was stunned by Frankie Taggart's review of Tina C's performance at the Spiegeltent (The Argus, May 10). Were we really both watching the same show? I can't help feeling that the extremely clever irony and astute perceptions of Chris Green, played out
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Letter: Buses enriched me
Having recently purchased a superb book, The Streets Of Brighton, featuring Brighton's buses of yesteryear, I realise how privileged I was, as a young boy living off Coombe Road in the early 1950s, to be surrounded by all those glorious red and cream
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Letter: Railway racket
The construction of Hove station's new depot keeps residents awake all night (The Argus, May 6). This does not convey the full horror suffered for almost two years from private rail contractors by residents in Wilbury Avenue with homes backing on to the
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Letter: What's the fuss?
I refer to your article (The Argus, May 10) about the Brighton Festival Club being silenced. As it has been going for years and only lasts three weeks, why make all the fuss? People like to enjoy themselves and it is a shame this is happening. -Anthea
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Basketball: Sussex hopeful has sights on US
Andy Smith is convinced he can resurrect his college basketball career after seeing the American dream turn sour. The 20-year-old prospect from Littlehampton was left on the bench for much of last season by his struggling division one college at St Bonaventure
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Letter: Keep it down
I am absolutely incensed by the comments made in The Argus regarding noise issues associated with the Brighton Festival. My partner and I have suffered sleepless nights due to generator noise from Austin & Cottles Circus and the Three Kings event
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Speedway: Eagles lose bonus in thriller
Eastbourne Eagles failed to grab their first Elite League bonus point of the season in a dramatic finish at Peterborough last night. World champion Nicki Pedersen was beaten by Grand Prix rival and one-time Arlington junior Lee Richardson in a run-off
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Letter: Why replace this beauty with a block of flats?
National Heritage are investing in retaining the splendor of the Victorian rose garden in the southernmost corner of Preston Park. It is easy to forget it is just a few yards from the main route into Brighton and the view across the rose garden to Preston
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May 13: Coppell tips Albion for Cardiff
Steve Coppell today backed Albion to come through the play-off battle between his two former clubs. He expects Mark McGhee's side to edge past Swindon, because they have "no obvious weaknesses" and can adapt to any challenge. Coppell briefly coached Swindon
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May 13: McGhee hopes for better luck
If the law of averages has anything to do with it then Mark McGhee is surely about to guide Albion past Swindon to the play-off final at Cardiff. The end-of-season lottery has been terribly cruel so far to the Seagulls' Glaswegian supremo. McGhee is hoping
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Whitehawk boy, 9, shot in eye
A boy of nine may lose his sight in one eye after being shot by a ball-bearing (BB) gun sold to a child at a car boot sale. Levi Pettitt was fired on at point-blank range and needed surgery to remove a fragment of the pellet. Levi's mother Kelly Town,
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Gas operations lifts BOC profits
Industrial gases group BOC today said a strong performance from its global gases operations had helped it post an 18.5% rise in half yearly operating profits to £273.8 million. The Surrey-based company said both its global gases businesses had performed
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£100m airport bridge to roll into place
Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend. The bridge, which weighs 3,000 tonnes and will be raised to a height of 32 metres, has taken almost a year to build. It is part of Pier
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Unemployment reaches record low
The Prime Minister led praise of the UK's jobs record after new figures showed unemployment had reached a new low and more people were in work than for decades. Tony Blair said one more person was in work every two minutes the Government had been in power
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Punctuation bestseller boosts group's profits
Sales of Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots And Leaves helped boost sales at Ottakar's book shop. The Brighton author's punctuation guide and Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything helped lift sales by 32 per cent in the past three months. Ottakar's
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£100m airport bridge to roll into place
Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend. The bridge, which weighs 3,000 tonnes and will be raised to a height of 32 metres, has taken almost a year to build. It is part of Pier
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Public schools urged to seek state partners
Education secretary Charles Clarke has paid tribute to Brighton College head Anthony Seldon but rejected his ideas to overhaul schools' funding. Addressing headteachers from public schools around the country at the college's independent education conference
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I hate shed so I bought company
Mark Alterman hated his garden shed so much he took a leaf out of Victor Kiam's book and bought the company. In a twist on the late Remington owner's shaver adverts, Mr Alterman was so angry when his new shed started falling apart he decided to put his
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Letter: Late baptism
Chris Payne is quite right to say St Paul was not baptised until well after his second birthday (The Argus, May 6). Indeed, he was probably about 30 when he was baptised, soon after his Damascus Road experience when, three times in the Book of Acts, he
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Letter: Amnesty thanks
Brighton and Hove Amnesty International group would like to thank all of those who made our Brighton Festival event at the Open House pub on May 7 possible. The evening was an amazing success and raised more than £1,000 for Amnesty's work from ticket
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The curse of Patching Village
Villagers believe a wealthy landowner has put a curse on them in a row over a footpath. Feelings have run high in Patching village, a cluster of pretty cottages set in leafy lanes near Worthing, since property developer Joseph Sullivan arrived in the
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Letter: Loyal fan
I was interested to read about the so-called supporter "Marathon match fan" Bill Arnold (The Argus, May 5). So, he travels to Brighton to see the Seagulls. Would he do so if he didn't have free rail tickets? By his own admission, he used to roll under
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Albion fans in Prescott mask campaign
The Argus is teaming up with Albion supporters to urge the Deputy Prime Minister to approve plans for a new stadium by filling a football ground with John Prescotts. If Mr Prescott views live coverage of Albion's most important match of the season so
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Speedway: Eagles lose bonus in thriller
Eastbourne Eagles failed to grab their first Elite League bonus point of the season in a dramatic finish at Peterborough last night. World champion Nicki Pedersen was beaten by Grand Prix rival and one-time Arlington junior Lee Richardson in a run-off
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Letter: Why replace this beauty with a block of flats?
National Heritage are investing in retaining the splendor of the Victorian rose garden in the southernmost corner of Preston Park. It is easy to forget it is just a few yards from the main route into Brighton and the view across the rose garden to Preston
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McGhee hopes for better luck
If the law of averages has anything to do with it then Mark McGhee is surely about to guide Albion past Swindon to the play-off final at Cardiff. The end-of-season lottery has been terribly cruel so far to the Seagulls' Glaswegian supremo. McGhee is hoping
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Coppell tips Albion for Cardiff
Steve Coppell today backed Albion to come through the play-off battle between his two former clubs. He expects Mark McGhee's side to edge past Swindon, because they have "no obvious weaknesses" and can adapt to any challenge. Coppell briefly coached Swindon
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Mum vows to continue MMR fight
A mother who believes her sons were harmed by the controversial MMR vaccine has accused a drug company of trying to bully her into dropping a legal action. Isabella Thomas was sent a letter from solicitors acting for Merck warning her she faces substantial
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Nurse refused maternity leave
A nurse wants to take legal action against a hospital which has refused to give her maternity pay despite her eight years' service. Wendy Robson worked full-time as a health care assistant for three years before training to become a qualified registered
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Bright outlook for lastminute.com
Online retailer lastminute.com said today it was confident of another year of improvement after making "significant progress" in the second quarter. The group revealed that sales of holidays and events soared 93.9% to £178.8 million in the three months
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Jobs boost at supermarket giant
Supermarket chain Asda said today it would create 4,300 jobs in the UK by the end of this year. The group, which is part of US retailing giant Wal-Mart, said it was investing £400 million in new stores and relocations or extensions of existing branches
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Gas operations lifts BOC profits
Industrial gases group BOC today said a strong performance from its global gases operations had helped it post an 18.5% rise in half yearly operating profits to £273.8 million. The Surrey-based company said both its global gases businesses had performed
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Housing boom set to turn
Booming growth in house prices is set for a sharp slowdown during the next two years, the Bank of England has forecast. Prices may well continue to rise strongly in the near term, underpinning strong growth in consumer spending, the Bank's quarterly inflation
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£100m airport bridge to roll into place
Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend. The bridge, which weighs 3,000 tonnes and will be raised to a height of 32 metres, has taken almost a year to build. It is part of Pier
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Public schools urged to seek state partners
Education secretary Charles Clarke has paid tribute to Brighton College head Anthony Seldon but rejected his ideas to overhaul schools' funding. Addressing headteachers from public schools around the country at the college's independent education conference
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Sussex hospital crash drama
A woman's car roared through the grounds of a hospital, leaving a 200-metre trail of destruction before crashing into an 11,000-volt power plant. The driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake on her new automatic in the car park at Worthing Hospital
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Music: Eddi Reader
Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, Thursday May 13 Starring the lady whose intoxicating larynx sang "I Want To Be-e-e-e-e Perfect" in the Eighties, this is essentially a musical gig despite being listed under the books and debates section of the
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I hate shed so I bought company
Mark Alterman hated his garden shed so much he took a leaf out of Victor Kiam's book and bought the company. In a twist on the late Remington owner's shaver adverts, Mr Alterman was so angry when his new shed started falling apart he decided to put his
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Trench death inquiry
A post-mortem examination is due to be held on a man who was crushed to death when the trench he was in collapsed. Landscape gardener Karl Achermann was buried up to the neck in mud following the accident on Tuesday. Despite frantic efforts from his workmates
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£100m airport bridge to roll into place
Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend. The bridge, which weighs 3,000 tonnes and will be raised to a height of 32 metres, has taken almost a year to build. It is part of Pier
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Letter: We're well read
In response to your article "Worrying drop in demand" (The Argus, April 29), happily, libraries are bucking the trend in Brighton and Hove. Last year 1.1 million people visited our libraries, an increase of almost four per cent on the previous year. Pretty
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The curse of Patching Village
Villagers believe a wealthy landowner has put a curse on them in a row over a footpath. Feelings have run high in Patching village, a cluster of pretty cottages set in leafy lanes near Worthing, since property developer Joseph Sullivan arrived in the
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Letter: Loyal fan
I was interested to read about the so-called supporter "Marathon match fan" Bill Arnold (The Argus, May 5). So, he travels to Brighton to see the Seagulls. Would he do so if he didn't have free rail tickets? By his own admission, he used to roll under
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What's Swindon got?
A town called Swindon is all that stands between Brighton and Hove Albion and the glory of the play-off final with the chance of promotion to Division One. For the footballing pundits, the contest is too close to call - Brighton may have finished higher
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Albion fans in Prescott mask campaign
The Argus is teaming up with Albion supporters to urge the Deputy Prime Minister to approve plans for a new stadium by filling a football ground with John Prescotts. If Mr Prescott views live coverage of Albion's most important match of the season so
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Letter: Pure lunacy
I note with dismay that "despite the objections of neighbours" Brighton and Hove City Council has approved plans for the building of 50 flats on land occupied by the houses known as Preston Place, situated at the junction of Preston Park Avenue and Stanford
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Cricket: Sussex hand out harsh lesson
Matt Prior's unbeaten double hundred and a debut century by Luke Wright pulled Sussex around after Loughborough UCCE were threatening to embarrass them at Hove. The plan was for senior batsmen to get time in the middle and youngsters to press their claims
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Cricket: Goodwin may have Sussex future
Murray Goodwin has been cleared to extend his Sussex career after the counties threw out proposals to reduce the number of overseas players. Sussex voted in favour of cutting numbers from two to one per county from next season at the meeting of the first
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Spider-Man blames police for gridlock
A father who dressed as Spider-Man during a crane-top protest accused police of trying to turn the public against him by closing roads. David Chick, of The Ridgeway, Burgess Hill, blamed officers for the widespread chaos he is accused of causing in central
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McGhee hopes for better luck
If the law of averages has anything to do with it then Mark McGhee is surely about to guide Albion past Swindon to the play-off final at Cardiff. The end-of-season lottery has been terribly cruel so far to the Seagulls' Glaswegian supremo. McGhee is hoping
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Coppell tips Albion for Cardiff
Steve Coppell today backed Albion to come through the play-off battle between his two former clubs. He expects Mark McGhee's side to edge past Swindon, because they have "no obvious weaknesses" and can adapt to any challenge. Coppell briefly coached Swindon
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Mum vows to continue MMR fight
A mother who believes her sons were harmed by the controversial MMR vaccine has accused a drug company of trying to bully her into dropping a legal action. Isabella Thomas was sent a letter from solicitors acting for Merck warning her she faces substantial
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Nurse refused maternity leave
A nurse wants to take legal action against a hospital which has refused to give her maternity pay despite her eight years' service. Wendy Robson worked full-time as a health care assistant for three years before training to become a qualified registered
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Bright outlook for lastminute.com
Online retailer lastminute.com said today it was confident of another year of improvement after making "significant progress" in the second quarter. The group revealed that sales of holidays and events soared 93.9% to £178.8 million in the three months
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Jobs boost at supermarket giant
Supermarket chain Asda said today it would create 4,300 jobs in the UK by the end of this year. The group, which is part of US retailing giant Wal-Mart, said it was investing £400 million in new stores and relocations or extensions of existing branches
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Housing boom set to turn
Booming growth in house prices is set for a sharp slowdown during the next two years, the Bank of England has forecast. Prices may well continue to rise strongly in the near term, underpinning strong growth in consumer spending, the Bank's quarterly inflation
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Jobs promised in spy planes bid
Thales, the French defence company, will create a new British-based company to manufacture unmanned spy planes for the Royal Air Force. The group's operation in Crawley is involved in a bid for the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) £800 million Watchkeeper
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Sussex hospital crash drama
A woman's car roared through the grounds of a hospital, leaving a 200-metre trail of destruction before crashing into an 11,000-volt power plant. The driver hit the accelerator instead of the brake on her new automatic in the car park at Worthing Hospital
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Music: Eddi Reader
Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton, Thursday May 13 Starring the lady whose intoxicating larynx sang "I Want To Be-e-e-e-e Perfect" in the Eighties, this is essentially a musical gig despite being listed under the books and debates section of the
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Theatre: Probably Wanstead E11
Sussex Arts Club, Ship Street, Brighton, Until Saturday May 15 plus May 20-22 "I have so many lines to learn my darling. Paul has done me such a huge favour - in a play of 25 pages, he has gone and put all my lines together!" The winner of the London
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Letter: Order of the bath
Chris Horlock was right about the Corporation Slipper Baths (Letters, May 5). Between 1932 and 1937 my friends and I used them all except the one at Ditchling Road. It closed before I was deemed old enough to give up using the galvanised metal bath that
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Trench death inquiry
A post-mortem examination is due to be held on a man who was crushed to death when the trench he was in collapsed. Landscape gardener Karl Achermann was buried up to the neck in mud following the accident on Tuesday. Despite frantic efforts from his workmates
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Letter: We're well read
In response to your article "Worrying drop in demand" (The Argus, April 29), happily, libraries are bucking the trend in Brighton and Hove. Last year 1.1 million people visited our libraries, an increase of almost four per cent on the previous year. Pretty
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Letter: It's the way he tells 'em
I was stunned by Frankie Taggart's review of Tina C's performance at the Spiegeltent (The Argus, May 10). Were we really both watching the same show? I can't help feeling that the extremely clever irony and astute perceptions of Chris Green, played out
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Letter: Buses enriched me
Having recently purchased a superb book, The Streets Of Brighton, featuring Brighton's buses of yesteryear, I realise how privileged I was, as a young boy living off Coombe Road in the early 1950s, to be surrounded by all those glorious red and cream
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Date
Letter: Railway racket
The construction of Hove station's new depot keeps residents awake all night (The Argus, May 6). This does not convey the full horror suffered for almost two years from private rail contractors by residents in Wilbury Avenue with homes backing on to the
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What's Swindon got?
A town called Swindon is all that stands between Brighton and Hove Albion and the glory of the play-off final with the chance of promotion to Division One. For the footballing pundits, the contest is too close to call - Brighton may have finished higher
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Letter: What's the fuss?
I refer to your article (The Argus, May 10) about the Brighton Festival Club being silenced. As it has been going for years and only lasts three weeks, why make all the fuss? People like to enjoy themselves and it is a shame this is happening. -Anthea
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Basketball: Sussex hopeful has sights on US
Andy Smith is convinced he can resurrect his college basketball career after seeing the American dream turn sour. The 20-year-old prospect from Littlehampton was left on the bench for much of last season by his struggling division one college at St Bonaventure
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Letter: Keep it down
I am absolutely incensed by the comments made in The Argus regarding noise issues associated with the Brighton Festival. My partner and I have suffered sleepless nights due to generator noise from Austin & Cottles Circus and the Three Kings event
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Letter: Pure lunacy
I note with dismay that "despite the objections of neighbours" Brighton and Hove City Council has approved plans for the building of 50 flats on land occupied by the houses known as Preston Place, situated at the junction of Preston Park Avenue and Stanford
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Cricket: Sussex hand out harsh lesson
Matt Prior's unbeaten double hundred and a debut century by Luke Wright pulled Sussex around after Loughborough UCCE were threatening to embarrass them at Hove. The plan was for senior batsmen to get time in the middle and youngsters to press their claims
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Cricket: Goodwin may have Sussex future
Murray Goodwin has been cleared to extend his Sussex career after the counties threw out proposals to reduce the number of overseas players. Sussex voted in favour of cutting numbers from two to one per county from next season at the meeting of the first
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May 13: Coppell tips Albion for Cardiff
Steve Coppell today backed Albion to come through the play-off battle between his two former clubs. He expects Mark McGhee's side to edge past Swindon, because they have "no obvious weaknesses" and can adapt to any challenge. Coppell briefly coached Swindon
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May 13: McGhee hopes for better luck
If the law of averages has anything to do with it then Mark McGhee is surely about to guide Albion past Swindon to the play-off final at Cardiff. The end-of-season lottery has been terribly cruel so far to the Seagulls' Glaswegian supremo. McGhee is hoping
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Date
Spider-Man blames police for gridlock
A father who dressed as Spider-Man during a crane-top protest accused police of trying to turn the public against him by closing roads. David Chick, of The Ridgeway, Burgess Hill, blamed officers for the widespread chaos he is accused of causing in central
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Date
Whitehawk boy, 9, shot in eye
A boy of nine may lose his sight in one eye after being shot by a ball-bearing (BB) gun sold to a child at a car boot sale. Levi Pettitt was fired on at point-blank range and needed surgery to remove a fragment of the pellet. Levi's mother Kelly Town,
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£100m airport bridge to roll into place
Space shuttle technology will be used to roll a £100 million bridge into position at Gatwick airport this weekend. The bridge, which weighs 3,000 tonnes and will be raised to a height of 32 metres, has taken almost a year to build. It is part of Pier
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Unemployment reaches record low
The Prime Minister led praise of the UK's jobs record after new figures showed unemployment had reached a new low and more people were in work than for decades. Tony Blair said one more person was in work every two minutes the Government had been in power
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Punctuation bestseller boosts group's profits
Sales of Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots And Leaves helped boost sales at Ottakar's book shop. The Brighton author's punctuation guide and Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything helped lift sales by 32 per cent in the past three months. Ottakar's
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Date
Jobs promised in spy planes bid
Thales, the French defence company, will create a new British-based company to manufacture unmanned spy planes for the Royal Air Force. The group's operation in Crawley is involved in a bid for the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) £800 million Watchkeeper
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Theatre: Probably Wanstead E11
Sussex Arts Club, Ship Street, Brighton, Until Saturday May 15 plus May 20-22 "I have so many lines to learn my darling. Paul has done me such a huge favour - in a play of 25 pages, he has gone and put all my lines together!" The winner of the London
