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Letter: Go underground
I have no faith in a Rapid Transport System (RTS) based on buses - or trams for that matter. Unlike Crawley, the roads in central Brighton are narrow and are already choked with traffic. Imagine a bendy-bus trying to park in the already heavily-used bus
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Pop newcomers on Mercury shortlist
Pop newcomers Keane are celebrating again after their debut album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The Sussex-based three-piece, who grew up in Battle, near Hastings, have seen their first album Hopes And Fears storm to the top of the charts
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Airport humiliation ended American dream
Neil Forrester has ditched plans to move his family to America after a trip there ended in a humiliating immigration nightmare. Mr Forrester says he was handcuffed, fingerprinted, locked up for 23 hours then thrown out of the country when officials accused
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Hoogstraten wins £5m appeal
Millionaire Nicholas Hoogstraten today won his appeal over a £5 million claim by the family of the man he was jailed for killing. Three appeal judges overturned High Court rulings that resulted in Mr Hoogstraten being fined £1 million and having assets
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Pervert boss jailed for seven years
Paedophile Robert Blackmore has been jailed for seven years for abusing young boys. His sentence amounts to a year for each of the children he preyed upon. The mother of one of his victims said: "He should have got life in prison. Our lives have been
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Banned menace jailed under new law
A neighbour from hell became the first man in England to be jailed under new legislation. Ricky Fitzgerald, 27, from Bewbush, Crawley, was sentenced to nine months yesterday for breaching an injunction banning him from anti-social behaviour. It followed
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Letter: Blair will survive the Butler report
I doubt the Butler Report will lead to the Prime Minister's demise (The Argus, July 15). He will only be replaced, no doubt claiming personal reasons, when the Parliamentary Labour Party judges it to be expedient in order to ensure the return to the Commons
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Youth Athletics: Christmas homes in for win
Danielle Christmas won the intermediate under-17s race for England in the Home Schools international. The Crawley club runner, representing Surrey, clocked 4min.24.2sec at Chelmsford. Andrew Donno, 17, of Brighton and Hove, was second in the 2,000m steeplechase
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Letter: Too expensive
It is no secret Brighton and Hove City Council is not flush with cash. So I must question the wisdom of building an expensive monorail along the seafront. Surely we should concentrate on getting the existing infrastructure working properly first? We need
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Letter: No ghost towns
Rather than trade declining if cars are deterred (Letters, July 14 & 17), people are attracted to shop, walk and eat where there is no motorised intrusion, as in Hove's George Street since pedestrianisation. More people get to Brighton's London Road
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Youth Darts: Hammond title glory inspired by grandad
Michael Hammond has dedicated the biggest win of his career to his late grandfather. Hammond, from Brighton, is celebrating a 2-1 victory against Ryan Gowans (Dorset) in the national under-18s final at Cinderford, Gloucestershire. He said: "I want to
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Cricket: lewry out for three weeks
Jason Lewry will be out of the Sussex bowling attack for three weeks because he needs surgery on his injured knee. The left-armer suffered a small tear in the back of his right knee while he warmed-up for last Sunday's totesport League match at Derby.
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Conference South: Lewes close in on defender
Lewes manager Steven King is today set to sign defender Max Hustwick from Kingstonian. The 21-year old scored in a 3-2 friendly defeat against Crawley at the Dripping Pan last night. King said: "He was a different class. He didn't look out of place against
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D-day for Tories in marginal city seat
Conservatives will choose a candidate from a shortlist of three tomorrow for a marginal seat they hope to win at the next general election. Brighton Kemptown is one of the last seats where the party has a chance of winning for which a runner has not yet
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Bar staff on tap
An employment agency has been launched in Brighton and Hove to give nightclub managers emergency bar staff cover. Figures show the unexpected loss of one member of staff can cost a club about £600 between the hours of 10pm and 2am. JustBarStaff, based
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Tribunal cases on the rise
The number of cases taken to employment tribunals increased by 17 per cent in the past year, and included a huge rise in sex discrimination complaints. There were 115,042 applications in the year to March compared to 98,617 the previous year. Sex discrimination
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House price boom slows
The booming housing market is beginning to show signs of slowing down as the impact of four interest rate rises begins to bite, especially in the South. Property web site Rightmove said prices in England and Wales rose by just 1.2 per cent during the
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Float values Virgin Mobile at £500m
Virgin Mobile was today valued at £500 million as it launched on the stock market at a price significantly lower than its previous hopes. The company - part of Sir Richard Branson's business empire - overcame tough markets to issue shares at 200p each
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Guru is taking over Sussex in style
A style guru who made her name in California during the Seventies has opened a second shop in her home town in West Sussex. Marsha Lofthouse, 82, opened furniture store Marsha's Loft in Shoreham High Street in April this year - 30 years after emigrating
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MP warns water firm of battle ahead
An MP is warning a water company to back down or face a fierce fight over plans to build a £200 million sewage works. Des Turner, whose Brighton Kemptown constituency includes the earmarked site in Peacehaven, has written to Southern Water managing director
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Cost cutting still key to BA profits
British Airways is on the road to recovery after one of the worst periods in its history but cutting costs remains the key to profitability. Chief executive Rod Eddington told its annual meeting in London the airline met all the targets in its two-year
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Car ploughs into basement flat
A woman had a miracle escape after her car shot across a road, smashed through railings and nose-dived in to the patio of a basement flat. Driver Pat Goring, who is in her 70s, was left dangling by her seatbelt for an hour while emergency services worked
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Pupil caught with cigarettes found hanged
A 12-year-old boy was found hanged with his school tie after his teacher caught him with a packet of cigarettes. David Arnett was caught with the cigarettes in his pocket by his form tutor, who gave him 24 hours to tell his parents before the school contacted
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Airport humiliation ended American dream
Neil Forrester has ditched plans to move his family to America after a trip there ended in a humiliating immigration nightmare. Mr Forrester says he was handcuffed, fingerprinted, locked up for 23 hours then thrown out of the country when officials accused
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Hoogstraten wins £5m appeal
Millionaire Nicholas Hoogstraten today won his appeal over a £5 million claim by the family of the man he was jailed for killing. Three appeal judges overturned High Court rulings that resulted in Mr Hoogstraten being fined £1 million and having assets
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Pervert boss jailed for seven years
Paedophile Robert Blackmore has been jailed for seven years for abusing young boys. His sentence amounts to a year for each of the children he preyed upon. The mother of one of his victims said: "He should have got life in prison. Our lives have been
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Youth Athletics: Christmas homes in for win
Danielle Christmas won the intermediate under-17s race for England in the Home Schools international. The Crawley club runner, representing Surrey, clocked 4min.24.2sec at Chelmsford. Andrew Donno, 17, of Brighton and Hove, was second in the 2,000m steeplechase
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Letter: Too expensive
It is no secret Brighton and Hove City Council is not flush with cash. So I must question the wisdom of building an expensive monorail along the seafront. Surely we should concentrate on getting the existing infrastructure working properly first? We need
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Youth Football: Duo get England call-ups
Varndean pupils Ryan McMillan and Kieran Mercer have been selected for an English Schools under-18s training squad. Centre-back McMillan and midfielder Mercer will link up with the squad managed by Pete Chisholm, the Warden Park teacher from Cuckfield
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Letter: No ghost towns
Rather than trade declining if cars are deterred (Letters, July 14 & 17), people are attracted to shop, walk and eat where there is no motorised intrusion, as in Hove's George Street since pedestrianisation. More people get to Brighton's London Road
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Youth Darts: Hammond title glory inspired by grandad
Michael Hammond has dedicated the biggest win of his career to his late grandfather. Hammond, from Brighton, is celebrating a 2-1 victory against Ryan Gowans (Dorset) in the national under-18s final at Cinderford, Gloucestershire. He said: "I want to
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Letter: No chicanery
John Plowman (Letters, July 17) is right when he says Brighton and Hove City Council's traffic policy needs reviewing. Any restrictions on traffic flow due to chicanes, islands, extra signals and special lanes will snarl up traffic, not allow it to clear
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Letter: The best way to provide a cleaner, quieter city
It is good to see everyone realises we are poisoning the centre of our city with car pollution and something must be done. Of course we need a park and ride scheme. It can be phased but the first phase must be at the entrance to Brighton on the A23. There
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Float values Virgin Mobile at £500m
Virgin Mobile was today valued at £500 million as it launched on the stock market at a price significantly lower than its previous hopes. The company - part of Sir Richard Branson's business empire - overcame tough markets to issue shares at 200p each
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Guru is taking over Sussex in style
A style guru who made her name in California during the Seventies has opened a second shop in her home town in West Sussex. Marsha Lofthouse, 82, opened furniture store Marsha's Loft in Shoreham High Street in April this year - 30 years after emigrating
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Youngsters snub get rich quick ethos
Becoming a millionaire may be the ultimate ambition for a game show contestant but for the next generation of entrepreneurs it ranks low on the priority list. According to a survey of 15 to 19-year-olds by HSBC and Young Enterprise, most youngsters who
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MP warns water firm of battle ahead
An MP is warning a water company to back down or face a fierce fight over plans to build a £200 million sewage works. Des Turner, whose Brighton Kemptown constituency includes the earmarked site in Peacehaven, has written to Southern Water managing director
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Cost cutting still key to BA profits
British Airways is on the road to recovery after one of the worst periods in its history but cutting costs remains the key to profitability. Chief executive Rod Eddington told its annual meeting in London the airline met all the targets in its two-year
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Pupil caught with cigarettes found hanged
A 12-year-old boy was found hanged with his school tie after his teacher caught him with a packet of cigarettes. David Arnett was caught with the cigarettes in his pocket by his form tutor, who gave him 24 hours to tell his parents before the school contacted
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Letter: New bus station
In all the talk of public transport, no mention has been made of the inadequate facilities of Brighton's Pool Valley bus station. Pool Valley has no ticket office for the main bus operators into the station. Tickets and information can be had from the
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Letter: Safe and sound
isn't it nice that Lord Butler has decided Tony Blair was not deliberately lying but just incompetent? I feel so much safer now. -David Logan, Heathfield
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July 21: Molango told to get tough
Maheta Molango will sign for Albion with a warning from manager Mark McGhee. Molango, 22 on Saturday, has impressed with three goals in two games on trial for the Seagulls. Albion had hoped to sign Molango today but McGhee said: "We were under pressure
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Letter: Why crush porn-use computers
Sussex police destroyed 100 computers seized during operation Ore (The Argus, July 15). I am disgusted at the waste of materials being committed here. Anyone with even the most basic computer knowledge can tell you that any data that is downloaded onto
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Youth Football: Duo get England call-ups
Varndean pupils Ryan McMillan and Kieran Mercer have been selected for an English Schools under-18s training squad. Centre-back McMillan and midfielder Mercer will link up with the squad managed by Pete Chisholm, the Warden Park teacher from Cuckfield
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Youth Hockey: Tigers roar for Britain
Brighton Tigers' Leigh Roberts helped Great Britain's men win division two of the International Ice Hockey Federation's Inline Championships in Germany with victory over Brazil. Clubmates David Walker and Chris Brind, 18, guided GB 18-and-unders to a
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Girl's death was tragic accident
Police will be taking no action over the case of a four-year-old girl who burnt to death. Courtney Ord died after her nightclothes caught fire as she played with a lighter at her home in Butts Road, Southwick. She was in her brother's bedroom at the time
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Letter: Not a car in sight
In his criticism of further restrictions on car usage in Brighton, Andrew Abaza destroys his own arguments when citing Chichester's trade boom (Letters, July 14). Two main thoroughfares in that city have been pedestrianised with not a car in sight, a
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Letter: No chicanery
John Plowman (Letters, July 17) is right when he says Brighton and Hove City Council's traffic policy needs reviewing. Any restrictions on traffic flow due to chicanes, islands, extra signals and special lanes will snarl up traffic, not allow it to clear
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Youth Karate: Eubank has champion mentality
Harlem Eubank has been tipped for global glory after lifting his second successive British title. The ten-year-old nephew of former world boxing champion Chris, claimed the ten-to-12-year-olds' kumite fighting crown at the British Federation Championships
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Letter: The best way to provide a cleaner, quieter city
It is good to see everyone realises we are poisoning the centre of our city with car pollution and something must be done. Of course we need a park and ride scheme. It can be phased but the first phase must be at the entrance to Brighton on the A23. There
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Athletics: Olympic relay ace hits back
Sean Baldock has hit back at Darren Campbell's claims Britain's underachieving athletes are living in a "comfort zone" due to their lottery funding. Baldock missed out on a place in the 400m at Athens after failing to meet the Olympic qualifying standard
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Molango told to get tough
Maheta Molango will sign for Albion with a warning from manager Mark McGhee. Molango, 22 on Saturday, has impressed with three goals in two games on trial for the Seagulls. Albion had hoped to sign Molango today but McGhee said: "We were under pressure
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Date
Youngsters snub get rich quick ethos
Becoming a millionaire may be the ultimate ambition for a game show contestant but for the next generation of entrepreneurs it ranks low on the priority list. According to a survey of 15 to 19-year-olds by HSBC and Young Enterprise, most youngsters who
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Date
MP warns water firm of battle ahead
An MP is warning a water company to back down or face a fierce fight over plans to build a £200 million sewage works. Des Turner, whose Brighton Kemptown constituency includes the earmarked site in Peacehaven, has written to Southern Water managing director
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Sussex hospitals get zero rating
Hospitals in Sussex were today branded the poorest performing in England. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been given no stars in the annual performance ratings published by the Healthcare Commission. The trust runs the Royal Sussex
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Letter: New bus station
In all the talk of public transport, no mention has been made of the inadequate facilities of Brighton's Pool Valley bus station. Pool Valley has no ticket office for the main bus operators into the station. Tickets and information can be had from the
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Date
Letter: Go underground
I have no faith in a Rapid Transport System (RTS) based on buses - or trams for that matter. Unlike Crawley, the roads in central Brighton are narrow and are already choked with traffic. Imagine a bendy-bus trying to park in the already heavily-used bus
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Date
Pop newcomers on Mercury shortlist
Pop newcomers Keane are celebrating again after their debut album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The Sussex-based three-piece, who grew up in Battle, near Hastings, have seen their first album Hopes And Fears storm to the top of the charts
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Letter: Safe and sound
isn't it nice that Lord Butler has decided Tony Blair was not deliberately lying but just incompetent? I feel so much safer now. -David Logan, Heathfield
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July 21: Molango told to get tough
Maheta Molango will sign for Albion with a warning from manager Mark McGhee. Molango, 22 on Saturday, has impressed with three goals in two games on trial for the Seagulls. Albion had hoped to sign Molango today but McGhee said: "We were under pressure
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Banned menace jailed under new law
A neighbour from hell became the first man in England to be jailed under new legislation. Ricky Fitzgerald, 27, from Bewbush, Crawley, was sentenced to nine months yesterday for breaching an injunction banning him from anti-social behaviour. It followed
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Letter: Blair will survive the Butler report
I doubt the Butler Report will lead to the Prime Minister's demise (The Argus, July 15). He will only be replaced, no doubt claiming personal reasons, when the Parliamentary Labour Party judges it to be expedient in order to ensure the return to the Commons
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Date
Letter: Why crush porn-use computers
Sussex police destroyed 100 computers seized during operation Ore (The Argus, July 15). I am disgusted at the waste of materials being committed here. Anyone with even the most basic computer knowledge can tell you that any data that is downloaded onto
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Date
Youth Hockey: Tigers roar for Britain
Brighton Tigers' Leigh Roberts helped Great Britain's men win division two of the International Ice Hockey Federation's Inline Championships in Germany with victory over Brazil. Clubmates David Walker and Chris Brind, 18, guided GB 18-and-unders to a
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Date
Girl's death was tragic accident
Police will be taking no action over the case of a four-year-old girl who burnt to death. Courtney Ord died after her nightclothes caught fire as she played with a lighter at her home in Butts Road, Southwick. She was in her brother's bedroom at the time
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Date
Letter: Not a car in sight
In his criticism of further restrictions on car usage in Brighton, Andrew Abaza destroys his own arguments when citing Chichester's trade boom (Letters, July 14). Two main thoroughfares in that city have been pedestrianised with not a car in sight, a
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Date
Youth Karate: Eubank has champion mentality
Harlem Eubank has been tipped for global glory after lifting his second successive British title. The ten-year-old nephew of former world boxing champion Chris, claimed the ten-to-12-year-olds' kumite fighting crown at the British Federation Championships
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Date
Athletics: Olympic relay ace hits back
Sean Baldock has hit back at Darren Campbell's claims Britain's underachieving athletes are living in a "comfort zone" due to their lottery funding. Baldock missed out on a place in the 400m at Athens after failing to meet the Olympic qualifying standard
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Date
Cricket: lewry out for three weeks
Jason Lewry will be out of the Sussex bowling attack for three weeks because he needs surgery on his injured knee. The left-armer suffered a small tear in the back of his right knee while he warmed-up for last Sunday's totesport League match at Derby.
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Date
Conference South: Lewes close in on defender
Lewes manager Steven King is today set to sign defender Max Hustwick from Kingstonian. The 21-year old scored in a 3-2 friendly defeat against Crawley at the Dripping Pan last night. King said: "He was a different class. He didn't look out of place against
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Date
Molango told to get tough
Maheta Molango will sign for Albion with a warning from manager Mark McGhee. Molango, 22 on Saturday, has impressed with three goals in two games on trial for the Seagulls. Albion had hoped to sign Molango today but McGhee said: "We were under pressure
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Date
D-day for Tories in marginal city seat
Conservatives will choose a candidate from a shortlist of three tomorrow for a marginal seat they hope to win at the next general election. Brighton Kemptown is one of the last seats where the party has a chance of winning for which a runner has not yet
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Date
Bar staff on tap
An employment agency has been launched in Brighton and Hove to give nightclub managers emergency bar staff cover. Figures show the unexpected loss of one member of staff can cost a club about £600 between the hours of 10pm and 2am. JustBarStaff, based
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Date
Tribunal cases on the rise
The number of cases taken to employment tribunals increased by 17 per cent in the past year, and included a huge rise in sex discrimination complaints. There were 115,042 applications in the year to March compared to 98,617 the previous year. Sex discrimination
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Date
House price boom slows
The booming housing market is beginning to show signs of slowing down as the impact of four interest rate rises begins to bite, especially in the South. Property web site Rightmove said prices in England and Wales rose by just 1.2 per cent during the
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Date
Car ploughs into basement flat
A woman had a miracle escape after her car shot across a road, smashed through railings and nose-dived in to the patio of a basement flat. Driver Pat Goring, who is in her 70s, was left dangling by her seatbelt for an hour while emergency services worked
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Date
MP warns water firm of battle ahead
An MP is warning a water company to back down or face a fierce fight over plans to build a £200 million sewage works. Des Turner, whose Brighton Kemptown constituency includes the earmarked site in Peacehaven, has written to Southern Water managing director
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Sussex hospitals get zero rating
Hospitals in Sussex were today branded the poorest performing in England. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been given no stars in the annual performance ratings published by the Healthcare Commission. The trust runs the Royal Sussex
