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September 2: Welcome end to apathy
Since county cricket was split into two divisions, I can hardly remember playing in a game in which the result has not meant something to both the players and supporters. When I made my first class debut for Sussex towards the end of 1995, we were languishing
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Letter: The Royal Family is great for Britain
Jean Calder is obviously entitled to her opinion re an appropriate tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales (The Argus, August 28). However, some of her statements need to be challenged. I always find it interesting that self-avowed republicans try
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Letter: Waffle feast
Once again it's time for the Government to come to Brighton for it's annual waffle and beer-fest. Why? Do we really need them turning Brighton into a fortress with barricades and 1,000 coppers (some armed)? Where are they the rest of the year? The only
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Letter: Hunt the foxes
Having just watched the bank holiday match between Brighton and Leicester, I was surprised to hear the visitors come out of the tunnel to the sound of hunting horns. As their nickname is "The Foxes", I would have thought this would have been the last
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September 2: Carpenter set for return
Richard Carpenter will make his first appearance of the season tonight hoping for a League return at Watford on Saturday week. The experienced midfielder has missed the start of Albion's Coca-Cola Championship campaign because of an operation on his left
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September 2: Harding faces fitness fight
Mark McGhee hopes Dan Harding will be fit to face Watford in nine days. Harding has a hamstring strain that ruled him out of Monday's victory at Leicester and sidelines him for England's European Under-21 Championship qualifier in Austria tomorrow. The
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August was wetter but warmer
Sussex experienced the wettest August for five years but Hastings still seized the crown as the sunniest spot in England and Wales. Ken Woodhams, weatherman for The Argus, recorded 3.7in of rain, making August the second wettest of the year. It rained
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Sussex's oldest citizen dies
Louisa West, Brighton and Hove's oldest resident, has died aged 106. Her life spanned three centuries. She was born on August 16, 1898, two and a half years before the death of Queen Victoria. She died on Friday at the Sycamore Nursing Home, in Bevendean
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Letter: Withhold your vote
History has shown Norman Baker's hunches have often proved to be right. As a lifelong Albion fan, I hope he's wrong, although I fear he may again be right when he says John Prescott is stalling the Falmer decision to save the jobs of the city's Labour
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Letter: Hail the hero
Regarding the recent episode involving John Prescott rescuing holidaymaker Graham Cook in Snowdonia, the Deputy Prime Minister was with a couple of minders who probably gave a hand in the rescue. What a wonderful piece of public relations for Mr Prescott
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Letter: Black Rock
It is obvious John Prescott is stalling over the Brighton and Hove Albion plans for the football ground at Falmer. He will not come clean until after the General Election. There is no doubt plans are in the pipeline for the betterment of the western area
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Cycling: Dennis defends title
Steve Dennis successfully defended his Sussex 25-mile Championship, despite a strong challenge from Hastings rider Peter Tadros. The East Grinstead CC rider stormed round an undulating course in the Steyning and Shoreham area to clock an impressive 54min
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Letter: Difficult judgment
I am one of those who continues to hope the Falmer Stadium will go up but I deplore all these attacks on John Prescott's integrity. He is clearly faced with a most difficult judgment. His inspectors have found against Falmer yet the overwhelming feeling
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Swimming: Record-breaker Lisa makes GB team
Lisa Chapman has been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Championships. She secured her place on the plane to Austria in December with a series of record-breaking swims at the British Short Course Championships in Manchester. Chapman,
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Letter: Most democratic
A point on the subject of democracy for Mr/Ms Beck (Letters, August 20) who questions the validity of the massive Falmer Stadium "Yes" referendum result on the grounds that "62 per cent of the electorate didn't bother to vote". The average turnout in
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Letter: Grim fairytale has no relation to the facts
I read with astonishment the fairytale concocted by AFA Simmons (Letters, August 20) in suggesting an alternative site to Falmer but would like to suggest proper research is done on the subject before putting pen to paper. I would like to know if Mr/Ms
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Harding faces fitness fight
Mark McGhee hopes Dan Harding will be fit to face Watford in nine days. Harding has a hamstring strain that ruled him out of Monday's victory at Leicester and sidelines him for England's European Under-21 Championship qualifier in Austria tomorrow. The
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£3bn cost to industry of domestic violence
Time off work due to injuries caused by domestic violence is costing British industry about £3 billion a year, according to a study. Domestic violence costs the criminal justice system £1 billion a year, the NHS £1.2 billion, social services £250 million
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Barracks project company upbeat despite slowdown
The company behind the redevelopment of the Preston Barracks site in Brighton remains upbeat about the future, despite the impact of interest rate rises on house price growth. Developer Wilson Bowden said rate rises were having a calming impact on the
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Fuel costs hit production
Airlines were not the only ones to suffer from increases in fuel prices, a survey has revealed. The soaring cost of oil helped slow manufacturing growth last month, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) purchasing managers
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Jets track 757 after radio alert
A holiday jet returning to Gatwick disappeared from the airwaves for 20 frantic minutes after the pilot fiddled with his radio. Two French jets were launched to track the missing Boeing 757, carrying 233 holidaymakers home from Majorca, when it vanished
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Sailor to face trial in child porn case
A Royal Navy officer accused of asking an undercover investigator to get him a girl as young as 12 for sex will stand trial next week. Jeremy Pepper, 31, from Hove, was allegedly caught sending child pornography to the undercover officer, whom he "met
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Freedom beckons for driver in CJ case
A hit-and-run driver whose car killed a nine-year-old boy could be deported to his home country by Christmas, the Home Office has said. Kamel Kadri is expected to serve half of his 22-month sentence for motoring offences, having a fake passport and assault
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Tory leader's mum interrupts city walkabout
Tory leader Michael Howard's tour of Brighton and Hove was interrupted yesterday by a phone call from his mum. The leader of the opposition was discussing the 20th anniversary of the Brighton bomb when his mobile rang out and he trilled: "My mother!"
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Letter: The Royal Family is great for Britain
Jean Calder is obviously entitled to her opinion re an appropriate tribute to the late Diana, Princess of Wales (The Argus, August 28). However, some of her statements need to be challenged. I always find it interesting that self-avowed republicans try
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Letter: Hunt the foxes
Having just watched the bank holiday match between Brighton and Leicester, I was surprised to hear the visitors come out of the tunnel to the sound of hunting horns. As their nickname is "The Foxes", I would have thought this would have been the last
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Letter: Close down Albion
A lot of clubs in the lower divisions, such as Albion, are losing money at an alarming rate. Such clubs should close and close quickly. The death of Albion if they don't get a ground would be no sad loss. It would put the onus on non-league football in
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September 2: Carpenter set for return
Richard Carpenter will make his first appearance of the season tonight hoping for a League return at Watford on Saturday week. The experienced midfielder has missed the start of Albion's Coca-Cola Championship campaign because of an operation on his left
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September 2: Harding faces fitness fight
Mark McGhee hopes Dan Harding will be fit to face Watford in nine days. Harding has a hamstring strain that ruled him out of Monday's victory at Leicester and sidelines him for England's European Under-21 Championship qualifier in Austria tomorrow. The
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August was wetter but warmer
Sussex experienced the wettest August for five years but Hastings still seized the crown as the sunniest spot in England and Wales. Ken Woodhams, weatherman for The Argus, recorded 3.7in of rain, making August the second wettest of the year. It rained
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Letter: Bigger is better
I am not sure BG Beck (Letters, August 20) knows too much about professional football clubs and their supporters. His/her letter seems to be suggesting the Albion are the only club with fair-weather fans. I think most people who know anything about football
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Sussex's oldest citizen dies
Louisa West, Brighton and Hove's oldest resident, has died aged 106. Her life spanned three centuries. She was born on August 16, 1898, two and a half years before the death of Queen Victoria. She died on Friday at the Sycamore Nursing Home, in Bevendean
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Letter: Matter of timing
Ever since the Albion Board of the time sold the Goldstone Ground before finding a new home, thousands of words have been written, and there has been much clutching at straws. I need just a few words to make this prediction - shortly after the Labour
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Letter: Withhold your vote
History has shown Norman Baker's hunches have often proved to be right. As a lifelong Albion fan, I hope he's wrong, although I fear he may again be right when he says John Prescott is stalling the Falmer decision to save the jobs of the city's Labour
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Artist mixes blood and oil for anti-war message
A young artist has used a palette of blood, oil and tabloid newsprint to create unsettling portraits of Tony Blair and George Bush. He has also portrayed Margaret Thatcher using rusty water. His mother, far from being shocked by the off-the-wall artworks
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Letter: Man of action
Given John Prescott is normally a man of action, I expect the rumours are true - his prevarication over the Albion's new home is down to not wanting to upset the locals ahead of the autumn conference in Brighton. Perhaps the club should take a leaf out
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Cricket: Sussex want to end on high
They may be out of the promotion race but Sussex still have a lot to play for in their final totesport League match. The Sharks face Middlesex Crusaders at Hove needing a win to make sure they remain out of the bottom four in the second division. That
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It's meteorology Jim...
Scientists at Sussex University are to boldly go where no weatherman has gone before. Professor Paul Gough and three research students have spared us the sight of Michael Fish in a space suit by creating a device to measure weather in orbit. It's meteorology
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Eubank wins flats fight
Chris Eubank has won the right to bulldoze his home and build five blocks of flats in its place. Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee narrowly approved the former boxing champ's controversial project for 41 flats yesterday. The decision
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Police questioned care of D-Day hero
A war hero who survived the D-Day landings died at a nursing home where police questioned weaknesses in his care, an inquest heard. Lawrence Harrington was admitted to The Pines rest home in Furze Hill, Hove, in January. Staff let his condition deteriorate
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Tools company in take over
A Sussex company which makes tools to measure the flow of fluids in oil production has been taken over. Torbar Flowmeters, in Partridge Green, near Horsham, has been acquired by Flowmax Holdings, based in Buckinghamshire. The company will become part
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Job fair seeks gay workers
The UK's first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender job fair has attracted interest from a number of national employers. Major local and national employers are converging at Hove Town Hall on Wednesday, including American Express, Halifax, Bank of Scotland
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Homeowners fear rate hike
One in four homeowners would struggle to meet their monthly mortgage repayments if interest rates rose by a further 2%, research showed today. Around 26% of mortgage holders, the equivalent of 4.3 million people, said they would have problems coping if
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Sailor to face trial in child porn case
A Royal Navy officer accused of asking an undercover investigator to get him a girl as young as 12 for sex will stand trial next week. Jeremy Pepper, 31, from Hove, was allegedly caught sending child pornography to the undercover officer, whom he "met
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Tory leader's mum interrupts city walkabout
Tory leader Michael Howard's tour of Brighton and Hove was interrupted yesterday by a phone call from his mum. The leader of the opposition was discussing the 20th anniversary of the Brighton bomb when his mobile rang out and he trilled: "My mother!"
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New £4k bill for city chief's hospitality
Departing council boss David Panter has spent more than £4,000 entertaining dignitaries on his civic credit card this year. The £145,000-a-year chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council, who starts a new job in Australia next month, spent more
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Hoogstraten gets £1m to pay legal bill
Property landlord Nicholas Hoogstraten was given more than £1 million of public money to defend himself against charges of killing a business rival. The tycoon, who once boasted he was worth £500 million, was granted £1.12 million in legal aid for representation
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Cat killer butchers ten pets
A cat killer is snatching pets from suburban streets, butchering them and dumping their mutilated bodies on their owners' doorsteps. At least ten have been killed since May in Chichester, Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath. A reward of £2,000 is on offer
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Letter: Remember bygone bobbies
Adam Trimingham's article Remembering The Bobbies Of Brighton (The Argus, August 24) was very interesting. Having lived my childhood days in Brighton, I can remember the following: An officer in white coat on traffic duty near St Peter's Church, police
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Letter: Close down Albion
A lot of clubs in the lower divisions, such as Albion, are losing money at an alarming rate. Such clubs should close and close quickly. The death of Albion if they don't get a ground would be no sad loss. It would put the onus on non-league football in
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Letter: Bigger is better
I am not sure BG Beck (Letters, August 20) knows too much about professional football clubs and their supporters. His/her letter seems to be suggesting the Albion are the only club with fair-weather fans. I think most people who know anything about football
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Letter: Matter of timing
Ever since the Albion Board of the time sold the Goldstone Ground before finding a new home, thousands of words have been written, and there has been much clutching at straws. I need just a few words to make this prediction - shortly after the Labour
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Artist mixes blood and oil for anti-war message
A young artist has used a palette of blood, oil and tabloid newsprint to create unsettling portraits of Tony Blair and George Bush. He has also portrayed Margaret Thatcher using rusty water. His mother, far from being shocked by the off-the-wall artworks
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Basketball: Huntley set for Bears' playmaker role
Ryan Huntley is the man chosen to be the on-court leader of Brighton Bears' British League title defence. The 27-year-old former Chester Jets and Scottish Rocks star will be Bears' point guard in the new season. That means he will fill the playmaker's
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Letter: Man of action
Given John Prescott is normally a man of action, I expect the rumours are true - his prevarication over the Albion's new home is down to not wanting to upset the locals ahead of the autumn conference in Brighton. Perhaps the club should take a leaf out
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Racing: Gifford fears for sport's image
Findon trainer Nick Gifford today told of his fears that his sport's image might be damaged beyond repair. Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was one of three riders arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into alleged race fixing. Fergal Lynch and
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Cricket: Adams wants one more year
Chris Adams' place in Sussex's history is secure after he led them to their first Championship last season. Now the 34-year-old is poised to achieve a noteable personal milestone by becoming the joint longest-serving captain in the county's 165-year history
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Cricket: Sussex want to end on high
They may be out of the promotion race but Sussex still have a lot to play for in their final totesport League match. The Sharks face Middlesex Crusaders at Hove needing a win to make sure they remain out of the bottom four in the second division. That
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It's meteorology Jim...
Scientists at Sussex University are to boldly go where no weatherman has gone before. Professor Paul Gough and three research students have spared us the sight of Michael Fish in a space suit by creating a device to measure weather in orbit. It's meteorology
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Carpenter set for return
Richard Carpenter will make his first appearance of the season tonight hoping for a League return at Watford on Saturday week. The experienced midfielder has missed the start of Albion's Coca-Cola Championship campaign because of an operation on his left
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Eubank wins flats fight
Chris Eubank has won the right to bulldoze his home and build five blocks of flats in its place. Brighton and Hove City Council's planning committee narrowly approved the former boxing champ's controversial project for 41 flats yesterday. The decision
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Police questioned care of D-Day hero
A war hero who survived the D-Day landings died at a nursing home where police questioned weaknesses in his care, an inquest heard. Lawrence Harrington was admitted to The Pines rest home in Furze Hill, Hove, in January. Staff let his condition deteriorate
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Tools company in take over
A Sussex company which makes tools to measure the flow of fluids in oil production has been taken over. Torbar Flowmeters, in Partridge Green, near Horsham, has been acquired by Flowmax Holdings, based in Buckinghamshire. The company will become part
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Job fair seeks gay workers
The UK's first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender job fair has attracted interest from a number of national employers. Major local and national employers are converging at Hove Town Hall on Wednesday, including American Express, Halifax, Bank of Scotland
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Homeowners fear rate hike
One in four homeowners would struggle to meet their monthly mortgage repayments if interest rates rose by a further 2%, research showed today. Around 26% of mortgage holders, the equivalent of 4.3 million people, said they would have problems coping if
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Virgin popularity soars above BA
Virgin Atlantic has overtaken British Airways as "the world's favourite airline", according to a survey. BA, which was forced to cancel dozens of flights last week due to technical problems and staff shortages, was rated consistently worse than Crawley-based
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Students' bright ideas save manufacturer cash
A group of students helped an East Sussex manufacturer identify thousands of pounds of cost savings as part of a work experience project. Pupils from Brighton College helped directors at Screen Solutions in Peacehaven pinpoint ways to reduce waste during
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Jordan set for role as TV queen
Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is planning to make Jordan the new queen of Saturday nights on ITV. The Sussex glamour girl, real name Katie Price, is set to be the star of Cowell's latest reality show. Details of the project are being kept strictly under
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New £4k bill for city chief's hospitality
Departing council boss David Panter has spent more than £4,000 entertaining dignitaries on his civic credit card this year. The £145,000-a-year chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council, who starts a new job in Australia next month, spent more
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Hoogstraten gets £1m to pay legal bill
Property landlord Nicholas Hoogstraten was given more than £1 million of public money to defend himself against charges of killing a business rival. The tycoon, who once boasted he was worth £500 million, was granted £1.12 million in legal aid for representation
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Cat killer butchers ten pets
A cat killer is snatching pets from suburban streets, butchering them and dumping their mutilated bodies on their owners' doorsteps. At least ten have been killed since May in Chichester, Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath. A reward of £2,000 is on offer
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September 2: Welcome end to apathy
Since county cricket was split into two divisions, I can hardly remember playing in a game in which the result has not meant something to both the players and supporters. When I made my first class debut for Sussex towards the end of 1995, we were languishing
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Letter: Remember bygone bobbies
Adam Trimingham's article Remembering The Bobbies Of Brighton (The Argus, August 24) was very interesting. Having lived my childhood days in Brighton, I can remember the following: An officer in white coat on traffic duty near St Peter's Church, police
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Letter: Waffle feast
Once again it's time for the Government to come to Brighton for it's annual waffle and beer-fest. Why? Do we really need them turning Brighton into a fortress with barricades and 1,000 coppers (some armed)? Where are they the rest of the year? The only
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Letter: Hail the hero
Regarding the recent episode involving John Prescott rescuing holidaymaker Graham Cook in Snowdonia, the Deputy Prime Minister was with a couple of minders who probably gave a hand in the rescue. What a wonderful piece of public relations for Mr Prescott
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Letter: Black Rock
It is obvious John Prescott is stalling over the Brighton and Hove Albion plans for the football ground at Falmer. He will not come clean until after the General Election. There is no doubt plans are in the pipeline for the betterment of the western area
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Cycling: Dennis defends title
Steve Dennis successfully defended his Sussex 25-mile Championship, despite a strong challenge from Hastings rider Peter Tadros. The East Grinstead CC rider stormed round an undulating course in the Steyning and Shoreham area to clock an impressive 54min
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Letter: Difficult judgment
I am one of those who continues to hope the Falmer Stadium will go up but I deplore all these attacks on John Prescott's integrity. He is clearly faced with a most difficult judgment. His inspectors have found against Falmer yet the overwhelming feeling
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Swimming: Record-breaker Lisa makes GB team
Lisa Chapman has been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Championships. She secured her place on the plane to Austria in December with a series of record-breaking swims at the British Short Course Championships in Manchester. Chapman,
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Letter: Most democratic
A point on the subject of democracy for Mr/Ms Beck (Letters, August 20) who questions the validity of the massive Falmer Stadium "Yes" referendum result on the grounds that "62 per cent of the electorate didn't bother to vote". The average turnout in
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Basketball: Huntley set for Bears' playmaker role
Ryan Huntley is the man chosen to be the on-court leader of Brighton Bears' British League title defence. The 27-year-old former Chester Jets and Scottish Rocks star will be Bears' point guard in the new season. That means he will fill the playmaker's
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Racing: Gifford fears for sport's image
Findon trainer Nick Gifford today told of his fears that his sport's image might be damaged beyond repair. Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was one of three riders arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into alleged race fixing. Fergal Lynch and
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Cricket: Adams wants one more year
Chris Adams' place in Sussex's history is secure after he led them to their first Championship last season. Now the 34-year-old is poised to achieve a noteable personal milestone by becoming the joint longest-serving captain in the county's 165-year history
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Letter: Grim fairytale has no relation to the facts
I read with astonishment the fairytale concocted by AFA Simmons (Letters, August 20) in suggesting an alternative site to Falmer but would like to suggest proper research is done on the subject before putting pen to paper. I would like to know if Mr/Ms
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Harding faces fitness fight
Mark McGhee hopes Dan Harding will be fit to face Watford in nine days. Harding has a hamstring strain that ruled him out of Monday's victory at Leicester and sidelines him for England's European Under-21 Championship qualifier in Austria tomorrow. The
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Carpenter set for return
Richard Carpenter will make his first appearance of the season tonight hoping for a League return at Watford on Saturday week. The experienced midfielder has missed the start of Albion's Coca-Cola Championship campaign because of an operation on his left
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Virgin popularity soars above BA
Virgin Atlantic has overtaken British Airways as "the world's favourite airline", according to a survey. BA, which was forced to cancel dozens of flights last week due to technical problems and staff shortages, was rated consistently worse than Crawley-based
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£3bn cost to industry of domestic violence
Time off work due to injuries caused by domestic violence is costing British industry about £3 billion a year, according to a study. Domestic violence costs the criminal justice system £1 billion a year, the NHS £1.2 billion, social services £250 million
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Students' bright ideas save manufacturer cash
A group of students helped an East Sussex manufacturer identify thousands of pounds of cost savings as part of a work experience project. Pupils from Brighton College helped directors at Screen Solutions in Peacehaven pinpoint ways to reduce waste during
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Barracks project company upbeat despite slowdown
The company behind the redevelopment of the Preston Barracks site in Brighton remains upbeat about the future, despite the impact of interest rate rises on house price growth. Developer Wilson Bowden said rate rises were having a calming impact on the
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Fuel costs hit production
Airlines were not the only ones to suffer from increases in fuel prices, a survey has revealed. The soaring cost of oil helped slow manufacturing growth last month, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) purchasing managers
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Jets track 757 after radio alert
A holiday jet returning to Gatwick disappeared from the airwaves for 20 frantic minutes after the pilot fiddled with his radio. Two French jets were launched to track the missing Boeing 757, carrying 233 holidaymakers home from Majorca, when it vanished
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Jordan set for role as TV queen
Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is planning to make Jordan the new queen of Saturday nights on ITV. The Sussex glamour girl, real name Katie Price, is set to be the star of Cowell's latest reality show. Details of the project are being kept strictly under
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Freedom beckons for driver in CJ case
A hit-and-run driver whose car killed a nine-year-old boy could be deported to his home country by Christmas, the Home Office has said. Kamel Kadri is expected to serve half of his 22-month sentence for motoring offences, having a fake passport and assault
