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200 jobs at risk as firm looks to transfer overseas
Hundreds of workers have been told their jobs are under threat at a manufacturing company. Worthing-based Eurotherm Limited started a three-month consultation with staff on Thursday to discuss relocating much of its manufacturing operation to eastern
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Letter: We want a park, not a stadium
Lord Bassam was wrong when he said it was ironic Lewes District Council had not supported the National Park for the South Downs (The Argus, January 11). Lewes District Council welcomed the proposal from the outset and supported it throughout the public
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Devastated family call for return of horses
A mother is appealing for the return of three of her disabled son's horses that were stolen from a field. Sheila Hocking, of New Road in Shoreham, was heartbroken when thieves set her 13 horses free at 6pm on Tuesday. She stayed out until midnight rounding
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Letter: Logic has deserted this world
We seem to have lost all sense of logic. Perhaps Sherlock Holmes could help. We have been advised to keep our use of water to a minimum, we have a hosepipe ban even in the winter and have been warned we may have to have the water turned off at times next
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Pride attacker awaits sentence
A builder convicted of a brutal homophobic attack during Pride has been cleared of carrying out an earlier robbery. Jamie Pearce stamped on Victor Almeida's face after seeing him kissing his boyfriend on Brighton beach. The attack took place after Mr
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Traders criticise flood defence plan
A MULTI-million pound package to bolster flood defences has been dismissed as a "drop in the ocean" by campaigners. Taxpayers across the South-East are to help fund a £2.4 million flood defence scheme in the Cliffe area of Lewes. The news comes six years
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Letter: Who wants to breathe inciner-air?
At the same time as we get the news of the deadline to oppose the latest plan to build the waste disposal incinerator for the whole of East Sussex and Brighton and Hove at Newhaven, it is announced the "quay sale" clears the way for a £150m homes scheme
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Pensioners told they must leave their home
Alice Pink wipes away a tear as she contemplates a future with no home. The 93-year-old is one of 33 elderly women who have been told the home where they had planned to spend the rest of their lives is being sold from beneath them. They have just 11 weeks
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Letter: Keep recycling
Thank you for publicising the results of the "magical recycling wizard" competition staged in West Sussex last year (The Argus, January 10) - any publicity that encourages recycling is most valuable. However, West Sussex County Council is not alone in
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Letter: Finalise on Falmer
In challenging the Falmer decision, Lewes District Council cannot expect the court to substitute its own decision for that of John Prescott. It is not allowed to do so. It merely puts the protagonists back to where they were before the appeal, which is
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Letter: Young thugs deserve to be named and shamed
Congratulations to Inspector Gough of Newhaven Police for naming, shaming and showing the faces of the Crossley brothers who terrorised their neighbours in the town. Who does Dr Peter Squires think he is to say it overrules young peoples' right to privacy
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Adams: Let Matt open
Sussex skipper Chris Adams today called on England to show faith in Matt Prior and reap the benefits in the World Cup. Prior has been retained in England's squads for Test and One-Day International action when they visit India during February, March and
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Albion defend their bill for agents
Albion today defended their policy on the payment of fees to agents after spending over £250,000 in the past six months. The cash-strapped Seagulls say fees to agents for their foreign signings were justified and saved the club money in transfer costs
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Letter: In her bad books
Councillor Sue Johns is wrong when she says cushioning was provided for books posted out of hours through the Jubilee Library letter box at Christmas. The only cushioning was provided by previously-posted books. Her letter is not an adequate response.
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Letter: Gaiety girl who became a drama coach
Before becoming a Thirties/Forties Hollywood support actress, Constance Collier (Constance Hardie) had many other roles. Born in Windsor, she began on the London stage at the delicate age of three and went on to become one of the famed "Gaiety Girls".
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Thunder back together again
Worthing Thunder fans can welcome back three players when their side face a major league test tonight. Barker (Tarring) Thunder are top of EBL division one and looking to remain in charge when they host City of Sheffield Arrows (8pm). Thunder have Jon
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Letter: Fines are unfair
I do not think parents should be fined if their children are absent from school. They see them off in the morning and expect them to be at school; they may even get registered then nip off when classes change or during the break and arrive home in the
