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Beds and jobs face NHS axe
A struggling hospital trust is getting rid of 109 beds and shedding more than 500 posts in a battle to save money. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been told it has to save an extra £3 million this year on top of the £12 million
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Fears grow for missing man
A family have made a tearful plea for a missing man to return home as police launched a search to find him. Arif Khan, 31, was last seen at his home in Brunswick Place, Hove, at about 5pm on Friday, July 14. He has not made any contact with his
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Pedal power from Brighton to Paris
Cyclists braved the heat to tackle a sponsored Brighton to Paris cycle challenge. A total of 50 people took part in the rally, which raised money for The Argus Appeal. The riders left Brighton last Wednesday and started cycling from Dieppe the next
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Pete tries not to let prison get to him
Big Brother favourite Pete Stephenson has been incarcerated in an even smaller living space. Pete and fellow housemates Imogen, Glyn, Aisleyne and Spiral have moved into the Big Brother prison, a tiny annexe where they have been given special jail
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Tributes to landlord and brewer
Tributes have been paid to a long-serving pub landlord who died after losing his fight against cancer. Bev Robbins, 60, who passed away last Thursday, was passionate about traditional pubs and a founder member of the Campaign for Real Ale. He was
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Airport tipped to be 'centre of excellence'
Shoreham Airport could become an international centre for training air traffic controllers. The airport, which has just been sold for £8.6 million, has been lined up as a centre of excellence by Astac Ltd. The company, based at Rudloe College in
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July 26: Colchester 0 Albion 1
Manager Mark McGhee believes Colin Kazim-Richards has the potential to be the goalscorer Albion are looking for. But he says the lively striker first needs to become more fired up than he was last season. Kazim-Richards came off the bench to score a
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July 19: RC Port Du Havre 0 Albion 11
Colin Kazim-Richards today revealed he would relish a new role as Albion plot their assault on League One. The Coca-Cola Kid scored two, created two and generally ran riot in this pre-season mis-match from a position ahead of midfield but behind a front
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July 17: Bognor 2 Albion 5
Jake Robinson is ready to make the most of his last teenage year and cause a stir in first-team football. At the age of 19 and getting on for three years since his first senior goal, he reckons it is time he really made a name for himself. Four goals
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July 15: Aldershot 1 Albion 1
Manager Mark McGhee had plenty of food for thought following Albion's pre-season stalemate at Aldershot. He was encouraged by an impressive first-half display, which saw plenty of goal scoring chances created. But there was also some cause for concern
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July 26: Loan man a must after Hinsh blow
Albion manager Mark McGhee has launched a search for a loan defender after Adam Hinshelwood was ruled out for the start of the season. Hinshelwood was stretchered off with suspected medial knee ligament damage in the first half of last night's 1-0 pre-season
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July 25: Injured Seagulls set for return
Albion expect their injury worries to ease in time for their trip to Colchester tonight. But it promises to be another intriguing night for travelling fans as Mark McGhee surveys his clutch of trialists. Gary Hart and Alex Revell, both of whom missed
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July 24: Kuipers pushes for No.1 jersey
Mark McGhee today admitted his hard-working senior goalkeepers are giving him a tough selection decision for the new season. Wayne Henderson and Michel Kuipers appear to be neck and neck in the race to start the League One campaign between the posts
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July 22: Albion renew Brittain interest
Albion will renew their efforts to sign Martin Brittain after the wideman was rejected by Hull City. The former Newcastle reserve shone in a pre-season outing for the Seagulls at Worthing a fortnight ago and then went on trial at Hull. Tigers boss Phil
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July 21: Players must stake a claim
Mark McGhee today challenged his Albion players to stake a claim for League One action. Albion face probably their toughest fixture of the pre-season programme when they face French second division outfit Le Havre (5pm BST). McGhee's men have been piling
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Killed in action
"I'm trying to trace any relatives of Charles William Ellis, killed in action September 25, 1915. His army details are as follows: Charles William Ellis gs 509 2nd ban Royal Sussex regiment. "His last known address was 9 Buckler Street, Southern Cross
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Lost veteran
Frederick Andrews emails: "This is a bit of a cheek but I am the local secretary for the Royal Engineers Association. "I was talking to a colleague in Australia, who was trying to trace an Army contact of his who lived in Hove. I told him our local
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Get into your stride with power walking
It can burn up to 300 calories an hour, help you lose weight and anyone from mums with buggies to fitness fanatics can do it. Power walking is the latest fitness craze to grab the imaginations of people who want to get fit and into shape but are bored
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Letter: New crossing useless if cars can park there
Recently, Brighton and Hove City Council has arranged for footway crossings to be installed along Old London Road, Patcham. The one I hope to use is opposite Audrey Close. Alas, on two out of three recent attempts, it has been blocked by a passenger car
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Lebanon protester charged after tennis match
A man has been charged with a public order offence after a protest outside a tennis match between Great Britain and Israel. Christopher Alan Osmond, 26, of Eaton Gardens, Hove, was arrested outside the Davis Cup match at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, on
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Let me meet my late twin's family
A man has made a heartfelt plea to attend the funeral of his long-lost twin brother, after the Government refused to fast-track his paper work. Peter Darvall, 63, from Durrington, discovered his twin, Les, was living in South Africa, just before Christmas
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Fears grow for missing man
A family have made a tearful plea for a missing man to return home as police launched a search to find him. Arif Khan, 31, was last seen at his home in Brunswick Place, Hove, at about 5pm on Friday, July 14. He has not made any contact with his family
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Letter: Nurses in mufti
Why do nurses who visit patients not wear a uniform - not even a jacket? We hear so much about infections nowadays - a uniform would surely help keep infection from their patients. In my day, we had to wear white or navy overalls or dresses, or even white
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Athletics: Kelly rescues runner's dream trip to Beijing
Dani Christmas is determined to repay Kelly Holmes for making her World Junior Championship dream come true. Christmas was named in the Great Britain squad for the trip to Beijing yesterday after battling her way back from an injury which threatened to
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Letter: Too much heat
In the midst of one of the hottest spells since records began, I find it difficult to understand why buses still have their heating turned on. On average, I catch about ten buses each week and at least 50 per cent of them have heating on at one level
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Lights relief for angry drivers
Motorists who use a busy roundabout are celebrating a victory for common sense after it emerged controversial traffic lights may not be switched back on. The seven sets of lights on the Cophall Farm roundabout, on the A27 near Polegate, were installed
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Letter: Tombstoning
Why are teenagers who jump into the sea seen as a problem? They aren't harming anyone, they aren't shoplifting or stealing, and they are not taking drugs. And, if the water is deep enough and they know what they are doing, it isn't dangerous. Brighton
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Job-loss threat at holiday firm
Up to 150 people could lose their jobs if a travel company relocates to the north of the country. Staff at Panorama and Manos Holidays in Vale Road, Portslade, part of the My Travel group, were called to a meeting on Monday and told there would be management
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Letter: A teacher who inspired us
"Everybody has a teacher they remember from school" (The Argus, July 24). I read this with a surge of memories and great affection. Yes, Michael Hickman was my form tutor at Dorothy Stringer School in 1979 and he filled my heart with terror but my head
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Student died after being sent home by doctor
A student was choked by blood clots in her lungs just four hours after a doctor had sent her home and told her to take a Lemsip. Penny Oldfield, 24, from Eastbourne, collapsed within minutes of returning to her halls of residence but an ambulance crew
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Match report: Colchester 0 Albion 1
Manager Mark McGhee believes Colin Kazim-Richards has the potential to be the goalscorer Albion are looking for. But he says the lively striker first needs to become more fired up than he was last season. Kazim-Richards came off the bench to score a stunning
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Cricket: Pair tipped for England
Mark Robinson pushed two of his more unsung players for international recognition as Sussex launched their Pro40 campaign in style. The Sharks coach reckons Michael Yardy and Robin Martin-Jenkins are playing some of the best cricket of their careers and
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Job-loss threat at holiday firm
Up to 150 people could lose their jobs if a travel company relocates to the north of the country. Staff at Panorama and Manos Holidays in Vale Road, Portslade, part of the My Travel group, were called to a meeting on Monday and told there would be management
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Job cut fears for agency workers
Hundreds of civil servants in Hastings face a nervous wait to find out if they will keep their jobs. The Government has said it will be several weeks before it will announce further details about its plans to streamline the Child Support Agency (CSA)
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Cautious welcome to drop in attacks on NHS staff
Attacks on hospital staff are falling, according to a new report. There were 80 reported cases of physical assaults on staff at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust between April 1, 2005, and March 31 this year. This is a drop from the previous
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Club up for sale after crisis talks
Crawley Town football club is on the market after administrators Begbies Traynor yesterday failed to reach an agreement with creditors owed about half a million pounds. Current owners the Majeed brothers face a Government investigation into their running
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Dancing In The Streets, Theatre Royal, Brighton
This is the third musical compilation show featured at the Royal this month and is undoubtedly a case of the best being served up last. Once again it features the music of the Sixties - this time the sounds of Tamla Motown are recreated and their legendary
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Betrothal In A Monastery, Glyundebourne, Glynde, near Lewes
This is the first British professional production of Betrothal In A Monastery, the opera written in 1940 by Sergei Prokofiev and his mistress Mira Mendelson. It is a sort of Mozart-meets-Rossini comedy taken from Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 18th-Century
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Letter: Invest in our skilled workforce
Jack Dunkerton says immigrants bring in many skilled workers, including plumbers, carpenters and electricians, then criticises this country's training system for failing to train our young people in the same skills (Letters, July 19). The immigrant population
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Pete tries not to let prison get to him
Big Brother favourite Pete Stephenson has been incarcerated in an even smaller living space. Pete and fellow housemates Imogen, Glyn, Aisleyne and Spiral have moved into the Big Brother prison, a tiny annexe where they have been given special jail duties
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Pub closure threat
Police want a pub to be shut permanently following a series of violent incidents. The Toby Inn, in Cowley Drive, Woodingdean, has been closed since 2.45am on July 8, when Sussex Police issued a 24-hour closure order after men armed with baseball bats,
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Letter: Fans hoped for compromise
Ms Blanch says: "We plan to restore this beautiful building so Brighton could be proud of it". How can Brighton be proud of something it isn't free to enjoy? She goes on: "Now we have been infected by the Brighton malaise which blights so many plans to
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Beds and jobs face NHS axe
A struggling hospital trust is getting rid of 109 beds and shedding more than 500 posts in a battle to save money. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been told it has to save an extra £3 million this year on top of the £12 million
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Letter: We can't enjoy it if we're not let in
Amanda Blanch's comments show she has no grasp of what goes on in the Hanbury Ballroom at the moment. She says there are no venues for "over 25s and 30s" (The Argus, July 18) but as a Hanbury-going music fan who is the wrong side of 40, I would dispute
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Farewell to an Albion inside forward
Jimmy Leadbetter, who has died aged 78, will be remembered by old Albion supporters as an inside forward in the mould of Johnny McNicol whom he replaced in 1952. When McNicol went to Chelsea, Albion manager Billy Lane did a shrewd swap by bringing Leadbetter
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Letter: Re-reunion lunch
We had a successful reunion last December and have decided to have another on August 21. Therefore, would any old girls from Moulsecoomb Secondary School, class IVA, 1950-1951, with nothing to do on that date, contact us as below. We need about two weeks
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Speedway: Injured Shields is out for Eagles
Adam Shields has put his latest Elite League comeback on hold for another week. The Eastbourne Eagles star misses tonight's trip to Oxford (7.30) as he recovers from his recent crash in Poland. Shields was told he had not rebroken his pelvis in his latest
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Letter: Blue on the green
Last Wednesday evening, we were sitting in our garden, enjoying the sunshine. We were aware young people were playing football on Southwick Green, as we could hear them. As their game wore on, the use of foul and abusive language ensued. I went out and
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Football: Crawley sign up a team of teenagers
Crawley have been forced to sign 11 teenagers just to ensure they can compete in the Conference next season. The debt-ridden club was put up for sale yesterday after creditors turned down repayment proposals from administrator Rob Sadler. They cannot
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Letter: Our youngsters do have apprenticeship chances
Jack Dunkerton says there appears to be a lack of apprenticeships nowadays (Letters, July 19). In fact, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), a public sector organisation responsible for funding and planning education and training for over-16 year olds
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Pair tipped for England
Mark Robinson pushed two of his more unsung players for international recognition as Sussex launched their Pro40 campaign in style. The Sharks coach reckons Michael Yardy and Robin Martin-Jenkins are playing some of the best cricket of their careers and
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Test forty cricket
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Big getaway is looming
Airport staff are bracing themselves for one of the busiest weekends of the year. About 520,000 people are expected to pass through Gatwick between Friday and Monday as families take their summer holidays abroad. Popular destinations include Malaga, Palma
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Flats hope for former pub
A former pub could be demolished to make way for homes. Developers want to bulldoze the Morning Star and an adjoining workshop in Ham Road, Shoreham. The late 19th Century building will be replaced by a modern block of 11 flats if Adur District Council's
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Centre as big as 17 football pitches would meet shoppers' demands
A shopping centre the size of 17 football pitches would be needed to cope with the money expected to be spent in Brighton and Hove in the next ten years. A £30,000 report commissioned by Brighton and Hove City Council revealed the number of shoppers who
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Residents and beach hut owners blame council for prom's decline
Brighton and Hove should be ashamed of the state of Hove seafront, councillors and residents have said. The authority has been petitioned to tackle mounting vandalism, antisocial behaviour, criminal damage and problems with rubbish. For someone who rents
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Airport tipped to be 'centre of excellence'
Shoreham Airport could become an international centre for training air traffic controllers. The airport, which has just been sold for £8.6 million, has been lined up as a centre of excellence by Astac Ltd. The company, based at Rudloe College in Corsham
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Blank drawn in Cambodia hunt
British detectives have returned from Cambodia after investigating the sudden disappearance of a backpacker two years ago. Four officers from Sussex Police's major crime branch spent ten days in the capital Phnom Penh working alongside the Cambodian National
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Tributes to landlord and brewer
Tributes have been paid to a long-serving pub landlord who died after losing his fight against cancer. Bev Robbins, 60, who passed away last Thursday, was passionate about traditional pubs and a founder member of the Campaign for Real Ale. He was due
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New hope as cliff work deal agreed
Residents whose homes are sliding into the sea are tentatively celebrating as they await the approval of rescue plans. Rother District Council obtained 100 per cent funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to carry out
