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Modifications 'not done' to cruise ship that caught fire
Modifications that might have prevented a middle-of-the-night fire on a cruise ship in the English Channel were not carried out, an accident investigation report said today. The response to the fire "highlighted flaws in the knowledge, experience and
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Sussex back with a bang
Time will tell whether Sussex can make a successful Championship defence this season. They will go pretty close, however, if they can match the intensity of their performance on the opening day at Hove. The difficulties which affected their pre-season
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Ticket news for Mayo's big day
Albion have announced ticket details for Kerry Mayo's testimonial match against Reading at Withdean on July 28. Season ticket holders can reserve their seats from next Monday until May 7, after which tickets go on general sale. An all-star celebrity
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Mushy's milestone
Mushtaq Ahmed passed another milestone in his remarkable career as Sussex made a great start to their Championship defence yesterday. The Pakistan leg-spinner, who is the leading wicket-taker in the world of current players, took his 1,300 first-class
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Albion boo boys went too far
If a prize was awarded for the most fickle football fans in the country, a minority of Albion's supporters would surely be among the contenders. Saturday was the first time I had seen a Seagulls home game for four months. The previous occasion was a
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Police officer injured in crash
A policewoman suffered a broken wrist after her car was involved in a collision with another vehicle. The officer was driving the police vehicle on the A23 Crawley Avenue, in Crawley, near the junction of Gossops Drive, when the crash happened at 8pm
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Grandmother dies in inferno
A grandmother died after an inferno engulfed her home today in what may have been an arson attack. The victim, named locally as Vilma Hamper, 56, was found dead in the house in Pembury Road, Langney, Eastbourne. Another family member, 16-year-old Andrew
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Football boss denied planning rumours
A football club boss has denied rumours the club's ground is to be demolished to make way for a housing development. Worthing FC's president Morty Hollis emphatically told The Argus yesterday there was no truth in the rumour that housing was set for
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Three people injured in crash
Three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a collision on a major coastal road. A man from Gloucestershire and a couple from Brighton had to be carried from their vehicles by paramedics after the crash at 10.45am today on Marine
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Pensioner, 89, dies after hospital punch-up
An 89-year-old pensioner died after a violent hospital bust-up with another elderly patient, an inquest heard. Reginald Homewood, 89, was found lying unconscious on the floor of an unlocked store room in Nevill Hospital, Laburnum Avenue, Hove, where
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Leo's still working aged 78
Putting your feet up and relaxing may be some people's idea of retirement but not 78-year-old Leo Borsoi who could well be one of the oldest employees in Sussex. Elia (CORR) Borsoi, who is known as Leo, has been working at the Comet store in Eastbourne
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Survey reveals binge drinking culture
A survey of young people in the city has revealed a worrying number are binge drinking. Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust spoke to 159 people aged between 16 and 24 before and after a campaign to raise awareness of the hazards of too much alcohol
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Healthy snacks introduced at school
Break times are about to become a lot healthier at one junior school. Pupils at Downs Juniors, in Rugby Road, Brighton, tucked into a selection of fresh fruit today as a new healthy snacks trolley did the rounds for the first time. The cart, which will
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'Men attacked by gang', court heard
A man told a court how he and his friend were attacked from behind by a gang of men. Joe Burton said he and Matthew Heading were assaulted without warning as they walked along a city centre street. Mr Heading, 41, a street drinker and a heroin addict
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Hospice awarded £446,000 grant
A hospice has been awarded a major grant to help with a move to a new home. St Barnabas House Hospice in Worthing is planning to relocate to a purpose-built site half a mile away from its existing base in Columbia Drive. The £10 million development
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Rest centre tests a success
A test of arrangements for emergency rest centres in East Sussex has been feted as a success by council bosses. Five Sussex councils and the emergency services took part in the exercise at the Malling Community Centre in Lewes. Rest centres played a
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Hospital travel problems highlighted
A watchdog has highlighted the serious travel problems faced by patients trying to get to the busiest hospital in Sussex. The Mid Sussex locality group of the West Sussex public and patient involvement forum carried out a study after being inundated
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Compelling battle for Goldsmid
Goldsmid is one of the most hotly contested and important wards in the Brighton and Hove City Council elections on May 3. While all candidates will always claim to be in the running, Goldsmid is unique in that the race genuinely is wide open.
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Control of Chichester hangs in balance
The race for Chichester will see the Lib Dems and Conservatives vying for control of the district council. Just three seats need to change hands on May 3 for power to swing to the Lib Dems but the Tories have been buoyed by two recent by-election
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Moving tribute to son who loved life
The family of an "energetic and mature" young man have told how he lost his battle against cancer. Keen cyclist Daniel Haigh died last week aged 27. His parents, Kay and John Haigh, and his brother Adam described his brave battle with the disease.
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Dead Funny, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
Dead Funny it certainly is. Hilariously uplifting, the play revolves around a group of anoraks whose hobby of celebrating their favourite comedians (mostly deceased) borders on the obsessional. Terry Johnson's awardwinning play is beautifully
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The Bargain, Theatre Royal, Brighton
Why would corporate monster Robert Maxwell get together with 20th-century living saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta? In his imagination of the meeting, Ian Curteis, controversial author of the drama documentary The Falklands Play, comes up with
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The Maccabees, Old Market, Hove, Apr 18 & 19
With their debut album, Colour It In, out next month on Fiction Records, the five boys who have been friends since childhood, are supposedly set for great things. Awaiting the album's release, The Maccabees, who took their name from the Bible,
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65 Days of Static, Concorde 2, Brighton, Wed, Apr 18
The Sheffield four-piece tour in support of their soon-to-be-released third album, The Destruction of Small Ideas. Mixing alt rock with dark electronica, the band are out to prove that vocals needn't be necessary. Support comes from Youth Movie
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Winnebago Deal, Engine Room, Brighton, Wed, Apr 18
Oxford noise-mongers Winnebago Deal are Ben Perrier and Ben Thomas. They've been together since school and despite getting off to a bad start, the other kids pelted them with Coke and Wagon Wheels, they've recorded two albums with Nirvana producer
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Family survey blasted as 'absolute rubbish'
Council leaders have rubbished a survey which has slated their areas as two of the worst in the country for raising a family. Rother and Hastings came a dismal 402nd and 405th respectively out of a total of 408 local authority areas in the UK in a parents
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Municipal park would waste public money
Last year, Brighton and Hove City Council tinkered over many months with the roads and pavements around Palmeira Gardens. We were told it would encourage more people to use the gardens, which would be a good, "green" thing. Well, it cost £1 million
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Don't disrespect our right to vote
Well done to Alan McCarthy on his ascent from Moulsecoomb boy to chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council (The Argus, April 14). And well done The Argus for yet again giving us hope in your coverage of places such as Moulsecoomb and the
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We must reclaim power from the bureaucrats
Brighton and Hove City Council is being run not by politicians but by officials. Politicians have lost control to the bureaucrats and the council is not representative of the people and their views. This has caused major problems and a failure
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People do care
I read with dismay your article "Apathy rules, OK" (The Argus, April 6). This story seemed to imply that people are not bothered about party politics. I do not agree. As a member of Respect for some years, I have seen the anti-war movement mobilise
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Take the scaffolding down
Isn't it time we had a summer when visitors to the city could photograph the beauty of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton? For years there has been scaffolding and hoarding surrounding the east side. Pipe-laying work has caused the grass verge
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Last chance to register for vote
Brighton and Hove residents have until the end of today to register to vote in the city's forthcoming local elections, council officials have said. Voting will take place for all 54 seats in the city's 21 wards on Brighton and Hove City Council on May
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Brown should go
Joan Moorhouse (Letters, April 10) is quite correct in pointing out that the roots of the pension crisis go back beyond the first New Labour Budget of 1997. Those responsible include companies which took "payment holidays", underachieving trustees
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Mixed messages
I sometimes wonder what the public want from the police. You recently ran an article headlined "Officers caught out by cameras" (The Argus, April 11). This story called for disciplinary measures to be taken against officers who are caught speeding
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Liquid assets
I saw your recent report about water derived from the sea via desalination being more expensive than water from other sources (The Argus, April 10). Fair enough. But even so, when planning permission is given for vast, new, luxury blocks of flats
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NHS needs to focus on patients
I am writing in support of the local Worthing and Southlands Hospital Trust board, and all hospital staff, to reassure residents that the management which represents them is committed both to a quality service and to financial prudence. Having
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What a dump
I write to draw your attention to the disgusting state of neglect the recycling site in Saltdean Park Road, Saltdean, has been in since it was established about four years ago. When first set up by Brighton and Hove City Council, it was fenced
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Bad publicity
There does not seem to be a week which goes by without Norman "where's the camera" Baker MP's visage appearing in the local paper or on the local television station. He never misses a photo opportunity, does our Norman "is that my best side?" Baker
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Jury still out in fertiliser bomb plot trial
Jurors retired for a 19th day today to consider their verdicts in the year-long fertiliser bomb plot trial at the Old Bailey. Seven British men were arrested in March 2004 following the discovery of more than half a ton of chemical fertiliser in storage
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Children's flag competition finalists revealed
Four budding artists are hoping to get the chance to design a flag for Brighton and Hove - and readers of The Argus are being asked to choose which one they want. The children have reached the final stage of the 2020 Community Partnership Flag
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Return my photos
Many thanks to the person who stole my purse in the Tesco store in Holmbush recently. Being a pensioner, I am on a tight budget and had no more money to buy groceries. But what is more upsetting is the fact my purse contained some sentimental
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Brain teaser
Call me a stickler for spelling, grammar and syntax, but surely Brian Ralfe, Independant (sic) candidate for Brunswick and Adelaide, cannot be so resolutely independent he is unable to garner a chum or two to proofread his campaign material? In
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'Free spirit' Mills impresses despite fall
Heather Mills has taken a tumble on Dancing With The Stars. But the 39-year-old estranged wife of Sir Paul McCartney still managed to impress the judges despite her first fall. She laughed and shook her head after collapsing on live US TV with dance
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School hit with legionella bug
A school has been hit with a bacteria which causes legionnaires disease for the second time in under a year. Patcham High School, in Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, has closed its swimming pool after the legionella bug was discovered in its showers
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Elder on target again as Reserves close in on title
Millwall Reserves 0, Albion Reserves 2. Albion's rampant Reserves are still on course for the title. They kept the pressure on table- topping Southampton with a sixth win in succession at The Den yesterday. Goals either side of the break by Nathan
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Brighton remains top in TV licence league of shame
More than 5,000 people across Sussex were caught watching TV without a licence in 2006, new figures have revealed. Brighton topped the TV Licensing league of shame in Sussex after 1,173 licence evaders were caught. Anyone caught faces a fine of up to
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Woman dies in house fire
An investigation has been launched into the cause of a house fire in which a woman died. Fire, police and ambulance crews were called to the home in Pembury Road, Eastbourne, at around 2.45am today to find the building well alight. Two men had already
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Whing: I'd be keen on an Albion return
Andrew Whing revealed today he could be rejoining Albion next season. The Coventry defender is being released by the Sky Blues at the end of the season and has hinted at a return to the South Coast. Whing helped Albion to eight wins in 15 appearances
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MPs campaign to keep public loos open
Sussex MPs are campaigning to stop the closure of public toilets. Three of the county's Members of Parliament are calling for a "steady increase" in the provision of conveniences across the UK. Peter Bottomley (West Worthing), Laura Moffatt (Crawley
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'Five men kicked addict to death'
A man died after he was booted with the force of a "David Beckham freekick" and stamped on during a vicious gang attack, a court has been told. Matthew Heading was kicked up to 40 times by five men following a row in a Brighton shop minutes earlier
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Mum tells of daughter's grim slide into drugs
Hannah Mayne was a sensitive, artistic child, often moved to stand up for others being bullied at school and always helpful to her parents. But as she grew into a teenager, that fragility took her on a painful path from which she has never recovered.
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Widow of MRSA victim threatens to sue trust
A care worker who had enjoyed perfect health throughout his life died of MRSA three weeks after being admitted to hospital for minor surgery. David Ham was admitted to the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards to have fluid removed from under his lungs but
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Man jumps to his death at station
Train passengers watched in horror as a man jumped to his death from a railway bridge at a station. The man threw himself onto the tracks from a footbridge at Durrington station, near Worthing, at lunchtime yesterday. A horrified member of the public
