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County League scores
Crowborough maintained top spot in division one after Wes Tate's hat-trick helped them to an 8-0 win at Chichester. RESULTS - County League division one: Arundel 1 (Wimbleton 32), Ringmer 2 (Scerri 39, Barden 45); Chichester 0, Crowborough 8 (Tate 4,
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Ryman League round-up
Two superbly-taken goals by Ade Olorunda helped premier division relegation battlers Hastings United to a crucial 2-1 victory over Boreham Wood at the Pilot Field. Olorunda rifled in from the edge of the box on 21 minutes and doubled his tally on 78
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Wilkins: Don't give Glenn stick
Albion boss Dean Wilkins has backed Glenn Murray to get back on the goal trail. Murray drew a blank on his return to his home town club as the Seagulls' play-off hopes suffered a jolt. Most of their chances to upset automatic promotion contenders Carlisle
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Boxing: Frankie strikes gold again
Hailsham ABC's Frankie Smith has won the Golden Gloves title for a second successive season. Smith won his under-50kg division by automatic stoppage against Lee Hatfield (Brambles Farm) in round two after opening up a clear 15 point lead. Frankie won
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Bognor are held
Bognor 0, Dorchester 0. Bognor's relegation battle with fellow strugglers Dorchester finished goalless at Nyewood Lane. Bognor: Stoner, Balfe, Wallis-Taylor, Harris, Jupp, Breach, Gratewich, Chamberlain, Beck, Sankoh, Haddow. Subs: Nightingale, Knee
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Drury scores as Lewes draw
Bath City 1, Lewes 1. Lewes failed to collect their fourth Blue Square south win on the trot as their title charge was checked by play-off chasing Bath City at Twerton Park. The leaders made a fast start and debutant Charlie Ide fashioned a chance for
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Crawley 1 Salisbury 1
Assistant boss Paul Raynor praised Crawley's spirit as they grabbed an unlikely last minute equaliser. Reds looked to be heading for their sixth defeat in seven games when they trailed to Andrew Sandell's 79th-minute goal but Jon-Paul Pittman earned
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Borough beat nine-man Fisher
Eastbourne Borough 4, Fisher 0. Eastbourne Borough have cut the gap on Blue Square south leaders Lewes to two points after brushing aside nine-man Fisher 4-0 at Priory Lane. Goals from Andy Atkin, substitute Nathan Crabb, Pat Harding and Andy Ballard
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Match report: Carlisle 2 Albion 0
Glenn Murray came off second best in his shoot-out with Danny Graham as Albion became the latest victims of Carlisle's formidable home record. Murray pipped Graham to the League One player-of-the-month award for February but the tables were turned at
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Tributes paid to newsreader Carol Barnes, who has died at 63
Former newsreader Carol Barnes died today. The 63-year-old suffered a massive stroke last Sunday and since then had been fighting for her life at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Her death was announced this afternoon. As the presenter
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Patients will be screened for superbug
All patients admitted to two hospitals will be automatically screened for a potentially fatal superbug. The routine tests for MRSA will be carried out at Eastbourne District General Hospital and the Conquest Hospital in St Leonards from next month.
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Dog walkers on the march
Dog walkers took to the streets this morning to protest over plans to ban them from beaches. Around 150 people, most with dogs, marched from the beach at Kemp Town to the Palace Pier before moving on to Brighton Town Hall. Brighton and Hove Green councillor
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Technology will not stop school bullying
It was great to see Sussex MPs Tim Loughton and Nick Gibb speaking out against the increasing use of fingerprint recognition technology in primary schools (The Argus, March 6). Yet Mr Loughton is chairman of the company Classwatch, a supplier
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Map needed for remaining post offices
I was sorry to see that the post office at 13 Preston Road, Brighton, is to close on Tuesday. I would like to thank Mr and Mrs Patel for their help and offer them my best wishes for the future. The post office in my road closed five years ago
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Protect our city
Robert Powell correctly warns that the planning advisory note concerning Brighton Marina to be considered by Brighton and Hove City Council environment committee on March 20 will be decisive for the future of Brighton (Letters, March 4). Our charming
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Future not Orange
I write with reference to Orange's proposal to install a radio base station near West Hove Infant and Junior Schools in Portland Road. I cannot believe that such a proposal is even being considered by the council. There is no conclusive evidence
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The way forward
Contrary to the opinion of Peter Crowhurst (Letters, March 3), I believe a directly elected cabinet system of local government in conjunction with the direct election of a city mayor with executive powers is the way forward. The committee system
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Bongo Fury over Zappa review
As your reviewer Simon Copeland stated, the Grandmothers performed their former employer Frank Zappa's music with great skill and obvious love for the material at Komedia (The Argus, March 6). However, Simon's opening statement that Zappa is, unlike
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Choir festival promises a hullabaloo
It's great to see coverage of Mayor of Brighton and Hove Carol Theobald's patronage of ChoirFest Brighton 2008, the national event being hosted by the Hullabaloo Community Quire this summer (The Argus, February 29). Hullabaloo has grown from six
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Go Dutch cycling
Brighton and Hove is among the six "demonstration" towns for Cycling England, the body promoting greater bicycle use. Who would know? More surprisingly, we've had this demonstration status since 2005, something supposedly identifying our city as
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Landfill leadership
I am saddened and concerned by plans to extend the Brookhurst Wood landfill site (The Argus, March 6). This is yet another plan to turn the Sussex countryside into a huge waste repository. Only last week we heard about proposals for a new incinerator
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Fear was soothed
I cannot praise doctors, nurses and all other staff on Chichester Ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital enough after an emergency admission. The care was first class. I have always been one of those people who, after hearing so many bad things
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Lessons learnt from school places lottery
I've been trying to make head or tail of the document entitled Allocation Of Year 7 Places September 2008 that accompanied the secondary school admission letters this week. The first thing that struck me was why were statistics shown for every
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Comment: A homegrown food rebellion
This week I made a decision - and a resolution. After months of delay and prevarication, and 35 lazy years of buying from the supermarket, I have finally decided to order a regular weekly vegetable box. It'll contain organic vegetables in season
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Cold-callers frozen out
Three more communities are becoming no-go areas for unwanted visitors. No cold-calling zones are being set up in Polegate, Wadhurst and the Shinewater area of Eastbourne this month. The aim is to protect residents, especially elderly and vulnerable
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New lifeboat unveiled in Hastings
A new lifeboat is to be unveiled in time for a station's 150th anniversary celebrations. It will be joined by Fairlight, Hastings' most famous lifeboat, during the week long celebrations next month. Hastings will receive the brand new lifeboat, funded
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Village to ban lorries using Royal Decree from 1207
Villagers could use an ancient Royal Decree to prevent HGV lorries driving through their narrow winding streets. Residents in Pevensey have the power, under the 1207 Pevensey Charter signed by King John, to close the B2191, which runs through the centre
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No improvement for stricken Carol
Former ITN newsreader Carol Barnes remained seriously ill in hospital this morning after suffering a massive stroke. A spokesman for the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton said there has been no change in the 63-year-old's condition since she was
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Health trusts underfunded by £78 million
The NHS in Sussex has been underfunded by almost £80 million over the last six years, figures released today have revealed. Statistics from the Department of Health show the county's health trusts received millions of pounds less in funding each year
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Speedway: Nicholls will be on the money for Eagles
Scott Nicholls chases the biggest cash prize in speedway insisting: "I'll be ready for the new season." The Eastbourne Eagles No. 1 goes tomorrow (Sunday) in the Diamond Jubilee meeting at Poole, where top prize is £60,000. With current exchange rates