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Robinson: Next championship game will decide nothing
Coach Mark Robinson insists tomorrow’s Championship game against bottom of the table Worcestershire will not decide Sussex’s first division fate. The county overcame a wobble when they slumped to 140-4 to reach 249-4 and draw Saturday’s rain-affected
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Brighton mother burned herself to death in back garden
A mother burned herself to death in her back garden. Birgit Bartlett, 51, was found dead at her Hollingbury Crescent home in Brighton on Saturday morning. Her family discovered her body at the bottom of the garden shortly after 1.30pm
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Police negotiators sent to Hastings rooftop drama
A major road has been closed after an armed man climbed on a roof and threatened to harm anyone who came near. At 8.15pm Sussex Police said specialists were on their way to attempt to negotiate with the man, who climbed onto of a block of
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Sunday morning face slightly showing Saturday night
So, back on topic. I finally got to bed last night at about 2am. So that would be this morning, then. I'd made some vague noises of a '15k tomorrow' nature, but in my head at least had given myself the option of 12k. Thank god, because how hot
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Glynde reach Lord's final
Glynde are heading to the Lord’s. The Sussex League division two side have reached the final of the npower National Village Cup after an emphatic semi-final win at home to Welsh side Cresselly. Watched by a crowd of more than 1,000,
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Burglars are targeting open windows in Brighton and Hove
Suburban burglars are preying on open doors and open windows to steal from people’s homes. Police working to combat a disturbing rise in burglaries in Brighton and Hove say it has been easy for opportunist criminals to ply their trade. The culprits
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Bus stop
The Devil’s Dyke open-top bus service finishes on August 31. It should carry on until the end of September. I love it and will be sad when the the buses are put away. Sophie Dowds Clarendon Road, Hove
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'UFOs' a hoax
IN REPLY to Jean Fogden (Letters, July 21) and Gill Bradshaw (Letters, August 1), I too have seen bright orange lights, UFOs, moving from an easterly direction towards Brighton, sometimes hovering above the piers. I have even trained a telescope on them
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Scooter hire
Referring to recent letters regarding people with mobility problems, (Letters, June 19 and July 8), I’m writing to let everyone know that our Shopmobility service in Churchill Square hires out motorised scooters and wheelchairs for £5 per day. This
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Dogs welcome
In response to letters from Lynda Fernell and others this week, I would like to inform all dog owners that friendly dogs are always welcome in the Cobbler’s Thumb in New England Road, Brighton. Many of our regulars are dog owners who have been refused
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Cycle danger
Has anyone noticed the increased numbers of adults riding bicycles on the pavement in Boundary Road and Station Road, Portslade, and that this is happening every day? I am over 65 but not decrepit and walk every day. Even the promenade, where there are
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No bunker
Having a large interest in military history and having researched many local wartime and Cold War installations, I was contacted last year by an Argus reporter. I was asked for my opinion and questioned if there was any truth in a rumour, which had been
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Floral delight
I WISH to congratulate the person whose idea it was to seed the roundabout by McDonald’s in Newhaven with meadow flowers. It is quite breathtakingly beautiful and does my old heart good every time I see it. Every time I pass I see different wild flowers
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Gay day for a goose
I’ve been reading your two stories on the “goose on the loose” with much enjoyment. The brave member of the public who saved the goose and took it to the vets was a Miss Mandy Tines who works at the nearby Doggy Fashion dog beauty parlour.
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Make a stand for the basic freedom to home educate
Congratulations on drawing attention to the serious issues raised in your double page spread about home education and the threat to educational freedom posed by the Badman Review (The Argus, August 7). The review was commissioned by a government
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Scrap SATs
I read with great interest Emily-Ann Elliott’s article on the SATs tests and, along with many other people, I think these tests should be scrapped in favour of going back to good old-fashioned learning for our children (The Argus, August 7). These tests
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Smelling fire
I WORKED at Dubarry’s from 1938 to 1942 when I joined the WLA. The department I worked in was bath salts and bath cubes. Heart of a Rose was a lovely perfume, and the bath salt jars were octagonal. We mixed up the salts in huge dishes adding the colouring
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Happy days
WITH regard to the story in The Argus on Dubarrys, on arriving home on the day I left school (Easter 1956), on the Thursday, my mother gave me the bus fare to go to Dubarrys and see about a job as a neighbour working there said they were taking people
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Ringmer fielded ineligible player
Ringmer are to lose the point they gained in Saturday’s opening day draw at Redhill. The Blues drew the division one fixture 1-1 but have since informed the County League they mistakingly fielded an ineligible player. Former Albion youngster Ollie Rowe
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Sussex Olympian's charity event thrown into doubt
An Olympian's clay-pigeon shoot which raises thousands of pounds for charity was thrown into doubt after objections from the public. Every year the parents of Olympic trap shooter Charlotte Kerwood host a charity shoot to raise money for good causes
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Hat-trick for Arafat
Yasir Arafat became the third Sussex bowler to take a hat-trick in the one-day league at Horsham today. The Pakistan paceman had Steve Adshead caught at mid-wicket and bowled Ian Saxelby and Steve Kirby in the last over of the Pro40 League game against
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Man determined to walk again
A man who was told he may never walk again has regained some movement in his legs just six weeks after trying alternative therapy. Oscar Lotis broke his back in a freak accident in May 2008 and has been in a wheelchair since. But the 25-year-old was
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Police officer dies in Worthing dive tragedy
A police officer died on a diving trip in the Channel. The serving Metropolitan Police officer fought for life for more than 24 hours after being airlifted from a boat by a coastguard helicopter on Saturday. The man, who has not been named, survived
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Road rage victim, 58, is stabbed
UPDATE: The driver in this story has since admitting stabbing himself. Click here for more. A driver was followed for 15 miles by a car full of men then stabbed in a road rage attack. The 58-year-old man was tail-gated by a car with its
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Sussex v Glos
SUSSEX WON BY 9 WKTS That was emphatic. Wright has just hit his 18th boundary to seal victory with the first ball of the 27th over. Wright finished on 95 from just 62 balls with 18 fours and a six. Joyce gave him good support with 66 off 77 balls with
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Young, Dumb and Living off Mum
Limited as my own achievements are, after watching ‘Young, Dumb and Living off Mum’ I can take pride in the fact that I could use a washing machine and understand the basic function of a tin opener by the age of 25. Something none of the 8 young
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England reclaim ashes - from Germany
English sporting honour has been restored after a Sussex cricket team regained The Ashes from the Germans. The team from St Symphorian's Church in Durrington, Worthing, wanted revenge after being humiliated last year by the Germans, who won
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Brighton firefighters called out to stuck cat
A cat grew hot under the collar when it got stuck behind a boiler. Firefighters said they were baffled as to how the one-year-old pet got trapped where it did. They were called to a house in Egremont Place in Brighton at about 10.20am
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Man attacked with weapon on Worthing footpath
A man in his 30s was left seriously injured when he was attacked with a weapon on a footpath in Worthing. Police cordoned off sections of Barrington Road this morning as they made house-to-house inquiries and scenes of crime officers gathered
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High street favourite to stay
The new owner of British Bookshops and Sussex Stationers has vowed not to close any more stores as it battles to save the ailing chain. But a number of staff will be made redundant and bosses are seeking to reduce workers hours. The loss-making chain
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Brighton mum pocketed nearly £30,000 in benefits swindle
A mother-of-two pocketed nearly £30,000 in rent by claiming she was single while she was living with her partner. Atoosa Raisdanaie claimed £850 a month housing benefit from Brighton and Hove City Council for the house where she lived in Carden Crescent
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Graffiti artist denies damaging walls and signs in Brighton and Hove
A graffiti artist has denied damaging walls and street signs. At Lewes Crown Court Craig Price, 32, pleaded not guilty 11 charges of causing criminal damage across Brighton and Hove in 2008. The offences include murals he allegedly painted on a wall
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I've lost my Stag Do cherry
Having run Friday morning, I gave Saturday morning's usual session a miss this week. Besides, I was attending my first ever stag do in the evening. I had been advised to practice talking about women and cars. I wasn't sure that was completely right
