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  • QUIZ THE BIG GUNS ON WORKPLACE LAW

    HIGH profile speakers are lined up for a conference on the future of employment law. John Monks, general secretary of the TUC, Ian McCartney, minister of state at the Trade Department, and John Edmonds, general secretary of Britain's general union the

  • INJURED PARA WINS £200,000

    A PARATROOPER has won £200,000 damages from the Ministry of Defence after he was injured by an exploding grenade. Ian Bannister was left mentally and physically scarred by the incident, on a training course in the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy.

  • PRETTY AS A PRIMROSE

    HOSTESS Primrose Pay was one of the most familiar faces in Brighton as she worked at lots of clubs in the 1950s. And an Argus article has now brought memories of her glory days flooding back. Alison Cridland reports. PRIMROSE Pay was a friend to the stars

  • Sussex look for point

    SUSSEX need just a draw to win the South West Counties Championship when they play host to The Army at Lancing tonight (7.30). Away wins over Dorset, Gwent and the Navy have put Nick Greenwood's side in control of the group. They visit lowly Hampshire

  • Lewes lack fire power

    LEWES have selection problems in attack for tonight's Sussex Senior Cup quarter-final at home to Horsham. Jason Reed and Warran Bagnall are cup-tied, Jon Lockhart has flu, Ian Pendry has joined Corinthian Casuals and Peter Brackley is playing for English

  • Lewes back up to third

    LEWES are back up third in hockey's National Division One with four matches to go. But they failed to hit top form in scraping a 3-2 win away to mid-table Harleston. Skipper Jeremy Boyse admitted: "They were tough and physical but we should have done

  • Sussex FA ditch £2 levy

    THE Sussex FA have ditched plans for a football tax after an outcry from leagues and clubs. Last month the Sports Argus exclusively revealed how the FA was planning to charge every player in the county a £2 registration fee next season. The controversial

  • Undercover police target the bus yobs

    POLICE are going undercover to tackle youth crime on the buses. Youngsters travelling to Brighton's Whitehawk estate have spat at drivers, while others have hurled stones and smashed bus windows. But many Brighton and Hove bus drivers fear reprisals if

  • School tests success

    PRIMARY school children in Sussex have raised standards in science and English but fallen behind in maths, according to new figures. Figures were unveiled today for the percentage of pupils aged ten and 11 hitting Government targets. The biggest success

  • THE FALSE TOOTH ABOUT MR FIXIT

    A DENTAL technician has admitted he illegally fitted false teeth to more than 1,000 patients. One disabled man was charged £635 for a set of dentures, even though he could have got them free on the NHS. And when technician Ray Parker was asked for a refund

  • DEREK JAMESON

    I KEEP reading about mid-life crisis but nobody seems to care a fig for old age crisis, which must be far worse. Come to think of it, what about my problem - whole-life crisis? There are those who sail through life with few worries while others are in

  • QUIZ THE BIG GUNS ON WORKPLACE LAW

    HIGH profile speakers are lined up for a conference on the future of employment law. John Monks, general secretary of the TUC, Ian McCartney, minister of state at the Trade Department, and John Edmonds, general secretary of Britain's general union the

  • PRETTY AS A PRIMROSE

    HOSTESS Primrose Pay was one of the most familiar faces in Brighton as she worked at lots of clubs in the 1950s. And an Argus article has now brought memories of her glory days flooding back. Alison Cridland reports. PRIMROSE Pay was a friend to the stars

  • Sussex look for point

    SUSSEX need just a draw to win the South West Counties Championship when they play host to The Army at Lancing tonight (7.30). Away wins over Dorset, Gwent and the Navy have put Nick Greenwood's side in control of the group. They visit lowly Hampshire

  • Sussex FA ditch £2 levy

    THE Sussex FA have ditched plans for a football tax after an outcry from leagues and clubs. Last month the Sports Argus exclusively revealed how the FA was planning to charge every player in the county a £2 registration fee next season. The controversial

  • Wood waits on Minton

    ALBION boss Jeff Wood will decide in the next 48 hours whether to plunge Jeff Minton back into first team action. Minton is fighting to be fit for Saturday's home game against fellow promotion hopefuls Leyton Orient. The Seagulls' midfield playmaker has

  • Local rivals trade insults

    FIGHT rivals Paul Halpin and Justin Murphy are ready for an explosive battle of Brighton and Hove on Friday night. Both men are predicting a quick victory in their showdown for the southern area featherweight title at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Brighton

  • TREASURE HAUL RINGS UP CASH

    RETIRED history teacher Christopher Longridge could receive a cash windfall for two Bronze Age gold earrings he found in a field. He uncovered the ancient artefacts at Binsted, near Arundel, on a metal-detecting trip last August. He had an agreement with

  • LIZZIE ENFIELD

    TRAVELLED home on Wednesday evening with magazine's incredibly camp art director. He was on reconnaissance trip, to become better acquainted with boy he'd met at weekend party. Have to admit to slight squeamishness as he revealed details of sex life in

  • FIRE RESCUE GIRL, 13, IN BATTLE FOR LIFE

    A 13-YEAR-OLD girl is fighting for her life after being trapped in a house blaze. The youngster had to be resuscitated by paramedics after firefighters carried her to safety from her burning Hastings home early today. A man and a woman with a baby escaped

  • Undercover police target the bus yobs

    POLICE are going undercover to tackle youth crime on the buses. Youngsters travelling to Brighton's Whitehawk estate have spat at drivers, while others have hurled stones and smashed bus windows. But many Brighton and Hove bus drivers fear reprisals if

  • COURT TOLD OF SOCCER FAN KILLING

    A FANATICAL Albion supporter murdered a mild-mannered father because he supported West Ham, a court heard today. Leigh Shaw, 37, died after being hit by a sock filled with balls from a pool table, Lewes Crown Court was told. The attack was said to be

  • DEREK JAMESON

    I KEEP reading about mid-life crisis but nobody seems to care a fig for old age crisis, which must be far worse. Come to think of it, what about my problem - whole-life crisis? There are those who sail through life with few worries while others are in

  • Holders face up to final

    CHICHESTER and Mid Sussex are set for another final meeting in hockey's Sussex Cup. Holders Chi kept their cup hopes very much alive with a 5-1 win at Regional League outfit Brighton on Sunday. And Mids, runners-up in last season's showpiece match at

  • Wood waits on Minton

    ALBION boss Jeff Wood will decide in the next 48 hours whether to plunge Jeff Minton back into first team action. Minton is fighting to be fit for Saturday's home game against fellow promotion hopefuls Leyton Orient. The Seagulls' midfield playmaker has

  • Local rivals trade insults

    FIGHT rivals Paul Halpin and Justin Murphy are ready for an explosive battle of Brighton and Hove on Friday night. Both men are predicting a quick victory in their showdown for the southern area featherweight title at the York Hall, Bethnal Green. Brighton

  • TREASURE HAUL RINGS UP CASH

    RETIRED history teacher Christopher Longridge could receive a cash windfall for two Bronze Age gold earrings he found in a field. He uncovered the ancient artefacts at Binsted, near Arundel, on a metal-detecting trip last August. He had an agreement with

  • LIZZIE ENFIELD

    TRAVELLED home on Wednesday evening with magazine's incredibly camp art director. He was on reconnaissance trip, to become better acquainted with boy he'd met at weekend party. Have to admit to slight squeamishness as he revealed details of sex life in

  • FIRE RESCUE GIRL, 13, IN BATTLE FOR LIFE

    A 13-YEAR-OLD girl is fighting for her life after being trapped in a house blaze. The youngster had to be resuscitated by paramedics after firefighters carried her to safety from her burning Hastings home early today. A man and a woman with a baby escaped

  • COURT TOLD OF SOCCER FAN KILLING

    A FANATICAL Albion supporter murdered a mild-mannered father because he supported West Ham, a court heard today. Leigh Shaw, 37, died after being hit by a sock filled with balls from a pool table, Lewes Crown Court was told. The attack was said to be

  • HOURS CURB COST ME STORE JOB, SAYS MUM

    A SUPERMARKET personnel officer has accused her bosses of failing to promote her because she is a mother. Sharon Burch, who has two young sons, claimed at an industrial tribunal she was forced to resign from her £20,400-a-year job at an Eastbourne branch

  • INJURED PARA WINS £200,000

    A PARATROOPER has won £200,000 damages from the Ministry of Defence after he was injured by an exploding grenade. Ian Bannister was left mentally and physically scarred by the incident, on a training course in the Dolomite mountains in northern Italy.

  • Lewes lack fire power

    LEWES have selection problems in attack for tonight's Sussex Senior Cup quarter-final at home to Horsham. Jason Reed and Warran Bagnall are cup-tied, Jon Lockhart has flu, Ian Pendry has joined Corinthian Casuals and Peter Brackley is playing for English

  • Lewes back up to third

    LEWES are back up third in hockey's National Division One with four matches to go. But they failed to hit top form in scraping a 3-2 win away to mid-table Harleston. Skipper Jeremy Boyse admitted: "They were tough and physical but we should have done

  • Holders face up to final

    CHICHESTER and Mid Sussex are set for another final meeting in hockey's Sussex Cup. Holders Chi kept their cup hopes very much alive with a 5-1 win at Regional League outfit Brighton on Sunday. And Mids, runners-up in last season's showpiece match at

  • School tests success

    PRIMARY school children in Sussex have raised standards in science and English but fallen behind in maths, according to new figures. Figures were unveiled today for the percentage of pupils aged ten and 11 hitting Government targets. The biggest success

  • THE FALSE TOOTH ABOUT MR FIXIT

    A DENTAL technician has admitted he illegally fitted false teeth to more than 1,000 patients. One disabled man was charged £635 for a set of dentures, even though he could have got them free on the NHS. And when technician Ray Parker was asked for a refund

  • HOURS CURB COST ME STORE JOB, SAYS MUM

    A SUPERMARKET personnel officer has accused her bosses of failing to promote her because she is a mother. Sharon Burch, who has two young sons, claimed at an industrial tribunal she was forced to resign from her £20,400-a-year job at an Eastbourne branch