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New Worthing Tesco opening raises fears on drink sales

5:20pm Friday 27th January 2012

Tesco will sell alcohol for 17 hours a day at its ninth store in Worthing

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Sainbury's distances itself from new Brighton store rumours

2:12pm Saturday 1st October 2011

Supermarket bosses are distancing themselves from plans to open a new store.

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Hove traders fears over Tesco rumours

7:10am Sunday 26th June 2011

Traders have expressed fears over their future if a giant retailer opens on their doorstep.

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Sainsbury's store in Brighton won't sell alcohol - at least for a year

1:00pm Thursday 2nd June 2011

People power has forced a supermarket giant to drop its bid to sell alcohol at a controversial new store.

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Lewes Road community garden could become people's supermarket

7:00pm Friday 8th April 2011

Residents believe they may have found an alternative to a supermarket in their high street - a people's supermarket.

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Council refuses alcohol licence for new Brighton Sainsbury's store

3:30pm Thursday 31st March 2011

Sainsbury's has been refused an alcohol licence for its controversial new store.

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'We don't want any more Sainsbury's stores', say Brighton campaigners

4:30pm Saturday 26th March 2011

Campaigners are urging council bosses to write to Sainsbury’s to urge the company not to open any more stores in Brighton and Hove.

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Guerilla gardeners under siege in Brighton

11:47am Monday 7th March 2011

Activists are trying to stop landowners clearing them from a "community garden" on waste ground in Brighton.

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Brighton community garden work continues

10:24am Sunday 6th March 2011

Work on a new community garden has continued - despite activists being told it would be destroyed.

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Brighton community garden under threat

3:20pm Friday 4th March 2011

A new community garden is under threat of destruction - before it has even opened.

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Taj could reopen former store in Brighton

1:10pm Friday 4th March 2011

The search for a community store to replace Brighton's much loved Taj could be over.

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Police storm site of Brighton Sainsbury's protest

1:12pm Wednesday 2nd March 2011

The final squatter at the site of a proposed new Sainsbury's has been forced out.

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