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  • CLAIRE BYRD - A BYRD'S EYE VIEW

    I'M USUALLY very careful about making any racket that could disturb my neighbours but on Thursday I broke my rule. I'd been driving home in a bit of a fluster. Long day, long week, not much sleep and, sad as it might seem, a bit miffed at having missed

  • VITAL VERDICT BY COMMUTERS

    THE VIEWS of Mid Sussex commuters are at the centre of Government thinking on rail transport policies, it was revealed today. Their complaints and suggestions about services will be discussed by Transport Minister Dr John Reid at a crucial national rail

  • Culvs: Stop the rot now

    ALBION can forget all about promotion unless they buck their ideas up fast. That is the stark warning from captain Ian Culverhouse after Saturday's 3-0 setback at Southend. "We need to turn it around quickly because we could see a slide down the wrong

  • No more Mister Nice Guy

    IT'S no more Mister Nice Guy. Jeff Wood got nasty with his players and now they need to get nastier as well. Amean streak is missing from many of them. They are a great bunch of lads, the sort any mother would be glad for her daughter to bring home. But

  • £50,000 TO SEE IN THE CENTURY

    A £50,000 GRANT to help celebrate the millennium was awarded to West Sussex today. The cash will pay for a big Year 2000 cycle ride, a youth festival and an archive project. Heritage Secretary Chris Smith announced the award in Birmingham. The money comes

  • HAPPINESS IN THE EYES OF WAR BABY

    THREE-YEAR-OLD Marigona Krasniqui, rescued from a war zone by Sally Becker, is today celebrating after successful surgery to save her sight. The brave tot astounded doctors by bouncing back to health almost as soon as the anaesthetic from her surgery

  • PAY DAY - SO LET'S PARTY!

    LOTTERY chiefs today announced a £75,000 windfall to help fund Brighton and Hove's millennium celebrations. The cash bonanza will be ploughed into the Place To Be project, which aims to kickstart the towns' bid for city status. Together with £150,000

  • £70,000 FOR THE BIG KIDS' PARTY

    EASTBOURNE scooped £70,000 lottery cash today to be pumped into the town's millennium plans. Celebrations started when the borough council heard they had been awarded cash to fund an International Children's Conference on the Environment. The event, supported

  • CLAIRE BYRD - A BYRD'S EYE VIEW

    I'M USUALLY very careful about making any racket that could disturb my neighbours but on Thursday I broke my rule. I'd been driving home in a bit of a fluster. Long day, long week, not much sleep and, sad as it might seem, a bit miffed at having missed

  • CYCLIST IS DRAGGED BY VAN

    A CYCLIST was dragged more than 80 metres along the Brighton bypass after an accident with a van. The van driver continued along the bypass, near the A23 turn off, before realising what had happened. Ken Moffat, 42, of New Barn Close, Portslade, became

  • FIGHT TO REMEMBER

    LOUISE TUPPEN made history when she took part in the first official women's boxing match in Sussex. Although beaten in the end, it was a dream come true for the Brighton fighter, who had been training for her big night ever since the Amateur Boxing Association

  • PAY DAY - SO LET'S PARTY!

    LOTTERY chiefs today announced a £75,000 windfall to help fund Brighton and Hove's millennium celebrations. The cash bonanza will be ploughed into the Place To Be project, which aims to kickstart the towns' bid for city status. Together with £150,000

  • UNPOPULAR EURO HAS A LONG WAY TO GO

    WITH the euro now 53 days old, Britain's businesses are still divided on whether the UK should join, according to research by NOP. Differing opinions were clearly shown with four out of ten new businesses wanting the country to stay outside the euro zone

  • CYCLIST IS DRAGGED BY VAN

    A CYCLIST was dragged more than 80 metres along the Brighton bypass after an accident with a van. The van driver continued along the bypass, near the A23 turn off, before realising what had happened. Ken Moffat, 42, of New Barn Close, Portslade, became

  • STORM OVER STORE'S VAN ON BYPASS

    AN ADVERTISING van in a field to catch the eye of drivers on the Brighton bypass has sparked a storm of protest. Readers phoned the Argus and councillors when the van appeared on Saturday, advertising Asda's petrol station at Hollingbury. It is parked

  • FIGHT TO REMEMBER

    LOUISE TUPPEN made history when she took part in the first official women's boxing match in Sussex. Although beaten in the end, it was a dream come true for the Brighton fighter, who had been training for her big night ever since the Amateur Boxing Association

  • UNPOPULAR EURO HAS A LONG WAY TO GO

    WITH the euro now 53 days old, Britain's businesses are still divided on whether the UK should join, according to research by NOP. Differing opinions were clearly shown with four out of ten new businesses wanting the country to stay outside the euro zone

  • VITAL VERDICT BY COMMUTERS

    THE VIEWS of Mid Sussex commuters are at the centre of Government thinking on rail transport policies, it was revealed today. Their complaints and suggestions about services will be discussed by Transport Minister Dr John Reid at a crucial national rail

  • Culvs: Stop the rot now

    ALBION can forget all about promotion unless they buck their ideas up fast. That is the stark warning from captain Ian Culverhouse after Saturday's 3-0 setback at Southend. "We need to turn it around quickly because we could see a slide down the wrong

  • No more Mister Nice Guy

    IT'S no more Mister Nice Guy. Jeff Wood got nasty with his players and now they need to get nastier as well. Amean streak is missing from many of them. They are a great bunch of lads, the sort any mother would be glad for her daughter to bring home. But

  • £50,000 TO SEE IN THE CENTURY

    A £50,000 GRANT to help celebrate the millennium was awarded to West Sussex today. The cash will pay for a big Year 2000 cycle ride, a youth festival and an archive project. Heritage Secretary Chris Smith announced the award in Birmingham. The money comes

  • STORM OVER STORE'S VAN ON BYPASS

    AN ADVERTISING van in a field to catch the eye of drivers on the Brighton bypass has sparked a storm of protest. Readers phoned the Argus and councillors when the van appeared on Saturday, advertising Asda's petrol station at Hollingbury. It is parked

  • HAPPINESS IN THE EYES OF WAR BABY

    THREE-YEAR-OLD Marigona Krasniqui, rescued from a war zone by Sally Becker, is today celebrating after successful surgery to save her sight. The brave tot astounded doctors by bouncing back to health almost as soon as the anaesthetic from her surgery

  • £70,000 FOR THE BIG KIDS' PARTY

    EASTBOURNE scooped £70,000 lottery cash today to be pumped into the town's millennium plans. Celebrations started when the borough council heard they had been awarded cash to fund an International Children's Conference on the Environment. The event, supported