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  • CHANCE TO MEET AND DO BUSINESS

    BUSINESS Link Sussex is to host more than 25 major South-East organisations at the Sussex Meet the Buyers event. The occasion, next Wednesday at The Charmandean Centre, Worthing, supported by West Sussex local authorities as well as Brighton and Hove

  • PENSION DEMO RAPS 75p RISE

    CAMPAIGNERS calling for better pensions staged demonstrations in Brighton and Hove today. One group, protesting at Churchill Square, was moved on by security guards as they had not applied for permission to use the privately-owned square. But they continued

  • THE PRICE IS RIGHT THROUGH THE ROOF

    HOUSE prices across Brighton and Hove have risen by more than £14,000 over the past year, new figures revealed today. The increase, which is one of the highest in Britain, is being put down to the area's reputation as one of the best places in the country

  • Rebels fail at home again

    Worthing paid the penalty for not pressing home their advantage as Maidenhead snatched a 1-1 draw at Woodside Road in Division One of the Ryman League. Chuck Agudusi hit the equaliser 13 minutes from time to cancel out a 31st-minute opener from Ben Carrington

  • Albion throw two points away

    Albion had to settle for their first draw at Withdean in a lively match. Veteran assistant manager Phil Stant snatched a 79th-minute equaliser for Lincoln shortly after coming on. Paul Miller gave the visitors an 18th minute lead, but the Seagulls hit

  • £3.5m WINTER HEALTH CRISIS

    HEALTH chiefs fear they could be £3.5 million in debt this year as the pressures of treating patients during winter takes hold. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust's prediction is almost £1 million more than last month's forecast. Managers have

  • Secret of new voice on radio

    MOST listeners tuning into a new radio show fronted by Anna Cannings are unaware of her hidden handicap. For the 19-year-old has been blind since birth and types out her scripts using a Braille typewriter. The gifted teenager refuses to let her condition

  • Row over missing Christmas dinners

    PUPILS across West Sussex will go without a hot Christmas meal at school for the first time in more than 50 years. West Sussex County Council axed hot school meals in a bid to save £500,000, putting more than 500 kitchen staff out of work. But as the

  • Why my life comes before

    an animal's EVERY waking minute 31-year-old Rachel is battling to lift her arms, walk round her home and overcome excruciating pain. The only way she can relieve the symptoms of crippling rheumatoid arthritis is by taking a cocktail of painkillers and

  • FRUGAL BOB PLAYS A £700,000 BLINDER!

    A PENSIONER who called himself Frugal McDougal has left £700,000 to a charity for the blind. Robert Simes, known as Bob, worked seven days a week from the age of nine and took his first proper holiday only after he had retired. When the 93-year-old, of

  • NHS CURB ON BIG PAY-OFFS

    A £76,000 pay-out to a shamed hospital boss has forced a Government crackdown on big severance payments. Health Secretary Alan Milburn took the action after the pay-off to Eastbourne District General Hospital chief executive Clive Uren. He stepped down

  • CHANCE TO MEET AND DO BUSINESS

    BUSINESS Link Sussex is to host more than 25 major South-East organisations at the Sussex Meet the Buyers event. The occasion, next Wednesday at The Charmandean Centre, Worthing, supported by West Sussex local authorities as well as Brighton and Hove

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME by VANORA LEIGH

    IT was only when I was sent to the hospital physiotherapy department for a pair of crutches that I realised the situation was possibly more serious than I thought. "I'm only here with a broken toe, I won't need those," I said, but the medics were having

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Some good in unhealthy tale Some good has at last come out of the dismal saga of Eastbourne General Hospital and its former chief executive Clive Uren. He stepped down following a damning report into care levels at the hospital but is still in line for

  • FIRE WRECKS SCOUT HUT

    ARSONISTS started a blaze which destroyed a Scout hut in Horsham yesterday. The wooden building in Higgins Way, by Bennetts Field, was used by the 5th Horsham Scouts to store equipment worth around £4,000. Police say the fire was started deliberately

  • PENSION DEMO RAPS 75p RISE

    CAMPAIGNERS calling for better pensions staged demonstrations in Brighton and Hove today. One group, protesting at Churchill Square, was moved on by security guards as they had not applied for permission to use the privately-owned square. But they continued

  • Albion throw two points away

    Albion had to settle for their first draw at Withdean in a lively match. Veteran assistant manager Phil Stant snatched a 79th-minute equaliser for Lincoln shortly after coming on. Paul Miller gave the visitors an 18th minute lead, but the Seagulls hit

  • Doctor Death versus Michael Portillo

    After ten years as Medical Director of the United Nations, Dr Michael Irwin is well-versed in the connections between medicine and politics. Now he has united them in his campaign for the right to choose a dignified death. The 68-year-old vice-chairman

  • Why my life comes before

    an animal's EVERY waking minute 31-year-old Rachel is battling to lift her arms, walk round her home and overcome excruciating pain. The only way she can relieve the symptoms of crippling rheumatoid arthritis is by taking a cocktail of painkillers and

  • THE PRICE IS RIGHT THROUGH THE ROOF

    HOUSE prices across Brighton and Hove have risen by more than £14,000 over the past year, new figures revealed today. The increase, which is one of the highest in Britain, is being put down to the area's reputation as one of the best places in the country

  • Rebels fail at home again

    Worthing paid the penalty for not pressing home their advantage as Maidenhead snatched a 1-1 draw at Woodside Road in Division One of the Ryman League. Chuck Agudusi hit the equaliser 13 minutes from time to cancel out a 31st-minute opener from Ben Carrington

  • Wick feel the payne of Reds penalty

    Ian Payne's contro-versial penalty gave patchy Crawley a 2-1 victory over battling Wick at Broadfield Stadium in the Sussex Senior Cup, The Reds will face the winners of tonight's Burgess Hill v Albion Reserves clash. But they were taken all the way by

  • Places up for grabs as Adams sees red

    ALBION manager Micky Adams has put his entire squad on "red alert" for a first team call-up. The Seagulls' mounting disciplinary crisis is stretching resources to the limit. Darren Freeman, Danny Cullip, Gary Hart and Warren Aspinall are all facing bans

  • Freeman still paying price for his sins

    ALBION manager Micky Adams punished Darren Freeman again last night by leaving him on the bench. The top scorer had to sit and suffer for most of the match as the Seagulls were held to a 2-2 draw by Lincoln at Withdean. Freeman came on with 20 minutes

  • OAP MURDER DENIED BY FLAT RAIDERS

    A frail pensioner was tied up with her own shoelaces and clothing and left to die by two students who ransacked her home, a court heard. Hilda Tizard, 88, who lived alone in sheltered accommodation in Bognor Regis, tried in vain to fight off her attackers

  • £3.5m WINTER HEALTH CRISIS

    HEALTH chiefs fear they could be £3.5 million in debt this year as the pressures of treating patients during winter takes hold. Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust's prediction is almost £1 million more than last month's forecast. Managers have

  • Secret of new voice on radio

    MOST listeners tuning into a new radio show fronted by Anna Cannings are unaware of her hidden handicap. For the 19-year-old has been blind since birth and types out her scripts using a Braille typewriter. The gifted teenager refuses to let her condition

  • Row over missing Christmas dinners

    PUPILS across West Sussex will go without a hot Christmas meal at school for the first time in more than 50 years. West Sussex County Council axed hot school meals in a bid to save £500,000, putting more than 500 kitchen staff out of work. But as the

  • Lifeboat launched for trapped woman

    A LIFEBOAT was called in to rescue an injured woman after ambulance crews could not get to her. Roberta Bacon was walking on the beach at Fairlight Country Park, near Hastings, when she stumbled on rock and fell, injuring her leg. An ambulance crew was

  • FRUGAL BOB PLAYS A £700,000 BLINDER!

    A PENSIONER who called himself Frugal McDougal has left £700,000 to a charity for the blind. Robert Simes, known as Bob, worked seven days a week from the age of nine and took his first proper holiday only after he had retired. When the 93-year-old, of

  • NHS CURB ON BIG PAY-OFFS

    A £76,000 pay-out to a shamed hospital boss has forced a Government crackdown on big severance payments. Health Secretary Alan Milburn took the action after the pay-off to Eastbourne District General Hospital chief executive Clive Uren. He stepped down

  • BETWEEN YOU AND ME by VANORA LEIGH

    IT was only when I was sent to the hospital physiotherapy department for a pair of crutches that I realised the situation was possibly more serious than I thought. "I'm only here with a broken toe, I won't need those," I said, but the medics were having

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Some good in unhealthy tale Some good has at last come out of the dismal saga of Eastbourne General Hospital and its former chief executive Clive Uren. He stepped down following a damning report into care levels at the hospital but is still in line for

  • FIRE WRECKS SCOUT HUT

    ARSONISTS started a blaze which destroyed a Scout hut in Horsham yesterday. The wooden building in Higgins Way, by Bennetts Field, was used by the 5th Horsham Scouts to store equipment worth around £4,000. Police say the fire was started deliberately

  • Wick feel the payne of Reds penalty

    Ian Payne's contro-versial penalty gave patchy Crawley a 2-1 victory over battling Wick at Broadfield Stadium in the Sussex Senior Cup, The Reds will face the winners of tonight's Burgess Hill v Albion Reserves clash. But they were taken all the way by

  • Places up for grabs as Adams sees red

    ALBION manager Micky Adams has put his entire squad on "red alert" for a first team call-up. The Seagulls' mounting disciplinary crisis is stretching resources to the limit. Darren Freeman, Danny Cullip, Gary Hart and Warren Aspinall are all facing bans

  • Freeman still paying price for his sins

    ALBION manager Micky Adams punished Darren Freeman again last night by leaving him on the bench. The top scorer had to sit and suffer for most of the match as the Seagulls were held to a 2-2 draw by Lincoln at Withdean. Freeman came on with 20 minutes

  • OAP MURDER DENIED BY FLAT RAIDERS

    A frail pensioner was tied up with her own shoelaces and clothing and left to die by two students who ransacked her home, a court heard. Hilda Tizard, 88, who lived alone in sheltered accommodation in Bognor Regis, tried in vain to fight off her attackers

  • Doctor Death versus Michael Portillo

    After ten years as Medical Director of the United Nations, Dr Michael Irwin is well-versed in the connections between medicine and politics. Now he has united them in his campaign for the right to choose a dignified death. The 68-year-old vice-chairman

  • Lifeboat launched for trapped woman

    A LIFEBOAT was called in to rescue an injured woman after ambulance crews could not get to her. Roberta Bacon was walking on the beach at Fairlight Country Park, near Hastings, when she stumbled on rock and fell, injuring her leg. An ambulance crew was