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  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Silver lining of bug scare When is a flu epidemic not an epidemic? When it's this year's bout which has caused so much sniffling misery to thousands of people. Even though half the country appears to have been affected by flu or chest infections, cases

  • Sussex power to victory

    Stand-in Sussex boss Keith Chamberlain praised his men after they kept alive their hopes of winning the South West Counties Championship. They saw an early three- goal lead slip, but did enough at Lancing last night to cut Senior Group A leaders Hampshire's

  • Extra-time agony for Seagulls

    Albion were dumped out of the Auto Windscreens Shield in heartbreaking fashion. A golden goal by youngster James Hayter 12 minutes into extra time put the low-strength Bournemouth through to the Southern Section Quarter Finals. Substitute Claus Jorgenson

  • Care services to face axe with £1.64m cuts

    SERVICES for people with learning disabilities and adult home care services in Brighton and Hove are under threat as part of a £1.64 million package of council cuts. Charges for other social services are also likely to rise to reduce budgets and senior

  • Rubbish! Town's gift from a water giant

    A WOMAN challenged Southern Water to clear up the rubbish which is washed up on a beach near her home. Christine Carruthers told the Portobello public inquiry she had collected a bag full of litter, including parts of sanitary towels, on Saltdean sea

  • PUPILS MOURN SCHOOL HELPER

    CHILDREN at a special needs school were this morning being told of the death of a popular member of staff, killed in a car crash. The 45-year-old victim of the accident, in Barnhorn Road, Bexhill, on Monday evening was grandmother Carol Temmerman, of

  • Kingfisher had a Happy Christmas

    WOOLWORTHS-to-Comet group Kingfisher shrugged off any concerns of slow Christmas sales by unveiling a 30.8 per cent jump in business in the last nine weeks of 1999. The sales surge included business from newly-opened stores and a raft of takeovers by

  • Sussex power to victory

    Stand-in Sussex boss Keith Chamberlain praised his men after they kept alive their hopes of winning the South West Counties Championship. They saw an early three- goal lead slip, but did enough at Lancing last night to cut Senior Group A leaders Hampshire's

  • Mighty Weston guns down Saints

    Sharp-shooting student Lee Weston struck twice last night to help Worthing sail through their latest cup examination. The versatile 20-year-old was given a rare chance upfront and caused cumbersome Saints all sorts of problems with his pace and willing

  • Cuddly toys led to death of pensioner

    A RECLUSIVE pensioner died from smoke inhalation after her enormous collection of cuddly toys caught fire. Retired housekeeper Evelyn Morris, 76, spent almost all her time in the lounge of her home in Buckingham Road, Worthing. Her collection of toys

  • Past returns with haunting melody

    SEVEN years ago Terri Bradley wrote a collection of songs she was hoping to turn into a chart topping album with musician friend Mike Connaris. However, life, marriage and children got in the way. The songs were never recorded and ended up gathering dust

  • Care services to face axe with £1.64m cuts

    SERVICES for people with learning disabilities and adult home care services in Brighton and Hove are under threat as part of a £1.64 million package of council cuts. Charges for other social services are also likely to rise to reduce budgets and senior

  • Rubbish! Town's gift from a water giant

    A WOMAN challenged Southern Water to clear up the rubbish which is washed up on a beach near her home. Christine Carruthers told the Portobello public inquiry she had collected a bag full of litter, including parts of sanitary towels, on Saltdean sea

  • Kingfisher had a Happy Christmas

    WOOLWORTHS-to-Comet group Kingfisher shrugged off any concerns of slow Christmas sales by unveiling a 30.8 per cent jump in business in the last nine weeks of 1999. The sales surge included business from newly-opened stores and a raft of takeovers by

  • VANORA LEIGH

    BETWEEN YOU AND ME IT'S sometimes best not to ask too many questions. You might get answers you weren't expecting, answers that will make you appreciate (too late) the truth in those words: 'Ignorance is bliss'. Take, for instance, the day last November

  • Crook robs Sidlesham

    A GOAL by Glenn Crook seven minutes from the end of extra time gave Bognor victory in a tense local derby. Crook was on hand to volley home David Wright's cross to kill off the Sussex League division two leaders. The visitors had taken the lead with a

  • Mighty Weston guns down Saints

    Sharp-shooting student Lee Weston struck twice last night to help Worthing sail through their latest cup examination. The versatile 20-year-old was given a rare chance upfront and caused cumbersome Saints all sorts of problems with his pace and willing

  • Cuddly toys led to death of pensioner

    A RECLUSIVE pensioner died from smoke inhalation after her enormous collection of cuddly toys caught fire. Retired housekeeper Evelyn Morris, 76, spent almost all her time in the lounge of her home in Buckingham Road, Worthing. Her collection of toys

  • Past returns with haunting melody

    SEVEN years ago Terri Bradley wrote a collection of songs she was hoping to turn into a chart topping album with musician friend Mike Connaris. However, life, marriage and children got in the way. The songs were never recorded and ended up gathering dust

  • PLEASE SIR, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PROBLEM

    AS pupils returned to school for the new term, they were looking forward to lessons in new classrooms built at a cost of £190,000. But when the Year 6 pupils, aged ten and 11, stepped through the school gates it was more like a scene from Alice in Wonderland

  • KNIGHT'S NEPHEW NETS KEY ALBION POST

    ALBION chief Dick Knight's nephew has been appointed to a top job in the club. Kevin Keehan was made commercial manager of the Seagulls after being interviewed by six directors, including his uncle. Mr Keehan took up the post, which was not externally

  • SEALIFE SELL_OFF 'WILL NOT SINK ATTRACTION'

    A MAJOR Sussex tourist attraction is to be sold off. The Hastings SeaLife Aquarium has been put on the market along with seven other aquariums across the country owned by Merlin Entertainments. But the tourism giant has assured visitors and staff the

  • MIGHTY MOUSE CAN HAVE HOME ON PIER

    THE Palace Pier will have three new rides after councillors gave the go-ahead to the proposals last night. The Brighton pier, the most popular tourist attraction in the South East, will remove four of its current rides to make room for the new attractions

  • VANORA LEIGH

    BETWEEN YOU AND ME IT'S sometimes best not to ask too many questions. You might get answers you weren't expecting, answers that will make you appreciate (too late) the truth in those words: 'Ignorance is bliss'. Take, for instance, the day last November

  • VOICE OF THE ARGUS

    Silver lining of bug scare When is a flu epidemic not an epidemic? When it's this year's bout which has caused so much sniffling misery to thousands of people. Even though half the country appears to have been affected by flu or chest infections, cases

  • Crook robs Sidlesham

    A GOAL by Glenn Crook seven minutes from the end of extra time gave Bognor victory in a tense local derby. Crook was on hand to volley home David Wright's cross to kill off the Sussex League division two leaders. The visitors had taken the lead with a

  • Extra-time agony for Seagulls

    Albion were dumped out of the Auto Windscreens Shield in heartbreaking fashion. A golden goal by youngster James Hayter 12 minutes into extra time put the low-strength Bournemouth through to the Southern Section Quarter Finals. Substitute Claus Jorgenson

  • PLEASE SIR, WE HAVE A VERY SMALL PROBLEM

    AS pupils returned to school for the new term, they were looking forward to lessons in new classrooms built at a cost of £190,000. But when the Year 6 pupils, aged ten and 11, stepped through the school gates it was more like a scene from Alice in Wonderland

  • KNIGHT'S NEPHEW NETS KEY ALBION POST

    ALBION chief Dick Knight's nephew has been appointed to a top job in the club. Kevin Keehan was made commercial manager of the Seagulls after being interviewed by six directors, including his uncle. Mr Keehan took up the post, which was not externally

  • SEALIFE SELL_OFF 'WILL NOT SINK ATTRACTION'

    A MAJOR Sussex tourist attraction is to be sold off. The Hastings SeaLife Aquarium has been put on the market along with seven other aquariums across the country owned by Merlin Entertainments. But the tourism giant has assured visitors and staff the

  • MIGHTY MOUSE CAN HAVE HOME ON PIER

    THE Palace Pier will have three new rides after councillors gave the go-ahead to the proposals last night. The Brighton pier, the most popular tourist attraction in the South East, will remove four of its current rides to make room for the new attractions

  • PUPILS MOURN SCHOOL HELPER

    CHILDREN at a special needs school were this morning being told of the death of a popular member of staff, killed in a car crash. The 45-year-old victim of the accident, in Barnhorn Road, Bexhill, on Monday evening was grandmother Carol Temmerman, of